Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bleac

(adj.)
Grammar
bleac, def. se bleaca; adj.

Blacknigerblack

Entry preview:

Black; niger Wæs ðis gesceád ðæt for missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe, óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heawold, óðer se hwíta Heawald ea distinctione ut pro diversa capillorum specie, unus niger Hewald, alter albus Hewald diceretur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 16

searu-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-grim, adj.
Entry preview:

Fierce in arms or skilfully fierce, having fierceness accompanied by skill Gif ðín hige wǽre swá searogrim swá ðú self talast if thy spirit had been as cunningly fierce (?) as thyself reckons, Beo. Th. 1192; B. 594. Cf. searu-céne

þæder

(adv.)
Grammar
þæder, adv.
Entry preview:

Thither, whither Gá ðú and lǽde ðís folc þæder þe ic þé ǽr sǽde tu vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi, Ex. 32, 34. On mergen com se biscop þæder, Shrn. 139, 35. Hé þæder ineode, 156, 13

Linked entry: þider

treów-steall

(n.)
Grammar
treów-steall, es; n.
Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, . 11. Óð ðæt treówsteall; ðonnon of ðan treówstealle, v. 297, 24. Óð Æðel-stánes treówsteal, 298, 12. Cf. wæter-steall, and next word

and-lang

(prep.)
Grammar
and-lang, prep.
Entry preview:

Wrít ðis andlang ðá earmas, Lch. iii. 38, 29. as adverb Wende þé þonne .iii. sunganges, ástrece þonne on andlang, Lch. i. 400, 10

cwild-seten

Grammar
cwild-seten, v. cwyld-seten
Entry preview:

in Dict., but substitute for citations Cwylsetene (cwylseten conticinium, Hpt. Gl. 495, 6) conticinio, An. Ox. 3771. Cwyldsetene, 2, 250: 8, 198. Cwuldsetene, 7, 273. Cwyldsetene ( conticinio, gallicantu, Hpt.

frásian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to question, interrogate Ne gebelg þú þé wið mé, þeáh ic þé frásige and ðín fandige, Solil. H. 35, 7. Ne gidarste ǽnig monn frásiga ( interrogare ) hine, Jn. L. 21, 12. Ðǽm frásendum Judéum interrogantibus Judaeis, p. 3, 4

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
Entry preview:

Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

híre-mann

Entry preview:

Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hýre-mann

on-drǽdendlic

Entry preview:

Diu adtoniti utrimque populi haesitavere, Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 30

búgian

(v.)
Grammar
búgian, búian, búwian, to búgianne; p. ode; pp. od. intrans.

To dwellhabitareTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, incolere

Entry preview:

To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, incolere Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4

Linked entries: búwian bógian búian

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

Entry preview:

Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

médren-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
médren-cynn, es; n.

Maternal kinkin by the mother's side

Entry preview:

Ðæt wé ðín médrencynn mótan cunnan, nú wé áreccan ne mágon ðæt fædrencynn, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 34; Cri. 246

grund-wang

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wang, -wong, es; m.
Entry preview:

Grundwong ofgyfan to give up the earth, to die, 5169; B. 2588

ge-mengan

Grammar
ge-mengan, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
Entry preview:

Th. ii. 278, 5 (Bt. 34, 5; F. 145, 13, in Dict.). Add Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12

sweor-bán

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-bán, es; n.
Entry preview:

The neck-bone, the neck Mín Drihten, ðú ðín hálige sweorbán geeádméddest, Anglia xii. 505, 22. Óð swirbán usque ad cervices, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 27: Ps. Spl. C. 128, 4. Onheldon eówerra feónda swyrbán, Shrn. 86, 22

Wreocen-sǽte

Grammar
Wreocen-sǽte, -sǽtan (Wrocen-) ; pl.

The occupants of the district about the Wrekin

Entry preview:

Dip. Kmbl. ii. 59, 35. In prouincia Wrocensétna, vi. 60, 2

Linked entry: Wocen-

geár-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemynd, es; n.
Entry preview:

A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib

ge-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lísan, p. de.
Entry preview:

to loosen, relax, weaken the connexion of the parts of an object, crush; v. ge-lýsan in Dict. to redeem, release Gilésdes úsig redemisti nos, Rtl. 29, 19. Eft gilésdest, 102, 25. Giléseno aron gié redemti estis, 24, 38

Linked entry: ge-lýsan

geoc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-sticca, geoc-stecca, an; m.
Entry preview:

Take here <b>iuc-sticca</b> in Dict., and add Geocstecca obicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 33. Geocsticca, 63, 29