Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

FIN

(n.)
Grammar
FIN, finn, es; m.

A FIN ⬩ pinna

Entry preview:

A FIN; pinna Ne ete gé nánne fisc búton ða ðe habbaþ finnas and scilla ye shall not eat any fish except those that have fins and scales, Lev. 11, 9

friónd

(n.)
Grammar
friónd, es; m.

A friend ⬩ amīcus

Entry preview:

A friend; amīcus Hine his mǽgum gebodie and his frióndum let notice of him be given to his kinsmen and to his friends, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 9

gǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
gǽstan, p. te; pp. ed [gást, gǽst a spirit, ghost]

To gast ⬩ frighten ⬩ afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ terrēre ⬩ crŭciāre ⬩ affligĕre

Entry preview:

To gast, frighten, afflict, torment; terrēre, crŭciāre, affligĕre Hí gǽston Godes cempan gáre and líge they afflicted God's champions with spear and flame, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 27; Jul. 17

Linked entry: gǽst-lic

pǽca

(n.)
Grammar
pǽca, an; m.
Entry preview:

A deceiver Se ðe sægþ ðæt hé lufie God, and his beboda ne healdeþ, hé biþ ðonne him sylf leás, and biþ his ágen pǽca, Basil admn. 4 ; Norm. 40, 21

ge-gifod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gifod, part.

Enriched with gifts

Entry preview:

Enriched with gifts Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on golde and on seolfre the king had bestowed many gifts of gold and silver on him, Chr. l001; Erl. 136, 17

Linked entry: ge-geafian

ge-híran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híran, p. -hírde; pp. -híred

To hear ⬩ exaudire

Entry preview:

To hear; exaudire Gehír, God! mín gebed exaudi, Deus! orationem meam. Ðys is gebed, and ná hǽs this is a prayer, and not a command, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52

Linked entries: ge-héran ge-hýran

regol-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
regol-bryce, es; m.

A breach of rule, v.

Entry preview:

A breach of rule, v. Þurh gelǽredra regolbryce and þurh lǽwedra lahbryce through the breach of their rule by clerks and the breach of the law by laymen, Wulfst. 166, 22

stán-lesung

(n.)
Grammar
stán-lesung, e; f.
Entry preview:

A gathering of stones, building with stones and without cement Stánlesung lithologia (λιθoλoγέω to gather stones; to build with stones and without cement ), Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 5. Cf. stán-gaderung

Linked entry: lesung

wirming

(n.)
Grammar
wirming, e; f.

Warming

Entry preview:

Warming Se cyning gestód æt ðam fýre and hine wyrmde; and ðá betwih ða wærminge (werminge, M. 196, 27) (inter calefaciendum) gemunde hé ðæt word, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 34

Linked entry: wærming

egeslíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Add: horribly Hé egeslíce hweós, Hml. Th. i. 86, 7. Þǽr manna líc lágon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 211. Þá wyrhtan tótǽron hí sylfe and egeslíce grymetedon, 6, 197

for-logen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-logen, for-logen; adj. (ptcpl.)
Entry preview:

Guilty of bearing false witness Syndan ðurh mistlice leásunga forloren and forlogen má þonne scolde, Wlfst. 164, 7: 130, 6. Fela sýn forsworene and swíðe forlogene, 129, 7: 268, 27. Substitute:

glíw-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-gamen, es; n.
Entry preview:

Musical entertainment, music Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris (Is. 5, 12), Wlfst. 46, 16

hláford-swícung

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swícung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Treachery to a lord Ús mon þanne nénigre déda grimlícor ne mengaþ, þanne þæs saternesdeges weorces . . . búton manslihte and ciricbryca and hláfordswícunga, Wlfst. 225, 28. Uton forlǽtan . . . hláfordswícunga, Verc. Först. 167

midnæddran

(n.)
Entry preview:

Ofer nǽddran and midnǽddran (mid nǽddran (?) basiliscum: the glosser seems to have taken -cum as a preposition suffixed, and to have thought basiliscum = cum basilis ) þú gǽst, Ps. Spl. 90, 13

uppian

(v.)
Grammar
uppian, p. ode

To mount up ⬩ rise

Entry preview:

To mount up, rise Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit miclaþ and uppaþ and fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com ad superiora colligitur, Past. 38 ; Swt. 277. 7

cócnunga

(n.)
Grammar
cócnunga, pl. f. [cóc a cook]

Things cooked ⬩ pies

Entry preview:

Things cooked, pies Metegearwa and cócnunga sint to forbeódanne meat-preparations and things cooked must be forbidden L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 210, 26; 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 236, 10

Linked entry: ge-cócnian

orcen

(n.)

a sea-monster

Entry preview:

a sea-monster Ðanon untydras ealle onwócon, eotenas and ylfe and orcneas [orcenas (?). Grein reads orc-néas, with which compare orc-þyrs under orc] swylce gigantas, Beo. Th. 225; B. 112. (?)

hilde-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wóma, an; m.

The crash and rush of battle.

Entry preview:

The crash and rush of battle. Andr. Kmbl. 436; An. 218: Exon. 75 b; Th. 282,15; Jul. 663: 67 b; Th. 250, 32; Jul. 136. v. Grmm. And. u. El. xxx

Linked entry: wóma

seócness

(n.)
Grammar
seócness, e; f.

Sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ disease

Entry preview:

Sickness, illness, disease Ðæt God wolde sendan ærest hungor and ádla on manna ceáp, ǽr ðæt fýr cóme on heó, and heó mid mislícre seócnesse æt mannum genyman. Wulfst. 209, 30

cæder-beám

(n.)
Grammar
cæder-beám, es; m.

A cedar-tree ⬩ cedrus

Entry preview:

A cedar-tree; cedrus Hériaþ Drihten, muntas and ealle beorgas, treówu wæstmbǽru, and ealle cæder-beám laudate Dominum, montes et omnes colles, ligna fructifera, el omnes cedri, Ps. Spl. 148, 9