Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

be-rífan

Entry preview:

Take here passage under be-rýfan in Dict. and cf. be-reáfian

Linked entry: be-rýfan

gold-fæt

Entry preview:

Add: Ph. 303 (given under gold-fæt a plate of gold) and

spelt

(n.)
Grammar
spelt, a board of a book; planca.
Entry preview:

Take here the first two instances given under spelt corn, and add:

hinder

(adv.)
Grammar
hinder, adv.

Back, ⬩ on the further side, ⬩ behind, ⬩ down

Entry preview:

Back, on the further side, behind, down Morðor món sceal under eorþan befeolan hinder under hrusan murder must be buried under earth, down under ground, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 24; Gn. Ex. 116. Hí mé ásetton on seáð hinder posuerunt me in lacu inferiori

Linked entries: on-hinder hindema hinder-þeóstru

innan

Entry preview:

Add:, ingan. v. innan-burhware, and ing under inn

wund-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wund-lác, es; n.

A wound

Entry preview:

A wound; Similar entries see first passage under wundel

hræd-rípe

(adj.)
Entry preview:

See instances given under rǽd-rípe. (l. ræd-rípe.)

ymb-fær

(n.)
Entry preview:

The second passage should be put under ymb-faru

giftan

(v.)
Grammar
giftan, (?) to marry.
Entry preview:

See Ll. Th. ii. 150, 24 under gift; 3. [Icel. giptask to marry.]

ge-bregd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bregd, es; n, [ge-, bregdan to move to and fro]

A moving to and fro ⬩ agitation ⬩ tossing ⬩ vibrātio ⬩ agĭtātio ⬩ jactātio

Entry preview:

A moving to and fro, agitation, tossing; vibrātio, agĭtātio, jactātio Nis ðǽr on ðam londe wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum, ne se hearda forst there is not in that land tossing of tempests rough under heaven, nor the hard frost, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
Entry preview:

; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 17. of persons in

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

bi-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fleón, part. -fleónde

To escape, to pass by or under ⬩ subterfugere

Entry preview:

To escape, to pass by or under, to go away privately; subterfugere,Cot. 192

Linked entry: be-fleón

ge-medummicel

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Take here passage under <b>ge-medmicel</b> in Dict

Linked entry: medum-micel

hwilc-æthwega

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Entry preview:

See second passage under <b>hwilc-hwega</b> in Dict

Linked entry: æt-hwega

be-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dúfan, p. -deáf, pl. -dufon; pp. -dofen

To bedive ⬩ put under ⬩ submergere

Entry preview:

To bedive, put under; submergere,Homl. Th. ii. 392, 13

clif-hlép

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
clif-hlép, clif-hlýp

right down, under foot ⬩ pessum

Entry preview:

right down, under foot; pessum, Cot. 155, Som. Ben. Lye

eáþ-

(prefix)
Entry preview:

Umlauted forms (íþ-, iéþ-, éþ-, ýþ-) occur, the compounds with which are taken under íþ-

Linked entries: cnǽwe -méde métto be-geáte -milte

fille-seóc

Entry preview:

Fylleseóc commitialis, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 26. Take here examples under fylle-seóc, and add

Linked entry: fylle-seóc

hors-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
hors-ryne, (?) horse-running (a gloss to hippo-
Entry preview:

dromus) Móthúses, horsyrnes prodromi (see the passage glossed under hors-hús), Hpt. Gl. 476, 61

Linked entry: hors-yrnes

dryht

Entry preview:

Take here last two passages given under driht-ealdor in Dict

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.