Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

deófel-seócnys

(n.)
Grammar
deófel-seócnys, deófel-seóc-nyss

devil-sickness

Entry preview:

Bos. 4, 24

-enne

(suffix)
Grammar
-enne, the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, — To farenne

to go

Entry preview:

Bos. 8, 21

eornust

(n.; adj.)

earnest, earnestness

Entry preview:

Bos. 13, 17

fǽmn-hád

(n.)

virginity ⬩ virgĭnĭtas

Entry preview:

Bos. 2, 36

for-corfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-corfen, pp. of for-ceorfan.

cut down

Entry preview:

Bos. 3, 10;

fóre-sǽde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fóre-sǽde, p. of fóre-secgan.

foretold ⬩ predicted

Entry preview:

Bos. 24, 25;

fuhlas

(n.)
Grammar
fuhlas, = fuglas; pl. nom. acc. of fugel.

birds ⬩ fowls

Entry preview:

Bos. 13, 32

ge-beden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-beden, pp. of ge-biddan.

demanded ⬩ intreated

Entry preview:

Bos. 1, 63;

ge-bolgen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bolgen, pp. of ge-belgan.

offended ⬩ angry

Entry preview:

Bos. 2, 16;

búgende

(v.; adj.)

bowing, kneeling ⬩ to bow down

Entry preview:

Bos. 1. 7

bysmer-spycst

blasphemest ⬩ blasphemas

Entry preview:

Bos. 10, 36

ge-býgean

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgean, -bígean; v. trans.

To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ bow down ⬩ subdue ⬩ crush

Entry preview:

To bow, bend, turn, bow down, subdue, crush Ðú miht leon and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, Ps. Th. 90, 13. Gebígean to synnum adigere ad peccata, Alb. resp. 68 [Lye]

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spilling ⬩ waste ⬩ perdition ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio

Entry preview:

Bos. 14, 4. Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis. Jn. Bos. 17, 12. Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

lǽlan

(v.)

to be bruised

Entry preview:

Kemble and Grimm read líclǽlan spots [of blood] on the body, on the body, but cf. lǽlian

Linked entries: lǽl líc-lǽlan

ge-samnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-samnung, -somnung, -samning, -somning, e; f.

A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia

Entry preview:

Bos. 4, 16. He lǽrde híg on hyra gesamnungum dŏcēbat eos in sy̆năgōgis eōrum, Mt. Bos. 13, 54: 23, 6: Mk. 1, 39: 12, 39: Lk. Bos. 4, 44: 11, 43: 20, 46. On gesamnunga in sy̆năgōgas, Lk. Bos. 21, 12. On gesamnunga háligra in ecclēsia sanctōrum, Ps.

Linked entries: ge-samning samnung ge-somning ge-somnung

a-dréd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-dréd, p. of a-drǽdan.

feared

Entry preview:

Bos. 14, 5;

a-gan

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-gan, p. of a-ginnan,

began ⬩ cœpit

Entry preview:

Bos. 6, 7;

ǽton

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽton, p. of etan.

ate

Entry preview:

Bos. 13, 4;

a-locen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-locen, pp. of a-lúcan.

withdrawn

Entry preview:

Bos. 22, 41;

a-hangen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hangen, pp. of a-hón.

hung

Entry preview:

Bos. 16, 2;

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.