Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcerywitchcraft

Entry preview:

Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum. Ða ðe lyblác wyrcaþ sýn hí á fram ǽlcum Godes dǽle áworpene, búton hí tó rihtre dǽdbóte grecyrran, L. Edm. E. 6; Th. i. 246, 13-16.

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

Entry preview:

Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1 :-- Oxan tó mancuse compared with Th. i. 232, 7 where an ox is rated at thirty pence, be xxx pænega oððe be ánum hrýðere. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters.

bleó-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-bord, es; n.

A coloured table on which games of chess are playedtabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur

Entry preview:

the table, cunning at the coloured board, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 20; Vy. 71

Cyren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster

Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire

Entry preview:

Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire Æt Cyrenceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2: Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22

ende-sǽta

(n.)
Grammar
ende-sǽta, an; m.

An end or border inhabitant, one stationed at the extremity of a territorylīmĭtis incŏla

Entry preview:

An end or border inhabitant, one stationed at the extremity of a territory; līmĭtis incŏla, Beo. Th. 487; B. 241

meaht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
meaht-leás, adj.

Powerless

Entry preview:

Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23

niht-weard

(n.)
Grammar
niht-weard, es; m.

A guard who keeps watch at night

Entry preview:

A guard who keeps watch at night Heofoncandel ( the fiery pillar ) barn, níwe nihtweard, Cd. Th. 185, 1; Exod. 116

Gréc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Gréc-land, es; n.
Entry preview:

Greece Dionisius gewende on ðam tíman fram Gréclande Dionysius returned at that time from Greece, Homl. Th. i. 558, 33

writ

Entry preview:

Dele hreód-writ at end, and add (?) Write gramate (Wülck. Gl. 531, 19 reads gewrite), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 52

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

Entry preview:

Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 16-21. In huarf in spatio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 13. Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 26. Huoerf, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 37.

Cyne-mǽres ford

(n.)
Grammar
Cyne-mǽres ford, es; m. [Flor. Kimeresford: cyne royal; mǽre a mere; ford a ford]

KEMPSFORD, Gloucestershire

Entry preview:

KEMPSFORD, Gloucestershire Rád Æðelmund alderman ofer æt Cynemǽresforda alderman Æthelmund rode over at Kempsford, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 6

hand-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cweorn, -cwyrn, e; f.

A hand-mill

Entry preview:

A hand-mill Héton hine grindan æt hira handcwyrne ordered him to grind at their mill, Jud. 16, 21

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

Entry preview:

break of day]; — Next at nine o'clock; — and 3ly at midday; — and 4ly at the nones, 3 o'clock; — and 5ly at even, at 6 o'clock, the 12th or an even or equal part of the 24 hours from 6 a.m. to 12 pm; — and 6ly at the fore night [at 9 o'clock]; — and

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

Entry preview:

At ðis gewitnesse wæs seo kining Offa at this witnessing was king Offa, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 12. used of persons Ic Æthelmǽr gewitnys I Æthelmær am witness, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 351, 12-18: iv. 206, 6-9.

Linked entry: witness

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
Entry preview:

O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

Entry preview:

Ath. i. 5; Th. i. 202, 7: L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 262, 23: i. 5; Th. i. 264, 20. Swá hit on ðære dóm-béc stande as it stands in the doom-book, L. Ed. prm; Th. i. 158, 4. Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

mynet

(n.)
Grammar
mynet, es; n.

a coincoinagemoney

Entry preview:

Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 18 : L. Edg. i. 8; Th. i. 268, 27. Án mynet gange ofer ealle ðás þeóde bútan ǽlcon false, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 28: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 15 : Wulfst. 272, 2

oxa

(n.)
Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
Entry preview:

Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx. pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31

Linked entries: axan exen

ǽfen-grom

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-grom, adj.

Fierce in the eveningvespere ferox

Entry preview:

Fierce in the evening; vespere ferox Grendel cwom eatol, ǽfengrom Grendel came terrible, fierce at eve, Beo. Th. 4154; B. 2074

cir

(n.)

a turn, time

Entry preview:

a turn, time Æt ðam fiftan cire at the fifth turn or time, Lchdm. i. 214, 6, MS. B. note 8

Linked entry: cirr