Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-méting

Entry preview:

Add: meeting, v. ge-métan; A. the coming together of two or more persons On gemétinge in conveniendo, Bl. Gl. Æt gemétinge, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 30. Hé hí tó him genam and clypte, and hí ealle þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge, Hml. S. 30, 384. (l a) a

and-git

(n.)
Entry preview:

Add: understanding, intellect Swǽ ðurhfærð his andgiet (-git, Hatt. MS.) ðæt mód his hiéremonna, Past. 154, 11. Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml. S. 7, 112. sense, faculty of perception Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite, Hml

Linked entry: on-gitenness

ǽr-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-dǽd, e; f.

Former conducta past deedante-actum

Entry preview:

Former conduct, a past deed; ante-actum Wyt witodlíce be uncer ǽr-dǽdum onfóþ nos duo quidem juste, nam digna factis recipimus, Lk. Bos. 23, 41: Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 24, note

bearn-lufe

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-lufe, an ; f.

Child-lovelove of one's own or of an adopted childliberorum amorfilii sui vel adoptivi amor

Entry preview:

Child-love, love of one's own or of an adopted child; liberorum amor, filii sui vel adoptivi amor Hine on bearnlufan habban wolde eum loco adoptivi haberet, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 4

cynelíc-nys

(n.)
Grammar
cynelíc-nys, cynelícnyss,e; f.

Royally, as shewn in the deportment, a kingly likeness regia dignitas

Entry preview:

Royally, as shewn in the deportment, a kingly likeness; regia dignitas For his cynelícnysse ge módes ge onsýnes for his kingliness both of his mind and appearance, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 9

deáþ-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-scyldig, adj. [deáþ death, scyldig guilty]

Death-guilty, condemneddamnātus

Entry preview:

Death-guilty, condemned; damnātus Gif deáþscyldig man scriftspræce gyrne if a man guilty of death desire confession, L. E. G. 5; Th. i. 168, 24: L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 3

eáster-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-feorm, eástor-feorm, e; f.

Easter-feast or repast paschālis firma

Entry preview:

Easter-feast or repast; paschālis firma On sumere þeóde gebýreþ winter-feorm [and] eáster-feorm in quĭbusdam lŏcis dătur firma nātālis Dŏmĭni, et firma paschālis, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26

faroþ-lácende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
faroþ-lácende, faraþ-lácende, fareþ-lácende; part. [lácan to sail]

Sailing, swimmingS nāvĭgans, nătans

Entry preview:

Sailing, swimming;S nāvĭgans, nătans Faroþlácende sailing, Andr. Kmbl. 1014; An. 507. Gewíciaþ faroþlácende on ðam eálonde the sea-faring [men] encamp on that island, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 15; Wal. 20

fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.

Valiantstoutfirmstrēnuus

Entry preview:

Valiant, stout, firm; strēnuus Geong and fram young and valiant, Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 25. He wæs fram to Godes compe he was stout for God's battle, Andr. Kmbl. 467; An. 234

here-hand

(n.)
Grammar
here-hand, a; f.

A hostile hand or power

Entry preview:

A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8

in-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
in-gefeoht, es; n.

Intestinecivil war

Entry preview:

Intestine or civil war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte and hie sylfe þræston on ingefeohtum ut Brittones quiescentibus ad tempus exteris, civilibus sese bellis contriverint, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 12

ge-winde

(adj.)
Entry preview:

adj Ðá hit wæs wel gewinde on ða burh when the wind was in the right quarter [for blowing the flames] on to the town; ventum opportunum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25

Linked entry: -winde

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, pp. -risen

To seize, takerapere

Entry preview:

To seize, take; rapere Geríseþ rapit, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 19. Gerísaþ rapiunt, 11, 12. Sóna wæs gerisen and genumen of middanearde rapta confestim de mundo, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5, note

ge-sǽlig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig-líce, -sǽli-líce, -sǽl-líce; adv.

Happilyfēlīcĭter

Entry preview:

Happily; fēlīcĭter Gesǽliglíce fēlīcĭter, Scint. 1. Manige habbaþ genóg gesǽlilíce [gesǽllíce, MS. Cot.] gewífod many have married happily enough, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 5. Gesǽlilíce fēlīcĭter, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27

Linked entry: gesǽli-líce

un-áwend

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwend, -áwended; adj.

Unchangedunaltered

Entry preview:

Unchanged, unaltered Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend (-áwended, MS. B.), L. C. S. 82; Th. i. 422, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 231, 17. Ic wille ðæt se fréols stonde unáwent, 219, 20

un-gewemmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gewemmedlíce, adv.

Uncorruptlypurelyinviolably

Entry preview:

Uncorruptly, purely, inviolably Ðæt ða dómas and ða gesetnysse, ða ðe fram hálgum fæderum árǽdde and gesette wǽron, ðæt ða fram eallum ús ungewemmedlíce ( incorrupte ) healdene wǽron, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 19

Linked entry: ge-wemmedlíce

wuldorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorlíce, adv.

Gloriously

Entry preview:

Gloriously Hé ðæt setl ðære apostolícan cyrican wulderlíce (gloriosissime) heóld and rehte, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 10. Wuldorlíce, Blickl. Homl. 211, 31. Hié on manegum godcundum mægenum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, 161, 19

ágen-slaga

Entry preview:

Add: A suicide Nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Ǽlc ágenslaga on écnysse ðrowað. Hml. S. 19, 230: Hml. Th. ii. 250, 22

á-mang

Entry preview:

Se ðe his calic ágeóte ámang his mæssan ( inter missam suam ), Ll. Th. ii. 218, 17. Gelamp hit ámang þám ( meanwhile ), Hml. S. 23, 136. Ámang þissan, Chr. 1066; P. 197, 32. Add

eorþ-fæst

Entry preview:

Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác tó eorðfæstum stáne, Hml. S. 17, 130. Hig lǽddon þone cyning tó ánum eorðfæstum treówe and tígdon hine þǽr tó, 32, 109. Add