Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ofer-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hygdig, proud, supercilious.
Entry preview:

Gif hé wel áginnan wile ne mæig hé sleac beón ne tó oferhýdig, Angl. ix. 259, 21. Hé hæfde ǽnne swíþe oferhigdigne cniht, þám hé sylf mihte uneáðe gewyldan superbum valde puerum habuit, cui vix poterat vel ipse dominari, Gr. D. 36, 5. Add

flǽsc-sand

Entry preview:

For Nap. 23 read Chrd. 14, 36-8

earfoþ-rihte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-rihte, adj.
Entry preview:

Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19

Linked entry: -rihte

eást-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
eást-þeód, e; f.
Entry preview:

An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26

feówer-hweohlode

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-hweohlode, adj.

Four-wheeled

Entry preview:

Four-wheeled Fýrhweohlodum (or fýr < fyþer) crætum quadrigis, Nap. 80

Linked entries: hweóled fiþer-hweohlode

fold-bold

Entry preview:

Se winsele on hrúsan ne feól, fæger foldbold. For the passage substitute

frǽ-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
frǽ-wlitig, adj.
Entry preview:

Very beautiful Þá syndon freáwlitige deór isti formosi sunt, Nar. 38, 15

Linked entry: wlitig

ge-hresp

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

Plundering Þurh hǽðenra manna gehresp and gestrodu, Nap. 30. See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

háliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
háliglíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Holily Sé byð Gode geþeódd, sé ðe hyt háliglíce déð, Nap. 35

healf-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-nacod, adj.

Half-naked

Entry preview:

Half-naked Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá healfnacode (seminudos), Nar. 10, 16

Linked entry: nacod

moþ-freten

(adj.)
Grammar
moþ-freten, adj.
Entry preview:

Moth-eaten: — Heora reáf nǽron nán þingc moðfretene, Hml. S. 23, 437

stán-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
stán-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

A kind of stone A(s)bestus hátte sum stáncynn, Nap. 59

tó-dál

Entry preview:

Add Ðǽr nys náðor gemencgednys ne tódál, Hml. Th ii. 8, 8

torhtness

Entry preview:

Hé ne gýmeð þysses eorðlican ríces torhtnessa, Verc. Först. 108, 4. Add

wirdan

Grammar
wirdan, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

Ne wallað hiǽ werda uolite eos uetare, Lk. R. 18, 16. Add

ymb-swápan

Grammar
ymb-swápan, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

Hié úme Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle, Nap. 71, 27. Add

be-brúcan

Entry preview:

Add Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bél, Shrn. 4, 5

ealdor-apostol

Entry preview:

Se ealdorapostol ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas, Nap. 69, 3. Add

fǽcnig

Entry preview:

For Nap. 78 substitute Fore fǽcnigum propter dolos, Ps. Rdr. 72, 18

dǽd-bétere

(n.)
Entry preview:

After dǽdbéterum insert: (poenitentibus), and for Nap. 16 l. Chrd. 80, 24

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.