abeag: started up (abugan) 775
ac conj: but 708, 740, 773, 804, 813, 863
acwealde: killed (acwellan) 886
aglæca, æglæca m: awsome opponent, ferocious fighter 732, 739, 816, 893
ahlog: exhulted, derided, laughed (ahliehhan) 730
aldordagas, ealderdagas m pl: (all) the days of (someone's) life 718, 757
aldorgedal n: separation from life; death 805
alegde: placed, laid down (alecgan) 834, 851
alumpen past part: occurred, happened (alimpan) 733
an pron or adj: one; alone 705, 732, 784, 888
anda m: enmity, anger, vexation, zeal, injury, fear, horror 708
astag: mounted, ascended (astigan) 782
astod: stood up, arose (astandan) 759
atelic adj: terrible, dire, repulsive, horrid 784, 848
atol adj: terrible, ugle, deformed, repulsive, unchaste 732, 848
Æ
æfenspræc f: speech or conversation of the evening before 759
æfter prep or conj: after, following 724, 824, 885
ænig pron or adj: any 779, 791, 793, 802, 842
ær adv or conj: earlier, before that, sooner, formerly, previously, already; before 718, 754, 757, 778, 825, 831
æror comp adv: earlier, before, formerly, previously, already 809
æþeling m: nobleman, prince, man 888
ætstod: stuck, stopped (ætstandan) 891
ætstop: stepped (towards) (ætstæppan) 745
B
bad: awaited (with gen.; bidan) 709
gebad: experienced, underwent (gebidan) 815
bær: bore, carried, brought (beran) 711, 846, 896
banfag adj: decorated with bone or ivory 780
banloca m: muscle (lit.: bone-enclosure) 742, 818
beadu f: war, battle, fighting 709
beahhord n: ring-hoard, treasure-hoard 894
bealohydig adj: intent on harm, considering destruction, evil-minded 723
bearm m: lap, bosom, breast; hold, cargo area, interior (of a ship) 896
bearn n: child, descendant, offspring 878, 888
bedæled past part adj: deprived (with dat.) 721
begong m: region, extent, way, course 860
beheold: beheld, watched (behealdan) 736
Beowulf m: (personal name) Beowulf, prince of the Geats 795, 818, 856, 872
besmiþod: constructed, designed, crafted (besmiþian) 775
besyrwan: ensnare, surprise, defraud, oppress 713
gebette: amended, cured, compensated (gebetan) 830
gebolgen past part adj: angry, enraged (belgan) 723
bolgenmod adj: having an angry mind 709
bregdan: move quickly, pull, swing, throw, drag, draw 707
brucan: use, enjoy, possess (with gen) 894
gebunden: bound, fastened, adorned (gebindan) 871
burston: broke, failed, tore, fractured, burst (berstan) 760, 818
buton prep or conj: except, without, unless 705, 879
C
ceasterbuend m: citizen, inhabitant of a fortified town 768
cene adj: bold, brave, fierce, clever 768 (as noun)
com: came, had come (cuman) 702, 710, 720, 825
cuþ adj: known, plain, manifest, certain 705, 867
gecwæð: said (gecweþan) 857, 874
cwealmcuma m: murderous visitor 792
cwome: should come (cuman) 731
cynn n: kind, sort, race, people, family, gender 712, 735, 810, 883
cyst f: choice, best, choicest, virtue, goodness, excellence 802
D
gedælde: would separate (gedæan) 731
deaðdæg m: the day of (someone's) death 885
deaðfæge adj: doomed to death, dying 850
deog: hid himself? died? dyed (the water)? (this verb unrecorded elsewhere in OE) 850
dom m: judgement, reputation, glory, honour, splendour 885, 895 (selfes dome: as much as he chose)
gedræg n: assembly, company; tumult 756
dream m: joy, gladness, delight, mirth, rejoicing; melody, music, song 721, 850
drohtoð m: way of life, conduct; environment, society; condition, employment 756
drugon: experienced, suffered, endured, took part in, performed (dreogan) 798, 831
dryhtsele m: hall of the warriors, noble hall 767
dynede: resounded, made a din (dynian) 767
E
eafera m: posterity, son, child 897
eal pron, adv, or adj: all, entirely, wholly 744, 835
eald adj: old, aged, ancient, antique 795
ealdgesegen f: old story, ancient tale 869
ealdgesið m: old comrade, older retainer 853
ealfela pron: very many, a multitude of (with gen) 869, 883
ealle pron: all 705, 767, 823, 830
