Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

feohte

Entry preview:

Þá wæs feohte (fohte, MS.) néh, tír æt getohte, By. 103. Æt feohtan in battle, Gen. 2116. Þæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest, . . . óðres monnes wígrǽdenne, Vald. 1, 20, 18. Þú gúðe findest, frécne feohtan, An. 1352. Add

ge-wærlǽcan

Entry preview:

Substitute: To warn Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þár tó eácan his ágenne bróðor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus, Angl. vii.

land-stycce

Entry preview:

Hé hine sylfne beeóde swá him þearf wæs bútan racenteáge in swá mycclum landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode in tanto se spatio sine catena coercuit, in quanto antea ligatus mansit Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

sútere

Entry preview:

Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add

un-gebyrded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebyrded, adj.
Entry preview:

Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4

Linked entries: ge-byrded un-geonbyrded

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

Entry preview:

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

Linked entry: on-wyllan

tó-sceádenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceádenness, e; f.

Separationdistinction

Entry preview:

Hér on ðysum cwide wæs ðæra apostola tóscádennys here we have in these words a distinction made among the apostles, Homl. Ass. 158, 162

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

Entry preview:

Th. 64, 9. the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings.

Linked entries: dǽma doema

a-fón

(v.)
Grammar
a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receivetaketake uphold upsupportseizelay hold ofsuscipereassumerecorripereoccuparetradere

Entry preview:

Ðæt Johannes wæs afongen quod Johannes traditus esset. Mt. Rush. Stv. 4, 12

clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastityemundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

Entry preview:

Wæs Rómána gewuna ðæt hí clǽnsunge þweáles and bæþes sóhton Romanorum usus fuit lavacri purificationem quærere, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 15. Wæs he mid clǽnsunge forhæfednesse weorþ and mǽre erat abstinentiæ castigatione insignis, 4, 28; S. 606, 39.

Dyra wudu

(n.)
Grammar
Dyra wudu, Dera wudu; gen. dat. wuda; m. [Dere the Deirians, wudu a wood: the wood of the Deirians]

Beverley, Yorkshire oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi

Entry preview:

He wæs bebyriged in Sce' Petres portice on his mynstre ðæt is cweden in Dera wuda sepultus est in portĭcu sancti Petri, in monastērio suo, quod dicĭtur in silva Derōrum, 5, 6; S. 620, 21.

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.
Entry preview:

Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47. Ðende ðonne (mid þý þonne þende, Rush.) wæs ðe Hǽlend in Bethania cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania, 26, 6.

cyne-cyn

Entry preview:

Hire fæder wæs Eádward æþeling, Eádmundes sunu kynges, Eádmund Æþelreding . . . and swá forð on ꝥ cynecynn, 1067; P. 202, 21. v. riht-cynecyn, and cf. cyning-cyn. Add

feónd-scipe

(n.)
Entry preview:

Of þǽm feóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ hé seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige factus amicus ex hoste Macedonibus, Nar. 19, 19. Brutus gecwæð ánwíg wið þone cyning ymb heora feóndscipe, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 16.

rǽsan

Entry preview:

Lazarus wæs hyne ásceac-ende . . . and wæs fram ús rǽsende, Nic. 14, 37. of an object that is moved Fǽringa rǽsde (áhleóp, v. l.) forð of þám hylfe ferrum de manubrio prosiliens, Gr. D. 113, 25.

bǽr

a biera litter,

Entry preview:

Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr. D. 329, 23. a litter, Beer basterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 43: 10, 64. Hé síðode on fótum ðe on bǽre þider geboren wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 15: Hml. S. 21, 398.

ge-hergian

(v.)
Entry preview:

(<b>l a</b>) to pillage a town :-- Hér wæs Wecedport geheregod, Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22.

Dona-feld

(n.)
Grammar
Dona-feld, gen. -feldes ; dat. -felde, -felda; m.

TANFIELD, near Ripon, YorkshireCampodōnum in agro Eboracensi

Entry preview:

TANFIELD, near Ripon, Yorkshire; Campodōnum in agro Eboracensi On Donafelda, dǽr wæs ðá cyninges botl, hét Eádwine ðǽr cyricean getimbrian in Campodōno, ubi tunc etiam villa rēgia erat, Æduīni rex fecit basĭlĭcam, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 17

eást-ern

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-ern, -erne; adj. [ern a place]

EASTERN, oriental orientālis

Entry preview:

Se wer wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum eásternum ĕrat vir ille magnus inter omnes orientāles, Job Thw. 164, 7

ellen-sióc

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-sióc, adj. [sióc = seóc sick, diseased, infirm, languid]

Infirm or languid from want of strength invălĭdus, dēbĭlis

Entry preview:

Infirm or languid from want of strength; invălĭdus, dēbĭlis Hwæðer he cwicne gemétte in ðam wongstede Wedra þeóden ellensiócne whether he should find the languid prince of the Goths alive on the field, Beo. Th. 5567; B. 2787