Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

Entry preview:

Kmbl. 1707; El. 855. Heofonwaru and eorðwaru, helwaru þridde, Hy. 7, 95. Ðære þriddan nama, Gen. 2, 14. On nánum heolstrum heofenan, oþþe eorþan, oþþe sǽ þriddan, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 32. Ðý þryddan dæge (ðe ðirda dæg, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21.

Linked entry: þirda

eáþ

(adv.)
Entry preview:

= Grammar eáþ, eáþe; adv. Easily, Gen. 2058: Gú. 528. íþ; cpve. More easily Þæt hé þe eáð (iéð, S. 68, 14) mihte winnan, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 6: An. 368. Þæt mæg engel þín eáð geféran, 194

fercung

(n.)
Grammar
fercung, e; f.

Provisionsfood

Entry preview:

.: ac heó hæfde gebróht on hire þínene fǽtelse hire fercunge non potero manducare ex his quae mihi praecipis tribui . . .; ex his autem quae mihi detuli manducabo, Hml. A. 110, 272

Linked entry: fercian

nytig

(n.)
Grammar
nytig, (?) usefulness (?),
Entry preview:

Cf. expedit ei, proderit ei, 72, 78?) expeditio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 69

Linked entry: here-nitig

æhte swán

(n.)
Grammar
æhte swán, es; m. [ǽht property, swán swain or herdsman: O. H. Ger. sweinn a herdsman]

A cowherdswineherdwho belongs to the property of his lordbubulcusporcarius qui in peculio domini est

Entry preview:

A cowherd, swineherd, who belongs to the property of his lord; bubulcus, porcarius qui in peculio domini est, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 22

Linked entry: swán

ágen-frigea

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-frigea, -friga, -friá, an; -frige, es; m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

Entry preview:

Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 18, 17

a-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-tendan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a intensive, tendan to tind, set on fire]

To set on firekindleinflameaccendereincendereinflammare

Entry preview:

To set on fire, kindle, inflame; accendere, incendere, inflammare Hí atendon hiora herebeácen they kindled their war-beacons, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 24, col. 1. Hí mid fýre atendan woldan they wished to set it on fire, Chr. 994; Th. 241, 32, col. 2

be-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
be-clypian, be-cleopian, be-clepian; p. ede, ode, ade; pp. ed, od, ad

To accusesummonsue at lawaccusarein judicium vocarejudicio compellere

Entry preview:

To accuse, summon, sue at law; accusare, in judicium vocare, judicio compellere Ǽr he clǽne sý ǽlcere spæce, ðe he ǽr beclyped wæs before he be clear of every suit, in which he had been previously accused, L. C. S. 28; Th. i. 392, 12 : 31; Th. i; 394

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

Entry preview:

Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his reign, at Burford, with Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, and conquered him Chr. 752; Erl. 49, 13

cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

Entry preview:

Uncúþne eard cunnian to seek for an unknown home, Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 1; Cri. 1418: Beo. Th. 2893; B. 1444 . Se cunnaþ Dryhtnes meahta he tempteth the Lord's might, Salm. Kmbl. 454; Sal. 227.

Driffeld

(n.)
Grammar
Driffeld, gen. es; dat. a , e; m. [in A. D. 1360 it was written Dyrffeld]

Great DRIFFIELD, in the East Riding of Yorkshireoppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi

Entry preview:

D. 705] Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died at Driffield, on the 19th of the kalends of January [December 14th], Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 33

feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thingFARTHINGquadrans

Entry preview:

Twegen [MS. tuoge] stycas, ðæt is feórþung penninges duo mĭnūta, quod est quadrans, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 42. Feórþungas, acc. pl. Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 21, 2

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrowa dartsăgittatēlum

Entry preview:

Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

ge-býgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgan, -bígan, -býgean, -bígean, -bégan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechreclinetwistbow downhumbleabasebring undersubduecrushflectereincurvareinflecteredeclinarereclinaretorquerehumiliareconfringere

Entry preview:

To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, recline, twist, bow down, humble, abase, bring under, subdue, crush; flectere, incurvare, inflectere, declinare, reclinare, torquere, humiliare, confringere Gebígdum cneówum flexis genibus, Bd.

Linked entries: ge-bígan ge-býgean

ge-rýne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rýne, -ríne, -réne, es; pl. nom. acc. -u, -o, -a; n.

A mystery, a sacramentmysteriumcounselmysterymysterium, sacramentum

Entry preview:

E. I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27: Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 23, 43: 497, 2, 5

ge-strod

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strod, For the two separated forms substitute: <b>ge-strod,</b> es; n.
Entry preview:

confiscation Gestrod proscriptionem (cf. fordéminge, rýpincge ǽhta proscriptionem, i. fraudationem rerum, i. possessionum, An. Ox. 3149 : in both cases Ald. 43, 19 is glossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 67. robbery, rapine Scottas ne sǽtincge ne gestrodu (-

ge-talian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-talian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ed

To tellnumberreckonconsider

Entry preview:

Miþ unrehtwísum getaled wæs cum iniquis reputatus est, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 28

Linked entries: talian ge-tellan

a-manst

art mindful ofmemor es

Entry preview:

art mindful of; memor es, Ps. Th. 8, 5

eher

(n.)

an ear of corn

Entry preview:

an ear of corn, Mk. Lind. War. 4, 28

éwes

(n.)
Grammar
éwes, a sheep's, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 6: also eówes in
Entry preview:

G, H; gen. of éwe, es; f. m

Linked entry: eówes