Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-dál

division, separation. ⬩ dissolution, destruction. ⬩ parting, separation of two or more objects. ⬩ a dividing of property, sharing. ⬩ a distributing, spending, giving. ⬩ a share, portion, part ⬩ difference

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 394, 29.

teóðung

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

S. 20; Th. i. 386, 18-22. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 85; Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. 9

Linked entry: tegðung

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail

Entry preview:

Grn. ii. 277, 15

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

Entry preview:

He dysigra manna hérunga cépþ he desires the praises of foolish men, i. 412, 7. Ðæt hí cépaþ ðæs ydelan hlýsan that they desire vain renown, ii. 566, 2. Swá hwilcne swá ic cysse, cépaþ his sóna whomsoever I kiss, take him forthwith, ii. 246, 11.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci

Entry preview:

. = Δακoί A celebrated warlike people in Upper Hungary, in Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in Bessarabia. They were originally of the same race as the Getæ. Trajan crossed the Danube and conquered the country in A.

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

Entry preview:

Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga, v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere, Hml. S. 32, 141.

carc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
carc-ern, carc-ærn, es; n.

care ⬩ a place ⬩ A prison, a house of correction ⬩ carcer, latomiæ

Entry preview:

Ðonne þincþ him ðæt he síe on carcerne gebroht then it seems to him that he is brought into prison, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 15. Ic wæs on cearcerne [MS. Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr.

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurk ⬩ skulk

Entry preview:

Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ from the fire that is latent in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4.

hryre

(adj.)
Grammar
hryre, adj. [?]

Falling ⬩ decaying ⬩ perishing

Entry preview:

It grows that it may fall, Homl. Th. i. 614, 8

giscung

(n.)
Grammar
giscung, geocsung, geoxung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Voc. i. 54, 64. In sicettunge and geoxunge in singultum, ii. 46, 9

Linked entries: geocsung geoxung

ge-réþru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réþru, pl. n.

Rudder, helm

Entry preview:

Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9.

Crecgan ford

(n.)
Grammar
Crecgan ford, Creccan ford, es; m. [
  • Hunt.
Creganford: the ford of the river Cray]

CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano

Entry preview:

CRAYFORD, Kent; loci nomen in agro Cantiano Hér Hengest and Æsc fuhton wið Brettas in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Crecgan ford in this year [A.

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death

Entry preview:

with the meaning of prince); in this sense it seems to be used in its compounds, and in the Icelandic mjötuðr weird, bane, death (Cl. and Vig. mjötuðr, II).

ge-wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wealdan, p. -weóld; pp. -wealden

To wield ⬩ rule ⬩ have power over ⬩ command ⬩ control ⬩ cause

Entry preview:

him forgive it, L.

Linked entry: ge-waldan

ge-nesan

Entry preview:

Add: to escape from an evil in which one is involved. absolute Þæt ealde wundor þǽra þreóra cnihta þe áworpene wǽron in þone byrnende ofen, and swá þeáh ungederede genǽson antiquum trium puerorum miraculum, qui projecti in ignibus laesi non sunt, Gr.

nyt-weorþ

Entry preview:

Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2, 16. Ic lufige ǽlc ðing be ðám dǽle þe ic hyt nytwyrðe ongyte, 43, 1.

Linked entry: not-wirþe

þeóte

(n.)
Grammar
þeóte, an; f.

A pipe or channel through which water rushes

Entry preview:

Voc. i. 38, 17 fistula, 39, 56. Of þeótan (þeóte,) (Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 4,) (the passage glossed is the same) tubo, Hpt. G1. 418, 61. Þeótan organa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 51: 97, 24. Þeótan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15.

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middle ⬩ centre

Entry preview:

The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36.

Linked entry: midlest

frig

(adj.)
Grammar
frig, def. se frigea; adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

Entry preview:

Gif se frigea ðý dæge wyrce if a freeman work on that day, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 5: 74; Th. i. 150, 1. Eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ sīcut omnis līber făcĕre dēbet, L. R. S. 3; Th. i. 432, 23: L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 3

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

Entry preview:

Ðæt gé ne swerion þurh eorþan, forðamðe heó ys Godes fótscamul that ye swear not by the earth, because it is God's foot-stool, Mt. Bos. 5, 35

Linked entries: eord eorþ