Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

castel-burg

(n.)
Entry preview:

a fortified place ? Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]

ceól

Entry preview:

Dele 'The keel of a skip', and add Ceól celox, species navis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 61: 103, 60: 14, 19: ciula, 131, 42: liburna, An. Ox. 28. In Gr. D. 248, 27, for ceólum read (?) þeolum

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
Entry preview:

Calling Ceigung vocatio, Mt. p. 12, 9. Æt þǽre cígingce, Gr. D. 53, 7. Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

disc-þegn

Grammar
disc-þegn, -þegen, -þén.
Entry preview:

Voc. i. 82, 23. An ic ǽlcan gesettan discðegne hundeahtatig mancusa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30. Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add

efen-lǽcend

Entry preview:

Godfader efenlǽcend Dei Patris imitator, Scint. 13, 11. Þæt forme werod bið þǽra apostola and heora efenlǽcendra, Hml. Th. i. 396, 18. Hwæðer þes árwurða wer lǽfde ǽnie efenlǽcendras ( imitatores ) his mægena, Gr. D. 23, 1. Add

eolh

(n.)
Grammar
eolh, eolh; gen. eóles; eóla, elha, an; m.

An elk

Entry preview:

An elk Elh, elch cer(u)us, Txts. 49, 443. Elch tragelafus vel platocerus, 100, 1001. Elha damma, 115, 139. Eóla damma, bestia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105. 73. On elchene seáð, C. D. iii. 440, 28. Substitute:

fald-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fald-weorþ, -wyrþe; adj.
Entry preview:

Bound to send sheep to the folds of the lord Uolo ut. . . abbas et fratres Ramesiae habeant socam in omnibus super omnes homines qui sunt motwrði, ferdwrði, et faldwrði (-wurði, 208, 32), C. D. iv. 210, 14

ge-brégan

Entry preview:

Consternat, i. perterritat fyrhtaþ, gebrégþ. Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 66. Ðæt leóht cóm of heofenum and hine ( St. Paul ) gebrégde . . . swá gebréged on eorðan feóll, Past. 443, 19-22. Gebréged pertimescens, Gr. D. 59, 26. Add

ge-fætan

Grammar
ge-fætan, l. ge-fǽtan,
Entry preview:

and add: To lay as a burden, impose hwan wyllað on ús álecgan and gefǽtan þá byrþene þe áræfnan ne magon quid nobis onera vultis imponere, quae non possumus portare? Gr. D. 165, 27

ge-þwǽrlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrlic, adj.
Entry preview:

Concordant, agreeing, harmonious Ne cymð náht ungelíc trymnes upp, ac swíþe geþwǽrlicu of ðǽre gemynde gódra mægena non dispar aedificatio oritur ex memoria virtutum, Gr. D. 8, 3. Be geþwǽrlicre de concordi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 8

Linked entry: -þwǽrlic

ge-cwician

(v.)
Entry preview:

Add: in a physical sense Sume gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe wyl gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

hand-sció

Entry preview:

a glove. Dele. The word is dative of a proper name, which may be seen in the place-name of the following passage: In loco qui dicitur Andscóheshám, C. D. i. 102, 9. Graff vi. 418 8

grunung

Grammar
grunung, Add: and <b>grunnung</b>
Entry preview:

Gl. 462, 55. Onhyrgan swýna grununge (swína grunnunge, v. l. ), Gr. D. 185, 4. Grununga (grunnunge, An. Ox. 2387) barritus, i. mugitus, Hpt. Gl. 462, 54. Grununge (grunnunge, An. Ox. 4378) rugitus, 508, 40

netele

Grammar
netele, Add: <b>netel,</b> e
Entry preview:

Þá geseah þǽr neáh him weaxan þicce scaldþýfelas netelena (netlenu, nytelena, v. ll.) and brémela (urticarum et veprium) . . . hine sylfne nacodne wylede on þǽra netela (netlena, nytelena, v. ll. ) tendingum, Gr. D. 101, 11-17

ofer-settan

(v.)
Entry preview:

to place over, put in a position of authority Ðá underðiéddan . . . ðá ofersettan subditi. . . praelati, Past. 189, 16. to oppress, overcome with sleep, &amp;c. Ic mid slǽpe oferseted wæs depressus somno, Gr. D. 347, 30

Linked entry: settan

sliht

Entry preview:

At end for fiðer (-el?) l. fiþer-. Add 'Eall folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

sóþsecgendlíce

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

Truly Þá þá þǽr wæs án geleáffull man sóðsecgendlíce (sóðsecgende, v. l.) in gangende, hræðe se leása gást onweg gewát dum domum unus veraciter fidelis ingressus est, ab ea protinus mendax spiritus abscessit, Gr. D. 185, 17

tó-hreósan

Entry preview:

Add On þysre byri syndon fram þodene weallas tóhrorene ( maenia dissoluta ), Gr. D. 134, 7. add Wæs þǽr sum hreófla wundorlíce tóhroren, Hml. S. 31, 564. Stód þǽr án hreófla tóhrorenum líchaman atelic on híwe, 36, 334

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
Entry preview:

Þá þá barn witodlíce útan, ádwǽscte unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add

un-genemnendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-genemnendlic, adj.
Entry preview:

Not to be named (?), unknown (?) Þá semninga wearð mid fǽrlicum and ungenæmnendlicum deáile forþ-féred subita et inopinata (has in(n)ominata been read ? the Greek version has ἀγνώστῳ) morte defunctus est, Gr. D. 341, 13

Linked entry: ge-nemnendlic