Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

forþ-bilding

Linked entry: bilding

forþ-geclypian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: Scint. 105, 15

forþ-gefaren

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-gefaren, adj. (ptcpl.)

Departed ⬩ deceased

Entry preview:

Departed, deceased Ðá bisene ðára forðgefarenra federa, Past. 77, 19

forþ-gewitenes

Entry preview:

Forðgewitenes transmigratio (v. 106, 10), Angl. xi. 7, 9. Add

forþ-gyrd

Entry preview:

Forðgyrde antela, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 19. Mid forgyrdum antelis, Hpt. 31, 14, 335. Add

forþ-síþ

Entry preview:

Exitium, i. periculum forþsíþ, útsíþ mors perdictio, Wülck. Gl. 231, 10. Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 27. Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16. Hé þám bróþrum cýðde hyre forðsíð (obitum ), Gr

forþ-stefn

Entry preview:

Far ofer sǽ, and site on þes scipes forðstefna, ðonne ... þú freónd findest begeondan þǽm sǽ, Lch. iii. 180, 4. Add

forþ-lífan

Entry preview:

Dele, and

forþ-loten

(v.; part.)

Linked entry: loten

forþ-rihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-rihtes, adv.

Straight on

Entry preview:

Straight on Þá sealmas forðrihtes bútan antemne sint tó singanne psalmi directanei sine antiphona dicendi sunt, R. Ben. I. 48, 6

Linked entry: forþ-riht

forþ-tihting

Entry preview:

Dele

forþ-weg

Entry preview:

Hé his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg (desirous to depart), Men. 218. Add

forþ-wíf

A woman of rank ⬩ a great lady

Entry preview:

Substitute: A woman of rank a great lady Hláford dominus forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

wan-fóta

Similar entry: wann-fóta

sige-folc

(n.)
Grammar
sige-folc, es; n.

A victorious or triumphant people

Entry preview:

A victorious or triumphant people Heó (Judith) ðæt word ácwæþ tó ðam sigefolce (the Jews who were about to destroy the Assyrians), Judth. Thw. 23, 32; Jud. 152. Ðá wæs þeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292; B. 644: Menol. Fox 593; Gn. C. 66

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.

of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. ⬩ of the trace of things

Entry preview:

Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, ge for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ oððe him onbúgeþ, Lch. i. 318, 22. Grammar fót-swæþ, fem. Fylian his fótswaðe ejus vestigia sequi, Gr. D. 60, 26.

fiþer-féte

Grammar
fiþer-féte, -fóte.
Entry preview:

Take here fyfer-fýte, feþer-fðte in Dict., and add:, Fiðerfóte fugel griffes, Wrt. Voc. i. 2 2, 44. Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14. Gyf man forstele feoðerfót (feðerféte, v.l

Linked entry: feówer-féte

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere

Entry preview:

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, catch; comprehendere, apprehendere, capere Swá he ealle beféhþ ánes cræfte, heofon and eorþan even as he comprehendeth all by his sole, power, heaven and earth, Andr. Kmbl. 653; An. 327. Habbaþ me helle clommas

fóþer

food ⬩ nutriment ⬩ a covering ⬩ the body of a waggon ⬩ the amount contained in a waggon ⬩ a waggon-load

Entry preview:

Add: food, nutriment Fóthur alitudo (? altitudo.v. III), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 6. a covering Fóthr, fódor emblema, Txts. 59, 744. Fóþer emblemma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 30. the body of a waggon(?); the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

fót-cóðu

Grammar
fót-cóðu, l. fót-coþu,
Similar entries
and see fót-ádl; II.

Similar entry: fót-ádl