Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, adj.

Moneyless ⬩ priceless ⬩ pĕcūniæ ĭnops ⬩ sine prĕtio

Entry preview:

Moneyless, priceless; pĕcūniæ ĭnops, sine prĕtio Ða ðe feohleáse wǽron him scipu begéton they who were moneyless got themselves ships, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 27. Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht that was a priceless fight, Beo. Th. 4873; B. 2441

in-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
in-fród, adj.

Very old ⬩ very wise

Entry preview:

Him wæs wén ealdum infródum, 3752 ; B. 1874

ge-tal

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tal, adj.
Entry preview:

Quick, ready, active; agilis, velox, expeditus Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwám ungemet scearpe their tongues were swift to every wrong and to every evil exceeding sharp; lingua eorum machæra acuta, Ps. Th. 56, 5

ealgian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ðonne hé wel þénað and úres Drihtnes heorde ealgað, R. Ben. 123, 2. Hí ealle on andwyrdnysse stódon, ðá ðá se án ðé týnde, and noldon ðé ealgian wið heora bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 13: B. 796. Add

fals

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

Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man mǽst falses lufað, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26-29. Buton ǽlcon false, Wlfst. 272, 3. Add

full-fylgan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hí beóð þæs wel wyrðe, þæt deófol openlíce fandige hwá him fullfyligean wille, Wlfst. 95, 19

ge-lenge

Entry preview:

Wel is eác tó warnianne ꝥ man wite ꝥ hý ( the bride and bridegroom ) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, Ll. Th. i. 256, 10. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ge-lang affinis; ge-lengida affinitas.? v. líc-gelenge(?). Add

nam-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
nam-cúþ, adj.

Having the name well-known ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ of note ⬩ of renown

Entry preview:

Having the name well-known, celebrated, famous, of note, of renown Nabochodonossor se namcúþa cining, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 15. Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl a bit of every well-known plant, Lchdm. i. 398, 9.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Wé gewislíce witon . . . there is no doubt that we know . . ., Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 2. Gif on heortan wé biddan clǽnre gewisslíce ( certe ) þú scealt of beháte, Hy. S. 68, 7.

ge-þancian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þancian, -þoncian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [þancian to thank]
Entry preview:

We him his geswinces geþancedon, of úrum gemǽnum feó we would reward him for his labour out of our common money, L. Ath. v. § 7; Th. i. 234, 27. We giþoncia gratulamur, Rtl. 74, 7: 31, 1

Linked entry: þancian

land-gemǽre

Entry preview:

Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd ymbe Asia londgemǽro ; nú wille wé ymbe Europe londgemǽre (e altered to o) áreccean swá micel swá wé hit fyrmest witon, Ors. i, I ; S. 14, 26-28.

ge-leáffulnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáffulnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Faithfulness ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ fĭdēlĭtas ⬩ crēdŭlĭtas

Entry preview:

We sceolan andettan ða sóðan geleáffulnesse on úrne Drihten we must confess the true belief in our Lord, Blickl. Homl. 111, 6

unriht-hǽmed

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmed, In the following passage the word is masculine
Entry preview:

Forlsétan wé . . . unrihtwísnessa and unrihthǽmedas, Nap. 36, 25

forþ-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-boren, part. [pp. of forþ-beran]

Born forth ⬩ noble-born ⬩ high-born ⬩ clāris parentĭbus ortus ⬩ nōbĭlis

Entry preview:

Born forth, noble-born, high-born; clāris parentĭbus ortus, nōbĭlis We lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that no high-born priest despise the lower born, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 20

ge-wéman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wéman, p. de; pp. ed [ge-, wéman to persuade, entice]

To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre

Entry preview:

Ðæt we ne sceolon ná geþafian ðæt deófol us gewéme fram Cristes bróðorrǽdene we should not allow the devil to seduce us from the brotherhood of Christ, i. 260, 11

Linked entry: wéman

hand-bell

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

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

Entry preview:

Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

ge-séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-séfte, adj.

Soft, mild ⬩ mītis

Entry preview:

Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295

Linked entry: séfte

wérig-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig-ferhþ, adj.
Entry preview:

Weary-hearted, disconsolate, depressed Ongan geómormód tó Gode cleopian . . . weóp wérigferð, Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291.

yna

(n.)
Entry preview:

.), where it is printed with a space before y, as if a letter were wanting in the MS. Cockayne, Lchdm. iii. 334, col. 2, takes the word as the gen. pl. of yne = onion

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.