Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

strang

  • adjective
Dictionary links
Grammar
strang, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §60; §318; §382; §426; §443; §444; §620;
Strong ; fortis,
    Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 56
: acer, vehemens, 17, 28 : strenuus, ii. 74, 60.
of living beings,
strong, powerful, mighty
Show examples

  • Hé wæs strang foreþingere

    he was a powerful intercessor,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 6.

  • Fugel meahtum strang,

      Exon. Th. 40, 31 ; Cri. 647.

  • Ðú eart mægenes strang,

      Beo. Th. 3692 ; B. 1844.

  • Hú mæg man ingán on stranges (

    fortis) hús and hys fata hyne bereáfian, búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan (fortem )

    ?
      Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29.

  • Paminunde ðæm strongan cyninge

    apud Epaminondam, strenuissimum imperatorem,

      Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 110, 21.

  • Wǽron hér strange cyningas (

    fortissimi reges

    ),
      Bd. 4, 2 ; S. 565, 30.

  • Hé ys strengra (strængra, Rush. : strongra, Lind.) ðonne ic

    est fortior me,

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11 : Lk. Skt. 11, 22.

  • Wé wénaþ ðæt mon beó ðý strængra (strencra,

      Cott. MS.) ðe hé
    biþ micel on his líchoman, Bt. 24, 3 ; Fox 84, 7.

  • Ic eom se strengesta (

    fortissimus

    ) God ðínes fæder,
      Gen. 46, 3.

  • Se strangesta cyning Æþelfriþ

    rex fortissimus Ædilfrid,

      Bd. 1, 34 ; S. 499, 18.

  • Ætýwan ðíne mǽrðe and ðíne strengestan hand,

      Deut. 3, 24.

  • Feówer ða strengestan him betweónumgesprǽcon,

      Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 3.

  • Of ðrím folcum ðám strangestan Germanie

    de tribus Germaniae populisfortioribus,

      Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20.

  • Of minum strengestum feóndum,

      Ps. Th. 17, 18.
strong, firm, resolute, hardy
Show examples

  • Beó strang and staðulfæst

    confortare et esto robustus,

      Deut. 31, 7, 23.

  • Ic wende ðæt ic wǽre swíðe strong on manegum cræftum ac ic ongeat siððan ðú mé forléte hú untrum ic wæs

    fortem me inter virtutes credidi, sed, quantae infirmitatis sim, derelictus agnovi,

      Past. 65, 5; Swt. 465, 21.

  • Ðætte úre mód ðý fæstre and ðý strengre beforan Gode sié on ðæm cræftum

    ut cor robustius in virtute solidetur,

      65, 6; Swt. 467, 9.

  • Ðǽr wæs heáfde beslagen se strengesta martyr Scs Albanus,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 33.
hard, severe, fierce, stern
Show examples

  • Strang wæs and réðe se ðe wætrum weóld,

      Cd. Th. 83, 8; Gen. 1376.

  • Se þeóden wæs strang and stíðmód,

      279, 34; Sat. 248.

  • Petrus gecýðde ðæt hé wæs strengesð wið scylda,

      Past. 17, 6; Swt. 115, 17.

  • Seó strengeste þeód

    gens ferocissima,

      Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 34.
of things,
strong, able to resist force, firm
Show examples

  • Ðú wǽre mé stranga tor,

      Ps. Th. 60, 2.

  • Gé nánuht mid eów nabbaþ fæstes ne stronges ðætte þurhwunigean mǽge,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 28.

  • Æt strangum stáne,

      Ps. Th. 140, 8.

  • Of ðissum strongan stýle,

      Exon. Th. 426, 25; Rä. 41, 79.

  • Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum landum and on strangum,

      Lchdm. i. 134, 19.

  • Ðeós wyrt on Illyrico swíðost and strengost wexeþ,

      284, 17.
firm, valid, assured
Show examples

  • Mé ðynceþ wíslíc, gif ðú geseó ða þing beteran and strengran ðe ús bodade syndon, ðæt wé ðám onfón,

      Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 10.
strong in operation, effective, producing a great effect, potent
Show examples

  • Ongeán swelce mettrymnesse mon beðorfte stronges lǽcedómes . . . Is ðæm lǽce tó giémanne ðæt hé strangne lǽcedóm selle ðæm seócan,

      Past. 61, 2; Swt. 455, 26-29.

  • Ða leáf syndon stranges swæcces,

      Lchdm. i. 310, 7.

  • Gif ðú ðás wyrte sylst þicgean on strangon wine,

      172, 12.

  • Strangre stemne,

      Cd. Th. 33, 24; Gen. 525.

  • Ða recceras ætiéwaþ strangne andan

    fortem zelum rectores exhibent,

      Past. 21, 6; Swt. 164, 11.

  • Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne,

      Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 12.

  • Gelácnian mid ðæm drencum strangra wyrta gemanges,

      Past. 37; Swt. 269, 24.

  • Se gewuna is strengra on ǽlcum worde, ðonne his regol sý,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 2.

  • Ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte

    ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur,

      Ors. 1. 10; Swt. 46, 13.

  • Strongrum helpum

    validioribus auxiliis,

      Rtl. 61, 11.
strong, earnest
Show examples

  • Ðá sealdon hí him strange manunge,

      Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 13.
of that which is hard to bear,
hard, severe
Show examples

  • Godes bebod, þéh hit strong wǽre,

      Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 2.

  • Hú strang hit biþ an helle tó biónne,

      Wulfst. 225, 12.

  • Is se drohtað strang ðam ðe lagoláde lange cunnaþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 626 ; An. 313.

  • Strang wite,

      Cd. Th. 155, 4; Gen. 2567.

  • Ðæt sár biþ tó ðon strang, and hé næfþ nánne slǽp ðonne hit strangest biþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 198, 25.

  • Strang fefer,

      226, 16.

  • Com se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe and mid eallon ungewederon, ðæt næs nán man ðá on líue, ðæt mihte gemunan swá strangne winter swá se wæs,

      Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 32: Chart. Th. 163, 1.
  • Hé ástealde swéðe strang gyld. Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 20.

  • Ealle ða gesetnessa ðe tó stronge wǽron and tó hearde,

      Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 15.

  • Wæs ðis gefeoht wælgrimre and strengre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum,

      Bd. 1, 12, S. 481, 25.

  • Manig broc byþ mycle strengre ðonne tóðæce, ðeáh ic nǽfre nán strengre ne geðolode,

      Shrn. 185, 15.

  • Ðonne biþ Drihtnes word réðe gehýred, ðám synfullum stefna strangast,

      Wulfst. 256, 16.
of violent motion or action,
fierce, violent
Show examples

  • Strong wind,

      Met. 7, 25.

  • Strang storm,

      Lchdm. i. 326, 19.

  • His tógán biþ ðearle strang,

      364, 17.

  • Se stranga rén,

      Ps. Th. 71, 6,

  • Ðá gemunde hé ða strangan dǽda ðara unmanna and ðæra woruldfrumena

      , Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 27.

  • Gif strongra storm and genip swýðor ðreáde,

      Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 569, 12.
Etymology
[O. Sax. strang: Icel. strangr: O. H. Ger. strengi.]
Similar entries
v. byrðen-, for-, hyge-, lang-, mægen-, med-, ryne-, swíþ-, un-strang; strenge.
Linked entries
v.  strenge strengest strengra strong un-strang.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “strang.” 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/29107.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • strang, adj.

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.