Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

a-rád

(v.)
Grammar
a-rád, p. of a-rídan.

rode

Entry preview:

rode He út arád he rode out, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 22;

a-stód

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-stód, p. of a-standan.

stood up ⬩ insisted

Entry preview:

Bos. 23, 23 ;

anddetan

(v.)

To confess ⬩ confiteri

Entry preview:

Bos. 1, 5

ár-ing

(n.)
Grammar
ár-ing, árung, e ; f.

Honour ⬩ respect ⬩ honoratio

Entry preview:

Honour, respect; honoratio Búton áringe without honour, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 41

caru

(n.)
Entry preview:

Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1: 78, 11

dígelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígelnes, dígelnys

solitariness, recess

Entry preview:

Spl. second 9, 10: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 40

for-scruncen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scruncen, pp. of for-scrincan.

shrank up ⬩ dried up ⬩ withered

Entry preview:

Bos. ii. 20;

be-þýan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þýan, p. -þýde, -þýdde, pl. -þýddon; pp. -þýed, -þýd

To thrust ⬩ trudere

Entry preview:

To thrust; trudere Hí beþýddon they thrust, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8

be-wópen

(v.; part.)

bewailed

Entry preview:

bewailed, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41; Similar entries pp. of be-wépan

ge-swác

(v.; part.)

ceased ⬩ rested from

Entry preview:

Bos. 14, 32: Gen. 2, 3 p.of ge-swícan

be-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lácan, p. -léc, -leólc, pl. -lécon; pp. -lácen

To flow around ⬩ inclose ⬩ circumfluere

Entry preview:

To flow around, inclose; circumfluere Ýþ mec lagufæðme beleólc the wave inclosed me in its watery bosom Exon. 122 b; Th. 471, 26; Rä. 61, 7

fulluht

(n.)
Grammar
fulluht, fulwiht, fullwiht, fulwuht, es; n. [v. Grimm And. u. El. pp. 136-7]

Baptism ⬩ baptismus

Entry preview:

Bos. 3, 3

Linked entries: fulloc fullwon fulwiht fulwihðe fulwuht

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTER ⬩ melior

Entry preview:

Bos. 12, 12 Hit is betre it is a better [thing], Wyc. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6

Linked entry: betre

onga

(n.)
Grammar
onga, [should have been given under anga], an; m.

A sting

Entry preview:

Mé of bósme fareþ ǽttren onga ( an arrow ). Exon. Th. 405, 18; Rä. 24, 4

Linked entry: anga

emb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
emb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre

Entry preview:

He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had besieged them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 83, 3

Linked entry: ymb-sittan

FANN

(n.)
Grammar
FANN, e; f?

FAN, implement for winnowing grain ⬩ vannus, ventilābrum

Entry preview:

Bos. 3, 12: Lk. Bos. 3, 17

Linked entries: fan fon

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

Entry preview:

In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

ændlefen

(n.; num.)

eleven ⬩ undecim

Entry preview:

Bos. 16, 14

ǽr-ðam

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr-ðam, ǽr-ðon

before that

Entry preview:

Bos. 6, 8: Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 22; Ph. 379

a-hnescian

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

To become weak ⬩ emollire

Entry preview:

Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103, 42

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.