Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

gár-secg

ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean

Entry preview:

A. 3, 53: Ph. 289: An. 371. a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean Se gársecg þe man hǽt Brittan-isca . . . on óðre healfe þæs gársecges earme is Brittannia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 24.

á-springan

(v.)

to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail

Entry preview:

Add: of motion, of water Seó eá up áspryngð néh þǽm clife, Ors. 1, 1;S. 12, 29. of a spark, to be emitted ꝥ ásprunge sum spearca forsitan scintilla dissiliit, Bt. 35, 5;F. 164, 2. of the heavenly bodies, to arise Hwǽr þæs mónan níwnys beó on Martio

Linked entry: á-sprungen

éþel

fatherland

Entry preview:

Wǽron gesóme þá þe swegl buán, wuldres éðel, Gen. 83. of hell Atolan éðles, Sat. 327. Ic móste in þeossum atolan oeðele gebídan, 108. used in poetry of the sea as the home of fishes or birds Fisces éðel, Dóm. 39. Ofer hwæles éðel.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great

Entry preview:

Wulfstan also uses the language of personal narrative, — Burgenda land wæs on us bæcbord we had [lit. there was to us; erat nobis] the land of the Burgundians on our left, Ors. i, i; Bos. 21, 44.

býre

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

Of mearcwille on duddes býre, of duddes býre on þone clofenan beorh, Cht. E. 293, 36

á-wildian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: of persons Sume synd tó mándǽde on dyrnlican gálscipe inne áídlode and úte áwildode, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 15. of uncultivated growth Gif se wíngeard ne bið on riht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildað, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 15

Linked entry: -wildian

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning

Entry preview:

Ǽr undern ... ofer undern mane ... vespere, Lev. 6, 20. On ða þriddan tíd dæges, ðæt is on undern, Shrn. 79. 35. Wé étaþ on ðam Sunnandagum on undern and on ǽfen, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 3.

feorh-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gifa, -giefa, an; m.

Giver of life ⬩ vītæ dător

Entry preview:

Geségon on heáhsetle heofones waldend, folca feorhgiefan they saw on his throne heaven's Ruler, Giver of life to nations, 15 b; Th. 35, 10; Cri. 556

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

Entry preview:

Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause that either shall be frozen over, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 8.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

Entry preview:

Andlang herpaðes oð ðǽre foryrðe úpende (cf. oð ðæs furlanges úpende, 418, 23): ðonne ádúne be ðáre foryrðe westeáge, iii. 419, 33. Of ðáre ác on ðá foryrðe eástewerde, 449, 32. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. pp. 4-5

Linked entry: for-yrþ

Færpingas

(n.)
Grammar
Færpingas, Fæppingas; pl.
Entry preview:

The people of a district of Mercia Færpinga landes is þreó hund hýda (in margin: Is in Middel-Englum Færpinga), C. D. B. i. 414, 27. [In Latin forms of this list Fferpinga, Ferpinga, Ferwinga, Fearfinga are variants of the word.]

ge-scot

Entry preview:

</b> rapid movement of a missile, flight of an arrow :-- Þá wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceote on heora fínd, Jud. Thw. 162, 8. a part of a building shut off from the rest, chancel Gesceot cancella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 8.

wópig

(adj.)
Grammar
wópig, adj.

Mournful ⬩ doleful

Entry preview:

Mournful, doleful, Grammar wópig, of persons expressing grief Ðæt ic wópig sceal teárum mǽnan, Exon. Th. 285, 9; Jul. 711. of things which are the expression of grief Hé hine on ða eorþan ástrehte, mid wópegum teárum hlúde clypigende. Homl.

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
Entry preview:

Out of the rake of riȝtwisnes renne suld he nevire, Alex. 3384.]

for-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
for-genge, adj.
Entry preview:

; of an arrangement, hard to carry out, impracticable(?)

Linked entry: genge

seonu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
seonu-bend, (?), e; f.

A bond made of sinews

Entry preview:

A bond made of sinews (?) Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v.

brád-nes

(n.)
Grammar
brád-nes, -ness,-nis, -niss,-nys,-nyss, e; f. [brád broad, large, -nes, -nis, -nys -ness]

broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies

Entry preview:

Gehérde me on tobrǽdednesse oððe on brádnesse Drihten exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, Ps. Lamb. 117, 5. Salomone forgeaf God brádnysse heortan God gave Solomon largeness [or liberality] of heart, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 29.

Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys

dirne

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

Ox. 4215. Dyrnum pricelsum clandestinis stimulis, 4655. Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. secret (so as to escape detection), of adultery Hé bið diernes gelíres scyldig, Past. 143, 2.

Linked entries: derne dyrne

neáh-lǽcung

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-lǽcung, neá-lǽcung, e; f.

A drawing nigh ⬩ approach

Entry preview:

Hý sylfe fram manna gesyhþe áscyriende ðara manna neálǽcynge ná underfóþ cutting themselves off from the sight of men they do not admit the approach of men, R. Ben. 135, 1

un-áblinn

(n.)
Grammar
un-áblinn, es; n.

A not ceasing

Entry preview:

ðæs yfelan geþóhtes I see the wicked device of thy heart; the tempter of the race of mess hath begotten in thee those incessant recurrences of (that never ceasing from) that evil thought, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 10

Linked entry: á-blinn