Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

un-getýd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getýd, adj.

Untaughtunskilledrude

Entry preview:

Untaught, unskilled, rude Ðæt ungetýde folc (rudis ille populus) nolde geliéfan, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 33; Æt ðæm ungetýdum folce apud imperitum vulgus, 48; Swt. 365, 22.

Linked entry: ge-týd

fore-sittan

(v.)
Entry preview:

For first passage substitute Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 371, 13. with acc. Þone sinoð foresæt sc̃e Leó, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25

midder-niht

(n.)
Entry preview:

Æd middernæht, Lk. p. 7, 3 : Lk. L. R. 11, 5. [Cf. Ger. mitter-nacht from O. H. Ger. zi mittern naht.] (?)

scíma

Entry preview:

Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

swígan

Grammar
swígan, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

R. 18, 39. v. æt-swígan. to pass over in silence, v. swigian; III Ne ic eác swíge (forsuwie, v.l. ) ꝥ, ꝥ his gingra ge-wunode tó reccenne, Gr. D. 157, 18

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

Entry preview:

A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

ge-æfstgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfstgian, ge-æfestigian.

to be envious

Entry preview:

to be envious Ne gefiólle hé nó on swǽ opene scylde ðæt hé his bróður ofslóge, gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode (æfstgade, v. l.) ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweordlícor onfongne ðonne his (nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam), Past. 235, 3

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

Entry preview:

Wæs æt holme gearo, fús æt faroðe, 1916. Bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroðe, Hy. 4, 100. Hí hyne ætbǽron tó brimes faroðe they bore him to the water, B. 28. Gewát him ofer sandhleoðu tó sæ-acute;s faruðe, An. 236.

ge-sceþþan

Entry preview:

Ǽr him fǽr Godes þurh egesan gryre aldre gesceóde, 593. Add

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

fruma

Entry preview:

Ðás circean þus gecýþde æt fruman ( at the time of its foundation ) seó ilce bóc, 197, 26.

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
Entry preview:

A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges.

efen-micel

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Hwæðer se spiwða sý swá micel swá hé ǽr gedranc. Gif hé mára sy . . . gif hé emmicel sý þám þe hé ǽr gedranc, Lch. ii. 286, 24. subst. Genim þysse wyrte seáw, and eles efenmycel, Lch. i. 312, 3. Gemeng wið huniges emmicel, 26, 11.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
Entry preview:

Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg oð nón ; hé æt þǽm nóne his gást onsænde, Shrn. 67, 18. Add Sí gedón tácn nónes ꝥ fylige se tídsang þæne nón ná fylige scenc, Angl. xiii. 399, 483

BEÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓD, es; m.

A tablemensa

Entry preview:

A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123

Linked entries: beád beódas

Finchamstede

(n.)
Grammar
Finchamstede, -stæde, es; m.

FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire

Entry preview:

FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Ðises geáres to ðan sumeran, innan Barrucscíre æt Finchamstæde, án mere blód weóll in the summer of this year [A.

un-arodscipe

(n.)
Grammar
un-arodscipe, es; m.

Inactivityspiritlessness

Entry preview:

Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

Entry preview:

Hé geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac hí módegodon, gif hé ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan fisceras, 578, 14

cild-geogoþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-geogoþ, e; f.
Entry preview:

Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon hí embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml. S. 30, 320. 374

Linked entries: cild-hád cild-ildu

Entry preview:

Æt ánes heówe[s] cý, Lch. iii. 24, 13. Hé ðá cealfas tó cúum lǽdde, Shrn. 61, 19. Betwih cýe inter vaccas, Ps. Srt, 67, 31. Add

ed-wilm

(n.)
Entry preview:

a fiery whirlpool Þonne se fǽcna ( the devil) in þám fæstenne (hell ) gebróht hafað æt þám edwylme (cf. Milton&#39;s &#39; floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire&#39;) þá þe him on cleofiaþ, Wal. 73. Cf. preceding word

Linked entry: éd-wylm