Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

Entry preview:

Homl. 121, 7-9. Sendon tánas miserunt sortes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 34

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Abraham geswutelode mid þǽre dǽde ꝥ man ne sceal fandian Godes ostenditur in isto ejus facto quod homo non debet tenare are Dominum, Angl. vii. 42, 404. ꝥ wé é Oferfundennessum geswutelian experimentis comprobasse, An.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

Entry preview:

Holm under heofonum, Gen. 161: 1387: Ph. 58. Hæleð under heofenum, B. 52. Ic gesié heofenas (caelos), werc fingra ðínra. Ps.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

friþ

Entry preview:

Ic mé frið wille æt Gode gegyrnan . . . mec Dryhtnes hond mundað, Gú. 228.

ge-þafian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: ge-þeafian. to permit Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt bebeódende, ac lǽrende and geðafigende hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium, Past. 397, 28. with acc. Ðone gedwolan ðe hé stiéran sceolde hé oft tó suíðe geðafað, Past. 143, 11.

ge-bétan

Entry preview:

Hé gebétte balaníða hord mid eáðméde higeþance, Ps. C. 151. Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon . . . ꝥ hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 248, 14. Hyra unlustas hí sceolan gebétan sylfwylles on þyssum lífe, Hml.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

Entry preview:

Geond wudas and feldas, Homl. Th. ii. 188, 14. Wuda silvas, Ps. Surt. 82, 15. ¶ in several instances of compounds with wudu it may be rendered by wild; Similar entries e.g. wudu-bucca, -cerfille, -hunig, -rose

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

LǼCE

(n.)
Grammar
LǼCE, es; m.

A LEECHdoctorphysiciana leech

Entry preview:

Seó cóðu ðe lǽcas hátaþ paralisin, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 29. Gelácna ðú hý forðan ðú éðest miht ealra lǽca, Hy. 1, 6; Hy. Grn. ii. 280, 6. Fram manegum lǽcum a compluribus medicis, Mk. Skt. 5, 26. Is seó geoluwe swá ðeáh swíðost lǽceon [MS.

Linked entries: lǽca léce

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

Entry preview:

Homl. 51, 10. Ðá wyrnde him mann ðera gísla, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 13. Gif hé him ryhtes wyrnde L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 19. Hí Móyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

Entry preview:

Th. i. 8, 10. to state in writing Swá holde ꝥ hié on monegum templum áwriten, ꝥ ǽlc crísten mon hæfde frið . . . and Antonius hét forbærnan ꝥ gewrit þe hit on áwriten wæs hwæt mon on geáre ágiefan sceolde, Ors. 6, 13;S. 268, 18-23.

Linked entry: wrítan

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
Entry preview:

Þǽr hé þæt wíf geseah stondan, Gen. 547: Ho. 50. Geseah hé rinca manige swefan, B. 728. Swá ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann þé gelícne steóran, An. 493.

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

Entry preview:

Mangunge drífan to follow a trade, Homl. Th. ii. 94. 34. Spæce or spræce drífan to prosecute a suit, urge a cause, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 13: L. Ælf. C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, 4: Th. Diplm. 376, 11. Wóh drífan to practise wrong, L. I.

DÓM

(n.)
Grammar
DÓM, es; m.

Doom, judgment, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law jūdĭcium, sententia, decrētum, jus, lex a ruling, governing, commandrectio, gubernātio, impĕrium might, power, dominion, majesty, glory, magnificence, honour, praise, dignity, authority potentia, potestas, majestas, glōria, splendor, honor, laus, dignĭtas, auctōrĭtas will, free will, choice, option arbitrium, optiosense, meaning, interpretationsignifĭcātio, interprĕtātio

Entry preview:

Ðæt he beáh-hordes brúcan móste selfes dóme that he might enjoy the ring-hoard of his own free will, Beo.

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

Entry preview:

Homl. Swt. 7, 30. Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne doff'd from his neck a golden ring, Beo. Th. 5611; B. 2809. Gewyrc ánne hring ymb ðone slite make a ring round the incision, L. M. 1. 45; Lchdm. i. 112, 1.

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

Entry preview:

Icel. innan-bords] gehióldon they maintained their power at home, Past. pref; Swt. 3, 7. Innabordes intus, Rtl. 2, 21. with dat Ðá hé sæt innan húse discumbente eo in domo, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

Entry preview:

Grammar nán, with other negatives Ne nán heora án nis ná læsse ðonne eall seó þrynnys and no one of them is less than all the Trinity, Homl. Th. i. 284, 1.

á-bisgian

(v.)
Entry preview:

MS.) mid hwelcum scyldum si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in aliquo delicto . Past. 158, 10. His mód bið suíðe iéðegende and suíðe ábisgad mid eorðlicramonna wordum valde inter humana verba cor defluit 169, 12.

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-frignan

(v.)
Entry preview:

(l a) to ask a question, the question given in a dependent clause :-- Se geroefa gefraign huoeðer ł gif moun Galilesca woere Pilatus interrogauit si homo Galilaeus esset, Lk. L. 23, 6. Mið him efne gefrugnon (giffrugnun, R.) huæd hit wére, Mk.

gild

Entry preview:

Add: payment, of purchase or barter Hwælc seleþ monn geld for ferh his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua? Mt.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

Entry preview:

Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum rice tó ræste, 1236. Wæs tó búre Beówulf fetod, 1310): Sigon tó slǽpe . . . þá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord, B. 1288. a residence, habitation of a great man, palace Þisse healle hornas ne byrnað, Fin. 4: 20.