Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

lengþ

Entry preview:

Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5

leód-scipe

Entry preview:

For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add

cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówian, cneówigan; part. cneówigende;p. ode;; pp. od [cneó, cneów a knee]

To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere

Entry preview:

To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc

Linked entry: cneówlian

spang

(n.)
Grammar
spang, e; f.

A clasp ⬩ fastening ⬩ seracula, prena ⬩ a clasp ⬩ a clasp

Entry preview:

A clasp, fastening Hæleðhelm on heáfod ásette and ðone full hearde geband spénn mid spangum drew the helmet firmly on with its clasps, Cd. Th. 29, 4; Gen. 445

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate

Entry preview:

Tó hwon yldest ðú ðæt ðú raðost dó ðæt man ðás menn wítnige and cwelle why dost thou delay at once to cause these men to be punished and killed, 183, 1.

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

hræd

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd, hræð, hreð; adj.

Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ speedy ⬩ sudden ⬩ alert ⬩ rapid ⬩ prompt ⬩ active

Entry preview:

Ða hradan ðonne sint tó manianne præcipites admonendi sunt, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 281, 20.

Linked entries: hræð hreþ

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, p. ode

model

Entry preview:

Thw. 2, 28. to take example Ðá láreówas ðæt wæter gedréfað mid hira unðeáwum, ðonne ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals on hira láre cum subjecti non sectantur verba, sed exempla pravitatis imitantur, Past. 31, 6.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

Entry preview:

Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene ⬩ of physical calmness ⬩ gentle, mild, of the wind ⬩ favourable, prosperous ⬩ of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

Entry preview:

Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene of physical calmness Se mónaþ (June) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte Shrn. 87, 34. Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedly ⬩ without meaning to do something ⬩ unexpectedly

Entry preview:

where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis

Linked entry: myndlinga

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas

Entry preview:

Mæssan dón, 4, 22; S. 591, 29 note. Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.

arce-

(prefix)
Grammar
arce-, a prefix; v. arce-bisceop

chief ⬩ ἀρχι ⬩ ἀρχός

Entry preview:

. = Wið ðan ðe he scolde gifan heom ðone arce [MS. erce] on condition that he should give them the arch-pallium, 996; Th. 244, 42, note. = Forðí ðæt he scolde heom ðone pallium gifan on condition that he should give them the pallium, 996; Th. 245, 11,

Linked entries: árod ærce stól

piþa

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

Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from ⬩ evadere, carere

Entry preview:

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.] qui mortem evadere poterant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1.

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, es; m.
Entry preview:

Dó steáp fulne wínes tó wóse. Lchdm. ii. 18, 4. Gif man óðrum steóp ásette ðǽr mæn drincen ágelde vi. scill. ðam ðe man ðone steáp áset if a man remove(?)

Linked entries: steóp stípel

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander

Entry preview:

H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian

hlísa

fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause

Entry preview:

Monig mon déð micel fæsten, and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse . . . monig bið ágiéta his góda, and wilnað mid ðý geearnigan ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, contraque se effusio sub appetta-tione

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

Entry preview:

Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige in case a man's 'geneát' steal, L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
Entry preview:

II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, & c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- Hé hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.

nytt

(v.)
Entry preview:

Æfre hé mæig findan on ðám hé mæig nyt beón and ðá nytte dón ðe him fylstan scylan, Angl. ix. 261, 2