Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

Entry preview:

Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18. Hwearf bí bence turned by the bench, Beo. Th. 2380; B. 1188. dat.

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devisesearchinventexcogitareperscrutariinvenire

Entry preview:

Bæd him ðæs rǽd ahicgan besought them to devise counsel for this, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 24; Gen. 2031: 178; Th. 224, 3; Dan. 130. Hie ahogodan heoro they invented the sword, Exon. 92 a; Th. 346, 9; Gn. Ex. 202

Linked entry: a-hicgan

ge-beódan

Entry preview:

Add to order a person (dat.) to do something Héht hire þá áras gebeódan Constantínus, þæt hió cirican . . . getim*-*brede, El. 1007.

a-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mǽn-sumian, p. ode; pp. od [a ex, mǽn = gemǽne communis; sumian = samnian congregare]

To excommunicateexcommunicare

Entry preview:

To excommunicate; excommunicare Síe amǽnsumod let him be excommunicated, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 18

be-hríman

(v.)
Grammar
be-hríman, p. de; pp. ed [hrím rime, hoar-frost]

To cover with rime or hoar-frostpruinis circumfundere

Entry preview:

To cover with rime or hoar-frost; pruinis circumfundere Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 17; Kl. 48

friþ-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-scipe, es; m.

A state of peacepax

Entry preview:

A state of peace; pax To friþscipe for peace, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 5

óþ-sceacan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to run away, escape Gif hé óþsceóce (-seoce, MS. ), L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 11

Linked entry: óþ-seóce

ge-yrman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrman, p. de; pp. ed

To afflictmake miserable

Entry preview:

To afflict, make miserable Ðú míne cúþe geyrmdest thou didst afflict mine acquaintance, Ps. Th. 87, 18

Linked entry: ge-irman

bi-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelmimplicare, involvere, circumdare

Entry preview:

To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, circumdare,Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 14; Cri. 117

ge-dýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dýran, p. de; pp. ed

To glorifyendearglorifĭcāre

Entry preview:

To glorify, endear; glorifĭcāre Dreámum gedýrde endeared by joys, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 21; Cri. 1645

ge-hendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hendan, p. de; pp. ed

To holdtĕnēre

Entry preview:

To hold; tĕnēre Me ðín seó swíðre ðǽr gehendeþ tĕnēbit me dextĕra tua, Ps. Th. 138, 8

Linked entry: -hendan

geng

(adj.)
Grammar
geng, adj.

Youngjŭvĕnis

Entry preview:

Young; jŭvĕnis Ðám gengum þrým to the three young men, Cd.176; Th. 222, 9; Dan. 102

þurh-fón

(v.)

to get throughpenetrate

Entry preview:

to get through, penetrate Heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte láþan fingrum, Beo. Th. 3013; B. 1504

under-crammian

(v.)

to stuff full belowsuffercire

Entry preview:

to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feudhostility that leads to slaying

Entry preview:

Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying Hé wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

of-þecgan

(v.)

to consume, destroy

Entry preview:

to consume, destroy Æþelinga bearn ecgum ofþegde consumed by the sword, Cd. Th. 120, 30; Gen. 2002

orlæg-gífre

(adj.)
Grammar
orlæg-gífre, adj.

Eager to cause death

Entry preview:

Eager to cause death (?) Ismahel biþ unhýre orlæggífre wiðerbreca wera cneórissum, Cd. Th. 138, 6; Gen. 2287

á-scortian

(v.)

to run shortrun outbe exhausted

Entry preview:

to run short, run out, be exhausted Æt ðám giftum áscortode wín, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 10

Linked entry: á-sceortian

bi-reófan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-reófan, p. -reáf, pl. -rufon; pp. -rofen

To bereave, deprivespoliare, privare

Entry preview:

To bereave, deprive; spoliare, privare Rǽdum birofene bereft of counsel, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 14; Cri. 1526: 104 a; Th. 394, 22; Rä. 14, 7

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, síþþ, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Travel, journey Bǽm wæs on síþþe hæbbendes hyht to both when journeying was the possessor's joy, Exon. Th. 481, 12 ; Rä. 65, 2. v. gesíþ[þ]