Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-frignys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frignys, -nyss, e; f.

Inquiryquestioning

Entry preview:

Augustinus responsiones ad consulta Augustini, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 44

Linked entry: ge-frygnys

ge-rímtæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rímtæl, es; n.

A number, reckoning

Entry preview:

A number, reckoning Bión on ðæm gerímtæle mid mínum bróþor to be of the number with my brother, H. R. 13, 11

sinc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-stán, es ; m.
Entry preview:

A jewel Gylden máðm, sylofren sincstán (cf. ða gyldenan stánas and ða seolfrenan, Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 144, 30), Met. 21, 21

sin-híwscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sin-híwscipe, es ; m.
Entry preview:

Bt. 21 ; Fox 74, 38

Linked entry: sin-hígscipe

stirnan

(v.)
Grammar
stirnan, (?); p. de
Entry preview:

To be severe —Gistmægen (the two angels with Lot) styrnde (stýrde? v. steóran) werode mid wíte, Cd. Th. 150, 22 ; Gen. 2495

Linked entry: styrnan

þurh-creópan

(v.)

to creep through

Entry preview:

MS.) ǽlc þyrl], Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2

þrítigoða

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítigoða, num. adj.

Thirtieth

Entry preview:

Ðý ðrittigoþan geáre, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 29

unriht-déma

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-déma, an; m.

An unjust judge

Entry preview:

An unjust judge Ða unrihtdéman, ðe démaþ ǽfre be ðám sceattum and swá wendaþ wrang tó rihte, Wulfst. 203, 25: 298, 19

weorc-wísung

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-wísung, e; f.
Entry preview:

The direction of work Bisceopes dæg-weorc . . . weorcwísung be ðam ðe hit neód sý, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 22

word-beótung

(n.)
Grammar
word-beótung, e; f.

Promisinga promise

Entry preview:

Th. 473, 14; Bo. 14

Linked entry: beótung

wiþer-talu

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-talu, e; f.

Replydefence

Entry preview:

Reply, defence Hé ðǽrrihte ádumbode, for ðan ðe æt Godes dóme ne bið nán beládung ne wiþertalu, Homl. Th. i. 530, 6

wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
wyrht, e; f.

Doingwork

Entry preview:

Doing, work Ná ðú be gewyrhtum úrum, wommum wyrhtum, woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10

blód-reád

Entry preview:

His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. His fét syndon blódreáde, E. S. viii. 477, 34. Add

byden-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
byden-fæt, es; n.
Entry preview:

A bushel, barrel Hwéne wíddre þonne bydenfæt, Bl. H. 127, 6. VI. bidenfate and þrý trogas, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38

Linked entry: biden-fæt

ge-hror

Entry preview:

Mancwealm and ádla and gehrora (-o, -hrero, v. ll.) þǽre þeóde pestilentia et exterminium gentis, Bd. I. 14; Sch. 37, 25. Add

ge-melcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-melcan, p. ge-mealc ; pp. ge-molcen
Entry preview:

To get by milking, draw milk from an animal Áþwer buteran þe sié gemolcen of ánes bleós nýtne, Lch. ii. 112, 25

geréf-mǽd

Entry preview:

Substitute: Meadowland held by a reeve v.i. aecras mǽde on ðá gerefmǽde (joining on to the reeve's meadowland ?), C. D. 53, 2

ge-brægden

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-brægden, adj.
Entry preview:

Hwǽr cóm sé þe þá gebregdnan dómas démde, Bl. H. 99, 32

Linked entry: brægden

glíw-word

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-word, es; n.
Entry preview:

A word in a song Se Wísdóm gliówordum gól (cf. ongan gliówian and geoddode, Bt. 12; F. 36, 6), Met. 7, 2

ráh-deór

Entry preview:

Add: Þá beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse, swá swá olfend and assa, hors and hrýðeru, heádeór and ráhdeór, Hex. 16, 3