& conj: and
ac conj.: but, however, and
adræfan
str vb: to drive out,
exile
adræfde 3rd pers sing pret indic
æfter prep: after
ær adv.: before, previously
æt prep: at, from
æþelbald prop n.: Æþelbald, king of the Mercians
æþeling
str m noun: prince, atheling (in reference to Cyneheard)
æþelinges gen sing
agen
adj. own
agenne acc sing masc
ealdor
str n noun: life, age
aldor acc sing
aldormon
str m noun: nobleman
aldormonnes gen sing
an
adj.: a, an, one, only
anne acc sing masc
anum dat sing masc, neut
Andred prop n: Andred or Andredesweald was a forest dividing Kent and Sussex
Angelþeow Offing prop n.: Angelþeow (father of Eomær) son of Offa
Ascanmynster prop n: Axminster, Devon
geascian
wk vb: learn by asking,
discover
geascode 3rd pers sing pret
indic
bana
wk m noun: slayer
banan acc sing
gebære
str n noun: behaviour, including (here, presumably)
outcries
gebærum dat pl
beæftan prep w. dat: behind
gebeodan
str vb: offer
gebead 3rd pers sing pret indic
geboden past participle
began
anomalous vb: to go around, surround
beeode 1st pers sing pret indic
belucan
str vb: contain, lock
shut
belocen past participle
beniman
str vb: to deprive
benam 3rd pers sing pret indic
beodan
str vb: to command,
offer
budon 3rd pers pl pret indic
beon
anomalous vb: to be
nære ne + wære, 3rd pers sing pret subj: was not
wære 2nd, 3rd pers sing pret subj
wæron , wærun, wæran 3rd pers pl pret indic
wæs 1st, 3rd pers sing pret indic
Beornræd prop n: Beornred, king of the Mercians
beridan
str vb: ride up to, overtake
berad 3rd pers sing pret indic
biscepdom str m noun: bishopric
biscepdome dat sing
Bretwalas
str m pl noun: the Britons
Bretwalum dat pl
broþur anomalous noun: brother
Bryttisc
adj.: British; pertaining to the Britons or Celtic inhabitants of the
island of Britain
Bryttiscum dat sing masc
bur str m noun: bed-chamber, private room, private sleeping building
burg
str f noun: stonghold, enclosure
byrig dat sing
butan, buton prep: without, only, outside of, except for
Cantware prop n pl: people of
Kent;
gen pl in Cantwara burg Canterbury
Cerdic
prop n: Cerdic
Cerdice dat sing
Cnebba Iceling prop n: Cnebba (father of Cynewald) son of Icel
Creoda Cynewalding prop n: Creoda (father of Pybba) son of Cynewald
cweðan
str vb: to say
cuædon 3rd pers pl pret indic
Cumbra
prop. n.: Cumbra
Cumbran acc sing
Cuþred prop n: Cuþred, king of the West Saxons
Cyneheard
prop n: Cyneheard (in 754 entry) a bishop of Winchester;
Cyneheard (in 755 entry) the brother of Sigebryht, who was the king of Wessex deposed by
Cynewulf
Cynewald Cnebing prop n: Cynewald (father of Creoda) son of Cnebba
Cynewulf prop n: Cyenewulf, king of the West Saxons
cyning
str m noun: king
cyninge , kyninge dat sing
cyninges gen sing
cyðan
str vb: to reveal, make known
cyþdon 3rd pers pl pret indic
dæd
str f noun: deed
dædum dat pl
dæg
str m noun: day
daga gen pl
dom str m noun: judgement
duru str f noun: door
eall
adj.: all
alle nom/acc pl masc
Eanwulf Osmoding prop n: Eanwulf (father of Thincgferth) son of Osmod
Eawa Pybing prop n: Eawa son of Pybba (father of Osmod)
Egfer prop n: Ecgferþ, king of the Mercians, son of Offa
Eomær Angelþowing prop n.: Eomær (father of Icel) son of Angelþeow
eower
poss adj. your
eowre nom pl masc
feohtan
str vb: to fight
feaht 3rd pers sing pret indic
feohtende pres participle
fon
str vb: to catch,
seize; fon to rice accede to the throne, become king
feng 3rd pers sing pres indic
feoh
str n noun: money
