Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

in-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
in-weard, adv.

Within

Entry preview:

Ðá hig inweard fóron ðá gemytton hig twegen ealde weras when they went in, they met two old men, Nicod. 31; Thw. 18, 3

racu

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
Entry preview:

, cloud, storm Ic wille ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan ða beútan beóþ earce bordum ðonne sweart racu ( the black clouds that overspread the sky at the Deluge ) stígan onginneþ, Cd. Th. 81, 34; Gen. 1355

dysig-nes

Entry preview:

Eálá on hú micelre dysignesse men nú sindon O dura mens hominum et cor semper inhumanum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 17. Swá hwæt swá wé þurh hwylce dysignesse gedón habban, Hml. A. 143, 137. Add

neáh-gangol

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-gangol, adj.
Entry preview:

In attendance on the person of the sovereign Þ eall hí dydon for ðæs cáseres ðingon, for þon hí him ǽr on híredeswíðe neáhgangole wǽron (cf. Icel. þeir vóru svá nakvæmir konungi), Hml. S. 23, 130

Linked entry: gangel

un-gerýde

Entry preview:

Se egeslica swég ungerýdre sǽ eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add

swaðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swaðrian, swæðorian; p ode

To retreat, withdraw, subside

Entry preview:

To retreat, withdraw, subside Geofon swaðrode . . . geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, Andr. Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570

Linked entries: swæðorian swodrian

geond-geótan

(v.)
Entry preview:

</b> to spread (intrans.) through, pour through :-- Sió blódsceáwung geondgét ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 222, 9

weorold-wísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wísdóm, es; m.
Entry preview:

Ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heora lár oferstáh ealne woruldwisdóm, 576, 30. Ða seofon cræftas on ðám beóþ geméted ealle weoruldwýsdómas, Shrn. 152, 12

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

Entry preview:

Ðæt hæcce wæs eall of gold and of seolfre the crosier was all of gold and silver, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 9.

lactuca

Entry preview:

Gif se ríca ágylte, þreá hine; þonne ytst þú þíne eástru mid grénum lactucum, mid biternesse. ꝥ wát eall ceorlisc folc ꝥ gréne lactucas beóð bitere; swá synt þá rícan men tó þreágenne, Angl. viii. 323, 22. Add

scildend

Entry preview:

Eálá þú scyldend o tutor, Hpt. 31, 18, 503. Sceldend lífes mínes defensor vitae meae, Ps. Vos. 26, 1. Ꝥ ðú tóweorpe feónd and wrecend ł and scildend ut destruas inimicum et ultorem, Ps. L. 8, 3. Add

tó-déman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-déman, p. de

To judge between, ⬩ distinguish ⬩ dijudicare

Entry preview:

Mihtig Freá eall manna cynn tódǽleþ and tódémeþ the mighty Lord will divide and will distinguish in his judgement between all mankind, Dóm. L. 20

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To look ⬩ gaze

Entry preview:

Hé wlít ofer ealle ða ðe ealre eorðan ymbhwyrft búiaþ respexit super omnes qui habitant orbrm, Ps. Th. 32, 12. Ðissum idesum ðe wé on wlítaþ, Cd. Th. 150, 32; Gen. 2500. On ða synwyrcend wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 68, 18; Cri. 1105.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
Entry preview:

Hé Godes þá gecorenan wítnode and hí on yrmðum getintregode, and hí buton gewande getúcude ( the MS. has the accent ) eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Man hí tó eallre yrmðe getúcode, and heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum, 71

ǽðan

(v.)

To overflow ⬩ deluge ⬩ lay waste

Entry preview:

To overflow, deluge, lay waste Cwæþ ðæt he wolde eall á ǽðan ðæt on eorþan wæs said that he would for ever lay waste all that was on the earth. Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24; Gen. 1280

Linked entry: áǽðan

rúnung

Entry preview:

Add: secret talking Hí ( the guards of Christ's sepulchre) námon þone sceatt and swáþeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum þæt riht eall rǽddon (in secret talks apart they supposed what the truth was ), Hml. A. 79, 161

sliht

Entry preview:

Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

gafeluc

Grammar
gafeluc, Add
Entry preview:

Hí scuton mid gafelucum ... oð ꝥ hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum swilce igles byrsta, Hml. S. 32, 116

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ decay

Entry preview:

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

land-ríce

Entry preview:

Wé Darium oferswýðdon and ús in onweald geslógon eal his londríce Dario superato acceptaque in conditiones omni eius regione Nar. 3, 23. Add