Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

þeów-racu

Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw- [w]racu, e, an; f.
Entry preview:

A threat, threatening Martianus hét hí gebúgan tó his deófolgyldum, ðe læs ðe hí fordémede wurdon; ac Iulianus ne róhte ðæs réðan þýwrace ( cared not for the cruel one's threat ), Homl. Skt. i. 4, 114. Þreále oððe þeówraca[n?]

and-git

(n.)
Entry preview:

S. 7, 112. sense, faculty of perception Hé læg cwydeleás búton andgite, Hml. Th. i. 86, 26. Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

á-sceacan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Þý lǽs hé þurh ꝥ sár ðá lácnunge of him ásceace, Lch. i. 302, 16. Gif ðæs módes forhæfdnes mid ungeðylðe ne ascóke ( excuteret ) ðá sibbe of ðǽm sceáte ðǽre smyltnesse, Past. 311, 15. Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml.

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

eafora

(n.)
Entry preview:

Lǽd eaforan þíne, frumgáran þrý, 1333. Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

Entry preview:

Ná sí forhugud non aspernatur, Angl. xiii. 441, 1085. to disdain to do. with clause Swá hé lǽs forhogað ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeað quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, Past. 407, 18: Bl. H. 83, 15.

fród

Entry preview:

Fróde láre, Fä. 94. Fródum wordum, Gn. Ex. 1. old Fród grandevus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 10. Fródrae provectae, Txts. 84, 758. Fródre preuectue, Wrt.

ge-hreówan

(v.)
Entry preview:

(I) the subject a noun Ne selle mon to féla . . . ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió ælmesse, Past. 325, 8. the subject a pronoun representing a circumstance already mentioned Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum

ge-wealdan

Entry preview:

Swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, 1199. to control, have power over a person Betra bið sé þe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt ( melior est qui dominatur animo suo ) ... sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, Past. 218, 15-21.

langsum

Entry preview:

C. 57. (2 a) where the time seems too long. prolix, tedious, wearisome Lagu byð leódum langsum geþúht, gif hí sǽýða swíðe brégað, Rún. 21. Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

Entry preview:

Ne ǽnig mon ne leóf ne láð no man, neither friend nor foe, Beo. Th. 1026; B. 511. Gode is swíðe leóf ðæt gé earmum mannum syllon it is very acceptable to God, that you give to poor men, Blickl. Homl. 53, 28.

Linked entry: leóf

ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

Entry preview:

Heó nóht lata ne wæs, Blicki. Homl. 163, 8. Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan, 171, 18. Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen, 215, 32. Nóht longe ofer ðis, Exon. Th. 172, 15; Gú. 1144. Æfter nóht langre tíde, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 10.

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

Entry preview:

Sió heá lár lofty doctrine, 63; Past. 459, 8. Seó heáge dún the high mountain, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 29. Heáh heofoncyning heaven's high king, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 7; Gen. 463.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

Entry preview:

Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land, ge inne ge úte, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 30. Ic seah wyhte twá úte plegan, Exon. Th. 429, 10; Rä. 43, 2. out, away, at a distance Úttor exterius, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 7: Exon.

Linked entry: út

ge-niman

(v.)
Entry preview:

Icel. nema to learn) Hé lára wel genóm, C. D.

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
Entry preview:

</b> of continuity in space-measurement :-- Wæs ðæt land genemnad Nazanleóg á oþ Certices ford. Chr. 508; Erl. 15, 19. <b>II b.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
Entry preview:

Biscopas syndon Godes lage ( the doctrines of Christianity ) láreówas, 332, 27. Hé Godes lage smeáde, Chr. 963; P. 115, 4. Godes lof rǽran to promote the Christian religion, 5: Cht.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
Entry preview:

V. 6), so, therefore, on that account Hé him ðet land forbeád .. and hé hit swá álét he forbade him the land . . . and so he gave it up, Chart.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

Entry preview:

Lamb. 35, 4. Hér is Israhélisc wer, on ðam nis nán fácn ecce vēre Israelīta, in quo dŏlus non est, Jn. Bos. 1, 47. Ðis fácn hæc fraus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 36; Som. 12, 34. Ne ætfyligeþ ðé áhwǽr fácn ne unriht numquid adhæret tĭbi sēdes inīquĭtātis, Ps.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

FǼGE

(adj.)
Grammar
FǼGE, def. se fǽga, seó, ðæt fǽge; comp. -ra; sup. -est; adj.

fated, doomed, destined prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnetdead, killed, slainmortuus, occīsusaccursed, condemned execrātus, damnātus

Entry preview:

Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte, fǽgra flǽschaman the keepers lay lifeless on the sand, the carcases of the slain, Andr. Kmbl. 2171; An. 1087.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
Entry preview:

Ongunnon him bytlian and heora burh rǽran, 113, 1; Gen. 1880. to set up, establish (a law, institution, etc.) God sibbe rǽreþ éce tó ealdre engla and monna, Exon. Th. 43, 16; Cri. 689.

Linked entry: hebban