Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-dyrst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To dareaudere

Entry preview:

To dare; audere He ne gedyrstlǽcþ ðæt he furðon orðige oððe sprece he dare not even breathe or speak, Homl. Th. i. 456, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 29

un-geworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geworht, adj.

not madenot finished

Entry preview:

not made Gif geworht wǽre, ne wurde nǽfre ælmihtig God ... wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrcan

doxian

(v.)
Grammar
doxian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To become dark-coloured Hwílum ( the dead body ) bið swíðe láðlicum men gelíc; þonne wannað and doxaþ; óðre hwíle bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, Verc. fol. 23 b

lár-bóc

Entry preview:

áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add

un-gyrdan

Entry preview:

Gif ǽnigne þearfan nacodne gemétte, þonne wæs hine sylfne ungyrdende ( se exspolians), and mid his hrægle þone þearfan gescrýdde, Gr. D. 68, II. Cf. on-gyrdan. Add

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, diópe; comp. -or; sup.-ost ; adv.

Deeply, profoundly, thoroughly, entirely, earnestlyprŏfunde, gravĭter, subtīlĭter, penĭtus, solemnĭter

Entry preview:

Búton he ðe deóppor hit gebéte unless he amend it the more earnestly, Cod. Dipl. 773; A. D. 1044; Kmbl. iv. 87, 13. Ðæt ðú deópost cunne what thou most thoroughly knowest, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 10; Gn. Ex. 2.

Linked entry: diópe

for-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen [for-, grípan to grasp]

To graspsnatch awayseizeassailoverwhelmcorrĭpĕrecomprehendĕreapprehendĕrevim afferreobruĕre

Entry preview:

He æt gúþe forgráp Grendeles mǽgum he in conflict grasped Grendel's kinsmen, Beo. Th. 4695; B. 2353. Æbylignes yrres ðínes forgrípe indignātio īræ tuæ apprehendat eos, Ps. Th. 68, 25. Ðonne we hine forgrípen when we seize him, Ps.

hádian

(v.)
Grammar
hádian, p. ode; pp. od

To ordain

Entry preview:

To ordain Tó ðan ðet hine hádian sceolde in order that he might ordain him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 20. Léton hig hádian tó bisceopum they got themselves ordained bishops, 1053, Erl. 188, 14.

Linked entry: ge-hádian

prófian

(v.)
Grammar
prófian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne horn ne bláwe, for þeóf is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2

ge-lǽred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽred, part. p.

Learneddoctus

Entry preview:

He is gleáwest úre gelǽred he is the most skilfully instructed of us, H. R. 11, 9. Mid gelǽredre handa he swang ðone top with skilful hand he whipped the top, Th. Apol. 13, 13

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

Entry preview:

Ðæthé tǽlð tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 4. Se ðe gelýfð wíglungum oððe be fuglum, oððe be fnorum, oððe be horsum, oððe be hundum, ne bið ná cristen . . .

Linked entry: wílung

hwósan

(v.)
Grammar
hwósan, p. hweós
Entry preview:

To cough Wite þú gif mid earfodnysse hwést and hyt út hrǽcþ; ꝥanne ys ꝥ clǽnsunga þára breósta, Lch. iii. 122, 3. hwést swýþe hefelíce . . . and þat út hrǽcþ byþ swýþe þicce and hæfet hwýt híw, 126, 9.

ofer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, adj.
Entry preview:

H. 36, 714), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5. Wé witon ðæt nǽre eáðmód, gif underfénge ðone ealdordóm . . . búton ege; and eft wǽre ofermód, gif wiðcwǽde ðæt nǽre underðídd his Scippende, Past. 51, 12.

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Take here clypung, cleopung in Dict., and add: crying, clamour Gehýrde mycelne heáf and wóp, and manige cleopodan mid mycelre stefne. Þá áhsode hwæt seó cleopung wǽre, Bl. H. 219, 10.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
Entry preview:

Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan mæg dón, swylce hine gehǽle . . . gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

CWACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

Entry preview:

Cwacode he sóna he instantly quaked, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 15: 32, 3, 19

ofer-weorpan

(v.)

to overthrow, throw downto throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkleTo fall down

Entry preview:

Gif hié oferweorpe, mid x sciłł. gebéte, L. Alf. pol. 11; Th. i. 68, 15.

hréfan

(v.)
Grammar
hréfan, p. de

To roof

Entry preview:

To roof lǽt it réfen he had it roofed, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 8

þurh-brengan

(v.)

to bring through

Entry preview:

to bring through tóslát sǽ and þurhbróhte ( perduxit ) hig, Ps. Lamb. 77, 13

Linked entry: brengan

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

Entry preview:

gestihte his werod . . on þone huntað fón sceoldon (how they should set about the hunting), Hml. S. 30, 27. Uton fón on óðre bóc forewearde aggrediamur librum secundum, Solil. H. 55, 4: Hml. Th. i. 206, 21. Ic sceal fón on fitte, Met.