Riddle Two Glossary

ær conj or adv: earlier, before 11, 15

beatað: beat, pound, dash against (beatan) 6

biþ, bið: is (beon) 3, 11

biþeaht: concealed, covered (beþeccan) 9

bregde: pull, draw, drag (subjunct pres sing of bregdan 13

brim n: sea, ocean 13

eft adv: again, afterwards, thereafter 14

eorþe f: ground, soil, earth, sea bottom 2

fæþm m: bosom, embrace, grasp, interior 13

fam n: foam 4

garsecg m: sea, ocean 3

gifen n: sea, ocean 3

grimmeð: rages (grimman) 5

grund m: ground, bottom 3

hliþ n: cliff, slope (acc pl? hleoþa) 7

hlimmeð: resounds, roars, rages (hlimman) 5

hlude adv: loudly, noisily 5

holmmægen n: might of the sea 9

hruse f: earth, soil, ground 9

hwa pron: who 13

gehwa pron: each, every 12

hwælmere m: (whale-)sea, (whale-)ocean 5

hwilum adv: sometimes, from time to time 1

ic pron: I 1, 8

læte: allows, permits; allows to remain; allows to escape, sets free; leaves behind, departs from (lætan 11

latteow em: leader, guide, general 11

losian: be lost, fail, perish; escape, get away 11

mæg: can, may (magan) 10

mec pron: me 11, 13, 15

men m pl: men, people 1

min pron: my 11

mon m: man, person 12

ne negative particle: not 1, 10

of prep: of, from, out of 13

on prep: on, onto; in, into 7, 12

ond: 7,8

sægrund m: sea bottom 10

saga: say, tell (imper) (secgan) 12

se pron: the, that; the one 11

secan: seek, visit, attain 2

sid adj: wide, broad, vast 10

siþ m: journey, expedition, going, departure, occasion 12

sond f: sand, gravel 7

stan m: stone, rock 7

staþ n: shore, bank 6

stealc adj: steep, lofty 7

stille adj: still, quiet, calm, gentle 14

stream m: current, flood, stream 6, 14

stundum adv: from time to time, sometimes 6

styrge: stir up, agitate, rouse (styr(g)ian) 9

sundhelm m: sea-protection, sea-covering 10

swa adv and conj: so, thus, as 1

þe rel pron: who, which, that 11, 15

þoncol adj: thoughtful, prudent, wise 12

þonne conj or adv: then, when 8, 14

geþræc n: pressure, force, violence 2

geþwære adj: pleasant, gentle, peaceful; compliant, obedient; united, concordant, harmonious 15

under prep: under 2

wæg m: wave, water, sea 8

war n: seaweed 8

gewealcen: tossed, rolled around (gewealcan) 4

wenaþ: imagine, believe, think, expect (wenan 1

weorpaþ: throw, cast (weorpan) 6

weorþað: become (weorþan) 14

winnende pres part: fighting, struggling, raging, labouring (winnan) 8

gewite: go, travel, depart gewitan 1

gewreged: excited, stirred up (gewregan) 3

wrugon: covered, concealed, hid (wreon) 15

f: wave, (in pl) sea 2, 15