Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Lossdamagedestructiondetriment

Entry preview:

Lamb. 87, 12. Lyre jacturam, damnum, Hpt. Gl. 480, 43. Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 550, 28

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽrlíce, adv.

Magnificentlyexcellentlynoblysplendidlywith distinction

Entry preview:

Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8. Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14. Mǽrlíce ðæt líc behwurfon mid miclum wópe celebrantes exequias planctu magno, Gen. 50, 10.

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

Entry preview:

Sió leáse gesǽlþ tíhþ on lást neádinga ( inevitably ) ða ðe hiere tó geþeódaþ from ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum; seó wiðerweardnes full oft ealle ða ðe hiere underþeódde bióþ, neádinga getíhþ tó ðám sóðum gesǽlþum, swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ, Bt. 20; Fox

nyt-weorð

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

Entry preview:

MS.) hiérsumnesse ðære láre, and nyllaþ ðæs þencean hú hié mǽgen nytwierðuste (nyttweorðuste, Hatt. MS.) bión hiera níhstum, Past. 5, 3; Swt. 44, 17-19. Ic gehýrde fela nytwurðe (wyrðe, -werðe, -wyrða) þing ( multa utilia ), Ælfc.

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bindrestraintietie togethercoartarealligare

Entry preview:

Lamb. 34, 5. Se heora unrótnesse gewríðeþ qui alligat contritiones eorum, Ps. Th. 146, 3. Gewríð alligat, Ps. Spl. 146, 3. Seó godcundnys gewráð ðone ealdan deófol the divinity bound the old devil, Homl. Th. i. 216, 28: ii. 416, 3.

ge-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bredan, p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden [ge-, bredan to draw]

to drawunsheathbrandishstringĕreevagĭnārevibrāreto draw breathtake breathinspireinspīrāreto weaveplaitnectĕreplectĕreto feignpretendsimŭlāre

Entry preview:

Cyning wælseaxe gebræd the king brandished his deadly knife, 5400;B. 2703. to draw breath, take breath, inspire; inspīrāre Ðeáh he late meahte oreþe gebredan though he could slowly take breath, Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 4; Gú. 1138. to weave, plait; nectĕre

gebringan

(v.)
Grammar
gebringan, he -bringeþ, -brincþ; p. -brang, -brong; pp. brungen [ge-, bringan to bring]

To bringleadadduceproducebearferredūcĕreaddūcĕreprodūcĕreofferre

Entry preview:

To bring, lead, adduce, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, addūcĕre, prodūcĕre, offerre He mæg ðone láðan gást fleónde gebringan he may bring the evil spirit to flight, Salm.

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

Entry preview:

Lamb. 49, 7. Gehýr folc mín and ic geséðe ðé audi pŏpŭlus meus et contestābor te, Ps. Spl. 80, 8. Hí geséðaþ and sprecaþ unrihtwísnysse effābuntur et lŏquentur inīquĭtātem, 93, 4.

Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.
Entry preview:

Of Seaxum, ðæt is of ðam lande ðe mon háteþ Eald-Seaxan, cóman Eást-Seaxan (-Seaxa, -Sexa, Chron. 449) and Súþ-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.) and West-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-24. Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan, S. 483, 36.

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
Entry preview:

On óðre wísan sceal man manian ða sláwan (cf. late, Swt. 281, 16), on óðre ða ðe beóþ tó hrade, Past. "23; Swt. 175, 25. Ðá sláwan ( pigri ) sint to manianne ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié tiola on dón mǽgen, 39, l ; Swt. 281, 19.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

stípel

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

Lamb. 60, 4. Stépeles turris, Hpt. Gl. 499, 60. Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende ðam stýple (stýpele, MS. D.) fut gehende he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower, Chr. 1036 ; Erl. 165, 38.

Linked entry: stýpel

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

Entry preview:

Lamb. 104, 20. Unband dissoluit, Cant. Abac. 6. Hiá onfundun fola gibundenne, and unbundun hine, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 4. Sceal se láreów hine unbindan fram ðam écum wíte, swá swá ða apostoli líchamlíce Lazarum álýsdon, Homl. Th. i. 234, 14, 9.

Linked entry: on-bindan

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

Entry preview:

Ða ðe unmedome bióð tó ðære láre for unwisdóme quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet, Past. 49; Swt. 375, 18.

Linked entry: medume

ysel

(n.)
Grammar
ysel, e; ysle, an; f.
Entry preview:

Gebringeþ bán and yslan, ádes láfe, eft ætsomne, Exon. Th. 216, 21; Ph. 271: 236, 18; Ph. 576

yfel-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-willende, adj. (ptcpl.)
Entry preview:

Lamb. 63, 3. On yfelwillendum malignantibus, 91, 12: Ps. Spl. 36, 1. Hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men ( vitiosos ) héte nétenu, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 17

á-flíman

(v.)
Grammar
á-flíman, -flýman.
Entry preview:

Hine ( Egbert ) hæfde Offa áfliémed .iii. geár of Angelcynnes lande on Fronclond, Chr. 836; P. 62, 22. Wearð áflémed út (man útlagode, MS. D.) Ósgot Clapa, 1044; P. 165, 15. fig. Áflýman eliminace (verborum tonitrua ), An. Ox. 1963.

Linked entry: á-flýman

eardung

Entry preview:

Hié gearwiaþ deóflum eardunga, 77, 6: 151, 11. a lair of beasts Under ðǽm stáne wæs niccra eardung, Bl. H. 209, 34

flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

Entry preview:

A. 18, 115. a troop of soldiers, band, legion Cwæð se lǽwa tó ðám láðum flocce (cf.cohors, Jn. 18, 3), Hml. Th. ii. 246, II. Hé mid þám óðrum flocce férde mid wíge. Jos. 8, 10. Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . .

ge-hwider

Entry preview:

Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd

ge-sundfulnes

Entry preview:

Dele last passage, and add: good health Gesuntfulnessa incolomitati (pristinae valetudinem restituit), An. Ox. ii. 147. Is on líchaman se lǽssa man betere mid gesundfulnysse þonne se unhála beó and hæbbe Golian mycelnysse, Hml.