Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

cycene

(n.)
Grammar
cycene, an.
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 83, 29: Hpt. Gl. 494, 56. Cicene, An. Ox. 3755. Fram cycene de culina, 56, 76. Tó kicenan, Hml. S. 12, 60. In þá cycenan, Gr. D. 123, 25

cuma

Entry preview:

Th. i. 248, 14. Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35. Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo non estis hospites et advenae, Rtl. 82, 30. Add

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
Entry preview:

Voc. i. 288, 35-37. Cylle lancona, ii. 52, 3. Cylle, brond calbrum, 127, 70. Stód se leóma him of swylce fýren cylle ongeán norðdǽl portabant facem ignis contra Aquilonem, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 687, 22.

fleardian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An. Ox. 1218. Substitute:

Linked entry: fleardere

godspellere

Entry preview:

Féwer godspelleras, ðára endebrednis ðes is: Matthaeus, Marcus, Lucas, Ióhannes, Mt. p. 2, 14. Feówer godspellara naman, Lch. ii. 140, 17. Þá lára þára feówer godspellera, Bl. H. 35, 11

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
Entry preview:

I. 93, 3. Cf. heáfod-bolster

scóh

Entry preview:

Þára sceóna tácen is þæt þú sette þínne scetefinger uppon þíune fót, Tech. ii. 126, 13. Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslupan . . se deófol him hýrde þá scós of tó dónne, Gr. D. 221, 22-25.

seolh

Grammar
seolh, gen. seóles.
Entry preview:

Þæs nama is Seólesíg (Sýleseá, v. l.) quod dicitur Latine insula uituli marini, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 521, 10.

sibling

Entry preview:

Gefeoht betwux siblingum bellum plusquam civile . . . þæt feórðe gefeoht þe betwux freóndum bið is swíde earmlic, Hml. S. 25, 707. Seó éhtnnys bið ealra biterost þe bið fram siblingum, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28.

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

Entry preview:

One that lies in wait, one that waylays. a robber; latro Þeáf and séttere fur et latro, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 1.

Linked entry: sétere

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavensthe sky

Entry preview:

Ðú geworhtest eorþan frætwe and upheofen; ðæt is heáh geweorc handa ðínra terram tu fundasti; et opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Eorðan ic bidde and upheofon, Lchdm. i. 400, 3: Exon. Th. 60, 12; Cri. 968: Andr. Kmbl. 1596; An. 799.

Linked entry: up-rodor

fylst

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

Th. i. 248, 3. Mid biscopes filste, ii. 290, 3. Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18. Begím þú mé tó fylste in adjutorium meum intende, R. Ben. 60, 5. Þurh Godes fylst oferwinnan, Hml. S. 16, 378

hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 220, 6. Mid ðære réðan ehtnysse hatunge with the hate of fierce persecution, i. 84, 12. Ða unrihtwísan ic hæfde on hatunge iniquos odio habui, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé beóþ on hatunge eallum mannum eritis odio omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 22.

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

Entry preview:

Th. i. 104, 7. Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word, 202, 29. to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise Seó sǽ oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27.

spearwa

(n.)
Grammar
spearwa, an; m.

A sparrow

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 35, 22: passer, i. 77, 29 : 281, 27: Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 17: Ps. Spl. 83, 3. Spearewa, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 7. Spearuwa, Ps. Th. 10, arg. : 83, 3. Speara, Ps. Surt. 83, 4. Ðá geseah heó spearwan nest, Homl. As. 120, 116.

Linked entry: spear-lira

ge-þrǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstan, p. -þrǽste; pp. -þrǽst

To twisthurttormentafflictcontĕrĕreafflīgere

Entry preview:

On ðám dagum ðe ic geþrǽsted wæs in die afflictionis meæ, 17, 19. Godes engel hí geþrǽste angelus Domini adfligens eos, 34, 6

Linked entry: ge-þréstan

tollere

(n.)
Grammar
tollere, es; m.

A toll-taker,tax-gatherer

Entry preview:

Voc. i. 50, 56: theolenarius, 74, 45. Matheus wæs tollere, Homl. Th. i. 324, 3: ii. 288, 17. God hine áwende of tollere tó apostole, 468, 15. Ðone se Hǽlend geceás of woruldlícum tollere tó gástlícum godspellere, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 129.

swǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrness, (swár-), e; f.

heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight,heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness,

Entry preview:

Ne mæg ic ána eówre swárnissa ( pondus ) and eówre saca ácuman, Deut. 1, 12. heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness, v. swǽr, Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne nán unþeáw ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse . . . ðeáh sió swǽrnes

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de

To cause to swing, to cause rapid movement, to swing, fling, dash, strike to cause to waver, to shake one's confidence, make desperate

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 141, 43

á-screncan

to trip upcause to stumble

Entry preview:

Áscrencte elideret, i. offenderet, áscrencte elisi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 9-12. Áscrencan elisisse, 87, 52: 31, 41. Ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað mid ðǽm áscrencte subjectorum vita quasi in obstaculo itineris offendit, Past. 129, 7.