Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

Súþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-hymbre, pl.
Entry preview:

Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen fram Pendan (and) Súþhymbrum (cf. fram ðam ylcan hǽþenan cyninge and ðære hǽþenan ðeóde Myrcna, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 11), 641; Erl. 27, 8

Linked entry: Súþan-hymbre

fant-wæter

Entry preview:

Ǽr þan þe gé þæt hǽþene cild fullian on þám fantwætere, ofergeót ðínne líchaman mid fantwætere, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 14, 24. Bedýp on fontwætre gehálgodum, Lch. ii. 344, 23. Add

hand-spor

(n.)
Entry preview:

A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986

sam-tinges

Entry preview:

Hé ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá hí on Críst gelýfdon, ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add

þǽr-onuppan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-onuppan, adv.
Entry preview:

Thereupon, thereon Ða hǽþenan byrnende gléda streáwodon, and ðǽronuppan deófle offrodon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 35 : 13, 25

Linked entry: on-uppan

teón-word

Entry preview:

Þá hǽþenan weras his word hefiglíce onféngcon, and hine mid teónwordum ( injuriis ) éhtende wǽron, Gr. D. 250, 20. Add

tyhting

Entry preview:

Betwux þysum tihtingum tengdon þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 28, 66. v. leás-, on-tyhting. Add

gyden

Entry preview:

Hǽþene godas and hǽþene gydena, Wlfst, 107, 19 : Hml. S. 4, 134 : Hml. Th. i. 426, 7. Clypiað tó eówrum godum and tó eallum gydenum, 150. ¶ as an explanatory gloss on the name of a divinity :-- Veste gydene, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 81: Ueneris, An.

fird-láf

(n.)
Grammar
fird-láf, e; f.
Entry preview:

The remnant of an army, the survivors of a battle Þǽr feóllon ðá hǽþenan fíf ðúsend ofslagene, and Lisias fleáh mid þǽre fyrdláfe. Hml. S. 25, 377

Linked entry: here-láf

ǽwisc-firen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-firen, adj.
Entry preview:

Guilty of shameless sin; def. form used sub-stantirely, a shameless sinner Beó þé swá hǽþenna and eáwisfirina sit tibi sicut ethnicus et publicanus , Mt. R. 18, 17. Ǽwisfirine publicani , 21, 31. Éwisfirinæ, 32. v. next word

ge-lóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lóm, adj.
Entry preview:

Þá wunda þe þá hǽþenan mid gelómum scotungum on his lîce macodon, 182. Hé mid gelómum siccetungum mǽnde, 31, 1019

Linked entry: -lóm

ge-leáfleást

Entry preview:

Hé wæs þǽra hǽþen[r]a láreów on heora geleáfleáste, Hml. S. 29, 7, 84. Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549. For heora geleáfleáste þá þá hí wurðodon hǽþængyld, 102, 5.

templ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
templ-líc, adj.
Entry preview:

Pertaining to a temple; the word translates fanaticus Hearhlícre, ðæs hǽþenan, vel templícre fanatice, i. profani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 38. Templícre ł dióflícre fanatica, Hpt. Gl. 482, 25: Anglia xiii. 34, 176

smocian

(v.)
Grammar
smocian, p. ode

To smoke, emit smoke To smoke

Entry preview:

R.) mid hǽþe 354, 23. [ Þa iseȝen heo a fur smokien Laym. 25734. Smekyn̄ or smokyn̄ fumo, fumigo Prompt. Parv. 460.]

ge-rihtnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rihtnes, -ness, e; f.

A setting right, correctioncorrectio

Entry preview:

He wæs firena forgifnes and gerihtnes hǽþenra þeóda he was forgiveness of sins and the setting right of heathen peoples, Blickl. Homl. 163, 23

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
Entry preview:

, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.

ford

Entry preview:

Ac Iudas him cóm tó ... and oferférdon ðone ford, and fuhton wið þá hǽþenan, Hml. S. 25, 432. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habitvicious custommal-practice

Entry preview:

Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hǽþene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdǽda hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
Entry preview:

hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác tó weorðunge

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

feohtan

Entry preview:

Feaht (feht, fæht, v. ll.) him on seó hǽþene ðeód Myrcna inpugnatus ab pagana gente Merciorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 252, 16. Cwóman hié tó þon ꝥ hié on ðá úre wíc feohtan (woldon ?) (ad expugnanda castra), Nar. 21, 21.