ealuscerwen f: dispensing of ale? 769 (the word is a hapax legomenon, a word only attested is this one place; a similar word, meoduscerwen [Andreas 1526], "mead-dispensing"?, occurs in a context where the connotations must be of terror or destruction)
Eastdene m pl: the (East)Danes 828
ecg f: edge, edged weapon, sword 805
eft adv: back, again, afterwards 853, 871
egesa m: awe, fear, horror, peril; monster; horrible deed 784
ellen n: courage, zeal, strength 893
ellendæd f: deed of valour, heroic deed 876
ellenmærþ f: famous courageous deed 828
ellorgast m: spirit from elsewhere; alien demon, alien ghost 807
eorl m: man, noble, warrior, hero 761, 769, 791, 795
eormengrund n: the whole world, the vast surface of the earth 859
eorþe f: earth, ground, soil, world, country, land, district 752,802
eoten m: giant, monster 761, 883
F
fæge adj: doomed, fated, dying, dead 846
fæger adj: fair, beautiful, good 773, 866
fæhð f: enmity, hostility, violence, revenge 879
gefælsod: cleansed, purified (fælsian) 825
færgripe m: sudden grasping, terrible grappling attack 738
fæst adj: fast, fixed, secure, firm, strong 722
fæste adv: firmly, securely, solidly 760,773,788
fætt n: gold-plate, metal plates 716
fag m: enemy, foe, party to a blood feud 811
fah, fag adj: stained, spotted; decorated; shining, gleaming 716, 725
fand: found, discovered, meet with (findan) 719, 870 (devised, composed)
gefaran: proceed, get on; attack, overcome 738
fealu adj: dark, dun, tawny, yellow 865
gefeh: rejoiced, exulted, was glad (gefeon) 827
gefeng: seized, took, grasped, caught (gefon) 740
fenhlið n: fen hill, fen cliff, fen slope 820
fenhop n: enclosed or raised ground in a fen or marsh 764
feond m: enemy, fiend, devil 725, 748, 808
feorh m: life, soul, spirit 796, 851
feorhlast m: track of (departing) life 846
feorhseoc adj: mortally wounded 820
gefeormod past part: consumed (feormian) 744
feorran adv: from far away, from a remote time or place; far away 825, 839
ferdon: went, travelled (feran) 839
ferhð m: mind, spirit, soul 754
Fitela m: (personal name) Fitela, nephew of Sigemund 879, 889
fleon: flee, escape 755, 764, 820
geflit n: dispute, contention, contest 865
geflymed past part adj: fugitive, vanquished (geflieman) 846
folctoga m: chieftan, commander 839
foldbold n: earthly dwelling, house 773
foldweg m: path, road, way (of the earth) 866
folme f: palm, hand 722, 745, 748
for prep: for, on account of, because of 832
forht adj: frightened, afraid 754
forlætan: let go, relinquish, lose, loose, release 792
forma adj: first, earliest 716, 740
forsworen: forsworn (forswerian) 804 (the meaning, "made ineffective with a spell," has been argued for here)
forð adv: forth, forwards, onwards 745
fot m: foot (i-mutated pl. fet) 745
gefræge n: hearing, report, knowledge 776, 837 (mine gefræge: as I have heard)
fram prep or adv: from, by, since, by, as a result of, about; forth, away, out 754,775,855,875
frecne adj: dangerous, perilous, terrible, daring, bold 889
gefremede: did, performed, accomplished (gefremman) 811
furþur adv: further, forwards 761
fyrbend m: fire(forged)bond; metal reinforcement for door 722
fyren f: sin, crime; outrage, violence; torment, suffering 750, 811, 879
G
galan: sing, chant, call, cry; recite spells 786
geap adj: wide, broad, lofty, steep 836
gearwe adv: well, thoroughly, effectually, entirely 878; gearwost (superl.) 715
gen adv: yet, now, still, again; further, besides, moreover 734
geocor adj: bitter, sad; harsh, terrible 765
geond prep: throughout, through, over 840
geornor comp adv: better, more completely, more exactly 821
gifheall f: gift-hall; royal hall (where treasure was dispensed) 838
gilphlæden adj: full of praise, laden with boasting 868
glæd adj: gracious, kind, cheerful 863
gomenwaþ f: joyous journey, happy outing 854
gongan: go, walk, move, advance 711
gegongen: reached, attained, achieved (gegangan) 822, 893
