Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ellor-gást

(n.)
Grammar
ellor-gást, -gǽst, es; m.

A spirit living or going elsewhere, a departing spiritspīrĭtus ălĭbi dēgens

Entry preview:

Hie gesáwon twegen ellorgǽstas they saw two spirits living elsewhere, 2702; B. 1349

strange

(adv.)
Grammar
strange, adv.
Entry preview:

Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó strange geondstyred on staþu beáteþ, Met. 6, 15; . Soul Kmbl. 89; Seel. 45

sydung

(n.)
Grammar
sydung, (better sidung, under which form the word should be entered), e; f.
Entry preview:

Sax. gi-sidón sorga to cause sorrow to a person: O. H. Ger. sitón machinari, disponere; gi*-*sitón instituere, destinare, conglutinare. (See sídung, where perhaps sidung should be read.)

Linked entry: be-sidian

ange

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

eorþ-scræf

a cavetombgrave

Entry preview:

Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20

syn-lust

Entry preview:

Hé geteáh þone synlust (unlust, v. l. voluptatem) in his líchaman sár . . . hé swá onwænde þá hǽte and þone synlust . . . seó costung synlustes wæs átemed on him, Gr. D. 101, 24-34.

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Gif mannes múð sár sié ge týdred, Lch. ii. 4, 1. Gif ic underfó in mé þone hád tédriendra manna ... ic mage gehelpan þám tédriendum mannum si infirmantium in me personam suscepero, infirmantibus prodesse possum, Gr. D. 267, 17-21

án-walda

(n.)
Grammar
án-walda, an; m.

A sole rulerthe sole ruler of the universe

Entry preview:

Ealra Ánwalda, eorþan and heofones ruler of all, of earth and heaven, Exon. 110 a; Th. 422, 10; Rä. 41, 4: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 5; Sat. 642

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flyingflightvŏlātus

Entry preview:

Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 28; Sat. 112

ge-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen

To shut, lock, fasten, weaveclaudĕre, nectĕre

Entry preview:

he saw an all-golden ensign, greatest of hand-wonders, woven by arts of song [by magic], Beo. Th. 5531; B. 2769

west-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
west-ríce, es; n.
Entry preview:

Ðý ilcan geáre féng Carl tó ðam westríce, and tó allum ðam westríce behienan Wendelsǽ and begeondan ðisse , swá hit his þridda fæder hæfde, Chr. 885 ; Erl. 84, 10

célan

(v.)
Entry preview:

To make cool, slake thirst Se úplica céleð ðǽra tungla hǽto, Shrn. 63, 7. Wæter célde þá ísena, Hml. S. 36, 392. Wolde ic mínne þurst célan, Nar. 8, 28.

goung

(n.)
Entry preview:

Sighing, groaning, lamentation In þæs túdres forðlǽdnesse bið géong (gooung, góung, v. ll.) and sár in prolis prolatione gemitus, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 79, 3. Hér is Brytta géong gemitus Brittanorum, 1, 13; Sch. 36, 24

on-médan

(v.)

(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)

Entry preview:

to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.

Linked entry: médan

brýten-walda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
brýten-walda, brýten-wealda, bréten-ánwealda, an; m: brýten-weald, es; m.

A powerful ruler or kingpræpotens rexa rulerthe British aboriginesto bruise, break, to break into small portions, to dispersea ruler, king, an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended.a powerful kingthe wide expanse of eartha spacious realmthe spacious worlda spacious dwellinga war-king

Entry preview:

Sax.

scræf

(n.)
Grammar
scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
Entry preview:

Th. 272, 33; Sat. 129: 290, 22; Sat. 419. Scref, 266, 23; Sat. 26: 269, 15; Sat. 73. Gé mín hús dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum, Blickl. Homl. 71. 20.

hold-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hold-líce, adv.

Graciously, with kindness or friendliness, with devotion or attachment, faithfully, loyally

Entry preview:

Cwǽdon holdlíce hýran woldon said they would listen devoutly, Andr. Kmbl. 3276; An. 1641. Eádwearde hýrdon holdlíce loyally obeyed Edward, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 33; Edw. 14: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 14; Gú. 576.

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

Entry preview:

FORWARD, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior Lǽteþ fóreweard hleór on strangne stán he shall let his cheek [fall] forward on a strong stone, Salm. Kmbl. 228; Sal. 113.

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

Entry preview:

Gúþe spówan to thrive in battle, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 23; Gen. 2115: Exon. 71b; Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393; Salm. Kmbl. 249; Sal. 124. Ic genéþde fela gúþa I dared many a conflict, Beo. Th. 5017; B. 2512: 5080; B. 2543.

hringan

(v.)
Entry preview:

To give out a sound [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.] trans. to ring a bell Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe, Tech. ii. 118, 20. with cognate object Tácnu þænne hí hringað signa dum sonant, Angl. xiii. 392, 382.