Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

Entry preview:

¶the name occurs in several Latin charters In uilla regali qui appellatur Uuiltún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 320, 15. In uico regio æt Wiltúne. iii. 278, 32. In palacio nostro quod dicitur Wiltún, ii. 15, 13. In monasterio quod dicitur Wiltún, 306, 30.

borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 50, 17

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tendersoftdelicate

Entry preview:

Mearuwe delicatus i. tenerus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 40. Gyf se líchoma mearu (MS. B. mearuw) sý if the body be tender (with sores), Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 24. Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman síe heard ðe hnesce and mearwe, L.

Linked entry: myrwa

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
Entry preview:

Take here <b>geolhstor</b> in Dict., and add Gelostr supuratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 74. Geolstor tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 2, 228. Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6.

á-meldian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Grammar á-meldian, to make known what is secret, to reveal, disclose Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest, Lch. iii. 30, 28. Ic bidde þé þaet ðú uncre sprǽce on mínum lífe nánum ne ámeldige, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 36.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
Entry preview:

Kmbl. iii. 450, 35

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulnesssatietycompletionfinishingendplēnĭtūdosătĭrĭtasconsummātio

Entry preview:

Cherubin is gereht gefyllednyss ingehydes cherubin is interpreted the fulness of the mind, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 33. On graman gefyllednysse in īra consummātiōnis, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 15.

ysope

(n.)
Grammar
ysope, hysope, an; f.: ysopo, indeclinable, or ysopon
Entry preview:

Wyll ysopon in buteran, iii. 22, 23: Ps. C. 73. Genim ysopo, Lchdm. i. 374, 18: 378, 21

asce

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 516, 31. v. axe, axse in Dict. Add

birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
Entry preview:

Srt. ii. p. 159, 21. In birhtum in splendoribus, Ps. Srt. 109, 3. Add

Linked entry: beorhtu

clerc

Grammar
clerc, cleric.
Entry preview:

Wolde ic ꝥ þá ǽðela(n) clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, Angl. viii. 301, 4. Ús þingð tó langsum ꝥ wé ealne þisne cwide on Englisc clericum geswutelion, 300, 7.

ge-wefan

Entry preview:

Add Ic wefe texo, gewefen texta, Wülck. Gl. 188, 9. literal Þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis vestis, þenne gewefen hrægel levidensis, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11, 12. Cyrtel giwefen (geuoefen, L.) ðerh alle tunica contexta per totum, Jn. R. 19, 23.

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

Entry preview:

A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]

Sorrowafflictiontribulationafflictiotribŭlātio

Entry preview:

Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

á-wunian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ic stille and swá swá deád áwunade . . . ic swígende ealle þá niht áwunade quietus et quasi mortuus permanens . . . tacitus tota nocte perduro, Bd. 5, 6;Sch. 578, 6-11. Heó ðǽr áwunode þone dægand ðá niht on hire gebede, Hml.

hyhtan

Entry preview:

In noman his þeóde hyhtað, Mt. L. R. 12, 21. On Drihtne hihtiende, Ps. L. 25, 1. to look with confidence to For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum, Ps.

fennig

(adj.)
Grammar
fennig, fenneg; adj.

FENNYmarshymuddydirtypălustrisulīgĭnōsuslŭtōsus

Entry preview:

Gif sió hond bip fennegu if the hand is dirty, Past. 13, 1; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8

festnian

(v.)

to confirmconfirmāre

Entry preview:

to confirm; confirmāre Ic Ceólréd abbud ðas úre selene mid Cristes róde tácue trymme and festnie I Ceolred abbot ratify and confirm this our gift with the sign of Christ's cross, Th. Diplm. A. D. 852; 106, 10-12

for-sóþ

(adv.)
Grammar
for-sóþ, adv.

FORSOOTHtrulycertainlycerte

Entry preview:

Ic forsóþ wát vērum nōvi. Bd. 3, 13. S. 538, 33. Saga him forsóþ dic ergo illi, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 37

from-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
from-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go away fromdepart fromdiscēdĕre

Entry preview:

To go away from, depart from; discēdĕre Gif hit eallunga fromgewite if it should altogether depart, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 35. Ne syndon me fromgewitene they have not departed from me, Cd. 63; Th. 76, 11; Gen. 1255