Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.
Entry preview:

A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053.

Linked entry: ge-byre

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

Entry preview:

Ðæt heó ðý éþ meahte ðæt éce ríce in heofonum geearnian quo facilius perpetuam in cælis patriam posset mereri, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 12. Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23.

tó-hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hlídan, p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden
Entry preview:

Heofonas tóhlidon. Blickl. Homl. 105, 13. Tóhltdan dehiscere, Germ. 400, 482. Biþ ðæt heáfod tóhliden the head shall be cloven, Soul Kmbl. 213 ; Seel. 109.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, (-en(n)e); adv.

from abovedownfrom abovefrom heavenabove

Entry preview:

Steorran hreósaþ ufene of heofonum, 93, 8. where an action is directed from a higher to a lower point Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ða fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

Entry preview:

In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut astra flebiles, coeli fenestra facta es, Hymn. Surt. 76, 5. Grammar wóp-líc, of that which is an expression of grief Hé spræc mid wóplícre stemne, Homl. Th. i. 402, 9 : Homl.

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

Entry preview:

Leóht ofer þ geteld ástreht (columna lucis ad caelum usque porrecta,) stód up tó heofonum Bd. 3, 11,Hml. S. 26, 183. Ástrehtne hneccan erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 18. of time to extend:-- Seó fífte yld stód ástreht oð þæt Críst sylf com, Ælfc. T.

of-teón

Entry preview:

heofonan scúras oftugon, and eft miltsigende getíþoden, Hml. Th. i. 540, 29

on-lísan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Swá hwylcne swá hé on eorþan álýsde, ðæt se wǽre on heofonum onlýsed, Blickl. Homl. 49, 18. Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum onlýsed beón, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 10: 5, 19; S. 639, 42. Onlýsed ðý líchaman solutus corpore, 3, 19; S. 548, 29

Linked entries: on-lésan on-liésan

sýl

(n.)
Grammar
sýl, e; f.
Entry preview:

A pillar, column Sc̃s Arculfus sagaþ ðæt hé gesáwe on Hierusalem áne sýle . . . ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle ðonne nafaþ seó sýl nǽnige sceade . . . and swá ða dagas forð on sceortiaþ, swá byþ ðære sýle sceade lengra.

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
Entry preview:

Ðæt hé ne forleóse his dreámes blǽd and his dagena rím and his weorces wlite and wuldres leán, þætte heofones cyning syleþ tó sigorleánum, Exon. Th. 97, 11; Cri. 1589. Metod fét eall ꝥte gróweþ, Met. 29, 70.

Linked entry: þæt

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
Entry preview:

Þá heofon*-*lican gerýno þá nánegum men ne álýfað tó secganne, Guth. 86, 6 Álýfende licens, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 264, 11

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.
Entry preview:

Ofer heáne hróf heofones ðisses beyond the lofty roof of the sky, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 5; Met. 24, 3. Ðone heán heofon high heaven, Cd. 35; Th. 45, 33; Gen. 736. Se ðe gebígde ðone heágan heofonlícan bígels he who bowed the lofty vault of heaven, Homl.

Linked entries: heá heág héh

hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode
Entry preview:

Him þuhte ðæt hit eall betwoex heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum it seemed to him that all between heaven and earth it resounded with those awful voices Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 4.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibitdenyrefuserestrainpreventhinderprohĭbērerecūsāredenĕgārerenuĕre

Entry preview:

Me ðæs forwyrnde Waldend heofona the Lord of heaven hath denied it me, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 3; Gen. 2219: Exon. 34 b; Th. 111, 31; Gú. 135. He ne forwyrnde woroldrǽdenne he refused not worldly converse, Beo. Th. 2288; B. 1142.

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
Entry preview:

To the instance given under á-swǽman may be added the following :-- Swá Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðætte God héte ealle ða áswǽman æt heofona ríces dura, ða ðe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ God would bid all those grieve. . . Blickl. Homl. 41, 34.

Linked entry: á-swǽman

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

Entry preview:

heofon-hláfe hálige gefylde pane cæli saturavit eos, Ps. Th, 104, 35. Dú gefyldest foldan and rodoras wuldres ðínes thou hast filled earth and skies with thy glory, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 29; Cri. 408.

tó-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.
Entry preview:

Se heofon tóbyrst from ðæm eastdǽle óþ ðone westdǽl, Blickl. Homl. 93, 22. Tóbirsteþ, Exon. Th. 420, 7 ; Rä 39. 7. Se sceaft tóbærst the shaft was shivered. Byrht. Th. 135, 51 ; By. 136. Seó byrne tóbærst the corslet was rent, 135, 66; By. 144.

Linked entry: bersting

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; gen. sǽs, sǽes, sǽ, sǽwe, seó; nom. pl. sǽs, sǽ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.
Entry preview:

Sǽ marmora, 91, 73. sea (water as opposed to air and earth) On ðæm dæge gewíteþ heofon and eorþe and sǽ, and ealle ða þing ðe on ðǽm syndon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 21.

hea-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hea-líce, adv.
Entry preview:

Se ðe on heofonum is heálíce sittende who sitteth on high in heaven, ii. 318, 3: 254, 27. Heálíce geweorþod highly honoured, Blickl. Homl. 125, 18. Ðus heálíce in such a high degree, 123, 2.

á-lǽtan

Entry preview:

Th. 540, 22. of grant, delivery Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. <b>IV a.