Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

á-stellan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stellan, (i, y); p. de

To leap ⬩ rush ⬩ fly off

Entry preview:

To leap, rush, fly off Se þorn, efne swá swá strǽl of bogan ástelleþ, swá hé of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Hé hraþe ástylde (forð árǽsde, v. l.) of his ræste ex lecto prosiliit, Gr. D. 21, 28

bádian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Tó gemóte hé cóme ofþe hine man bádode (? cf. iii gemót on geáre búton hé hit gebicge oþþe gebidde,433, 33) he should come to the meeting or a fine might be exacted of him Cht. Th. 432, 32. Add

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre

Entry preview:

to miswork, do wrong, sin; măle ăgĕre, delinquĕre, peccāre Ðæt ðam forworhtum mannum beo ðe mára ege for úre gesomnunge that to the wrong doing men there may be the more fear for our assemblage, L. Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16. He wiste forworhte,

Linked entries: for-wyrht for-wyrht un-forworht

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
Entry preview:

Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

-feald

(suffix)
Grammar
-feald, the termination of numerals, as án-feald one-fold, single; twí-feald or twý-feald two-fold, double; þreó-feald or þrý-feald three-fold, treble; seofon-feald seven-fold; manig-feald

manifold

Entry preview:

manifold

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
Entry preview:

A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges. Ðǽr sǽton Æðelstán biscop and Ranig ealdorman . . . and ðǽr, wæs Bryning scírgeréfa . . . and

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortrúwian, -trýwian; p. ode; pp. od [or without, treówian, trúwian to trust]

To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre

Entry preview:

To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe they suffer thee not to despair of this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7. Se man lócaþ underbæc, ðe geortrúwaþ Godes mildheortnysse the man looks behind who despairs

Linked entry: ge-ortréwan

ge-yflian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: to injure (physically) Sé þe man ofslehð binnan ciricderum, sylle þǽre cirican .cxx. sciłł. . . . Sé þe cwicne on þǽre mundbyrde geyfelige ( he who in a church injures a man without killing him ), sylle .xxx. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 332, ll. used impersonally

on-þracian

(v.)
Grammar
on-þracian, (-þrácian ?); p. ode

To fear, dread

Entry preview:

To fear, dread Ic anþracige (and-, MS. F.: á-, MS. O.) vereor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Zup. 162, 1. Ic andþracige (onþracie, MS. T.) horreo, ic onginne tó onþracigenne (and-) horresco, 35; Zup. 212, 3-4. Sum déma wæs se God ne ondréd ne nánne man ne onþracude

Linked entries: an-þracian an-þracian

æfesen

(n.)
Grammar
æfesen, æfesn, æbesen, æbesn, e; f.

Pasturage ⬩ the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns ⬩ pasnagium ⬩ pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos

Entry preview:

Pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns; pasnagium, pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos Gif mon níme æfesne on swínum if [a man] any one take pasturage on swine, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

Linked entry: æbesen

frí

(adj.)
Grammar
frí, adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

Entry preview:

Free, noble; līber, ingĕnuus, nōbĭlis Fríes mannes wíf the wife of a free man, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 6. Ic ðé on folcum fríne Drihten écne andete I acknowledge thee amongst the people, a noble eternal Lord, Ps. Th. 56, 11

hwerwe

(n.)
Grammar
hwerwe,
Entry preview:

a plant name, perhapscolchicum autumnale: — Ða greátan wyrt hwerwe hátte, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22. [Cf. Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]

ilce

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

In the same way Hú ne eom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú am I not a man the same as you are? Past. 17, 6 ; Swt. 115, 12. Eft swá ilce again in the same way, Bt. 16, 1 ; Fox 50, 10

líð-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
líð-wyrt, e; f.
Entry preview:

Dwarf elder Lýðwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man ostriage and óðrum naman lýðwyrt nemneþ, Herb. 29, 1; Lchdm. i. 124, 13. Líð-wyrt, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 13. Líðwyrt ostriago, Wrt. Voc. 69, 26: eripheon, 68. 12: ostriago, ii. 65, 48

pín-treów

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

A pine-tree Píntreów pinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32. 54 : 79,80 : 285, 60. Þúfbǽres píntreówes frondentis pini, Hpt. Gl. 458, 68 : Lchdm. ii. 216, 5. Ðæt man píntreów bærne tó glédum and ðonne ða gléda sette tóforan ðam seócum men, 284, 12

ge-brot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brot, es; n. [ge-, brot a fragment]

A fragment ⬩ fragmentum

Entry preview:

A fragment; fragmentum Of ðám gebrote hig námon seofon wilian fulle de fragmentis tŭlērunt septem sportas plēnas, Mt. Bos. 16, 37. Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle sublātum est quod superfuit illis, fragmentōrum cophĭi duodĕcim, Lk

Linked entry: ge-brotu

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To live ⬩ vīvĕre

Entry preview:

To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

swoncen-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swoncen-ferhþ, adj.
Entry preview:

Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, <b>I;</b> or sworcenf;erð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25. ?

tihtlian

(v.)
Grammar
tihtlian, p. ode
Entry preview:

To charge with an offence, to accuse Gif man mæssepreóst tihtlige ánfealdre sprǽce, L. Eth. ix. 19; Th. i. 344, 11: 20; Th. i. 344, 15. Tihtlige (tihlige, MS. A.), L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12. v. be-tihtlian, ge-tihtlod

under-gán

(v.)

to undermine ⬩ ruin

Entry preview:

to undermine, ruin Gif hwylcne man deóful tó ðam swýþe undergán hæbbe si diabolus hominem aliquem adeo perdiderit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 14; Th. ii. 208, 12. Ne sý nán eorðcund cyning mid gítsunge tó ðæm swíþe undergán, Lchdm. iii. 444, 3

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.