Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

for-hradian

(v.)

hurryto anticipate

Entry preview:

Ðæt hié tó unwærlíce ne onetten, ðý lǽs hié forhradien ðone betestan tíman ne dum bonorum tempus incaute festinando praeveniunt, Past. 281, 21: R. Ben. 61, 13. wénde þæt woldon his cynedóm forseón and wolde ðá forhradian, Hml. Th. i. 480, 2.

Linked entry: fore-hradian

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

tó þám myngode ꝥ heó hine geefenlǽcende . . . hogode, Lch. iii. 440, 18. Myniendum hortanle, i. monente An. Ox. 29. Minigende ( ammonentes) búton ceorunge ꝥ beón, R. Ben.

be-gitan

Grammar
be-gitan, (I a)
Entry preview:

add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480.

æf(e)stig

Grammar
æf(e)stig, æfestig.

envious zealous (against)

Entry preview:

Add: in a bad sense, envious Beón andetta ðæt æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sý æfestig zelotipus R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20.

gód

Entry preview:

Búton hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 27. Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte, Hml. Th. i. 524, 4. God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; P. 115, 14. Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll.

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... urnon wépende ꝥ þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add

rád

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

riding, going on horseback or in a carriage. v. rǽdwægen Þeáw wæs ðam ylcan biscope ðæt ðæt weorc ðæs godspelles má þurh his fóta gange fremede ðonne on his horsa ráde moris erat eidem antistiti opus evangelii magis ambulando per loca quam equitando

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut upsepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludereto end, finish, concludefinire

Entry preview:

He hine inne betýnan nolde he would not shut it in, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 31. He ðæt folc úte betýnde he shut the people out, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 40. betýndon Ianes duru they shut the doors of Janus, 6, 7; Bos. 120, 5 : 5, 14; Bos. 113, 42.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

Entry preview:

Gif næfð þone líchamlican fódan, ii. 442, 26. Þ se líchama hæbbe hlýwðe and fódan, Hml. S. n, 358. Þ seó eorþe fódan (pastum) gecwémme ágeáfe, Hy. S. 20, 3.

in-gang

Entry preview:

ne dorston þæt hálige hús mid ingange ( by entering ) geneósían. Hml.

ge-dígan

Entry preview:

Th. 77, 47. to escape from an enemy Þone feónd, þám wæs geseald, þone ná ne gedýgde eum hostem, cui traditus fuerat, non evasit, Gr.

be-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceran, bi-sceran, -sciran, -scyran; p. -scær, -scear, pl. -scǽron, -sceáron; pp. -scoren

To shear off, to shave, cut offattondere, amputare, præcidere

Entry preview:

Man ne mót hine besciran a man must not shear him, Jud. 13, 5. Gif he hine to preóste bescire [bescyre MSS. B. H.], mid xxx scillinga gebéte if he shave him like a priest, let him make amends with thirty shillings, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9.

sútere

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

Gif smeáwyrhtan hæfþ, ðám sceal tó tólan fylstan; sútere and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísaþ hwæt him tó gebyreþ, Anglia ix. 263, 18. Sútera hús sutrina domus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 3. [A sutare þet haueð forloren his el, he secheð hit anonriht.

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

ge-swǽs

Entry preview:

Gl. 257, 8. of persons, kind, charitable, loving wæs swíðe geswǽs eallum swinc-endum, and on mislicum yrmdum mannum geheólp (cf. swincendum fylste, Hml. S. 31, 53), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 16.

sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽlþ, e; f.

Happiness, joy, felicity, good fortune, prosperity

Entry preview:

Ðæm men þincþ ðeáh sé godcundlíce gesceádwis ðæt on him selfum næbbe sǽlþa genóge búton máre gegaderige ðara ungesceádwísena gescefta ðonne beþurfe divinum merito rationis animal, non aliter sibi splendere, nisi inanimatae supellectilis possessione

on-tendness

(n.)
Grammar
on-tendness, e; f.

a burning, firefire, that which kindles passionpassion, vehement desireburning sensation, inflammation

Entry preview:

a burning, fire hét gearcian ða tunnan tó heora bærnette . . . wurdon gebrohte tó ðám tunnum and tó ðære ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 307. Ontendnyssa incendia, Hpt. Gl. 499, 42. Antendnyssum globis, 489, 68.

Linked entries: -tendness on-tyndness

lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

Entry preview:

trymedon and lǽrdon ðæt fæsten worhtan, 1, 12; S. 480, 31. Ðá cleopedon his þegnas him tó and hine bǽdon and geornlíce lǽrdon ðæt hine ofslóge cum eum viri sui ad feriendum Saul accenderent, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 18.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

Entry preview:

beseah tó heofenum, Hml. Th. i. 62, 9: Ap. Th. 11, 18. underbæc beseah wið þæs wælfylles, Gen. 2562. þonne hié besáwon on þá burg, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 32.

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

Entry preview:

Hine ne lyst his willan wyrcean, Blickl. Homl. 51, 16. ne biþ ǽlc mon genóg earm ðæs ðe næfþ ðonne hit hine lyst habban is not every man poor enough as regards that which he has not, when he desires to have it? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 2.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

Entry preview:

eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme