Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ versāri alĭquo lŏco ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ occupy ⬩ inhabĭtāre ⬩ incŏlĕre

Entry preview:

Ne sceal ðes wong gebúen weorþan nor shall this field be occupied, Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 24; Gú. 276 : Blickl. Homl. 121, 33

Linked entries: ge-bógian ge-búgian ge-búdon ge-bún

grǽdignes

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 280, 16. in an unfavourable sense Ealle flǽsclice grǽdignyssa mid forhæfednysse beóð forcorfene omnes carnales cupiditates abstinentia resecantur, Scint. 55, 4

for-gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýmeleásian, -gímeleásian, -giémeleásian, -gémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, gýmeleásian to neglect]

To neglect entirely ⬩ omnīno neglĭgĕre

Entry preview:

Forgýmeleásod beón neglectus esse, neglĭgi, R. Ben. 36

Linked entries: for-gémeleásian for-giémeleásian for-gímeleásian

ge-medemian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Drihten, beó þú gemedemad mé tó gehéranne, Shr. 104, 22. IV. to make fit, order, regulate :-- Swá gemedemod mid dæg þæt gewyrdan ealle þing sic temperatur, ut cum luce fiant omnia, R. Ben. I. 74, 4.

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
Entry preview:

Sculan þá gebróðra hwíltídum ( certis temporibus) beón ábyse-gode mid heora handa geswince, hwíltídum (certis iterum ) mid rǽdinge, R. Ben. 73, 4-6. Se móna is hwíltídum weaxende, hwíltídum wani-ende, Hml. Th. ii. 214, 32

fultum-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fultum-leás, adj.

Without help ⬩ helpless ⬩ sĭne auxĭlio

Entry preview:

Without help, helpless; sĭne auxĭlio Ðæt hí tó raðe woldon fultumleáse beón æt hiora bearnteámum that they would very soon be without help from their posterity, Ors. 1. 14; Bos. 37, 18

twi-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-sprǽce, adj.
Entry preview:

Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions, 253, 6. Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende, Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.

wic-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegen, es; m.
Entry preview:

Ben. Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721.

balw

(n.)
Grammar
balw, g. m. n. es; f. re

Miserable ⬩ wicked ⬩ malus

Entry preview:

Miserable, wicked; malus, Beo. Th. 1958; B. 977

clyfigende ádl

(n.)

a joint-disease, the gout

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

clǽnsere

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsere, es; m.

A cleanser, purifier, priest ⬩ purgator

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

cleadur

(n.)

a clatter, drum, rattle ⬩ crepitaculum,

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

dún-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
dún-strǽt, e; f.

A hilly road ⬩ via montāna

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

dwás-líht

(n.)
Grammar
dwás-líht, es; n. [dwǽs dull, líht light]

A false light ⬩ ignis fatuus

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

driht-sele

(n.)

a princely hall

Entry preview:

a princely hall, Beo, Th. 974; B. 485

deóp-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
deóp-þancol, adj.

Deep-thinking, contemplative ⬩ cogitābundus, contemplātīvus

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

Deira ríce

(n.)

the kingdom of the Deirians

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

druncen-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen-georn, adj.

Drink-desirous, drunken ⬩ bĭbax, ebriōsus

Entry preview:

Ben. 4

earm-slífe

(n.)
Grammar
earm-slífe, an; f.

An arm-sleeve ⬩ brachīle

Entry preview:

Ben. Interl. 55

Linked entry: slíf

ed-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ed-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To repeat, renew ⬩ repĕtĕre, renŏvāre

Entry preview:

Ben. Lye

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.