gram adj: angry, cruel, fierce, enemy 765, 777 (as noun)
Grendel: (personal name) Grendel, a human-shaped monster from the misty moors and fens who nightly enters the hall and eats people 711, 819, 836
gretan: greet, attack, have an effect upon 803
gryreleoð n: horrible song 786
guma m: man, warrior 715, 868, 878
guðhreð m: victory in battle, martial glory 819
gyfeþe adj (quasi past part): given, granted 819
H
hæfde: had (habban) 743, 804, 814, 825, 828, 893
hæle m: man, warrior, hero 719
hæþen adj: heathen, pagan, unchristian, evil 852
ham m: home, manor, estate, region, country 717
he pron: he 708; 772, 773 (it--refers to [masc] se winsele Heorot with possible light personification); 804, 811, 844, 875, 880, 887, 894
healðegn m: hall-thegn, warrior inhabiting a hall as a retainer 719
heap m: host, troop, crowd, assembly, company, band 730
heard adj: hard, harsh, severe, cruel, tough, strong, hardy, bold 719 (compar.), 886 (as noun)
heardhicgende pres part adj: resolute, tough-minded, stern 799
hearmscaþa m: harmful destroyer, terrible enemy 766
heaþodeor adj: brave in battle 772 (as noun)
heaþorof adj: famed in battle 864 (as noun)
heawan: hew, cut, strike, hack 800
heolster m: darkness, concealment, cover, hiding-place, retreat 755
heorodreor m: (sword)blood 849
Heorut m: (proper name) Hart, Stag (Hrothgar's hall so named) 766
hie pron: they, them 706, 797, 798, 798, 831, 862, 881
Higelac: Higelac, uncle of Beowulf and king of the Geats 737, 758
higeþihtig adj: stouthearted, courageous 746
hildedeor adj: brave in battle 834 (as noun)
him pron: him, to or for him; them, to or for them 726 (poss. with body part: him of eagum = from his eyes), 733, 755, 760, 812, 816, 852, 866, 889, 890
hine pron: him, it 788, 813, 879
hinfus adj: eager to leave, ready to depart 755
his pron: his 730, 756, 764, 793, 805, 822, 841, 881
hleo m: protection; protector, lord 791
hlynsode: resounded (hlynsian) 770
hond, hand m: 746, 814, 834 (dat and gen sing are honda, handa)
hornreced n: gabled building 704
hraðe, hraþe adv: quickly, immediately, soon 740, 748
Hroðgar, Hroþgar m: (personal name) Hrothgar, lord of the Danes and builder of the magnificent hall Heorot, now attacked by the monster Grendel 717, 826, 863
hruse f: earth, soil, ground 772
huru adv: indeed, truly, certainly, in any event 862
hwæþre conj: nevertheless, however 890
hwilum adv: sometimes, from time to time 864, 867
gehwylc pron: each 732, 768, 784, 805 (anra gehwylc: each one)
hyge m: mind, heart, intention, thought 755
hyrde m: guardian, keeper; shepherd, herdsman, pastor 750, 887
hyrde: heard (hieran) 875 (secgan hyrde: had heard tell)
gehyrdon: heard (gehieran) 785
I
in prep: in, into 713, 728, 851
inwidsorg f: anguish, anxiety, dread 831
inwitþanc m: evil thought, malicious plan, hostile intent 749
iren n: iron, iron weapon, sword 802, 892
L
læstan: stand by, support, help, serve; endure, last 812
gelæsted: performed, carried out, accomplished (gelæstan) 829
laf f: legacy, relic, heritage 795 (sword)
last m: footprint, track, trace 841
lað adj: hated, hateful, hostile, loathsome, unpleasant 815, 841 (as noun)
leas adj: without, lacking, devoid of 850
leod m: man, prince, king 793, 829
leton: allowed, let (lætan) 864
lichoma m: body, corpse, covering of flesh 812
gelicost superl adj: most like, most resembling 727
licsar n: bodily wound, pain 815
lif n: life, existence 733, 790, 806
lifdagas m pl: life-days, lifetime, life 793
lifes n: life, existence, lifetime 790, 806
lifgedal n: separation from life; death 841
lifigende pres part adj: living (lifian) 815
listum m pl dat as adv: cunningly, skilfully 781
logon: blamed, reproached (lean) 862
gelumpen: happened, occurred (gelimpan) 824
M
ma adv: more, longer, hereafter, further 735
mæg m: kinsman, male relative 737, 758, 813
mæned: spoken of, related, told of (mæan) 857
mærðo f: fame, glory, famous exploit 857
