Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsian, ic -mǽrsige; p. ode; pp. od

To magnify, glorify, celebratemagnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre

Entry preview:

On ðam dæge gemǽrsode se mihtiga Drihten Iosue ðone æðelan ætfóran Israhéla folce in die illo magnĭfĭcāvit Dŏmĭnus Josue coram omni Israel, Jos. 4, 14. Is ðín nama miltsum gemǽrsod thy name is magnified with mercies, Andr.

Linked entry: ge-mérsian

sín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
sín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.
Entry preview:

Hí gefetton Escolafius ðone scínlácan mid ðære ungemetlícan nædran ðe mon Epithaurus hét horrendum illum Epidaurium colubrum, cum ipso Aesculapii lapide advenerint , Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140,9: 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Scínlǽcan magi, Wrt.

scipe

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

[Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe or the hyre or the wages of servauntes, Chauc. Persones T.

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó) Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige, Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781. Starie, 5585; B. 2796. Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, 1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485. Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon.

sýl

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

Ðære méder wæs on slǽpe ætýwed . . . ðæt hyre man stunge áne sýle on ðone bósum, 149, 2. Ercoles sýla Herculis columnae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 26. Ðæt feoh ðe hié wiþ ðám sýlum sellan woldon, 4, 12; Swt. 210, 4.

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

Entry preview:

Ðe Hǽlend stód befar ðone undercynige ( praesidem), and gefrægn hine ðe undercynig (praeses ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 11, 21. Tó undercyningum ad praesides, 10, 18: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thingvanityfrivolityan evil thinginiquity

Entry preview:

a vain thing, vanity, frivolity Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 30. Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue, Ps. Th. 30, 6.

West-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
West-mynster, es; n. Westminster
Entry preview:

Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre, 1069; Erl. 207, 7. Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 190, 12, 26. Ða gebróðere on Westminstre, 192, 5.

beorþor

child-bearingpartusgestationpartusfoetus

Entry preview:

S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.

bóc-lic

Entry preview:

Bóclicum láreów-dómum liberalibus studiis, An. Ox. 3099: 4141. Tó þysum wífman*-*num áwrát Hieronimus trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron gecneordlǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, Hml. Th. i. 436, 12. Add

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
Entry preview:

Mihhael gescyrped on dómes dæg, Sal.

full-wiht

Entry preview:

Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l.) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

Linked entry: fulluht

hetelíce

(adv.)

violentlyfuriouslyfiercelymalignantlywith ill-will

Entry preview:

Þá gestódon hine hundas hetelíce swýðe dogs attacked him furiously. Hml. S. 12, 52. Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man, 31, 1132. Manega hús hetelíce feóllon many houses fell with great violence, 15, 94.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

Entry preview:

Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him) Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30

Linked entry: rúmian

wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

Entry preview:

Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10.

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

Entry preview:

. — There does not appear to be any historical evidence that the Bretwalda denoted any special title or office.

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

Entry preview:

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders Gif man preóst gewundige, gebéte man ða wyrdlan, and tó weófodbóte for his háde sylle .xii. ór.; æt diácone .vi. ór. tó weófodbóte, L. N. P.

tit

(n.)
Grammar
tit, titt, es; m.

A teat,pap,Brest

Entry preview:

Lege ofer ðone wynstran tit, Lchdm. i. 192, 17. Tittas mamillas, lxxiv, 24: Wrt. Voc i. 65, 7: 283, 29: ii. 56, 28. Wið tittia sár wífa, Lchdm. i. 112, 16. Titto(tito, Rush.) ł breósto ubera, Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Rtl. 4, 17.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

Entry preview:

Seó mǽgþ þám hláfordleásan men hláford finden, i. 200, 8. ꝥ hé þone áð funde þe sé gelýfan mihte, 158, 17. to find resolution, courage, heart to do something, to bring oneself to do something: [pæt hé] in hige funde tó gesecganne hwæt se beám bude, Dan

lufian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Th. i. 178, 4. to take pleasure in. doing something, love to do (clause) Þá lufiað ꝥ hig gebiddon hí standende on gesomnungum qui amant in synagogis stantes orare, Mt. 6, 5. something being done Hig lufigeað ꝥ hig man gréte on strǽtum, Mt. 23, 7. with