Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

Entry preview:

God geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 11. Þurhsyhþ. Met. 30, 16.

lustbǽr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-ness, e; f.

Desirepleasurepleasantness

Entry preview:

náne lustbǽrnisse nabbaþ tó sécanne they have no desire to seek them, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 23. Lustbǽrnesse nimþ cupidinem contrahat, L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 202, 4: Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 72

starian

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

stóden æt ðæra dura stariende on ðæt leóht, 3, 133

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

Entry preview:

Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit óð hit hleówe tó wylme, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 14. On welme weorðan fervere, Past. 5, 8; Swt. 447, 9. inflammation Se wielm ðæs innoðes út abiersð and wierð tó sceabbe, Past. II; Swt. 71, 9.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

sweostor

(n.)
Grammar
sweostor, swistor, swystor, swustor (-er, -ur); indecl. in sing.; pl. sweostor, sweostra, sweostru (u, y); f.
Entry preview:

Se wæs his sweostor sunu, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 16. Sweoster sunu, 2, 3; S. 504, 20. Swuster sunu, Byrht. Th. 135, 8; By. 115. Ðæt ðú gesecge sweostor mínre, Exon. Th. 172, 32; Gú. 1152. Óþer him sylfum, óþer his sweoster, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 13: Homl.

orf

(n.)
Grammar
orf, es; n.

Cattle, live stock

Entry preview:

námon eall ðet orf ðe mihton tó cuman, ðæt wæs fela þúsend, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 5. Drífaþ hider eówre orf adducite pecora vestra, Gen. 47, 16

hǽre

Entry preview:

mid hǽran gescrýddon tó líce they wore sackcloth next their skin, Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207. Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf, 109, 228. sackcloth used to lie on Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra, Hml.

DRENCAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRENCAN, part. drencende; p. ic, he drencte, ðú drenctest, pl. drencton; pp.drenced ; v. a.

DRENCH, make drunkpotum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre to drown submergĕre

Entry preview:

On þurste mínum drencton me mid ecede in siti mea potavērunt me acēto, 68, 26. Drencende inebrians, 64, 11.

Linked entry: dryncan

nirwan

(v.)
Grammar
nirwan, nirwian; p. de, ode

To constrainrepressblamethreaten

Entry preview:

fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon and mé nyrwdon and mé tóbeótodan ðæt mé mid ðám gegrípon woldon forcipibus igneis quos tenebant in manibus, minitabantur me comprehendere, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 43.

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
Entry preview:

( acc.) ne gesáwon sundbúende (cf. (the people of the golden age) hió (acc. ) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13. Ðæs ðe ǽfre sundbúend ( men ) secgan hýrdon, Exon. Th. 5, 22; Cri. 73. Ðæt ásecgan sundbúendum, 14, 19; Cri. 221

cunnung

Entry preview:

D. 319, 12. trial, proof, experiment, experience; experimentum For þǽre cunnunge ( experimento ) þǽra twégra geþeóda gelýfdon him, Gr. D. 300, 26.

be-streówian

(v.)

be-sprinkle

Entry preview:

To cover by sprinkling, be-sprinkle Hé scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreówode, Hml. S. 31, 445. mid axum sylfe bestreówodon, 12, 35. On flóre licgende, be*-*streówod mid axum, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 30.

bróþor

Entry preview:

Add: of blood-relationship His bróður (-or, v. l. ) lác, Past. 235, 3. For Amilcores láre, Hannibales bróðor (bréðer, v. l. ), Ors. 4, 11; S. 204, 11. Tó his bréðer, Past. 235, 7. ꝥ his broðor nime his wíf and his bróðor (broeðre.

ge-bringan

Entry preview:

S. 23, 363. where the object is inanimate Hé his sylfes þǽr bán gebringeð, Ph. 283: 271. <b>I a.</b> where the point reached is given by an abstract noun :-- Hú hé ꝥ Hú mihton hine tó deáþe gebringan, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

Entry preview:

Ðá andswaredon ealle ðæt nǽnigne incan tó him wiston then he asked them, whether they all were peaceably and kindly disposed to him without any cause of complaint.

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

Entry preview:

Tó wunde clǽnsunge ... smire ða wunde mid, ðonne fullaþ hió ... Wiþ innanwunde, Lchdm. ii. 90, 23-92, 21. Wæs se cyning gehǽled fram ðære wunde ðe him ǽr gedón wæs (a vulnere sibi pridem inflicto), Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 1.

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedomimmunityprivilegelībertasimmūnĭtasprivĭlēgiuma time of freedoma holy dayfeastfestivalthe celebration of a festivalfestumfesti celebratio

Entry preview:

Gif man his mæn an wiofode freóls gefe, se síe folcfrý if any one give freedom to his man at the altar, let him be folk-free, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 15: Cod. Dipl. 925; Kmbl. iv. 263, 27.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

flýman

(v.)
Grammar
flýman, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to fleeput to flightroutbanishfŭgāre

Entry preview:

mec sóna flýmaþ they soon put me to flight, 105a; Th. 398, 12; Rä. 17, 6. Hie God flýmde God routed them, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 24; Gen. 2115

Linked entries: flǽman ge-flýman

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
Entry preview:

To hurt, injure Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde, ðæt hé tó sacerdan heáfod áhylde, . . . and hrædlíce siððan scyrde oððe scynde mid worde oððe weorce, L. , Eth. vii. 27 ; Th. i. 334, 35.

ge-árweorþian

(v.)
Entry preview:

God geárwurðað tóforan óðrum mannum on þám écan wurðmynte, Hml. A. 22, 192. Giárwyrðigeð ( honorificabit ) ðec sáwel mín, Rtl. 1, 5. Seó hálige Maria mid hire geneósunge hine geárwurðode, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 18.