Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

a-þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þráwan, p. -þreów, pl. -þreówon; pp. -þráwen [a, þráwan to throw] .

to throw forthto spilleffundereto twistwreathtwinecontorquere

Entry preview:

Kmbl. 2850; An. 1427. to twist, wreath, twine; contorquere Aþráwenan gold-þrǽddas twisted gold-threads. Aþráwenum þrǽdum with twisted threads, Cot. 50

Linked entries: a-dreópan a-þrowen

líðend

(n.)
Grammar
líðend, es; m.

A travellersailor

Entry preview:

A traveller, sailor Líðend brohte elebeámes twig án tó handa the traveller (the dove) brought home an olive-branch [Bouterwek takes líðend to be a dative; if it is, the word refers to Noah], Cd. 72; Th. 88, 29; Gen. 1472

spranc

(n.)
Grammar
spranc, (?), es: spranca,an; m.

A shoot, twig, sprig

Entry preview:

A shoot, twig, sprig Spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) sirculus vel virgultum. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 44. Styb vel spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) tirps, 33, 57. Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17.

rǽde

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

Add: v. íþ-, twi-, wiþ-rǽde

trus

(n.)
Grammar
trus, es; n.
Entry preview:

Fallen leaves and branches or twigs as material for fuelCod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 169, 10. . vi. fóðra truses élce geáre

á-seárian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Sóna áseáriað ðá twigu, Past. 308, 1. Treówa hé déð fǽrlíce blówan and eft raðe áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 2. Add

ge-lýcost

(n.)

a twingemellus

Entry preview:

a twin; gemellus Didymus, ðæt is gelýcost. Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2

geó-geára

Grammar
geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
Entry preview:

Sé þe þá fǽhðo iú wið God geára grimme gefremede.] Add: :-- Geára oððe geógeára jam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geógeára (iú-, -ieára, v. ll.) geworht antiquitus facta, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 20. Geógeára (iú-, v. l.) jamdudum, 4, 4; Sch. 370, 23. Bryten wæs

bróðor-þínen

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-þínen, -þínenu, e; f.

A midwife at the birth of twin-brothersfratres geminos parturienti obstetrix

Entry preview:

A midwife at the birth of twin-brothers; fratres geminos parturienti obstetrix, Gen. 38, 28

Linked entry: beorþor-þínen

leccan

(v.)
Grammar
leccan, p. lehte, leohte

To moistenwet

Entry preview:

Sumu twigu hé lehte mid wætere some twigs he watered, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 7. His eágospind mid teárum leohte wetted his cheeks with tears, Guthl. 20; Gdwin 82, 4. Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210.

Linked entry: leohte

telgor

(n.)
Grammar
telgor, tealgor, es; m.: e; f.
Entry preview:

A plant, shoot, twig On ðam dæge ðe God geworhte ǽlcne telgor on eorðan ( omne virgultum agri ), Gen. 2, 5. Telgre vimen, Engl. Stud. xi. 67, 95.

Linked entry: tealgor

stic-fóder

(n.)
Grammar
stic-fóder, stic-fódder a case for pegs (? v. sticca, I.), a case for spoons (? v. sticca, II.),
Entry preview:

a case made of twigs (? cf. stic-tǽnel) Man sceal habban . . . seahfæt, sticfódder, piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19

sester

Entry preview:

D. v. 147, 15. v. gild-, healf-sester; twi-sestre. Add

-læpped

(suffix)
Entry preview:

Add: v. twi-læpped; and take after læppa

á-þráwan

to twisttwinecurlto twistgive a different direction to a moving body

Entry preview:

Add: to twist, twine, curl Mid þráwingspinle synd áþráwene (antiae frontis) calomistro crispantur, An. Ox. 5329. Gyldne styþa hié úton wreþedon and áþráwene ðár ingemong stódon, Angl. iv. 143, 100. Þá áþráwenan goldþrǽdas torta aureafila, Wit.

heolra

(n.)
Grammar
heolra, heolora, an; m.

The scale of a balancea balance[?]

Entry preview:

Twí-feald heolra bilanx, Lye. Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran

Linked entry: holor

-rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
-rǽd, -rǽde.
Entry preview:

Add: á-, ge-, gelóm-, oft-, twi-, unfæst-, wiþ-rǽd[e]

nigon-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
nigon-gilde, adv.
Entry preview:

Cf. án-, twi-gilde

palm-treów

(n.)
Entry preview:

Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, e; f.

A bramble, thorn

Entry preview:

Twígu ł hósa rhamnum, Ps. Spl. C. 57, 9