Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To propstaysupportsustain

Entry preview:

Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34. Se ðe rodor áhóf and gefæstnode folmum sínum, worhte and wreðede, Andr. Kmbl. 1045 ; An. 523.

Linked entry: wræpian

bí-leofa

(n.)

subsistencemaintenanceprovisionvictuals

Entry preview:

fæste fram eallum bigleofum, Wlfst. 285, 26

ge-wirpan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Næs hé fǽge þá gýt, ac hé hyne gewyrpte, þeáh þe him wund hrine, B. 2976. (2 a) to recover from sickness :-- Hé hine þǽre seócnysse gewyrpte, Hml. S. 23 b, 656

Linked entry: ge-wyrpan

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

Entry preview:

Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

Entry preview:

From Eástron oð ða kalendas Nouembris sý se ǽrest ðæs úhtsanges swá gemetegad, ðæt lýtel fæc gehealden sý betwyh ðæm úhtsange and ðæm dægrédsange, and upásprungenum dægriman dægrédsang sý begunnen a Pasca usque ad kalendas Novembris sic temperetur hora

ge-dwellan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Se cwide is on mínum móde swá fæst ꝥ his mé nán man gedwellan ne mæg ( sine ambiguitate cognosco), Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 18. the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of Higiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn rihtlíce ongieten

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
Entry preview:

, Met. 10, 43 as a solid stratum Treów hrúsan fæst, Rún. 13. (2 a) as a place of burial or concealment :-- Hald þú, hrúse, eorla ǽhte, B. 2247. Heard gripe hrúsan, Ruin. 8. Se þeódsceaða heóld on hrúsan hordærna sum, B. 2279.

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

Entry preview:

Mid hérum oððe fæx hire capillis suis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 2. Se eádiga wæs blíðe on andwlitan mid hwítum hǽrum the blessed man was cheerful in aspect, with white hair, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 20.

Linked entry: hér

grówan

Entry preview:

Geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre (grówenre, v. l.) uidit unius loci spatium cetero campo uiridius, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. <b>II a.

ge-wríþan

Entry preview:

Mid bendum fæste gewríðan, Hml. S. 23, 179. Man sceall þé fæste gewrídan ǽgder ge handa ge fét, 713. Ðes deófol is gebunden . . ., and ic dó þæt hé andet þæt hé is gewriðen, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

ræced

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

Con hé sídne ræced fæste gefégan, 296, 7; Crä. 47. In ðæt dimme ræced ( a prison ), Andr. Kmbl. 2618; An. 1310. Reced, Beo. Th. 2479; B. 1237. Hwearf geond ðæt síde reced, 3966; B. 1981. Ðæt ( Hrothgar's hall ) wæs foremǽrost receda, 625; B. 310.

Linked entry: reced

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trusthopeconfideresperareto make a treatysancire

Entry preview:

Th. 118, 147: 51, 6. to make a treaty; sancire Hie getrúwedon on twá healfa fæste frioðuwǽre they confirmed on both sides a fast compact of peace, Beo. Th. 2194; B. 1095

GÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
Entry preview:

He ða grimman góman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he clashes fast together the fierce jaws, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76

leóhtlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that are prettily ornamented with versification, Ange. viii. 304. 2. without being oppressive or harsh Fæste

wír

(n.)
Grammar
wír, es; m.

Wiremetal thread

Entry preview:

Næbbe ic fǽted gold, ... ne wíra gespann, landes ne locenra beága, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 302: Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. Wírum gewlenced, 2525; El. 1264: Exon. Th. 402, 19; Rä. 21, 32.

hólunga

(adv.)
Grammar
hólunga, adv.

In vain, to no purpose, without cause, without intent

Entry preview:

Gif hé hit hólinga dó fæste i geár si casu fecerit, i annum jejunet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 22; Th. ii. 230, 27. Ðære tíde wæs ðæt mǽste wæll geworden on Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican.

Linked entries: hól hólinga

hwæt-hwega

Entry preview:

L. 6, 7. as adjective Seó cyrice hwæthwugu fæc (sum fæc, v. l.) sibbe hæfde ecclesia aliquantulam ... pacem habuerit, Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 28, 3. On hwæthwuga fata ( g. pl.? or acc. pl.?)

fíf

Entry preview:

Add: adjectival. uninflected Fíf géra fæc quinquennium, An. Ox. 3035: B. 545. Nam hé fíf stánas, Bl. H. 31, 17. with pronoun or indefinite numeral: Þá fíf dysegan, Mt. 25, 3.

líc-hama

Entry preview:

Þǽr his líchoma legerbedde fæst swefeþ, B. 1007. Mé is leófre þæt mínne líchaman mid mínne goldgyfan gléd fæðmie, 2651. þǽr þá líchoman lange þráge, heáhfædera hrá, be-heled wǽron, An. 791.

cyne-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-dóm, es; m. [dóm power, dominion]

royal dominion or power, kingdom, realmimperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas

Entry preview:

We willaþ ðæt án cynedóm fæste stande ǽfre on þeóde we will that one kingship standfast for ever in the nation, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 8.

Linked entry: cyning-dóm