mære adj: famous, great, excellent 762 (as noun), 797
magorinc m: young warrior, young male relative 730
manig, manige pron or adj: many 728, 854
mann m: man, human being 712, 735, 779, 789, 810; men 752: man (i-mutated dat sing)
manscaða m: criminal enemy, sinful and harmful being 712, 737
mara comp adj: more, greater, stronger, mightier 753
meahte: might, was able to, could (magan) 754, 762, 780
meahton: might, were able to, could (magan) 797
gemealt: burned up, melted, was consumed by fire (gemeltan) 897
medubenc f: mead-bench, bench in a mead-hall 776
gemenged: mixed, mingled, combined (gemengan) 848
mere m: ocean, sea, lake, pond, pool 845, 855
gemete n: manner, way 779 (mid gemete: in any way)
metod m: fate, Creator, God 706
mette: met, encountered (metan) 751
gemette: met, encountered (gemetan) 757
mid prep: with, together with, by means of, by 746, 748, 779, 879, 889
middangeard m: the world, earth 751
min pron or poss adj: my 776, 837
misthliþ n: misty slope, foggy cliff 710
mod n: mind, heart, spirit, temper, courage 730, 753, 810
modig adj: spirited, daring, bold, proud, arrogant 813, 855
monig pron or adj: many 776, 838, 857
morgen m: morning, next day 837
morðor n: murder, injury, torment 892
moste: might, should be able to, could 706, 735, 894
gemunde: remembered, was mindful of, thought about (gemunan) 758, 870
gemyndig adj: mindful (of), remembering (with gen) 868
mynte: intended, resolved (myntan) 712, 731, 762
myrðe f: mischief, trouble 810
N
nære: were not (beon + ne) 860
nam: took, seized, grasped (niman) 746
ne negative particle: not, nor 706, 716, 718, 734, 739, 751, 756, 772, 778, 793, 798, 858, 862, 862, 878, 889
geneahhe adv: very, sufficiently; abundantly; often 783
genehost superl adv: most frequently, most abundantly 794
nean adv: from near by; near 839
near comp adv: nearer, near 745
genered: saved, rescued, redeemed (nerian) 827
geneðde: ventured, dared, risked (geneþan) 888
nihtweorc n: night's work, night's deed 827
nið m: strife, enmity, attack, war; evil, hatred; oppression, affliction 827, 845, 882
niwe adj or adv: new, fresh, recent, novel, untried; newly, freshly, etc. 783
no adv: not at all, never, by no means 754, 841
nolde: did not wish, would not (willan + ne) 706, 791, 803
Norðdene m pl: the (North)Danes 783
nydgestealla m: companion in need 882
nymþe conj: unless, except 781
nytt adj: useful, beneficial, profitable, helpful 794
O
of prep: of, from, out of; among, concerning; made of 710, 726, 785, 854
ofer prep: over, beyond, across, past, against, contrary to; after, through, during 736,802,859
ofercumen: overcome, conquered (ofercuman) 845
on prep: on, in, onto, into, at 702, 708, 718, 725, 747, 752, 753, 754, 755, 757, 763, 764, 765, 772, 782, 790, 800, 806, 808, 816, 837, 844, 845, 847, 856, 865, 873, 891, 896
onarn: opened, gave way (oniernan) 721
onbræd: burst open, swung open (onbregdan) 723
ond conj: and 745, 749, 760, 763, 774, 780, 800, 807, 826, 832, 835, 839, 846, 873, 879
ondsaca m: enemy; apostate, disbeliever 786
onfeng: took, received, accepted, took hold of, began (onfon) 748, 852
onfunde: discovered, found out, learned, perceived (onfindan) 750, 809
ongean adv or prep: opposite, back, again; towards, against 747
onsprungon: snapped, popped, sprang apart, burst asunder (onspringan) 817
oþer, oðer pron or adj: other, one of two, second, the other, another 814, 859, 870
R
ræst f: bed, couch, resting-place 747
reced n: building, hall, house 720, 724, 728, 770
geregnad past part adj: prepared, adorned (regnian) 777
renweard m: guardian of a building 770
reþe adj: fierce, cruel, violent, harsh 770
rice n: rule, reign, power, kingdom 861
rinc m: man, warrior 720, 728, 741, 747
rondhæbbend m: shield-owner; warrior 861
S
sæbat f: sea-going vessel, ship 895
gesæged: felled, destroyed (gesægan) 884
gesælde: happened (gesæan) 890
gesæt: sat, reclined, leant? (gesittan) 749
