Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

a-sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sweartian, p. ode; pp. od

To blackendarkento be made SWARTHY or blackobscureddarkeneddenigrari

Entry preview:

To blacken, darken, to be made SWARTHY or black, obscured, darkened; denigrari Ðæt gold biþ asweartod aurum obscuratur, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 8

cép

(n.)
Grammar
cép, es; m.

A sale, bargain, business negotium

Entry preview:

Sellan to cépe to give for sale, sell, Deut. 28, 68

posel

(n.)
Entry preview:

a small lump, a pill Gǽten smeoro geþýd poslum swelge let him swallow goat's grease squeezed to pills, Lchdm. i. 354, 9. v. next word

syngung

(n.)
Grammar
syngung, e; f.

Sinning

Entry preview:

Sinning Ús is swíðe þearle éfstanne ðæt wé bewépan ðæt wé ǽr yfele gedydon, and ofer ðis ðære syngunge geswícan, Homl. Ass. 149, 137

þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
þynnian, p. ode

To make or to become thin

Entry preview:

To make or to become thin Ðynnade obtenuerat, Txts. 182, 80. Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

unriht-hǽmed

(adj.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmed, adj.

Adulterous

Entry preview:

Adulterous Unrihthǽmede mæn rihtum lífe mid synna hreówe fón, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 18. Mid unrihthǽmedum cum adulteris, Ps. Spl. 49, 19

á-latian

(v.)
Grammar
á-latian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To grow sluggish, dull Álatode uilesceret, An. Ox. 7, 131. Cf. the gloss to the same word: Uilesceret i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208, 13

Linked entry: latian

freóls-dæg

Entry preview:

Hú on freólsdagum ( in sanctorum natalitiis ) seó nihtlice wæcce healdenne sý ... sealmas sýn gesungene þe þám freólsdæge belimpað, R. Ben. 39, 4-9. Add

in-waru

(n.)
Grammar
in-waru, e; f.
Entry preview:

Performance of services due in the case of in-land. v. werian ; c .iii. hída inware, and óðer healf útware, Cht. E. 235, 28

mid-hlít

(n.)
Entry preview:

fellowship Gyf hwylc. . . andetnesse cuman nele fram cirycean hé is ánýdanne and fram gemǽnsumunge and midhlýte geleáffulra ( a communione et consortio fidelium ], Nap. 45

Linked entry: hlít

ofer-glésan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7

Linked entry: glésan

swín-hege

(n.)
Grammar
swín-hege, es; m.
Entry preview:

A fence to keep swine from straying bysceopes swýnhege; ondlong heges, C.D. iii. 77, 11. Of ðǽre burnan on ðane swýnhege; andlang heges, 78, 5

á-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
á-teorian, l. á-teórian,
Entry preview:

and add: of material, to end, not to be continued -Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað ( where the cuffs end), Tech. ii. 127, 20

ge-swystra

(n.)

sisters

Entry preview:

To mínre méder and geswystrum to my mother and sisters, Nar. 1, 12

be-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.

To stick or cling tobetake oneselfinhærereinsistereTo delivertransmitconsigntraderecommittere

Entry preview:

To deliver, transmit, consign; tradere, committere He hine róde befealg he delivered him to the cross, Andr. Kmbl. 2654; An. 1328

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIREinterest

Entry preview:

híre ad usuram, Deut. 23, 19. Hwí ne sealdest ðú mín feoh hýre quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam, Lk. Skt. 19, 23. Ðe hyra feoh lǽnaþ hýre qui pecuniam suam mutuam dant fænore, L. Ecg. P. iii. proem; Th. ii. 194, 31

Linked entries: hýre hír

in-fær

(n.)
Grammar
in-fær, es; n.

An entranceingress

Entry preview:

Hé hæfþ gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infær his ríce he hath opened to righteous men an entrance to his kingdom, 28, 13. Geopenige úre sárnys ús infær sóðre gecyrrednysse let our affliction open to us an entrance to true conversion, ii. 124, 7.

mǽþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-líc, adj.

Moderatein accordance with due measureproper to a person's degreehaving regard to others

Entry preview:

Moderate, in accordance with due measure, proper to a person's degree, having regard to others (v. mǽþ-líce) Beón ða heregeata swá hit mǽþlíc sý let the heriots be as is proper to the several degrees (earl's, king's thane, &c. ), L. C.

Linked entry: mǽþ-full

ed-hwyrft

Entry preview:

Substitute: return to a place Ús is áléfed edhwyrft þǽm écean lífe, Bl. H. 137, 14. Gesǽligum edhwyrftum felici reditu, Wrt.

flóde

(n.)
Grammar
flóde, a channel.
Entry preview:

¶ in compounds: mearflódan, C. D. iv. 66, 8: v. 245, 27. cytelflódan, iv. 66, 14. Add