Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

fyðer-

(prefix)
Grammar
fyðer-, fiðer-, feðer-

four-

Entry preview:

four-, found only in the compounds

Linked entries: fiðer- ríca

ge-helt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

preserves

Entry preview:

preserves, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 37;

ge-nóh

(adv.)

sufficiently

Entry preview:

sufficiently, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 22

cweartern-líc

(adj.)
Entry preview:

For reference substitute Germ. 400, 552

ge-deáðian

(v.)
Entry preview:

For ge-déðan substitute ge-díþan

scyldigness

Entry preview:

For synnignise substitute deáþsynnignise, and add:

setla

Entry preview:

Add: v. ancor-, fót-, land-setla

croh

(n.)
Entry preview:

For geola-croh. l. geolwe croh

S

Entry preview:

For the Runic S see Sigel

brencþ

(v.)
Grammar
brencþ, 3rd pers. pres. of brengan.

brings

Entry preview:

Fox 13, 120;

hora-seáþ

(n.)
Entry preview:

Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1

rád

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

for him that sits on the stout steed, traversing the roads, Runic pm.

án-wíg-gearo

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
án-wíg-gearo, -gearu; g. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; adj. [gearc prepared]

Prepared for single combat ⬩ ad singulare certamen paratus

Entry preview:

Prepared for single combat; ad singulare certamen paratus Wæs þeáw hyra, ðæt hie oft wǽron ánwíggearwe it was their custom, that they oft were for single combat prepared, Beo. Th. 2499; B. 1247

cynelíc-nys

(n.)
Grammar
cynelíc-nys, cynelícnyss,e; f.

Royally, as shewn in the deportment, a kingly likeness ⬩ regia dignitas

Entry preview:

Royally, as shewn in the deportment, a kingly likeness; regia dignitas For his cynelícnysse ge módes ge onsýnes for his kingliness both of his mind and appearance, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 9

ge-treówleásnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-treówleásnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Infidelity ⬩ perfidy ⬩ perfidia

Entry preview:

For heora getreówleásnysse for their perfidy, 2, 2; S. 504, 9: 1, 8 ; S. 479, 34

á-rǽsan

Entry preview:

þæt folc fǽrlíce ongonn forð árǽsan, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 13. v. forð-árǽsan in Dict. Add

Linked entry: rǽsan

ymb-útan

(prep.; adv.)
Entry preview:

For ðam folce ðe hér ymbútan stent, Jn. Skt. 11, 42. Ealla ða neáhstówa ðǽr ymbútan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22 : Cd. Th. 154, 3 ; Gen. 2550. Hú sunnu ðǽr scíneþ ymbútan, 286, 15; Sat. 352. Ymbeútan, Mk. Skt. 14, 47

Linked entry: emb-útan

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
Entry preview:

For ðæm ðe for, because Eádige synt ða líðan; for ðam ðe ( quoniam ) hí eorþan águn, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 4. For ðam, 5, 3. For ðon ðe quia, 7, 13. Ða Deniscan sǽton ðǽr behindan, for ðæm hiora cyning wæs gewundod, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 2.

Linked entries: seó þæt þeó þió þiú tó

ge-hámian

(v.)
Entry preview:

silver besides for entrance, Jn.

un-tódǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽled, adj.

Undivided ⬩ unseparated

Entry preview:

Undivided, unseparated Is ðæt full gód ðæt eall ætgædere is untódǽled, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 28. Hé biþ ánfeald untódǽled, 33, 2; Fox 122, 18, 21. Se God is simle on ánum untódǽled, 34, 6; Fox 142, 22: Wulfst. 21, 19.

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.