Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

Apollinus

(n.)
Grammar
Apollinus, gen. Apollines; m.

Apollo ⬩ Apollo

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 26, 67; Met, 26, 34. Apollines dóhtor Apollo's daughter, 26, 64; Met. 26, 32: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 12, 19

for-wirnedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-wirnedness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Hé hæfde forwyrnednesse on his líchoman ǽghweðer ge on mete ge on hrægle ge on ághwylcum þinge, Bl. H. 219, 29

Linked entry: for-wyrnednes

sticca

Entry preview:

Add Gyf þú sticcan behófige, þonne wege þú þíne hand swilce þú mid sticcan etan wile, Tech. ii. 123, 5. v. fiter-, mete-, teld-sticca

for-biódan

(v.)

to forbid

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 9, 108; Met. 9, 54

hér-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-búende, pl.

People living in this world,

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 29, 124; Met. 9, 62

gedwol-mist

(n.)
Grammar
gedwol-mist, es; m.

Mist of error ⬩ errōris năbŭla

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 22, 65; Met. 22, 33

heáh-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽ, f.

High, deep sea

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 11, 6; Met. 11, 3

cyspan

(v.)
Grammar
cyspan, p.ede; pp.ed[cosp a fetter]

To bind, fetter ⬩ compedibus constringĕre

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 26, 154; Met. 26, 77

Linked entry: ge-cyspyd

hræd-wægn

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-wægn, -wǽn, es; m.

A swift chariot

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 24, 81; Met. 24, 41

ge-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwider, adv.

Whithersoever ⬩ anywhere ⬩ everywhere ⬩ alicubi

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 25, 26; Met. 25, 13

bláte

(adv.)
Grammar
bláte, adv.

Lividly, pallidly ⬩ livide, pallide

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 8, 107; Met. 8, 54. Ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan and merestreám bláte forbærnan the fire cannot pallidly burn up earth and sea, 20, 229; Met. 20, 115

al-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
al-mægen, es; n. [eal all, mægen]

All power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ omnis vis

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 29, 6; Met. 29, 3

Linked entry: ge-mal-mægen

forþ-gebrengan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gebrengan, p. -gebrohte; pp. -gebroht

To bring forth or forward ⬩ make known ⬩ edūcĕre ⬩ proferre

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 10, 124; Met. 10, 62

hyge-snottor

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-snottor, adj.

prudent ⬩ sagacious

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 10, 14; Met. 10, 7

ge-reahte

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reahte, -reaht

related, explained, denoted, directed, ruled, reproved,

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 11, 197; Met. 11, 99; p. and pp. of ge-reccan

efn-behéfe

(adj.)
Grammar
efn-behéfe, adj. [behéfe necessary]

Equally useful or necessary ⬩ æque ūtĭlis vel necessārius

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 12, 14; Met. 12, 7

Linked entry: efen-behéfe

fior

(adv.)
Grammar
fior, adv.

Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 20, 443; Met. 20, 222

gewit-loca

(n.)
Grammar
gewit-loca, an; m.

A container of intelligence ⬩ the mind ⬩ intelligentiæ clausura ⬩ animus ⬩ mens ⬩ pectus

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 12, 52; Met. 12, 26: Exon. 123 a; Th. 473 13; Bo. 14

giómor

(adj.)
Grammar
giómor, adj.

Sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ mæstus

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 2, 6; Met. 2, 3

biþ

is, shall be ⬩ est, erit,

Entry preview:

Met. Fox 6, 11; Met. 6, 6: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182; 3rd pers, pres. and fut. of beón

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.