Riddle 25 Glossary

an: one, alone 3

bedd n: bed, couch; (garden) bed 4

bið: is (beon) 11

bona: killer, murderer 3

burgsittende m pl: city-dwellers 3

ceorl m: man, free man of the lowest class 6

cyrten adj: pretty, comely 6

dohtor f: daughter 6

eage n: eye, aperture 11

eom: am (beon) 1

fæsten n: fortress, stonghold, enclosure 9

fegan: fix, join, confine 9

felan: feel, touch, perceive (logical object is in genitive) 9

ful adv: very 6

gemot: meeting, conflict, encounter 10

gripan: seize, snatch, grasp 7

heafod n: head 8

heo pron: she 7

hwilum adv: sometimes, from time to time 5

hyht f: hope, joy, desire, expectation 1

ic pron: I 1,4

is: 4

mec pron: me 7,8,9,10

meowle f: maiden, virgin, woman 7

min pron: my 4,8

mines pron: my (g.s.)10

modwlonc: lofty-minded, proud-spirited 7

nænig: none, not any , no one 2

nathwær: somewhere (or other) 5

neahbuend: neighbor ("near-dweller") 2

nearwian: force in, cramp, confine, afflict 10

neoþan adv: beneath, below 5

neþan: venture on, dare, risk 5

nymþe: unless, except 3

nyt: useful 2

on prep: on, in, to, for 1,4,7,8,9

ræsan: attack, rush upon 8

reafian: rob, take by force, strip off, carry off 8

reod: red 8

ruh adj: hairy, shaggy, rough 5

sceþþan: harm, injure 2

seo pron: she, the one 10

sona adv: soon, immediately 9

staþol m: foundation, state 4

steapheah: very high, projecting, upright 4

stondan: stand, be situated 4

þæt conj or pron: that, the 7,11

þe rel pron: who, that 10

wæt adj: wet 11

wif n: woman, wife 1, 11

wiht n: creature, being, person 1

wundenlocc : with braided or twisted hair 11

wunderlic: strange, wonderful 1