Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

snícan

(v.)
Grammar
snícan, p. snác, pl. snicon

To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after

Entry preview:

Past. 21, 3; Swt. 154, 18. fig. of imperceptible movement Ða wunde snícaþ (irrepunt) in ða innoðas mínes líchoman Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 18. [ Snikeð in and ut neddren O. E. Homl, i. 251, 16.]

sogoþa

(n.)
Grammar
sogoþa, an; m.

hiccough, heartburn ⬩ gastric juice

Entry preview:

Ne yrne he ðe læs hé mid ðæs rynes éðgunge hwylcne wleattan and sogeðan on his heortan ne ástyrige lest the running cause nausea or give him heartburn : the Latin version has 'ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem' R. Ben. 68, 3. gastric juice (?)

són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

Entry preview:

Ða hearpan strengas se hearpere sníðe ungelíce tiéhþ and styreþ and mid ðý gedéþ ðæt hí náwuht ungelíce ðæm sóne ne singaþ ðe hé wilnaþ chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat Past. 23; Swt. 175, 8.

Linked entry: be-sóne

ge-drincan

(v.)

to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst ⬩ to drink intoxicating liquor convivially or for pleasure ⬩ to imbibe a liquid ⬩ to swallow the contents of a vessel ⬩ to absorb

Entry preview:

Sóna swá hé hit gedruncen hæfde misit ei calicem uini benedictum ab episcopo; quem ut bibit, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 8. to absorb In gedrincaþ combiberint, contraxerint, Germ. 391, 18

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhaps ⬩ haply ⬩ by chance

Entry preview:

Ne hit nǽfre næs tó geopenigenne búton wénunga hwilc munuc út fóre unless it happened that a monk had to go out Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 104. Ðe læs wénunga ne forte Lk. Skt. 14, 8.

Linked entries: wéning weninga

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand out ⬩ be prominent ⬩ be lifted up ⬩ stick up ⬩ to be lifted up ⬩ be proud ⬩ to be stuck up ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ creak

Entry preview:

to stand out, be prominent, be lifted up, stick up On ðam forman dæge on ðam middangeard þunaþ gesceapen primo dierum quo mundus extat conditus, Hymn. Surt. 4, 4.

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

hlifian

(v.)
Grammar
hlifian, p. ode

To stand out prominently, ⬩ tower up, ⬩ to be raised high

Entry preview:

Hlifiaþ eáran ofer eágum ears stand up above my eyes, 104b; Th. 396, 14; Rä. 16, 4. Wudubeám hlifode tó heofontunglum the tree towered up to the stars of heaven, Cd. 199; Th. 247, 22; Dan. 501. Hlifade, Beo. Th. 163, 3801; B. 81, 1898.

Linked entry: forþ-lífan

ge-freógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freógan, -freón; p. -freóde; pp. -freód

To free ⬩ make free

Entry preview:

Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74

Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian

arodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
arodlíce, arudlíce, ardlíce; adv.

Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ cito ⬩ sine mora

Entry preview:

Quickly, immediately; cito, sine mora Hí hebbaþ swíðe arodlíce ða earce up arcam sine mora elevant, Past. 22, 2; Hat. MS. 33 b, 9

Linked entries: ardlíce arudlíce

fore-þingiend

(n.)
Grammar
fore-þingiend, es; m.

One who pleads for another ⬩ an intercessor ⬩ intercessor

Entry preview:

One who pleads for another, an intercessor; intercessor Us Drihten sealde ðé foreþingiend nobis Dŏmĭnus dĕdit te intercessōrem, Wanl. Catal. 294, 34, col. 1

Linked entry: þingiend

fóster-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-fæder, féster-fæder, es; m.

A FOSTER-FATHER ⬩ nourisher ⬩ bringer up ⬩ altor ⬩ nutrītor

Entry preview:

A FOSTER-FATHER, nourisher, bringer up; altor, nutrītor,Wrt. Voc. 72, 37. Fósterfæder ălumnus, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 36; Wrt. Voc. 50, 18

Linked entry: féster-fæder

Mónan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-niht, e; f.

Monday eve ⬩ the evening of Sunday

Entry preview:

Monday eve, the evening of Sunday Hé ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces and ðæs Sæternesdæges ofer nón and ðære Mónannihte, Wulfst. 210, 10

Linked entry: Mónan-ǽfen

lyb-lác

Entry preview:

Add: — Uton forbúgan þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, ꝥ is . . . lyblác and ealle þá unþeáwas þe deóflu on mancynn gebringað, Wlfst. 135, 3

mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽte, adv.
Entry preview:

Th. i. 162, 3. v. or-, úþ-mǽte

weald

Entry preview:

Add Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte, Jos. 9, 7. Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú

ge-wítan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten (-wiét-, v. l.) from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rǽdinge háligra gewrita ut a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant, Past. 171, 20.

a-sprincan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sprincan, p. -spranc, pl. -spruncon ; pp. -spruncen

To spring up ⬩ arise ⬩ oriri ⬩ exoriri

Entry preview:

To spring up, arise; oriri, exoriri Aspruncen is on þýstrum leóht exortum est in tenebris lumen, Ps. Spl. 111, 4: C. R. Ben. 7

Linked entry: a-spruncen

a-wǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wǽstan, p. -wǽste ; pp. -wǽsted ; v. trans.

To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ eat up ⬩ vastare ⬩ carpere

Entry preview:

To waste, lay waste, eat up; vastare, carpere Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awǽstenne gærs quo modo solet bos herbas carpere, Num. 22, 4

land-gewyrpe

(n.)
Grammar
land-gewyrpe, es; n.
Entry preview:

A heap of earth thrown up[?] Andlang ðare landgewirpa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 30. On ða landgewyrpu ... andlang ðara landgewyrpa, 434, 2-4

Linked entry: ge-wyrp

þúsend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þúsend-líc, adj.

Numbered by thousands

Entry preview:

Ðæt hé ús gescylde wiþ ða þúsendlícan cræftas deófles costunga, Blickl. Homl.19, 16