Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-sceap

Entry preview:

Swá scríðende gesceapum (fortuitu v. wyrd-gesceap) hweorfað gleómen, Víd. 135. Dryhten scyreð and scrífeð and gesceapo healdeð (governs the destinies of men), Vy. 66 :. Gen. 2827.

cneów-wyrste

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-wyrste, pl. f.
Entry preview:

Substitute: <b>cneów-wrist</b> (-wyrst), e; f. A knee-joint

more

Grammar
more, moru.
Entry preview:

Hé leofode on wǽstene be wyrta morum lange, Hml. S. 31, 195. [v. N. E. D. more.] Add: —

swétness

Grammar
swétness, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Hí ealle þá stówe gemétton mid ambrosie þǽre wyrte swétnysse ( ambrosiae odore ) gefylde, Guth. Gr. 168, 130. Add

bridel-þwangas

(n.)
Grammar
bridel-þwangas, pl. m.

Bridle-thongsreinsfreni

Entry preview:

Bridle-thongs or reins; freni Ic wyrce bridelþwangas [MS. bridel-þwancgas] facio frenos, Coll. Monast. Wrt. 9. 9

Linked entry: brydel-þwang

ge-sundful

Entry preview:

Ðurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful, sigefæst, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 5. Gesundfullum gesǽli-nessum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 1581 : 3632 : prosperis (i. letis) successibus, 3994

niht-genga

(n.)
Grammar
niht-genga, an; m.

A creature that goes at nighta goblinevil spirit

Entry preview:

Wyrc sealf wið nihtgengan, 342, 1. Wið ælfcynne and nihtgengan and ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ, 344, 7. Gif men hwylc yfel costung weorþe oððe ælf oððe nihtgengan, 344, 16.

þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, es; m.: e; f.

A thongstrip of leather

Entry preview:

Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7

Linked entry: þweng

hymlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hymlíc, hymlic ?, es; m.
Entry preview:

Wyrc sealfe of netlan and of hemlíce, ii. 128, 7. Well hemlíc, 78, 6. ¶ in a local name :-- On hemléclége, C. D. iii. 437, 3

Linked entry: hemlic

ge-portian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-portian, p. ode; pp. od

To beat, poundcontundĕre

Entry preview:

To beat, pound; contundĕre Geporta ða wyrta tosomne pound the herbs together, Lchdm. iii. 4, 10

trinda

(n.)
Grammar
trinda, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A round lump, a ball Geóte tó trindan . . . wyrce tó trindan, Lchdm. iii. 14, 10, 13

un-wegen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wegen, adj.

Unweighed

Entry preview:

Unweighed Ðera óðera wyrta ǽlces healues penincges gewihta, and vi pipercorn unwegen, Lchdm. i. 376, 7

ge-cow

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

What is chewed, food Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit and fugles geter, Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cow

á-wirgendlic

Entry preview:

Add:to á-wyrgendlic Hí heom betwýnan áwyrgendlic (-wyrged-,v. l.) geþeaht worhton, Hml. A. 185, 133

Linked entry: á-wirgedlic

eald-riht

(n.)
Grammar
eald-riht, es; n.

An ancient rightvĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium

Entry preview:

An ancient right; vĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium He him gehét ðæt hý ealdrihta ǽlces mósten wyrðe gewunigen he promised them that they should remain possessed of each of their ancient rights, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 71; Met. 1, 36: 1, 114; Met. 1, 57.

Linked entry: eald-geriht

hreód-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hreód-bedd, es; n.

A reed-bed

Entry preview:

Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon this plant [lion-foot] is produced in dikes and reed-beds, Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13

ge-freólsian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, v.l. ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. to celebrate a festival Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml.

deófol-seócnes

Entry preview:

Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnysse, genim of þám líchoman þysse ylcan wyrte mandragore, Lch. i. 248, 3. Add

slǽp-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-drenc, es; m.
Entry preview:

A sleeping-draught Slǽpdrenc; rædic, hymlic, wermód, belone, cnuca ealle þá wyrte, dó in ealað, Lch. iii. 22, 27

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
Entry preview:

Earm bið sé þe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, hafað him wyrd geteód, Gn.