Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hínan

to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse

Entry preview:

Take here hýnan in Dict., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

un-gedéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedéfe, adj.

Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable

Entry preview:

Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.

wóh-gestreón

Entry preview:

Þí lígeas forbærnaþ . . . þá þe nú hér syndon on unnyttre gesyhðe . . . wóggestreóna, Verc. Först. 87, 5. Add

lǽ

(n.)

hair

Entry preview:

Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.'

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, es; n.
Entry preview:

A condition, stipulation Hé .cccccc. gísla on his geweald underfǽng on ꝥ rád (gerád, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 4) ꝥ hié heora seoþþan éce þeówas wǽran, Mod. Lang. Review, viii. 62, 26

ge-biddan

Entry preview:

Heó gebæd hig tó þám pápan, Shrn. 150, 4. Gebide þe þriwa eást, Lch. iii. 60, 15. ꝥ hé é Mid þám paternostre hé sceal hine gebiddan, Hml. S. 12, 262. Heó wæs hié gebiddende, Bl. H. 137, 23 : Hml.

gán

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court

Entry preview:

Hú man lyste út gán, and ne mæg, 164, 17. to leave a permanent habitation or occupation .vi. gear þeówige hé, þý siofoðan beó hé frióh. Mid swelce hrægle hé in eóde, mid swelce gá hé út, Ll.

biorn

(n.)
Grammar
biorn, es; m.

A warrior, soldier, hero ⬩ bellator, miles, heros

Entry preview:

A warrior, soldier, hero; bellator, miles, heros Biorn under beorge bordrand onswáf wið Geáta dryhten the hero under the mount turned his shield's disc against the lord of the Goths, Beo. Th. 5111, note; B. 2559

un-árímed

Entry preview:

of a whole containing numberless units, take here the first four passages in Dict. of the separate units, take here the last four passages, and add Þá (anfiteatra) wǽron unárímede, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 22

a-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen.

to drive away ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ to hit ⬩ strike ⬩ icere ⬩ percutere ⬩ to relate ⬩ recite ⬩ sing ⬩ narrare ⬩ enarrare ⬩ canere ⬩ to avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ ulcisci

Entry preview:

to drive away; pellere, expellere Ðara ðe he of lífe hét awrecan of those whom he bade to drive from life, Exon. 130 a ; Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11. to hit, strike; icere, percutere Awrecen wælpílum hit with darts of death, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 15; Gú.

Linked entries: a-wræc a-wrecen

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
Entry preview:

and add Se Drihten on engla endebyrdnesse wæs gehered. þá hé wæs ácenned, þá cleopodan hié: ' Wuldor sý Gode . . . Bl. H. 93, 8. Heó bið gehered mid Gode, for þon þe hire bið mycel wuldor gegearwod, 145, 10. Hé ( St.

ge-hirwan

Entry preview:

Take here <b>ge-hyrwan</b> in Dict., and add: to speak ill of, blaspheme, dishonour Hé Godes mihte gehyrwde bus cweðende (cf. sermones quibus blasphemaverunt me, 2 Kings, 19, 6), Hml. Th. i. 568, 7.

Linked entry: ge-hyrwan

CNOLL

(n.)
Grammar
CNOLL, es; m.

A KNOLL ⬩ hill-top ⬩ cop ⬩ summit ⬩ cacumen ⬩ vertex

Entry preview:

He hit ne sette upon ðone héhstan cnoll he should not set it upon the highest hill-top Bt. titl. xii; Fox xii. 15. On ðam lytlan cnolle ðe Ermon hátte Hermonis a monte modico Ps. Th. 41, 7

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
Entry preview:

Hwæt seó gítsung gedéþ heore gítseras láþe siquidem avaritia semper odiosos facit, Bt. 13; F. 38, 15. Hwæt hé is God mín etenim ipse est Deus meus, Ps. Th. 61, 2, 6. Hwæt wé witan nouimus namque, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 81, 21.

níd-niman

(v.)
Grammar
níd-niman, pp. -numen

To take by force ⬩ ravish

Entry preview:

To take by force, ravish Ðeáh heó nýdnumen (neád-, MS. B.) weorðe, þolige ðæra ǽhta, búton heó fram ðam ceorle wille eft hám ongeán and nǽfre eft his ne weorðe, L. C. S. 74 Th. i. 416, 13

Linked entries: níd-nǽman niman

ealdor

Entry preview:

Eardcundes aldores terreni parentis, Rtl. 33, 36. an author, source Hé Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe hé wæs ealdor his hǽle, Hml. S. 31, 526.

licgan

Entry preview:

Hé hiene hét on carcern bescúfan, and hé þǽr lęg oþ hé his líf forlét, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 16. Lágon þá óðre fýnd on þám fýre, Gen. 322. Ðeáh hé ðonne giét on ðæs flǽsces lustfulnesse licge, Past. 395, 6.

cellendre

(n.)

coriander

Entry preview:

coriander, Herb. 104, 1; Lchdm. i. 218, 16

fearn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fearn-leás, -lés; adj.

Fernless, without fern ⬩ sine fĭlĭce

Entry preview:

Fernless, without fern; sine fĭlĭce, Hem. p. 86

for-wexen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-wexen, = for-weaxen pp. of for-weaxan.

overgrown

Entry preview:

overgrown, Herb. 69, 1; Lchdm. i. 172, 7