Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

un-gerím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerím, adj.

Countlessnumberlessinnumerableincalculableimmense

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 494, 16. S. Anastasius, scs Basilius and ungeríme óðre, L. Ælfc. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 30: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 46, 14. Óðre ungeríme, 9, 37; Zup. 62, 5: 9, 38; Zup. 63, 8. Tó gefremminge ungerímra tácna, Homl. Th. i. 310, 17.

citel

(n.)
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 102, 40: caldaria, 103, 21: enum, 107, 24. Cetel caldaria, 127, 53. Citel, 13, 53: cacabum, 7: enum, 29, 35. Lytel cytel lebes, 54, 18. Olla aenea cytel; sed ideo additus aenea quia est et olla fictilis, id est crocca, 65, 36.

Linked entry: cytel

efen-micel

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Gif hé mára sy . . . gif hé emmicel sý þám þe hé ǽr gedranc, Lch. ii. 286, 24. subst. Genim þysse wyrte seáw, and eles efenmycel, Lch. i. 312, 3. Gemeng wið huniges emmicel, 26, 11.

gefá

Entry preview:

Add: in a general sense, a foe Sé ðe wæs cyrican éhtere ..., þonne onscunode heó hine swylce hé wǽre hire gefá, Wlfst. 237, 27. in a legal sense, one who is party to a blood-feud as pursuer Gif þeów wealh Engliscne monnan ofslihð ... héden his þá gefán

tó-sceád

Entry preview:

Lfc. 83. of difference in non-material objects Swá micel tósceád is betwuh dǽre beðóhtan synne ... and ðǽre ðe mon fǽrlíce ðurhtiéhð, Past. 435, 4

wéman

(v.)
Grammar
wéman, p. de

To allureattractpersuadeentice

Entry preview:

Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman(wenian?q. v.) mid wynnum Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. in a bad sense Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ Homl. Th. ii. 288, 24.

Linked entry: wǽman

hand-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seten, e: f.

The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual

Entry preview:

Kmbl. ii. 304, 11: 14: 89, 11. Mé saldan heora hondsetene ðisse gerǽdnesse they put their hands to this agreement, 100, 29. Hér is seó hondseten. Ego Óswald archiepiscopus, etc. here are the signatures. I Oswald archbishop, etc., iii. 260, 13.

ge-winnan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Dele in Dict. first two passages under <b>I,</b> and the fourth under (v. IV. below), and add: intrans. To strive, contend, fight Gewon conflixit, i. certavit, Wrt.

gifan

Entry preview:

&#39; Ðá andswarode ic : &#39; Nát ic nánwuht. . . þe swelc gifan mæge &#39; 33. 3; F. 126, 23. to allow to have, not to withhold, to release Is giwuna iów ꝥte énne ic gefe ł forléte ( dimittam) iów in eóstro, wallad gé forðon ꝥ ic gefe (

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

Entry preview:

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave Ic wéde saeuio and insanio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Furo ic wéde macaþ insaniui of insanio ic wéde, 33 ; Zup. 203, 9. Ic wéde grasso. Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 44. Wétt saeuit, Wülck. Gl. 255, 16.

Linked entry: a-wédan

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

Entry preview:

Th. i. 318, 19. Wíf ꝥ bið be (vivente viro), ánum were ii. 158, 5.

streám

(n.)
Grammar
streám, es; m.
Entry preview:

A stream, current, flowing water; in the plural used of the sea in poetry Streám vel wǽto irriguum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 9. Streám fluens, ii. 149, 68: alveus, i. 54, 26. Streám, streúm rema, reuma, Txts. 92, 855.

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

Entry preview:

Th. i. 88, 30.

lád

Entry preview:

Aeclesiastici census, id est duos modios de mundo grano, ii. 386, 30.

heals-fang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-fang, es; n.

'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'embracingto embrace

Entry preview:

G. 13; Th. i. 174, 23-7: L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 20: L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 11; L. C. S. 37: Th. i. 398, 13: 45; Th. i. 402, 14: 61; Th. i. 408, 19: L. C. F.14; Th. i. 428, 7: L. H. 11, 7, 10; Th. i. 521, 5, 10: 76, 6; Th. i. 582, 4.

Linked entries: and-fang fang

ge-segnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-segnian, -sénian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [segnian, sénian to sign]

To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, blesscrŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre

Entry preview:

His wuduwan ic wordum bletsige and gesegnade vĭdŭam ejus bĕnĕdīcens bĕnĕdīcam, Ps. Th. 131, 16. Gesénige hine let him sign himself, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16. Gif heó gesegnod biþ if it hath been blessed, Salm. Kmbl. 812; Sal. 405.

Linked entries: segnian ge-sénian

bóc-lic

Entry preview:

Th. i. 436, 12. Add

Dryhten-lic

Entry preview:

Th. i. 132, 29. Ꝥ húsel ... þone drihtenlican hláf, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 6. Þa drihtenlican þénunge the Lord's supper, Hml. A. 151, 11

ge-férrǽden

Entry preview:

D. iv. 171, 28. Geférrǽdene, inhíréde clientela, An. Ox. 2809. <b>II a.</b> of animals :-- Ðá fuglas ðe ánes cynnes beóð seldon willad forlǽtan hiera geférrædenne (sese deserunt ), Past. 349, 22

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 41, 36. Plegan gestum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 10. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega