Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

un-geleáf

Entry preview:

Add: incredulous Þá ongan hé beón eallunga ungeleáf ꝥ hé hit wǽre ipsum hunc esse coepit omnino non credere, Gr. D. 46, 12

un-wríþan

Entry preview:

Swá þæt nánra þinga hí (the ropes) mihton beón undón and unwriðene (tólýsede, v.l.) ut dissolvi non potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 16. Add

wæl-grim

Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm.
Entry preview:

Dá earman men beóð wyrs bereáfode fram þám unrihtwísan déman þonne fram þám wælgrimmestan here ( a cruentis hostibus ), Ll. Lbmn. 475, 17. Add

eáþ-lǽre

(adj.)
Entry preview:

easily taught Ǽrest ma[n] sceal þá yldestan lǽran, ꝥ þurh hig þá gingran siððan beón þe eáðlǽran ( facilius doceantur ), Chrd. 96, 13

fæstlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Add Þá cild ... beón fæstlíce behealdene mid steórum pueri iugibus disciplinis constringantur, Chrd. 54, 21. Þreáge hine man fæstlíce seuerissime correptus, 55, 4

riht-racu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-racu, e; f.

A correct account

Entry preview:

A correct account Ðá lýfde hé ðæt hé móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace Chart. Th. 170, 4

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

Entry preview:

Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

meter-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
meter-geweorc, es; n.

Verse

Entry preview:

Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21

Linked entry: ge-weorc

práfost-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-folgoþ, es; m.
Entry preview:

Ben. 126, 5

ge-nǽtan

Entry preview:

Sáre and eallum ðám unrótnessum on þysse worulde wé beóð genǽtte, Verc. Först. 125, 11

bletsung-sealm

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung-sealm, es; m.

The Benedicite

Entry preview:

Ben. 36, 18

ge-mimorlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Ben. I. 44, 4. Add

hwilc-ness

Entry preview:

Ben. I. 16, 4: Chrd. 96, 22. For þeáwa hwylcnysse pro qualitate morum 95, 22. Add

middaneardlic

Entry preview:

Add Ealle middaneardlice ðing beóð geendode, Hml. Th. i. 538, 35. Add His mód áwrecce hé of middan-eardlicum gedwyldum. Hml. A. 53, 74

tó-flówendness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-flówendness, tó-flówenness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Diffusion, diffluence Tó þám ꝥ þurh þá tóflówendnysse (-flówen-, -flów-, v. ll. ) þæs streámes beón geþénede þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, Gr. D. 94, 21

Linked entry: -flówendness

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
Entry preview:

Ben. 135, 26. Add

þegnian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add Swylc mæssereáf and swylce béc and swylce húselfata swylce gé mid risnum eów þá befæstan þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 27

weorold-þing

Entry preview:

Add: a secular matter Hí beóð ábysgode ná ymbe godcundlice þing, ac ymbe woroldþing non diuinis, sed uanis solent instare loquelis, Chrd. 34, 12

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Menn beóð geworhte wólíce him betwýnan, swá ꝥ se fæder winð wið his ágenne sunu, and bróðor wið óþerne, Hml. S. 13, 295. Add

ymb-spenning

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-spenning, e. f.
Entry preview:

Allurement, enticement Ne beón hí ýdelgeorne . . . ne eác ðíra leahtra ymbspznninga ne begán non otio uncent non ceteris uitiorum inlecebris incumbant, Chrd. 66, 33

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.