feos gen sing
gefeoht
str n noun: battle, fight
gefeohtum dat pl
gefera
wk m noun: companion, comrade
geferan acc sing, nom pl
geferum dat pl
feorh str n noun: life
flode
wk f noun: ford, channel
flodan dat sing
folgian wk vb w. dat: to follow
for prep: for, because of, before
forbærnan
str vb: to burn up
forbærn 3rd pers sing pret indic
forðferan
str vb: to die
forþferde 3rd pers sing pret indic
from adv.: away
feolan
str vb: to penetrate
fulgon 3rd pers pl pret indic
gan
anomalous vb.: go, walk
gæþ 3rd pers sing pres indic
eode 3rd pers sing pret indic
eodon 3rd pers pl pret indic/subj
gear
str n noun: year
geare dat sing
gearo adj: ready, prepared
geat
str n noun: gate
gatu acc pl
gif conj.: if
gisl
str m noun: hostage
gisle dat sing
godsunu str m noun: godson
habban
str vb: to have, hold
hæfde 3rd pers sing pret indic
hæfdon 3rd pers pl pret indic
Hamtunscrir
f: Hampshire
Hamtunscire dat sing
hatan
str vb: to name,
order, command
haten past participle
he
3rd pers pron masc: he, it
hie acc sing fem, nom pl, acc pl:
her, it
they, them
hiera gen pl: their, of them
him dat masc/neut sing, dat pl: (to) him, them
hine/hiene acc masc sing: him
his gen masc/neut sing: his
hit nom/acc neut sing: it
healdan
str vb: to hold, keep, rule
heold 3rd pers sing pret indic
her adv.: here; (in Chronicle) in this year
gehieran
str vb: hear
gehierdun 3rd pers pl pret indic
hlaford str m noun: lord, master
hraþe
adj.: quick
radost superl
Hreopadun prop n: place Repton, Derbyshire
Hunferþ prop n:
Bishop Hunferþ of Winchester, succeeded by Cyneheard
Hunferþe dat sing
hwelc interrogative pron.: which, what
gehwelc
pron. adj.: each
gehwelcum dat sing masc
hwil
str f noun: time, while
hwile dat sing
Icel Eomæring prop n: Icel (father of Cnebba) son of Eomær
ilca
adj., pron: same, the
same
ilcan dat sing neut
ilce acc sing neut (þæt ilce: the same thing)
inne adv: inside, within
irnan
str vb: to run
urnon 3rd pers pl pret indic
læfan
str vb: to leave,
bequeath
læfde 3rd pers sing pret indic
lange
adv: long, for a long
time
lengest superl
leof
adj: beloved, dear
leofra compar nom sing masc: dearer
lic str n noun: body
licgan
str vb: lie, lie dead
læg 3rd pers sing pret indic
lægon 3rd pers pl pret indic
liþ 3rd pers sing pres indic
locian
str vb: to look
locude 3rd pers sing pret indic
land
str n noun: land country
londes gen sing
lytel
adj: little
lytle istrumental sing neut
ma adj., noun, adv: more (þon ma þe any more than)
mæg
str m noun: kinsman
mægas nom pl
mægum dat pl
mann
str m noun: man, person
men nom pl, acc pl
mon nom sing
Merantun
prop n: Merton
Merantune dat sing
metan
str vb: to meet, to
encounter
metton 3rd pers pl pret indic
micel
adj: great, severe;
miclum dat pl (as adv: greatly)
mid prep: with, amid
Mierce prop n: Mercia, the
Mercians
Miercna gen pl
morgen
str m noun: morning
morgenne dat sing
næfre adv: never
nænig pron: none, no one
ne adv., conj.: not, nor
generian
str vb: to save protect
generede 3rd pers sing pret indic
nellan ne + willan, wk vb: to be
unwilling, to not want;
noldon pl pret indic
Offa
prop. n: Offa, king of the Mercians
Offa Wærmunding prop n: Offa (father of Angelþeow) son of
Wærmund
ofslean
str vb: slay,
destroy
ofslægen past participle
ofslægene nom pl masc
ofslægenne acc sing masc
ofslog 3rd pers sing pret indic
ofslogon 3rd pers pl pret indic
ofstingan
str vb: to stab to
death
ofstang 3rd pers sing pret indic
oft adv: often
on prep: on, upon, against, into
