Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

frécednes

(n.)
Grammar
frécednes, -ness, -nyss, frǽcednys, -nyss, e; f.

Dangerperilhazardperīcŭlumdiscrīmen

Entry preview:

Danger, peril, hazard; perīcŭlum, discrīmen Ne ða tobeótiendan frécednesse ðam eágan mennisc hand gehǽlan mihte human hand could not save the eye from the threatening danger, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 23. Ahred fram frécednysse saved from peril, Homl. Th. ii

Linked entry: frǽcednys

gladian

(v.)
Grammar
gladian, p. ode.

to be gladexultareto make glad

Entry preview:

to be glad; exultare Ða gladia worhtest quos lætari fecisti, Rtl. 94, 15. Ða ðe gedréfaþ me gladiaþ qui tribulant me exultabunt, Ps. Lamb. 12, 5. Abraham gladade ł glæd wæs Abraham gavisus, est; Wick. Abraham gladide. Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 56. Glada and

ge-fremian

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

To finisheffectbring to passaccomplishcommiteffĭcĕreperfĭcĕrepatrārecommittĕre

Entry preview:

To finish, effect, bring to pass, accomplish, commit; effĭcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, committĕre Se gefremode fét [MS. fót] míne swá swá heortes qui perfēcit pĕdes meos tanquam cervōrum, Ps. Spl. 17, 35. Ðe he gefremode quod patrārat, Gen. 2, 2 : Jos.

geómrung

(n.)
Grammar
geómrung, geómerung, e; f.

A groaning, moaning, lamentationgĕmĭtus, lāmentum

Entry preview:

A groaning, moaning, lamentation; gĕmĭtus, lāmentum Brytta geómerung gĕmĭtus Brittanōrum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42. Fram geómrunga heortan mínre a gĕmĭtu cordis mei, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. On geómerunga mínre in gĕmĭtu meo, 6, 6: Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 14. Hí getácniaþ

Linked entries: gémerung geómerung

ge-miclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miclian, -myclian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
Entry preview:

To enlarge, magnify, extol, glorify Se Mǽða ríce swíðe gemiclade who greatly enlarged the kingdom of the Medes, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 28: Ps. Th. 147, 3. Se ðe reorda gehwæs ryne gemiclaþ he who enlargeth the course of every speech, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4,

Linked entry: micelian

ge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niht, -nyht, es; n: e; f.

Abundance, fulness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertascopia, abundantia

Entry preview:

Abundance, fulness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas Wénst ðú ðæt se ánweald and ðæt geniht seó to forseónne thinkest thou that power and abundance are to be despised? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 22, 24, 26. Hý beóþ oferdrencte on ðære genihte ðínes húses inebriābuntur

Linked entry: ge-nyht

læs

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
læs, l. lǽs, and in last citation þinga for þing,
Entry preview:

and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan

sceacan

Entry preview:

1. Add Hý mé underféngon ǽr ðám ic sceóc (the first c is written over e; but cf. Angl. xii. 511, 26 which has sceóc) fram ðé tó hym isti me quando a te fugiebam acceperunt alienum, Solil. H. 12, 9. add: to brandish Sceóc uibrabat (macheram), An. Ox.

ófostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ófostlíce, adv.

Hastily, speedily, in haste

Entry preview:

Hastily, speedily, in haste Hé stóp ófostlíce tó-foran ðam biscope and feól tó his fótum festinus accedens ante pedes episcopi conruit Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc-an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316. Gewít ðú ófestlíce féran, 172, 24

smeá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
smeá-líc, adj.

searching, penetratingthat goes to the root heart of a matter, profoundexquisite, choice

Entry preview:

searching, penetrating (of inquiry, trial, etc.) Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wǽges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire

FEOR

(adv.)
Grammar
FEOR, feorrv, fior; comp. fyrr, fyr, fier; sup. fyrrest; adv.

FARat a distanceprŏcullongebeyondmoreoverultraporro

Entry preview:

FAR, at a distance; prŏcul, longe Ðá wǽron ðás wundru feor and wíde gemǽrsode and gecýðed quĭbus pătĕfactis ac diffāmātis longe lāteque mīrācŭlis, Bd. 3, l0; S. 535, 2: 3, 16; S. 542, 16. Hyra heorte is feor [feorr, Mt. Bos. 15, 8] fram me cor eōrum

Linked entries: feorr fior

and-fenga

(n.)
Grammar
and-fenga, -fengea, -fencgea, [ond-], an; m.

A receiverundertakerdefendersusceptor

Entry preview:

A receiver, undertaker, defender; susceptor Is andfenga Drihten sáwle mínre Dominus susceptor est aninæ meæ, Ps. Th. 53, 4: 118, 114. Ðú me, God, eart and-fengea tu, Deus, susceptor meus es, 58, 18: 143, 2. Andfencgea, 58, 9

Linked entries: an-fenga -fenga

wiþ-settan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-settan, p. te

To opposeresist

Entry preview:

To oppose, resist Sende hé him fultum þurh sumne déman, ðe wiðsette heora feóndum, and hí álísde of heora yrmðe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 25. Fram ansýne árleásra ða ðe mé geswenctun ł wiðsettun (afflixerunt), Ps. Lamb. 16, 9

wiþer-broca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-broca, an; m.

An adversary

Entry preview:

An adversary Wiðyrbroca adversarius, Ps. Spl. C. 73, 11. Forhtiaþ wiðerbrocan (adversarii ) his, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 36: 187, 25. Wiðerbrocum adversariis, 194, 37. Ðú slóge alle wiðerbrocan mé tu percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Surt. 3, 8

Linked entry: broca

wróht-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-smiþ, es; m.

A worker of crimea criminal

Entry preview:

A worker of crime, a criminal Wróh-smiðas (evil spirits), Exon. Th. 156, 19; Gú. 877. Ðæt ðú mé ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum, werigum wróhlsmiðum (the cannibal Mermedonians),on ðone wyrrestan deáð ofer eorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 171 ; An. 86

brægd

(n.)

fraud

Entry preview:

fraud. Bréd astus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 68: 5, 62. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde, C. D. ii. 58, 26. Ne beó nǽnig man bregda tó full, Bl. H. 109, 29. Hý æt mé leornedan leáse bregdas, Wlfst. 255, 15. Add

min-dóm

(n.)
Entry preview:

The passage from Ps. Th. 54, 7 is Ic bíde þæs beornes þe mé bóte eft mindóm and mægenes hreóh The last line is too short, perhaps it might be completed by writing mínne after mindóm ? But see min

ord-stapu

(n.)
Grammar
ord-stapu, gen. -stæpe; f.

A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point

Entry preview:

A step of a pointed instrument, the prick or wound made by a sharp point Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan; ic nǽfre meldade monna ǽngum, gif mé ordstæpe egle wǽron, Exon. Th. 485, 19; Rä. 71. 16

here-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
here-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A military ensign, standarda beaconlighthouse

Entry preview:

A military ensign, standard; also a beacon, lighthouse Herebeácn farus: upstandende herebeácn pira, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 93, 90; Wrt. Voc. 41, 45, 43. Herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon cum signis et vexillis, Nar. 7, 16

un-swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swéte, adj.

Unsweetbittersouroffensivefetid

Entry preview:

Unsweet, of taste, bitter, sour Hí mé geblendon bittre tósomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan, Exon. Th. 88, 12; Cri. 1439. of smell, offensive, fetid Ðonne ne biþ se þost tó unswéte tó gestincanne, Lchdm, ii. 48, 14