Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ýcan, -ýcean; p. te

To increaseaddeke

Entry preview:

Swá swá sorge and ymbhogan geýceþ monnes mód, swá geýcþ se cræft his áre as sorrow and cares increase a man's mind so a craft increaseth his honour, Prov. Kmbl. 59. Ðá geýhte he sum bigspell he added a parable, Lk. Skt. 19, 11, MS. A

ge-stun

Entry preview:

Substitute: a deafening noise, crash Þæt swínlice gestun porcinus (paganorum) strepitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 31.

hlúde

Entry preview:

On lofsongum waldend hlúde hergan, Crä. 93. Clypiað gít hlúddor (hlúdor, v. l.), Hml. S. 18, 119. Hlúdor, Bl. H. 15, 22. Similar entries cf. hlúd; III. 1 Hwælmere hlúde grimmeð, R. 3, 5.

tó-sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sáwan, p. -seów

To sow broadcast,scatter seedto spread abroad,scatter,disperse,to disseminate opinionsdistribute favourssow dissension

Entry preview:

Th. 299, 31; Crä. 110. Tósáwaþ (labia sapientium) disseminabunt (scientiam, Prov. 15, 7), Kent. Gl. 511. Ða fyrmestan bydelas ðe Godes láre geond ðás land tóseówon, Homl. Ass. 56, 143. Seó leáse gesetnys ðe þurh gedwolmen wíde tósáwen is, Homl.

mearh

(n.)
Grammar
mearh, g. meares; m.

A horsesteed

Entry preview:

Sum biþ meares gleáw one is skilful in the management of a steed, 79 a; Th. 297, 17; Crä. 69. Tomes meares, 91 a; Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142. Ðá hé on meare rád, on wlancan ðam wicge, Byrht. Th. 135, 54: Elen. Kmbl. 2349; El. 1176.

tó-springan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-springan, p. -sprang, pl. -sprungon; pp. -sprungen

To spring asunderfly to piecesto crackburst open

Entry preview:

To spring asunder, fly to pieces, to crack, burst open Tó ðám handum ðæt flǽsc tóspringaþ for chapped hands, Lchdm. in. 114, 4. Se deófol wearp ǽnne stán to ðære bellan, ðæt heó eall tósprang the bell flew all to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 10.

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

Entry preview:

) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28. Hé ús syleþ missenlícu mód. 89 a; Th. 334, 8; Gn. Ex. 13. Ealle yfelhæbbende missenlícum ádlum ( variis languoribus ), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.

or-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mód, adj.

Without courage, hopeless, despairing

Entry preview:

Th. 294, 12; Crä. 14. Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee. Prov. Kmbl. 34.

GLEÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.

Clear-sightedwiseskilfulsagaciousprudentgoodsagaxprudensastutussapiensgnarus

Entry preview:

Sum biþ leóþa gleáw one is skilled in songs, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 16; Crä. 52: 79 b; Th. 298, 33; Crä. 94: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52. Ǽcraftig gleáw geþances cunning in the law, wise of thought, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 13; Dan. 743.

Linked entries: glǽw gléw

fiþere

a winga wing

Entry preview:

Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð úp his fiðru, Past. 461, 13. Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26.

ræced

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

Con hé sídne ræced fæste gefégan, 296, 7; Crä. 47. In ðæt dimme ræced ( a prison ), Andr. Kmbl. 2618; An. 1310. Reced, Beo. Th. 2479; B. 1237. Hwearf geond ðæt síde reced, 3966; B. 1981. Ðæt ( Hrothgar's hall ) wæs foremǽrost receda, 625; B. 310.

Linked entry: reced

gamen

amusement, mirthjest, gamegamea game, pastime

Entry preview:

cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82. Gamena angin ludorum gesticulatio An. Ox. 2871. Sleglicum gamena gamene scenico ludorum joco 2886. Man geswíce freólsdagum hǽðenra leóþa and deófles gamena, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 12

regnian

(v.)
Grammar
regnian, p.ode

To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate

Entry preview:

Th. 296, 33;Crä. 60. Wróhtas tó webgenne, ne searo tó rénigenne to set a trap, Blickl. Homl. 109, 30. Hé geseh twegen óðre gebróðru remigende (rénigende (?)

cíne

Grammar
cíne, l. cine (-u), take here passage in Dict. under cínu,
Entry preview:

and add: a chink, crack Cinena rimarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 5. Cinum rimis, An. Ox. 26, 11. Geoniendum þám cinum se sǽ eóde inn rimis patentibus intravit mare, Gr. D. 248, 27. Cinan rimas, Germ. 399, 307.

sundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-cræft, es; m.
Entry preview:

Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

Entry preview:

Ðeáh Eue on deófles cræft bedroren wurde though Eve had been deceived by the devil's craft 38; Th. 51, 7; Gen. 823; Exon. 17b; Th. 43, 7; Cri. 685; Andr. Kmbl. 2590; An. 1296; Frag. Kmbl. 56; Leas. 30. Feóndes cræfte by a fiend's craft Andr.

deór

(n.)
Grammar
deór, an animal.
Entry preview:

Sum biþ on huntode ... deóra drǽfend, Crä. 38. þú þurh deóra gripe deáðe sweltest, Jul. 125. Deárum bestiis, Rtl. 178, 7. Add

ferþ

(n.)
Grammar
ferþ, ferþþ; gen. -es; dat. -e; m. n.

the soulspiritmindanĭmusmenslifevīta

Entry preview:

Sum hafaþ fæstgongel ferþ one has a constant soul, 79 b; Th. 298, 4; Crä. 80: 81 b; Th. 307, 19; Seef. 26. Ferþum gleáw sagacious in soul, 128 a; Th. 493, l0; Rä. 81, 28.

ge-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽre, -þwére; adj.

Unitedagreeingconsonantharmoniousaccordantconcordantmildgentlepeacefulconcorscongruusconsŏnusmansuētuspācĭfĭcusplăcĭdus

Entry preview:

Sum hafaþ mód and word monnum geþwǽre one has mind and words agreeable to men, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 15; Crä. 85. Þegnas syndon geþwǽre the thanes are united, Beo. Th. 2464; B. 1230: Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 33; Cri. 127: 89 b; Th. 336, 29; Gn. Ex. 57.

Linked entries: ge-hwǽre ge-þwére

ge-tynge

Entry preview:

. ¶ in a list of the arts mechanica is glossed by getingce cræ[ft] which would be more appropriate as a gloss to rhetorica (v. ge-tynglic), An.