Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

on-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.

to lean, incline, recline, bend down with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to inclineto bow, bendto turn from the right courseto cause to sinkTo decline, deviate, incline, sink

Entry preview:

trans. of actual motion, to lean, incline, recline, bend down Onheldeþ hine and falleþ inclinabit se et cadet, Ps. Surt. 9, 31. Se biscop hine onhylde tó ánre ðære studa, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 37: 4, 9; S. 577, 7. Hé his heáfod onhylde swá swá hé slápan

ge-heolp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-heolp, p. of ge-helpan.

preserved

Entry preview:

preserved,Jos. 6, 22;

hors-elene

(n.)
Grammar
hors-elene, -helene, an;

Elecampane;inula helenium,

Entry preview:

Elecampane; inula helenium, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. Horshelene helena, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 68; Wrt. Voc. 32, 4. Horselene, Wrt. Voc. 79, 42

wuldor-helm

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-helm, es; m.

A crown

Entry preview:

A crown Móyses onféng scínendum wuldor-helme, Blickl. Homl. 49, 11

hildan

(v.)

to bendincline

Entry preview:

to bend, incline. Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú hí wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá hé helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans. Men gesáwon áne hand

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

hilde

(n.)
Grammar
hilde, an; f.

A slopedeclivity

Entry preview:

A slope, declivity Helde, burhsteall clivium (cliuium, ascensus singularis uiae, Ld. Gl. H. s.v. glebum) i. discensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. On Owunes hyldan ufewyrde, C. D. v. 293, 25. Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418

Linked entries: holde helde

hell-rúna

Grammar
hell-rúna, (l ?) hell-rúne,
Entry preview:

Helhrúnan, wiccan pitonissam, diutnatricem, An. Ox. 1926. Helrúnan, 2, 60: 7, 106: 8, 106. and add

eálá

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

0! alas! Oh!eheu! euge! proh

Entry preview:

0! alas! Oh! eheu! euge! proh Eálá ge næddran O! ye serpents. Mt. Bos. 23, 33: 23, 37. Eálá, eálá euge, euge. Ps. Spl. 69, 4. Eálá eálá! oððe wel wel! ahah ahah! or well well! euge euge! vel bene bene! Ps. Lamb. 34, 25. Ǽlá, ðú Scippend O, thou Creator

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw

hel

Similar entry: hell

niht-helm

(n.)
Grammar
niht-helm, es; m.

The covering of nightnight's curtain

Entry preview:

The covering of night, night's curtain Niht-helm geswearc deorc ofer dryhtgumum night's curtain dark was drawn over men, Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789

hellwendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
hellwendlic, adj.

Infernal

Entry preview:

Infernal, of the lower regions, Þǽm helwen(d)lican lethea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 20

Linked entry: helwenlic

heá

Similar entry: HEÁH

for-hæl

(v.)
Grammar
for-hæl, -hǽle, -hǽlon; p. indic. subj. indic. pl. of for-helan

to conceal

Entry preview:

to conceal, Glostr. Frag. 4, 20

hell-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cwalu, e; f.

Hell-torment

Entry preview:

Hell-torment, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 15; Cri. 1190

hell-geþwing

(n.)
Grammar
hell-geþwing, es; n.

The restraint, constraint of hell

Entry preview:

The restraint, constraint of hell Se hellsceaða wiste ðæt hie sceoldon hellgeþwin[g] niéde onfón the devil knew that they must needs receive the restraint of hell, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 20; Gen. 696

Linked entry: ge-þwin

hell-rúna

(n.)
Grammar
hell-rúna, an; m.

One skilled in the mysteries of hella sorcerernecromancer

Entry preview:

One skilled in the mysteries of hell, a sorcerer, necromancer, Beo. Th. 328; B. 163

Linked entry: helle-rúne

hell-trega

(n.)
Grammar
hell-trega, an; m.

Hell-torment

Entry preview:

Hell-torment, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 18; Gen. 73

Linked entry: trega

hell-waru

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waru, e; f.

The body of inhabitants in hell

Entry preview:

The body of inhabitants in hell On ðam mycelan dóme ðǽr heofonwaru and eorþwaru and helwaru beóþ ealle gesomnode in magno judicio ubi cælicolæ et terricolæ et inferi omnes congregabuntur, L. Ecg. C. pref; Th. ii. 132, 22: Hy. 7, 95; Grn. ii. 289, 95.

Linked entry: hell-ware

hell-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cræft, es; m.

Hellish art,

Entry preview:

Hellish art, Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104

hell-dor

(n.)
Grammar
hell-dor, es; n.

The gate of hell

Entry preview:

The gate of hell Tó helldore in infernum, Ps. Th. 87, 3. Æt heldore, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 29; Gú. 531: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 20; Gen. 380: 23; Th. 29, 8; Gen. 447