Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

nestan

(v.)
Grammar
nestan, p. te

To spin

Entry preview:

To spin Ne wynnes and ne nestas non laborant neque nent, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 28. Nestaþ, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 27

ymb-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-bǽtan, p. te
Entry preview:

To put restraint upon, curb Se mid his brídle ymbebǽted hæfð ymbhwyrft ealne eorþan and heofenes Dominus orbis habenas temperat, Met. 24, 37

hnescan

(v.)
Grammar
hnescan, p. te
Entry preview:

To make soft Hnesce mulceat Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 19. Þá mettas ðe gód seáw wyrcen and wambe hnescen, Lch. ii. 226, 12

Linked entry: hnescian

ýstan

(v.)
Grammar
ýstan, p. te
Entry preview:

To be stormy Ýstendre ferventis (oceani ), Hpt. Gl. 464, 57

á-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
á-brítan, p. te
Entry preview:

To destroy Beóþ ábrýtte exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 9

Linked entry: a-brytan

be-lyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lyrtan, p. te
Entry preview:

To deceive Bisuicen ł bilyrtet inlusus. Mt. L. 2, 16

Linked entry: -lyrtan

in-stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
in-stæppan, p. te

To step inenter

Entry preview:

Th. ii. 546, 23

efnettan

(v.)
Grammar
efnettan, p. te.
Entry preview:

to make even, square, adjust Emnettan quadrare, An. Ox. 2, 311. to be equal, imitate Ic mésan mægmeahtelícor and efnetan ealdum þyrse (-re, MS.) (cf. mando dapes mordax lurcorum more cyclopum, Prehn 217), Rä. 41, 63.

Linked entry: emnettan

in-settan

(v.)
Grammar
in-settan, p. te

To appointinstitute

Entry preview:

To appoint, institute Insette instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 38

pyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
pyrtan, p. te
Entry preview:

To strike, beat Wæs sceacen vibratur, pyrte ferit, Germ. 401, 47

Linked entry: portian

ge-cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cræftan, p. -cræfte; pp. -cræfted, cræft [cræftan to build; cræft art]

To contrivebuildmolīrimachināri

Entry preview:

To contrive, build; molīri, machināri Ic gecræfte, ðæt se cempa ongon Waldend wundian I contrived that the soldier did wound the Lord, Exon. 70 a; Th. 259, 30; Jul. 290.

tolcettan

(v.)
Grammar
tolcettan, p. te

To be wanton

Entry preview:

To be wanton Tolcetende ł fleardiende infruticans, luxurians, Hpt. Gl. 435, 36

Linked entry: tolcendlíce

dípan

(v.)
Grammar
dípan, p. te.
Entry preview:

to dip, immerse Sé ðe dépið (ðépeð, L.) honde in þás parabside qui intingit manum in parapside, Mt. R. 26, 23. Hafa þú þíne þrí fingras swílce þú dýpan wille . . .

Linked entry: dépan

hrǽctan

(v.)
Grammar
hrǽctan, p. te

To eructateretch

Entry preview:

To eructate, retch Biþ sió wamb áþened and hrǽctaþ gelóme the stomach is extended and they eructate frequently, L. M. 2, 28; Lchdm. ii. 224, 12

þoddettan

(v.)
Grammar
þoddettan, p. te
Entry preview:

To push, strike, batter Ða deóflu þoddetton ða earme sáwle and héton hý út faran of ðam líchaman, Wulfst. 235, 15. Þoddetton pulsent, Germ. 399, 264

ge-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cépan, p. te
Entry preview:

To be on the look-out for a person (gen. ) Hí nán óþer ðing nyston, buton ꝥ se cásere héte heora gecépan, Hml. S. 23, 444

swolgettan

(v.)
Grammar
swolgettan, p. te
Entry preview:

To swallow, take into the throat Ðonne sceal mon ðone geagl swillan gelóme on ðære ádle ( quinsy ), and swolgettan eced wiþ sealt gemenged, Lchdm. ii. 48, 16

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, p. te

To shinelighten

Entry preview:

Surt. ii. 202, 11: Exon. 64 a; Th. 237, 9; Ph. 587. Wedercondel (the sun) wearm weorodum lýhteþ, 58 b; Th. 210, 18; Ph. 187. Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54.

æfter-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-sprecan, p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen [sprecan to speak]

To claimpetererepetere

Entry preview:

To claim; petere, repetere Ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æftersprecþ possession is always nearer to him who has, than to him who claims, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 21

for-screncan

(v.)
Grammar
for-screncan, -scræncan; p. -screncte, -scræncte; pp. —scrænct, -screnct [screncan to trip up]

To supplantovercomeoppresscast downsupplantāreopprĭmĕreelīdĕre

Entry preview:

Crist arǽrþ ða forscrenctan Christ raises the oppressed, Homl. Th. ii. 414. 23

Linked entry: for-screncend