Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

leóhtian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to give light, shine Þá sceán þǽr fǽringa leóht inn æt þám eástende . . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre, swá lange hit leóhtode, Vis. Lfc. 54. to grow light (cf. leóht; ), to dawn In þá dagunge, þá þá hit ǽrest leóhtode in ipso subsequentis lucis

cyll

Entry preview:

Kylle ascopa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 14. Cylle culleus, Germ. 399, 458. Hé teáh forð ðá cyllan (cillan, v. l.) utrem protulit, Gr. D. 250, 18. Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan

fore-meahtiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-meahtiglic, (-miht-); adj.

strenuous

Entry preview:

Very strong, strenuous Þá strangan oððe foremihtiglice strenua (the corresponding gloss in Hpt. Gl. 405, 29 is: strenua þá foremih[tigan? or -tiglican?), þá stra[n]gan ł foremihti[gan? or -glice?]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 60

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Þá þá hé barn witodlíce útan, hé ádwǽscte ꝥ hé unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

ýtera

Grammar
ýtera, <b>. II.</b>
Entry preview:

Þá þe in him sylfum ne magon oferswíðan þá lytlan and þá ýtemestan uncyste qui in semetipsis vincere parva vitia atque extrema non possunt, Gr. D. 204, 9. Add

milite

(n.)
Grammar
milite, pl.
Entry preview:

Soldiers Þá genámon hié þá milite . . . Wǽron þá milite þæs geréfan men, Nap. 45. Þá milite geworhton þyrnene coronan and setton on his heáfod (milites praesidis (þæs geroefe kempe, R. ) . . . plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput ejus,

un-lǽttu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lǽttu, f.
Entry preview:

Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr

Linked entry: -lǽttu

nunn-líf

(n.)
Entry preview:

the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16

ge-botl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-botl, es; n.
Entry preview:

A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511

Linked entry: botl

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, <b>; I 2.</b> add: gelíce ... swá as ...
Entry preview:

so Gelíce þá biscopas syndan ... swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19

hǽmere

Entry preview:

God fordémð þá dyrnan forligeras and þá unrihtan hǽmeras, Hml. A. 19, 145. Add

for-bærning

(n.)
Grammar
for-bærning, e; f.

Burning

Entry preview:

Burning, heal of inflammation Fleó hé þá mettas þá þe him forbærnunga and stiém oninnan wyrcen, Lch. ii. 226, 10

geréf-land

Entry preview:

Substitute: Land held by a reeve þa mǽde þa ge-byrað tó ðám geréflande, C. D. B. i. 544, 1

nówend

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

A skipper, mariner, sailor Þis is se heáhengel sanctus Michael and se ǽðela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida . . . sé ðe rhid heofonlicum wælum his scip gefylleð, An. Ox. 32, note. His nówent (nauta), þám wæs nama Uaracc . . . se nówent rihte ꝥ lytle scip

Linked entry: nomementa

frum-dysig

(n.)
Grammar
frum-dysig, es; n.
Entry preview:

First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26

Linked entry: dysig

Norþ-mann

Entry preview:

Add Þám wǽpenleásum menn onbugon þá Francan and þá fyrlenan Norðmenn, Hml. S. 29, 177

costere

Entry preview:

Þá ðá hé ána wæs, þá com him tó se costere, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 22: Gr. D. 100, 18. Add

swyle

Entry preview:

Add: sensation of swelling Hé onfindeb swile, and ꝥ þá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh þá ábláwunge, Lch. ii. 174, 22

wilmian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to rage Þá þá swíþlíce wédde and wilnode (wilmode ?) seó arrianisce éhtnes dum perstcutio Ariana vehementer insaniret, Gr. D. 240, 7. (?)

heáfod-cláþ

Entry preview:

Heáfodcláþ capitale, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 44. ¶ the cloth used for wrapping the head of a dead person :-- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, and þá þá gé mé wrehton, þá næs his heáfodcláþ eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add