Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

sand

  • noun [ feminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
sand, e; f.
a sending, mission, message
Show examples

  • Paulus cwæð: 'Ðá ðá ðæra tída gefyllednys com, ðá sende God Fæder his sunu tó mancynnes álýsednysse.' Seó wurðfulle sand wearð on ðisum dæge gefylled,

      Homl. Th. i. 194, 17.
  • Gregorius is rihtlíce Engliscre þeóde apostol, forðan ðe hé þurh his rǽd and sande ús fram deófles biggengum ætbrǽd, ii. 116, 28.

  • Nú com ic tó eów þurh ðæs Almihtigan sande,

      296, 20.

  • Ðes ylca apostol becom þurh Godes sande tó Ethiopian,

      472, 11.
v. on-sand.
a mess (from Latin mitto),
a dish of food, victuals
Show examples

  • Wista vel sand dapes vel

    fercula.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 63.

  • Sand

    daps,

      82, 64: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20.

  • Godes engel cwæð: 'Abacuc, bær ðone mete tó Babilone' . . . Ðá clypode se Abacuc: 'Ðú Godes þeówa, nim ðás lác ðe ðé God sende'. . . And hé ðá ðære sande breáe,

      Homl. Th. i. 572, 8.
  • Ðá genemnode se hálga wer ðæt wíf ðe hí gelaðode, and ða sanda tealde ðe heó him gebær, ii. 168, 5.

  • Sanda

    obsonia,

      Germ. 394, 297.

  • Sandae, sondae

    commeatos,

      Txts. 46, 188.

  • Sanda

    ferculorum, epularum,

      Hpt. Gl. 444, 57.
Etymology
[Laym. sande, sonde a message; sondes mon a messenger: Orm. sanderr-man: sander-men, Chr. 1135; Erl. 249, 28: C. M. sandir-men: sander-bodes, O. E. Homl. ii. 89, 22: Prompt. Parv. sond or sendynge missio: sond or ȝyfte sent eccenium: O. H. Ger. -santa, santi- missio, Grff. vi. 239.]
Similar entries
v. preceding word.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sand.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26387.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • sand, n.

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.