Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

horu-weg

(n.)
Grammar
horu-weg, es; m.

A dirty road, a lane [?]

Entry preview:

Ðar horoweg útt sceát, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 173, 17. Horwegstige devia semita, Cot. 61, Lye

Mealdumes burh

(n.)

Malmsbury

Entry preview:

Malmsbury Aldhelme abbode æt Mealdumesbyrig, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 6. Æt Meldum, ðæt is óðrum naman Maldumes buruh geclypud, 24, Binnon Mealdelmes byrig, Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 312, col. 2

cym

Grammar
cym, come, Exon. 13a; Th. 23, 22; Cri. 372; impert.
Entry preview:

of cuman

cymen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cymen, come, Exon. 8b; Th. 5, 8; Cri. 66; pp.
Entry preview:

of cuman

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
Entry preview:

Wel on swá hátum, ii. 50, 15. with comparatives, the, singly Oft wé mágon beón suá (swǽ, Cott.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

eldra

(adj.)

elder, older ⬩ sĕnior

Entry preview:

Cot; comp. of eald

fræne

Grammar
fræne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 55, is Latin. Cf. oreae, frenae. Corp. Gl. H. 87. 259. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena
Entry preview:

is given as an English gloss to pugula

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
Entry preview:

Wild cawel wild cole; brassica silvatica, Herb. 130, 1; Lchdm. i. 240, 17. Se bráda cawel the broad colewort, cabbage, L. M. 1, 33 ; Lchdm. ii. 80, 9

Linked entry: cál

Dofere

(n.)
Grammar
Dofere, Dofre, an; f. [Hunt. Douere, Doure: Sim. Dun. Kni. Dovere: Houd. Dowere: Brom. Dover: Thorn. Dovore: Wel. dwfr water]
Entry preview:

He to Dofran gewende he went to Dover, 1048; Th. 313, 32, 34, 35, Col. 1; 315, 18, col. 1: 1052; Th. 319, 26, col. 1

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
Entry preview:

It is in Goth. qiman [pronounced kwiman = cwiman]; p. qam, pl. qemum; pp. qumans to come; venire. Goth. Ni mag qiman [kwiman = cwiman]. A. Sax. Ic ne mæg cuman I cannot come, Lk. Bos. 14, 20. cwóme

Spaldas

(n.)

a tribe name left in Spalding

Entry preview:

In a list giving the extent of territory belonging to various districts in England it is said Spalda syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20. Cf. Spaldyng, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 333, col. 2

Sceaftes-burh

(n.)

Shaftesbury

Entry preview:

See also Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 329, col. 1

cwiman

(v.)
Grammar
cwiman, to come; venire, the supposed infin. of cwom, q. v.

Linked entry: cwom

Dorn-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Dorn-sǽte, Dor-sǽte; gen. -sǽta ; dat. > -sǽtum, -sǽton, -sǽtan; pl. m. [dor = Celt. dwr, dur water; -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants: dwellers by water]

Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE ⬩ Dorsetenses, Dorsetia

Entry preview:

Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE; Dorsetenses, Dorsetia Ðý ilcan geáre gefeaht Æðelhelm wið Deniscne here mid Dornsǽtum [Dorsǽtan, Th. 118, 17, col. 2; Dorsǽton, 119, 17, col. 1; Dorsǽtum, 119, 16, col.

Linked entry: sǽta

port-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
port-strǽt, e; f.
Entry preview:

A town-road, public way In ðære portstrǽt; and swá æfter ðære strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 36, 22. Of ðære portstrǽte, 52, 20. Portstreet occurs as a proper name, vi. 323, col. 2

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
Entry preview:

Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 438, 3-4. Fóron be Temese ... be norþan Temese, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14, 20. Hí tugon hira scipuup on Temese, 895; Erl. 93, 31.

CÚ

(n.)
Grammar
CÚ, nom. acc; gen. cúe, cú, cuus, cús; dat. cý; pl. nom. acc. cý; gen. cúa, cúna; dat. cuum, cúm; f.

A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula

Entry preview:

Cúa of cows Cod. Dipl. 201; A. D. 814; Kmbl. i. 353, 28. Feówertig cúna vaccas quadraginia Gen. 32, 15; Cod. Dipl. 732; A. D. 1016-1020; Kmbl. iv. 10, 23: 949; A. D. 1649-1052; Kmbl. iv. 284, 8. On cuum in vaccis Ps. Lamb. 67, 31.

Linked entries: cuu folc-cú

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

Entry preview:

Hér com Augustinus and his geféran to Engla lande here, A. D. 597, Augustine and his companions came to England, Chr. 597; Th. 35, 41, col. 2 : 596; Th. 34, 37, col. 1 ; 35, 36, cols. 1, 2

Linked entry: Agustin

gif

(con.)
Grammar
gif, gief, gyf, gib; conj. with indic. or subj.

If ⬩ though ⬩ whether

Entry preview:

If, though, whether For ðý me þyncþ betre gif iów swǽ þyncþ therefore it seems to me better, if it seems so to you, Past. pref; Swt. 7, 6. Gif hie brecaþ his gebodscipe if they break his commandment, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 3; Gen. 434. Gif ic ǽnegum þegne þeóden-mádmas

cyt-wér

Grammar
cyt-wér, l. cyt-wer, and add: v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. p. 152,
Entry preview:

and N. E. D. kit

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.