Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-wóh

(n.)
Entry preview:

Beorge ꝥ áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 8. Add

teorung

(n.)
Grammar
teorung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Fainting, failing, exhaustion Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas and ðǽr gelæg ðǽr hí seó teorung gelette a certain witless woman went wandering about the woods and fields, and lay down where exhaustion prevented her going further

þeóster-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
þeóster-cofa, an; m.
Entry preview:

Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168

underling

(n.)
Grammar
underling, es; m. (the word seems to occur only in late texts)

An underlinga subordinatea subject

Entry preview:

An underling, a subordinate, a subject Heó ( the Jews ) syððen ǽfre unwurðe wǽron on heora lífdagen and get synden underlinges, Homl. Ass. 194, 50.

gnæt

Entry preview:

Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add

set-hrægl

Entry preview:

Kénwolde helm and byrnan . . . and Eádgyfe his swyster . . . . i. sethrægl, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Add

tó-lísan

Grammar
tó-lísan, <b>I b.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Hý beóð tólýsede ungeleáffullíce they shall be destroyed in their unbelief, Hex. 48, 19

úp-weardes

Entry preview:

Add: of direction Þá fǽringa lócode heó uppweardes ( sursum respiciens) and geseah þone Hǽlend þider cuman tó hire, Gr.

webba

(n.)
Grammar
webba, an; m.

A weaver

Entry preview:

Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Willelm cwæð saccles Wulwærd ðane webba, Chart. Th. 648, 3. [The webbes ant the fullares (of Flanders), P. S. 188, 14. Chauc. webbe: Piers P. webbe a (female) weaver.]

ge-trymman

Entry preview:

getrymede (firmavit) hys ansýne ꝥ férde to Hierusalem he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, Lk. 9, 51. Eal swá hraðe swá cóm tó Cantuareberi and warð getremmed on his arcestóle, Chr. 870; P. 283, 26. <b>IX a.

freó-dóm

Entry preview:

Hió him tó spraecon ymb ðæt lond, ðæt his him geúðe, ðæt hió maehten ðone freódóm begeotan, 222, 28. Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ...

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

Entry preview:

Gif hine ládian wille gá tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ ðæt ðæt fácen mid worhte if he be willing to clear himself, then let him undergo the ordeal by hot iron, and therewith clear the hand with which he is accused of committing

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

wissian

(v.)
Grammar
wissian, p. ode.

to shewto shewguidedirectruledeclaremake known

Entry preview:

ðé wissaþ, Gen. 24, 7. wítegode swá him wissode God, Num. 33, 8. Rex cyning is gecweden a regendo . . ., for ðan ðe se cyning sceal mid micelum wísdóme his leóde wissian, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 18; Zup. 293, 9.

ge-sib

Entry preview:

bebeád ꝥ ǽlc mǽgþ ymbe geáres ryne tógædere cóme þæt ǽlc man þý gearor wiste hwǽr gesibbe hæfde, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 17

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

Entry preview:

honour, dignity, rank; honor, dignitas He becom to ðære cynelícan geþincþe he arrived at the royal dignity, Homl. Th. i. 82, 1. Eal folc ðone eádigan Gregorius to ðære geþincþe geceás all folk chose the blessed Gregory to that dignity, ii. 122, 22.

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

ge-wítan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Heó ( Hagar ) gewát engles lárum hire hláfordum (cf.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To dividepartimpartseparatedistributesharepartake

Entry preview:

He sceole wiþ ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon he must separate himself from the body, Blickl. Homl. 97, 21. He hine wiþ ðas world gedǽleþ he separates himself from the world, 125, 11; 21, 26 : Exon. l0 b; Th. 102, 6; Cri. 1668 : Beo.

hǽþen

Entry preview:

Sé þe Godes bebod ofer*-*hogaþ, biþ on hǽþenra onlícnesse, 49, 13. wæs crísten lǽce and eardode in hǽþenra midlene, Shrn. 125, 7.

gíme-líst

Entry preview:

Oðþæt þæs gyltes gýmeleáste gebéte until he make reparation for the negligence he was guilty of when he committed that fault R. Ben. 69, 15. want of interest or concern, indiference.

lecgan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Þá hét hí bindan and on balcan lecgan, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 54, 3. to fix as a covering Ꝥ nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, Ll.