Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

a-wurpan

(v.)

to cast away ⬩ projicere

Entry preview:

to cast away; projicere Awurp hí fram ðé projice eam abs te, Mt. Bos. 5, 30

byrian

(v.)
Grammar
byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed
Entry preview:

To bury: Ðǽr hí mon byride where they buried her, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 9

Linked entries: be-byrian byrigan

dúre-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dúre-leás, adj.

Doorless ⬩ sine jānua

Entry preview:

Doorless; sine jānua Dúreleás is ðæt hús the house is doorless, Anlct. 153, 24, col. 2

Linked entry: dúru-leás

ed-leǽnian

(v.)
Grammar
ed-leǽnian, ed-leánian; p. ode; pp. od

To reward, recompense, renew, remit ⬩ retrĭbuĕre

Entry preview:

To reward, recompense, renew, remit; retrĭbuĕre He edleǽnaþ me retrĭbuit mihi. Ps. Spl. T. 17, 26

Linked entries: eæd-leǽnian ed-leánian ge-eæd-leǽnian

éd-módian

(v.)
Grammar
éd-módian, -módigan; p. ode; pp. od

To be humble, to obey ⬩ obēdīre

Entry preview:

To be humble, to obey; obēdīre Hi édmódigaþ him obēdiunt ei. Mk. Lind. War. 1. 27

fincer

(n.)
Grammar
fincer, es; m.

A finger ⬩ digĭtus

Entry preview:

A finger; digĭtus Dó hider fincer ðínne infer digĭtum tuum huc, Jn. Rush. War. 20, 27

heorra

(n.)
Grammar
heorra, an; m.

[?] A bar ⬩ hinge[?]

Entry preview:

Hé gestrangode heorran geata ðínra confortavit seras portarum tuarum, Ps. Lamb. 147, 2

mód-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-þwǽre, adj.

Gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild

Entry preview:

Gentle, meek, mild Hé gerehþ módþwǽre on dóme diriget mansuetos in judicio, Ps. Lamb. 24, 9

ge-wardod

(part.)

seen ⬩ visus

Entry preview:

seen; visus Þat he sý gewardod fram him ut videatur ab illo, R. Ben. interl. 49

Linked entry: ge-weardian

searwung

(n.)
Grammar
searwung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Treachery, artifice, plot, snare Hé sit mid searwungum sedet in insidiis, Ps. Lamb. 9 second, 8

Linked entry: sirwung

ge-fleard

Entry preview:

Hí gímað untídǽta and druncennysse and óðra geflearda ( ceteris suis uoluptatibus dediti ), Chrd. 10, 32. Add

un-tállíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tállíce, adv.

Blamelessly ⬩ without reproach

Entry preview:

Blamelessly, without reproach Hé ealle ðæs regoles bebodu untállíce geheóld, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 26

Linked entries: tallíce un-tǽllíce

un-gerádness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerádness, e; f.

Disagreement

Entry preview:

Disagreement Gyf hyne méte, ðæt hé áwiht beran geseó, ðæt byð ungerádnes, Lchdm. iii. 170, 20

Linked entry: ge-rádness

writ-íren

(n.)
Grammar
writ-íren, es; n.

A style ⬩ an iron implement for writing

Entry preview:

A style,an iron implement for writing Hí hyne ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 30

Linked entry: writ-breód

ýþ-lida

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-lida, an; m.
Entry preview:

A wave-traverser, a ship Hé hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan, Beo. Th. 399; B. 198

ymb-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽdan, p. de
Entry preview:

To lead about Hé ymblǽdde hine circumduxit eum (Deut. 32, 10), Cant. M. ad fil. 10

be-spanan

Entry preview:

Hé wile áwendan of rihtan geleáfan and be-spanan tó his unlárum, Wlfst. 95, 15. Add

dryht-weorþ

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dryht-weorþ, adj. -weorþa, an; m. Divine; a divine, theologian [as epithet of St. John (θεολόγος)]
Entry preview:

Se drihtwurðe (Iohannes) theologe, Hy. S. 126, 14. Ióhannes se drihtwurða wrítere, Hml. S. 15, 200

for-corfian

(v.)
Grammar
for-corfian, (?)

to cut off

Entry preview:

to cut off Ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne (-ceorfedne, -corfenne, v. ll.) hæfde, Past. 198, 17

Linked entry: corfian

full-rípod

(adj.)
Grammar
full-rípod, adj.
Entry preview:

Mature Þeán hý fulrípode sýn and wel áfandode ( gravissimi et probatissimi senes ), R. Ben. 139, 9

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.