Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo

Entry preview:

Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft

Entry preview:

Bebeorh ðé wið lyblácas and áttorcræftas cave tibi a maleftciis et veneficiis [cf. ne unrihtlyblácas ne ongynne wé, Wulfst. 253, 11, MS. D.], L. Ecg. C. prm; Th. ii, 132 9

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

BORH

(n.)
Grammar
BORH, g. borges; d. borge; acc. borh; pl. nom. acc. borgas; g. a; d. um; m.

a security, pledge, loan, bail ⬩ fœnus ⬩ a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor ⬩ fidejussor, debitor

Entry preview:

It is generally thought, that the borh originated with king Alfred, but the first time we find it clearly expressed, is in the Laws of Ine, v. Turner's Hist. of A. S. Bk. vi.

Linked entries: an-burge borg byrgea

stycce

(n.)
Grammar
stycce, es; n.
Entry preview:

Rush. 12, 42. a short space of time:?-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14

Linked entry: Sticce

á-blinnan

Entry preview:

H. 25, 5. of things, to cease, stop, fail, come to an end Ðæt leóht on nánre tíde ne áblinneþ, Bl. H. 21, 16. Se rén áblon, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19. Seó scadu áblann umbra cessavit An. Ox. 40, 15. On ungyldan ðá nǽfre áblunnon, Chr. 1097; P. 234, 4.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
Entry preview:

Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?), tigelum sceádeð hróst-beáges róf, Ruin. 31. curved (of a boat), v. sǽ-geáp. rounded (of a mountain) Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal (or under ?)

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morning ⬩ morn ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow

Entry preview:

Æt ðære þriddan tíde on morgenne. Blickl. Homl. 201, 35: 203, 2. On morgne at morn, Exon. 50b; Th. 175, 10; Gú. 1192: Th. 176, 29; Gú. 1217. On marne mane, Ps. Surt. 5, 4, 5: 54, 18: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 23. Bringþ morgen tó mannum Decembris, Menol.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

geong

Entry preview:

Ox. 1673. marking order in time, in superlative, last (cf.

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

Entry preview:

say whether the rank is personal or official; whether there existed an office called heáhgeréfscipe having certain duties; or whether the circumstance of the shire or other reeve being a nobleman in the king's confidence gave to him this exceptional title

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHT ⬩ thinking ⬩ mind ⬩ determination ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens

Entry preview:

Forðonðe mannes geþoht mægen andetteþ quia cōgĭtātio hŏmĭnis confĭtēbĭtur tibi, Ps. Th. 75, 7: 32, 10.

á-bisgian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Ðá hwíle ðe ðá ǽmettan ymbe ðá stédan ábisgode beóð dum formicae circa eos occupatae sunt Nar. 35, 15. wiþ, to employ against Hé wið ðone here ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; P. 37, 8. with acc. of time, to employ time in a pursuit Munecas ðe heora cildhád habbaþ

Linked entry: a-bysgian

ge-nemnan

Entry preview:

Leóht wæs þurh Drihtnes word dæg genemned, Gen. 130. where a title or descriptive term is used, to call. of a person Ðá apostolasgenemde quos apostolos nominavit, Lk. L. 6, 13. Genemna laruas vocare Rabbi, Mt. L. 23, 7.

ge-cweþan

to speak ⬩ to say. ⬩ to say, tell, give an account of a circumstance ⬩ to declare, announce ⬩ to settle. ⬩ to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time ⬩ to settle a regulation, law, an ordinance ⬩ where property is to be disposed of by will ⬩ (2 b) to settle property, assign to a person :-- ⬩ to offer, propose ⬩ to order ⬩ to give orders for (tó ) action ⬩ to call, name, ⬩ a name ⬩ to call an object so and so, say that it is so and so ⬩ to name, mention, speak of ⬩ to say, use certain words as a true description of an object

Entry preview:

On þǽre ylcan tíde þe God gecwæð ( praedixerat ), Gen. 21, 2. to settle. to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time Hé cwæð tó ðám gebróðrum þæt hé wolde sylf on ðám dæge ðe hé gecwæð þǽr gecuman (cf. hé heom gehét ꝥ hé æfter heom cuman wolde

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-weorc

Entry preview:

Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

bodung

annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching

Entry preview:

declaration, making known (cf. bodian, I), announcement by a messenger (cf. bodung-dæg) Hé (Antecrist) sent his bodan geond ealne middaneard, and his hlisa and bodung bið fram sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20. declaration by a witness, testimony Lóca hwonne se tíma

for-ealdian

(v.)

to run out ⬩ expire

Entry preview:

Th. 31, 3. of a period of time, to run out, expire Seó syxte yld þe nú ys hyre geendung ys swýðe ungewis, ac hyre yld sceal forealdian and mid worulde ende beón geendod, Angl. viii. 336, 13

glædnes

Entry preview:

And bið gefeá ðé and glædnise ( gaudium tibi et exultatio ), Lk. R. L. 1, 14. Ðis for ðon glædnise mín gefylled is hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est, Jn. L. 3, 29. a pleasurable condition, state of happiness Glædnys ludus, Germ. 398, 64.

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare

Entry preview:

On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen laboriously gained in their own time, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55. Ðá wæs Rómána ríce gewunnen then the empire of the Romans was conquered, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 34; Met. 1, 17

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power over ⬩ to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ temper ⬩ seize ⬩ take ⬩ dominari ⬩ domare ⬩ subigere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ capere

Entry preview:

He gewild ðé ipse dominabitur tibi, Gen. 3, 16. Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran, and his ceaflas totær David subdued the wild bear, and tore apart his jaws, Ælfc. T. Lisle 13, 26: 14, 1. Hine nán man gewyldan ne mihte nemo poterat eum domare, Mk.

Linked entry: ge-wildan