Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

Entry preview:

Take here hýran in Dict., and add: to perceive sound Ðý lǽs mið eárum hérað, Mt. L. 13, 15. Eáro hérrannne, 13, 9. héranne, Lk. p. 8, 15. trans, to hear a sound or that which causes sound Ne héres ðú micla wið ðec coeðas?, Mt. L. 27, 13.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
Entry preview:

To give something (acc.) to somebody (dat. ). of voluntary giving, to put. into the possession of a person, transfer ownership from one to another Ic sello Werburge ðás lond, Chart. Th. 480, 30: 481, 5. Ðæt land ic sylle eów ágenne, Ex. 6, 8.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
Entry preview:

To sing. used absolutely ; of persons, to sing, recite, relate musically or in verse Singan modulare, singe modulabor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 2, 3. Ic Gode singe gaudebo Deo, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Ic Drihtne singe cantabo Domino, 103, 31.

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
Entry preview:

Th. i. 46, 23. of persons, hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere Ðú eart stíð man homo austerus es, Lk. Skt. 19, 21, 22. Heard ł stíð durus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 24 : Past. proem. ; Swt. 23, 24.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

ge-wis

Entry preview:

Add of persons or personal attributes. certain, not having doubt Se mǽsta dǽl monna ne sécþ on him forgifen is, is gesceádwísness ( ratio), ne ne sécþ him ofer is, is englas habbaþ and wíse men, is gewis andget (intelligentia ). . . .

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, disputedistress, trouble, affliction, persecutioncrime, guilta contention at law, a suit, cause, action

Entry preview:

C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 3. Gif man óðerne sace tihte(cf. ef man hwemu saka sókea,Hel. 1522), if one man bring a suit against another L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

Entry preview:

sculon wit libban how are we to live? Cd. 38; Th. 50, 7; Gen. 805. in exclamations [see also I] la! ne gewearþ unc ánum peninge how now! was not our agreement for a penny? Th. An. 74, 20. gód is éce God quam bonus Deus, Ps.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

Entry preview:

empty hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús gif hit ýdel stent? Hit ne biþ hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

Entry preview:

Voc. 52, 55. Lybt sudum, ii. 121, 66. Stemn is geslagen lyft ... ǽlc stemn biþ geworden of ðæs múþes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múþ drýfþ út ða clypunge and seó lyft biþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 31-35.

Linked entries: lift loft

ge-wríþan

Entry preview:

Voc. i. 51, 43. to wrap up an object with a covering Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne menn, gewráð his sceancan, Hml. S. 11, 223. <b>I a.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

ge-wendan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ben. I. 76, 7) ab ipso vel ab omnibus. Cf. ge-wand for another possible meaning of gewend in this passage ), R. Ben. 68, 12. to bring to a condition Lazarum lífe gewende, Hml. S. 23, 432.

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

Entry preview:

Fox 20, 422; Met. 20, 211. Hwærfþ, 434; Met. 20, 217. Hwerfeþ, 28, 30; Met. 28, 15. Hwyrfeþ, Exon. 103 b; Th. 394, 3; . 13, 12. Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte hail whirls down from the sky, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 5.

óþ

(prep.; con.)
Entry preview:

Grn. 7, 13. marking extent, degree, so much as Nis se ðe gód, nis óþ ánum ( usque ad unum ), Ps. Spl. 13, 2: 52, 4. with acc. local, marking a point reached, to, up to, as far as Óþ eorþan endas, Deut. 28, 64: Ps. Th. 71, 8.

Linked entry: ót-

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

Entry preview:

Th. 374, 7; Seel. 122. Ic férde foldan ufan from éðle, Cd. Th. 296, 2; Sat. 496. feóllon ufon of heofonum, 20, 11; Gen. 308. Ufan cumende of heánisse oriens ex alto, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 40: Cd. Th. 248, 7; Dan. 509.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

Entry preview:

Ne wæs ungelíc wræce (ultioni) ðam ðe Chaldéas bærndon Hierusaleme weallas, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 41. God ðæt wíte wrece gesette, Cd. Th. 295, 29 ; Sat. 494.

ge-grípan

Entry preview:

Add: to lay hold of a material object, to take with the hand, grasp wǽpn gegráp mid campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine ( apprehendit eum ), Mt. R. 14, 31. Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel, Bl.

ge-leornian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject by study, thought, instruction, &c. ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27.

ge-þolian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to suffer what is evil, be subjected to. of persons Sáules his loswist geðolas animae suae detrimentum paliatur, Mt. L. 16, 26. Ðá ðe oehtnisse geðolas fore sóðfæstnisse, 5, 10. Blódes flóuing geðolade, 9, 20.

ge-dál

Entry preview:

Cf. ge-dǽlan ; <b>III, IV</b> Ne bið leófra gedál, ne láþra gesamnung, Bl. H. 65, 20. Críst leng mid him líchomlice wunian nolde . . . him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe þæt líchomlíce gedál ( that bodily parting), 135, 31.

on-drǽdan

Entry preview:

sceolde lytel sáwan, ðe him ðone wind ondréde; and eft lytel rípan, ðe him ðá wolcn ondréde, P. 285, 24. Nis ðæt andrǽdanne (ondrǽdonne, v. l.) ðǽm hirde, 105, 25. Him Rómáne þæt swíðe ondrǽdende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1. with gen.