onfon
str vb: to receive, accept
onfeng 3rd pers sing pret indic
onfindan
str vb: to discover,
realize
onfunden 3rd pers pl pret subj
onfundon 3rd pers pl pret indic
ongietan
str vb: to
understand, perceive
ongeat 3rd pers sing pret indic
onmunan
vb pret., pres w. gen:
pay attention to
onmunden 3rd pers pl pret subj
Osmod Eawing prop n: Osmod (father of Eanwulf) son of Eawa
Osric prop n: Osric, ealdorman of Cynewulf
oþ
prep w.a.: until
oþþæt conj.: until
Pryfetes prop n: Privett (a place name)
Pybba Creoding prop n: Pybba (father of Eawa) son of Creoda
rice
str n noun: kingdom, reign
rices gen sing
rice dat sing, acc sing
ricsian
wk vb: reign
ricsode 3rd pers sing pret indic
ridan
str vb: to ride
ridon 3rd pers pl pret indic
ryhtfæderencyn str n noun: direct paternal ancestry
se
dem. pron.: the, that
þa fem acc sing, nom pl, acc pl
þære fem gen/dat sing
þæs masc or neut gen sing
þæt / tæt nom/acc neut sing
þam dat neut sing, dat pl
þone acc sing masc
þy instrumental, sing neut/masc
Seaxe prop n: the Saxons
Seaxna gen pl
Seccandun prop n: Seckington,
Warwickshire
Seccandune dat sing
Sigebryht
prop n:
Sigebryht, king of the West Saxons
Sigebryhtes gen sing
simle adv.: always
gesund
adj.: unharmed, whole
gesunde nom pl masc
sunu str m noun: son
swa adv.: thus, so (swa hwelc swa whoever)
swan str m noun: swineherd
swiþe adv: very
to prep w.d.: to, into
þæs adv.: afterwards (þæs þe after)
þa adv: then, when
þær adv., conj.: there
þæt conj: that, so that
þe relative particle: that, who, which
þeah adv.: though, yet, however
þegn
str m noun: nobleman, thane,
warrior
þegnas nom pl
geþicgean str vb: to accept
þider adv.: thither, to that place
Þincgferþ Eanwulfing Þincgferþ (father of Offa) son of Eanwulf
þincgferþing prop n.: the son of Þincgferþ
þonne conj: then, when; (with comparatives) than
ungefealice adv.: miserably
unheanlice adv.: undisgracefully, not ignobly
unnan
pret. pres. w.d. of person
and g. of thing: grant, allow
uþon 3rd pers pl pret subj
unryht
adj.: unjust
unryhtum dat pl fem
unstilnesse str f noun: disturbance
utan adv.: from without
utræsan
vb: to rush out
utræsde 3rd pers sing pret indic
Wærmund Wyhtlæging prop n.; Wærmund (father of Offa) son of Wihtlæg
weorðan
str vb: to become,
happen
wearþ 3rd pers sing pret indic
werian
str vb.: to defend,
protect
werede 3rd pers sing pret indic
werod
str n noun: troop, company
werode dat sing
Wesseaxe prop n: West Saxons,
Wessex
West Seaxna, Wesseaxna gen pl
wifcyþþ a visit to a woman,
intercourse with a woman
wifcyþþe dat sing
Wiferþ prop n: Wiferth
wif
str n noun: woman, wife
wifes gen sing
Wihtlæg Wodening prop n: Wihtlæg (father of Wærmund) son of Woden (the Anglo-Saxon god corresponding to Odin, the chief of the gods in Norse mythology)
Wintanceaster
prop n: Winchester
Wintanceastre acc sing
winter
str m noun: winter, year
wintra gen pl
willan
anomalous vb.: wish,
desire, will
wolde 3rd pers sing pret indic
nolde ( = ne wolde: would not) 3rd pers sing pret indic
wita
str m noun: wise man,
counsellor
wiotan nom pl council, assembly
wiþ, uuiþ prep w.a.d. : against, in return for
wrecan
str vb: to avenge
wræc 3rd pers sing pret indic
wunian
wk vb: dwell,
occupy, subsist
wunade, wunode 3rd pers sing pret indic
gewundian
wk vb: to wound
gewundad past participle
gewundode 3rd pers sing pret indic
ymb
prep w.a.: after, at; around, about
xxxviiii Roman num: thirty-nine
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