Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wiþer-saca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.

an adversaryopponentenemya rebelan adversary at lawa prosecutorone who renouncesdeniesapostate

Entry preview:

Ben. 112, 13. an adversary at law, a prosecutor (?)

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.
Entry preview:

Maria nam án pund deórwyrðre sealfe mid ðam wyrtgemange ðe hig nardus hátaþ Maria accepit libram ungenti nardi pistici preciosi, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Wyrtgemang and alewan mixturam murrae et aloes, 19, 39. Myrre and gutta and cassia ...

céne

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Hí wurdon swá gehyrte and swá céne, Hml. Th. i. 232, 29. Ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lch. i. 372, 5. Tigras and leopardos, ꝥ syndan þá kénestan deór, Nar. 38, 4. Add

firdian

(v.)

march

Entry preview:

Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig þ úsenda fyrdendra þegena, 25, 363

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

seld-cúþ

Entry preview:

Add: strange Uppon Sc̃e Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. various, different, not of one kind Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce

þeón

Entry preview:

(l a) in greeting :-- Fæder mín leófa, þeóh þú an Críste wel (beneualeas in Christo ), Chrd. 92, 17. Add Þá þá hé geseah hine weaxan and þeón in Godes ege cum eum in timore Domini excrevisse videret, Gr. D. 225, 22.

ge-hirtan

Entry preview:

An. Ox. II, 14

Linked entry: ge-hyrtan

hefe

importancea burdena weight

Entry preview:

Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98. God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.

Æðelstán

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelstán, es; m. [æðele, stán stone]

Athelstan

Entry preview:

D. 940, hér, Æðelstán cyning forþférde, and Eádmund Æðeling féng to ríce, and Æðelstán cyning rícsode xiv geár, and teon wucan here, A.

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

Entry preview:

Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða sǽ, and heó tóeode on twá, Wulfst. 293, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19. Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H.

ælmes-georn

Entry preview:

Heó wæs swíðe ælmesgeorn, and ðá ðearfan . . . mid cystigum móde . . . áfédde, Hml. Th. i. 60, 14. Ælmysgeorn, Shrn. 98, 4. Sýn wé rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2.

Harold

(n.)
Grammar
Harold, Harald, es; m.

Harold, second son of CnutHarold, son of earl Godwin

Entry preview:

Harold, son of earl Godwin Hér forþférde Eádward king and Harold eorl féng tó ðam ríce and heóld hit xl wucena and ǽnne dæg in this year departed king Edward and earl Harold came to the throne and held it forty weeks and one day, 1066; Erl. 198, 1.

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

Entry preview:

Dele II, and add: a footman Féða pedester (nunquam pergo pedester, Ald. 272, 34), An. Ox. 23, 54. Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde equitando vel pedites iter agendo, Angl. xiii. 373, 116. Féþan pedestres, An. Ox. 61, 17. Féþena peditum, 826.

arodscipe

(n.)
Grammar
arodscipe, es; m.

Quicknessswiftnessreadinessdexterityvelocitasdexteritaspromptitudo

Entry preview:

Quickness, swiftness, readiness, dexterity; velocitas, dexteritas, promptitudo Oft mon biþ swíðe rempende and rǽsþ swíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe sæpe præcipitata actio velocitatis

bég

(n.)
Grammar
bég, es; m.

A braceletringcrownarmillacorona

Entry preview:

A bracelet, ring, crown; armilla, corona Hie feredon brýd and bégas they conveyed bride and bracelets Cd. 90; Th. 112, 25; Gen. 1876. Hí on beorg dydon bégas [MS. beg] and siglu they placed in the mound rings and jewels Beo. Th. 6308, note; B. 3164

Linked entry: béh

un-swice

(n.)
Grammar
un-swice, es; m. (or -swic, es; n. ?)

Good faithabsence of deceit or treachery

Entry preview:

Good faith, absence of deceit or treachery Ðá gyrnde hé griðes and gísla, ðet hé móste unswican intó gemóte cuman and út of gemóte he required safeconduct and hostages, that he might come to the meeting and go from it without treachery, Chr. 1048; Erl

wítnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment

Entry preview:

Oft men wurdon of ðisum lífe gelǽdde, and eft tó lífe árǽrde, and hí fela wítnungstówa and eác hálgena wununga gesáwon, 354, 28

Linked entry: wítung-stów

réce-leás

Entry preview:

Bútan geþylde and þeáwfæstnysse wé yrsiað . . . and lythwón þencað hú wé sceolon æt Gode miltsunge begitan nú wé swá réceleáse syndon and swá réþe ús betwýnan, Hml. S. 28, 141. Add

fremsumlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Hié ús fremsumlíce and luflíce onféngon benigne excepti, Nar. 17, 17 (v. Angl. i. 510). Add

ge-wuldorbeágian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ꝥ hé wǽre áfandod and gerihtwísod and gewuldorbeágod ut probaretur, justificaretur, coronaretur, Angl. vii. 52, 498. Gewuldorbeágode laureati, Hy. S. 105, 34: Hml. S. 11, 128. Add