Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

móna

Grammar
móna, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Æfter sunnan setlgange, ǽr mónan úpryne, i. 330, 18. Add Swá hwǽr swá þe móna byð feówertýne nihta eald, Lch. iii. 244, 11

hátheort-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

Entry preview:

Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringþ on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8.

ge-lǽstan

Entry preview:

Sáulsceat man gelǽste æt openum græfe, 308, 4, 6. Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, 416, 16. Gelǽste persolueret, An. Ox. 1991.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

Entry preview:

Ǽw wedlock, marriage, ǽw-boren lawfully born, born in wedlock: ǽw-breca, -brica, m. wedlock breaker, an adulterer: ǽw-fæst-man marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ǽw-nian to wed, take a wife.

Linked entry: bonda

á-breóþan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hí sume æt ðǽre neóde ábruðon, and fram ðám cynge gecyrdon, 1101; P. 237, 6. Ðæt se man ábreóðe on ǽlcere neóde náhtlíce ǽfre, Wlfst. 59, 12. God ús gescylde, ðæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge, Hml. Th. i. 268, 11. Ábroþen degener, ignobilis, An.

Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness

ge-witan

Entry preview:

Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16

be-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽd [be- dis-, rǽdan to possess]

To dispossessdeprive ofprivare

Entry preview:

Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3

bere-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
bere-gafol, es; n.

Barley-renta tribute of barleyhordei tributum

Entry preview:

One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give

Linked entry: gafol-bere

cwiddung

(n.)
Grammar
cwiddung, cwyddung ,e; f.

A saying, tale, report, speechdictum, sermunculus

Entry preview:

Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge from the report of strangers, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 25. Ná swilce he nyste manna cwyddunga be him not as though he knew not the sayings of men concerning him, Homl. Th. i. 366, 7

Linked entry: cwyddung

(adv.)
Grammar
iá, adv.

Yea

Entry preview:

Yea Æt ðú tódæg? Iá ic dyde manducasti hodie? Etiam feci, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 40, 17. Eart ðú Esau mín sunu? And hé cwæþ : Iá leóf ic hit eom tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit : Ego sum, Gen. 27, 23.

lærest

(adj.)

least

Entry preview:

least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.

Linked entry: læssa

mele-deáw

Grammar
mele-deáw, mil-deáw, es; n. m.

Honey-dewnectar

Entry preview:

Nó hé fóddor þigeþ mete on moldan nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge se dreóreþ oft æt miðdre nihte non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe, ambrosios libat cælesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Exon. 59 b; Th 215, 29; Ph. 260.

scild-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
Entry preview:

Sumum wíges spéd giefeþ æt gúþe, ðonne gárgetrum ofer scildhreádan (-hreoðan?) sceótend sendaþ (cf. the passage under scild-weall). Exon. Th. 42, 19; Cri. 675. v. bord-hreóða, and cf. hréðan melote , Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 63

Linked entry: scild-réða

ge-sacan

Entry preview:

If eówan could here be intransitive. like the compound æt-eówan, gesacu and ecghete would be parallel

ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
Entry preview:

Ealle ðá gehýrdon þe ðǽr æt wǽron ... on ðám egeslican geþryngce ðá man þá martyras cwylmde, 23, 92. Add

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
Entry preview:

. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolismetropolis

Entry preview:

Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir, 494, 2. Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29

cunnian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hé wolde cunnian hwæt ꝥ wǽre ꝥ hé ǽr gehýrde, Gr. D. 142, 10. of attempted action, to try Se deófol cunnað hú hé mæge tóbrecan þá gebedu, Hml. S. 13, 55.

hord

Entry preview:

Bég and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr níðhýdige genumen hæfdon, 3165

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, p. ode.

to taw, dress or prepare materialto intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.

Entry preview:

.), and see Halliwell Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde, Wulfst. 162, 20.

Linked entry: ge-tawian