Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

cís

(adj.)
Grammar
cís, adj.

Choice ⬩ fastidiosus in edendo

Entry preview:

Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo Gyf hwá sý cís if any one be choice, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 15

marma

(n.)
Grammar
marma, an; m.

Marble

Entry preview:

H.) bleoh it has the colour of white marble, Herb. 51, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 14

ge-wyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyllan, pp. ed

To boil

Entry preview:

To boil Gewyll boil, Herb. 12, 1; Lchdm. i. 102, 21. Wel gewyllede well boiled, 12, 3; Lchdm. i. 104, 6, MS. O

líðung

(n.)
Grammar
líðung, e; f.

Relieving ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief

Entry preview:

Relieving, alleviation, relief Hé ongit ðæs innoþes líðunge he will find relief for the stomach, Herb. 18, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 2

gafol-swán

a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock.

Entry preview:

Add: a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock

ge-þegnsum

Grammar
ge-þegnsum, ge-þénsum.
Entry preview:

Take here <b>ge-þénsum</b> in Dict., and add: of persons Godes ege myndgað þæt mon þearfum and elþeódegum monnum geþénsum sý, R. Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml.

Linked entry: ge-þénsum

frum-cirr

Grammar
frum-cirr, -cerr, -cyrr.

first time ⬩ at once

Entry preview:

Take here frum-cyrr and Add: definite, first time as opposed to second, third, c. Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll.

ge-cwidrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwidrǽdness, e; f.

An agreement, a covenant

Entry preview:

An agreement, a covenant Hér swutelað seó gecwydrǽdnes ðe ..., Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cwidrǽdness

hreppan

(v.)

to touch ⬩ treat

Entry preview:

Hire on beseón oððe hí hreppan to look upon her or touch her, 7, 151. Hwá dearr hí hreppan, Homl. Th. i. 458, 17. His eágan hreppan mid ðam seáwe to touch his eyes with the juice, Herb. 31; Lchdm. i. 128, 12.

cancer

(n.)
Grammar
cancer, gen. cancres; m?

a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal

Entry preview:

a cancer, an eating or spreading disease; cancer, morbus Gif ðú wille cancer ablendan, genim ðonne fífleáfan ða wyrte: seóþ on wíne if thou desire to stop a cancer, then take the herb fiveleaf: boil it in wine, Herb. 3, 9; Lchdm. i. 88, 20.

Linked entry: cancer-hæbern

CERFILLE

(n.)
Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.

CHERVIL ⬩ cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον ⬩ chærophyllum sylvestre

Entry preview:

CHERVIL; cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre, Lin Genim ðysse wyrte ðe man cerefolium, and óðrum naman ðam gelíce cerfille nemneþ þrý croppas take three heads of this herb, which is named cerefolium, and by the other like name chervil, Herb

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass ⬩ gramen

Entry preview:

Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8. Genim cwican take quitch, L.

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rub ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ defricare ⬩ fricando comminuere ⬩ planare ⬩ levigare

Entry preview:

Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric&#39;s Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
Entry preview:

Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

æ-hiwnes

(n.)
Grammar
æ-hiwnes, -ness, e; f.

Paleness ⬩ gloom ⬩ pallor ⬩ deficientia coloris

Entry preview:

Paleness, gloom; pallor, deficientia coloris Wið æblǽcnysse and æhiwnesse ðæs líchoman for paleness and discoloration of the body, Herb. 164; Lchdm. i. 294, 3

be-galan

(v.)
Grammar
be-galan, p. -gól, pl. -gólon; pp. -galen [be, galan to sing, enchant]

To enchant ⬩ incantare

Entry preview:

To enchant; incantare Gyf hwylc yfel-dǽde man óðerne begaleþ if any ill-doing man enchants another Herb. 87, 4; Lchdm. i. 190, 10

frǽcnes

(n.)
Grammar
frǽcnes, -ness, -nyss

danger

Entry preview:

danger, Herb. 30, 4; Lchdm. i. 126, 24, MS. B: 63, 2; Lchdm. i. 166, 7, MSS. B. H. Blickl. Homl. 109, 7

geán-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
geán-cyme, es; m.

A coming against ⬩ meeting ⬩ occursus

Entry preview:

A coming against, meeting; occursus Ðæt ðú yfele geáncymas ne ondrǽde ut occursus mălos ne formīdes, Herb. 111, 3; Lchdm. i. 224, 19

Linked entry: gén-cyme

midde-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
midde-sumor, es; m.

Mid-summer

Entry preview:

On middesumeres dæg, Herb. 4, 5; Lchdm. i. 90, 17

Linked entries: midde-winter mid-sumor

cæg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cæg-loca, an; m.

The action of locking up, a key-locking, any repository locked up ⬩ clavis et loculamentum

Entry preview:

'hord-ern,' and her chest, and her cupboard, L.