Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

Entry preview:

Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl. As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.

hundred-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-mann, es; m.

a centurion

Entry preview:

Sette hig tó ealdrum and tó hundredmannum and tó fíftigesmannum and tó teóðingmannum constitui eos principes, tribunes et centuriones et quinquagenarios et decanos, Deut. 1, 15.

ge-hámian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: To settle a person in a home (v. hám; II 1 b.), to obtain domicile for a person Aldréd ... hine gihámadi mið ðǽm ðriim dǽlum ... and æhtu óra seulfres mið tó inláde Aldred obtained domicile for himself (became a member of the Lindisfarne

ge-slit

Entry preview:

sette his finger on þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml. S. 31, 951. what is bitten Eálá, ðú wyrma gecow and wulfes geslit, Nap. 28, 29

fýr-þolle

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-þolle, an; f.

apparatus for cooking, fryingpanapparatus for torturecatasta

Entry preview:

Similar entries þolle), oven Þú setst hig swá swá ofen (fýrþolle, MS. T.) fýres pones eos ut clibanum ignis, Ps.

un-getreów

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getreów, -getreówe, -getríwe, -getrýwe; adj.

Untrueunfaithfulfaithless

Entry preview:

sett his dǽl mid ðám ungetreówum ( infidelibus ), Lk. Skt. 12, 46

bodig

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 79, 37 : 97, 34. of on implement Nim ꝥ sǽd, sete on þæs sules bodig, Lch. i. 402, 2

ge-cneordlǽcan

Entry preview:

Ox. 1086. to study, apply oneself to learning Hé gecneordlǽhte æfter wísra láreówa gebisnungum ( he studied according to the examples set by wise teachers ), and gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 18.

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladderflight of stepsstairs

Entry preview:

H. 45, 17. a set affixed steps in a building, flight of steps, stairs Martinus stáh tó ánre úpflóra. Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa, Hml. S. 31, 602.

bí-sǽce

(n.)
Grammar
bí-sǽce, es; n? m?

a visitvisitatiopersecution, dispute, litigationcontroversia, litigatioto seek, visit, persecute, dispute

Entry preview:

Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý, seme se biscop if there be somewhat of dispute, let the bishop settle it, Const. vii; Th. ii. 258, note a

regn-boga

(n.)
Grammar
regn-boga, an; m.

A rainbow

Entry preview:

Ic sette mínne rénbogan ( arcum ) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13

un-gecynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecynde, adj.

Unnatural

Entry preview:

Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on ungecynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27 note.

Linked entries: ge-cynde un-cynde

býge

Grammar
býge, l. byge,
Entry preview:

Sete þíne hand on earmes byge, Tech. ii. 128, 14. Bigum anfractibus, An. Ox. 3696. Wrǽda bíum fasciarum ambagibus, 3500. Hit bið drifen on swíðe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. of movement (lit. or fig. ) Bigas circuitus, Wülck. Gl. 232, 41.

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

Entry preview:

Ðeáh man asette twegen fætels full ealaþ oððe wæteres, hý gedóþ ðæt óðer biþ oferfroren if a man set two vats full of ale or of water, they cause that either shall be frozen over, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 8.

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

Entry preview:

To GLIDE, slip, slide; labi Sunne gewát to sete glídan the sun went gliding to its setting, Andr. Kmbl. 2610; An. 1306: 2498; An. 1250: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: Ps. C. 50, 145; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 145.

Linked entry: ge-glídan

cyning

Entry preview:

Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú strece onbútan heófod, and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, Tech. ii. 128, 23-27.

forþmest

(adj.)
Grammar
forþmest, adj.
Entry preview:

On ðǽm forðmestum (foerð-, R.) seatlum sitta and ðá formesto setla, 12, 39

wearte

(n.)
Grammar
wearte, an; weart(?), e; f.

A wart

Entry preview:

Wið scurfedum nægle, nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta (-an ?), ii. 150, 5

wearg-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wearg-treów, es; n.

The accursed tree, a gallows, gibbet, cross

Entry preview:

[Nu raise þai up þe rode; setis up þe warhtreo, O. E. Homl. i. 283, 9. Doð up and waritreo, þer on heo scullen winden (hongy, 2nd MS.), 5714. Me ledde him uorte hongen o waritreo, A. R. 122, 8. Let heom don adun of þe waritreo, Misc. 51, 491

Linked entries: treów wearg-ród