Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

iren-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
iren-smiþ, es; m.
Entry preview:

A blacksmith ' Hét ic hider lǽdan Stephanum þone írensmið (ferrarium )'. . . Stephanus se írensmið wæs forðféred . . . seó gefremednes Stephanes deáðes þæs írensmiðes, Gr. D. 318, 10-15

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto deny, renounce, abjure

Entry preview:

lác onsægde, Cd. Th. 107, 21; Gen. 1792. gild onsægde, 172, 11; Gen. 2842. lác onsægde ( of Christian service ), Exon. Th. 168, 28; Gú. 1084.

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
Entry preview:

Þaacute; him dyde gehende ea sibi fecit socia, Scint. 104, 5. heora stefn sý Gode gehendre (vicinior) þonne him syluum, Nap. 30

frécennes

(n.)
Grammar
frécennes, frǽcenes, frécednes, frécenis, frécnes, -nis, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Dangerperilhazardmischiefharmperīcŭlumdiscrīmenmălum

Entry preview:

B: Herb. 30, 4; Lchdm. i. 126, 24. Bútan frécnysse without harm, 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 7. He fóreseah micle frécnesse he foresaw much peril, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 46. Mid frécnysse deáþes mortis perīcŭlo, 1, 27; S. 493, 26.

hosp

Entry preview:

smeáde hú mihte his hosp on þám hálgum gewrecan he considered how he might avenge on the saints the insult he had received, Hml. S. 11, 114. Ǽlcne hosp hí forbǽron, 28, 131. Hospas hyspendra obprobria exprobrantium, Ps. Rdr. 68, 10.

BRIDEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRIDEL, gen. bridles; m.

A BRIDLEfrenum

Entry preview:

On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Lamb. 31, 9. He ðæne bridel of ateáh he took the bridle off [his horse], Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, note 34.

Linked entries: bridels brydel

eorl-riht

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-riht, es; n.

An earl's right or privilege cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium

Entry preview:

An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L.

mǽg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-líc, adj.

Belonging to kinsmen

Entry preview:

Næfde ðæt andgit þurh mǽglíce láre he did not have that intelligence through the teaching of his parents, 368, 10

ge-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bregdan, p. -brægd , pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden [ge-, bregdan to vibrate, draw] .

to drawunsheathstringĕreexĭmĕreto feignpretend

Entry preview:

to draw, unsheath; stringĕre, exĭmĕre He hringmǽl gebrægd he drew the ringed sword, Beo. Th.3133; B. 1564. He gebrægd his sweord exēmit gladium suum, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: ge-brægd

scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
Entry preview:

He hét wurpan ac ne scýrde on hwæðere healfe hí ðæt net wurpansceoldon he bade throw, but he did not decide on which side they were to throw the net, Homl.

ge-unnan

Entry preview:

geann Gode his sawelscættas ... geann ánes geáres gafol his monnum ... geann his hláforde .ii. hors and .ii. sweord and .iiii. scyldas ... and ann his wífe þæs landes, 652, 16-30.

eáre

Entry preview:

Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.

gódian

(v.)
Entry preview:

</b> with a noun as subject Eówer kynedóm gódað þurh heora gódan geearnunga. Hml. S. 5, 444.

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

Entry preview:

Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

Lamb-hýþ

Grammar
Lamb-hýþ, Lambe-hýþ, e; f.
Entry preview:

Lambeth in Surrey Hér forþferde Hardacnut æt Lambhýþe, Chr. 1041; Erl. 167, 30. Ðis synd ða landgemǽre intó Lambehýþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 158, 4

lang-scip

(n.)
Grammar
lang-scip, es; n.
Entry preview:

A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11

náwiht-ness

Grammar
náwiht-ness, náht-ness, e; f.

Worthlessnesscowardice

Entry preview:

Worthlessness, cowardice Heom seggan Brytwalana náhtnesse (MS. E. náhtscipe. Cf. secgan Brytta yrgþo ( segnitia ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 12, 6

wároþ

(n.)
Grammar
wároþ, es; n.
Entry preview:

Sea-weed Ic eom wyrslícre ðtonne ðes wudu fúla oððe ðis wároð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ in eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 34 ; Rä. 41, 49

(int.)
Grammar
hí, hig

an interjection

Entry preview:

an interjection Hig lá mé heu me, Ps. Rdr. 119, 5. Hyg lá, Ps. L. 119, 5. Hí lá hí, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

Linked entry: hig-lá

sweotolian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7