Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

Entry preview:

Metaplasmus, þæt is áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18. Áwendre transfigurati, An. Ox. 158. Tó duste áwende, Hml. Th. 1, 72, 6.

Linked entry: on-wendan

eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
eádig, eádeg; adj. [eád happiness, prosperity; ig]

Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves

Entry preview:

Óðer biþ unlǽde on eorþan, óðer biþ eádig the one is miserable on earth, the other fortunate, Salm. Kmbl. 732; Sal. 365.

Linked entries: eádeg eádga

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

Entry preview:

Fricge ic ðé, hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra I ask thee, of which of them is the condition better? Salm. Kmbl. 739; Sal. 369. Hí fricgaþ, hú . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92.

L

Entry preview:

Ger. the vowel also is a. In the Runic alphabet the character, which in name and form agrees with the Scandinavian rune ᛚ lögr, was ᛚ lagu.

milts

(n.)
Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.

mildnesskindnessfavourmercymeeknesshumilityjoy

Entry preview:

mildness, kindness, favour, mercy (most commonly with reference to the Deity) Mid ðec milds is apud te propitiatio est, Ps. Surt. 129, 4. Ðonne wurþe ús eallum Godes milts ðé gearuwre, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 5: L. C.

Linked entry: milds

nimþe

(con.)
Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.

Unlessexcept

Entry preview:

Hwá is ðæt ðé cunne, nymþe éce God, 266, 7; Sat. 18. Nis nǽnig swá snotor, nymþe God seolfa, 286, 11; Sat. 350. Ic nǽngum sceþþe nymþe bonan ánum, Exon. Th. 407, 11; Rä. 26, 3. Nabbaþ wé tó hyhte nymþe cyle and fýr, Cd. Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335.

Linked entry: nemþe

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)
Entry preview:

Th. 199, 10 ; Exod. 336. later, afterwards ; postmodum Ǽrest hí sculon ongietan ðæt hí fleón ðæt ðæt hí lufiaþ ðonne mágon hí síþ iéðelíce ongietan ðæt ðæt is tó lufianne ðæt hí ǽr flugon prius videant fugienda, quae amant, et sine difficultate postmodum

styrung

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

Seó burh Naim is gereht ýðung oððe styrung, i. 492, 1. Æfter ðæs wæteres styrunge after the troubling of the water (A. V.), Jn. Skt. 5, 4. fig. a disturbance, tumult Ðe læs tó mycel styrung ( tumultus ) wurde on ðam folce, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 5.

Linked entries: stirung styring

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

Entry preview:

MS.) búton ǽlcum gódum þeáwe ( the Latin is: Cum in eo mentem nequissimi scurrae respiceres), Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 19

wissian

(v.)
Grammar
wissian, p. ode.

to shewto shewguidedirectruledeclaremake known

Entry preview:

Rex cyning is gecweden a regendo . . ., for ðan ðe se cyning sceal mid micelum wísdóme his leóde wissian, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 18; Zup. 293, 9. Cyning sceal wissigan mid wísdóme his folce, O. E. Homl. i. 302, 28.

ge-tácnung

Entry preview:

Wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoðe tó understondenne; ac þonne wé cumað tó ðám smedman, þæt is tó ðǽre getácnunge, þonne gereordað heó úre mód, Hml. Th. i. 188, 8

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
Entry preview:

Först. 116, 10. (3 a) where the course, &c. is not given :-- Sé þe wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22. Cf. ge-tíung

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

Entry preview:

Add: a lot that is cast Hig wurpun hlotu (hlott. R.) miserunt sortes, Lk. 23, 34. Hý ásendan hlota ofer þá xii cyn Israhéla, Hml. A. 130, 456. the urn in which the lots are placed (fig.): Hlote urna, An.

in-gehygd

Entry preview:

On þám is godcundnesse wén þe manna ingehygd wát and can, 179, 26. Mé þingð ꝥ on þæs hálgan weres inngehigdum wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video inesse, Gr.

ríht

Entry preview:

</b> what is proper for a thing with regard to use or appreciation :-- Hwílum alwan æfter hire rihte him mon scæl sellan, Lch. ii. 280, 20.

self

Grammar
self, <b>A. I</b> δ.
Entry preview:

Wé magon cweþan ꝥ sé wǽre mid him sylfum þe gesǽd is on ðám godspelle ꝥ hé fæder forléte and feorr land sóhte, 106, 24. 1 γ Nú wille ic ꝥ þú sitte þé sylf on þínre cytan, Hml. S. 33, 167. <b>II a.

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

Entry preview:

Add: alms, what is given in charity Wist vel ælmesse stips, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8. Ælmesse agape, 33: eleemosyna vel agape, 28, 56. Swá swá wæter ádwǽscð fýr, swá ádwǽscð seó ælmysse synne, Hml. Th. ii. 106, 7.

á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

Entry preview:

Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12. Wylm ádreáh fervorem exegit, An. Ox. 2512.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

Entry preview:

Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde, Past. 95, 3-6. On ðæs æples pomi gewilnunge, 309, 17. Eaples, Sat. 411. Æppeles seáw, Lch. i. 350, 2. Æples, ii. 132, 11.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

Entry preview:

Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.

Linked entries: healfe half