Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
Entry preview:

-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

fola

Entry preview:

Lǽdað hý mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan; þá folan hý gesǽlað ǽr hý ofer þá faran tolleni aput camelos masculos et feminas quae habent foetas; foetas trans flumen alligatas relinquunt, Nar. 35, ll. Add

ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
Entry preview:

Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang on middel gewæd and þonan west on Seolcingfleót, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Geuueada vada brevia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 17

Linked entry: wæd

hrine

Entry preview:

D. 87, 24. the touch of an inanimate object Hí þǽre wæteres hrine him ondrédon, Gr. D. 15, 8. the sense of touch Þú þe wé ne magon líchamlíce ongytan . . . ne mid smecce, ne mid hrine quem sensus ignorat, Solil. H. 6, 15

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.

Full

Entry preview:

Seó Níl is ealdor fullícra Nilus est caput fluuiorum, Nar. 35, 19 note. Similar entries Cf. full; V. Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2.

Linked entry: fallic

norþan-eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
norþan-eástan, adv.

From the north-east

Entry preview:

From the north-east Ðonne se stearca wind cymþ norþan-eástan, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 19

Linked entry: be-eástan-norþan

ge-cow

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cow, es; n.
Entry preview:

What is chewed, food Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit and fugles geter, Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cow

seár

Grammar
seár, siére.
Entry preview:

Eall hé weornige swá sýre (syer, MS.) wudu, Lch. i. 384, 14. See next word. Add

ofer-swógan

(v.)

to cover thickly

Entry preview:

to cover thickly Mid þýstro genipum ðæs muntes cnoll eall oferswógen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 203, 9

holm-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
holm-ærn, es; n.

A sea-house, vessel, ship

Entry preview:

A sea-house, vessel, ship Holmærna mǽst earc Noes, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 30; Gen. 1422

swǽran

(v.)
Grammar
swǽran, p. de

To make heavy, to oppress gravare, praegravare, opprimeregravare

Entry preview:

To make heavy, to oppress [ Eall se líchama geswǽred byþ and gehefegud, Lchdm. iii. 120, 22.]

sprott

(n.)
Grammar
sprott, es; m.

A sprathec epimera

Entry preview:

A sprat Ða myclan hwælas and ða lytlan sprottas and eall fisckynn, Anglia viii. 310, 18

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

Entry preview:

Srt.) eáge, 93, 9. non-material Þú þe híwast (hiówas, Ps. Srt. fingis) sár on bebode, Ps.

hefig-tíme

heavyweightyof great importanceseriousgravesevereseriousoppressiveannoyingtroublesomehard to beargrievoustedious

Entry preview:

Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtíme geár ǽgðer ge þurh mænigfealde gylda and eác þurh hefigtýmne hunger, Chr. 1096; P. 233, 3.

ge-griþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-griþian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To make peacepācĭfĭcāreTo protecttuēri

Entry preview:

To make peace; pācĭfĭcāre Ealle Eást-Centingas gegriþedan wið hí all the East Kentians made peace with them, Chr. l009; Th. 261, 20, col. 2. v. trans. To protect; tuēri Syndon cyrcan wáce gegriþode churches are weakly protected, L. I.

Linked entry: griþian

lufian

(v.)
Entry preview:

C. 122. ¶ in the legal formula :-- Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe, and eal lufian ꝥ hé lufað, and eal áscunian ꝥ; he áscunað, Ll.

éfen

(n.)
Grammar
éfen, es; n.

Evening vesper

Entry preview:

Evening; vesper Éfna gehwám each evening, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 27; Gú. 1216

ge-ylca

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-ylca, prn.

The same

Entry preview:

The same Eall ðæ geylcan gerihta all the same rights, Th. Chart. 433, 36

Cant-waru

(n.)
Grammar
Cant-waru, e; f.
Entry preview:

The people of Kent Eall Brytene búton Cantware ánre, Chr. 617; P. 24, 28

eorþ-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gemǽre, es; n.
Entry preview:

An end of the earth Eall eorðgemǽru universi fines terrae, Ps. Th. 21, 25