Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

heáfod

Entry preview:

Þone arcb . . . sé þe ǽr wæs Angelcynnes heáfod and Xpendómes, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 5. Þú mé gesettest ðeódum tó heáfde constitues me in caput gentium, Ps. Th. 17, 41.

BEARO

(n.)
Grammar
BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.

A grovewoodnemuslucussilvavirgultum

Entry preview:

Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67. Bearu nemus vel lucus, Wrt. Voc. 32, 38.

druncennes

(n.)
Grammar
druncennes, druncennys, druncenys, -ness, e; f.

DRUNKENNESSebriĕtas

Entry preview:

Ða hús ða ðe on to gebiddenne geworhte wǽron syndon nú on hús gehwyrfed oferǽta and druncennesse the houses which were built to pray in are now turned into houses of gluttony and drunkenness, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13.

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINTa rocksĭlexpetra

Entry preview:

Híg cómon to ðam flinte, and Moyses ætfóran him eallum slóh mid ðære girde túwa ðone flint, and fleów sóna of ðam flinte wæter they came to the rock, and Moses struck the rock twice with his rod before them all, and immediately water flowed from (he rock

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

Entry preview:

Ða wǽron ofætes gehlædene which were laden with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 4; Gen. 461. to draw [water]; haurire To gehladanne haurire, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 15

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

ge-lufian

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

To love, esteemămāre, dilĭgĕre

Entry preview:

wǽron gelufode ămāti sunt, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 8, 11, 13, 16

Linked entry: lufian

ge-mǽne-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne-líce, adv.

Commonly, in common, generally, mutually, in turn, one amongst anothercommuniter, generaliter, invicem

Entry preview:

Þurh hí sende gemǽnelíce ða þing eall ða ðe to cyrican bigange and þénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron misit per eos generaliter universa quæ ad cultum erant ac ministerium ecclesiæ necessaria, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 8.

secg

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

Wǽron æscwýgan, secggas ymb sigecwén síðes gefýsde. Elen. Kmbl. 519 ; El. 260. Róm*-*ware, secgas sigerófe, 93 ; El. 47. Ðá ic sǽbát gesæt mid mínra secga gedriht, Beo. Th. 1271 ; B. 633

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

Entry preview:

Óþre wǽron mid stengum þurhðýde, i. 542, 28

Linked entry: þurh-þýn

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
Entry preview:

Hié þyderin wǽron gesamnode they were got together into the place, Blickl. Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de
Entry preview:

Synd ealle ðáseorðlican þing ácerrede, ðæt heó ne syndon swylce heó iu wǽron, Wlfst. 212, 1. [Add:passages from á-cerran, -cyrran in Dict.]

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

á-cwelan

Entry preview:

Ðá óðre (hors) wǽron hungre ácwolen, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25. Add

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
Entry preview:

Þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe ðǽre dýpan ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, Chr. 897; P. 91, 3. Deópan (dépan, Hpt. Gl. 492, 48) gurgitis, An. Ox. 3667. Dépan (-en, MS.) alveo, 4794.

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

eahta

Entry preview:

., þæt wǽron seofon oððe eahta, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 7. Ne wearð má þonne him eahtum, Angl. xi. 2, 39. Cf. seofon

feolan

Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
Entry preview:

Swá swýðe swá hí ǽr þám folce þæs útfæreldes wyrndon, swá micle hý wǽron geornran þæt hí him fram fulgen (that they should hasten their departure; cf. urgebant Aegyptii populum de terra exire velociter, Ex. 12, 33), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 20.

ge-deorfan

Entry preview:

Ðá hí oninnan þǽm sǽfærelde wǽron, þá gedu[r]fon (a letter is erased before the f) hí ealle and ádruncen obruta est et interfecta universa Aegypti multitude, Ors. 7; S. 38, 33.

Iudéas

Grammar
Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
Entry preview:

Wǽron Iúdan on miclum geflite, Ors. 6, 10; S. 266, 1. Ðis ys se Hælynd Iúdéa (Iúdéana, L., R.) cyning, Mt. 27, 37: Jn. 2, 13. Manega þára Iúdéa, 11, 19. Þǽra Iúdéa (Iúðéana, L.) gearcung, 19, 42. On Iúdana lond, Ors. 3, 5; S. 104, 24.

hýr

Entry preview:

Hí ealle wǽron on ðǽre hýre gelíce, Hml. A. 44, 509

ge-niman

(v.)
Entry preview:

L. 2, 6. friþ (wǽre) geniman wiþ (acc. or dat.) to make peace (a treaty) with Hé frið genam wið hié Lusitanos in deditionem recepit, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 9. Wǽre genóman foedus fecerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 25.

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

Entry preview:

Romulus and ealle Rómware óþerum folcum unweorðe wǽron, Ors. 2, 2; Swt: 66, 16. ignominious, dishonouring Mid ealre ðare unwurð[r]este scame beó hé gescænt ignominiosissima confusione subsannetur, Chart. Th. 318, 34

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