Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

tealtian

(v.)
Grammar
tealtian, p. ode

To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm

Entry preview:

To be unsteady, to shake, not to stand firm Mid tealtendum grundwealle nutabundo (titubando)fundamento, Hpt. Gl. 497, 49

Linked entries: tealt tealtrian

þúsend-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
þúsend-getæl, es; n.

The number a thousand

Entry preview:

The number a thousand Þúsendgetel bip fulfremed, and ne ástíhþ nán getel ofer ðæt, Homl. Th. i. 188, 34

un-átemed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átemed, adj.

Untamed ⬩ unsubdued

Entry preview:

Untamed, unsubdued Severus micelne dǽl Breotone mid díce tósceádde fram óþrum unátemedum ðeódum, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 3

un-wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wénunga, adv.

Unexpectedly

Entry preview:

Unexpectedly Men cwǽdon ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebyrede, ðæt ðæt wǽre weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4

Linked entry: wénunga

unriht-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-weorc, es; n.

Improper work

Entry preview:

Improper work Be Sunnandæges unrihtweorcum de profanis operibus die Dominico, L. Ecg. C. 35, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 25

wicg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wicg-cræft, es; m.
Entry preview:

Steed-craft, skill in connection with horses Sum bið meares gleáw, wiccræfta wís, Exon. Th. 297, 18; Crä. 70

Linked entry: wic-cræft

datárum

(n.)
Grammar
datárum, indecl. m.
Entry preview:

Date Be þám datárum nonarum Aprilium, Angl. viii. 304, 46. Gif man rǽt þæne datárum on Sunnandæge, 302, 20

dreám-cræft

Entry preview:

In Bt. 16, 3 the original Latin is: Musica musicos facit. Add:

eást-norþ

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-norþ, adv.
Entry preview:

North-east Ryhte be-eástan him sindon Bǽme, and eástnorþ sindon Þyringas, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 4: 8

feówer-fealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
feówer-fealdlíce, adv.

Quadruply

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 136, 9: 232, 22: Bl. H. 11, 8

fore-beran

Entry preview:

Þætte nǽnig bisceopa hine óþrum forbere ut nullus episcoporum se praeferat alteri, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 17. Add

ge-hwyrftness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrftness, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Return Hé wítegode . . . be his ágenre ge-hwyrftnesse (-hwyrfnesse ? v. ge-hwirfness) of his wræcsíðe, Ps. Th. 22, arg

Linked entry: hwyrftness

ge-sundiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundiglic, adj.
Entry preview:

Prosperous, favouring Gesundiglice windas secundi venti, Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 553, 13. Gesundelican secundis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 65

heáh-mór

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-mór, es; m.
Entry preview:

.), in arduis montibus, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 515, 13

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
Entry preview:

A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

hwæt-hweganunges

Entry preview:

Mé ðincþ ꝥ þú sadige hwæthwegnunges (-hwugununges, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 4; F. 218, 5. See preceding word. Add

hweól-lást

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-lást, es; m.
Entry preview:

The track left by a wheel, fig. an orbit, a circuit Geáres hweóllást anni orbita, Hy. S. 93, 33

leoþu-cræft

Entry preview:

For bracket substitute (by nimble fingers), B. 2769, and add Mægencyning báncofan onband, breóstlocan onwand, leoðucræft onleác, El. 1251

samnian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add Swá hwǽr swá bið líc, þider somnigaþ earnes ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur aquilae, Mt. R. 24, 28

sunn-lic

Entry preview:

Þonne se fulla móna ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið ðurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. Add