Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

leóf-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-wende, adj.

Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable

Entry preview:

Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ac beó leófwende be not too ready to blame, but be amiable, 81 a; Th. 305, 22; Fä, 92. Ðæt ic meotud ðínum lárum leófwendum lyt geswíce that I, O Lord, little desert thy pleasant precepts, Andr. Knsbl. 2581; An. 1292.

lustfullian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to take delight. absolute, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 96, 20; 97, 11; 96, 7 (in Dict.). to delight in (on), Hml.

fýren

composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot

Entry preview:

Ox. 4024. of a dart; bearing fire Flugon þá légetu swylca fýrene strǽlas . . . mid þǽm fýrenum strǽlum ácweald, Bl. H. 203, 9, 28. Hé gedéð his flán fýrena, Ps. Th. 7, 13. burning, red-hot Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Bl.

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially

Entry preview:

Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass, L. Eth. ix. 9; Th. i. 342, 22. Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I.

Linked entry: híru

ge-ban

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ban, -bann, -benn, es; n.

a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum

Entry preview:

The number of the Indiction was thus easily ascertained, add 3 to the year of our Lord and divide by 15, and the remainder will be the year of Indiction. If there be no remainder the Indiction will be 15.

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

living ⬩ food ⬩ sustenance ⬩ nourishment ⬩ pottage ⬩ victus ⬩ alimenta ⬩ pulmentum ⬩ that by which food is procured ⬩ money ⬩ wages ⬩ alms ⬩ stipendium ⬩ stips

Entry preview:

Bos. 3, 14

EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus

Entry preview:

Geféng he be eaxle Grendles módor he seized Grendel's mother by the shoulder, Beo. Th. 3078; B. 1537. He forlét earm and eaxle he left arm and shoulder, 1948; B. 972.

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

eall

(adj.)
Grammar
eall, adj.

All ⬩ tōtus

Entry preview:

Fox 26, 121; Met. 26, 61: 28, 9; Met. 28, 5: Beo. Th. 4091; B. 2042: 4181; B. 2087: Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 5; Cri. 965: Salm. Kmbl. 2; Sal. 1: Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 9: Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35: 1, 26; S. 487, 37: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 15

Linked entries: eal ealles

murcnian

(v.)
Grammar
murcnian, p. ode

To murmur ⬩ complain ⬩ repine ⬩ grieve

Entry preview:

Ðonne onginþ hé tó murcnienne, and þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum. Homl. Th. i. 140, 19. Ða Phariséi gehýrdon ða menigeo ðus murcnigende be him, Jn. Skt. 7, 32: Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 27 (v. murcian)

bóc-land

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-land, -lond, es; n.

BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris

Entry preview:

BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines.

Linked entry: bóc-æceras

steorra

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

Steorra, se is cweden commeta, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 13. Beorhtnes scínendes steorran, 5, 12; S. 629, 5. Stiorran, Met. 28, 44. Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe wé hátaþ morgensteorra; ðone ilcan wé hátaþ óþre naman ǽfensteorra, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 2-4.

á-cwelan

Entry preview:

Hit nǽfre ne ácwilð, Bt. 13; F. 38, 29. Sihtríc ácwæl, Chr. 926; P. 107, 20. Ealle fiscas ácwǽlan for ðǽre hǽte, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 7. Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe, Ll. Th. i. 30, 3. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen ne ipsi moriantur, Past. 371, 11.

ge-hradian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Heora síðfæt wæs from Drihtne sylfum gehradad and gefyrðrad a Domino suum iter erat prosperatum Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 446, 2. intrans.

gistlíþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gistlíþ-ness, (gæstlíþ-ness, gestlíþ-ness, q. v. in Dict.)
Entry preview:

Gestlíþnesse begangan, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 64, 3. ¶ on gistlíþnesse as a guest :-- Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes if a tonsured man go from house to house seeking entertainment, let it be given him once, Ll. Th. i. 38, 12.

hátian

(v.)
Grammar
hátian, p. ode; pp. od

To become or get hot, to be hot ⬩ fervere

Entry preview:

To become or get hot, to be hot Hingrian þyrstan hátian eall ðæt is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes esurire, sitire, æstuare ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 14.

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, pres. and p. hátte, pl. hátton

To be called or named, have for a name ⬩ I am called

Entry preview:

To be called or named, have for a name Cwæþ ðæt se héhsta hátan sceolde Satan siððan said that the highest should be called Satan afterwards, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 22; Gen. 344. Án eá of ðám hátte Fison one river of them is called Pison, Gen. 2, 11.

clypiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
clypiendlíc, clypigendlíc, clipigendlíc; adj

Making a vocal sound ⬩ vocalis

Entry preview:

These five letters indicate their names by themselves, and without these letters no word can be written, and therefore they are called the five vocal sounds, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 44-46.

Linked entry: clipigendlíc

ge-timbru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbru, -timbro; pl. gen. -timbra; n.

An edifice ⬩ a building ⬩ structure ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ structūra

Entry preview:

Ðæt sind ða getimbru ðe nó [MS. nú] tydriaþ these are the structures which shall not decay, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683: 39 b; Th. 131, 16; Gú. 456: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 30.

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

Entry preview:

Bos. 20, 25: Mk. Bos. 6, 21. His ealdormannum and his þegnum suis dŭcĭbus ac ministris, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 1: 4, 15; S. 583, 27.

tó

Entry preview:

I. 4 i Swá hé nú dyde tó þís ilcan Ðeódríce, Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. 1. Add Hé lǽdde hit forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 224: 31, 535. Add Ne bið þeós ádl hwæþere tó frécne, Lch. ii. 46, 12