Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

reádness

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

Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 28. Seó reádnes ðære rósan, Blickl. Homl. 7, 29. Seó reádnes ðæs swyles rubor tumoris, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Reádnysse ostro, purpura, vermiculo, Hpt. Gl. 503, 49 : 522, 6

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

heálede

(adj.)
Grammar
heálede, adj.

Ruptured, hydrocelousrupturedponderosus, cui humor viscerum in virilia labitur

Entry preview:

Gl. 76; Som. 71, 126; Wrt. Voc. 45, 29. Heálede ydropicus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 62. Heálede ponderosus, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 4, 9, 11: Herb. 78, 2; Lchdm. i. 182, 1: Lchdm. iii. 144, 26

brastlung

(n.)
Grammar
brastlung, e; f.

A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing;strepitus, crepitus, fractio

Entry preview:

Gr. 1; Som.2, 35: Greg. Dial. 1, 2

Linked entries: BRASTL bærstlung

CÓC

(n.)
Grammar
CÓC, es; m.

A COOK; coquus

Entry preview:

Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 7; Wrt. Voc. 82, 50 Hwæt secgaþ we be cóce quid dicimus de coquo? Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 5. Hí cócas gehyrstan cooks roasted them Ps. Th. 101, 3

hell-waran

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waran, pl.
Entry preview:

Ne forlǽt ðú míne sáwle mid hellwarum leave not my soul in hell, Blickl. Homl. 87, 33

GRÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
GRÉNE, adj.
Entry preview:

Gl. 79; Som. 72, 80; Wrt. Voc. 46, 37. Wende man ðæt gréne to ðan weofode let the green [side of the sods] be turned to the altar, Lchdm. i. 398, 17. Gréne folde the green earth, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 14; Gen. 1561.

Linked entry: groene

sige-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
sige-dryhten, es ; m.
Entry preview:

Wit for uncrum sigedryhtne song áhófan, 324, 33 ; Víd. 104. as an epithet of the Deity Þeoda Waldend, sigedryhten mín, Andr. Kmbl. 2905 ; An. 1455 : Exon. Th. 176, 19 ; Gú. 1212 : Ps. C. 50, 119. Þeoden engla, sóð sigedrihten, Hy. 6, 34.

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

Entry preview:

Gl. 68; Som. 69, 118; Wrt. Voc. 41, 68. Héhfæder patriarcha, Rtl. 195, 10. Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36.

fylmen

(n.)
Grammar
fylmen, es; n.

A filmthin skinprepucepræpūtiumomentum

Entry preview:

Gl. 31; Som. 61, 93; Wrt. Voc. 27, 23: Cot. 133. Fylmen omentum, 74; Som. 71, 61; Wrt. Voc. 44, 43. On ðam fylmene in præpūtio, Homl. Th. i. 94, 13. Feóllon swylce fylmena of his eágum there fell as it were films from his eyes, Homl. Th. i. 386, 31

Linked entry: film

riht-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wís, adj.

Righteous just

Entry preview:

Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 65 : 9, 21 ; Som. 10, 20. Rihtwís déma, Hy. 6, 7. Se ðe underféhþ rihtwísne on rihtwíses naman, hé onféhþ rihtwíses méde, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 41. Unscyldig ic eom fram ðyses rihtwísan blóde ( a sanguine justi hujus ), 27, 24.

Linked entry: wrenc-wís

Harold

(n.)
Grammar
Harold, Harald, es; m.

Harold, second son of CnutHarold, son of earl Godwin

Entry preview:

Harold, second son of Cnut Hér man geceás Harald ofer eall tó cinge and forsóc Harðacnut in this year Harold was chosen everywhere king, and Hardacnut was renounced, Chr. 1037; Erl. 166, 4.

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

Entry preview:

Gl. 59; Som. 68, 9; Wrt. Voc. 38, 59. Ðá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas at contra non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 21: Homl. Th. i. 362, 27

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

bærnet

(n.)
Grammar
bærnet, bærnyt, bernet, es; n.

a combustionburning upcombustioarsonincendium

Entry preview:

a combustion, burning up; combustio He wudu gelogode to his sunu bærnytte he laid in order the wood for the burning of his son, Gen. 22, 9. arson; incendium Húsbryce and bærnet ... is bótleás bootless is ... house-breaking and arson, L.C.S. 65; Th.

Linked entries: bærnyt bernet

lund-laga

(n.)
Grammar
lund-laga, an; m.

Reinkidney

Entry preview:

Gr. 9, 13; Som. 9, 34. Lundlaga lien, Wrt. Voc. 45, 14: renunculus, ii, 118, 72. Lundlagan renunculi, Wrt. Voc, 44, 67: renunculæ, 65, 58. Ðú nymst twegen lundlagan sumes duos renes, Ex. 29, 13: Lev. 8, 25

Linked entry: -laga

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, myre, an; f.

A mare

Entry preview:

Gr. 7; Som. 7, 2. Myran meolc, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16. Ðære myran sunu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 30. On myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7

bi-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bi-geng, es; m.

Observation, worship, servicecultus

Entry preview:

Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18, MSS. C. D. He bæd híg ðá georne, ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum he bade them then earnestly, that they should not decline from the services of God, Jos. 23, 7

bladesian

(v.)
Grammar
bladesian, (blat-) ; p. ode.

to flameblazebe hot

Entry preview:

to flame, blaze, be hot Bryne ł bladesige on fíre sóþ lufu flammescat igne karitas, Hy. S. 10, 14. Bladesiendum (blat-, Hpt. Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554.

Linked entries: bladesnung blatesian

CRÁWE

(n.)
Grammar
CRÁWE, an; f.

a CROW cornixa raven corvus

Entry preview:

Gl. 37; Som. 63, 8; Wrt. Voc. 29, 31; 62, 29; 280, 34. a raven; corvus Se selþ nýtenum mete heora, and briddum cráwan cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvi invocantibus eum Ps. Spl. T. 146, 10

Linked entry: crǽ

hnæpf

(n.)
Grammar
hnæpf, hnæpp, hnæp, es; m.

A cup, bowl

Entry preview:

Gl. 25; Som. 60, 50, 51; Wrt. Voc. 24, 46, 47. Hnæp anaphus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 43. Hnæpp patera, 290, 74. Of ðam hnæpfe from the bowl, Chart. Th. 439, 31. ii gebonede hnæppas two polished bowls, 429, 30

Linked entry: neap