Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bót-leás

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 292, 4. Open þýfðe and hláfordes searwu and ábǽre morð æfter woruldlagu is bótleás þing, Wlfst. 274, 24. Substitute: Not to be expiated by the payment of bót, that cannot be compensated for by payment of bót; and add

ofer-cýðan

(v.)

to bring stronger testimony than another

Entry preview:

Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 20

cynd

(n.)
Entry preview:

Cniht weóx and þág, swá him cynde wǽron æðele from yldrum ( he inherited noble natural qualities from his parents ), Gen. 2771. v. módor-cynd. a kind; genus Sægdon ús þá bígengean þæt wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missen[l]ice cynd nǽdrena and hrifra

eafoþ

(n.)
Grammar
eafoþ, es; n.

Strength, violence, mightvis

Entry preview:

Unlǽdra eafoþ the violence of the wretched men, 59; An. 30

Linked entry: eofoþ

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
Entry preview:

great synod at Greatley, in which was the archbishop Wulfhelm, with all the noblemen and witan [and King Athelstan], L.

ge-beót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beót, es; n. [ge-, beót a threatening] .

a threateningthreatboastcommĭnātiomĭnæa promisepromissum

Entry preview:

Th. i. 568, 22.

á-heardian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Gif hwylcum men ǽdran áheardode sýn, i. 196, 5. figurative. of persons, to prove stern, inflexible þám mannum hé sceal dón synna forgifenysse þe hé gesihð þæt beóð onbryrde ðurh Godes gife, and þám hé sceal áheardian þe náne behreówsunge nabbað heora

Linked entry: heardian

ge-tríwe

Entry preview:

Þá áne þe him getriéwe wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 1. Þá þing ne sint getréwe tó habbenne ... Nú ðuacute; hié æfter þínum willan þé getréwe habban ne miht, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 15-19.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

Entry preview:

Ýdel biþ se lǽcedom ðe ne mæg ðone untruman gehǽlan, swá biþ eác ýdel seó lár ðe ne gehǽlþ ðære sáwle leahtras vain is the medicine that cannot heal the sick; so also is the doctrine vain that does not heal the sins of the soul, Homl. Th. i. 60, 11.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

Entry preview:

Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 314. Hig ne móston rúm habban ðæt hig hit on riht gebócon ( Aegyptiis nullam facere sinentibus moram ), Ex. 12, 39. Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (when the opportunity was given him) Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690.

Linked entry: rúmian

geár-wæstm

(n.)
Entry preview:

yearly fruit Þæt heó hæbbe ǽlce gére ealra geárwæstma þá þrié dǽlas, C. D. ii. 175, 25

Linked entry: wæstm

þrowet-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrowet-hád, þrowot-hád, es; m.
Entry preview:

Martyrdom Hé onféngon þá ILLIGIBLE þæs þrowethádes (martyrii) . . . underfón þone þrowothád (martyrium) Gr. D. 233, 14-20

mǽg-tudor

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-tudor, es; n.

That which is produced from the same stock

Entry preview:

That which is produced from the same stock Mǽgtuðre cognatæ, Hpt. Gl. 469, 52. Cf. magu-tudor

wyn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-beám, es; m.

A tree that causes delight,

Entry preview:

A tree that causes delight, an epithet of the cross Wuldres wynbeám, Elen. Kmbl. 1684; El. 844

spíwan

Grammar
spíwan, <b>I c.</b>
Entry preview:

Ǽr þám þe hé hyne áspíwe, and þonne hé hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Þe lǽs þú weorðe . . . tó úpáhafen . . . ne eft tó wáclice geortreówe ǽniges gódes. Met. 5, 34. Add

hál-wendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wendlíc, adj.

Salutary, healthful

Entry preview:

Him se bisceop hálwendlíce geþeaht forþbrohte the bishop proposed to them salutary counsel, Blickl. Homl. 205, 18

riht-fæderencynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-fæderencynn, es; n.

Lineal descent or descendants on the father's side

Entry preview:

Th. 481, 21

geofon

Entry preview:

Geofon ( the water that had poured from the pillar ) swaðrode, An. 1587: 1626. Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

Entry preview:

Th. i. 606, 2. Se níþfulla wer ... se gesibsuma wer the malicious man ... the man that loves peace, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 20, 22, 30. Feóndes níþfulles fácne hostis invidi dolum, Hymn. Surt. 3, 21. Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr.