Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hand-sliht

(n.)
Grammar
hand-sliht, -slyht, es; m.

A slaying with the hand

Entry preview:

A slaying with the hand Ne meahte hé ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929

hlemman

(v.)
Grammar
hlemman, p. de

To cause to sound ⬩ to clash

Entry preview:

To cause to sound, to clash Hé ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman about the prey he clashes his fierce jaws together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 363, 30; Wal. 61

Linked entry: hlimman

fracoþ-word

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ-word, -wyrde, es; n.

An abusive word ⬩ an insult ⬩ bad language

Entry preview:

An abusive word, an insult, bad language Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrdu þára nunnena fracoð-wyrda (-worda, v.l.) hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumelias enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 7

ge-stillan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Hé hrymde ðæs ðe swiðor, Hml. Th. i. 156, 19. to allay, mitigate Gestilde miligaret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 51. to assuage, abate heat Gestilde sedans (torridacum gelidis sedans incendia flabris, Aid. 146, 36), Wrt.

á-wiht

alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything

Entry preview:

Gif hé ǽfre þæs organes ówiht cúðe, Sal. 33. Heó ówiht swylces ne hýrdon, El. 571. Ymbe ówiht elles, Seef. 46. Ǽniges teónan óht ongitan, Gr. D. 35, 27.

be-sprengan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sprengan, p. de; pp. ed

To besprinkle ⬩ aspergere

Entry preview:

Besprengc hyne mid ðam wætere besprinkle him with the water, Herb. 86, 4; Lchdm. i. 190, 11

Linked entry: be-sprængan

un-þrowiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þrowiendlíc, un-þrowigendlíc; adj.

Incapable of suffering ⬩ impassible

Entry preview:

Seó Godcundnys ne mihte nán ðing þrowian, for ðan ðe heó is unðrowigendlíc, ii. 6, 30. Unðrowiendlíc, 270, 32

castel-burg

(n.)
Entry preview:

Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
Entry preview:

Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add

wamm-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm-full, adj.

Evil, guilty, criminal, flagitious

Entry preview:

Synfulra here . . . womfulra scolu, Exon. Th. 94, 5 ;Cri. 1535. Womfulle, scyld*-*wyrcende (the fallen angels), Elen. Kmbl. 1519;El. 761

heáfod

Entry preview:

On seohteres heáfod, 624, 20. head, as in bed's head, the part of a couch where a person's head would rest Sce Adrianes hand heó ásette æt hire heáfdum on hire ræste, Shrn. 59, 35.

æfter-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-cweðan, p. -cwæþ; pp. -cweden

To speak after ⬩ repeat ⬩ to answer ⬩ revoke ⬩ renounce ⬩ abjure ⬩ repetere ⬩ revocare

Entry preview:

To speak after, repeat, to answer, revoke, renounce, abjure; repetere, revocare Bebeád he ðæt him mon lengran cwidas beforan cwæde, and he symle gedéfelíce æftercwæþ he ordered longer sayings to be spoken before him, and he always repeated them properly

lác

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

battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine

Entry preview:

Heó lác weorðade ðe hire brungen wæs she honoured the gift [the nails of the cross] that was brought her, Elen. Kmbl. 2272; El. 1137. Cwæþ hé his sylfes suna syllan wolde ... Hie ða lác hraðe þégon tó þance he said he would give his own son ...

Linked entries: lácan lǽc freó-lác

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter

Entry preview:

H.] búton hé gewitnesse hæbbe let no man either buy or barter unless he have a witness, L. Eth. 1, 3; Th. i. 282, 26. Huerfa mutuari, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 42

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top

Entry preview:

On ðam seáðe ufan hé hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 9. Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

regn-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
regn-þeóf, -es; m.

An arch-thief

Entry preview:

Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538

Linked entry: þeód-

wiþ-gán

(v.)

to go against ⬩ act in opposition to ⬩ in contravention of

Entry preview:

Similar entries Cf. wiþ, II. 13 Nǽfre míne lástweardas geðrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit (a grant ) onwenden oððe ðon wiðgǽn, Chart. Th. 29, 14. v. next word

dúreras

(n.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>dur-here,</b> es; m. A folding-door Durhere sualdam, Txts. 96, 925. Durheri valvam, 104, 1053. Dureras vualbas (aulae coelestis valvas, Ald. 139, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 16

gird-weg

Entry preview:

Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg

hamela

Grammar
hamela, hamola.
Entry preview:

Take here the article under homela, and add: The Latin version of the law is: Si eum radat in contumeliam ad collificum ( = ? colobicum)

Linked entry: homela