Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

Entry preview:

Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32. Gif hwá hlytas begá si quis sortilegia exerceat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11

týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 36, 32. with dat. (inst.) of that in which anything is prolific Wæstmum týdreþ, Exon. Th. 493, 18; Rä. 81, 32. Wudubearwas tánum týdraþ, 191, 6; Az. 84. Wæstme týdraþ cederbeámas, Ps. Th. 103, 16. Tyddraþ, 64, 11

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
Entry preview:

Ne seah ic wídan feorh never in all my life have I seen, Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014. Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu, Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385

gemót-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-hús, es; n.
Entry preview:

A house where a ' gemót' is held Curia, i. domus concilii, conventus gemóthús vel -[gemót]stów congregatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, . 51.

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

Entry preview:

[The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M.

heáfod-leahter

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-leahter, es; m.

A capital offence, mortal sin

Entry preview:

I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

Entry preview:

Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4

lád

Entry preview:

Aeclesiastici census, id est duos modios de mundo grano, ii. 386, 30.

án-geld

(n.)
Grammar
án-geld, es; n.

A single paymentcompensation

Entry preview:

In. 56; Th. i. 138, 9: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 19, MS. G

bere-corn

(n.)
Grammar
bere-corn, es; n. [bere barley, corn a grain]

BARLEY-CORNa grain of barleyhordei granum

Entry preview:

BARLEY-CORN, a grain of barley; hordei granum IX bere-corna nine barley-corns, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 11

clæppettan

(v.)
Grammar
clæppettan, tte; ted

To palpitate, have a palpitationpalpitare

Entry preview:

To palpitate, have a palpitation; palpitare Gif sino clæppette if a sinew have palpitation, L. M. 1, 26; Lchdm. ii. 68, 8

feorh-lyre

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

Loss of lifevītæ perdĭtio

Entry preview:

Loss of life; vītæ perdĭtio Gif feorhlyre wurþe if there be loss of life, L. E. B. 3; Th. ii. 240, 14

fugel-timber

(n.)
Grammar
fugel-timber, es; n. [timber a frame, structure]

A young birdavĭcŭlapullus

Entry preview:

A young bird; avĭcŭla, pullus Biþ fæger fugeltimber it is a fair young bird, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 8; Ph. 236

gast-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gast-hús, es; n.

A guest-houseguest-chamberhospĭtium

Entry preview:

A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium On heora gast-húsum is gramlíc inwit nēquĭtia est in hospĭtiis eōrum, Ps. Th. 54, 15

lícend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lícend-líc, adj.

Pleasingpleasant

Entry preview:

Pleasing, pleasant Forðon on his folce is fægere Drihtne wel lícendlíc quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, Ps. Th. 149, 4

Linked entries: lícan líciend-líc

níþ-loca

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-loca, an; m.

A place where one is shut up in misery

Entry preview:

A place where one is shut up in misery Under níþ-loc[an] gebunden, under bealuclommum, Exon. Th. 463, 3; Hö. 64

grǽg-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg-mǽl, adj.
Entry preview:

See under 'grǽg,' the passage in which that adjective is applied to weapons

ge-deorfnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-deorfnys, -nyss, e; f.

Troubletribulationtrībŭlatio

Entry preview:

Trouble, tribulation; trībŭlatio God is úre fultum on gedeorfnyssum oððe on gedréfednyssum Deus est noster adjūtor in trībŭlātiōnĭbus, Ps. Lamb. 45, 2

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, (?), swaþu (?)
Entry preview:

a bandage, swathe In swaþum institis (v. Jn. 11, 44 to which the gloss refers), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 17: 46, 51

un-forbúgendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forbúgendlíce, adv.

Without turning asideconstantlyfixedly

Entry preview:

Without turning aside, constantly, fixedly Ic cwæð tó hire geornlíce and unforbúgendlíce behealdende and cweðende: Eálá..., Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 431

Linked entry: for-búgendlíce