Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-heardian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif hwylcum men ǽdran áheardode sýn, i. 196, 5. figurative. of persons, to prove stern, inflexible þám mannum hé sceal dón synna forgifenysse þe hé gesihð þæt beóð onbryrde ðurh Godes gife, and þám hé sceal áheardian þe náne behreówsunge nabbað heora

Linked entry: heardian

ge-leáfful

Entry preview:

Godes ðeówas hí wurðiað on geleáffulre gelaðunge, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 2. Of geleáffullan cynne heó wæs ásprungon, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 18. Ꝥ wíf bið gehálgad þurh geleáffulne wer, 15.

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To enter ⬩ go in

Entry preview:

To enter, go in Ic ingange ingredior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 47. Ic on unscyldignyssa mínre ic ingange ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ingangeþ cyningc wuldres introibit Rex gloriæ, 23, 7.

a-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-seóðan, p. -seáþ, pl. -sudon; pp. -soden

To boil ⬩ seethe ⬩ scorch ⬩ to purify by seething ⬩ coquere

Entry preview:

Ealle we lǽtaþ to viii healf-marcum asodenes goldes we estimate all at eight half-marks of pure gold, L. A. G. 2 ; Th. i. 154, 2

ciric-griþ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-griþ, cyric-griþ; es; n.

Church-peace, right of sanctuary ⬩ ecclesiæ pax

Entry preview:

Gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá abrece, ðæt he binnon ciricwagum mannslaga weorþe, ðonne síg ðæt bótleás if any man so break God's church-peace, that he be a homicide within church-walls, then let that be bootless, L. C.

Linked entry: cyric-griþ

mangere

(n.)
Grammar
mangere, es; m.

A monger ⬩ merchant ⬩ trader ⬩ dealer

Entry preview:

Ðú herast ðone mancgere ðe begytt gold mid leáde, Homl. Th. i. 254, 25

récels

(n.)
Grammar
récels, es; n.
Entry preview:

Incense Him lác brohton ðæt wæs gold récels (récils, Rush.) and myrre (récels, Lind.) obtulerunt ei munera, aurum, tus, et murram, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11 : Homl. Th. i. 78, 28. Récels thymiama, odoramentum incensi, Hpt.

Linked entries: rícels rýcels

stelan

(v.)
Grammar
stelan, p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen
Entry preview:

Wénst ðú, ðæt wé ðínes hláfordes gold stǽlon, Gen. 44, 8. Ne stel ðú, Ex. 20, 15: Mt. Kmbl. 19, 18. Ic stele furer, Kent. Gl. 1081. Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L.

Linked entry: a-stælan

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
Entry preview:

What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .

bledu

Entry preview:

Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17. IIII. cuppan and IIII. bleda, Cht. Th. 519, 24. Man sceal habban beódas, bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17.

carful-nys

Entry preview:

Ágyfan Gode þínre carfulnysse weorc, Hml. Th. ii. 334, 24, 26. Ðá geniðerunge mid carfulnysse foresceáwian, i. 408, 29. Heó mid carfulnysse þone hýréd gewissode, Hml. S. 2, 127

ciric-sceat

Grammar
ciric-sceat, v. cyric-sceat
Entry preview:

Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran ǽr Gode behétan, þæt is . . . cyricsceattas, Wlfst. 113, 11. On ðæt gerád ðet hé gesylle ǽlce geáre . . . cyresceattas and cyresceatweorc, C. D. v. 162, 26. [v. N. E. D. church-scot.]

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, feorh-lege, es; m.

death

Entry preview:

Now a hoard of treasures have I prudently got as the price of my death, B. 2800. Substitute:

ge-metfæstnys

Entry preview:

Ðæt sý mid micelre gemetfæstnesse and gestæþþignesse gedón ipsum cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat, 67, 14. moderation in food, temperance Gang hé tó his gereorde and mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse his góda brúce, and ná

ge-mynegian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Tó þan ꝥ wé beón gemyngode (-myngode, v.l. ) ꝥ wé úre mód on ǽlcere gedréfednysse tó Gode áwendon, Angl. vii. 38, 358

hreóh

Entry preview:

Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 14. fierce, cruel of pain, &amp;c. Take here <b>reów</b> in Dict., and add Swá se þeódsceaða reów rícsode, An. 1118.

þeón

Entry preview:

Add Þá þá hé geseah hine weaxan and þeón in Godes ege cum eum in timore Domini excrevisse videret, Gr. D. 225, 22. Add Ongytest þú hú swýðe seó eádmódnys þýhð (þiéhð, v.l.) and fremað þám þe þá gódan mægnu wyrcað?

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory, ⬩ glorious

Entry preview:

Tírfæst hæleð, bisceop se góda ... ðam wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 7. Tírfæstne hæleð (Moses), Cd. Th. 181, 19; Exod. 63. Hwǽr ic tírfæste treówe funde ambulans in via immaculata, Ps. Th. 100, 6: Exon. Th. 473, 7; Bo. 11.

ge-fealdan

to wrap up, roll up ⬩ to involve, implicate :-- ⬩ to roll about

Entry preview:

Ne bið gifalden non flectetur, Rtl. 84, 53. to involve, implicate :-- Nǽnig man compigende Gode gifalde hine (inplicat se ) gimótum woruldlicum, Rtl. 60, 11. to roll about Hé gefeald hine uolutabatur, Mk. R. 9, 20

faru

going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage

Entry preview:

Wé cwǽdon hwanon se bissextus cymð, and manega þing wé cýddon ymbe his fare, 312, 46. in a collective sense, a body of people who go with a person. the train of one who goes on a mission Náámán gecyrde mid ealre his fare (cf. reversus cum universo comitatu