Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

seófung

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

Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25. Ne beó dó tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung. Prov. Kmbl. 23. Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure.

ge-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-faran, p. fór; pl. -fóron, -fóran; pp. faren.

To go ⬩ proceed ⬩ reach by going ⬩ arrive ⬩ ire ⬩ proficisci ⬩ meare ⬩ to depart ⬩ die ⬩ to proceed ⬩ get on ⬩ fare ⬩ To get by going ⬩ experience ⬩ occupy ⬩ reach ⬩ obtain ⬩ go against

Entry preview:

Th. 107, 33; Gen. 1798. to depart, die His fæder gefærþ his father dies, Blickl. Homl. 131, 25. Bearn hraðe gefaraþ [their] children soon die, Boeth. 11, 1; Fox 32, 10.

Linked entry: ge-fór

Wóden

(n.)
Grammar
Wóden, es; m.

Woden

Entry preview:

Wódnes beorg, Wodnes den, Wódnes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 355. Similar entries See also Wódnes-dæg

óþ-wyrcan

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ic þence ðis feoh tó witanne næs tó óþwyrceanne I intend to keep this cattle not to harm it (?), Lchdm. i. 384, 5

port-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
port-geriht, es; n.
Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10

sealt-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wíc, es; n.
Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. i. 81, 9. Æt Saltwíc, v. 143, 21

twisla

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

Dip. Kmbl. v. 198, 34

wóda

(n.)
Grammar
wóda, an ; m.

Danger

Entry preview:

Dip. iv. 58, l) wódan tó werianne, Chart. Th. 341, 8

an-gríslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
an-gríslíc, l. an-grislic,
Entry preview:

Th. 11, 4. v. on-grislic in Dict

frǽ-dréman

Entry preview:

Take here freá-dréman in Dict., and add Wé singaþ and wé freádrémaþ strengða þíne cantabimus et psallemus uirtutes tuas, Ps. L. 20, 14. Cf. frǽ-þancian

genge

(adj.)
Grammar
genge, adj.
Entry preview:

Add: in season Ðonne sceadd genge (not sceadd*-*genge under which the passage is given in Dict.) sý when shad is in season, Cht. Th. 544, 28

ge-cwilman

Entry preview:

Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add Ge-cwylmdon secto, Germ. 400, 524. Heora líchaman sceoldon beón mid mislicum tintregum gecwilmede, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 18

Linked entry: ge-cwelman

wác-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wác-scipe, es; m.

Remissness

Entry preview:

Remissness Ðæt hí stýran ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste and mínra witena wed ábrecan mid ǽnigum wácscipe wille, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 7

sped

(n.)

phlegm ⬩ rheum

Entry preview:

Sped glaucoma (cf. spade the congealed gum of the eye, Halliwell's Dict.), Hpt. Gl. 447, 22

Linked entries: sped-dropa spediende

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, <b>. I.</b> driving. Take here Hml. Th. i. 502, 10 in Dict., and Bl. H. 199, 7. &para; the phrase dráfe drífan, C.D. iii. 450, 33, seems to refer to the transport of the lord&#39;s goods by vehicle which the geneát had to &#39;drive&#39;. Cf. drífan;
Entry preview:

III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievously ⬩ seriously ⬩ dully ⬩ severely ⬩ sadly ⬩ mournfully

Entry preview:

Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3: Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). severely, in a way that is hard to bear Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline

mǽr-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-pytt, es; m.

A pit that forms part of a boundary

Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. iii. 439, 1. Eást tó mǽrpytte, ii. 250, 5

mana-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
mana-scipe, es; m.

Humanity ⬩ kindness ⬩ civility

Entry preview:

Dip. Birch 154, 38. Manscipe gyfan beþearfendum and ælþeódigum humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere, 155, 5

mór-denu

(n.)
Grammar
mór-denu, e; f.

A swampy or fenny valley

Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten

tigel-ærne

(n.)
Grammar
tigel-ærne, (-a ?), an; f. (m.?)
Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 29

Linked entry: ærne

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.