Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

tó-bláwan

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
tó-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -blawen.
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
to blow in different directions, scatter by blowing, blow away
Show examples

  • Hí beóþ duste gelícran ðonne hit wind tóblǽwþ

    tamquam pulvis, quem projecit ventus a facie terrae,

      Ps. Th. I. 5.

  • Tódrifen mid winde, swá weorþaþ axe giond eorþan eall tóbláwen,

      Met. 20, 106.

  • On ðam (helle) fýre gé beóþ tóbláwene,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 139.
to inflate, puff up, distend with wind, swell,
lit. v. next word
Show examples

  • Gif se maga biþ tóbláwen. Lchdm. iii. 58,

      13.
    [Himm wærenn fet and þeos tobollenn and toblawenn. Orm. 8080.]
fig.
to cause the breast to swell with emotion
Show examples

  • Tóbláwen

    (superbie lumore) inflatus,

    Anglia xiii.
      441, 1084: Hpt. Gl. 423, 23.

  • Murcunugum tóbláwene questibus infiati, 421,

    II.

    Tóbláwene mid módignysse,
      Scint. 84, 19: R. Ben. 124, 6.
Etymology
[Mid a lutcl wind of a word toblowen and tobollen, A. R. 122, 16.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-bláwan.” 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/30601.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • tó-bláwan, v.

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.