Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

beorþor-cwelm

Grammar
beorþor-cwelm, beorþor-cwealm.
Entry preview:

Beorðorcwelmas abor-tivos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 27. Substitute for Cot. II:

bufan-cweden

(adj.)
Grammar
bufan-cweden, adj.
Entry preview:

Aforesaid, above-mentioned Ðæs bufancwedenan mannes mægnu ... se bufancwedena wer, Gr. D. 14, 8. Þá landgemǽro ðæs bufancwedenan landes, C.D. ii. 265, 27. Þysum bufancwedenum gelíce. Gr. D. 90, 27

cwic-feoh

Entry preview:

Dele

cwic-lác

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-lác, es; n.
Entry preview:

A living sacrifice Cuiclácum (cwicum lácum, R.) holocaustomatibus, Mk. L. 12, 33

cwic-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-lic, adj.
Entry preview:

Living, vital Cuiclic vitalis, Rtl. 94, 29

cwic-súslen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-súslen, adj.
Entry preview:

Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12

Linked entry: súslen

cwic-treów

Entry preview:

Cwictreów cresis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 1: gnesis, 42, 17. Add

cwic-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-wille, (-welle); adj.
Entry preview:

Living (of water) Wæter cwicwelle (lífwelle, L.) aquam vivam, Jn. R. 4, 10, 11

cweorn-burna

(n.)
Grammar
cweorn-burna, an; m.
Entry preview:

A mill-stream Andlang mearcellan ꝥ hit cymð þǽr cwyrnburna and mearcella sceótað tógædere; þonne forð andlang cwyrnburnan, C. D. iii. 458, 12-14

cweorn-stán

Entry preview:

Cweornstán scopulum, i. lapis (collo connexum ), An. Ox. 4457. Coernstán mola, Mt. L. 18, 6. Curnstánes molaris, Germ. 400, 489. Lǽt niman ǽnne greátne cwurnstán and hǽtan hine and lecgan hine under þone man, Lch. iii. 38, 15. Add

cwic-beám

Entry preview:

Cuicbeám cariscus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 65. Cwicbeám, 129, 8. Quicbeám juniperum, 46, 19. Add

esol-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
esol-cweorn, e ; f.

mill-stone

Entry preview:

A mill turned by an ass, mill-stone Esulcweorn mola asinaria, Past. 31, 17: asinaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 79: 8, 72. Eosulcweorn mola asinaria, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 11

Linked entry: esul-cweorn

esul-cweorn

Similar entry: esol-cweorn

pipor-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
pipor-cweorn, e; f.
Entry preview:

A pepper-mill, pepper-grinder Grinde reádes caules sǽdes áne handfulle on piporcwyrna, Archiv lxxxiv. 326 d

sám-cwic

Entry preview:

Hé Smaragdum forðférendne geseah, and Pafnuntium sámcwicne on eorðan licgan, Hml. S. 33, 302. Mid flánum ofscotene, mid wǽpnum ofsette, hí heora burh sámcuce (cf. healfcwice, Bl. H. 203, 19) gesóhton, Hml. Th. i. 506, 2. Add

cwic-hege

(n.)
Entry preview:

a hedge composed of living plants Oð ðone cwichege, C.D. iii. 380, 12. [v. N.E.D. quick hedge: D.D. quick a young thorn for making hedges.]

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

Entry preview:

Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice

hearm-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðan, p. -cwæþ

To revile, speak ill of

Entry preview:

To revile, speak ill of Mið ðý menn iuih harmcueðaþ cum homines vos exprobaverint, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 22. Hearmcuǽdon him convitiabantur ei, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 32

a-cwinen

quenched

Entry preview:

quenched

a-cwolen

died

Entry preview:

died, Chr. 918; Gib. 105, 37, note a