Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

Entry preview:

Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS. Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd after these words a meeting was held, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 1. Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21.

Linked entry: ge-hafa

geond-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-hweorfan, p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen

To turn or pass through, go about, traversepertransire, peragrare, perlustrare

Entry preview:

To turn or pass through, go about, traverse; pertransire, peragrare, perlustrare Ðonne maga gemynd mód geondhweorfeþ when remembrance of friends passes through his mind, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 21; Wand. 51.

teóðung-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-ceáp, es; m.
Entry preview:

Tithe-stock, stock paid as tithe Gehéraþ hwæt se æþela láreów sægde be manna teóþungceápe. Hé cwæþ: Nú neálǽceþ ðæt wé sceolan úre ǽhta and úre wæstmas gesamnian.

þurh-þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þyrelian, -þyrlian

to pierce throughmake a hole throughperforate

Entry preview:

Cum fodissem parietem, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 17. Ðæt mon ðurhðyrelige ðone weall ... Hé cuæð: 'Ðá ic hæfde ðone weall ðurhðyrelod, Swt. 155, 1-3. Þurhþyrlige his hláford his eáre dominus perforabit aurem ejus (Ex. 21, 6), L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10.

Linked entry: þyrelian

un-gerisenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíc, adj.

Unseemlydishonourablebase

Entry preview:

ful monige mid gerisenlícum weorcum árísen from eorðan, mid ungerisenlícum gewilnungum ðissa woroldðinga hié hié selfe álecgeaþ on eorðan etsi honesta actione nonnulli quasi a terra se erigunt, ambitione tamen inhonesta semetipsos ad terram deponunt, Past

un-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geára, adv.

not long agolatelybefore longsoon

Entry preview:

of past time, not long ago, lately Ic wæs ungeára on niht ábysgod on wæccum nuper occupatus noctu vigiliis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 39. Ðæt wæs ungeára, ðæt ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, Beo.

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

Entry preview:

Unsearchable, past finding out, inscrutable Seó godcundnys is unásmeágendlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 4: Ham]. Skt. i. 1, 33. Ðín myldheortnys is swíðe mycel and unásmǽgendlíc, 3, 548.

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

un-gestæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestæððig, adj.

Inconstantunstable

Entry preview:

Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðrǽdan inconstantes, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 3. Ninwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód nil in nobis est corde fugacius, 38; Swt. 273, 11

án-wille

Entry preview:

Ðá fortrúwudan and ðá ánwillan protervi, Past. 209, 20. Add

án-wilnes

Entry preview:

Anwielnesse (-wil-, v. l. ), Past. 47, 16. For nánre anwielnesse (pertinacia), 12. Mid ánwilnesse procaciter, R. Ben. 15, 13. Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92.

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
Entry preview:

Gif lama weorðe forlǽten, and hé æfter þám þreó niht álibbe, i. 172, 17. to live a life, pass one's days Hé oferférde and álifde his selfes ylde mid andgite aetatem suam intellectu transibat, Gr. D. 338, 23

Linked entry: á-lifian

brid

Entry preview:

Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, Lch. ii. 196, 22. Swá earn his briddas (pullos) spænð tó flihte, Deut. 32, II: Ps.

cuma

Entry preview:

Cymð sió blis seldhwanne, suelce hió sié cuma oððe elðeódig quasi peregrina veniens laetitia, Past. 313, 24. Hé cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and úre eard nis ná hér, Hml. Th. i. 248, 14.

dór

(n.)
Grammar
dór, dúru.
Entry preview:

. ¶ Of secbróce tó þan heán dore (gate, Kemble: pass, Earle, Chr. p. 328); of þan (heán, C. D. iii. 79, 3) dore tó brýdbróce, Cht. E. 447, 8

eardung-stów

Entry preview:

Hié sceolden habban éce eardungstówe on ðæs Fæder húse furðor ðonne his ǽgnu bearn in domo Patris aeterna mansione etiam filiis praeferuntur, Past. 409, 4. Symbelnessa eardungstówa sollemnitates tabernaculorum, An. Ox. 40, 37. Add

éste-líce

(adv.)

graciouslydelicatelyluxuriously

Entry preview:

Add: graciously Suá micle suá hió éstelícor of dúne ástígeð, suá hió iéðelícor úp ástígeð quo benigne descendit ad infima, valenter recurrit ad summa, Past. 103, 18.

for-seárian

(v.)
Entry preview:

.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml. S. 23, 431. of persons Hí forseáriað swá fileðe, Ps. Th. 36, 2. Menn forseáriað for ógan (v.

for-sewennes

Entry preview:

Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19.

ge-leáfsum

Entry preview:

Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

ge-scildnes

Entry preview:

Past. 89, 23. Hé him þone rén tó gescildnesse onsende, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 30. His sáwle to gescyldnesse, Chr. 959 ; P. 115, 16. Add