Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

Entry preview:

Hér ys gódspelles angyn Hǽlendes Cristes, Godes suna initium evangelii Iesu Christi, filii Dei Mk. Bos. 1, 1. Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

spellian

(v.)
Grammar
spellian, p. ode.

To talkconversediscourseTo announceproclaimtellutteramare conterens impudentemto tell, announceto talk

Entry preview:

Man ne mót spellian ne sprǽce drífan binnan Godes cyrcan, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 69: L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, 28. Ðá se Wísdóm ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá ongan hé spellian, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 186, 34. Spelligan, 32, 1; Fox 114, 2.

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

Entry preview:

Hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó suenc-eanne se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, 361, 14. bold, impudent Bald frontuosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 29: 151, 27. Sió balde frontosa (impudentia), 85, 27

be-beorgan

to ward off somethingto guard one's self againstto save one's selfto guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something

Entry preview:

.), to guard one's self against. with dat. of person only, to save one's self Hí heom sylfum beburgon mid Godes fultume, Gr. D. 335, 24.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
Entry preview:

[Goth. anþar: O. Sax. óðar : O. Frs. other: O. H. Ger.. andar: Icel. annarr.]

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
Entry preview:

Leófgiue grét hire léuedi Godes grétinge. And ic kíðe, 268, 12. Sende se cyng ... and hét grétan ealne his leódscipe, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 5

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

Entry preview:

to descend beneath, go lower than a place Grundum ic hríne, helle underhníge, heofonas oferstíge, Exon. Th. 482, 23; Rä. 67, 6.

ge-sǽlan

Entry preview:

Th. 166, 20. the subject not expressed Hwílum us on ýðum earfoðlíce gesǽleð at times things go hard with us at sea, An. 515

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

Entry preview:

Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

Entry preview:

Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðǽre woruldsorga beféhð quem curarum secularium impedi-mentum praepedit, 401, 21.

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
Entry preview:

Uton gangan ðæt we bysmrigen him let us go that we may revile him, 2713; An. 1359

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

Entry preview:

Hí sceoldan ealle ætgædere faran and hergian they should go all together and harry. Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 3. Hé wæs heriende and feohtende fíftig wintra arma foras extulit, cruentamque vilam quinquaginta annis bellis egit, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 28, 28

stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
Entry preview:

To step, go, proceed Ic stǽppe gradior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 185, 18. Gange se wífman tó birgenne, and stǽppe ofer ða byrgene ... Ðonne heó tó hyre hláforde on reste gá, ðonne cweþe heó: 'Up ic gange, ofer ðé stæppe,' Lchdm. iii. 66, 18-26.

wadan

(v.)
Grammar
wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden

To gopassproceed.

Entry preview:

To go, pass, proceed. of actual movement, absolute Wód wíges heard,... and wið ðæs beornes stóp, Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: 139, 13; By. 253. Brimmen wódon, 140, 29; By. 295. Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273.

Linked entry: ge-wadan

in-tinga

(n.)
Grammar
in-tinga, an; m.

A causesakepleacaseoccasionmatteraffairbusiness

Entry preview:

Hé nolde syllan intingan ðám Iudéiscum ðæt hé hí forsáwe ðe Godes ǽ heóldon and ðæt hǽðene folc him tó getuge he would not give the Jews cause to complain, that he despised those who kept God's law, and drew to him the heathen people, Homl.

Linked entry: tinga

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
Entry preview:

Hit witena nán þider (cf. þǽr, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 9) ne séceþ no wise man goes thither to look for it, Met. 19, 8. Þider wǽron fúse, Cd. Th. 190, 9; Exod. 196. Hé þyder folc samnode, 230, 5; Dan. 228: Blickl. Homl. 67, 20.

Linked entry: þyder

be-gitan

Entry preview:

Oswald got him into this country, Shrn. 124, 10. Hé begeat Arues dohtor him tó wífe, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 9. Hé beget þá burg, Chr. 919; P. 100, II. Hé begeat forð mid him fela scipu, 1052; P. 178, 14. Hié him þǽr scipu begéton, 897; P. 89, 28.

be-witan

watch over

Entry preview:

S. 22, 99: 3, 61. ꝥá góde mæn þe þis land bewiston, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 27. property ꝥá (the senators) wæron simbel binnan Rómebyrg wuniende, tó þon ꝥ hié bewisten eal ꝥ licgende feoh, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.

Linked entry: be-witian

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
Entry preview:

Hé wearð him áwege he went away, got off, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 228. Hié sume inne wurdon some of them got inside, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 14. Móste ic áne tíd úte weorðan, Cd.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
Entry preview:

Ic Gode singe gaudebo Deo, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Ic Drihtne singe cantabo Domino, 103, 31. Hwæt is ðis folc ðe ðus hlúde singeþ ? Blickl. Homl. 149, 30. Ðǽr habbaþ englas eádigne dreám, sanctas singaþ, Cd. Th. 286, 20 ; Sat. 355.