Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-þearfan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to be need Ne myr ðú eal ðaet ðú hæbbe, ðý lǽs ðé geðearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum do not waste all you have, lest there be need to you of another man's property, Prov. K. 73

un-gewitt

Grammar
un-gewitt, <b>. I.</b>
Entry preview:

Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add

Linked entry: un-gewitness

weoruld-gestreón

Entry preview:

Þeáh þe him sié eal middangeard on geweald géseald mid eallum ðám welum and ðám weoruldgestreónum ðe heofen behwealfeð ábútan, Sal. K. 86, 2. Add

hræd

Entry preview:

Eal swá earn þonne hé mid hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 36. Heora hors mid swá hræde ryne ( tanto cursu ) þá oferférdon, efne swá seó in hire nǽnigne wætres streám hæfde, Gr. D. 15, 31. Hrædne gang rapidum (i. uelocem) gressum, An.

in-fléde

(adj.)
Grammar
in-fléde, adj.
Entry preview:

Full of water [of a stream] Tigris infléde Tigris, stream of abundant flood. Cd. 12 ; Th. 15, 12 ; Gen. 232. Lǽt nú streámas weallan, infléde, Andr. Kmbl. 3006 ; An. 1506

Linked entries: fléd fléde

cyne-cyn

Entry preview:

Fram þan Wódne áwóc eall úre cynecynn, and Súðanhymbra eác, Chr. 449; P. 13, 25. Norþanhymbra cynecyn (-kyn, v. l. ), 547; P. 16, 17. Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs omnes regie arcessitos, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 30.

swǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽre, swáre; adv.
Entry preview:

Grievously, oppressively Eam ic swǽre geseald ðǽr ic út swícan ne mæg traditus sum, et non egrediebar Ps. Th. 87, 8. Se hláford hefig gioc slépte swáre on ða swyran sínra þegena, Met. 9, 56

Linked entry: swáre

tǽlwirð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tǽlwirð-líc, adj.

Blameable, reprehensible

Entry preview:

Blameable, reprehensible Ðæt on óðrum lande betst lícaþ ðæt biþ hwílum on ðam óþrum tǽlwyrþlícost and eác miceles wítes wyrþe quod apud alios laude, apud alios supplicio dignum judicetur, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 24

for-pyndan

To precludeshut upstopprevent the action of

Entry preview:

To preclude, shut up, stop, prevent the action of Críst onwráh in Dauides dýrre mǽgan þæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that in the Virgin Mary Eve's guilt is closed, Cri. 97. Substitute:

frécend-lic

Entry preview:

Ǽgðer is swíðe frécendlic, ge ꝥ him hwá unmedomlíce onfoo, and eác ꝥ him hwá tó lange bútan sý, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 21. Uneáðe þá frécendlican nýdþearfnysse ádreógende, Hml. S. 23 b, 538. Add

Linked entry: fréced-lic

ofer-hoga

Entry preview:

Eal woruld winneð swýðe for synnum ongeán þá oferhogan þe Gode nellað hýran pugnabit pro Deo orbis terrarum contra insensatos homines, 92, 16. Add

on-þwægenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-þwægenness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Cleansing by washing, ablution Seó onðwægennyss þǽra fóta gástlíce tácnað gehwæðer ge líchaman clǽnnysse ge eác sáwle, Hml. A. 157, 138. Þá gástlican onþwægennysse, . . ꝥ is ꝥ hálige fulwihtes bæð and synna forlǽtennysse, 158, 154

Linked entry: -þwægenness

hæleþ

Entry preview:

Weorð eác ádrǽfed deórmód hæleð Óslác of earde Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 20. Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást-Denum . . . þus Heardingasþone hæleð nemdun, Rún. 22. Byð for eorlum æðelinga wyn hors hófum wlanc, þǽr him hæleþe ymb welege on wicgum wrixlað sprǽce, 19.

ymb-sceáwian

(v.)
Entry preview:

to look round, to behold Ymbsceáwade (-sceówade, Rush.) tó geseánne hiá circumspiciebat uidere eam Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 32. Ymbsceáwde (-sceówadun, Rush.) hiá circumspiciens eos 3, 5. Ymbsceáude (-sceówade, Rush.) hine intuitus eum, Jn. Skt.

Catacumbé

(n.)
Entry preview:

(ad) Catacumbas Eal folc Rómwara beféng þá líchoman (of SS. Peter and Paul) on þǽre stówe Catacumbé, Bl. H. 193, 11. Hine ferian tó Catacumbas, þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, Hml, S. 5, 465

sperran

(v.)
Grammar
sperran, spirran, spyrran; p. de

To strikesparto struggleto struggle, resist

Entry preview:

To strike, spar Ðǽr eác cwóman hreáþemýs . . . and ða on úre ondwlitan sperdon and ús pulledon et uespertilionum uis ingens . . . in ora uultusque nostros ferebantur (the translator has read feriebant?), Nar. 15, 6.

Linked entry: spyrran

býrigan

(v.)
Grammar
býrigan, p. de
Entry preview:

Ðæt he hire sealde ðæt wæter to býrigenne ut gustandam illi daret eam aquam. Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 21

candel-treów

(n.)
Grammar
candel-treów, es; n.
Entry preview:

A candlestick with branches, a candlestick; candelabrum Ne menn blǽcern in beornaþ and settaþ hine under mytte, ah on candeltreów neque accendunt lucernam et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15

gearcung

(n.)
Grammar
gearcung, e; f.

A preparationpreparingpræpărātioappărātus

Entry preview:

A preparation, preparing; præpărātio, appărātus Gearcunge heortan heora gehýrde eáre ðín præpărātiōnem cordis eōrum audīvit auris tua, Ps. Spl. second 9, 20 : 32, 14. Gearcung appărātus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 44; Wrt. Voc. 50, 26

ge-hror

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hror, es; n.

A fallruindeath

Entry preview:

A fall, ruin, death Ðonne ðæt gelumpe ðæt hí of middangearde genumene wǽron ðý ylcan gehrore ðe hí óðre gesáwon cum eas eodem quo cæteros exterminio raptari e mundo contingeret, Bd. 4. 7; S. 574, 38

Linked entries: ge-hrero ge-rora