Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
Entry preview:

God sylf behét his hálgum þénum þe on clǽnum mægðháde him gehýrsumiað on his heofenlican húse, Hml. A. 41, 424. Ðé úe gihérsumiga tibi famulemur, 15, 32. Gehýrsumiendre ł þeówiendre uernacula, i. famulante, An. Ox. 288

ge-leánian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. ) :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c.

ge-bregdan

Entry preview:

ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan ǽlc þǽra þinga þe þú wið God

ge-wéman

Entry preview:

His þeáwas tó Godes willan gewéman, R. Ben. 99, 20. His leóda tó Gode gewéman, Hml. S. 26, 51.

gladian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Utan gladian georne God, Wlfst. 112, 12. to make gentle, soften, appease Mildode mansuescit, gladode mitigat, Germ. 399, 436. Gladode demulcet, pro demulcebat (mentem . . . nec blandimentorum lenitas demulcet, Ald. 40, 36), An. Ox. 3004

glæd-mód

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Eádhréðige mægð . . . glædmóde gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate, Jud. 140. of spiritual joy, with gladsome mind Se biscop glædmód códe gumena þreáte God hergendra, El. 1096.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Is ús micel ðearf ðæt wé hálwendlíce ( to cur spiritual profit ; salubriter) geðencen ðá gód ðe wé forgiémeleásodon, 467, 7. Hálwendlíce ( salubriter ) geþreád, Gr. D. 160, 20.

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

CNÓSL

(n.)
Grammar
CNÓSL, es; n.

A race ⬩ progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ kin ⬩ family; ⬩ proles ⬩ genus ⬩ generatio

Entry preview:

Gódes and yfles ðǽr ic cunnade, cnósle bidǽled there I tried good and evil, separated from my offspring 85b; Th. 321, 27; Wld. 52. Bearn vel cnósl soboles vel proles Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 19; Wrt. Voc. 51, 64. Cnósle genere Mone B. 1608.

ord-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
ord-fruma, an; m.

source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince

Entry preview:

God, lífes ordfruma, Exon. Th. 14, 30; Cri. 227. Ordfruma ealra gescafta, Cd. Th. 292, 17; Sat. 442. applied to others Se wæs ordfruma ( auctor ) ðæs gefeohtes, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 32.

tó-hopa

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hopa, an; m.

Hope, ⬩ expectation

Entry preview:

Ealne his tóhopan sette hē on God, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 17. Nimeþ tohope to helme sumentes galeam spei, O. E. Homl. i. 155, 8

Linked entries: tó-hopung tó-hyht

swígan

(v.)
Grammar
swígan, p.de.

to be silent ⬩ to become silent from astonishment ⬩ stupere ⬩ silere, reticere

Entry preview:

to be silent God ná swígeþ Deus non silebit, Ps. Spl. 49, 3. Stiórdon him menigo ðætte hé suígde ( ut taceret) Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 48. Ðú bist suígende (swígende, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 20.

Linked entry: for-swígan

BYCGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYCGAN, bicgan, bycgean; ic bycge, bicge, ðú bygest, he bygeþ, pl. bycgaþ, bicgaþ; p. bohte, pl. bohton; impert. byge, bige, pl. bycgaþ; pp. boht; v. a.

To BUY, procure ⬩ emere, redimere

Entry preview:

Ðæt góde men mid feó bicgaþ which good men buy with money, 114a; Th. 436, 37; Rä. 55, 12. Ðæt bohte Abraham quam emit Abraham, Gen. 49, 30: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 27. Menn heora land bohton [MS. bohtan] men bought their land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 10.

Linked entries: bicgan bycgean

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and ge-dreóg. Substitute: ge-dreóg, es; n.

a dressing, something used in preparing material for use ⬩ seemly, orderly behaviour, gravity

Entry preview:

Ofer ealle his gód hé hine tó ealdre for his gedreóge (cf. hé on rihtne tíman hwǽte gedǽlde his efenðeówum, 4) gesette, R. Ben. 123, 6. tó gedreóge gán ad necesssaria naturae exire, R. Ben. 32, 22

teóða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
teóða, teogeða; ord. num.
Entry preview:

Ðý ilcan geáre gebócude Æþelwulf cyning teóþan dǽl his londes ofer al his ríce Gode tó lofe and him selfum tó écere hǽlo, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 25: Ex. 29, 40. Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóðan sceat Abraham sealde Godes bisceope, Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122.

Linked entries: teigða téþa

menen

Entry preview:

L. 85, 16 the word is feminine Galla, ꝥ Godes mennen (menen, v.l. ), Gr. D. 280, 12. Þeów mennen, Agar, Gen. 2246. Sunu þínre þínenne ł mennenne filium ancillae tuae, Ps. L. 85, 16. Be þám Godes mænnene (menn, þeówene, v. ll. ) de ancilla Dei, Gr.

hlís-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
hlís-ful, adj.

Famous, ⬩ of good repute, ⬩ renown

Entry preview:

Famous, of good repute, renown Hlísful famosus vel opinosus, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 35; Wrt. Voc. 47, 39: famosus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 71.

freóls-tíd

a festival ⬩ an anniversary

Entry preview:

On Godes hálgena freólstídum in sanctorum festiuitatibus, 39, 4. Freólstída and fæstentída rihtlíce understandan, Wlfst. 113, 1

dust-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
dust-drenc, es; m.

A drink made of the seeds of herbs rubbed to dust ⬩ pōtio ex herbārum quārumdam semĭnĭbus, in pulvĕrem redactis, compŏsĭta

Entry preview:

dust-drink [thus]: take seed of marche, and seed of fennel, dill-seed, etc.... rub all well to dust: put a good spoonful of the dust into strong clear ale, L.

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
Entry preview:

Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340