Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

feorh-hord

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hord, es; n.

Life's treasurethe soulspiritvītæ thēsaurusănĭma

Entry preview:

Life's treasure, the soul, spirit; vītæ thēsaurus, ănĭma Líf biþ on síþe, fǽges feorhhord life is on its journey, the spirit of the fated, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 7; Ph. 221.

finul

(n.)
Grammar
finul, es; m: finule, an; f.

Fennelfēnĭcŭlum

Entry preview:

M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 18. Finule fennel, Lchdm. iii. 34, 30

gár-clife

(n.)
Grammar
gár-clife, an; f.

Agrimonyagrĭmōnia eupătŏria

Entry preview:

M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 8. Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Somn. 20; Lchdm. iii. 198, 24

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
Entry preview:

C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

Entry preview:

Eác swylce Eást-Seaxum hé gesette Ercenwold biscop in Lundenceastre, 4, 6; S. 573, 43

méég-gildan

(v.)

to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman

Entry preview:

But the word is supported by L. H. i. 70, 5 :-- Non cogitur liber cum servo meggildare ), L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 1. (?)

norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ, adv.

In a northerly direction or position

Entry preview:

In a northerly direction or position Ðæt is norþ ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1,1; S. 473, 11. Hié Baldred norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 20. Hié fóron norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6.

un-andgitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andgitfull, adj.

Not intelligentwithout understanding

Entry preview:

Surt. ii. p. 195, 11.

Linked entry: andgit-full

un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

Entry preview:

Not temporary, eternal Him is symbel and dreám éce, unhwýlen, Exon. Th. 352, 13; Sch. 97. Unhwílen, Elen. Kmbl. 2461; El. 1232. Ðǽr bið symle gearu freónd unhwílen, Andr. Kmbl. 2309; An. 1156. Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon.

Linked entry: hwílen

borian

(v.)

to perforateTo bore into

Entry preview:

Add: trans. to perforate Ic borige terebro, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 64: [24, 8 in Dict.]. Þurhþýnde, bori[gende] transver-berans, An. Ox. 230. to insert into a hole bored Borige man on þám beáme stór and finol, Lch. i. 400, 19. intrans.

ge-hendan

Entry preview:

., the prose corresponding to the passage is :-- Ǽr hé geféhþ ꝥ ꝥ hé æfter spyreð, Bt. 39, I; F. 212, l) ðæt hé æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 15. Hig beóþ gelæhte ł; gehende on heora módignysse comprehendantur in superbia sua, Ps. L. 58, 13

geleáf-hlystend

Entry preview:

Substitute: One who is being instructed in the faith before baptism, a catechumen, a candidate for baptism Geleáfhlystendes catacumini, i. audientis, An. Ox, 2207.

Linked entry: hlystend

ge-slit

Entry preview:

S. 31, 951. what is bitten Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit, Nap. 28, 29

-ness

(suffix)
Entry preview:

; to verbal roots, weak : v. íc-, líf-, nere-, styre-ness. strong: v. foreseó-, grów-, weax-ness. pret. pres. wit-ness

ofer-hleápan

(v.)

to overleap, pass by jumping

Entry preview:

to overleap, pass by jumping Ic oferhleápe transitio Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 40. Saltus lunae, ðæt is, ðæs mónan hlýp, for ðan ðe hé oferhlýpþ ǽnne dæg Lchdm. iii. 264, 24. Ðæt hors slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17.

smæccan

(v.)
Grammar
smæccan, smecgan; smæhte

To taste sapere

Entry preview:

Al þet ich abbe mid muþ ismaht O. E. Homl. i. 189, 5. Unlouely þei smauʒte Piers P. 5, 363.]

Linked entry: smecgan

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercurymercurialis perennis, Lin

Entry preview:

Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3.

feld-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
feld-wyrt, e; f.

Field-wortgentiangentiāna

Entry preview:

Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16.

Linked entry: ferd-wyrt

æcer-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-sǽd, es; n.

Seed for an acre

Entry preview:

B. iii. 367, 30, 31, 27, 28

BǼL

(n.)
Grammar
BǼL, es; n.

fireflameignisflammathe fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burneda funeral pileroguspyra

Entry preview:

Bǽles cwealm in helle the torment of the fire in hell, Andr. Kmbl. 2374; An. 1188. the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned, a funeral pile; rogus, pyra Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the pile [the fire of the pile ], Beo.

Linked entries: beel bell