Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bannan

Entry preview:

Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wígge expeditio praeparabatur per omnem Cantiam, Cht. Th. 201, 20. Hét se cyning bannan út here, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 22. Add

bere

barley

Entry preview:

Sixecge bere exaticum (cf. hoc exaticum byge (v. beów), i. 233, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144., 58. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216.

béd

(n.)

a prayerbed

Entry preview:

Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add

bæc

(n.)
Entry preview:

Grammar bæc, bec; m. n.: bæce, bece; m.: bæc(c); f. A beck, brook. The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D.

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

Entry preview:

a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22. Hlúdstefne

Linked entries: býme beám

BED

(n.)
Grammar
BED, bedd, es ; n.

a BEDcouchpalletstratumlectusa bed in a gardenpulvillusareola in hortis

Entry preview:

a BED, couch, pallet; stratum, lectus Hí ðá inasendon ðæt bed, ðe se lama on læg, Mk. Bos. 2, 4; thei senten doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man lay, Wyc. To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used

Linked entries: bædd bedd beád

bere-corn

(n.)
Grammar
bere-corn, es; n. [bere barley, corn a grain]

BARLEY-CORNa grain of barleyhordei granum

Entry preview:

BARLEY-CORN, a grain of barley; hordei granum IX bere-corna nine barley-corns, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 11

ge-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beátan, p. -beón, pl. -beóton; pp. -beáten

To beatstriketundĕrefĕrīre

Entry preview:

To beat, strike; tundĕre, fĕrīre Hreðles eafora swealt, bille gebeáten Hrethel's offspring perished, beaten by the falchion, Beo. Th. 4707; B. 2359. Gebeáten fisc mĭnūtal, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 98; Wrt. Voc. 27, 27.

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, fleese flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

Entry preview:

Hí bugon fram beaduwe they fled from the fight, 137, 12; By. 185: Beo. Th. 5190; B. 2598

Linked entries: beág beáh

bǽr

a biera litter,

Entry preview:

Add: a bier Líc cadaver, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. bǽr feretrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. Hé hreopode þá bǽre . . . Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode, Hml. Th. i. 492, 26. Geneálǽcað ðǽre bǽre, 372, 6. Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr. D. 329, 23. a litter, Beer

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. béc, bóce, bóc; d. béc, bóc.

a booka documentregistercataloguea chariera bookvolumeliterary workpages

Entry preview:

a book. Add: a document, register, catalogue Of boec (bóc, L.) lifgendra, Ps. Srt. 68, 29. Béc in catalogo, An. Ox. 341. On cyninga bócum in basileon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 4. a legal document, a bill of divorce Híw*-*gedáles bóc libellum repudii, Mk. 10

bel-flýs

(n.)
Grammar
bel-flýs, es; n. [bell a bell, flýs a fleece]

The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECEthe fleece of a sheep that carries the belltympani vellusducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus

Entry preview:

The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23

beorh

(n.)
Grammar
beorh, gen. beorges; m.

A hillmountaincollismons

Entry preview:

A hill, mountain; collis, mons Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5

bere-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
bere-wíc, (and? -wíce; f. cf. Lot. berewica)
Entry preview:

Mid allen ðám bere-wícan ðe ic habbe intó ðáre hálagen stówe gegifen, C. D. iv. 211, 27: 192, 7. Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D. B. iii. 367

BANNAN

(v.)
Grammar
BANNAN, bonnan; ic banne, ðú bannest, banst, benst, he banneþ, banþ, benþ, pl. bannaþ; p. bén, bénn, beón, beónn, pl. beónnon; pp. bannen

To summonjuberecitareconvocare

Entry preview:

To summon; jubere, citare, convocare Leóde tosomne bannan to summon the people together, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096: Elen. Grm. 45

Linked entries: a-bannan banst bonnan

be-sóne

(adv.)
Grammar
be-sóne, adv.

Soon, immediatelymox, statim

Entry preview:

Soon, immediately; mox, statim Cweðe se preóst besóne let the priest immediately say, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 24

bet-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
bet-boren, adj.
Entry preview:

Better-born, of higher-birth Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1

be-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ginnan, ic -ginne, ðú -ginnest, -ginst, he -ginneþ, -gineþ, -ginþ, pl. -ginnaþ -ginaþ ; p. -gan, pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen; v. a. [be, ginnan, q. v.]

To BEGINincipere

Entry preview:

To BEGIN; incipere Nóe ðá began to wircenne ðæt land Noe tunc cæpit exercere terram Gen. 9, 20 : 18, 27 : Hy. 10, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 36

Linked entries: be-gan be-gunnon

best

(adv.)

BEST, mostoptime

Entry preview:

BEST, most; optime Ðe helpes best behófaþ who most wants help, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3 The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants

beðian

(v.)
Grammar
beðian, beðigean

to bathe, fomentfovere

Entry preview:

to bathe, foment; fovere Beða ða eágan foment the eyes, Herb. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 72, 3: Med. ex Quadr. 4, 18; Lchdm. i. 346, 20