Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

Entry preview:

Lóciaþ nú ealle up, Nar. 28, 26 of mental action Langaþ ðé áwuht up tó Gode, Cd. Th. 32, 2; Gen. 497. marking measurement Habbe hé his strand upp of sǽ and út on sǽ, Cod. Dip.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

Entry preview:

[Fæla untime on corne and on ealle westme, 1124; Erl. 252, 33. Westmes þorð uuele wederas scal forwurðan, E. Homl. i. 13, 28. Wastmes and wederes-sele, Laym. 32108. Brohhte ȝho þe wasstme forþ off wambe, Orm. 1937.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

Entry preview:

Eall ðis mágon him sylfe geseón ... mágun leóda bearn oncnáwan, Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 5-12; Cri. 1115. Hí me mágon ðone earman gefyllan, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 1. Him ða stormas derian me máhan (mǽgon, Cott. MS.), 7, 3; Fox 22, 6.

Linked entry: mæg

gildan

Entry preview:

Gielde hé hine þriddan dǽle . . . healfne dǽl hine gilde . . . ealne hé hine gylde, 120, 12-15. Gif Ænglisc man Deniscne ofsleá, gylde hine mid .xxx. pundum, 286, 21: 24. Gif man ofslægen weorðe, gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý, 174, 15.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

Entry preview:

eallum ðám gesǽlðum ðe seó wyrd brengð, Bt. 16, 3 ; Fox 54, 25 : 14, 1 ; Fox 40, 31.

Linked entry: weord

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
Entry preview:

Ðæt hié witen ðæt mín þrym and mín weorðmynd máran wǽron ðonne ealra óþra kyninga, Nar. 33, 4. On his winestran handa wǽre wela and wyrðmynt ( gloria ) . . . Hé mæt ðone welan and ðone wyrðmynd tó ðære winestran handa, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 17-19.

Linked entry: wirþu

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
Entry preview:

., to make exchange of Hí ealra þinga gehwyrfdon ge on cucan ceápe ge on óðrurn, C. D. v. 378, 20. Hí gehwyrfdon landa wið Ælfwine commutationem terrarum fecerunt contra Ælfwinum v. 207, 7. Be þon þe nán mon gehwyrfe yrfes bútan gewitnesse, Ll.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

Entry preview:

Ðæs cáseres tolleras áxodon Petrus, ðá ðá hí geond ealne middangeard ðam cásere toll gegaderodon, 'Wyle eówer láreów ǽnig toll syllan?' Homl. Th. i. 510, 26-29. Se cyng ne róhte ná hú swiðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan of earme mannon ...

ge-métan

(v.)
Entry preview:

H. 239, 24-28. a phrase Gemétte hé ealle þá apostolas embe þǽre eádigan Marian ræste, Bl. H. 147, 4. to find by experience or trial Ne wæs his drohteð, þǽr swylce hé ǽr gemétte, B. 757. ' Ic eom Drihtnes þeówen . . .

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

Entry preview:

Ðæt he dó ealle hále ut salvos facĕret omnes, Ps. Th. 75, 6: 118, 126. Ðæt heó dó ðæt ðæt heó ǽr dyde that she may do that which she before did, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 35, 36. Hwæt dó we ðæt we wyrceon Godes weorc quid faciēmus ut operēmur opĕra Dei? Jn.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
Entry preview:

Þone lytlan fyrst, Cri. 1323. of qualities, conditions, &amp;c. small in extent or degree Mé þúhte þæt sár swíðe lytel oððe ealles náwiht, Solil. H. 41, 4.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
Entry preview:

In a charter Cnut greets 'ealle míne þegnas, twelfhynde and twihynde' (the twihynde man is a ceorl: cf. too, 'ealne his leódscype, twelfhynde and twybhnde,' Chart. Erl. 229, 19), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 9, 30.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

Entry preview:

Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge. Sý gehealden þæs pundmǽtan hláfes se þridda dǽl panis libera una propensa sufficiat in die ... de eadem libra tertia pars reservetur, R. Ben. 63, 14-16.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
Entry preview:

Ic þolade gódes ealles, 457, 16; Hy. 4, 84. Hé férde swá swá his forcúða fæder, and his lífes ðolode and his lǽnan ríces, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 231. Hé ( Job ) hæfde his wíf, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, ii. 30, 204. Þolade caruerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 83.

frignan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hé wæs fram him eallum frignende (frínende, v.l.) hwylc him þ úhte þeós níwe lár, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 7

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

Entry preview:

Líg eall fornam þæt hé grénes fond, Gen. 2549. Nó wé oferhygdu ánes monnes máran fundon, GD. 241. Þá fundon hié óþre flocráde, Chr. 917; P. 98, 4. Námon hí menn, and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, Chr. 1046; P. 166, 16.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
Entry preview:

Ðonne bið cynges ánfeald wergild .vi. þegna wer be Myrcna lage, ðæt is .xxx. þúsend sceatta, and ðæt bið ealles .cxx. punda. Swá mycel is ðæs wergildes on folces folcrihte be Myrcna lage, L. M. L. ; Th. i : 190, 2-7.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

Entry preview:

Tíd is ðæt ðú fére and ða ǽrendu eal biþence ófestum lǽde swá ic ðé ǽr bibeád lác tó leófre time is that thou go and think about those errands [cf. Th. 173, 24 sqq. where Guthlac speaks of his burial], with speed bring, as I before bid thee [cf.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

Entry preview:

Ðǽr he eardaþ ealne wídan feorh where he shall dwell for evermore, 14 a; Th. 27, 31; Cri. 439. He mín feorg freoðaþ he will protect my life, 36 a; Th. 116, 28; Gú. 214: Apstls. Kmbl. 116; Ap. 58.

níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

Entry preview:

Hé ne róhte heora eallra níþ, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 32. Ic hine on sette módhete, longsumne níþ, Cd. Th. 105, 22; Gen. 1757 : 47, 30; Gen. 768. Níþa gebǽded forced by feelings of hatred, Exon.