Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, e; f.

a BIERferetruma couchpalletlittergrabatus

Entry preview:

Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre they brought a dead man on a bier, Elen. Kmbl. 1742; El. 873. a couch, pallet, litter; grabatus On his þegna handum on bǽre boren wæs manibus ministrorum portabatur in grabato, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 22

Lǽden-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-bóc, f.
Entry preview:

A Latin book Nán man næfþ lédenbóca angit be fullon búton hé ðone cræft cunne no man perfectly understands Latin books, unless he know that art [grammar], Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65. Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl.

BLǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLǼTAN, p. blǽtte; pp. blǽtted; v. n.

To BLEATbalareto cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat

Entry preview:

Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12

un-gesibsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesibsum, adj.

Prone to discordquarrelsome

Entry preview:

Prone to discord, quarrelsome Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum, man áh on ðam dæge hine tó gesibsumianne, Wulfst. 295, 4.

Linked entry: ge-sibsum

há-sæta

(n.)
Grammar
há-sæta, an; m.

A rowera thole-sitter, an oarsman, opposed to the captain or helmsman

Entry preview:

A rower And gerǽdde man ðá ðæt ða scipu gewendan eft ongeán tó Lundene and sceolde man setton óðre eorlas and óðre hásǽton tó ðám scipum it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and other commanders and other rowers were to be appointed

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Th. i. 610, 28. of condition, frequently, in many places, in many instances Gelómlíce ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife stæðhlýplíce út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 19

glíwian

(v.)
Entry preview:

An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
Entry preview:

(Grein takes sibbe as gen, of sibb, Thorpe and Heyne make it the first part of a compound. Cf. sib-gedryht.)

níþ-full

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-full, adj.

Enviousmalicious

Entry preview:

Se níþfulla wer ... se gesibsuma wer the malicious man ... the man that loves peace, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 20, 22, 30. Feóndes níþfulles fácne hostis invidi dolum, Hymn. Surt. 3, 21. Ðeós costung is of ðam níþfullan deófle, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 10.

barenian

(v.)
Grammar
barenian, p. ode; pp. od

To make baredenudare

Entry preview:

To make bare; denudare Sand barenodon made bare the sand, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 22; Exod. 470, note

Linked entry: berian

eofor-swín

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-swín, es; n.

A boar pig, male swine verres

Entry preview:

A boar pig, male swine; verres Eoforswínes cwead verris stercus, L. M. 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 18

(v.)
Grammar
fó, 1st sing. pres. indic. of fón.

I take

Entry preview:

I take; Ne ne fó he he may not take, L. Ælf. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 2;

menniscu

(n.)
Grammar
menniscu, e; f.

Humanitystate of man

Entry preview:

Humanity, state of man Hé forleás his mennisce ut homo esse perderet, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 39, 24

mynetian

(v.)
Grammar
mynetian, p. ode

To mintcoin

Entry preview:

To mint, coin Nán man ne mynetege bútan on porte, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 19

ge-scý

Entry preview:

Tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan ... nimon hí heora gescý on Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 25-28. Add

un-geþancfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþancfull, adj.

Unthankfulungrateful

Entry preview:

Unthankful, ungrateful Ðú man, tó hwan eart ðú mé swá ungeþancfull mínra gifena? Wulfst. 259, 1: 241, 4

Linked entry: ge-þancfull

un-handworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-handworht, adj.

Not made with hands

Entry preview:

Not made with hands Ic unhandworht tempel getimbrie ego templum non manu factum aedificabo, Mk. Skt. 14, 58

wóplíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóplíce, adv.

Mournfullywith lamentations

Entry preview:

Mournfully, with lamentations Wé healdaþ heora gemynd, náteshwón wóplíce, swá swá man bewépð deádne, Homl. Ass. 77, 124

án-méde

(n.)
Grammar
án-méde, es; n.
Entry preview:

Unanimity Þú eart se man þe mé wære on ánméde tu vero, homo unanimis, Ps. Th. 54, 13

edmǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
edmǽl-tíd, e; f.
Entry preview:

A festival-time Ǽlce geáre tó ðǽre edméltíde (cf. man his gemynd dó, 15), Cht. Th. 158, 21