Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

fæsten

(n.)
Entry preview:

Gif hwá for his untrumnysse ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg . . . him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæstan álýsan, Ll. Th. ii. 220, 26.

ge-deorf

(n.)
Entry preview:

labour, toil, work Gif gedeorf (labor) oðþe sumer-hǽte hwylces eácan ( an increase of food) behófige, R. Ben. 64, 17. Of folclicum gedeorfe ex plebeio labore, 138, 22. On sceortum gedeorfe labore breui, Wülck. Gl. 256, 27.

hǽman

Entry preview:

Add: in a not criminal sense. to have sexual intercourse Gif wer and wíf hý gesomnien, and heó secge ꝥ hé ne mæge hǽman (coire) mid hire . . . nime hire óðerne, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 37. to marry Ne beþærfeþ ꝥ mon hǽme non expedit nubere, Mt.

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

Entry preview:

Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L. Eth. 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Ofsleahþ, 6; Th. i. 4, 6. Ofslehþ, 7; Th. i. 4, 9. Gif hwâ his cild ofslihþ tó deáþe, L. M. I. P. 8 ; Th. ii. 268, I. Se gerêfa nyste hwæt hié wǽron, and hiene mon ofslôg, Chr. 787; Erl. 56, 15.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

Entry preview:

Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21. Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

for-súwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-súwian, -súgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans.

To pass over in silencekeep silentsĭlentio prætĕrīretăcēreretĭcēre

Entry preview:

Ǽlc cræft biþ forsúgod, gif he biþ bútan wisdóme every craft it passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10, MS. Cot

scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
Entry preview:

Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15

Linked entry: a-scrincan

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

Entry preview:

Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feólle ... Gif man hine ofsleá on ðam ungewitte, L. Ecg. P. addit. 29; Th. ii. 236, 31. Se yfela gást on ungewitte his ( Saul's ) mód áwende, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 11.

wermód

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

Gif hit sié sumor, dó wermódes sǽdes dust tó . . . gif hit sié winter, ne þearft þú ðone wermód tó dón, 180, 27. Grénne wermód oððe drígne, 206, 24: 296, 13. Wring on wermód wearmne, 310, 10. Nim wermód nioþoweardne, 326, 10. Wærmód, i. 206, 10.

be-hát

Entry preview:

Gif hé þis behát ábrycð, 99, 21. Behát ( vota ) wé tólésan þé, Hy. S. 7, 27. Ic ágylde þé behát ( vota ) mín, Ps. Spl. 65, 12. Gode man sceal dón þá betstan behát, Hml.

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif gé willað mínum bebodum gehýrsumian, Hml. Th. i. 86, 34. to obey a master, serve, be a servant to te huæd úsum gihérsumaiað hérnise ut quid nostro ministratur officio, Rtl. 106, 22.

geómor

Entry preview:

[Perhaps the passage under geómor-gid (geómor gid?) might be taken here.? having a cheerless sound or appearance Þeós geómre lyft triste coelum, Exod. 430.

ge-sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Past. 69, 23. reasonably, in accordance with reason Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde, hé gesceádwíslíce (rationabiliter) his yfelan béne forwyrne, R. Ben. 54, 15: R. Ben. I. 61, 12: 102, i: Bt. 13; F. 38, 3. <b>III a.

ge-bregdan

Entry preview:

Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe ge*-*feohte oþþe wǽpne gebrégde (-bréde, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 70, 19. Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, 88, 1. with acc. Petrus hæfde suuord gebrægd hine Petrus kabens gladium eduxit eum, Jn. L.

ge-drinc

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

Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll.

ge-wéman

Entry preview:

Gif þú wille þínne sunu gewéman fram Críste, 40

hatung

Entry preview:

Gif ǽnig þing ungeþwǽrlices on his geþance ríxade . . . hé hine sylfne geclǽnsige fram ǽlcre hatunge leahtre, R. Ben. 38, 19. Hwí is se deófol swá onweard þám men ?

mist

Entry preview:

Gif þú ðone wísdóm selfne geseón wilt, þú ne scealt nénne myst betweón lǽtan þínum eágum and hym. Solil. H. 43, 17

ou-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-cnáwenness, e; f.

recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is)acknowledgment, recognition of a claim

Entry preview:

recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) Wé habbaþ ðæt éce líf þurh geleáfan, and oncnáwennysse ðære Hálgan Þrynnesse, gif wé ða oncnáwennysse mid árwurþnysse healdaþ.

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias părāre

Entry preview:

Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6