Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-leornian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ꝥ sé ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, sé þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

Entry preview:

Nis nán gesceaft gesceapen ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit ðider cuman mǽge ðonan ðe hit, ǽr com, ðæt is tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse. Seó ræst is mid Gode, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29-32 ; Met. 13, 71.

Linked entries: ræst reste

sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
sceamu, e; f.

modesty, bashfulnessshame, confusionwhat causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame the private part

Entry preview:

Ne sceolon æt mé ǽnige habban sceame non erubescant in me 68, 7.

Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

Entry preview:

Þá burh æt Ligraceastre, and se mǽsta dǽl þæs herges þe ðǽr tó hýrde wearð underþeóded, Chr. 918; P. 105, 23. Æt þám túne þe hé tó hýne, Ll.

mann

Entry preview:

Æt men fíftene peningas, æt horse healf swá, 224, 25. Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . 436, 25. Wé cwǽdon úrum þeówum mannum, 234, 3.

a-hládan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hládan, p. -hlód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hláden [a from, hládan to lade]

To draw outdraw forthexhaurireeducere

Entry preview:

C. ofhláde] exhaurio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 41. He of hæfte ahlód folces unrím he drew forth from captivity numberless people, Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 34; Cri. 568

beddian

(v.)
Grammar
beddian, beddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To prepare or make a bedsternere

Entry preview:

To prepare or make a bed; sternere Ic strewige, oððe beddige I make or prepare a bed, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 34. Féde þearfan, and beddige him feed the needy, and make a bed for them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 16

dóm-hús

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-hús, es; n. [hús a house]

A judgment-housecūria, epicaustērium, capītōlium

Entry preview:

A judgment-house; cūria, epicaustērium, capītōlium Dóm-hús cūria, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 1; Wrt. Voc. 36, 44. Dóm-hús vel mót-hús epicaustērium, 107; Som. 78, 74; Wrt. Voc. 57, 52. Dóm-hús capĭtōlium, 107; Som. 78, 97; Wrt. Voc. 58, 12

drugaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drugaþ, drugoþ, e; f. [drige dry]

DROUGHT, dryness siccĭtas, arĭdĭtas

Entry preview:

A DROUGHT, dryness; siccĭtas, arĭdĭtas Drugaþ [MS. drugaþe] siccĭtas vel arĭdĭtas, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 35; Wrt. Voc. 53, 43. Drugaþ oððe hǽþ siccĭtas, Wrt. Voc. 76, 77. Bearn Israéla eódon þurh drugode fīlii Israel ambulāvērunt per siccum, Ps.

emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
emnettan, emnyttan, to emnettenne; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or equal, to regulateæquāre, coæquāre

Entry preview:

Ic emnytte coæquo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56

fægre

(adv.)
Grammar
fægre, adv.

Pleasantly, slowly, fairly, beautifullysuāvĭter, pĕdĕtentim, pulchre

Entry preview:

Fægre pĕdĕtentim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 30

FÁM

(n.)
Grammar
FÁM, es; n.

FOAMspūma

Entry preview:

FOAM; spūma Ðæt fám of ðam múþe eóde the foam went out of the mouth, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 32: 3, 11; S. 536, 14: Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 89; Wrt. Voc. 54, 33: Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 1; Rä. 3, 4

Linked entry: fǽm

fíc-beám

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-beám, es; m.

A fig-treefīcus

Entry preview:

A fig-tree; fīcus Fícbeám fīcus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 122; Wrt. Voc. 32, 56. Behealdaþ ðone fícbeám vĭdēte fīculneam, Lk. Bos. 21, 29. Forwurdan heora wíngeardas and fícbeámas percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrum, Ps. Th. 104, 29.

fiðer-scýte

(adj.)
Grammar
fiðer-scýte, -scíte; adj.

Four-corneredquadrangularsquarequadrangŭlusquadrātus

Entry preview:

Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Fiðerscýte setel siliquastrum vel cathedra quadrāta, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 66; Wrt. Voc. 61, 44.

Húnas

(n.)
Grammar
Húnas, and Húne; pl.

The Huns

Entry preview:

Ætla weóld Húnum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 26; Vid. 18: 85 b; Th. 322, 2; Víd. 57

Linked entry: Húne

ge-wring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wring, es; n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere]

What one can wring or press outdrinkstrong drinkpotussiceraσίκερα

Entry preview:

What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48

Linked entry: -wring

græft

(n.)
Grammar
græft, es; m: græft, e; f.[?] Carving, graving, a carved or
Entry preview:

graven image Græft sculptura, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 72, 122; Wrt. Voc. 47, 5. Ealle ða ðe gebiddaþ græftas omnes qui adorant sculptilia, Ps. Lamb. 96, 7: Ps. Spl. C. 105, 19: Homl. Th. i. 464, 27, Írene græfta ferrea sculptilia, carpenta, Cot. 38, Lye

ge-cneordnes

Entry preview:

Add Ic hine þe befæste mid heálicre gecneordnisse on Crístes gewitnysse I most earnestly commend him to you calling Christ to witness, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 47.

geond-spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-spǽtan, p. -spǽtte; pp. -spǽt

To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipesĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre

Entry preview:

To spit or squirt through, syringe through, to squirt water as through a syringe or pipe; sĭphonĭbus ăquam exprĭmĕre Ðú hie ǽlce dæge mid pípan geondspǽt do thou syringe through it every day with a tube, L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 208, 26

Linked entry: spǽtan

ge-mecca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mecca, an; m. and f.

A consort, an equal

Entry preview:

Gemecca conjunx, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Wrt. Voc. 72, 9. Clippende to heora gemeccum clamantes coæqualibus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 16