Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ǽw

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw, adj.

Lawful ⬩ legitimate ⬩ related by the law of marriage ⬩ married ⬩ legitimus ⬩ nuptus ⬩ germanus

Entry preview:

Lawful, legitimate, related by the law of marriage, married; legitimus, nuptus, germanus Mid his ǽwum wífe with his lawful wife, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 26, 29.

Pentecosten

(n.)
Grammar
Pentecosten, es; m. (?)
Entry preview:

Lk. Skt. 5, 17 : 8, 40. On óðerne Pentecostenes mæssedæg, Rubc. Jn. Skt. 3, 16. On Pentecostenes mæsseǽfen, 14, 15

ge-brúcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brúcan, p. -breác, pl. -brucon; pp. -brocen [ge-, brúcan to use, enjoy]

To enjoy ⬩ eat ⬩ perfrui ⬩ edere ⬩ manducare

Entry preview:

To enjoy, eat; perfrui, edere, manducare Hí ðæs biǽdes gebrocen hæfdon they had enjoyed the success, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 29; Gú. 393.Miððý sacerdhád gebréce cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 8. Ðætte hia gebrécon manducarent, Jn. Skt.

Linked entry: ge-brocen

ge-sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽgan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽgan to cause to sink]

To lay low, cast down ⬩ prosternĕre, incurvāre

Entry preview:

To lay low, cast down; prosternĕre, incurvāre Hæfdon ealfela Eótena cynnes sweordum gesǽged they had laid low full many of the Jutes' race with their swords, Beo. Th. 1772; B. 884: Judth.12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294.

wóh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh-full, adj.

Wicked ⬩ evil

Entry preview:

Suno sindon yfelwyrcende ł wohfulra (nequam), 13, 38. Mid unrehtuísum ł wóhfullum iniquis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 28. From gástum wóhfullum ł yflum ł unrehtwísum (malignis), Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 2. Wóhfulro nequiores, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 45

bisceopian

(v.)

To confirm ⬩ confirmare

Entry preview:

Retain only: To confirm; confirmare, Ne hine (one not knowing the Creed and Pater noster) mon fulluhte fullian ne móste, ne biscopian, Ll. Th. ii. 418, 36.

canon

Entry preview:

Add: — Béte hé swá canon tǽce, Ll. Th. i. 168, 7. On sumum canone hit cwyð .xii. geár, ii. 230, 5. Hí gesetton ðone canon þæt nán mæssepreóst on his wununge wíf hádes mann næbbe, Hml. Th. i. 97, 29. Canones beódaþ, Hml. S. 36, 387

hálig-ern

Entry preview:

Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ. 392, 43

líget-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
líget-sliht, e; f. l. es ; m.
Entry preview:

and add Swá légeðslæht scínende sicut fulgor coruscans, Lk. R. L. l 7, 24. Mycel mægn lígetslehta (liégiet-slyhta, v. l.) tanta coruscationis virtus, Gr. D. 167, 24.

Ligora-ceaster

(n.)
Entry preview:

Æt Ligraceastre (Legra-, Ligran-, v. ll. ), 918; P. 105, 22. On Legraceastre, 943; P. 111, 16. Eádmund Myrce geeóde . . . Ligoraceaster and Lindcylene, 942 ; P. 110, 17

mete-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mete-tíd, e; f.
Entry preview:

Mealtime Þá þá seó mætetíd (mete-, v. l., tempus refectionis ) cóm, Gr. D. 277, 24. Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið ꝥ æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll.

æfter-sang

Matins

Entry preview:

Matins Se forma tídsang is úhtsang mid ðám æftersange ðe ðártó gebirað, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 6. Tó æftersange ad matutinas, Angl. xiii. 396, 449: 402, 528. Æftersanga symbolnys matutinorum sollempnitas, R. Ben. I. 43, 2. Æftersangum matutino, 46, 13.

geán-gang

(n.)
Grammar
geán-gang, es; m.

a going back, return ⬩ a going to meet

Entry preview:

Gif gǽngang geweorðeð . . . if return takes place (i. e. if the woman goes back to the people she was taken from), Ll. Th. i. 24, 7. a going to meet Gægng (= -geong?) obbiatio ( = obviatio ), Rtl. 195, 25

Linked entry: gængang

tó-gesceádan

(v.)

to separate things from one another ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret

Entry preview:

things from one another; metaph. to expound, interpret Wæs ingunnen from Moyse and allum wítgum tógisceóde him in allum gewriotum ða ðe of him wérun incipiens a Mose et omnibus prophetis interpraelabatur illis in omnibus scripturis quae de ipso erant, Lk

Linked entry: ge-sceádan

friþ-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-herpaþ, friþ-herepaþ, es; m.

The king's highway ⬩ a public road which was under the king's

Entry preview:

De pace regia et .iiii. chiminorum vel viarum regalium, Ll. Th. i. 447, 6. Omnes herestrete regis sunt, 519, 11 ] On Wifeles ford; ðonne andlang ðæs friðherpadcs (Icknield Way?), C. D. v. 214, 35

wind-fana

(n.)
Grammar
wind-fana, an ; m.

A cloth for winnowing with ⬩ a fan

Entry preview:

His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 17

Linked entries: fana fann

á-sécan

to seek out ⬩ search for ⬩ to search through ⬩ explore

Entry preview:

Add: to seek out, search for Ácsa hine his wísena and áséc his dǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 260, 21. Ðæt seó sáwel dysi forbúge and wísdóm áséce, Hex. 40, 1. to search through, explore Hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásóhte, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2 note

Linked entry: on-sécan

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each

Entry preview:

dano lt;/i> (dona ?)

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate

Entry preview:

Gif hwelc cymiþ tó mé and ne lǽdes [lǽðues, Lind] fæder his si quis venit ad me et non odit patrem suum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 26. Miððý iuih lǽðeþ menn cum vos oderint homines, Lind. 6, 22. Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon qui oderunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44.

Linked entry: láðian

dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne, adj.
Entry preview:

From dernum geligerum, Ll. Th. i. 56, 26. of stolen goods, concealed Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað, Ll.

Linked entries: derne dyrne