Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

nacian

(v.)
Grammar
nacian, p. ode

To strip

Entry preview:

To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá hé ðæt nolde hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
Similar entries
v. be-know
)
Entry preview:

Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

biddan

to askto askto pray to

Entry preview:

Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl. H. 19, 35. to ask, make request to a person (acc.) Gehýrð Drihten þá þe hine biddað. Ll. Th. ii. 394, 4.

gealg-treów

a gallow-tree

Entry preview:

Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12

bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
Entry preview:

to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd

reóst

(n.)
Grammar
reóst, ;a rest;

rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed

Entry preview:

Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28

æt-sacan

Entry preview:

Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen. Ne ætsace ic þín non te negabo . Mk. 14, 31. Hé ætsæcð Crístes, Wlfst. 85, l.

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, to wander.
Entry preview:

Heó weallode wîde dæges and nihtes geond þá muntas and þá dena per montes et valles die noctuque vagabatur, Gr. D. 176, 18. Hé ongan weallian fram þám bróðrum in þá tíde heora gebedes vagari tempore orationis coepit, III, 20. Add

for-dón

(v.)
Grammar
for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do fordestroykillperdĕredestruĕredēlērecontĕrĕreinterfĭcĕreoccīdĕreto seducedefilecorruptsedūcĕrescĕlĕrāre

Entry preview:

to do for, destroy, kill; perdĕre, destruĕre, dēlēre, contĕrĕre, interfĭcĕre, occīdĕre Ondrǽdaþ ðone, ðe mæg sáwle and líchaman fordón on helle tĭmēte eum, qui pŏtest et ănĭmam et corpus perdĕre in gehennam, Mt. Bos. 10, 28: Mk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 18, 23

Linked entry: for-gedón

fýr-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-leóma, an; m. [leóma a ray of light, beam]

A fire-beamigneus splendor

Entry preview:

A fire-beam; igneus splendor Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf a fire-beam stood through that horrid den, Cd. 216; Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128

sundor-nytt

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-nytt, e; f.
Entry preview:

Hæfde Hróðgár seleweard áseted; sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, eóten weard ábeád, Beo. Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word

hilde

(n.)
Grammar
hilde, an; f.

A slopedeclivity

Entry preview:

Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418, 25, 33

Linked entries: holde helde

byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
byrde, sup. byrdest, def. se byrdesta; adj.
Entry preview:

Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36

ge-médryd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médryd, def. se ge-médryda; part. p.

Mothered, of the same mother,

Entry preview:

Mothered, of the same mother, Gen. 43, 29 : 44, 20

grafu

(n.)
Grammar
grafu, gen. græfe; f.
Entry preview:

A cave, den Grǽfe (the MS. has the accent) ðeáfana (cf. illvirkja gröf in the Icelandic version of Mt. 21, 13) speluncam latronum, Mt. L. 21, 13

Deorwente

(n.)
Grammar
Deorwente, an; f. [deor = Celt. dwr water; went turned, bent; v. wendan]

The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durhamquatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi

Entry preview:

The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16. Of ðam

ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

Entry preview:

To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned; mergi Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38. Ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf so

dreór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-líc, dreórilíc; adj.

bloody sanguinolentusmournful, sad mœstus, tristis

Entry preview:

bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.

Linked entry: dreórig-líce

hamel

(adj.)
Grammar
hamel, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Broken, rugged Æt hamelan dene, C. D. iii. 362, 36. On þonne þriddan hlinc ðe tó hamelan dúnæ hýrð . . . on ðá mearce ðe tó hamelan dúne hýrð, v. 361, 30-362, 1. Cf. Andlang streámes tó brocenan beorge, C. D. B. ii. 245, 34

clǽig

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽig, def. se clǽiga, clǽia; adj.

CLAYEYargillaceus

Entry preview:

CLAYEY; argillaceus On ða clǽian lane, of ðære clǽian lane to the clayey lane, from the clayey lane, Cod. Dipl. 741; A. D. 1024; Kmbl. iv. 31, 8, 9