Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-hiltan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hiltan, p. te
Entry preview:

To make to halt, to cripple a person's movement Þá on hyge þóhtan þæt hí áhyltan mé and mínne gang qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos, Ps. Th. 139, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ar-helzit, arlemit debilitatum.]

Linked entries: á-hyltan -hiltan

an-módlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
an-módlíce, (án- ?); adv.
Entry preview:

without hesitation Ðá ástód hé ætforan him, and him anmódlíce tó cwæð, Hml. Th. i. 580, 1. Cúðberhtus ðá tó ðám engle anmódlíce cwæð, ii. 134, 31. constantly, persistently, steadfastly Hé clypede anmódlíce tó Gode, Hml. S. 18, 126, 400

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
Entry preview:

With one's eyes, ocularly, evidently Swilce ic hine mid mínan eágan eáhsýnes beheólde as if I beheld him plainly with my eyes, Hml. S. 23, 828. Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

efen-wyrhta

Entry preview:

Hí woldon efenwyrhtan beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11. Ic gewilnode mid him tó farenne ꝥ ic þe má emwyrhtena on þǽre þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Hml. S. 23 b, 358. Gemang þám emnwyrhtum, 97. Add

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
Entry preview:

Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

ge-dyngan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyngan, to dung, manure.
Entry preview:

Substitute Seó eá þæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, and hit þonne mid Sim gedynged wearð fluvius per plana diffusus augmentis ubertatis inpendebalur, Ors. l, 3 ; S. 32, 7. Gedyngde æceras ceratos agros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 22

ge-weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weaxness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Increase; interest on money, usury Se sláwa þeów þone onfangenan talent from his hláforde bútan geweaxnysse (cf. mid þám gafole cum usura, Mt. 25, 27; mid gestreóne cum usuris, Lk. 19, 23) áhýdde on eorþan, Hml. S. 23 b, 15

Linked entry: weaxness

mægden-lic

Entry preview:

Onféng heó þis bebod ꝥ ; heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicere wísan oððe merwelicre mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve et puellare ageret Gr. D. 287, 20. Gesáwon hí cuman mycel mǽdenlic werod, Hml. S. 7, 251. Add

leód

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

Gelamp on þǽre leóde gewinn, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 3. Hé þám cyninge and his leóde bodade, 128, 21. Hé gecyrde tó his ágenre leóde, i. 400, 15. Þás land syndon Créca leóde, Ors. 1. 1; S. 22, 12. Add

on-drǽdendlic

Entry preview:

Add: tremendous Ic eów bidde ðurh þæne ondrǽdendlican dómes dæg, Hml. A. 145, 41. fearful, in terror Wearð eorþbeofung . . . Hié þeah swá ondrǽdendlice (andrǽdende, v. l.) gebidon terra tremuit. Diu adtoniti utrimque populi haesitavere, Ors. 4, 2 ;

sǽ-scill

(n.)
Entry preview:

a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

scyttel

Entry preview:

Se scyttel (scyttels, v. l. ) ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Hé þá cyrican beleác and mid scyttelum (scyttelsum, v. l.) besceát . . . wurdon þá scyttelas onweg áworpene ecclesiam clausit, seris munivit. . . abjectis seris, Gr. D. 234, 18-25.

þeóf

Entry preview:

Man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, Hml. S. 23, 76. Hé genam on his cwearterne twégen ðeófas, and sealde him ðone unlybban, Hml. Th. i. 72, 19. v. firen-, handfangen-, útfangene-þeóf. Add

weard

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

Add Weart uigil, An. Ox. 32, 8. Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Hí ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . hí fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

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

sceandlícness

(n.)
Grammar
sceandlícness, e ; f.

Shame, disgrace, dishonour

Entry preview:

Shame, disgrace, dishonour Seó hálige ǽ for*-*beódeþ ða sceondlícnysse (turpitudinem) onwreón mǽgsibba, Bd. I. 27; S. 491, 6, 12. Hé [ne] mæg mid weorce begán ða sceondlícnesse (scond-, MS. Hatt.) qui turpitudinem non exercet opere, Past. 11, 7 ; Swt

fóre-weard

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
fóre-weard, fór-weard, -werd, -ward; adj.

FORWARDforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorprior

Entry preview:

FORWARD, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior Lǽteþ fóreweard hleór on strangne stán he shall let his cheek [fall] forward on a strong stone, Salm. Kmbl. 228; Sal. 113. In fóreweardum Danieles dagum in the early days of Daniel, Chr. 709; Erl.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
Entry preview:

Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml. S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate