Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ge-byrdo

birth ⬩ nature ⬩ condition

Entry preview:

birth, nature, condition

ge-byreþ

bears ⬩ produces

Entry preview:

bears, produces, L. Ethb. 78; Th. i. 22, 4

þole-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-byrde, adj.
Entry preview:

Bearing patiently, patient, long-suffering Þolo-byrde mann patiens homo ... Wer þolebyrde vir patiens, Scint. 13, 11, 13

Linked entries: -byrde þolo-byrde

byrþ-þignenu

(n.)
Grammar
byrþ-þignenu, -þínen, e; f.
Entry preview:

A midwife Byrððínenu obstetrix, Germ. 392, 97. Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, dó hyre man fram hyre byrþþínene þone sylfan lǽcedóm, Lch. i. 236, 4

Linked entry: beorþor-þínen

ge-býran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býran, (?) to furnish with gebúras,
Entry preview:

colonize Gebýrdum gemǽre colono fine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 26. Cf. á-búrod

Linked entries: -býran ge-býred

ge-byrde

Grammar
ge-byrde, ge-bierde.
Entry preview:

Dele ge-bierde, and add:

ge-byrga

Similar entry: leód-gebyrga

íren-byrne

Entry preview:

Add:

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, an; m.
Entry preview:

A soldier clothed in armour; loricatus miles Se byrnwíga búgan sceolde the mailed warrior must submit, Beo. Th. 5828; B. 2918: Exon. 77b; Th. 292, 5; Wand. 94. Byrnwígena brego the chief of mailed soldiers, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39

bytt-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
bytt-fylling, e; f.
Entry preview:

A filling of butts; doliorum impletio, L. Ath. v. § 8, l; Th. i. 236, 4

ge-byre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas

Entry preview:

The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

treów-bytt

(n.)
Grammar
treów-bytt, (?), e; f.
Entry preview:

A wooden vessel Flasce trinnubyttæ (triuuu- ? = treów-, cf. trýwen byt fiasco, 149, 33), eadem et fiascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78

byrg-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
byrg-leóþ, (byrig-), es; n.
Entry preview:

An epitaph, a dirge Byrgleóð carmen funebre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 63. Byregleóþ epichedieon, An. Ox. 901. Epicedion lícleóð, epitaphion byrigleóð, utrumque est carmen super tumulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 78

Linked entry: byrgen-leóþ

byrg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
byrg-sang, (byrig-), es; m.
Entry preview:

A dirge Birisang tragoedium, luctum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 57

Linked entry: byrgen-song

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, part. l.
Entry preview:

byrn-wiga

byrn-wigende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
byrn-wigende, part. l. byrn-wígend, es; m.

fore-byrd

Similar entry: for-byrd

ge-byrd

Entry preview:

Add: n. (see Bl. H. 167, 8: Hml. S. 4, 256 below). birth. bearing of a child by the mother Þú wuldorfæste hlǽfdige þe God æfter flǽsces gebyrde ácendest, Hml. S. 23 b, 433. Oft þæt gegongeð þætte wer and wíf in woruld cennað bearn mid gebyrdum, Vy. 3

ge-byrg

(n.)
Entry preview:

protection Beón on gebyrge (eo written over y, v.l. ) wudewum, Wlfst. 119, 4: 209, 1. Cf. ge-beorg

middel-býre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
middel-býre, a middle shed (?). v. middel; adj.

Linked entry: býre

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.