Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, -styllan; p. de; pp. ed [stillan to rest] .
Entry preview:

He bebeád ðæm winde ðæt he gestilde he commanded the wind to be still, Blickl. Homl. 235, 8. Ic bebeóde ðé ðæt ðú fram ðisse ungeþwǽrnysse gestille I command thee to cease from this troubling, Guthl. 8; Gdwn. 48, 17. v. trans.

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

Entry preview:

Pilatus hæfde on þreátunge óþ hiene selfne ofstong Pilatus tantis angoribus coarctatus ert, ut sua se manu transverberaverit, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258. 10.

ge-tríwe

Entry preview:

Búton hæbbe ðæs teóðingmannes gewitnysse, and sé sý wel getrýwe, Ll. Th. i. 260, 1. tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, 290, 7: 388, 16. Syxa sum ... þe getrýwe sýn, 352, 12. Nime se hláford twégen getrýwe men, 392, 26: 394, 8.

a-timbrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-timbrian, -timbran; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To erectbuildædificare

Entry preview:

To erect, build; ædificare Hét ða burh atimbrian ordered to build the city, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 65, 21; 66, 40; 67, 39 : 6, 30; Bos. 127, 34. Búr atimbran to build a bower, Exon. 108 a; Th. 411, 26; Rä. 30, 5

Linked entry: a-tymbrian

bróc-minte

(n.)
Grammar
bróc-minte, an; f: bróc-mint, e; f.
Entry preview:

Take the juice of this plant, which men call σισύμβριον, and by another name, brookmint, Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 17

hwerwe

(n.)
Grammar
hwerwe,
Entry preview:

Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]

líð-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
líð-wyrt, e; f.
Entry preview:

Ðeós wyrt ðe man ostriage and óðrum naman lýðwyrt nemneþ, Herb. 29, 1; Lchdm. i. 124, 13. Líð-wyrt, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 13. Líðwyrt ostriago, Wrt. Voc. 69, 26: eripheon, 68. 12: ostriago, ii. 65, 48

on-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bígan, p. de
Entry preview:

To cause to bend, to subdue Heó míne sáwle onbígdon incurvaverunt animam meam, Ps. Th. 56, 7. Heora módes heánesse ealle eorþcyningas onbégan mihton their loftiness of soul could make all the kings of the earth to bend, Blickl. Homl. 119, 21

Linked entry: on-býgan

wylfen

(n.)
Grammar
wylfen, wylfenn, e; f.

A she-wolf

Entry preview:

A she-wolf, literal Gif heó drinceþ wylfene meolc, Lchdm. i. 362, 13. Wylfene beluae, bestiae maris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 43. figurative Wylfen Bellona, i. furia, dea belli, mater Martis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 41. Réþre wylfenne dire parce, 140, 53

flocan

Grammar
flocan, flócan; p. fleóoc

clap

Entry preview:

To beat together, clap with the hands, as an expression of joy or grief Oft ic (a sword) wífe ábelge, wonie hyre willan: heó mé wom spreceð, flðceð hyre folmum . . .ungód gæleð, Ru. 21, 34. Flócende conplosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 14. Substitute:

ge-beógol

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beógol, ge-bugol, ge-búgol ? ( but for the vowel cf. flugol); adj.
Entry preview:

Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him ( the devil) beón gebeógole (-bug-, v. l. ), 5, 123

Linked entry: ge-bugol

geond-scínan

Entry preview:

For ðám hire twýnað hwæðer heó mæg ðe ne mæg ðisne middangeard geondscínan, Sal. K. 192, 2. Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add

mere-grot

Entry preview:

Add: material Heó hafað stánas hwíte and sinewealte swylce meregrotu (-grotan, v. l. ), Lch. i. 314, 21. Þá betstan meregrotu, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 18. figurative Þás mere*-*grota þám beforan lecgan þe þisra þinga gýman wyllað, Angl. viii. 308, 43

on-setenness

Grammar
on-setenness, <b>on-seteness, on-setness.</b>
Entry preview:

Take here Lk. L. R. II. 50 (from on-setness; in Dict.)

spellung

Entry preview:

Ðætðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten þurh ðá ýdelan spellunga, Hex. 48, 12

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishapmisadventure

Entry preview:

Mishap, misadventure sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp

sceáp-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-scearu, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Sheep-shearing Ðá fór tó his scépscere, Gen. 38, 12

un-lǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽde, adj.

Stray

Entry preview:

Ðá forstæl ða unlǽdan oxan, Chart. Th. 172, 21

Linked entry: un-lǽttu

un-lífes

(adv.)
Grammar
un-lífes, adv.

Not alive

Entry preview:

Not alive is nú unlífes, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 203

Linked entry: un-líf

druncen-wille

Entry preview:

drincð him mid ðǽm druncenwillum monnum, Past. 120, 13. Add