Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wær-lic

Entry preview:

Add: — þurh ꝥ swýþur cunnedon þǽre Godes gife þonne hit wærlic wǽre, Gr. D. 27, 12

wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
Entry preview:

Add: — Slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

á-wácian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to make gentle, mollify, appease God áwácað tó him placat Deum, Verc. Först. 126, 6

folm

Entry preview:

Add: m. pl. folmas áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e ; f.

A saw

Entry preview:

sceal habban æcse, adsan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entries: saga saga

sceadwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceadwian, sceadewian; ode

To cover with shadow

Entry preview:

To cover with shadow scadewode (scaduaþ, Ps. Lamb.: sceadewede, Blickl. Gl.) obumbrabit, Ps. Spl. 90, 4

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feudhostility that leads to slaying

Entry preview:

Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying wælfǽhða dǽl, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

wæter-scíte

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scíte, an; f.

A towel

Entry preview:

A towel wearð bewǽfed mid ánre wæterscýtan (linteo, Jn. 13, 4),Homl. Th. ii. 242, 25

Linked entries: scíte wæter-sceát

wece-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wece-drenc, es; m.

An emetic

Entry preview:

An emetic Wecedrenc . . . sele ðæt lytlum súpan . . . óþ ðæt spíwe, Lchdm. ii. 268, 31: 170, 8

hám-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
hám-bringan, pp. -broht

To bring a wife home, marry

Entry preview:

To bring a wife home, marry Ne beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357

heáh-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-beorg, es; m.

A high mountaina high rocka high fell

Entry preview:

A high mountain ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4

Linked entry: heáh-torras

cohhetan

(v.)
Grammar
cohhetan, p. te; pp. ed

To bluster tumultuari

Entry preview:

To bluster; tumultuari ongnnnon cohhetan they began to bluster Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 20; Jud. 270

ge-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýan, p. de; pp. ed

To press; premere

Entry preview:

To press; premere Geþýþ presses them, Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303: Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 34

swippan

(v.)
Grammar
swippan, p. te

To scourge, beat, striketo smack, crack a whipto whip

Entry preview:

To scourge, beat, strike Hafaþ gyrde lange and ðone feónd swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92

Linked entries: swipian swipu

trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
trymþ, e; f.

Strengthsupport

Entry preview:

Strength, support Ealle getrymednesse ł trymðe hláfes forgnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 16

be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-byrgean

to save

Entry preview:

to save Ꝥ mihte þá gedýglian and him bebyrgean (-beorgan, v. l.), Gr. D. 109, 33

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
Entry preview:

Add: a promontory Hooh promontorium Hpt. 33, 251, 21. Hóg, III, 4. Tó ðám ; of ðám á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes ; of dǽm , vi. 100, 10.

be-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cirran, (-cerran, -cyrran, q. v. in Dict.).

to turn roundabout to go roundpass byavoidto turnpervertseduceto beguiledeceiveto get round a person

Entry preview:

Ðá se Hǽlend ðæt ongeat, ðá becierde (fugit), (-cirde v. l.) hié 33, 15. walde bicerra (praeterire) hiǽ, Mk. R. L. 6, 48. to turn, pervert, seduce Þú ne miht mé becyrran of mínum rihtan geleáfan, ne fram mínum rihthláforde, Hml.

Linked entries: be-cerran be-cyrran

hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode

To be sorrygrieverepentdo penance

Entry preview:

To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance Ðæt ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe ǽr hreówsade deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 26.

Linked entry: hrýwsian

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

Entry preview:

He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448. He his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre he shot his kinsman with a bloody arrow, 4872; B. 2440.