Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ell-reordig

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-reordig, adj.

Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus

Entry preview:

Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Oðer [heretoga] wæs ðam hǽðenan réþra and grimra forðon he ellreordig wæs alter [dux] quia barbărus ĕrat, pāgāno sævior, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 21, 24: 3, 6; S. 528, 10

er-bleadd

(n.)
Grammar
er-bleadd, es; n. [er = ear an ear of corn, bleadd = blæd a blade, leaf]

A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble ⬩ stĭpŭla

Entry preview:

A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble; stĭpŭla Ðú asendest yrre ðín and hit æt hí swá swá erbleadd mīsisti īram tuam, quæ devŏrābit eos sīcut stĭpŭlam, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8

feónd-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
feónd-seóc, adj.

Fiend-sick ⬩ demoniac ⬩ dæmŏniăcus

Entry preview:

Fiend-sick, demoniac; dæmŏniăcus Ðætte seó ylce eorþe mihte to hǽle feóndseócra manna and óðra untrumnyssa ut ipsa terra ad ăbĭgendos ex obsessis corpŏrĭbus dæmŏnes grātiæ salutāris hăbēret effectum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 35

in-laðian

(v.)
Grammar
in-laðian, p. ode

To invite

Entry preview:

To invite Ðá cwæþ hé tó ðam ðe hine inlaðode dicebat ei qui se invitaverat, Lk. Skt. 14, 12. Ic wæs cuma and gé mé inlaðodon hospes eram, et collegistis me, Mt. Kmbl. 25. 35

midde-winter

(n.)
Grammar
midde-winter, es; m.

Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas

Entry preview:

Mid-winter, Christmas Ðis sceal on Sunnandæg betweox myddewintres mæssedæge and twelftan dæge, Lk. Skt. 2, 33, rubric. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter (meddewinter, MS. Bod.), Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32

Linked entry: midde-sumor

nearu-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nearu-fáh, adj.

Disastrously hostile ⬩ bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits

Entry preview:

Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317

plaster

(n.)
Grammar
plaster, es; n. (?)
Entry preview:

A plaster Tó plastre gewyrc, Lchdm. i. 272, 23 : 304, 20. Hwí ne bidst ðú ðé beþunga and plaster lífes lǽcedómes æt lífes freán cur tibi non oras placidae fomenta medelae? Dóm. L. 6, 80

Linked entry: blaster

plegere

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

A player, athlete, wrestler Nacod plegere gimnosophista (the glosser seems to have misunderstood the word, which is rendered by heáhláreów, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40-40, and by weoroldsnottor, 81, 52), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 10

Linked entry: pleg-mann

gop

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

A captive, slave[?]. Cf. geópan and Icel. hergopa; f. one taken in war, a bondwoman. Or is the word connected with geap crafty?-Þurh gopes hond, Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 5; Rä. 50, 3

ge-rǽcan

Grammar
ge-rǽcan, <b>; I 3 a.</b> add: to attain (cf.
Entry preview:

Ger. er-reichen) Ic biddo ... ðæt se monn se hígon londes unnen tó brúcanne ðá ilcan wísan léste on swǽsendum tó mínre tíde and ðá godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, C.D. i. 316, 21

ge-eácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-eácnung, e; f.

A conceiving ⬩ conception ⬩ conceptio ⬩ conceptus

Entry preview:

A conceiving, conception; conceptio, conceptus Ðæt he bodige hire geeácnunge to proclaim her [Maria] conception, Blickl. Homl. 143, 24. Ic gemenigfilde ðíne yrmþa and ðíne geeácnunga multiplicabo ærumnas tuas et conceptus tuos, Gen. 3, 16

Linked entry: geácnung

ge-scǽned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽned, -scæned[?]; part. p.

Ornamented

Entry preview:

Ornamented[?] Sweord swíðe gescǽned, Salm. Kmbl. 444; Sal. 222. Cf. on ðæm scennum scíran goldes, Beo. Th. 3392; B. 1694. Grein compares with O. H. Ger. giskeinan, and translates made bright; Kemble, again, translates sheathed

ge-lyðen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-lyðen, part. p.

Travelled

Entry preview:

Travelled Se ylca Nathan wæs swá gelyðen ðæt he hæfde gefaren fram ǽlcum lande to óðrum this Nathan was so travelled that he had gone from every land to the other, St. And. 26, 13

stalung

(n.)
Grammar
stalung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Stealing, robbery Án hirde, se wæs Veriatus háten, wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere Viriathus, homo pastoralis et latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 7

sunna

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

The sunGen. 32, 31: Ps. Th. 148, 3. Sóna eode sunna up, Sunne (-a, MS. J.), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 297, 7. Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

þornig

(adj.)
Grammar
þornig, adj. Thorny, full of thorns. v. þorn
Entry preview:

Se yrðling lufaþ ðone æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum genihtsume wæstmas ágifþ swíðor ðonne hé lufige ðone ðe ðornig næs, Homl. Th. i. 342, 8. Gehega þíne eáran mid þornigum hege, Wulfst. 246, 9

un-geþeáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþeáwe, adj.

Not in accordance with one's habits

Entry preview:

Not in accordance with one's habits Se biscop bæd ðone hálgan wer ðæt hé scolde tó gereorde fón mid him; and hé swá dyde, þeáh hit his lífe ungeþeáwe wǽre, Guthl. 17; Gdwin, 72, 27

Linked entries: ge-þeáwe ge-þýwe

ymb-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-færeld, es; n. m.
Entry preview:

A going round, circuit Fram þénuncge embefæreldes his ab officio circuitus sui, Anglia xiii. 434, 980. Hig férdon seofon síðon embe ða buruh. And on ðam seofoðan ymbfærelde ( circuitu ) . . . burston ða weallas, Jos. 6, 16

ymb-gesett

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-gesett, adj. (ptcpl.)
Entry preview:

Placed round about, neighbouring Hé ðæt ymbgesette folc (vulgus circumpositum) feor and wíde ... gýmde tó gehwyrfanne ... on his fótum gongende com tó ðám ymbgesettum túnum (ad circumpositas villas), Bd. 4, 27 ; S. 604, 2-13

ylpen-bán

(n.)
Grammar
ylpen-bán, (elpend-), es; n.
Entry preview:

Ivory Ðis ylpenbán hoc ebur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 9. Mid ylpenbáne and mid báres tuxe, Lchdm. i. 244, 8. Genim ylpenbán, 368, 19. v. elpend-bán (where these passages should be put)

Linked entries: elpen-bán elpend-bán