Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

heáh-engel

Entry preview:

Add: — Gabrihel, heofones heáhengel, Cri. 202. Heáhengles tíd, Men. 177. Fæder onsende heáhengel his, 50. Heáhengla brego, Cri. 403. Þurh eall engla wered and heáhengla, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 9

up-engel

(n.)
Grammar
up-engel, es; m.

An angel of heaven

Entry preview:

An angel of heaven Upengla fruma, Andr. Kmbl. 451; An. 226. Upengla weard, Menol. Fox 417; Men. 210

hæft-encel

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-encel, -incel, es; m.

A slave ⬩ emptitius

Entry preview:

A slave; emptitius, Cot. 74, Lye

heáh-engel

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-engel, es; m.

An archangel

Entry preview:

An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels

ent-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
ent-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Giant-kind, giant-race ⬩ gĭgantum gĕnus

Entry preview:

Giant-kind, giant-race; gĭgantum gĕnus We gesáwon of ðam entcynne Enachis bearna micelra wæstma vīdĭmus monstra quædam filiōrum Enac prōcēræ stătūræ, Num. 13, 34

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

ange

(adj.)
Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.

Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis

Entry preview:

Narrow, straitened, vexed, troubled, sorrowful; angustus, anxius, vexatus, tristis Ðes ænga stede this narrow place, Cd. 18; Th. 23, 9; Gen. 356. Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 14; Dóm. 22. Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his

Linked entries: ænge ang-módnes ang-nægl enge ge-encgd ge-engd ænge

eástane

(adv.)
Grammar
eástane, (-ene); adv.
Entry preview:

Dioclitianus and Maximianus bebudon éhtnesse, Dioclitianus eástane (-ene, v. l.) (in oriente ), 6, 30; S. 280, 18

micel-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-sprecende, adj.

Talking big ⬩ boasting

Entry preview:

Talking big, boasting Tungan micelsprec-ende linguam magniloquam, Ps. Lamb. 11, 4

eorþ-búend

Grammar
eorþ-búend, eorþ-búend, -búgend, -búgi(g)end (-ende)
Entry preview:

an inhabitant of earth; inhabiting earth Ealle eorðbúend Drihten herian jubilate Deo, omnis terra, Ps. Th. 65, 1. Ealle eorðbúend gentes, 101, 13. Þeóda, ealle eorðbúend, 65, 7. Þá nú æðelingas, ealle eorðbúend, Ebréi hátað, Gen. 1648: Cri. 1279. Eorðbúend

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about

Entry preview:

where there is motion (lit. or fig.) to an object, from without Útene extrinsecus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 21. Him biþ se wela útane cumen, and hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7, 8. Ic nolde ðæt ðú wéndest ðæt Gode áhwonan útane cóme

bícnend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
bícnend-lic, (-i(g)end-); adj.

allegorical ⬩ indicative

Entry preview:

allegorical Be ðǽre becnend-lican gerece alligoricae expositionis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 15. indicative (mood)

bícnend

(n.)
Grammar
bícnend, (-i(g)end), es; m.

the forefinger

Entry preview:

of persons, one who shows, indicates Bícnigend (index) rihtwísnysse hé ys he sheweth forth righteousness (Prov. 12, 17), Scint. 135, 14. of things, the forefinger Bécnend index, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 35: i. 283, 20. Býcniend, 64, 80

Linked entry: bécnend

endemestness

Grammar
endemestness, endemest-ness (? ende-néhstness)

extremity

Entry preview:

extremity Æftergencnysse oððe endemestnesse (-nést-?) extremitate, R. Ben. I. 33, 15. Substitute:

heonu

Grammar
heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
Entry preview:

Heonu (henu. R.) ecce, Mk. L. 1, 2. Heonu (heono, R.), 2, 24: 3, 32. Heono (henu, R.), M. . L. 11, 10: 17, 5. Heona, 24, 25. Henu, 2, 1. Heunu, 12, 47. Heno, 2, 9. [H]eono, Lk. L. 23, 15. [H]eono (heono, R.), Jn. L. 3, 26: 4. 35. [H]eno (henu. R.), Mt

fílian

(v.)
Grammar
fílian, p. ode

To file

Entry preview:

To file, rub with a file Fíliende fricans (lima . . . fricans informe metallum, Aid. 252, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, jo

Linked entry: fíliende

in-standan

(v.)
Grammar
in-standan, p. -stód

To be near ⬩ present ⬩ instare

Entry preview:

To be near or present; instare Éce instondaþ wuldur perennis instat gloria, Rtl. 165, 7. Instond[end]um instantibus, 69, 11

hearm-cweþan

Entry preview:

Harmcwédun, Mk. R. 15, 32. Hearmcweðendne calumniatorem, Ps. Vos. 71, 4. Gebiddað fore ðǽm harmcuoed[end]um iúih orate pro calumniantibus uos, Lk. L. 6, 28. Add:

cwelman

(v.)
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]

To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare

Entry preview:

To torture, torment, destroy, kill; trucidare, cruciare Cwelmende fýr destroying fires, Exon. 22a ; Th. 59, 28; Cri. 959. He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and

Linked entries: cwilman cwylman cwylmende

frum-scepend

Grammar
frum-scepend, -sceppend. l. frum-scippend, -scep[p]end,
Entry preview:

and add Frumsceppend auctor, Rtl. 122, 10

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.