Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

líc-bysig

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

Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1

fýnd

(n.)
Grammar
fýnd, pl. of féond:
Entry preview:

Bos. 5, 44 : Lk. Bos. 6, 27, 35

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, p. -líffæste; pp. -líffæsted, -líffæst

To make alive ⬩ quicken ⬩ vivificāre

Entry preview:

Bos. 5, 21. He wolde swá synfulle sáwle gelíffæstan he would quicken so sinful a soul, Homl. Th. i. 496, 15 : ii. 206, 17. Mid gesceádwísre sáwle gelíffæst quickened by a rational soul, 270, 20

Linked entry: líf-fæstan

fǽman

(v.)
Grammar
fǽman, p. de; pp. ed [fám foam]

FOAM or froth ⬩ spūmāre

Entry preview:

Bos. 9, 39. Fǽmende spūmans, Mk. Bos. 9, 20

Linked entry: FÁM

for-scranc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-scranc, p. of for-scrincan.

shrank up ⬩ dried up ⬩ withered

Entry preview:

Bos. 21, 19: Mk. Bos. 4, 6;

áðor

(pronoun.)
Grammar
áðor, pron.

Either the one or the other ⬩ both ⬩ alter ⬩ alteruter ⬩ uter-que

Entry preview:

On áðre hand on either hand, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 32

Linked entry: áðer

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.

A KEY ⬩ clavis

Entry preview:

Bos. II, 52. Saturnus sumra hæfde bóca cǽga Saturn had the keys of some books, Salm. Kmbl. 370; Sal. 184. Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia tibi dabo claves regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 16, 19.

Linked entry: cǽge

fiscoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fiscoþ, fiscaþ, fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

Entry preview:

A fishing; piscātus On fiscoþe, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 19, 30: on fixoþ afysshynge (Tyndale) Jn. Bos. 21, 3

Linked entries: fiscaþ fixoþ

for-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
for-scrincan, he -scrincþ; p. -scranc, pl. -scruncon; pp. -scruncen [for-, scrincan to shrink]

To shrink up ⬩ dry up ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ wither ⬩ emarcescĕre ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arefiĕri ⬩ arescĕre

Entry preview:

Bos. 5, 3

cneóres

(n.)
Grammar
cneóres, cneórys, cneóris, cneórnis, -ress, e; f.

A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia

Entry preview:

Bos. 8, 12; Lk. Bos. 11, 30. Fram cynrene on cneórisse a generatione in generationem Ps. Lamb. 89, 1: 101, 19. Mid ðisse cneórysse cum generatione hac Lk. Bos. 11, 32: 17, 25. Ealle cneóressa omnes generationes Mt. Bos. 1, 17.

Affric

(adj.)
Grammar
Affric, def. m. Affrica; adj.

AFRICAN ⬩ Afer ⬩ Africanus

Entry preview:

Fóron Rómane on Affrice, acc. pl. the Romans went against [upon] the African people, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 24: 5, 4; Bos. 105, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 22. On Africum among the African people, 6, 1; Bos. 115, 31

Linked entry: Æffric

a-hýrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýrian, p. ode; pp. od

To hire ⬩ conducere

Entry preview:

Bos. 20, 1: Jn. Bos. 10, 13

Linked entries: a-hérian hýrian

æt-sæcst

Grammar
æt-sæcst, fut. of æt-sacan

shalt deny

Entry preview:

Bos. 14, 72 : KK. Bos. 22, 34, 61

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

Entry preview:

Each, any, every, all; quisque, quivis, unusquisque, omnis Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17. Ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singulæ metretas binas, Jn. Bos. 2, 6.

Linked entries: ealc élc

bútan

(con.)
Grammar
bútan, búton, bútun; conj.

out ⬩ Unless, save that ⬩ nisi ⬩ Save or except that ⬩ nisi ⬩ Except, save, besides, but ⬩ nisi

Entry preview:

Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 6

Iofes

(n.)
Grammar
Iofes, es; m.

Jove

Entry preview:

Jove Ðanc hafa ðú, Iofes, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 37. Hyra héhstan godes hús Iofeses, 4, 2 ; Bos. 79, 11

Linked entry: Iob

ís-gebind

(n.)
Grammar
ís-gebind, es; n.
Entry preview:

A bond of ice Winter ýðe beleác ísgebinde winter locked up the wave with icy bond, Beo. Th. 2270; B. 1133

Linked entry: ge-bind

gár-þríst

(adj.)
Grammar
gár-þríst, adj.

Spear-bold ⬩ daring with a spear ⬩ hastâ audax

Entry preview:

Spear-bold, daring with a spear; hastâ audax Gúþ-heard, gárþríst warlike, spear-bold, Elen. Kmbl. 407; El. 204

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To arm ⬩ furnish with weapons ⬩ armāre

Entry preview:

He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

tow-mýdrece

(n.)
Grammar
tow-mýdrece, an; f.

A work-box ⬩ box for keeping materials connected with spinning or weaving (?)

Entry preview:

A work-box, box for keeping materials connected with spinning or weaving (?) An hræglcysð and an lytulu towmýderce. Chart. Th. 538, 21