Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wen-býl

(n.)
Grammar
wen-býl, or wenbýle
Entry preview:

some kind of boil Wiþ wenbýle Lchdm. ii. 128, 16. Lǽcedómas tó wenbýlum 12, 19: 128, 6

wen-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
wen-sealf, e; f.

A salve for wens

Entry preview:

A salve for wens Wensealf Lchdm. ii. 128, 13, 19. Ðás wyrta sceolon tó wensealfe i. 382, 15 : ii. 128, 6:12, 19

wen-spring

(n.)
Grammar
wen-spring, (wen-spryng), es; m.

A mole

Entry preview:

A mole Wensprynga nevorum Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 50

horu

(n.)
Grammar
horu, gen.-wes; m.

Dirt, filth, foulnessdirtlimus, cenum, lutum, palustre

Entry preview:

Dirt, filth, foulness Fæormaþ gyf ðǽr hwæt horwes on biþ cleanse if there be any foulness in it, Herb. 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 4. Horewes, Mone B. 3561. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. Mín flǽsc

Linked entries: ge-horian horh hor-pyt

ge-wosa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wosa, -wesa

a being togetherconversationconversatio

Entry preview:

a being together, conversation; conversatio Ǽrfæst giwosa we gifylga bisene piæ conversations sequantur exempla, Rtl. 51, 1: 32, 32: 74, 35

Linked entry: -wosa

neáten

(n.)
Grammar
neáten, neá-west.

Similar entry: níten

-Wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-Wille, v. Eást-, West-Wille.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
Wixan, pl.

The name of some people

Entry preview:

The name of some people in some district in England Eást-Wixna is þryú hund hýda, West-Wixna syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 19. Similar entries Cf. on wixena bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 78, 1

westnorþ-lang

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
westnorþ-lang, adv. or adj. [cf. west-lang]
Entry preview:

With the length lying north-west (and south-east) Þonne is Italia land westnorðlang and eástsúðlang Italiae situs a circio in eurum tenditur Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22; 17

ǽger-geolu

(n.)
Grammar
ǽger-geolu, wes; n.

The yolk of an egg

Entry preview:

The yolk of an egg Aegergelu fitilium, Txts. 62, 429

Linked entry: geolo

leód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
leód-bealu, wes; n.

Harm

Entry preview:

Harm or bale which affects a people, Beo. Th. 3448; B. 1722: 3896; B. 1946

þeód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-bealu, wes; n.
Entry preview:

Great ill, grievous ill Þeódbealu on þreó healfa ( referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ), Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268. Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé

Ceortes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceortes íg, Certes íg, e;. f. [Hovd. Matt. West. Certesie]

CHERTSEYCertesia

Entry preview:

Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus

Linked entry: Certes íg

sweord-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-bealu, (-o), wes; n.
Entry preview:

Bale or hurt caused by the sword, Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147

wyrm-melu

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-melu, (-o), wes; n.
Entry preview:

Dust of dried worms powdered (cf. 'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne. See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) Wyrc

ele-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
ele-bearu, (-o), wes; m.
Entry preview:

An olive grove Oelebearwes dún mons Oliueti, Mt. R. 21, 1: 26, 30. Mór oelebearwes (olebearua, L.) mons oliuarum, Lk. R. 22, 39. Mór elebearues mons Oliveti, Mt. L. 26, 30. Oelebearuu, Lk. L. 19, 29. Olebearu, 21, 37

Eðan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Eðan-dún, e; f. [Hunt. Edendune: Matt. West. Ethendune]

EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi

Entry preview:

EDDINGTON. near Westbury, Wiltshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Wiltonensi He fór to Eðandúne he went to Eddington, Chr. 878; Erl. 81, 12

niht-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-bealu, wes; n.

Bale or hurt that comes at night

Entry preview:

Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193

blæc-teru

(n.)
Grammar
blæc-teru, g. wes; n.

Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluidpix fluida, naphtha

Entry preview:

Black-tar, tar, naphtha, a sort of bituminous fluid; pix fluida, naphtha, Som

sunn-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-bearu, (-o), wes; m.
Entry preview:

A sunny grove:?-Sunbearo líxeþ, wuduholt wynlíc, Exon. Th. 199, 30; Ph. 33