Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

Entry preview:

Sing ðis on ánum berenan hláfe and syle ðan horse etan sing this over a barley loaf and give it the horse to eat, Lchdm. iii. 68, 31: Blickl. Homl. 179, 31: Jn. Skt. 6, 9.

mǽting

(n.)
Grammar
mǽting, e; f.

A dream

Entry preview:

A dream On xxii nihta seó mǽtinga biþ eall costunge full; ne biþ ðæt ná gód swefen, Lchdm. iii. 156, 7. Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 24; Dan. 141

ge-metsian

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

To furnish with provisions

Entry preview:

To furnish with provisions Ðæt scip ðe Swegen eorl hæfde him silfum ǽr gegearcod and gemetsod the ship that Earl Sweyn had before prepared and provisioned for himself, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 14

Linked entry: metsian

styrigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
styrigend-líc, adj.
Entry preview:

Hé styrigendlíces nán þincg findan ne mihte, Of styrigendlícum mobilibus, Germ God gesceóp eall libbende fisccinn and stirigendlíce omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, Gen. 1, 21

Linked entry: stirigend-líc

unriht-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-dǽd, e; f.

Evil-doing

Entry preview:

Evil-doing Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde áþýstrade universa prove agendo obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 33. God wyle ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram eallum unrihtdǽdum and þeówétlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

ge-stefnian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to summon, call on a person to act Hié gestefniað him betweónum wið ðám unclǽnum gástum they (the angels) eall on one another to fight against the unclean spirits, Verc. Först. 125, 7

Linked entry: stefnian

rodor-lic

Entry preview:

Add Þú þe eart fram Gode gehálgod mid roderlicum wurðmynte te . . . quem Deus aethereo honore sacravit, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 11. Tó ðám roderlican (readorlicum, lxxv. 5) ad aetheria, Lch. i. lxxiii. 6

smeá-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-wrenc, es; m.

A crafty device, sharp trick

Entry preview:

A crafty device, sharp trick Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc Chart. Th. 339, 8

Linked entries: smeáh sméh-wrenc

efn-gedǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
efn-gedǽlan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To share alike in æquāles partes divĭdĕre

Entry preview:

To share alike; in æquāles partes divĭdĕre Beámas twegen ðara ǽghwæðer efngedǽlde heáhþegnunga háliges gástes two pillars, each of which shared alike the high services of the holy spirit, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 22; Exod. 95

Linked entry: efen-gedǽlan

neáh-tún

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-tún, es; m.

A neighbouring town

Entry preview:

A neighbouring town Sum eald man wæs in ðam néhtúne ðǽr ic wæs ðæs nama wæs Malchus there was an old man in the town near where I was, whose name was Malchus, Shrn. 36, 6

racu

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

, cloud, storm Ic wille ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan ða beútan beóþ earce bordum ðonne sweart racu ( the black clouds that overspread the sky at the Deluge ) stígan onginneþ, Cd. Th. 81, 34; Gen. 1355

swaðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swaðrian, swæðorian; p ode
Entry preview:

To retreat, withdraw, subside Geofon swaðrode . . . geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, Andr. Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570

Linked entries: swæðorian swodrian

un-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynde, adj.

Unnatural

Entry preview:

Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27

wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
wlátian, p. ode

To gazelook

Entry preview:

Ðæt is gefylled, ðæt se fróda mid eágum on wlátade, Exon. Th. 20, 34; Cri. 327

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to changeto exchange

Entry preview:

Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change Hé bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14

dysig-nes

Entry preview:

Eálá on hú micelre dysignesse men nú sindon O dura mens hominum et cor semper inhumanum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 17. Swá hwæt swá wé þurh hwylce dysignesse gedón habban, Hml. A. 143, 137. Add

neáh-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-gangol, adj.
Entry preview:

In attendance on the person of the sovereign Þ eall hí dydon for ðæs cáseres ðingon, for þon hí him ǽr on híredeswíðe neáhgangole wǽron (cf. Icel. þeir vóru svá nakvæmir konungi), Hml. S. 23, 130

Linked entry: gangel

un-gerýde

Entry preview:

Se egeslica swég ungerýdre sǽ eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add

íðe

(adj.)
Grammar
íðe, adj.

Easypleasant

Entry preview:

Easy, pleasant Nó ðæt ýðe byþ tó befleónne that is not easy to flee from, Beo. Th. 2009; B. 1002 : 4822; B. 2415.

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

Entry preview:

Byrhtwold wæs eald geneát [or eald-geneát, q.v.] Be cyninges geneáte of a king's 'geneat,' L. In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3. Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige in case a man's 'geneát' steal, L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9