Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-hleápan

Entry preview:

ꝥ íren forð áhleóp ( prosiliens ) of þam hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) ꝥ hit ná gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add

un-forgolden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forgolden, adj.

Unremuneratednot paid for

Entry preview:

Unremunerated, not paid for Nafa ðú áne niht unforgolden ðæs weorc ðe ðé wirce do not leave unpaid for a night the work of him that works for thee, Lev. 19, 13

Linked entry: for-gildan

þing-stów

(n.)
Grammar
þing-stów, e; f. A place of meeting, a public place
Entry preview:

In spréc[stów] ł in ðingstów in foro, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 3. From ðingstówe (-stów, Lind.) a foro, Mk. Skt. Rush. 7, 4

á-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stellan, (i, y); p. de

To leaprushfly off

Entry preview:

Hé hraþe ástylde (forð árǽsde, v. l.) of his ræste ex lecto prosiliit, Gr. D. 21, 28

swǽrmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrmódness, (swár-), e; f.
Entry preview:

Sluggishness of disposition, slowness, dullness Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ menn ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe ( but the Latin is : Saepe agendi

ge-ǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽnan, (?)

to unite oneselfjoin

Entry preview:

to unite oneself to, join with Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé ǽr sédest þat þú . . . for nánum þingum eft tó gecyrran nolde . . . ácsige ic þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for (fór, MS.) heora lufum, oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan (géénan, MS.) wille,

Linked entries: ǽnan ge-énan

GRAMA

(n.)
Grammar
GRAMA, an; m.
Entry preview:

Ðæne úre yldran for graman to deáþe gedémdon whom our elders for anger doomed to death, H. R. 9, 23. Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl.

ge-lostr

(n.)

a gathering to form matter, imposthume suppuratio

Entry preview:

a gathering to form matter, imposthume; suppuratio, Som

-geáre

(suffix)
Entry preview:

combined with numerals to form adjectives giving age

un-geboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geboren, adj.

Unborn

Entry preview:

Unborn Ge for geborene ge for ungeborene, L. A. G. proem.; Th. i. 152, 6

Linked entry: ge-beran

deáfu

(n.)
Grammar
deáfu, e; f. [deáf deaf]

Deafness surdĭtas

Entry preview:

Deafness; surdĭtas Wið eárwærce and wið deáfe for ear-ache and for deafness, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 8. Wið eárena deáfe for deafness of ears, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 20

in-seglung

(n.)
Grammar
in-seglung, e; f.

A sealingseal

Entry preview:

A sealing, seal Ic bidde ðé for godes lufan ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge I pray thee for the love of God that thou unloose for me the seal, Homl. Skt. 3, 537

Linked entry: seglung

á-berendlic

Entry preview:

Swilc forgifnes swilce hit for Gode gebeorhlic sý, and for weorulde áberendlic, L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 6. Dóm . . . for worolde áberendlic, L. Eth. vi. 10; Th. i. 318, 7. Add

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, (cf. byri-weard) a city.
Entry preview:

In the earlier MS. of the Chron. the form burg occurs in the passages; in the later the mutated form seems to have made its way into the nominative and accusative

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fiercesævusmæstus

Entry preview:

In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently in the sense of fierce.

langoþ

(n.)
Grammar
langoþ, es; m.

Longingdesirediscontent

Entry preview:

Forðon mec longeþas lyt gegrétaþ therefore longings visit me little, 37 a; Th. 121, 11; Gú. 287. Forlét longeþas lǽnra dreáma he gave up desires for transitory delights, Th. 122, 5; Gú. 301

Linked entry: langaþ

timber-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
timber-geweorc, es; n.

Timber-work,preparation or cutting of timber for building (?)

Entry preview:

Timber-work, preparation or cutting of timber for building (?) In bócholte timbergeweorc and widigunge in beechholt the right to get timber for building and to cut wood for fuel, Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 12

ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To sayspeakcallpronounceagreeresolveorderdīcĕrelŏquiprofāripronunciārepangĕrestătuĕre

Entry preview:

Hí ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyng útlah of Engla lande gecwǽdon they pronounced every Danish king an outlaw from England for ever, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 34.

befóran-gestihtian

(v.)

To fore-ordainpræordinare

Entry preview:

Grammar befóran-gestihtian, ode; od To fore-ordain; præordinare

geflit-glíw

(n.)
Entry preview:

The printed form may be taken. Cf. slítan; VII