Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

berh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
berh, p. of beorgan.

for bearh shunned ⬩ vitavit

Entry preview:

for bearh shunned; vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28;

búr-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
búr-reáf, es; n. [búr a chamber, reáf a garment]
Entry preview:

Hangings for a chamber, tapestry; tapete, Th. Diplm. 530, 36

eástran

(n.)
Grammar
eástran, eástron; dat. pl. of éaster; gen. eás-tres, q. v. Eástron
Entry preview:

seems to 6e used for other cases in the pl

ge-fætian

(v.)

to fetch ⬩ send for

Entry preview:

to fetch, send for, Cd. Th. 297, 22; Sat. 521

yndan

Grammar
yndan, in ða belocenan yndan wega conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 11.
Entry preview:

For betýndan? cf. betýndan wega gelǽtan competa clausa, 132, 52

cleacian

(v.)
Entry preview:

For M. H. 115 a substitute Hml. S. 23, 493

dífan

(v.)
Grammar
dífan, (causal to dúfan); p. de
Entry preview:

To plunge (trans.), immerse, [v. dýfan in Dict. for citations.]

ellen-campian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ellencampedon agonizarunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 5. Substitute for quotations

ge-sibness

Entry preview:

For Lye substitute Gesibnesse adfinitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4. 53

rop

(n.)
Grammar
rop, (?) broth.
Entry preview:

See broþ for instances in which that word translates jus

sin-trendende

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Substitute for citation Sintrendende, sinhwyrfende teretes, rotundos, An. Ox. 114

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, a pillar.
Entry preview:

Dele passage from Shrn. 149, 2, for which see sigle

ǽwiscnys

Entry preview:

Dele the citations from Wrt. Voc., for which see eáwiscness

web-teáh

(n.)
Grammar
web-teáh, -teág, e; f.

Thread for weaving

Entry preview:

Thread for weaving Waebtaeg linea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 4

hilde-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
hilde-grǽdig, adj.

Eager for battle

Entry preview:

Eager for battle, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 3; Exod. 162

áweg-gewitennes

Entry preview:

Sárie for his áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 159, 226. Add

Linked entry: ge-witennes

leóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cwide, es; m.

A poem

Entry preview:

A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

sǽdian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽdian, ode

To sow,

Entry preview:

To sow, provide seed for land Folgere gebyreþ ðæt hé on twelf mónþum .ii. æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne he must provide the seed for the latter himself, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entries: séde sǽdere

or-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-gilde, adj.

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid

Entry preview:

Unpaid for, applied to one for whom the wergild is not paid Gif hine (the man who has broken his pledge, and will not submit to the penalty) mon ofsieá, licgge hé orgilde, L. Alf. pol. I; Th. i. 60, 15

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.