Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

on-wendan

Entry preview:

Hwonne bið éngu spǽc geendedu . . . gif mon ǽlcne dóm wile onwendan ðe Ælfréd cing gesette, C.

on-cnyssan

(v.)

to cast down

Entry preview:

to cast down Ðú mé yfela feala oft oncnyssedest thou didst strike me down with many evils, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Oncnyssyde depulsae, Ps. Spl. C. 61, 3

a-drogen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-drogen, pp. of a-dreógan.

donefinishedtransactusperactus

Entry preview:

done, finished; transactus, peractus;

on-búgan

Entry preview:

Ðǽm medwísan is micle iéðre tó gestiéganne on ðone ryhtan wísdóm ðonne ðǽm lytegan sié tó anbúganne ( to change his course; ut ab ea, quae putatur stultitia, ad veram sapientiam vicinius transeat), 203, 18

sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
sceádan, scádan; scéd,sceád ; sceáden.

to separate, divide, make a line of separation betweento distinguish, decideto scatter, shedto separate, divide, partto be distinguished, to differto scatter, shed

Entry preview:

Ðonne biþ gǽsta dóm sceáden swá hí geworhtun ǽr then shall the spirits' doom be decided, according to their deserts, Exon. Th. 76, 2; Cri. 1233. Sceáden mǽl the appointed time (?) Beo.

sidelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sidelíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Ac ðonne se láreów ieldende sécþ ðone tíman ðe hé his hiéremenn sidelíce on þreátigean mǽge . . . nonnulla aperte cognita mature toleranda sunt, cum rerum minime opportunitas congruit, ut aperte corrigantur . . .

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

Entry preview:

Th. 193, 1; Exod. 239. tracing, tracking Ðú teohhast ðæt ðú spyrige æfter mé, and swíþor swincst on ðam spore ðonnedón, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 14. Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 11.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, es; m.

A convicted offenderreus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est

Entry preview:

Be ðon ðe fúl friðiaþ concerning those who protect a convicted offender, 8 titl; Th. i. 164, 1

hnot

(adj.)
Grammar
hnot, adj.

Bald, shaven, close-cut

Entry preview:

ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc the dike without turf(?), iii. 211, 24

teors

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

Smyre ðone teors and ða hærþan, ðonne hafaþ hé mycelne lust, 358, 19: 350, 9

heden

(n.)
Grammar
heden, es; m.

A hood, chasubledressa jacket of fur or skin

Entry preview:

Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam, L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9.

Linked entries: hæðen hed-cláþ

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions,to partto go away,pass away

Entry preview:

to go in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne (tógangne, Bd. M. 372, 3) beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20. Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd.

Linked entry: tó-gán

drogen

(v.; part.)
Entry preview:

done, worked; pp. of dreógan

CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster cymathyrsusspica, corymbusracermus, uvathe CROP or craw of a bird vesicula gutturisa kidney rien

Entry preview:

himmerscmealwan crop give him a sprout of marsh mallow L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 25. Genim ðysse wyrte þrý croppas take three sprouts of this herb Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10.

Linked entry: croppa

dærstan

(n.)
Grammar
dærstan, derstan; pl.

Dregs, leesfæx

Entry preview:

Dregs, lees; fæx Nyle he ða dærstan him dón unbrýce verumtamen fæx ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Ða derstan beóþ góde the dregs will be good, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 18, 19.

Linked entries: derstan dresten

ærning

Entry preview:

And ic nóht ðon ǽr ðǽre ærninge blon 'quam magnum vae facis mihi sic equitando.' Et ego nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 19. Mid swíðe geswenctan horse for ærninge vehementer equo in cursu fatigato, Gr. D. 38, 30. Add

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

Entry preview:

To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

wamm-wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-wlite, es; m.
Entry preview:

A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in*-*flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur

hýra

Entry preview:

Suá se hýrra ðonneðone wulf gesiehð mercenariorum vice deserviunt, quia veniente lupo fugiunt, Past. 89, 15. Hýra mercennarius, Wülck. Gl. 213, 10

a-bútan

(adv.)
Grammar
a-bútan, -búton; adv.

ABOUTcirca

Entry preview:

ABOUT ; circa Besæt ðone castel abútan beset the castle about, Chr. 1088; Th. i. 357, 29. Besǽton ðone castel abúton they beset the castle about, Chr. 1090; Th. i. 358, 25