Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

Entry preview:

Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.
Entry preview:

Ꝥ hié oncnáwan mihton hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, Bl. H. 105, 32. Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add

feorm-fultum

(n.)
Entry preview:

aid towards obtaining provisions; firme adjutorium, Ll. Th. i. 412, 22 (Lat. vers.) Geselle hé cc. peninga éghwylce gére tó Ceortesége tó feormfultume, Cht. Th. 481, 34. Hér stent ðá forwarde ðé Æþeríc worhte . . . Ꝥ is iii sceppe mealtes . . . Leófstán

feorm-riht

Entry preview:

Dele

feówer-feald

Entry preview:

Mid feówerfealdum quaterno, An. Ox. 1542. Feárfald quadruplum, Lk. L. 19, 8. Add

fíf-feald

Entry preview:

Fíffealde quinas, Angl. xiii. 424, 848. Add

fiþer-feald

(num.; adj.)

four-fold

Entry preview:

four-fold Ic forgeldo feoðorfald reddo quadruplum, Lk. ' R. 19, 8

hund-feald

Grammar
hund-feald, [In the first passage perhaps hundfealdgetel should be read. v. þúsendfeald-getel.]
Entry preview:

Add: — Heó næfð þone wurðmynt þæs hundfealdan wæstmes, Hml. A. 34, 250. Hé underféhð þá méde be hundfealdum edleáne, 15, 51. Hundfealde méde, 21, 186 : Hml. Th. i. 148, 18. Tén ðúsend síðan hundfealde ðúsenda him mid wunodon decies millies centena millia

neáh-feald

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-feald, adj.
Entry preview:

Intimate Tó his neáhfealdum freóndum, Nap. 47

Linked entry: feald

sixtig-feald

Entry preview:

Syxtigfeald sexagenarius, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 285, 9: Scint. 69, 17. Sixtifealdne sexagesimum (fructum ), An. Ox. 1407. Syxtifealdum ber[þenunm] sexagenis fasciculis, 1407. Add

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Be ánfealdum ic forgylde simplum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 17. Add

wæl-feall

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-feall, es; m. (?)

The fall of the slain ⬩ destruction

Entry preview:

The fall of the slain, destruction Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711.

æsc-fealu

(adj.)
Grammar
æsc-fealu, adj.

Ashy-coloured

Entry preview:

Ashy-coloured: — Æscfealu vel æscgrǽg cinereus, deterrimus color. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 14

fýr-feaxe

(adj.)

Having locks of flame

Entry preview:

Substitute: fýr-feaxen; adj. Having locks of flame Se fýrfeaxna [engel angelus] ignicomis (Ald. 146, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 31: 47, 17

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

Entry preview:

a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6. Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21:

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

tín-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín-feald, adj.

Tenfold

Entry preview:

Tenfold Týnfealde deni, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 15. Týnfealdum oððe twéntifealdum deni aut viceni, R. Ben. Interl. 54, 15. Þreowa on teónfealdum ter denis, Hymn. Surt. 104, 23. Feówer síðo teáfald tal quater denario numero, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 12

twelf-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf-feald, adj.
Entry preview:

Twelve-fold, Grammar twelf-feald, with a noun Hí gegaderodon twelf wilian fulle. Ðæt twelffealde getel getácnode ða twelf apostolas, Homl. Th. i. 190, 11: 542, 4. Twelffeald geþungennes duodenus apex, twelffealdum setle duodeno solio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.

Twofold ⬩ double ⬩ twice as much ⬩ of twice the amount ⬩ consisting of two items ⬩ consisting of two parts ⬩ containing two elements ⬩ that belongs to one or other of two kinds ⬩ doubtful ⬩ irresolute ⬩ double ⬩ not straightforward ⬩ deceitful ⬩ double (as in bent double) ⬩ placed together

Entry preview:

Twofold, double Twyfeald duplex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Zup. 70, 2 : geminus Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, l : 44, 21: 41, 58. Grammar twi-feald, as a multiplicative, twice as much, of twice the amount Gyt synd manega getel on mislícum getácnungum . . .twyfeald, duplex

Linked entry: twifealdness

seofon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon-feald, adj.

Sevenfold

Entry preview:

Sevenfold Seofonfeald wracu biþ sealde for Cain and hundseofontig seofonfeald for Lamech, Gen. 4, 24. Hé onbryrt úre mód mid seofonfealdre gife, Homl. Th. i. 326, 12. Gyld seofonfealde wrace, Ps. Th. 78, 13: Gen. 4, 15. Him ofer wacedon syfanfealde weardes

þic-feald

(adj.)
Grammar
þic-feald, adj.

Dense ⬩ close

Entry preview:

Dense, close Þicfealdum þreátum spissis cohortibus, Hpt. Gl. 413, 1

Linked entries: ge-þicfyldan þicfildan

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.