Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

be-flówan

To come by flowingto flow to

Entry preview:

Add: To come by flowing, to flow to Welan þeáh þe tó beflówan diuitiae si affluant, Ps. L. 61, 11

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

Entry preview:

Gyf gé mé cúþon, wén is ðæt gé cúþon mínne fæder si me sciretis, forsitan et patrem meum sciretis Jn. Skt. 8, 19: Ps. Th. 123, 2, 3. Gif ðú wistes, ðú uoen is (woen is mára, Rush.) gif ðú gegiuuedes si scires, tu forsitan petisses Jn. Skt.

Linked entry: wéna

Éua

(n.)
Grammar
Éua, æ; f.
Entry preview:

Éuan scyld Eve's sin, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 6; Cri. 97

Linked entry: Éfe

feld-ciric

(n.)
Grammar
feld-ciric, e; f. -circe, an; f.

A field-churchcountry churchcampestris ecclēsia

Entry preview:

A field-church, country church; campestris ecclēsia Feldcirice griþbryce is, ðǽr legerstów ne sig, mid þrittigum scillingum the 'grith-bryce' of a field-church, where there is no burial-place, is thirty shillings, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

Lǽden-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-geþeóde, es; n.
Entry preview:

Ðá ic ða gemunde hú sió lár Lǽdengeþiódes áfeallen wæs giond Angelcynn let those to whom it is desired to give further instruction, be instructed in Latin ... When I remembered how the teaching of Latin was decayed throughout England, Past.

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

Entry preview:

Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61.

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

ge-cope

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cope, adj.

Fitpropercongruusopportūnus

Entry preview:

Hwæt him gecopust sié what is most fit for them, 13, 2; Swt. 77, 26; Hat. MS. 17 a, 1; Swt. 275, 18

swicn

(n.)
Grammar
swicn, e; f.
Entry preview:

Clearance from a criminal charge Se ðe hereteáma betygen sié, hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne. Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgetigum.

þideres

(adv.)
Grammar
þideres, þidres; adv.
Entry preview:

Thither Ðæt sió úterre ábisgung ðissa worldðinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfð and hiene scofeð hidres ðidres, óððæt hé áfilþ of his ágnum willan quod cor externis occupationum tumultibus impulsum a semetipso corruat, Past. 22; Swt. 168, 13.

Linked entry: þidres

þurh-þyrel

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-þyrel, adj.

Pierced throughperforated

Entry preview:

Gif sió lendenbrǽde biþ on bestungen, geselle .xv. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hió biþ þurhþyrel (-þyrl, MS. B.), ðonne sceal ðǽr .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 67; Th. i. 98, 3

Linked entry: þyrel

wróht-stafas

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-stafas, pl. m.

Accusations

Entry preview:

Accusations Ic eom fáh and freóndleás, gén ic findan ne can þurh wróhtstafas wiðercyr wið ðam I am proscribed and friendless; still I can by accusations (cf. w. 1813-1830, where the devil complains of unfair treatment (nis ðæt fæger síð)) devise no resistance

íþan

(v.)
Grammar
íþan, to lay waste.
Entry preview:

Take here éjmn in Dict. and add He hinf gegyrede mid wyrgðu . . . and sió his innatf ýþde (?

Linked entry: ydwe

þenden

Entry preview:

Gif þisses hwæt gelimpe þenden (þonne, v.l. ) fyrd úte sié, Ll. Th. i. 88, 11. Þenden (þá hwíle, v.l.) hé þis hwílendlice ríce hæfde temporalis regni gubernacula tenens, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 244, 19.

ge-stician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stician, -sticcian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [stician to stick]

To stickpiercetransfix

Entry preview:

Gebýreþ ðæt ðæt mód wierþ gesticced mid ðære scylde gielpes it happens that the mind is pierced by the sin of boasting, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 6; Hat. MS. 41 b, 1

hlec

(adj.)
Grammar
hlec, adj.

Having cracks or rents

Entry preview:

Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: lec

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

Entry preview:

Hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh hí his unwyrþe sién, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 26.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
Entry preview:

Þá Iudéiscan wǽron swá geðeáwode þæt hí setton wæterfatu on flóra æt heora gebeórscipum ... þá wǽron gesette for ðám ðeáwe six stǽnene wæterfatu, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 32. of such and such manners, character, behaviour, habits, &c.

un-áwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeableunalterableinvariable

Entry preview:

Sió godcunde foreteohhung is ánfeald and unáwendendlíc ( simplex immobilisque ), 39, 6; Fox 220, 16. God gesette unáwendendlícne sido, 21; Fox 74, 1. Eorþan ðú sealdest unáwendendlíce terram dedisti immobilem, Hymn. Surt. 19, 33.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

Entry preview:

Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
Entry preview:

and sió gecynd þæs líchoman, Lch. ii. 84, 10, 23.