A
abidan: await (with gen. of logical object) 53
ahte: had, owned, possessed (agan) 16
Æ
B
gebæro f: behaviour, manner, bearing 21, 44
begietan: seize, happen 32, 41
behriman: cover with (hoar)frost 48
beotian: vow, promise, boast 21
gebidan: endure, experience, suffer 3
bliþe adj: cheerful, friendly, agreeable, gentle 21, 44
breostcearu f: sorrow, grief ("breast-care") 44
burgtun m: city-dwelling; manor enclosure; town 31
D
gedælan: part, separate, divide 22
gedreag n: multitude, tumult 45
dreorsele m: dreary hall, bloody dwelling, cruel house 50
dun f: hill, mountain, moor 30
dyrne adj: hidden, secret, evil, magical 12
E
eac adv: also, likewise, moreover 44
eal adv, pron, adj: all, entirely 29, 46
eall adj: all; ealles adv: entirely, wholly, altogether 41
earfoþe n: hardship, trouble 39
eft adv: afterwards, again, anew 23
elles adv: else, besides, otherwise 23
eorþe f: earth, ground, world 33
eorðscræf n: earth-cave, earth-hovel, grave 28, 36
eorðsele m: earth-dwelling, earth-hall 29
F
fah adj or noun: spotted, stained, gleaming; hostile, outlawed, guilty, criminal; foe, enemy 46
felaleofa wk adj as m noun: dearly beloved 26
folclond n: national or tribal land, land of a people, native land 47
folgað m: body of retainers, retinue; service, office, employment (i.e. in a lord's retinue) 9
for prep: for, on account of 10
forþon conj: therefore, for that reason, because 17, 39
frea m: lord, ruler, master 33
freond m: friend, lover (nom pl frynd) 17, 33, 47
freondscipe m: friendship, marital love 25
ful adv: full, very 1, 18, 21, 32, 46
G
geomor adj: sad, sorrowful 1, 17
geomormod adj: sad-minded, sorrowful-spirited 42
geond prep: throughout, through 36
H
heard adj: hard, tough, bold, violent, severe 43
heardsælig adj: unfortunate, unhappy 19
heonan adv: hence, from here 6
herheard m: dwelling in woods or grove or (pagan) temple 15
het, heht: commanded (hattan) 15, 27
hycgan: consider, resolve upon, plan 20
hygegeomor adj: sorrowful-minded, sad-spirited, miserable 19
I
ic pron: I 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 9, 16, 18, 25, 29, 35, 37, 38, 39
L
laðlicost adv superl: most horribly, most unpleasantly 14
leas adj: without (with gen.) 32
leger n: couch, bed, grave, lying 34
leodfruma m: prince (leader of a people) 8
libban: live (lifdon is pret pl) 14
lif n: life, existence, lifetime 41
lifgende pres part adj: living 34
lond n: land, earth, country 8
londstede m: place, region of (the) land 16
gelong adj: with æt = dependent on, belonging to 45
longian: grieve, be pained (impers with acc. of logical subj.--mec longade = I grieved) 14
longaþ, langoþ m: longing, grief, discontent 41, 53
M
mæg: may, am able to (magan) 2, 38, 39
gemæc adj: well-suited, companionable, suitable 18
mæg m: male relative (n a pl = magas) 11
mec pron: me 14, 15, 27, 32, 41
micel adj: great, extensive, large 51
min: my, mine 6, 8, 15, 17, 47, 50
mines poss adj m gen sing: my 26
minre poss adj fem: my 2,10,40
mod n: mind, spirit, intention, violence 20
modcearu f: sorrow, grief 40, 51
mon pron or noun: one, someone; man, person 27, 42
mot: must, may, can (motan) 37
gemunan: remember, think about, be mindful of 51
N
ne negative particle: not 22, 39, 41
O
oflongad pp adj: distressed by excessive longing (oflongian) 29
on prep: on, in 16, 27, 33, 35, 41, 50
onhweorfan: change, turn (about), reverse 23
R
gerestan: rest from; give rest to (with gen.) 40
S
sceal: must, shall, ought to (sculan) 25, 43, 52
scyle: may be under the obligation to? (pres subjunct of sculan) 42
sindon, sind: are (beon) 30, 33
stanhliþ n: (rocky) cliff, (stoney) hill 48
storm m: storm, tempest, tumult, onrush 48
sumorlang adj: summer-long; as long as a summer's day 37
swylce adv: likewise, also, as if 43
sy: should be, may be (beon) 45, 46
T
Þ
þære demonst pron: the, that 40
þæs pron: of the, of that (gen of masc or neuter dem pron) 11, 41
þæt pron or conj: that, the 2, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 47
þe rel pron: which, that 41, 52
geþoht m: thought, idea, purpose 12, 43
þon adv or conj: then, when, thence, while 44
þonne adv or conj: then, when, than 4, 35
þurh prep: through, with, by means of 12
U
uhte f: dawn, dusk, daybreak 35
uhtcearu f: care or worry (cearu) at dawn or dusk (uht) 7
unc pron: us two (dual pron.) 12, 22
uncer pron: our, "of the two of us" (dual pron.) 25
W
wa m: woe, affliction, evil 52
gewat: departed (gewitan) 6, 9
wære: should be, might be, should have been (subjunct. of beon) 8, 24
weardian: guard, keep, occupy, keep to 34
weaþearf f: miserable deprivation, woeful need 10
werigmod adj: despondent, weary-minded, sad-minded 49
wic n: dwelling, house, camp, village 32, 52
wide adv: widely, far and wide 46
gewidost adv superl: widest, very widely, very far apart 13
wine m: friend, protector, lord 49, 50
wineleas adj: lordless, friendless 10
woruld f: world, life, epoch 46
woruldrice n: kingdom of the world, earthly kingdom 13
wræcsiþ m: journey of exile, wretched journey, wretched experience 5, 38
wraþe adv: cruelly, grievously, bitterly 32
wudu f: wood, forest, grove 27
wyn, wynn f: joy, pleasure, delight 32, 46
wynlicor comp adj: more pleasant, more joyful, more delightful 52
Y