Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

sǽde ꝥ sylf án wítega unleáslíce wǽre, Hml. S. 31, 802. Wé witon ꝥ ðú eart unleaslíce Godes freónd, 1024. Add

riht-racu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-racu, e; f.

A correct account

Entry preview:

A correct account Ðá lýfde ðæt móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace Chart. Th. 170, 4

wacollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wacollíce, adv.

Watchfullyvigilantly

Entry preview:

Watchfully, vigilantly (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15

ofer-rídan

(v.)

to cross on horseback

Entry preview:

to cross on horseback: — Sealde ðæt betste hors Aidane, ðæt on ðam mihte fordas oferrídan. Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 18

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
Entry preview:

ástígende on án scyp bæd hyne ðæt hit lythwón fram lande tuge . . . cwæþ tó Simone: 'Teóh hit on dýpan,' Lk.

oþ-íwan

Entry preview:

Add oðiéwde hú micelne onwald hæfde ofer óðre menn, Past. 115, 13. Ðæt sprecende bebiét, ðæt ðæt wyrcende oðiéwe, 81, 11. Otiéwe (at-, v. l. ), 84, 16. wolde otiéwan (æt-, v. l. ) his árfæstnesse, 100, 9.

æt-gædere

Entry preview:

Búton bégra ætgæddre getilian mæge, P. 457, 15

bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colourform

Entry preview:

brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga, Bl. H. 175, 5

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

Entry preview:

Behealde ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 26. Benedictus ásende áne ofelétan, and hét mid ðære mæssian, Homl.

Linked entry: ofláte

wæl-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm; adj.

Crueldestructivebloodthirstycruelcrueldiredestructive

Entry preview:

Heó wæs ǽryst hǽðen and wælgrim, Shrn. 139, 5. Ðone Iacóbum se wælgrimma hyrde (Herod) ácwealde mid sweorde, 108, 23. Hí wælgrimme wyrmas slítaþ, Wulfst. 139, 10: Dóm.

Linked entry: wæl-hreów

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

Entry preview:

He ðone wísan wordum hnǽgde freán Ingwina he addressed with words the wise lord of the Ingwines, 2642; B. 1319. Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne war shall take away your lord, 5068; B. 2537.

BLÓSTMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓSTMA, blósma, an; m.

A BLOSSOM, bloom, flowerflos

Entry preview:

He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.

Linked entry: blóstm

ge-hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hálgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To consecratededicateinitiateordainhallowmake holysanctifyconsecrārededĭcāresacrāreinĭtĭāreordĭnāresanctĭfĭcāre

Entry preview:

He gehálgode wín of wætere he hallowed wine from water, Andr. Kmbl. 1171; An. 586 : 3298; An. 1652. Wælhreów Criste gehálgode offrunge tyrannus Christo sacrāvit victĭmam, Hymn. Surt. 52, 11.

gelimplic

Entry preview:

Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 162, 2. with a clause Þ gelimplic wæs, ꝥ his leornerum frófre sende, Bl. H. 131, 22: 133, 24. fitted for, adapted to Ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lifes tilunge, Hex. 16, 4.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

Entry preview:

Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hét hý behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 1. healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

up-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
up-weard, adj.

turned upwardsmoving upwards.

Entry preview:

turned upwards Ongeán sunnan upweard licge let him lie on his back with his face to the sun, Lchdm. ii. 18, 13: iii. 2, 10. Licge upweard æfter ðon góde hwíle, ii. 318, 14. sceal upweard licgean, i. 300, 20.

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in orderdisposearrangeregulateordĭnāredispōnĕre

Entry preview:

Hept. p. 4, 9. Se Feeder gefadaþ ealle þing the Father disposes all things, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 3. He gefadode wið ða burhware he arranged with the townsfolk, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21 : Homl. Th. i. 278, 19.

andgit-fullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
andgit-fullíce, comp. or; sup. ost; adv.

Sensiblyclearlyplainlydistinctlyintelligiblyintelligenter

Entry preview:

Sensibly, clearly, plainly, distinctly, intelligibly, intelligenter Swá swá he hit andgitfullícost gereccan mihte as he most clearly might explain it, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 4

BÆLC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆLC, es; m.

A coveringtegmenperistromatabulatum

Entry preview:

A covering; tegmen, peristroma, tabulatum He bælce oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon he overspread with a covering the burning heaven, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73

emnett

(n.)
Grammar
emnett, es; n?

Level ground, a plain plānĭties, campus

Entry preview:

Level ground, a plain; plānĭties, campus He hæfde on ðam émnette gefaren he had marched on the level ground, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 38