Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

nyten-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
nyten-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Ignorant Cúðberhtus, ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum: ac God wolde stýran þǽre nytennesse Cúðberhtes þurh mynegunge gelimplices láreówes, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3

Linked entry: nyten

gilp

Entry preview:

þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde, Dan. 755.

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
Entry preview:

On middan þǽre dene, Iosaphaf. Seó dene is betwux þǽre dúne Sion and þám munte Oliueta, Hml. Th. i. 440, 15. Án ðeóstorful dene, ii. 338, 5. Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel ( chaos magnum ) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26.

hweorfan

(v.)
Entry preview:

And hý þé willaþ on murcnunga gebringan þonne hié þé fram hweorfaþ, Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 16-20. to change (intrans. and trans. ) Swáhit oft gesǽleð on þǽm sélran þingum þæt seó wyrd and sió hiów hié oft oncyrreð and on óþer hworfeð ut aliquid plerumgue

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, Add:

tribute.payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conqueredpayment exacted by the state, a taxpayment exacted by the churchpayment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord a contribution exacted in aida rateinterest a debt due, obligation

Entry preview:

, a rate Þæt úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol (a poor-rate), Bl.

be-hwerfan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Þæt teóðe werod tó áwyrgedum gástum behwyrfede wurdon, Hml. Th. i. 540, 3. to exchange, change for Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 12. Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29

eahta

Entry preview:

., þæt wǽron seofon oððe eahta, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 7. Ne wearð má þonne him eahtum, Angl. xi. 2, 39. Cf. seofon

ge-lást

Entry preview:

Substitute: performance, act of performing Þæt hé ús þurh his gife gefultumige tó geláste his geboda, R. Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.

ge-líc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, es; n.
Entry preview:

'Ic wondrie þín, hwí þú secge þæt þú Gode náwiht gelíces nyte (nihil te nosse Deo simile )'. . . Gyf ic wiht him gelíces wiste, ic wolde þat lufian, Solil. H. 15, 13-19. Næfð hé náht men gelíces de homine nihil habet, Gr. D. 46, 28.

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
Entry preview:

Gerǽda effipia, Hpt. 31, 7, 85 : effipiam, 6, 82. þæt hors mid ðám cynelicum gerǽdum þe him on stódon equum, ita ut erat stratus regaliter Bd. 3, 14 ; Sch. 257, 15 : By. 190. Módigne stédan mid gyldenum gerǽdum gefreatewodne, Hml. Th. i. 210, 15.

ge-fég

Entry preview:

Ox. 3412. of non-material objects Þæt óðer híw ys gecíged zeuma, ꝥ ys gefeig on Englisc; þis gefég ys swýðe gelóme on hálgum gewritum, Angl. viii. 331, 9.

on-sígan

Entry preview:

Gregorius þæt Rômânisce folc for ðâm onsîgendum cwealme tô behreówsunge tihte, 124, 2.

ríp

Entry preview:

</b> for which see <b>rípe,</b> and Add Þæt hér wǽre micel ríp (the accent is in the MS. and riip is a v. l.) ondweard multam esse messem, Bd. 1, 29; Sch. 99, 8. Rípes (hrípes, L.) tíd messis, Jn. R. 4, 35.

samod

Entry preview:

Add Swá þæt ic beó gemét samod on blisse eóweres edleánes, ðeáh ðe ic mid eów swincan ne mæge ( etsi uobiscum laborare nequeo, simul in gaudio retributionis inueniar, Bd. 1, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 128, 12.

á-scippan

(v.)
Grammar
á-scippan, p. scóp
Entry preview:

To create, originate Perseus þǽre þeóde óþerne naman áscóp be him syluum Perseus nomen genti dedit, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 33. Áscæpen am creata sum, Rtl. 68, 18. [O. H. Ger. ar-scaffan efficere.]

Linked entry: á-sceppan

blǽc-ern

Entry preview:

Þǽra eágan scínað nihtes swá leóhte swá blǽcern (lucernae), Nar. 34, 14. Blǽcernum lichinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 75. Add:

geár-market

(n.)
Entry preview:

a yearly market, fair On ealra þǽra manna gewitnesse þe séceað geármarket (-morkett, C. D. iv. 291, 19) tó Stówe, Cht. Th. 372, 15. [O. H. Ger. iár-marchit nundinae: Ger. jahr-markt a fair.]

Linked entry: market

on-þwægenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-þwægenness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Cleansing by washing, ablution Seó onðwægennyss þǽra fóta gástlíce tácnað gehwæðer ge líchaman clǽnnysse ge eác sáwle, Hml. A. 157, 138. Þá gástlican onþwægennysse, . . ꝥ is ꝥ hálige fulwihtes bæð and synna forlǽtennysse, 158, 154

Linked entry: -þwægenness

un-gníþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gníþelíce, adv.
Entry preview:

He scan ungnéþelíce ( non mediocriter) mid þý worde þǽre hálgan láre, 175, I

Linked entry: gníþelíce