Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

FLEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .

To FLY as with wingsvŏlāreTo fleeflee fromfŭgĕreeffŭgĕre

Entry preview:

Me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas shafts of battle fly from my belly, Exon. 105a; Th. 399, 4; . 18, 6. Fleág fugla cyn the race of birds flew, Exon. 46a; Th. 157, 9; Gú. 889: 86b; Th. 326, 12; Wíd. 127.

Linked entries: FLEÓN fliógan flecgan

ícan

(v.)
Grammar
ícan, iécan, ícean, ýcan ; p. íhte, ícte

To EKEincreaseadd toaugment

Entry preview:

Ýcan, Judth. 11 ; Thw. 24, 11; Jud. 183: Exon. l08 a; Th. 413, 3 ; . 31, 9. Ýcean augmentare, Bd. 2, 4 ; S. 505, 16. Ýced increased, Exon. 53 b ; Th. 187, 25 ; Az. 36

Linked entries: écan íht

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

Entry preview:

Th. 54, 9: Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 1; . 30, 7. Hylles hróf, 104 b; Th. 397, 30; . 16, 27. Helmes hróf, Beo. Th. 2064; B. 1030. Under wætera hrófas of passing through the Red Sea, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 18; Exod. 571.

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
Entry preview:

Th. 390, 26 ; . 9, 7. Stille þynceþ lyft, 383, 14 ; . 4, 10 : 387, 5 ; . 4, 74. Se monlíca ( the pillar of salt ) stille wunode. Cd. Th. 155, 3 ; Gen. 2567. Wundum stille motionless from wounds, Beo. Th. 5653 ; B. 2830.

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Earlyformerprecedingancientpriorpræcedensantiquus

Entry preview:

Ða ǽrestan ælda cynnes the first of the race of men, 47a; Th. 160, 23; Gú. 948. Ðú eall oncneówe, ða ǽrestan eác ða néhstan tu cognovisti omnia, antiqua et novissima, Ps. Th. 138, 3. Æt ǽrestan at the first; primo, L.

ge-girwan

Entry preview:

Golde gegerede and gimcynnum, Met. 25, 6. to equip, furnish, supply Seó wiht wæs wundrun gegierwed, hæfde feówere fét under wombe, . 37, 2: 68, 2: 30, 3: Sch. 61. to direct. v. gegirwung. (Cf.

huntung

(n.)
Grammar
huntung, e; f.

Hunting

Entry preview:

Hunting Mǽre on huntunge heorta and rána cervorum caprearumque insignis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 45. Gyrstandæg ic wæs on huntunge heri fui in venatione, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 3. Hwæt ðést ðú be ðínre huntunge?

rǽge

(n.)
Grammar
rǽge, an; f.
Entry preview:

Ráge, ii. 16, 80. Mýnster ðe is nemned æt Hrége heáfde ( ad Caprae caput ), Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 18. Ic gefeó rǽgan capio capreas, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31. Rǽgean (rǽgan, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 166, 24

Linked entry: ráge

scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
scyttan, p. te.
Entry preview:

to cause rapid movement, to shoot a bolt, to shut Ic scytte sum loc sero, Ælfc.

Linked entry: scittan

cnotta

Entry preview:

Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr. D. 165, 4. a knotty point, difficulty Hé hine befrán be gehwylcum cnottum þe hé sylf ne cúþe on þǽre hálgan béc, Angl. vii. 2, 13

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

Entry preview:

Th. 491, 29; . 81, 6. Nǽnegum þuhte dæg on þonce, Met. 12, 15. Se ðe nǽngum scód, Exon. Th. 90, 1; Cri. 1467. Nǽnige neminem, Hpt. Gl. 457, 57. Ðǽr hé nǽnige forlét bendum fæstne, Andr. Kmbl. 2074; An. 1039.

Linked entry: nán

fyras

(n.)
Grammar
fyras, gen. fyra; pl. m.

Menhŏmĭnes

Entry preview:

Ǽnig ne wæs fyra cynnes there was not any of the race of men, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 19; Gú. 961 : 63 a; Th. 231, 20; Ph. 492 : 92 a; Th. 345, 22; Gn. Ex, 194

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
Entry preview:

Grein suggests comparison with λαισήïoν a buckler, target, and that the word like rand may mean the rim of the shield and also the body of the shield. Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

steorfan

(v.)
Grammar
steorfan, p. stearf, pl. sturfon; pp. storfen
Entry preview:

Se ðe gelíð raðe hé styrfþ oððe génunge hé áríseþ he that takes to his bed (on the tenth day of the moon), soon will he die or he will be up again directly, Gif hrýðera steorfan, 54, 30.

wól-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
wól-bryne, es; m.

Deadly violence

Entry preview:

Ðæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio coelum ardere visum sit, quando caput gentium

wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunaticpossessed

Entry preview:

Exorcista is se ðe rǽt ofer ða witseócan men, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 392

ǽþryt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽþryt, ǽþrytt, es; n.
Entry preview:

Th. ii. 520, 5. wearisomeness, tediousness Ic ðóhte þæt hit wǽre lǽsse ǽðryt tó gehýrenne, gif man ðá áne bóc rǽt on ánes geáres ymbryne, and ðá óðre on ðám æftran geáre, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 11

a-hnescian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Substitute: á-hnescian, -hnexian. to become weak An hwý hit gelang wǽre ꝥ Numentie swá raðe áhnescaden, swá hearde swá hié longe wǽron, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 15. to make weak, weaken, soften Ðá ánrédnesse his heortan áhnescian (-nescian, v. l.) cordis

glýman

(v.)
Entry preview:

to rage Glimith ( = glýmith? for the vowel cf. rihum= rýhum, 114, 120) sevit, Txts. 115, 125. [cf. N. E. D. gloom; vb., where is quoted M. H. Ger. (13th cent.) ein glúmender hunt a savage dog. In Ld. Gl.

Linked entry: glimith

ge-sibsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sibsumnes, -sibbsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [sibsumnes peacefulness]

Peacefulnessconcordreconciliationpaxconcordĭarĕconcĭliātio

Entry preview:

concordĭa, rĕconcĭliātio We mágon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational animals how great a sin the rational race

Linked entry: ge-sibbsumnys