Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-þafsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þafsum, adj.

Agreeing;consentiens

Entry preview:

Agreeing; consentiens Wæs ðú geþafsum esto consentiens, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 25

Linked entry: -þafsum

mid-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mid-fæsten, es; n.

Mid-Lent

Entry preview:

Mid-Lent Wæs mycel gemót tó midfestene, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 11

ge-líchamod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líchamod, -homod; part. p.

Incarnate

Entry preview:

Incarnate Drihten wæs gelíchomod the Lord became incarnate, Blickl. Homl. 33, 15

ge-mearr

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mearr, adj.
Entry preview:

The other reading in the passage is: Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre

ge-fægerness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fægerness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Beauty Hester wæs swíðe wlitig on wundorlicre gefægernysse, Hml. A. 95, 97

hypebán-ece

(n.)
Grammar
hypebán-ece, es; m.
Entry preview:

Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece

Legaceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Legaceaster-scír, e ; f.
Entry preview:

Cheshire Þý ilcan geáre wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod, Chr. 980; P. 124, 9

soþ-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
soþ-sprǽce, adj.
Entry preview:

Veracious Sé þe wǽre twispǽcc, weorðe sé sóðspǽce, Wlfst. 72, 16 note

eáster-dæg

Entry preview:

Add: the day of the Passover Eásterdæg wæs se forman dæg on þǽre ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19.

ge-wunelic

Entry preview:

Cf. ge-wuna; 4, 5 Hit wæs þá gewunelic ꝥ man gesette on cranice ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him, Hml. A. 95, 122. Twégen sealmas æfter gewunelicum þeáwe (secundum consuetudinem), R. Ben. 37, 11; more solita, 61, 4.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

Entry preview:

wæs gnornung þám þe on breóstum wæg byrnende lufan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 16

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

Entry preview:

Wilfriþ æfter langum wræce (post longum exilium) wæs eft onfangen on bisceophád. Bd. 5, 3; S. 615, 37. Dauid sang ðysne sealm gebiddende tó Drihtne for his hámcyme of ðam wræce and of ðám earfoðan, ða hé ðá on wæs, Ps. Th. 30, arg.

ge-beran

Entry preview:

Th. i. 174, 15. þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.

burne

Entry preview:

In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

un-gewittigness

Entry preview:

</b> a mad action, foolish proceeding Hé wæs swíðe wundrigende, and þóhte ꝥ ꝥ wǽre sum ungewittignes ꝥ hé bebeád valde admiratus est, quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, l

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
Entry preview:

Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection Wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wé wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10. Ne lǽte ic eów steópcild, Jn. Skt. 14, 18

ymb-sníþan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sníþan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon
Entry preview:

Ðæt ðæt cild emsnyden (ymb-, v. l. ) wǽre, 2, 21. Ymbsniden, Homl. Th. i. 90, 14, 18, 30. Heora fæderas wǽron ymbsnidene, Jos. 5, 4

ómig

(adj.)
Grammar
ómig, adj.

rusty (v. óm), rust-colouredinflammatory

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 147, 66. inflammatory (óman) Wyrð gegaderodu ómig wǽte on ðære wambe. Lchdm. ii. 218, 16. On ðam magan ómigre wǽtan gefylled, 178, 9. Similar entries v. next word

Linked entries: hómig óm-cynn

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run outexpire

Entry preview:

Þá þá Dúnstán iung man wæs, and se swurdbora wæs forealdod man, Hml. S. 32, 6. Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21.

ge-mimor

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mimor, adj.

Existing in the memory or mind[?], knownnotus

Entry preview:

, known; notus Leden him wæs swá cúþ and swá gemimor swá swá Englisc ðæt him gecyndelíc wæs linguam Latinam non minus quam Anglorum, quæ sibi naturalis est, noverit, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 35. v. Grm. D. M. 352-3

Linked entry: mimor