Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hafen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hafen-leást, e; f.

Lack of means, indigenceinopia

Entry preview:

Lack of means, indigence; inopia Wé ne sceolon ða wannspédigan for heora hafenleáste forseón we ought not to despise those who are without means for their indigence, Homl. Th. i. 128, 23. Fela sind þearfan þurh hafenleáste and ná on heora gáste.

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

Entry preview:

on the watch for his going, and with stealthy tread followed his footsteps, Homl.

Linked entry: hlysnan

cild-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cild-líc, cildisc; adj.

Childishinfantilis, puerilis

Entry preview:

For ðære cildlícan yldo propter infantilem ætatem, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 28

Linked entry: cild-isc

ferd-wíte

(n.)

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army

Entry preview:

a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3

féster-man

(n.)
Grammar
féster-man, es; m.

A foster-manbondsmansecurityfĭdĕjussor

Entry preview:

A foster-man, bondsman, security; fĭdĕjussor Ǽlc preóst finde him xii féstermen let every priest find for himself twelve bondsmen, L. N. P. L. 2; Th. ii. 290. 15

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fishpiscāri

Entry preview:

For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1

blód-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
blód-lǽtan, p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten

To let blood, bleedsanguinem emittere, phlebotomare

Entry preview:

To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Blódlǽtan móna gód ys it is a good moon for letting blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 11: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 14

ge-gild-heall

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gild-heall, e; f.

A guild-hall

Entry preview:

A guild-hall Orc hæfþ gegyfen ðæ gegyldhealle ðam gyldscipe to ágenne Orc hath given the guild-hall for the guild to own, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21

Linked entry: heall

þerscel

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

An implement for thrashing corn, a thrashle, threshel (v. Halliwell's Dictionary), a flail Þerscel tritorium, Wrt. Voc. i: 16, 36: 34. 49: bainus, ii. 115, 2. Ðerscel, 12, 73

Linked entry: þyrscel

un-gesceád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceád, adj.

Indiscreetunreasonableirrational

Entry preview:

Indiscreet, unreasonable, irrational Hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe his geréfa forwyrht biþ? Lchdm. iii. 444, 7

weorold-ege

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ege, es; m.
Entry preview:

Worldly fear, fear of the world Hý sculan Godes ege habban on gemynde and ne eargian for woruldege ealles tó swýðe, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 20

Linked entry: ege

weorold-geþóht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geþóht, es; m.
Entry preview:

A worldly thought Cristes þegnas ðeossa worda nán ongeotan ne mehton, ac hié wǽron him bedíglede, for ðon ðe hié wǽron ðágyt mid worldgeþóhtum bewrigene, Blickl. Homl. 15, 14

and-swarian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Þis leóð him andswarað ( respondebit ) for gewitnysse, Deut. 31, 21. Ondsuorade, Mt. L. 26, 23. Þá andswaredon (-swearedon, v. l. ) Scottas him, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11, 8. Add

bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
Entry preview:

Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

ge-genge

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

Convenient, suitable, agreeable Unc wearð God yrre for þon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum . . .: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743

heal-lic

Entry preview:

For 'Cot. 194, Lye' substitute

hrif-wund

Entry preview:

For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

in-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
in-cyme, es; m.
Entry preview:

In-coming, entrance Ðá hé þæne cyrcweard gehýrde hrútan, þá ne wǽnde hé him nánes incymes ( there was no hope for him of any getting in ), Vis. Lfc. 32

Linked entry: cyme

leód-scipe

Entry preview:

For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add

út-drǽf

(n.)
Grammar
út-drǽf, e; f.

Ejectionexpulsion

Entry preview:

Ejection, expulsion Ðá onscunode se Eádsige Aðelwold, and ealle ða munecas ðe on ðam mynstre wǽron, for ðære útdrǽfe ðe hé gedyde wið hí, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 85