sang m: song, singing, poem 787
sar n: pain, wound, suffering 787
sarlic adj: painful, sad, bitter 842
saw(o)l f: soul, life, spirit 801, 852
sceadu f: shadow, darkness 707
sceadugenga m: walker in shadows, shadow-goer 703
sceat m: quarter, district, region; angle, edge, point; surface (of the earth) 752
sceawian: examine, look at, inspect 840
sceawode: examined, looked at, inspected (sceawian) 843
sceotend n?: spearman, warrior 703
scolde: should, would, would have to, had to, was obliged to (sculan) 805, 819
scoldon: were obliged to, had to, were supposed to, should have 704, 832
Scyldingas m pl: (proper name) the Scyldings, the descendents of Scyld; the Danes 778
scynscaþa m: evil, magical, or ghostly harmful being (manuscript reads syn scaþa, either great or sinful harmful being--which doesn't alliterate) 707
se pron: the, that, the one 707, 712, 737, 739, 758, 762, 766, 771, 789, 807, 809, 812, 813, 825, 869
searoþoncum m pl as adv: cunningly, skilfully, with artifice 775
secan, secean: seek, seek out, visit, go to, attack 756, 801, 821
sele m: hall, house, dwelling 713, 826
sibbegedriht f: peaceful troop of retainers?; band of relatives? (sibb is relationship, peace, love, friendship; gedriht is an army, throng, troop of retainers 729
sigeleas adj: victory-less, defeated 787
Sigemund m: (personal name) Sigemund (a hero also known from the Volsungasaga) 875, 884
sigewæpen n: (victory)weapon, (victory)sword 804
sið m: going, motion, journey; expedition, errand, adventure; time, occasion; road, way 716, 740, 765, 872, 877
siþðan, siððan, syþðan adv or conj: since, afterwards, thereafter, then; after, when, as soon as 718, 722, 834, 850, 886
siðian: travel, journey, go 720, 808
slæpende pres part adj: sleeping 741
slat: slit, tore, split, rent; bit, wounded (slitan) 741
snotor adj: wise, intelligent, clever 826
snyttru f: wisdom, intelligence 872 (dat pl as adv: wisely, skilfully)
gesohte: sought out, visited (gesecan) 717
sona adv: immediately, soon, at once 721, 743, 750
sped f: success 873 (on sped: skilfully, successfully)
spel n: story, narrative, history 873
gesprong: arose, spread, grew (gespringan) 884
stod: stood (standan) 726 (shone), 783 (was, existed, took place)
stop: stepped, strode, advanced (stæppan) 761
strengest superl adj: strongest 789
swa adv, conj, or pron: so, as, so as, just as, in such a way, thus 762, 797, 881
swealh: swallowed, devoured (swelgan) 743
swefan: sleep, slumber 703, 729
sweg m: sound, noise, clamour, tumult, melody, voice 782
swegl n: sky, heavens; sun 860
sweord, swurd n: sword 884, 890
sweotol adj: clear, obvious, apparent, open, public 817, 833
geswing n: surging, clashing 848
swulc pron: such, such things 880
swulge: should swallow, devour (swelgan) 782
swyðferhð adj: bold, brave, rash 826
swylce adv or conj: just as, as, such as, resembling, thus; as if, as though; also, moreover, and 757, 830, 854
syndolh n: huge wound, gaping sore 817
synscaða m: great enemy; sinful harmful being 801
synsnæd f: large piece, morsel, slice 743
T
tacen n: symbol, sign, mark, portent; marvel, wonder; evidence, proof 833
tealde: counted, reckoned; considered, thought, believed (tellan) 794
tirleas adj: victory-less, vanquished 843 (as noun)
to prep: to, until 714, 720, 766; to þæs þe: to the point where, until
tobrecan: break up, destroy, ruin 780
tolucan: pull apart, dislocate, destroy 781
torn n: anger, grief, misery, suffering 833
treddode: trod, stepped, walked (treddian) 725
(be sæm) tweonum: between (the seas) 858
Þ & Ð:
þa pron: the, that, those 704 (as rel.?), 736, 758, 777, 838
þa, ða adv: then, when 706, 710, 720, 723, 730, 733, 734, 746, 771, 798, 809, 825, 837
þæm, ðæm pron: that, the 790, 806
ðær, þær adv: there, where 756, 762, 775, 777, 794, 797, 835, 847, 852, 856, 866
þæs pron: of that, of the 714, 773 (adverbial usage: so, to such an extent), 778
