Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

Entry preview:

Bið ðám óþrum ungelíce willa geworden God's will will turn out very differently for the others, Exon. Th. 77, 29; Cri. 1264. Hæfde se heorde, se ðe of heofomum cworn, feóndas áfyrde. Hwylc wæs fægerra willa geworden?

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
Entry preview:

Solmónaþ sígeþ tó túne, Menol. Fox 32 ; Men. 16. <b>IIb.</b> figurative :-- Sigon tó slǽpe they sank to sleep, Beo. Th. 2506 ; B. 1251.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

gleáw

Entry preview:

Cf. gleáwe; For þan þú eart se gooda, gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan quoniam bonum est nomen tuum ante conspectum sanctorum tuorum, Ps. Th. 51, 8. God mín and gleáw hældend Deus meus et salutaris meus, 61, 6.

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

Entry preview:

Hé sende tó Egipta wísustan witun, Gen. 41, 8. known Dó mé wegas ðíne wíse vias tuas notas fae mihi, Btwk. 208, 6; Ps. Ben. 24, 3; Ps. Th. 102, 7. [Goth. weis; O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. wís; Icel. víss.]

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

Entry preview:

Wæter wynsumu of ðære moldan tyrf brecaþ pleasant waters burst forth from the turf of the earth, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 9; Ph. 67.

ge-healdan

Entry preview:

Án pund penega hé lǽnde Túne and his geswysternon; gehealdon hí hine, Cht. Crw. 23, 21.

síþ

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

[Þat te schal bireowe þat sið, þat tu eauer dides te into swuch þeowdom, H. M. 9, 2.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

Entry preview:

Gif hé vville on hand gán, 90, 7. to turn to, betake oneself to an occupation, course of action, &amp;c., go to law Ne gá þú mid þínum esne in tó dóme, Ps.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

Entry preview:

Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne, ðonne ðæne þriddan, óþ ðe hyt eall áléd biþ on ðære ánre míle within the one mile and sceall beón se lǽsta dǽl nýhst ðæm túne, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-33.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

rǽd

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

Ðíne heortan tó rǽde gecyr turn thine heart to listen to good advice, Blickl. Homl. 113, 27. On ðone Drihten næs ic æt rǽde ne æt dǽde, ðǽr man mid unrihte N. orf ætferede, L. O. 3; Th. i. 178, 17.

Linked entry: rád

ge-myndig

Entry preview:

Th. 73, 17. (4 a) having remembrance and making mention of in prayer :-- Swá hwæt swá þú bǽde, eall hit biþ gehéred, and swá hwæt swá þú wǽre gemyndig, ꝥ forgifeþ þé God quidquid petisti, exauditae sunt deprecationes tuae, et quod memorata nunc es, hoc

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

Entry preview:

Th. 79, 14. with the infin. of a verb of motion to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction, to set out towards, start, pass over, to go, depart, withdraw, go away, retreat, retire, die; transire, discedere.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
Entry preview:

Hit him wyrþ tó teónan it will turn to his hurt, 51, 9. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, Exon. Th. 127, 36; Gú. 397: 269, 30; Jul. 458.

Linked entry: teóne

frignan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ðeáh ðe mon tuwa frigne, gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, Past. 385, 12. Wæs hé gemét frignende, nalles lǽrende, 25. Fraegnende (fregnende, R.), Lk. L. 2, 46. Mé sylfum frínendum, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 440, 14.

ge-mót

Entry preview:

Geðenc nú hweðer áwiht mani mann cynges hám séce þér þǽr hé on túne byð, oððe hys gemót, oððe hys fird ; oððe hweðer ðé ðince þæt hí æalle on ánne weig þeder cumen, Solil. H. 44, 3. Ofer þis gemót (cf. 36, 4-14), Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

ongeagn

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 548, 12. denoting reciprocal action, in turn, on the other hand Se abbud Libertinum be his fótum genam . . . Ongǽn (ondgegn, v. l.) þæm (contra) Libertinus hine sylfne tó þæs abbudes fótum ástrehte, Gr. D. 21, 34.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

Entry preview:

Brád is bebod ðín latum est mandatum tuum, Ps. Lamb. 118, 96. Se bráda sǽ the broad sea. Exon, 24 b;Th. 70, 28;Cri. 1145: Chr. 942;Erl. 116, 11;Edm. 5, Ps. Th. 79, 10.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

þanc

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

Ger. in thanke, danche gratus On ðonce mé syndon ðíne word and ðín lufu gratias ago benevolentiae tuae, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 23. Mé is ðín cyme on myclum ðonce gratus mihi est multum adventus tuus, 4, 9; S. 577, 21 : Exon. Th. 387, 22; Rä. 5, 9.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

Entry preview:

tu, Capharnaum, numquid usque in caelum exaltaberis?, Mt. L. 11, 23. Hú ! onsuæræstú suǽ ðǽm biscobi? sic respondis pontifici?, Jn. L. 18, 22. (2 a) mostly with negative questions :-- Hú nys seó sáwl sélre þonne mete? nonne anima plus est quam esca?

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

Entry preview:

Beorh ðínum feore salva ănĭmam tuam, Gen. 19, 17: Cd. 89; Th. 110, 14; Gen. 1838: Beo. Th. 2590; B. 1293: Byrht. Th. 137, 31; By. 194: Elen. Kmbl. 268; El. 134: Andr. Kmbl. 3075; An. 1540. Á to feore for evermore, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 25; Cri. 1678.