Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ǽg-hwár

Grammar
ǽg-hwár, ǽg-hwér

everywhere

Entry preview:

everywhere, Ors. 4,1; Bos. 76, 38

a-geaf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-geaf, p. of agifan.

gave up

Entry preview:

Bos. 19, 30;

a-giltst

thou repayest

Entry preview:

Bos. 5, 33

a-feóll

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-feóll, p. of afeallan.

fell ⬩ cecidit

Entry preview:

Bos. 6, 49;

a-fleów

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-fleów, p. of aflówan.

overflowed

Entry preview:

overflowed.Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 9;

a-stíhst

(v.)
Grammar
a-stíhst, a-stíhþ

ascendest ⬩ ascends

Entry preview:

Bos. 3, 13 ;

a-wyltne

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wyltne, acc. s. m. of a-wylt ; pp. of a-wyltan.

rolled away

Entry preview:

Bos. 24, 2;

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dyrstig-líce, adv.

Boldly ⬩ audacter

Entry preview:

Bos. 15, 43

Linked entry: dyrste-líce

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

for-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
for-sleán, he -slæhþ, -slyhþ, -slihþ; p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slægen, -slagen [sleán to strike]

To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre

Entry preview:

He ealle ða rícostan forsleán hét he commanded [them] to slay all the most powerful, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 38. Ercol hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde Hercules grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 34.

Linked entry: for-slegenlic

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

Entry preview:

Bos. 4, 18: Mk. Bos. 1, 16. Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

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.