Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

þearfedness

(n.)
Grammar
þearfedness, e; f.

Poverty

Entry preview:

Mid ðearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse paupertate ac rusticitate sua, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 28. In ðearfednisse in paupertate, Ps. Surt. 30, 11

á-wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wlacian, p. ode

To grow lukewarm

Entry preview:

To grow lukewarm Hí on þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse hý sylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hý swíþe recene áwlaciaþ (continuo tepefacti) R. Ben. 135, 6. Þe lǽs þe þǽre hálgan ǽfestnesse welm áwlacige and mid ealle ácólige, Lch. iii. 442, 20

bæcestre

Entry preview:

Hé becom tó þám ofne, in þám þá wíf bócon heora hláfas. Þá lócode hé in þone ofn, wénunga hwylc hláf ðǽr tó láfe wunode æfter þám bæcestrum (coquentibus), Gr. D. 251, 27. Add

feorr

(adv.)
Grammar
feorr, adv.

Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe

Entry preview:

Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.

geómor-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-mód, geómer-mód, giómor-mód; adj.

Sad of mind, sorrowful ⬩ mæstus anĭmo

Entry preview:

Heó wǽron geómormóde they were sorrowful, Elen. Kmbl. 1107; El. 555: 825; El. 413. Gewitan him gangan, geómermóde they retired, sad of mind, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 9; Gen. 858

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, l. á-feorrian;
Entry preview:

To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus est , Ps. L. 119, 5. intrans.

á-mánsumian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Dele bracket and add: to accurse Heó nolde ágan þæs wælhreówan hærereáf ac ámánsumode, Hml. A. 115, 426.

Linked entry: mánsumian

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
Entry preview:

Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf. Wæs seó wund fæstlíce gehálad (curatum), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 3), Shrn. 95, 2. Substitute:

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

Entry preview:

Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19. Done wæterpytt puteum illum (cf. wyllspring, v. 7), 16, 14. Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt (cisternam, Ex. 21, 33), oþþe betýnedne ontýne, Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6.

weard

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
weard, adv.

Ward in to-ward

Entry preview:

Heó teáh hyne wiþ hyre weard, Judth. Thw. 23, 1; Jud. 99. v. eást-, for-, forþ-, hám-, hider-, hindan-, norþ-, súþ-, þider-, west-weard

Bricg

(n.)
Grammar
Bricg, Brycg, e; f. [
  • Sim. Dun.
Brige:
  • Hovd.
Briges:
  • Matt. West.
Brigges] .

Bridgenorth in Shropshire ⬩ oppidum in agro Salopiensi ⬩ Bruges in Belgium ⬩ Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium

Entry preview:

Bruges in Belgium; Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium Heó com to Bricge begeondon sǽ she came to Bruges beyond the sea, Chr. 1037; Erl. 166, 7.

wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode

To foam ⬩ bubble up ⬩ pour forth ⬩ abound ⬩ swarm

Entry preview:

Ingá forrotednys on bánum mínum and under mé heó wapelige ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis et subter me scateat, Cant. Habac. 16. v. preceding word

wíf-þing

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-þing, pl. n.

Matters connected with women ⬩ marriage ⬩ intercourse

Entry preview:

[He weddede þat mæiden, and nom heo to his bedden; þer wes wífðing riche, Laym. 31128.] Cf. brýd-þing

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

Entry preview:

[Heo ȝeoten i þan welle (wille, 2nd MS.); þa wes þa welle mid attre bigon. Laym. 19771.]

fæger

fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant

Entry preview:

H. 107, 30. free from impropriety: Heó hádunga underféng mid fægere drohtnunga, Hml. S. 7, 284

be-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
be-reáfian, bi-reáfian, -reáfigean, ic -reáfige; p. -reáfode; pp. -reáfod; v. a.

To BEREAVE ⬩ seize ⬩ spoil ⬩ take away ⬩ eripere ⬩ spoliare ⬩ privare

Entry preview:

To BEREAVE, seize, spoil, take away; eripere, spoliare, privare Heó hit ne mæg his gewittes bereáfian she cannot bereave it of its faculty, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 25. Hú mæg man hys fata hyne bereáfian quomodo potest quisquam vasa ejus diripere? Mt.

dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed ; v. a [dǽl a part, deal]

To divide, separate, distribute, bestow, spend, dispense, DEAL, DOLE ⬩ dividĕre, distribuĕre, separāre ab aliquo

Entry preview:

Dǽlde eall ðæt heó áhte she had spent all that she had, Mk. Bos. 5, 26

Linked entries: a-dǽlan délan

un-áblinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áblinnendlíce, adv.

Unceasingly ⬩ incessantly ⬩ without ceasing ⬩ without intermission

Entry preview:

Heó ðurh syx singal geár ðære ylcan hefignesse ádle unáblinnendlíce won per sex continuos annos eadem molestia laborare non cessabat, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 18: Homl. Skt. i. 19, 9: ii. 23 b, 328; 155. Hí gebiddaþ unáblinnendlíce, i. 5, 446: Blickl.

Linked entry: á-blinnendlíce

bí-leofen

Entry preview:

Heó bíleofenæ fundon, Hml. A. 85, 121. Add

ge-hú

Entry preview:

Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sǽ sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.