Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
Entry preview:

Gif ðú ðé tó swá mildum mundbyrd sécest, Exon. Th. 252, 29; Jul. 170. Heó úrne fultum séhþ, Homl. Th. ii. 112, 18. Gumena gehwylcum ðara ðe geóce tó him séceþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2307; An. 1155.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif mon þæs ofslægenan weres bidde, hé mót gecýðan ꝥ hé hine for þeóf ofslóge, ... Gif hé hit dierneð, Ll. Th. i. 116, 4. (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, with acc.

Linked entry: cýþan

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
Entry preview:

Fleógende fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs, Past. 331, 17. Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, and hé ( the owner) hine (the dog ) hæebbe, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. feminine Hé ásende áne culfran, ꝥ heó sceáwode. . . .

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
Entry preview:

  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

ge-sǽlig

Entry preview:

Gif nú hwá cwiþ ꝥ sé seó gesǽlig, sé ðe his woruldlustum fulgǽþ, hwí nyle hé cweþan eác ꝥ ðá nýtenu seón gesǽlige (-sǽlegu v. l. beatae), Bt. 31, I; F. 112, 6.

hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
hýðan, p. de

To despoilplunderlay wastepillageravage

Entry preview:

Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044. Hit feor and wíde hýððe and hergode longe lateque devastans, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 17.

Linked entry: hýð-scip

hors

Entry preview:

Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i. 290, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6. Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9.

grówan

Entry preview:

Þæs sǽdes corn bið áweaht mid áscunga ... gif hit grówan sceal, Met. 22, 42.

ge-þafian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif hit tó bóte gegá, and se cyng ꝥ geþafige, þonne béte man, Ll. Th. i. 340, 16. Gif hé þá hand lésan wille, and him mon ꝥ geþafian wille, 66, 5. construction uncertain Béten hi swá swá man geðafige, Ll. Th. i. 168, 20.

ge-wítan

(v.)
Entry preview:

(bb) to desist, withdraw from doing what ought to be done, fall away, decline :-- Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ne biþ hé þon má fullíce gód, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 28.

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

Entry preview:

Similar entries v. rúm-gifa, -gifol, -mód v.rúm-heort great, noble, august Ðære rúman a[u]guste, Wrt. Voc, ii. 5, 22. Rúmum augusto, regali, Hpt. G1. 487, 29. Þurh ðæt rúme per augustam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 59. Ðæs æþelan oððe rúme fausta, 33. 76.

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

Entry preview:

Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30. Þrittig fæðma biþ se arc on heáhnisse, 6, 15: Jn. Skt. 6, 19. Ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ymb þrítig wintergerímes, Met. 28, 25.

be-gitan

Entry preview:

Gif hwá sleá his néhstan . . . begite hé him lǽce, Ll. Th. i. 48, 10. Begyte hé him þá lácnunge sanationem ei comparet, ii. 210, 25. to get to, find Ðú onfindes ł begetes invenies, Mt. L, . 17, 27. Begettes invenit, 10, 39.

brecan

(v.)

to shatterdemolishto subduetamereflexto strugglestrive

Entry preview:

II. 3) Gif man hine brece ofer gemet to spíwanne, Lch. ii. 268, 29. Hé ongan hine brecan tó spíwenne, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 13. intrans. to force a way out of confinement Up brecon erumperant (fontes aquarum), Kent. Gl. 264.

Linked entry: bracan

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

Entry preview:

Gif hié (the Danes occupying wooded country) ǽnigne feld sécan wolden, Chr. 894; P. 84, 26. Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 15.

ge-búgan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif preóst tó rihte gebúgan nelle, ac ongeán biscopes gerǽdnesse wiðerige, ii. 296, 17. Ǽr hé hæbbe tó ǽlcum rihte gebogen, i. 250, 1. Þǽm. gebogenan mǽdene to the converted maiden, Hml. S. 2, 88.

of

Entry preview:

Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 10

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

</b> to receive what is entrusted to one :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn underfó (onfó, v.l.), Ll. Th. . 74, 9. (l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

Entry preview:

Gif hit hwá dón nelle, sý he ámánsumod, L. Edm. E. 2; Th. i. 244, 17. Rómfeoh gelǽste man ǽghwilce geáre be Petres mæssan; and se ðe ðæt nelle gelǽstan, sylle ðártóeácan .xxx. peninga, and gilde ðam cyninge .cxx. sciłł., L.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

Entry preview:

Nǽnig wæs weorð, gif mon his willan begeat yfelne, Met. 8, 37. Gelfcnyssa willena qualitates afectionum, Scint. 28, 18.