Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wudian

(v.)
Grammar
wudian, p. ode

To cut wood

Entry preview:

Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse in ministerio cuncti populi, caedentes ligna et aquas comportantes. Jos. 9, 27. Me mæcg on sumera wudian, Anglia ix. 261, 11

Linked entries: wudere wudung

crypel

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

Gl. 473, 34) cuniculum, 2856: cuniculum, i. domunculam, 2, 113. Cripel cuniculumi. foramen, 5, 33. II. crypelas; pl. glosses cancelli :-- Ðurh crepelas per cancellos (prospexi; I looked through my casement, Prov. 7, 6), Kent. Gl. 180

dæl

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 101, 53. Dæl vel fǽrseáþ baratrum, i. terre hiatus, 125, 24. Dæl (dell, den, v. ll. ) lígum full, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Of þám hylle dún in þæt dæll; ꝥ ollung þæs dæles; ꝥ úp on þone hyll, Cht. E. 235, 2: C. D. iii. 52, 22.

fægnung

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 32, 30. Add

ge-hendnys

Entry preview:

Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

luflíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Ðá munecas hit mǽndon lufelíce ( complained in courteous terms) tó him, Chr. 1083; P. 214, 18

on-þræc

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 508, 17. Scuton hí intó ðǽm anðræcum cyle prosiliebant in medium rigoris infesti, 350, 11. Seó dene wæs weallende mid anðræcum lígum, on ánre sídan (cf. unum latus flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12), 350, 7.

hæring

(n.)
Grammar
hæring, es; m.

A herring

Entry preview:

Kmbl. iv. 172, 3

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, p. de.

to boilto torment, agitate, with violent feelings

Entry preview:

to boil (trans. ) Wyl (wel, v. l.) on wætere . . . wyl on ealdan wíne, Lchdm. i. 72, 7, 23. Wel on buteran, ii. 22, 25. Wæl, i. 374, 8.

Linked entry: a-wyllan

CRAFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRAFIAN, crafigan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To askCRAVEimploredemandsummon peterepostularein jus vocare

Entry preview:

To ask, CRAVE, implore, demand, summon; petere, postulare, in jus vocare Gif hwá wíte crafige if any one crave a fine L. C. S. 70; Th. i. 412, 24. Se man crafode hine on hundrede the man summoned him before the hundred court Lchdm. iii. 288, 4.

or-læg

(n.)
Grammar
or-læg, -leg, es; n. (?)

Fateto 'dree' one's 'weird'

Entry preview:

Fate Nó ic (Daniel) wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé ( Belshazzar) unceápunga orlæg secge, worda gerýnu I will tell thee thy fate (by explaining the writing on the wall), Cd. Th. 262, 19; Dan. 746.

Linked entries: -læg or-lege

ge-strínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed

To obtaingetacquirebegetprocreateacquīrĕregignĕreprocreāre

Entry preview:

Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 16. Se ðe bearn gestriéneþ he who begets a child, L. In. 27; Th. i. 120, 2: L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 19. Ðe hit on fruman gestríndon who first acquired it, 41; Th. i. 88, 19

hneáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hneáw, adj.

Stingy, near, niggardly

Entry preview:

Ic ðé hneáw ne wæs landes and lissa I was no niggard to thee of land and favours, Cd. 136; Th. 171, 5; Gen. 2823

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
Entry preview:

All hígen eódan tó mínum ( the bishop's ) búre on Weogorna ceastre, C.D. ii. 100, 29. Eádríc ealdorman bepǽhte hí intó his búre ( in camera sua ), Chr. 1015; P. 146, 2. a lady's chamber, bower Hé ábræc intó þám búre þár heó inne læg, Ap.

gódnes

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 368, 38. <b>IV a.

hwamm

(n.)
Grammar
hwamm, hwomm, es; m.

A corner

Entry preview:

On ðínes húses hwommum in lateribus domus tuæ, 127, 2. In hwommum worþana in angulis platearum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 5. Ofer ealle heá hwommas super omnes angulos excelsos, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 7

Linked entries: hwem hwom

líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yardcemetery

Entry preview:

Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 20: L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 372 35

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, e; f.

An ambush,

Entry preview:

S. 2; Th. i. 432, 15. The Latin version has stabilitatem observare; Leo takes sǽte = hedges, and Schmid translates 'in ordnung erhalten.'

Linked entry: sǽtere

be-gán

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-gán, pp. of be-gán

tilledcultivated

Entry preview:

tilled, cultivated On begánum landum in cultivated lands Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 6;

dænu

(n.)
Grammar
dænu, e; f.

A vale, valley convallis

Entry preview:

A vale, valley; convallis On ðisse sárgan dæne in convalle lacrymarum, Ps. Th. 83, 6