ðæt, þæt pron or conj: the, that 704, 705, 706, 716, 717, 731, 734, 735, 739, 750, 751, 765, 766, 771, 772, 779, 798, 809, 812, 822, 833, 863, 875, 890, 891, 894
þam pron: the, that, those (dat. of se, etc.) 713, 824
þanon, þonan adv: thence, from there, away 763, 819, 844, 853
þara pron: of the, of those 785, 843, 878
þe, ðe rel pron: which, that, who 714, 785, 789, 809, 821 (so much the), 825, 831, 843, 869, 878
þegn m: retainer, servant, thegn 867
þeoden m: chief, ruler, prince, king 797
ðicgean: take, receive, accept, partake of, consume, taste, eat 736
þing n: thing, cause, motive, reason, event, condition 791 (ænige þinga: in any way, for any reason, at all)
geþinge n: meeting, council; arrangement, agreement; fate, result 709
þohton: thought, intended (þencan) 800
þolian: suffer, endure, undergo, allow 832
þreanyd f: affliction, calamity, distress, dire necessity 832
þryðswyð adj: very mighty, powerful 736
þuhte: seemed, appeared (þyncan) 842
þuhton: seemed, appeared (þyncan) 866
þurhwod: penetrated, pierced (þurhwadan) 890
þy pron: the 754 (no þy ær: not any sooner)
U
uncuþ adj: unknown, strange, unusual 876
under prep or adv: under, beneath, among, in the presence of, during, by means of, with; beneath, below, underneath 707, 710, 714, 738, 820, 836, 860, 887
unfæger adj: unbeautiful, ugly 727
unlyfigende pres part adj: unliving, dead (libban) 744
unlytel adj: not little; great, large, extensive 833, 885
unwearnum adv: suddenly, irresistibly 741
utweard adj: going away, on (his) way out, trying to get away 761
W
wæccende pres part adj: waking, wakeful, watching (wæccan) 708
wælræs m: murderous attack, deadly onslaught 824
Wæls m: (personal name) Wæls, ancestor (father?) of Sigemund 897
Wælsing m: descendent of Wæls 877
wæs: was (beon) 705, 716, 723, 733, 734, 755, 756, 761, 765, 771, 773, 789, 811, 814, 822, 833, 835, 837, 847, 856, 863, 889
geweald n: might, power, control, possession, command 764, 808
weallende pres part: boiling, welling, seething (weallan) 847
wearð: became, was (weorþan) 753, 767, 816, 818, 823
weg m: way, path, direction, road 763, 844
wen f: expectation, hope, probability 734
wendon: expected, imagined, believed (wenan) 778
weol: boiled, welled up, seethed (weallan) 849
werigmod adj: miserable, weary-minded, dejected 844
wic n: dwelling, lodging, habitation, house, camp, castle 821
widre comp adv: farther, more distantly 763
widweg m: broad roads, wide ways, distant directions 840
willa m: will, purpose, desire 824
gewin n: labour, trouble, hardship; struggle, conflict, war 798, 877
wistfyllu f: plentious feasting 734
witan: know, be aware of, understand, perceive; wisse subj sing 715; wiste pret sing 764, 821; wiston pret pl 798, 878
wita m: wise man; (in pl) council 778
gewiton: departed, went (gewitan) 853
wið prep: with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, (with dat.) from 733, 749, 811, 827
wiðfeng: grappled with, lay hold of (wiþfon) 760
wiðhæfde: withstood, resisted (wiþhabban) 772
wod: strode, stepped, waded, advanced (wadan) 714
wolcen n: cloud; (in pl.) sky, heavens 714
wolde: would, wanted to (willan) 738, 755, 796, 880
wop m: cry, weeping, screaming, lamentation 785
word n: word, speech, statement, utterance 870, 874
worn m: large amount, multitude, crowd, host 870
wrætlic adj: curious, wondrous, rare 891
wraþ adj: angry, hostile, terrible, grievous, bitter 708
wrixlan: change, exchange, vary, converse 874
wundor n: astonishing thing, wonder, miracle, marvel, portent, horror 771, 840
wunnon: laboured, toiled; fought, struggled (winnan) 777
wurðan: be, become ( = weorþan) 807
wynleas adj: joyless, miserable 821
wyrd f: fate, chance, fortune, destiny, event, fact, deed 734
wyrm m: snake, dragon, worm 886, 891, 897
wyrðra comp adj: more worthy 861
Y
yldan: delay, put off, prolong, hesitate, tarry 739
ymb prep: about, around, at 838
yrre adj: angry, fierce 769