Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

flet

Entry preview:

II. In 1. 5 for' L. ln.' l. L. Alf., and add

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
Entry preview:

<b>IV a.</b> lying in a hollow or depression of a stream, pool, &amp;c. :-- On holan bróc, C. D. iv. 95, 36; : 287, 37. On holan ford, iii. 436, 12. In fontem holan wielle, 379, 10.

ge-wunian

(v.)
Entry preview:

(The transitive character of the following is doubtful. In Angl. xii. 516, 25, where, if the passage is correct, the verb is certainly transitive, a word perhaps is omitted.)

wrixlan

(v.)
Grammar
wrixlan, wrixlian; p. ede.

to changevaryalterto changealternateto exchangedealconversationintercourseto lendof what is lentof wordsto speak

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 9, 56.

Linked entries: wrislan wrixlung

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

Entry preview:

C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 17. On gehálgodan legere licgan to be buried in consecrated ground, 22; Th. ii. 248, 20. Ge on lífe ge on legere both alive and in the grave, L. Eth. v. 9; Th. i. 306, 22: vi. 5; Th. i. 316, 14: ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 19.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

genge

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

Add: in season Ðonne sceadd genge (not sceadd*-*genge under which the passage is given in Dict.) sý when shad is in season, Cht. Th. 544, 28

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

Entry preview:

Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 6

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

freó-dóm

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 50, 21.

dǽlere

(n.)
Grammar
dǽlere, es; m.

DEALER, divider, distributor, agent divīsor, sequester

Entry preview:

Ic wæs dǽlere betwix Gode and eów ego sequester et medius fui inter Domĭnum et vos, Deut. 5, 5. Ðam wǽdlan gedafenaþ ðæt he gebidde for ðane dǽlere on the indigent it is incumbent that he pray for the distributor, Homl. Th. i. 256, 33.

micelian

(v.)
Grammar
micelian, miclian, micclian; p. ode.

to become greatto increase in size or in quantityto make greatto increase the size or quantity of a thingto extolmagnify

Entry preview:

to become great, to increase in size or in quantity Micelaþ grandescit, crescit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 42. Rím miclade, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243: Andr. Kmbl. 3050; An. 1528. Wæter micladon the waters waxed, 3105; An. 1555.

þweorian

(v.)
Grammar
þweorian, þwyrian; p. ode

To be opposedadverseto be at variance

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 298, 28

Linked entry: þweorh

wóhness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhness, e; f.

crookednesswrongdoinginiquilyperversitydepravitywickedness

Entry preview:

Th. i. 360, 33. wrongdoing, iniquily, perversity, depravity, wickedness Heora wóhnys on ðam regole his rihtwisnysse aetspearn. Homl. Th. ii. 158, 10. Ic wæs on wónysse geeácnod in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, Bd. I. 27; S. 495, 24.

Linked entry: wóness

hú-meta

Entry preview:

Add: in direct questions. in what way?, by what means? Húmeta wát God? quomodo scit Deus?, Ps. Spl. 72, 11. with what reason or right Húmeta cwyst þú tó þínum bréðer?, Mt. 7, 4. how is it that?, why? Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó?

ge-ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágnian, -áhnian; to -ágnianne, -áhnianne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To ownpossessinheritappropriate to one's selfclaim as one's ownpossĭdēreherēdĭtārevindĭcāre sibi

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 102, 29 : Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 17 : Cd. 86; Th. 109, 27; Gen. 1829. Nán man hit náh to geáhnianne [geágnianne MS. A.] no man ought to claim possession of it, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 13. Ic geáhnige possĭdeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Som. 29, 5.

be-sleán

(v.)

to strikesmiteto strikedashinflictto striketo strike

Entry preview:

Gif mon ðá sculdru in besleá if a blow is given that penetrates the shoulders, Ll. Th. i. 100, 1. to strike, force a passage þá beslóh se þorn on þone fót, and swá strang wæs se sting þæs þornes, þæt hé eóde þurh þone fót, Guthl. 68, 2. [O.

hríþer

Entry preview:

Hríðden, i. 261, 8.] Add

lám

(n.)
Grammar
lám, es; n.

Claymudmireearth

Entry preview:

Th. i. 12, 29: 236, 15. Áfæstnod ic eom on láme grundes I sink in deep mire; infixus sum in Iimo profundi, Ps. Spl. 68, 2. Genera mé of láme deliver me out of the mire; eripe me de luto, C. 68, 18.

sóþe

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþe, adv.

trulygenuinelyreallytrulyin accordance with the facts of a casetrulyin accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast

Entry preview:

Is on sibbe his stów sóþe behealden, 75, 2. truly, in accordance with the facts of a case Ic eów sóðe secgan wille, ðæt. . . Andr. Kmbl. 915; An. 458. Word sóðe gebunden (the facts were truly told in the poem),Beo. Th. 1746; B. 871.

CENNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CENNAN, cænnan. cynnan; -nende; de; ed; v. trans.

to beget, conceive, create, bring forth gignere, creare, facere, parere to bring forth from the mind , to declare, choose, ascribe, clear, proveadvocare, confiteri, adscribere, purgare, manifestare

Entry preview:

Cenne he hwanon hit him cóme let him declare whence it came to him, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 14, 21, 22, 23, 25. Gif he cenþ ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 6.

self

Grammar
self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
Entry preview:

<b>III a</b> :-- Gif his hwá sié lustful!! 'Hwæt déstú gif ic tómergen middeges gebíde ?' Hé cwæð, 'Sylf ic swelte þonne' ' what will you do if I live to see midday tomorrow? He said, 'I will kill myself if you do,' Hml. S. 3, 591.