Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

giorne

(adv.)
Grammar
giorne, adv.

Diligently ⬩ dĭlĭgenter

Entry preview:

Diligently; dĭlĭgenter Gif ðú wilnige weorulddrihtnes heáne anwald ongitan giorne if thou desirest diligently to behold the high power of the world's Lord, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 5; Met. 29, 3

á-déman

Entry preview:

Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK ⬩ Dānia

Entry preview:

In Danish mark signifies a country; hence Denmark the low country of the Danes: so Finmark thee is the most early writer hitherto known, who mentions Denmark] Wulfstán sǽde ðæt he gefóre of Hǽðum.

Linked entry: Dena mearc

lagu-flód

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-flód, es; m.

Sea ⬩ ocean ⬩ stream ⬩ wave ⬩ water

Entry preview:

Ǽr gescóp éce dryhten laguflóda bigong before had the Lord eternal created the course of the waters, 54 b; Th. 193, 29; Az. 129: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 345; Met. 20, 173.

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of

Entry preview:

Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299.

ræced

(n.)
Grammar
ræced, reced, es; m. n.
Entry preview:

His ( Lot ) recedes hleów, Cd. Th. 147, 18; Gen. 1441. Se beorn ( Noah ) reste on recede, 95. 25; Gen. 1584. In ræcede, Exon. Th. 314, 21; Mód. 17 : 413, 11; Rä. 32, 3. Recyde, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 11; Rún. 5.

Linked entry: reced

Súþr-íge

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íge, gen. [e]a, ena; pl.
Entry preview:

In loco que appellatur Cyningestún in regione Súðrégie, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 318, 5

druncen

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

Hié dydon swá druncnum ( Lot ), Gen. 2598. Þá hié druncne æt heora symble sǽtan, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 25: B. 1231. Hǽðene swǽfon dreóre druncne, An. 1005. Hié wlenco anwód æt wínþege, druncne geþóhtas, Dan. 18.

ge-leánian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to repay a debt, loan, &c. Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian, Cht. Th. 491, 6. to recompense, remunerate Byð geleánod remuneratur, An.

liccian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Swá swá hundas lapodon Naboðes blód, swá hí sceolon lapian and liccian þín blód in loco hoc, in quo linxe-runt canes sanguinem Naboth, lambent sanguinem tuam, 210. Liccigan lincxere (v. Aid. 207, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 75.

stede

(adv.)
Entry preview:

</b> official position :-- On his styde se ðe is wyrðe efterfylige in loco eius (decanus) qui dignus est succedat, R. Ben. I. 54, 9. Mathias wæs gecoren on Iúdan stede, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

strengþu

Entry preview:

Add Hé wæs þǽr áseted, þǽr hit gesewen wæs ꝥ þæs líges mægn and strengð (strencgeo, v. l.) mǽst wæs in eo loco positus est, ubi tota vis flammae videbatur incumbere, Gr.

hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyhtan, p. te

To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice

Entry preview:

Ðám [ðe] longe his hyhtan hidercyme to those who had long hoped for his advent, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 29; Cri. 142. Sione bearn symble hihtan filii Sion exultant, Ps. Th. 149, 2.

Linked entry: hihtan

hláford-searu

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-searu, f. n.

Plotting against the life of a king or lord

Entry preview:

Plotting against the life of a king or lord Búton æt hláfordsearwe ðam hie náne mildheortnesse ne dorston gecwæðan except in cases of treason against a lord; to that they dared not assign any mercy, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 9. Be hláfordsearwe.

Linked entry: hláford-swice

stánig

(adj.)
Grammar
stánig, stǽnig; adj.
Entry preview:

On stǽnig lond in petrosa ... on ða stánige lond supra petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 5, 20. Ðǽr synd swýðe scearpe wegas and stánige (stánihte, Laud. MS.), Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 32. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3.

Linked entry: stǽnig

útfangene-þeóf

(n.)
Entry preview:

the jurisdiction of the lord over his man taken as a thief outside the lord's domain, the right of the lord to pursue his man, when accused of theft, outside his own jurisdiction, bring him back to his own court for trial, and keep his forfeited chattels

geoguþhádnes

Entry preview:

Seó stów on þǽre þe þú ꝥ fægereste werod on geogeðhádnesse (geoguð-, v. l.) gesáwe scínan locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc iuuentutem fulgere conspicis, Bt. 5, 12; Sch. 627, 19. Add

módor-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
módor-lufu, an; f.
Entry preview:

Love for a mother, filial affection 'Þis is þín módor, and þú hié þé for módor hafa. 'And hé þá, Jóhannes, swá dyde, and hé hié þá in módorlufan hæfde, Nap. 45

aldor-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-cearu, e; f.

Life-care ⬩ care for life ⬩ life-long care ⬩ cura propter vitam ⬩ ærumna longinqua

Entry preview:

Life-care, care for life, life-long care; cura propter vitam, ærumna longinqua He wearþ eallum æðelingum to aldorceare he became a life-care to all nobles, Beo. Th. 1817; B. 906

Linked entry: ealdor-cearu

cire-bald

(adj.)
Grammar
cire-bald, adj.

arbitrii strenuus

Entry preview:

Bold in decision; arbitrii strenuus Ðá him cirebaldum Meotud mancynnes módhord onleác then the Lord of mankind unlocked the treasure of words to him bold in decision, Andr. Kmbl. 341; An. 171

Linked entry: cyre-bald