Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

eafoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eafoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, might ⬩ vis

Entry preview:

Strength, violence, might; vis Wæs seó mǽg ánrǽd and unforht, eafoða gemyndig the maid was resolved and fearless, of her strength mindful, Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 22 ; Jul. 601.

Linked entry: eofoþ

ge-ahsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ahsian, p. ode; pp. od

To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre

Entry preview:

To find out by asking, discover, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, resciscĕre, discĕre Ðá Latinus hyre wer geahsode when Collatinus her husband heard it, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 32 : 3, 11; Bos. 75, 26.

metod-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-sceaft, e; f.

Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death

Entry preview:

Heó metodsceaft ( the death of her kinsmen ) bemearn, 2158; B. 1077

mirce

(adj.)
Grammar
mirce, adj.

dark ⬩ murky ⬩ dark ⬩ black ⬩ evil

Entry preview:

Gang ofer myrcan mór her course o'er the dark moor, Beo. Th. 2814; B. 1405. in a metaphorical sense (of sin, crime, etc.) dark, black, evil Mircne mægencræft mánwomma gehwone dark power, each sinful stain, Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 26; Cri, 1280.

ge-dreccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreccan, p. -drehte; pp. -dreht, -dreaht

To vex ⬩ afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ oppress ⬩ vexare ⬩ affligere ⬩ tribulare ⬩ opprimere

Entry preview:

To vex, afflict, torment, oppress; vexare, affligere, tribulare, opprimere He hæfþ on slǽpe ðýn wýf gedreht he hath vexed thy wife in her sleep, Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 15.

Linked entries: ge-drecte ge-dreht

un-forcúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forcúþ, adj.

Not despicable ⬩ not ignoble ⬩ not wicked ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ good

Entry preview:

Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51. Eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, Andr. Kmbl. 2527; An. 1265. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte ... ic wille ðé, eorl unforcúð, biddan, 949; An. 475. Ðegn unforcúð, Menol.

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

Entry preview:

Hér wiðufan on ðyssere rǽdinge, 608, 15: ii. 228, 7. Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7. Hé bebeád wolcnum wiþufan mandavit nubibus desuper, Ps. Lamb. 77, 23: Hymn. Surt. 24, 31.

draca

Entry preview:

Hér is cumen án draca þe mé forswelgan sceal . . . Mín heáfod hé hæfð mid his ceaflum befangen, Hml. Th. i. 534, 15. Ic eom forðrycced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan ( draconis ) . . . Ðes draca nú fleáh, Gr. D. 325, 5-9.

ed-hwyrft

Entry preview:

Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281

rihtung

Entry preview:

Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce ( si ad correctionem non perveniunt), hí byrnað þǽr aa in écnesse, Gr. D. 335, 13. Add Midþrowung menn and rihtincg (rectitudo; cf. rigor, rectitudo, Corp. Gl. H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6.

secgan

Entry preview:

Add Hér sægað ymb ðás mǽran gewyrd, Verc. Först. 96, 3. Add Secge him mon swíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendus est, Past. 185, 12.

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

Entry preview:

Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

on-gemang

(adv.)

Among

Entry preview:

Gif wé Æfneres dǽda sume hér ongemong secgaþ, Swt. 295, 13

Linked entry: ge-mang

godcund

(adj.)
Grammar
godcund, adj.

Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred

Entry preview:

Hér sende Gregorius pápa wel monige godcunde láreówas in this year pope Gregory sent very many religious teachers, Chr. 601; Erl. 20, 11. In godcundum mægne in divine power, Exon. 40 a; Th. 134, 2; Gú. 501; 17 a; Th. 40, 13; Cri. 638.

GEALLA

(n.)
Grammar
GEALLA, ealla, an; m.

GALL ⬩ bile ⬩ fel ⬩ bīlis ⬩ a gall ⬩ fretted place on the skin ⬩ intertrīgo

Entry preview:

Ðe cymeþ of togotennysse ðæs geallan which cometh of effusion of the gall, Herb. 141, 2 : Lchdm. i. 262, 12, MS. O : 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 4, MS. H. Hig sealdon hym wín drincan mid geallan gemenged dĕdērunt ei vīnum bĭbĕre cum felle mistum, Mt.

Linked entry: ealla

wine-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
wine-dryhten, es; m.

A friendly, gracious lord.

Entry preview:

Ðæt mon his winedryhten wordum herge, 6332; B. 3176 : 5437; B. 2722 : Judth. Thw. 25, 23 ; Jud. 274. Hé winedryhten (the Deity) frægn, Andr. Kmbl. 1838; An. 921. Hié winedrihten wiht ne lógon, glædne Hróðgár, ac wæs ðæt gód cyning, Beo.

ge-reordan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reordan, -reordian; p. ode; pp. ad, od

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

Entry preview:

Unbindaþ hí and gereordigaþ unbind her and give her to eat, Homl. Th. i. 458, 19. We willaþ mid ðý hláfe gereorde beón pane illo refici volumus, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 22.

Linked entry: reordan

ge-fylcea

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylcea, (?), an; m.
Entry preview:

Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ?

Linked entry: fylcea

screádian

(v.)
Grammar
screádian, p. ode

To shred ⬩ cut up or off ⬩ pare ⬩ to prune

Entry preview:

Ðá hét hé (Herod) him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne (cf. æppelscreáda quisquiliae) ǽnne æppel, i. 88, 9

ge-dweola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dweola, -dweolda, an; m.

Error ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis

Entry preview:

Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis Se ge-dweola wæs on ðam Nyceniscan sinoþe geniðerad the error was put down in the Nicene synod, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 36. Gé gedweolan lifdon ye lived in error, Invent. Crs. Recd. 623; El. 311.