Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bí-leofa

(n.)

subsistencemaintenanceprovisionvictuals

Entry preview:

subsistence, maintenance, provision; in a limited sense victuals Hé sǽde ꝥ ꝥ feoh wǽre widewena bigleofa of gódra manna ælmyssan, Hml. S. 25, 765. Leahtras fóda, deáðes bigleafa, 7, 26. Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne, Lch. ii. 210, 18: R.

ge-lecgan

Entry preview:

Noldon hí þæt feoh gelecgan on heora fǽtelsum, Hml. Th. ii. 250, 17. Hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, i. 86, 24. On scríne geléd in sarcofago delatum, An. Ox. 2905. Gelegdum jactatis, Wrt.

georn-ness

Entry preview:

R. 11, 8. desire for something Giornisse lofes mennisces appetitio laudis humanae, Mt. p. 14, 19. v. feoh-geornness, firwet-geornness, lust-geornness, sib-geornness, wíf-geornness, yfel-geornness; girn-ness

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

ge-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-styrian, -stirian; p. ede; pp. ed [ge, styrian to move, stir]

To moveremoveexciteagitateamovereagitare

Entry preview:

Ðá wearþ swíðe gestired se here ongeán ðone biscop forðan ðe he nolde heom nán feoh beháten then was the [Danish] army very much excited against the bishop because he would not promise them any money, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 12.

ofer-feohtan

(v.)

to conquer, vanquishexpugnare, devincere

Entry preview:

feónd oferfeohtaþ, Exon. Th. 150, 7; Gú. 775. Oft hí ofyrfuhtun expugnaverunt mé, Ps. Spl. C. 128, 2. Hæfde Drihten feónd oferfohten, Cd. Th. 289, 29; Sat. 405.

be-þeccan

Entry preview:

Feld mid feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht, Bl. H. 199, 3. Ic sæt innan bearwe mid helme beþeht arboris umbriferae sub tegmine sedi, Dóm. L. 2, 2. Beþæht (efne beðeht, L. ) coopertus, Mt. R. 6, 29. Beðeahtum tectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 13. Add

fit

(n.)
Grammar
fit, fitt, es; n?

Strifea fightcontestrixapugnacertāmen

Entry preview:

Strife, a fight, contest; rixa, pugna, certāmen He slóh and fylde feónd on fitte he struck and felled the enemy in fight, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 33; Gen. 2072

Linked entry: fitung

healf-cwic

Entry preview:

For þæm slege hé feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

leáslíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Hié ná leng ne beheóldon þá lígeas þæ se ealda feónd leaslíce gehíwode þurh his scíncræft ut flammas quas antiquus hostis finxerat non viderent Gr. D. 124, 16. Add

fǽcne

(adv.)
Grammar
fǽcne, fácne; adv.

Maliciously, disgracefullymăligne, turpĭter

Entry preview:

Maliciously, disgracefully; măligne, turpĭter Gif me mín feónd fǽcne wyrgeþ si inĭmīcus meus mălĕdixisset mĭhi, Ps. Th. 54, 11: 55, 2: 65, 2: 111, 7, 9

ge-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwísan, p. de
Entry preview:

To crush Sumes þegnes cniht feóll fǽrlíce of his horse ... and swíðe wearð gecwýsed, ꝥ hí wéndon ꝥ hé þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, Hml. S. 21, 325

Linked entry: cwísan

mære

(adj.)

pure

Entry preview:

With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12

tíd-ege

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-ege, (?), es; m.
Entry preview:

.), tó tweón weorþeþ ádl oþþe yldo oþþe ecghete fǽgum fromweardum feorh óðþringeþ ever in every case, before the fear of his end becomes doubtful (before his fear of death has lost any of its certainty?)

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long agobefore long

Entry preview:

Homl. 131, 9. of future time, before long Secgas míne gearwe sindon; ða ðé unfyrn faca feorh ætþringan, Andr. Kmbl. 2741; An. 1373. Nú ic fundige tó ðé of ðisse worulde; nú ic wát ðæt ic sceal ful unfyr[n] faca, Exon. 454, 32; Hy. 4, 42. [Cf.

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

a-feorran

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorran, l. á-feorrian;
Entry preview:

To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus est , Ps. L. 119, 5. intrans.

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
Entry preview:

Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340

on-fangenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-fangenness, e ; f.

Receiving, reception, acceptance

Entry preview:

Nán ásolcen man nis orsorh be onfangennysse Godes feós, 556, 24, 33. Mid onfangennesse ( perceptione ) ðæs Drihtenlícan líchoman, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 39. For onfangenysse ( susceptionem ) gesta, 1, 27 ; S. 489, 8

Linked entry: and-fengnes

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
Entry preview:

Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ, and wéste stówa and ánwunung gelufiaþ. . . Swilce wéstensetlan . . . on wéstenes wununge gelustfulliaþ, R. Ben. 134, 11-16. Óþer cyn is ancrena, ðæt is wéstensetlena, 9, 5

tó-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew to pieces,cut to pieces

Entry preview:

Turnus feol mid mechen toheawen, Laym. 178. The helmes thei tohewen and toschrede, Chauc. Kn. T. 1751. To zenne ne ssel he wende ayeu, þaȝ me ssolde hine al toheawe, Ayenb. 178, 7

spreót

(n.)
Grammar
spreót, es; m.

A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit)contussprit

Entry preview:

Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.