Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

bí

(n.)

a bee ⬩ apis

Entry preview:

a bee; apis : found in the compound

Linked entry: be

borg-wed

(n.)
Grammar
borg-wed, -wedd, es; n.

Anything given in pledge, a promise ⬩ vadimonium

Entry preview:

Anything given in pledge, a promise; vadimonium

Linked entry: wedd

fneósung

Entry preview:

In bracket dele. ' Icel. . . . sneezing', and add

cyrfel

(n.)
Entry preview:

In l. 2 read sagul for stigul

frum-teám

(n.)
Grammar
frum-teám, es; m.
Entry preview:

The first teám (v. teám; in Dict.)

hirdan

Entry preview:

Take here hyrdan in Dict., and add:

Linked entry: hyrdan

hnigian

(v.)
Entry preview:

In 1. 2 after hnigie add forð

Linked entry: hnígan

mæc

(adj.)
Entry preview:

In l. 2 for mecca read mecea

mid-ness

Entry preview:

In hiora midnesse, Shrn. 36, 14. Add

scilfrung

Entry preview:

In 1. 5 l. scelfan for skelfan

slic

(adj.)
Grammar
slic, slicc.
Entry preview:

In l. 3 for slíc l. slic

á

(prep.)
Grammar
á, = on
Entry preview:

Á felda in agro, Chrd. 68, 1

á-hreddan

(v.)
Entry preview:

In 1. 5 insert Gen. before 2127

setl

Entry preview:

Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add. 2 a. a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. <b>I a.

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy

Entry preview:

Homl. ii. 191, 26

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat

Entry preview:

Ic eom frymdi tó ðé ðæt hí helsceaþan hýnan ne móton I am suppliant to thee that fiends of hell may not evil entreat it [the soul ], Byrht. Th. 137, 3; By. 180

Linked entry: hénan

el-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
el-lende, ele-lænde; adj.

Strange, foreign ⬩ extĕrus, peregrīnus

Entry preview:

In ellende in foreign land, afar, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 33: 25, 14

Linked entries: ele-lænde -lende

hring-íren

(n.)
Grammar
hring-íren, es; n.
Entry preview:

The iron rings of a coat of mail Gúþbyrne scán heard hand-locen hringíren scír song in searwum the corslet shone, hard, hand-wrought, the bright iron rings rang in their armour, Beo. Th. 650; B. 222

Linked entry: íren

ge-brosnung

Entry preview:

Add: in a physical sense Geseón forrotodnesse ł gebrosnunge videre corruptionem, Ps. L. 15, 10. in a moral sense Heó bútan gebrosnunga wæs geeácnod, and on þǽm cnihtge-beorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode, Bl. H. 3, 17

ge-cwician

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: in a physical sense Sume hé gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe hé wyl hé gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

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.