Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

cear-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
cear-wylm, -welm, -wælm, es; m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion]

agitation ⬩ sollicita perturbatio, agitatio

Entry preview:

Æfter cear-wælmum after anxious emotions, Beo. Th. 4138; B. 2066

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
Entry preview:

Wélandes bearn 74; Vald, 2, 9. Beaduscrúda betst, Wélandes geweorc Beo. Th. 914; B. 455. Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.

Linked entry: Weolud

betwux-alegednes

(n.)
Grammar
betwux-alegednes, -nyss, e; f. [betwux between; aleged, alegd laid]

an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio

Entry preview:

What is laid or placed between, an interposition, interjection; interjectio Interjectio mæg beón gecweden betwuxalegednyss on Englisc, forðanðe he líþ betwux wordum an interjection may be called a laying between in English, because it lies between words

Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss

sige-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
sige-wíf, es; n.

wise women

Entry preview:

Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Cf. ge-wunelic; Man þá béc rǽt on circan swíðe gewunelíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 1. On eallum limum ac gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml.

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
Entry preview:

Ben. 51, 16. ꝥ wé fæston swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe so that our body be not injured, Hml. S. 13, 104. Wearð his cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24. Ðá þe ðurh þæs dracan blǽde áléfode wǽron, 294, 31.

in-coþu

Entry preview:

Colera rubea, ꝥ synt reáde incoða, beóð on sumera ... On hærfeste beóð colera nigra, ꝥ synt swearte incoðan, Angl. viii. 299, 30-34. Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049. ¶ In the gloss fibras þearmas incoþe, An.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creation ⬩ the creation ⬩ beginning ⬩ origin ⬩ original state or condition ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio ⬩ a created being ⬩ creature ⬩ creātūra

Entry preview:

Gé mágon hwæt-hwego ongitan be eówrum frumsceafte, ðæt is God ye can in some measure understand concerning your origin, that is God, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4. Æt frumsceafte at the beginning Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 21; Seel. 79: Beo. Th. 89; 6. 45: Andr.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

Entry preview:

Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde if any heir to follow me had been granted me, Beo. Th. 5455 ; B. 2731 : Cd. 83; Th. 103, 33 ; Gen. 1727. Óðres ne gýmeþ tó gebídanne yrfeweardas cares not to await another heir, Beo. Th. 4897; B. 2453.

a-driógan

Grammar
a-driógan, -drióhan

to bear

Entry preview:

to bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 22; MS. Cott. The Bodl. MS. has a-drióhan

aldor-leás

(adj.)

deprived of parents ⬩ orphanus

Entry preview:

Aldorleás [MS. aldoras], Beo. Th. 30; B. 15

aldor-þægn

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-þægn, aldor-þegn, es; m.

A principal thane ⬩ chief

Entry preview:

A principal thane, chief, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 36; Sat. 66: Beo. Th. 2620; B. 1308

dǽd-hata

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-hata, an; m. [hatian to hate]

A deed-hater ⬩ facinorum osor

Entry preview:

A deed-hater; facinorum osor Deógol dǽdhata a secret deed-hater, Beo. Th. 555; B. 275

dyfen

(n.)
Grammar
dyfen, e; f.

Desert, reward ⬩ merĭtum

Entry preview:

Ben. 2

egsian

(v.)
Grammar
egsian, p. ode; pp. od [egsa fear]

To frighten ⬩ terrēre

Entry preview:

To frighten; terrēre Oft Scyld egsode eorl Scyld often frightened man, Beo. Th. 11; B. 6

Linked entry: egesian

fyrgen-holt

(n.)
Grammar
fyrgen-holt, es; n.

A mountain-wood ⬩ montāna silva

Entry preview:

A mountain-wood; montāna silva On fyrgenholt into a mountain-wood, Beo. Th. 2791; B. 1393

Linked entry: firgen-holt

hell-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hell-bend, m. f.

A hell-bond

Entry preview:

A hell-bond Hellbendum fæst fast in the chains of hell, Beo. Th. 6137; B. 3072

líf-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
líf-gesceaft, e; f.
Entry preview:

A condition of life as ordered by fate, Beo. Th. 3910; B. 1953: 6120; B. 3064

mere-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
mere-strǽt, e; f.

The road which the sea furnishes

Entry preview:

Kmbl. 483; El. 242: Beo. Th. 1032; B. 514

niht-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
niht-weorc, es; n.

A work done at night

Entry preview:

A work done at night Nihtweorce ( the defeat of Grendel ) gefeh, Beo. Th. 1659; B. 827