Riddle 80 Glossary
æfter adv: after 10
æþeling: nobleman, prince 1
æþel: noble 5
agyfan: give, give up, repay 10
bearu m: grove, wood (dat sing = bearwe) 6
bosm: bosom, breast 6
cwen f: queen 3
cyning m: king 3
dohtor f: daughter 5
eaxlgestealla m: comrade (lit. "shoulder-companion") 1
ende m: end 8
eom: am (beon) 1
eorl m: man, nobleman 5
frea m: lord 2
fyrdrinc m: warrior 2
gefara m: (travelling) companion 2
geselda m: comrade, retainer 3
geweox: grew (weaxan) 6
giedd n: song, poem 10
good: good 10
habban: have 6
hatan: call, be called 11
heard adj: hard 8
herge m: army 8
hio pron: she 5
hond f: hand 4
hwæt pron: what 11
hwilum adv: sometimes, from time to time 3,7
hwitloccede: white (i.e. blond) haired 4
ic pron: I 1,7,9,11
is: is (beon) 8,10
lecgan: lay, put 4
leof: dear, beloved, pleasant 2
me pron: me 6
mec pron: me 3
min pron: my 8,10
minum: 2
oft adv: often 9
on prep: on, in 4,6,6,7,8
ond conj: and 11
ridan: ride 7
saga: (imper of secgan) say 11
salo: dark 11
sum: 9
sy: be (subjunct. of beon) 5
sylfa pron: (my)self 11
þæt pron: that, what 6
þeah conj: although, even if 5
tunge: tongue, speech, language 8
wicg n: horse 7
wise f: way, manner, condition 10
wlonc: stately, splendid, magnificent 7
wordlean n: word-reward 9
woðbora: speaker, poet, orator 9