Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
Entry preview:

Ðá geseah betwux ðam warum cýpecnihtas gesette, ii. 120, 14-18. [Chæpmen bnnden heore ware, Laym. 11356. Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 19.

folc-gefeoht

Entry preview:

Philippuse geþúhte þæt leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hergende, 3, 7; S. 118, 18

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
Entry preview:

Heó (Esther) wæs wíslíce geþeáwod she was of prudent behaviour, Hml. A. 95, 99.

godcundlic

Entry preview:

Add: of God For his godcundlicum anwealde is ǽghwǽr andweard, Bt. 42; F. 258, 11. proceeding from God, inspired by God Godcundlicum wordum ( with words from the Scriptures ) heó hyre bearn lǽrde, Lch. iii. 428, 28. devoted to God, religious Godcundlicere

heard-lic

boldwarlikeresolutesterndiregrievousharshseverepitiless

Entry preview:

Heom þúhte heardlic (durum) ꝥ wǽron genýdede on ealdum móde ꝥ scoldon níwe wísan hycgan. Gr. D. 104, 21. Silla wið Marius heardlice gefeoht þurhteáh and hiene gefliémde Sulla gravissimo praelio vicit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 21.

mere

Entry preview:

Add hám cymeð . . . nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum, Gn. Ex. 107. add: a natural pool Æt Finchámstede án mere blód weóll, Chr. 1098; P. 234, 22. þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

Entry preview:

Him an gefór swíðlíc wafung on swá wuldorfæstan wuldre, ii. 23b, 691. Ðá arn ðæt folc tó for wafunge, i. 12, 206. Hit mid swá mycelre fyrhto and wafunge ( tanto stupore) geslóh, Bd. 4, 7 ; S. 575, 7.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

Entry preview:

Him siþþan sý wegnestes getíðad, and swá mid wegneste hám cyrren, R. Ben. 103, 21.

Linked entry: nest

on-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

Entry preview:

to awake Hit ne onwæcneþ tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga. Ac hit wilnaþ ðæt hit tó ðon onwæcne, ðæt hit mǽge eft weorþan oferdruncen, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 22-25. Ðonne onwæcneþ eft winleás guma, Exon. Th. 289, 8; Wand. 45.

Linked entry: on-wacnian

ge-rýman

(v.)
Entry preview:

Þú him weg gerýmdest on þǽre reádan sǽ, Hml. S. ll, 184. Hie' gerýmdon þone úpgang and geworhtan, Bl. H. 201, 17. hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.

clǽnsnian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsnian, clǽnsnigan; ode; od

To cleanse, clear oneselfse purgare

Entry preview:

Búton he frínd hæbbe ðe hine clǽnsnian unless he have friends who may clear him, ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 13

freoh

(adj.)
Grammar
freoh, adj.

Freelīber

Entry preview:

Gif he freoh sý if he be free, L. Wg. 8; Th. i. 188, 3: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

Entry preview:

A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

be-reccan

Entry preview:

Add: Berecce hine on folcgemóte, and gif láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.

be-féran

(v.)
Grammar
be-féran, p. de; pp. ed

To go aboutto go roundsurroundcircumirecircumdare

Entry preview:

To go about, to go round, surround; circumire, circumdare He lǽrende ða castel beférde circumibat castella in circuitu docens, Mk. Bos. 6, 6. He beférde ðæt Israhélisce folc he surrounded the people of Israel, Ex. 14, 9

Linked entries: bi-fǽrende be-faran

ge-reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reáfian, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b> to take from (
Entry preview:

of) sáula gereáfáð of ðæs ealdan feóndes honda, Fast. 261, 7. <b>I a.</b> add :-- ꝥ him ágeáfe ꝥ ǽr on him gereáfade. Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

ge-cwician

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: in a physical sense Sume gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe wyl gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

súsl

Entry preview:

Add Gewilniað þá wiðercoran þæt móton of ðǽre súsle ðe on cwylmiað, Hml. Th. i. 332, 20. On ðǽre hellican súsle, 410, 32. Habbað mid þám deófle þá écan súsle, Hml. S. 19, 238

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Þá þá barn witodlíce útan, ádwǽscte ꝥ unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

Entry preview:

Gif hwá sleá his weales eáge út oððe his wylne, lǽte hig frige for ðám eágan ðe út ádyde, Ex. 21, 26: L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25.