Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, taleproverbium, fabula

Entry preview:

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

big-geng

(n.)

observation, worshipcultus

Entry preview:

observation, worship; cultus Biggeng [MS. biggend] cultus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18

bil-hete

(n.)
Grammar
bil-hete, bill-hete, es; m. [bil, bill ensis, hete odium]

The hate of swords

Entry preview:

The hate of swords; odium ope ensium manifestatum Æfer billhete after the hate of swords, Andr. Kmbl. 156; An. 78

bil-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
bil-swæþ, gen. -swæðes, pl. nom. -swaðu; n.

A bill or sword track

Entry preview:

A bill or sword track Bilswaðu blódige bloody sword tracks, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 27; Exod. 329

bil-wetnes

(n.)

innocence

Entry preview:

innocence, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 28

bil-wit

(adj.)

mild

Entry preview:

mild, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 4; Gen. 856

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
Entry preview:

Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott. MSS., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5;

Linked entry: be

wudu-bil

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bil, wudu-bill, es; n.

A wood-bill

Entry preview:

A wood-bill Wudubil (uuidu-) folcis, Txts. 63. 834 : falcastrum, 836: Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, i. 5. Uudubil falcastrum, ferramentum curvum a similitudine folds vocatum, 146, 82

big-leofa

Grammar
big-leofa, -leofen.

Similar entry: bí-leofa

big-leofan

Grammar
big-leofan, l. big-leofian.

Similar entry: bí-leofian

big-spæc

Entry preview:

Dele

big-swic

Similar entry: be-swíc

big-swica

Similar entry: be-swica

big-wist

Linked entry: wist

wíg-bil

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bil, wíg-bill, es; n.

A battle-bladea sword

Entry preview:

A battle-blade, a sword Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaþoswáte hildegicelum, wígbil wanian, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607

gúþ-bil

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-bil, -bill, es; n.

A war-bill, a sword

Entry preview:

A war-bill, a sword, Beo. Th. 5162; B. 2584: 1610; B. 803

hilde-bil

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-bil, -bill; es; n.

Battle-blade, sword,

Entry preview:

Battle-blade, sword, Beo. Th. 3337; B. 1666: 1118; B. 557: 3044; B. 1520: 5351; B. 2679

big-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
big-spæc, e; f.

A by-speech, deceivingsupplantatio

Entry preview:

A by-speech, deceiving; supplantatio

big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, storyparabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

Entry preview:

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story; parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio Gehýre ge ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos audite parabolam seminantis, Mt. Bos. 13, 18. Ic ahylde on bigspelle eáre mín inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

big-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
big-leofa, bí-leofa, an; m. [big, bí for, líf life, leofen living, nourishment].

Food, victuals, nourishmentcibus, victus, alimentumMoney, wagesstips, stipendium

Entry preview:

provision by which life is maintained, Food, victuals, nourishment; cibus, victus, alimentum Ðú nimst witodlíce of eallum mettum ... ðæt híg beón ǽgðer ge ðé ge him to bigleofan tolles igitur ex omnibus escis ... et erunt tam tibi quam illis in cibum