Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

eard-hæbbendra

Entry preview:

Dele, and see eard, 1 b

fergan

Entry preview:

Dele, Similar entries and see ferian

ge-sceáden

Entry preview:

Dele, and see ge-sceád; V

ge-þwerian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Dele, and see two preceding words

gold-geréne

(n.)
Grammar
gold-geréne, (?), gold-regne
Entry preview:

See next word

grǽg-hiwe

Grammar
grǽg-hiwe, grǽg-hǽwe.
Entry preview:

Dele, and see grǽg and hǽwe

reótan

Entry preview:

Dele for which see writian, hrútan

sóþ-secgende

(adj.)
Entry preview:

See next word, and sóþ-secgan

un-hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hetol, adj.
Entry preview:

See preceding word

Linked entry: hetol

án-seld

Entry preview:

Dele note, and see geár-gemearc

fyrst

(n.)

a threshold

Entry preview:

Dele, and see first

geafle

a fork

Entry preview:

Dele, and see geafel a fork

ǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽnig, ǽneg, áni; adj. [ǽn = án one, -ig adj. termination; ánig, g = y, Eng. any]

ANY ⬩ any one ⬩ ullus ⬩ quisquam ⬩ aliquis

Entry preview:

Ǽngum ne mæg se cræft losian the skill may not desert any one, Bt. Met. Fox IO, 71; Met. 10, 36

Linked entries: áneg ǽneg ǽngum áni énig

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
Entry preview:

The Carthaginians; Carthaginienses Wilnedon Cartaine friðes to Rómánum the Carthaginians sued for peace to the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 87, 12.

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
Entry preview:

Se bráda cawel the broad colewort, cabbage, L. M. 1, 33 ; Lchdm. ii. 80, 9

Linked entry: cál

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

Entry preview:

Gl. 114; Som. 80, 23; Wrt. Voc. 61, 4. Cyrcwerd ædituus, R. Conc. 1. Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2.

Linked entry: cyric-weard

EÓTEN

(n.)
Grammar
EÓTEN, es; m.

giant, monster, Grendel ⬩ gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel ⬩ the Jutes, Jutlanders, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in the north of Denmark ⬩ Jūtæ

Entry preview:

a giant, monster, Grendel; gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel Wæs se grimma gǽst Grendel, Caines cyn, — ðanon untydras ealle onwócon,eótenas and ylfe and orcnéas, swylce gigantas Grendel was the grim guest, the race of Cain, — whence unnatural births all sprang

Linked entry: GEÁTAS

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forth ⬩ progress ⬩ advance ⬩ processus ⬩ progressus ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ meātus ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna

Entry preview:

Se hæfþ forþgang fór Góde and fór worulde he shall have progress before God and before the world, Ælfc. T. 1, 7. [gang latrīna] a passage, drain, privy; meātus, secessus, latrīna Forþgang meātus, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 75; Wrt. Voc. 44, 57.

Linked entry: forþ-geong

for-wúndian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wúndian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To wound badly ⬩ ulcerate ⬩ grăvĭter vulnĕrāre

Entry preview:

Eall ic wæs mid strǽlum forwúndod I was all wounded with arrows, Rood Kmbl. 124; Kr. 62: Cd. 216; Th. 273, 4; Sat. 131. Se læg on his dúra swýðe forwúndod qui jăcēbat ad jānuam ejus ulcĕrĭbus plēnus, Lk. Bos. 16, 20.

gærs-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-stapa, gærstapa, an; m.

A GRASS-STEPPER ⬩ locust ⬩ lŏcusta

Entry preview:

Se byrnenda wind brohte gærstapan ventus ūrens levāvit lŏcustas, Ex. 10, 13, 19 : 10, 4

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.