Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

heáf

Entry preview:

Wearð micel morcnung and ormǽte wóp, swá ꝥ se heáf swégde geond ealle þá ceastre . . . þá cwæð hé : 'Sege mé for hwilcum intingum þeós ceaster wunige on swá micclum heáfe and wópe,' Ap. Th. 6, 8-20: Exod. 35. Nales þæt heáfe bewindeð, ne húru wæl wépeð

líchamlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Add: physically Þe lǽs hig þone deáð on heora sáwle þolian, ðe hig líchamlíce (lícumlíce, v. l. in carfare) ðoledon, R. Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13. Maria ácende Críst líchamlíce, Hml

líf-lád

Entry preview:

Add: course of life, lifetime Þæt feórðe muneca cyn . . . ealle heora lífláde ( tota vita sua ) geond missenlice þeóda farað, R. Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away

Entry preview:

To fade, wither (Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word) Hæfð se Ælmihtiga ðæt gewrixle geset, ðe nú wunian sceal, wyrta grówan, leáf grénian, ðæt on hærfest eft hrést and wealuwaþ (cf. fealwaþ, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23), Met. 11, 58. Ðǽr

ofer-wyrcan

(v.)

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay

Entry preview:

to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat

on-þracian

(v.)
Grammar
on-þracian, (-þrácian ?); p. ode

To fear, dread

Entry preview:

To fear, dread Ic anþracige (and-, MS. F.: á-, MS. O.) vereor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Zup. 162, 1. Ic andþracige (onþracie, MS. T.) horreo, ic onginne tó onþracigenne (and-) horresco, 35; Zup. 212, 3-4. Sum déma wæs se God ne ondréd ne nánne man ne onþracude

Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.

free ⬩ exempt from jurisdiction

Entry preview:

Add: free. of persons, not in bondage Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, Cht. Th. 628, 23. Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse. Ll. Th. ii. 314, 11. of places, exempt from

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.

A shire-mote ⬩ a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire

Entry preview:

A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges. Ðǽr sǽton Æðelstán biscop and Ranig ealdorman . . . and ðǽr, wæs Bryning scírgeréfa . . . and ealle

Scot-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scot-land, es; n.

Ireland ⬩ Scotland

Entry preview:

Ireland, where the Scottas lived before migrating to the country now called Scotland On westende (of Europe) is Scotland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 27. Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceotlande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs Njál

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.

One who depends upon his own judgment ⬩ sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt

Entry preview:

One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca ealra

Linked entries: déma self

ge-éhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-éhtan, p. te.

to follow, persecute ⬩ to get by pursuit. ⬩ of conquest, to gain a country ⬩ to purchase

Entry preview:

to follow, persecute Geoehtas persequentur, Mt. L. 10, 23. Gé biðon gewoehtat ł geaehtas íuih, 23, 34. Gif mec geoehton ... íuih hiá geoehtað, Jn. L. 15, 20. Geoehtadon persequebantur, 5, 16. Geoehton persecuti sunt, Mt. L. 5, 12. Gioehtende am persecutus

stór

(n.)
Grammar
stór, es; m.

Frankincense, storax

Entry preview:

Frankincense, storax Ðes stór hoc thus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Zup. 59, 14: Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 25. Stór ðe biþ of gewringe stacten, 20, 28. Hí him geoffrodon gold and récels and myrran . . . se stór getácnode ðæt hé is sóð God, Homl. Th. i. 116, 9. Áne hand

Linked entry: stéran

lyðre

(adj.)
Grammar
lyðre, adj.

Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved

Entry preview:

Evil, wicked, base, mean, poor, sordid, vile, lewd, depraved Ðæt Godes feoh ne ætlicge and hé beó lyðre þeówa geháten that God's money be not idle, and he be called a wicked servant, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 30. Lytel is se fyrst ðyses lífes and lyðre

girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
Entry preview:

Take here in Dict., and add: to prepare, make ready for some action, set in order for a purpose Fela þǽra wæs wera and wífa þe þæt wínreced geredon, B. 994. Healf þæt blód hé dyde on geryde (or under Or could possibly geryde be a corruption of (ge)eárede

mid-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhþ, es; m. n.

Middle life or age

Entry preview:

Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25

mine

(n.)
Grammar
mine, es; m.

A minnow

Entry preview:

A minnow Myne vel ǽlepúte capito, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 75. Mynas and ǽlepútan menas et capitones, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33

mis-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
mis-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience ⬩ act of disobedience

Entry preview:

Disobedience, act of disobedience Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, and ða mishérnessa gewrecan, ðe hý wið ðé forworhtan, Wulfst. 256, 4

mold-corn

(n.)
Grammar
mold-corn, es; n.

'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' ⬩ Cockayne

Entry preview:

'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' Cockayne Moldcorn vulnetrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 8: Lchdm. iii. 18, 8

níd-þing

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þing, es; n.

A necessary thing

Entry preview:

A necessary thing Ealra neádþinga hé ( the monk) sceal hihtan and wilnigan fram his mynstres fæder (the abbot ), R. Ben. 57, 3

Normandíg

(n.)
Grammar
Normandíg, e; f.

Normandy

Entry preview:

Normandy Willelm cyng fór ofer sǽ tó Normandíg, and Eádgár cild com of Scotland tó Normandíge, Chr. 1074; Erl. 212, 3-4