Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

am

am ⬩ sum

Entry preview:

Lind. Stv. 26, 22: 11, 29: Jn. Lind. War. 7, 34. Ic am witnesse I am witness. Chr. 1121; Erl. 39, 23 [vide p. 28, note 3, for the date, A. D. 1121.]

swenc

(n.)
Grammar
swenc, es; m.
Entry preview:

Lind. 24, 20. On swencum (suoenccum, Lind.: geswincum, W. S.) ł costungum mínum in temtationibus meis, Rush. 22, 28. In suoencum in tribulationibus, Rtl. 184, 4

windung

(n.)
Grammar
windung, winnung, e; f.

What is winnowed ⬩ chaff ⬩ straw

Entry preview:

Lind. 13, 38. Wynnunga, 26. Wynnung, 25. Ða halm ł ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas, Lk. Skt. Lind.3, 17. Bisin ofwinnuncum parabolam de zizaniis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 4

Linked entry: wind

sáda

(n.)
Grammar
sáda, an; m.

A cord, halter, snare

Entry preview:

Lind. 21, 35. Grin biþ on sádan tórænded laqueus contritus est, Ps. Th. 123, 7. Mid sáde ( laqueo ) hine áwrigde, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 5

ge-sóþfæstian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sóþfæstian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To justify

Entry preview:

Skt, Lind. 7, 29. He wolde gesóþfæstiga hine seolfne ille volens justificare seipsum, 10, 29. Gesóþfæstad is snytro justificata est sapientia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 19: 12, 37

Linked entry: sóþfæstian

færm

(n.)

a supper, feast

Entry preview:

Lind. 22, 2, 3, 4

from-gebúga

(v.)
Grammar
from-gebúga, p. -beáh, -bég

To turn from

Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 15

hyngrig

(adj.)
Grammar
hyngrig, adj.

Hungry

Entry preview:

Lind. 25, 35

líxende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
líxende, adv.

Splendidly

Entry preview:

Lind. 16, 19

mót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
mót-ærn, -ern, es; n.

A court-house

Entry preview:

Lind. 18, 28

ge-bernan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bernan, [ge-, bernan to burn]

To burn ⬩ combūrere

Entry preview:

Lind. 3, 17

ge-cælcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cælcian, p. ode; pp. od

To whiten ⬩ dealbare

Entry preview:

Lind. 23, 27

ge-druncnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-druncnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To sink ⬩ drown

Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 7

ge-hǽnan

(v.)

to accuse ⬩ condemn

Entry preview:

Lind. 8, 6; 8, 10

Linked entry: hǽnan

ge-milcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-milcian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To give milk, suckle ⬩ lactare

Entry preview:

Lind. 23, 29

under-drencan

(v.)

suffocare

Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 13

un-tweógendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíc, adj.

Certain

Entry preview:

Lind. 20, 6

Linked entry: tweógend-líc

un-rótlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rótlíc, adj.

Gloomy

Entry preview:

Lind. 16, 3

Linked entry: rót-líc

un-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þearf, adj.

Needless ⬩ useless

Entry preview:

Lind. 2, 6

wéstness

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

Lind. 21, 20

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.