Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

be-secgan

to announceaccuse

Entry preview:

Add: to announce Seó wearð gebróht and besǽd þám cyninge, Hml. A. 94, 87. with on, to bring a charge against, accuse:-- Dá leásan gewitan him on besǽdon: ' Ne geswícð ðes man . . . ' Hml.

læt-ness

(n.)
Grammar
læt-ness, e; f.
Entry preview:

S. 23 b, 647. slowness of intellect Þín gerecenes weóx fram mínre lætnysse and dysegan swongernesse ex tarditate mea crevit expositio tua Gr. D. 174. 23

ge-eádmédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmédan, -eáþmédan, he -eádmédeþ; p. -médde, -métte; pp. -méded, -mét; v. a.

To humblehumiliatesubduesubmit one's selfhumble one's selfdeigncondescendadoreworshiphumiliaredignaricondescendereadorare

Entry preview:

We cómon us him to ge-eádmédenne venimus adorare eum, Mt. Bos. 2, 2. Geeámédun ðe ealle mǽgþa may all nations adore thee, Gen. 27, 29 : Ex. 11, 8; Mt. Bos. 20, 20

Linked entry: ge-eáþmédan

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]
Entry preview:

We gesigefæstan ðíne bǽre let us crown thy bier, Blickl. Homl. 149, 19: 151, 9. Ðæt ic mid Criste gesigefæsted wǽre ipse cum Cristo coronandus, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 21.

Linked entry: sigefæstan

þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
þýfel, es; m.

A busha thicketa leafy plant

Entry preview:

Genim ðysse wyrte, ðe león fót nemdon, fíf ðýfelas bútan wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 98, 16

Linked entries: þéfel þúft þýþel

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.the service at the third hour

Entry preview:

Homl. 47, 17: 133, 27. the service at the third hour sungon underntíde and dydon mæssan cantavimus tertiam et fecimus missam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 31

un-sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sófte, adv.

not at easein discomfortnot gentlyhardlyseverelyhardlywith difficultywith trouble

Entry preview:

Homl. 203, 18. hardly, with difficulty, with trouble hit unsófte mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon vix ipsis defixa est venabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Ic ðæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, Beo. Th. 3314; B. 1655: 4287; B. 2140: Elen.

Linked entry: sófte

weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.
Entry preview:

A guard, watchman, keeper Nyte hweþer se weardmann wǽre ǽfre gefullod, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 293. Ealle ða weardmenn wǽron geswefode búton heora ánum, 11, 200: 4, 419. Ða weardmenn ðe bewiston Cristes líc, Homl. Ass. 79, 175.

yfemest

(adv.)
Grammar
yfemest, yfmest; adv.
Entry preview:

Uton habban úre mód up swá swá yfemest mægen wiþ ðæs heán hrófes ðæs héhstan andgites, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 15. Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2

Linked entry: ufera

eáþ-módnes

Entry preview:

Hié him ongeán cómon and his mid eáþmódnessum anféngon, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 14. gentleness, graciousness, kindness Secggan Gode þanc ealra his miltsa and his eáðmódnessa and his geofena, Bl. H. 103, 26.

egesa

Entry preview:

Uton þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
Entry preview:

An ornament, trapping. for a person lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 5-7.

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
Entry preview:

Rapacious, fierce. of animals ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missenlican cynd nædrena and hrífra wildeóra ( serpentes et rapida ferarum genera ), Nar. 5, 28.

on-sígan

Entry preview:

Add: of forces approaching to attack, to come down on oferswîðdon þone onsîgendan here, Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E.

ge-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed.

to accustomto accustom any one to one's selfassuefacereto weanto separateablactarea lacte depelleredepellereseducere

Entry preview:

Edg C. 55; Th. ii. 256, 9. to wean, to separate; ablactare, a lacte depellere, depellere, seducere Ðæt cild wearþ gewened puer ablactatus est, Gen. 21, 8. Se deófol wolde hine fram Gode gewenian the devil would wean him from God, Job. Thw. 165, 11

Linked entry: ge-wænian

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

Entry preview:

Lbmn. 374) ofer búton be healfan were gyldan, ne Ænglisc Wyliscne geon ofer, Ll. Th. i. 354, 19. Se aldor þǽm heaðorincum hider wísade, B. 370.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

weall

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

Of wealle ( the sea-cliff ) geseah weard, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, 463; B. 229. Winneþ wǽg wið wealle, Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20. Ǽniges monnes wíg forbúgan oððe on weal fleón ( flee to the hill ) líce beorgan, Vald. 1, 15.

ge-weald

Entry preview:

Nú gé habbað gehýred hwæt eów tó dónne is ... gif gé of þysum dóð nagon geweald, Ll.

ahsian

(v.)
Grammar
ahsian, p. ode; pp. od.

to askdemandcallsummon before oneinterrogarepostulareexigereto obtainexperiencenancisciexperiri

Entry preview:

Th. 14, 2. to obtain, experience; nancisci, experiri He weán ahsode he obtained woe, Beo. Th. 2417; B. 1206: 851; B. 423

tó-endebyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-endebyrdness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Order, series, succession Hé eallum mannum megena weorc mid wordum bodode. And tóendebyrdnesse his gesihþa ðám mannum ánum hit cýþan wolde, ðam ðe hine ácsodon for ðam luste inbryrdnesse omnibus opus virtutum praedicabat sermonibus.