Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

folc-toga

(n.)
Grammar
folc-toga, an; m.

A popular leadercommander or leader of the peoplepŏpŭli duxprinceps

Entry preview:

Ferdon folctogan the nation's chieftains came, Beo. Tb. 1682; B. 839. Fyllan folctogan to fell the people's chieftains, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 194

bísgu

(n.)
Grammar
bísgu, e; f.

Occupation, toil, affliction, care

Entry preview:

Occupation, toil, affliction, care, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5, 6: Exon. 114 a; Th, 438, 14; Rä. 57, 7: 82 b; Th. 311, 6; Seef. 88: 74 b; Th. 280, 7; Jul. 625: Beo. Th. 3490; B. 1743: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64

ge-sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽgan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽgan to cause to sink]

To lay low, cast downprosternĕre, incurvāre

Entry preview:

To lay low, cast down; prosternĕre, incurvāre Hæfdon ealfela Eótena cynnes sweordum gesǽged they had laid low full many of the Jutes' race with their swords, Beo. Th. 1772; B. 884: Judth.12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294.

dreór-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dreór-líc, dreórilíc; adj.

bloody sanguinolentusmournful, sad mœstus, tristis

Entry preview:

bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.

Linked entry: dreórig-líce

leoþuwǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
leoþuwǽcan, liþewǽcan; p. -wǽhte

to assuagesoften

Entry preview:

To become or to make soft, or pliant, to grow calm, to assuage, soften Liþewǽcaþ brymmas sǽs the surges of the sea become still, Hymn. Lye Liþewǽhte lentesceret, Hpt. Gl. 479, 30. Liþewǽhtan mollescerent, delenirent, 481, 13.

weorold-bisegung

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bisegung, e; f.
Entry preview:

P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21. care of this world, anxiety of this life Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga, Met. 3, 4

ge-æfstgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfstgian, ge-æfestigian.

to be envious

Entry preview:

to be envious Ne gefiólle hé nó on swǽ opene scylde ðæt hé his bróður ofslóge, gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode (æfstgade, v. l.) ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweordlícor onfongne ðonne his (nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam), Past. 235, 3

winter-geweorp

(n.)
Grammar
winter-geweorp, es; n.

A winter-caststorm of snow or hailtempest

Entry preview:

A winter-cast, storm of snow or hail, tempest Nis ðǽr ne wintergeweorp ne wedra gebregd non ibi tempestas, nec vis furit horrida venti, Exon. Th. 201, 16; Ph. 57. Snáw eorðan band wintergeweorpum, weder cóledon heardum hægelscúrum, Andr.

Linked entry: ge-weorp

weald

(adv.)
Grammar
weald, adv. conj.

perhaps may be in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case

Entry preview:

gehwá ðis wile and cunne his geleáfan, weald hwá ða mycclan yrmðe gebídan sceole in case any one have to experience that great misery, Homl.

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

Entry preview:

hider tó lande; ðæt wæs Waltear bisceop in the same year came the Pope's legate to this country; that was bishop Walter, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 28.

Linked entries: sand sond

ed-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ed-sceaft, æd-sceaft, e; f.

A new creation, new birth regĕnĕrātio

Entry preview:

A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34

Linked entry: æd-sceaft

for-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bláwan, p. -bleów, pl. -bleówon; pp. -bláwen

To blow awayinflateinflāre

Entry preview:

To blow away, inflate; inflāre Com án wind, ond forbleów hie út on sǽ there came a wind, and blew them out on to the sea, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 19. Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4

ealneg

(adv.)
Grammar
ealneg, ealnig, eallneg; adv. [ealne weg, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 10, 11]

Always, quite semper, prorsus

Entry preview:

Ðe ǽfre biþ ealnig smylte which ever is quite calm, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 30; Met. 21, 15

Linked entries: ealling eallneg

mealmiht

(adj.)
Grammar
mealmiht, adj.

Sandychalky

Entry preview:

Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.' 'Chalk, maume, or loam.']

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care ofhospitio accipere

Entry preview:

To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821.

Linked entry: be-þénede

sténan

(v.)
Grammar
sténan, p. de.
Entry preview:

Com ðá wígena hleó þegna þreáte þryðbord sténan beaduróf cyning burga neósan (came with clang of shields), Elen. Kmbl. 302; El. 151

wancol

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

Nú ðú hæfst ongyten ða wanclan (wonclan, v. l.) treówa ðæs blindan lustes deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus, 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 3

andgit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
andgit-leást, e; f.
Entry preview:

Want of understanding, senselessness Hwónlíce fremað þæs mannes líf ðe for andgitleáste ne cann his mód áwendan tó ðám écan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 9. Be andgytléste, Wlfst. 47, 11.

be-hogian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: to take care of, attend to, be solicitous about Hé behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, Gr. D. 170, 28. Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer hé God geséce, R.

heán-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-mód, adj.

Dejected, cast down, humiliated

Entry preview:

Dejected, cast down, humiliated Ic sceal sárigferþ heánmód hweorfan with sorrowing spirit and with dejected mind must I go, Exon, 52 b; Th. 184, 32; Gú. 1353.