Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

sadol

Entry preview:

breác weþera fella for sadole (-ele, v. l.) vervecum pellibus pro sella utebatur, Gr. D. 34, 13. Add

hlǽfþe

(n.)
Entry preview:

preparation of material for making bread(?) Hláf panis, brád hláf paximatium, daag sparsum, dáges hlǽfþe sparsio, Wrt. Voc. i. 288. 65-68

gebod-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gebod-scipe, es; m. [gebod a command]

A commandmentmandātum

Entry preview:

A commandment; mandātum Gif hie brecaþ his gebodscipe if they break his commandment, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 3; Gen. 430

in-standendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
in-standendlíc, adj.

Present

Entry preview:

Present, of to-day Hláf úre instondenlíce sel ús tó dæge give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 11

hláf-gebroc

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-gebroc, es; n.

A fragment of bread

Entry preview:

A fragment of bread Ðara hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle of the fragments there remained twelve baskets full, Shrn. 48, 31

hrægel-hús

Entry preview:

Ðá þe on ýtinge farað nimon him bréc of hrægelhúse . . . Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12

geán-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
geán-þingian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þingian to address, speak]

To speak againanswerreplyrespondēre

Entry preview:

To speak again, answer, reply; respondēre Him brego engla geánþingade the Lord of angels replied to him, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 5; Gen. 1009

entisc

(adj.)
Grammar
entisc, belonging to or

made by a giant, giant gĭgantēus

Entry preview:

made by a giant, giant; gĭgantēus Lét entiscne helm brecan he caused the giant helmet to break, Beo. Th. 5951; B. 2979

Linked entry: eótenisc

seolfor-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
seolfor-hilt, adj.
Entry preview:

Silver-hilted Ic geann mínon bréðer ánes seolfer-hiltes swurdes, Chart. Th. 560, 10. Ðæs sealferhiltan swurdes ðe Ulfcytel áhte, 559, 13

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
Entry preview:

Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

ofer-geþyld

(n.)
Entry preview:

On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24

Linked entry: ge-þyldo

griþ

Entry preview:

Sé ðe Godes cyrican rýpe oððe reáfige oððe hálignessa grið brece si quis ecclesiam Dei denudauerit vel sanctimonia violauerit, Wlfst. 68, 1. Add

Linked entry: FRIÞ

hláf-gebrece

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-gebrece, es; n.
Entry preview:

A fragment of bread Hé his cristallum cynnum sendeð swylc swá hláfgebrece mittit crystallum suum sicut frusta panis, Ps. Th. 147, 6. Substitute:

hláf-sénung

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-sénung, e; f.

Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day

Entry preview:

Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day On ðam ylcan dæge [Aug. 1] æt hláfsénunga, Shrn. 112, 8

Linked entry: segnung

á-swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
á-swǽtan, p. te

To break out into a sweat

Entry preview:

To break out into a sweat On ðǽm miclan wintreg cele þonne hé ymb þæt spræc ðonne áswǽtte he call, Shrn. 51, 34

CRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
CRUMA, an; m.

A CRUMBfragment mica

Entry preview:

Lege on ðone magan hláfes cruman lay crumbs of bread on the stomach L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 15; Homl. Th. ii. 114, 29

Linked entry: croma

brytan

(v.)

to break

Entry preview:

to break, Herb. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 72, note 8, B: 13, 1; Lchdm. i. 104, 20: 32, l; Lchdm. i. 130, note 12

Linked entry: a-brytan

ræge-reósa

(n.)
Grammar
ræge-reósa, an; m. : -reóse (?); f.
Entry preview:

Eft nim gáte hǽr, sméc under ða bréc wið ðás rægereósan, 146, 1-3. Be ðam nafolan and ðam rægereósan and bæcþearme, 230, 26. Biþ ðæt sár fram ðam nafolan óþ ðone milte and on ða winestran rægereósan, and gecymþ æt ðam bæcþearme, 232, 3-6. v.

ge-crymian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-crymian, ge-crymman
Entry preview:

To crumble bread Nim of ðám hálgedan hláfe þe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg feówer snǽda and gecryme on þá feówer hyrnan þæs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28

Linked entry: crymian

heáh-heall

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heall, (?), e; f.
Entry preview:

A palace Bold wæs betlic brego róf cyning heáhealle the building was splendid, a brave king was the prince of the palace (?), B. 1926. Cf. heáh-sele