Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

Licetfeld

(n.)
Grammar
Licetfeld, a; m.
Entry preview:

Æt Licettfelda, Shrn. 59, 20. On Licetfelda, Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 14. Æt Licetfelda, Chart. Th. 373, 34

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

Entry preview:

Windsor Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27.

toll-setl

(n.)
Grammar
toll-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth, ⬩ custom-house

Entry preview:

Ðá geseah hé sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18

Linked entry: toll-sceamol

Cyring-ceaster

(n.)

Cirencester

Entry preview:

Cirencester Æt Cyringceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 13, col. 1

ge-háwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háwian, <b>; II.</b>
Entry preview:

Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add

Tófe-ceaster

(n.)

Towcester

Entry preview:

Towcester Mon worhte ða burg æt Tófeceastre, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 26

truma

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

Voc. ii. 147, 52. order of troops, array Hé ð æt folc búton truman lǽdde he led the army withtout keeping any order, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 14. a support, v. wyrt-truma

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus

Entry preview:

A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: gioleca geoloca

Hwít-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-ern, es; n.
Entry preview:

Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7

ge-flǽscnes

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

Incarnation ⬩ incarnātio

Entry preview:

Incarnation; incarnātio Ǽr Cristes ge-flǽscnesse before Christ's incarnation, Chr. Erl. 4, 22

sige-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
sige-cempa, an ; m.
Entry preview:

A victorious warrior Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, Ps. C. 50, 10

stíþ-hugende

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-hugende, adj.
Entry preview:

Of purpose stern Stíðhugende hysas æt hilde, Byrht. Th. 135, 23 ; By. 122

Linked entry: -hugende

sweord-plega

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-plega, an, m.
Entry preview:

-Æt ðam sweordplegan wíg forbúgan, Wald. 22; Vald. 1, 13

wír-hangra

(n.)
Grammar
wír-hangra, an; m.

A meadow where myrtles grow

Entry preview:

A meadow where myrtles grow Æt wírhangran Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 18

á-myrdrian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: , -myrþr(i)an Ǽr hé Beorn ámyrðrode, Chr. 1049; P. 171, 21

for-heardian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ǽr þon ðe hé þone forheardodan swile gehnesce, Lch. ii. 212, 18. Add

glendran

(v.)
Grammar
glendran, to devour. l. glendrian,
Entry preview:

and add Fisc hyne gearwað ꝥ hé glentrige ( gluttiat ) ǽs, Scint. 107, 8

reód

Entry preview:

Æt t

ǽfen-mete

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-mete, adj.

Provided with supper

Entry preview:

Provided with supper; (=-æt?) éfenmeti wéron hiá coenantibus eis, Mt. L. 26, 26

on-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-fealdan, p. -feóld

To unfold, unwrap

Entry preview:

To unfold, unwrap Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17

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.