Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

seld-guma

(n.)
Grammar
seld-guma, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.' Heyne says 'seldguma ist hier offenbar

Linked entry: guma

trúð

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

A player on a trumpet, an actor, buffoon Trúð liticen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Zup. 40, 7: Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 66 (the word occurs in a list of terms connected with amusements). Com sum trúð tó ðæs bisceopes híréde, se ne gýmde nánes lenctenes fæstenes, ac eode

céne

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Kéne belliger, An. Ox. 26, 42. Swíþe yfel mon ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne and oft feaht ánwíg, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Sum céne heretoga mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 431. Se céna Iudas, 424. Cwæð Moyses tó þám cénan Iosue, 13, 6. Hé ðrowode mid

ge-mynegian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to make mention of Máre ic þyses gemyn-gade þonne ic his mid ealle ásaéde ut commemorata sint haec magis quant explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 26. Ðá hé gemynegode (-myngode, v. l.) þára eádigra martyra cum beatorum martyrum mentionem faceret, Bd

on-dryslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-dryslíc, -drystlíc, -ðyrstlíc, deslíc; adj.

Terrible, dreadful

Entry preview:

Terrible, dreadful Ús is tó geþencanne hú onþrislíc (-dryslíc : egeslíc, other MS.) hit on bócum gecweden is, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 196, 4. Cwæð ðæt se mon wǽre ondrysenlíc (onderslíc, MS. T. : ondrislíc, MS. B.) on tó seónne ( terribilis aspectu

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
Entry preview:

Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

Entry preview:

Less Se ðe lessa ys ys on heofena ríce him máre qui autem minor est in regno cælorum, major est illo, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11. Hwæðere hé ðám ðe on sceare máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáþmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa wæs verum eis quæ tonsura majores

Linked entries: lærest læst

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

Entry preview:

A nun, a vestal Árwurðe wudewe vel nunne nonna, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 30. Nunna, 72, 3. Nunne sanctimonialis, 284, 68. Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu

Linked entry: non

ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, -híran, -héran; to -hýranne, -hýrenne; part. -hýrende; ic -hýre, -ðú -hýrest, -hýrst, he -hýreþ, -hýrþ, pl. -hýraþ; p. ic, he -hýrde, ðú -hýrdest, pl. -hýrdon; impert. -hýr, pl. -hýre, -hýraþ; subj. pres. -hýre, pl. -hýron; p. -hýrde, pl. -hýrden; pp. -hýred.

To heargive ear toaudīreexaudīreTo hearaudīreto obeyobĕdire

Entry preview:

v. trans. To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35. To eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes to rǽdanne oððe gehýranne omnes ad

for-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gytan, ic -gyte, ðú -gytest, -gytst, he -gyteþ, -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; impert. -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; subj. -gyte, pl. -gytan; pp. -gyten

To forgetoblīvisci

Entry preview:

To forget; oblīvisci Nylle ðú forgytan ealle edleánunga oððe edleán his nōli oblīvisci omnes retrĭbūtiōnes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 93: Ps. Lamb. 118, 16, 83, 93: 136, 5: Ps. Th. 43, 25: Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751: Ps. Lamb. 76, 10: 43, 21: 49

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To helpgive helpaidprotectadjŭvāreauxĭliāriprotĕgĕre

Entry preview:

To help, give help, aid, protect; adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, protĕgĕre Ongan him fylstan began to give help to them, Byrht. Th. 139, 37; By. 265. Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help

Linked entry: filstan

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

Entry preview:

to be or become acquainted with, to know ; noscĕre, scire Ic ða stówe ne can I know not the place, Elen. Kmbl. 1363; El. 683: 1267 ; El. 635 . Ic eów ne con I know you not, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 13; Sat. 629. ÐÚ canst thou knowest, Andr. Kmbl. 135; An. 68

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

Entry preview:

a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35. Minutia hátte án wífmon, ðe on heora

Linked entry: wím-man

feá

(adj.)
Grammar
feá, adj.

Fewpauci

Entry preview:

Few ; pauci Ðis feá ána dóþ a few only do this, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 8. Ðæt hér wǽre mycel ríp [MS. riip] and feá wyrhtan that a great harvest was here and few workmen, 1, 29; S. 498, 5. Feá ðæt gedýgaþ few escape from that, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 6; Rä

þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointmentto soften

Entry preview:

To soften by moisture, ointment, etc., to soften Rysele oþþe gelyndo wiþ gárleác gemenged and on áléd ðone swile þwǽnþ, Lchdm. ii. 72, 5. Ðæt ( the ointment ) ða áheardodan swilas bét and þwǽnþ, 246, 17. Ðá hé ðam feaxe onféng ðæs hálgan heáfdes ðá wæs

Linked entry: þwénan

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

Entry preview:

unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R. Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

beó

(v.)
Entry preview:

Dele 'indecl. in s.', and add: dat. pl. beón Sume gesceafta týmað búton hǽmede; þæt sind beón, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 16. Beón, gif hí man ácwellað, cwelle hig man Iaþe . . . and ete man ꝥ hunig ꝥ hig worhton, Ll. Th. ii. 164, I. Bián apes, Ps. Srt. 117, 12

ge-sceádwíslic

Entry preview:

Substitute Discretum, detractum vel gesceádwíslic, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 12. endowed with reason, rational Þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald . . . þridde dǽl is gesceádwíslic, Hml. S. 1, 97. On eówerre sáule is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslica willa

hlǽw

Entry preview:

Wæs þǽr in þám sprecenan íglande sum mycel hlǽw of eorþan geworht ... Ðá wæs þǽr on óðre sídan ðæs hlǽwes (hláwas, v.l.) ... seáð erat in praefata insula tumulus agrestibus glebis coacervatus ... in cujus latere ... cisterna, Guth. Gr. 117, 7. Of ðǽre

tíma

Grammar
tíma, <b>. I a.</b>
Entry preview:

Add Gýfernyss déd ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman, Hml. S. 16, 269. Hét hé him beran bere tó sǽde, and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan seów ( allatum hordeum ultra omne tempus serendi terrae commendavit, Vit. Cuth. 19), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12. Add Sume gedwolmenn cwǽdon