Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

Entry preview:

Ðes ys yrfenuma hic est heres, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 38 : Mk. Skt. 12, 7. Hit wǽre geþuht ðæs ðé máre gemynd ðæs fæder, ðá ðá se sunu, his yrfenuma, wæs gecíged ðæs fæder naman, Homl. Th. i. 478, 11.

Linked entry: -numa

rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding, e; f.
Entry preview:

Æmtigaþ eów tó rǽdinge vacate lectioni, hé begǽþ his rǽdinge vacuus est lectionibus, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 14. Ðæs ðe ic on rǽdinge ne mihte fullíce ásmeágan, Wulfst. 65, 22. Beó ðú ábisgad ymbe rǽdinge attende lectioni, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169,17.

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

Entry preview:

Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre cessatum a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 12. Seó monigfealdeste wól pestilentia gravis, praecipue mulieres pecudesque corripiens, 4, i; Swt. 158, 17.

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
Entry preview:

Wé sculon geleornian ðæt wé suíðe wærlíce gecópe tiid áredigen, and ðonne sió stemn gesceádwíslíce ðone múð ontýne, and eác ðá tíd gesceádwíslíce áredigen ðe sió suíge hine betýnan scyle nobis caute discendum est quatenus os discretum et congruo tempore

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

Entry preview:

Mon geseah swelce se heofen burne coelum ardere visum est, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 22. Swelce se hefon birnende wǽre, 2, 6; S. 86, 23: Chr. 1098; P. 234, 28. of that which is heated (metal, furnace, &c.) Birnendan bærnísene torrido cauterio, An.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

hreám

Entry preview:

D. 74, 4. where the cry (proclaiming, appealing, &c.) consists of articulate words On middre nihte wæs mycel hreám geworden (man hrýmde and cwæð clamor factus est, Mt. 25, 6): 'Nú cymð se brýdguma,' Angl. viii. 307, 13.

hungor

Entry preview:

Ic. personified, An. 1089: 1116 (in Dict.). lack of food in a country, a famine Wæs geworden mycel hunger (-or, R. ) facta est magna fames, Lk. 4, 25. Hunger suíðe strong fames ualida, Lk. L. 15, 14.

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

Entry preview:

Spl. 77, 14. an office, service Be reáflácum fremedum ælmyssan dón nys weldǽd miltsunge de rapinis alienis elemosinam facere non est officium miserationis Scint. 159, 16. His éðhylde weldǽde suo contentus officio 133, 3.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

Entry preview:

Se ðe brýde hæfþ, se ys brýdguma qui habet sponsam, sponsus est, Jn. Bos. 3, 29. Ðá wæs Adames brýd gáste gegearwod then Adam's bride was endued with soul, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 16; Gen. 186.

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

Entry preview:

Ðæt ilce yfel ofereode bútan geblóte pestilentia sine ullis sacrificiorum satisfactionibus sedata est Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 3. Ða geswinc ðe ofergán sculon quod transeundo laboratur Past. 52, 5; Swt. 407, 31. a. impers. with gen.

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

Entry preview:

Ealle heora snytru beóþ forglendred omnis sapientia eorum devorata est Ps. Th. 106, 26. Spræc sunu Arones snytra gemyndig Cd. Th. 148, 28; Gen. 2463. Snyttra Exon. Th. 304, 30; Fä. 78. Þurh snyttra cræft Andr. Kmbl. 1261; An. 631.

G

Entry preview:

gen. e; f. burge of a town; beorh a hill; gen. es; m. beorges of a hill; pl. beorgas hills.

ge-myndig

Entry preview:

tibi datum est (Hml.

æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
æmtian, æmtegian, æmtigean; p. ode; pp. od

To be at leisureto be vacantotiosum esse

Entry preview:

To be at leisure, to be vacant; otiosum esse Æmtigaþ and geseóþ forðan ðe ic eom God vacate et videte quoniam ego sum Deus, Ps. Spl. C. 45, 10: Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 14

Linked entries: æmtegian æmtigean

líc-þegnung

Entry preview:

Add: — Ðǽr wæs sumre tide ylding tó gefyllanne þá lícþénunge his bebyrginge (þá lícþegnunge and þá gedafenu þǽre byrgene gefyllan, v. l.) cum mcm esset temporis ad explendum debitum sepulturae, Gr. D. 84, 5. Hé é

eádig-lic

Entry preview:

Godes anweald nǽre full eádiglic ( nec beatum regimen esse videretur ), gif þá gesceafta hiora unwillum him hérden, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 18. Him se bisceop eádiglice and hálwendlice geðeaht forðbróhte, Bl. H. 205, 18. Add

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, <b>. IV.</b>
Entry preview:

Hwǽr him wǽre fultumes tó biddanne tó warienne (gewearnienne, v.l.) and tó wiðscú(f)enne swá réðum heregange ubi quaerendum esset praesidium ad enilandas uel repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. l, 25 ; Sch. 39, 18. Add

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

Entry preview:

want of concentration in the mind, to wander, be drawn hither and thither, be distracted Nán wuht nis on ús ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód, for ðæm hit gewítt suá oft fram us suá us unnytte geðohtas tó cumaþ, and æfter ǽlcum ðara tófléwþ nil in nobis est

Linked entry: te-flówan

rif

(adj.)
Grammar
rif, (?); adj.

Fierce

Entry preview:

Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

Entry preview:

Forðon ðe Godes willa is ðæt tó Columban mynstre hé má fære and lǽre Dei enim voluntatis est ut ad Columbæ monasteria magis pergat docenda, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 39.