Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

Entry preview:

Gif man forleóse gehálgodne mete hwylcne-hwugu dǽl si quis perdiderit cibi consecrati aliquantulum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52, note; Th. ii. 218, 23. Hwelcne-hugu dǽl, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 13.

syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

Entry preview:

Ðæt hié óþre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 24

Linked entry: singian

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of usour

Entry preview:

Th. 119, 26; Gú. 260. used as a possessive, our Wé sceolan syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, and wé sceolan úre daga ðone teóþan dǽl on forhæfdnesse lifgean, Blickl. Homl. 35, 19, 20. Geþencean úre sáula þearfe, 95, 24.

Linked entries: eówer úrer

land-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
land-gemirce, es; n.

A boundary

Entry preview:

A boundary Se westsúþende Europe landgemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðæm gársecge Europæ in Hispania occidentalis oceanus terminus est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 23. Ðǽr Asia and Europe hiera landgemircu tógædre licgaþ, 10.

on-efn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

Entry preview:

Onefen ðone hagan . . . norþ onefen ðæt gelád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-13. Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33. See for other examples

Linked entry: efen

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstainrestrainabstinere

Entry preview:

Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab illo se certamine funditus abstineat, 5, 6; S. 619, 4

hridder

(n.)
Grammar
hridder, es; n.

A sieve

Entry preview:

Benedictus genam ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores ... hí ðæt hridder up áhéngon æt heora cyrcan geate, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16-24

læt-hýdig

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-hýdig, adj.

Slow-mindeddull

Entry preview:

Slow-minded, slow of thought, dull Nis mon on moldan ... ðæs læthýdig ðæt hine sé árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man is there on earth so dull, that the bounteous giver hath quite cut him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 5; Crä.

seld-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líce ; adv.
Entry preview:

Syllíce hyt ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 13

wancol

(adj.)
Grammar
wancol, adj.
Entry preview:

Nú ðú hæfst ongyten ða wanclan (wonclan, v. l.) treówa ðæs blindan lustes deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 3

weorold-gebyrd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gebyrd, weorold-gebyrdu; f.
Entry preview:

Wæs heó æþele in weoruldgebyrdum, ðæt heó wæs ðæs cyninges nefan dohtor nobilis natu erat, hoc est, filia nepotis regis, 4, 23; S. 593, 2

heáfod-botl

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-botl, es; n.

A chief dwelling, principal mansiona manor, domain

Entry preview:

A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlonðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6

ge-árian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, inde justius damnatur, Past. 391, 8.

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

Entry preview:

Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes, 32

tó-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ferian, p. ede

To carry in different directionsdiffeneto removeget rid ofto put offto digestdigerere

Entry preview:

To carry in different directions; diffene. to remove, get rid of Hit ðæt sár tófereþ, Lchdm. i. 114, 3: 108, 8: 130, 19: 190, 8. to put off Swá oft gebiddende ná raþe beóþ gehýrede úre ús dǽda on eágum wé tóforan settan ðæt ðæt sylfe ðæt wé synd tóferede

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wondera circumstanceact that excites astonishmenta circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature,a prodigyportenta wondermiraclea miraclea wonderful objectwondrous thingwonderfulmiraculous powerwonderadmiration

Entry preview:

Ðǽr bið wundra má, ðonne hit ǽnig mæge áþencan, Exon. Th. 61, 24; Cri. 989. Ðæt wæs wundra sum, ðæt ðæt sweord gemealt íse gelícost, Beo.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

dýgle

(adj.)
Grammar
dýgle, secret, hidden, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 7; Gú. 186: Cd. 178; Th. 224, 2; Dan. 130; def. nom. f. n.
Entry preview:

of dýgol

Linked entry: dýgol

hlinc

ridge

Entry preview:

On ðæs hlincæs norðændæ; ðæt andlang hlincæs súð on ðæs cumbæs heáfod; ðonon on ðæs hlincæs wæstændæ, 242, 30-33. Be wirtrune on hlinches bróc, iii. 410, 5. On earnes hlingc; of earnes hlince, 412, 31.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

Entry preview:

a sending, mission, message Paulus cwæð: 'Ðá ðá ðæra tída gefyllednys com, ðá sende God Fæder his sunu tó mancynnes álýsednysse.' Seó wurðfulle sand wearð on ðisum dæge gefylled, Homl. Th. i. 194, 17.

Swǽfas

(n.)
Grammar
Swǽfas, Swǽfe; pl.
Entry preview:

Wið norþan Donua ǽwielme and be eástan Ríne sindon Eást-Francan; and be súþan him sindon Swǽfas, on óþre healfe ðære ié Donua; and be súþan him and be eástan sindon Bægware, se dǽl ðe mon Regnesburg hǽtt . . .