Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-twinn

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-twinn, adj.
Entry preview:

Gl. 254, 7. as numeral; bini, duo Ǽnlípige singuli, getwinne bini, Ælfc. Gr. 2, 13, 14. Sum getel bið ǽfre menigfeald ... bini getwynne oððe twám and twám, 284, 6. Eálá gé elebeamas (printed -es) getwinne olive bine, Hy. S. 106, 13.

ild

Entry preview:

(l a) of things :-- Ǽlc húsl þe bið on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. youth Míne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps. L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild

leó

Entry preview:

Add: gen. f. leó pas Grécisce naman . . . hic leon þeós leó ; ac wé forlǽtað þone n on Lédensprǽce and cweðað leó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 42, 1. Swé swé leá sicut leo;, Ps. Srt. 16, 12: ii. 184, 40.

mægen-þrymm

Entry preview:

Add: : glory, majesty Ðonne hé sit ofer setle his mægenþrymmes tunc sedebit super sedem maiestatis suae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 237, 9 : Mt. 25, 31. On hys mægenþrymme in sede maiestatis suae, 19, 28.

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

</b> add :-- Ic mynegige moneo Ælfc. Gr. Z., 254, 13. Hé hí tó þám myngode ꝥ heó hine geefenlǽcende . . . hogode, Lch. iii. 440, 18. Myniendum hortanle, i. monente An. Ox. 29. Minigende ( ammonentes) búton ceorunge ꝥ hí beón, R. Ben.

hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
hálgung, hálegung, e; f.

Hallowing, consecration, sanctificationconsecracio, dedicaciosanctificatio

Entry preview:

Hallowing, consecration, sanctification Getimbra hálgung scenophegia, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 78; Wrt. Voc. 16, 50. Niuæs húses hálgung ł cirica hálgung encenia, Jn, Skt. Lind. 10, 22. Geworden is Iudéa hálgung facta est Iudæa sanctificatio, Ps.

wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-housea towerfortification

Entry preview:

A war-house, a tower, fortification Ðis wíghús haec arx Ælfc. Gr. 9, 75; Zup. 73, 14: 3 ; Zup. 7, 9. Se híhsta wíghús arx Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41. Wíghús propugnaculum Hpt. Gl. 499, 61.

CNUCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNUCIAN, cnucigan; p. ode; pp. od

To KNOCKbeatpound; pulsaretunderepertundere

Entry preview:

Ic cnucige tundo, pertundo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 56, 65. Ða leáf cnuca on ánum mortere pound the leaves in a mortar Herb. 41, 4; Lchdm. i. 142, 18: 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 158, 20: 63, 7; Lchdm. i. 166, 29: 64; Lchdm. i. 168, 5: 65; Lchdm. i. 168, 11.

Linked entries: cnocian cnuwian

ge-þofta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þofta, an; m.

A companioncomradesŏdāliscontŭbernālis

Entry preview:

Geþofta contŭbernālis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 65, 80; Wrt. Voc. 34, 12. Ðæt ðú sí gemyndig ðínes getreówan geþoftan tui mĕmor sis fīdissimi sŏdālis, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 25.

Linked entry: þyften

híréd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-mann, hírd-man, es; m.

A member of a 'híréd:' —

Entry preview:

Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his hírédmen [hírdmen (MS. A.)] on his ágenum borge let every lord have the members of his household in his own 'borg,' L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 27: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9.

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush,break in pieces

Entry preview:

To crush, break in pieces Ic tóbrýse tero, Ælfc. Gr. 28, l; Zup. 165, 14 MS. T. Ealle ðín bán ic tóbrýsige, Nar. 41, 20. Se ðe fylþ uppan ðysne stán hé byþ tóbrýsed (confringetur); and hé tóbrýsþ (conteret) ðone ðe hé onuppan fylþ, Mt.

be-dǽlan

Entry preview:

Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272, 27

a-dón

(v.)
Grammar
a-dón, p. -dyde; impert. -dó; v. a.

To take awayremovebanishtollereejicere

Entry preview:

Flód adyde mancinn a flood destroyed mankind, Ælfc. T. 5, 25: Gen. 7, 23: 9, 11. Adó ðas wylne ejice ancillam hanc, Gen. 21, 10: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 10: Ps. Th. 68, 14

Linked entry: a-dydest

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
Entry preview:

Ceác-bán vel ceácan vel cin-bán mandibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14. Ðæt biþ gód sealf wið ðara ceácna [= ceácena] geswelle that is a good salve for swelling of the cheeks, L. M. 1, 5; Lchdm. ii. 48, 11

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

cyperen

(adj.)
Grammar
cyperen, adj.

Coppery, belonging to copper æreus

Entry preview:

Cyperen hwer a copper ewer or vessel; cucuma, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 83; Wrt. Voc. 25, 23

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOMlibertylībertasemancĭpātio

Entry preview:

Freódóm emancĭpātio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 1. Be ðam freódóme concerning freedom, 41, 2; Fox 246, 13.

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.

a FALLruindestructiondeathcāsusintĕrĭtusa FALLcaseinflection in grammarcāsusinflectio

Entry preview:

M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 14, note. a FALL, case, inflection in grammar; cāsus, inflectio Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss case, that is a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23

Linked entries: fell fiell fyl

fylmen

(n.)
Grammar
fylmen, es; n.

A filmthin skinprepucepræpūtiumomentum

Entry preview:

Fylmena films; omenta vel membrānæ, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 93; Wrt. Voc. 27, 23: Cot. 133. Fylmen omentum, 74; Som. 71, 61; Wrt. Voc. 44, 43. On ðam fylmene in præpūtio, Homl. Th. i. 94, 13.

Linked entry: film

hell-waran

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waran, pl.
Entry preview:

The inhabitants of hell Ðás hellwaran hi manes, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 14. Him urnon ealle hellwaran ongeán all the inhabitants of hell ran to meet him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 29.

hundred

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.

A hundred

Entry preview:

A hundred Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu centurias, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34. Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó though there be a hundred of them, Ps. Th. 89, 10.

Linked entry: hund