ASPR Glossary

(This page last updated 25/11/11.)

a, o adv: always, ever, eternally

aæðan wk verb: destroy

Aaron prop name: Haran (forms: Aarone dat sing; Arones gen sing)

abacan Class 6 str verb: bake (forms: abacæ imper sing)

abal neut? noun: power, might

abbod masc noun: abbot (forms: abbude dat sing)

Abel prop noun: Abel (forms: Abele dat sing; Abeles gen sing)

abelgan Class 3 str verb: anger, enrage, offend (forms: abealch3rd pers sing pret indic; abolgen past part)

abeodan Class 2 str verb w. acc or dat: summon, command, admonish; offer, provide (forms: abead 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; abeod imper sing; abude 3rd pers sing pret subj )

abidan Class 1 str verb w. gen: await

abiddan Class 5 str verb: pray, ask, obtain

Abimelech, Abimeleh, Abimæleh prop name: Abimelech (forms: Abimelehe, Abimeleche dat sing)

abolgen past part adj: angry, enraged (from abelgan)

Abraham prop name: Abraham (forms: Abrahame dat sing; Abrahames gen sing)

abrecan Class 4 str verb: break, destroy; violate (a commandment) (forms: abrocen past part; abrocene past part nom pl neut )

abredwian wk verb: kill (forms: abredwade 3rd pers sing pret subj/indic)

abregdan Class 3 str verb: remove, withdraw, take away; (w. dat) draw (a sword) (forms: abrægd, abræd 3rd pers sing pret indic; abregd imper sing; abregde 3rd pers sing pres subj; abroden past part; abrugdon pl pret indic)

abreotan Class 2 str verb: destroy, kill (forms: abreat, abreot 3rd pers sing pret indic; abroten, abreoten past part)

abreoðan Class 2 str verb: fail, perish, be destroyed (forms: abreoðe 3rd pers sing pres subj)

abugan Class 2 str verb: bow, bend, incline (forms: abeag 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ac conj: but; nevertheless

acennan wk verb: bear, give birth to (forms: acende past part nom pl masc; acenned past part)

acigan wk verb: call (forms: acigde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aclænsian : cleanse, prove innocent (forms: )

acol adj: timid, alarmed, dismayed

actreo neut noun: oak tree

acuman Class 4 str verb: come (forms: acumen past part)

acweccan wk verb: shake, brandish (forms: acwehte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

acwellan wk verb: kill, destroy (forms: acwealde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

acweðan Class 5 str verb: say, speak; reject, banish (forms: acwæð 3rd pers sing pret indic; acwið, acwyð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

acyþan wk verb: make known, proclaim

ad masc noun: fire, pyre (forms: ade dat sing)

Ada prop name: Ada (forms: Adan dat)

Adam prop noun: Adam (forms: Adame dat; Adames, Adomes gen)

adælan wk verb: separate, divide (forms: adæled past part; adælede past part nom pl masc)

ademan wk verb: judge (forms: ademest 2nd pers sing pres indic);
ademan fram: deprive of (by legal judgement)

adfaru fem noun: funeral procession, path to the pyre (forms: adfære dat sing)

adl fem noun: sickness, disease

adlig adj: suffering, sick (forms: adlegan dat sing masc; adligum dat pl)

adon anom verb: put (forms: ado imper sing)

adreogan Class 2 str verb: endure

adrifan Class 1 str verb: drive away (forms: adraf 3rd pers sing pret indic; adrifen past part; adrifest 2nd pers sing pres indic)

æcer masc noun: field, strip of plough-land (forms: æcera gen pl; æceras acc pl)

ædre adv: soon, immediately
ædre fem noun: artery, vein; spring, stream (forms: ædra gen pl; ædrum, edrum dat pl)

æfæst adj: righteous, law-abiding, faultless (forms: æfæste nom pl masc)

æfen, æfyn neut noun: evening (forms: æfenne dat sing)

æfengrom adj: (evening-) angry, hostile

æfenleoð neut noun: evening song

æfenscima masc noun: evening light, glow of evening

æfentid fem noun: evening (forms: æfentide acc sing)

æfenleoht neut noun: evening light

æfenræst fem noun: evening rest (forms: æfenræste acc sing)

æfenspræc fem noun: evening speech (forms: æfenspræce acc sing)

geæfnan, efnan wk verb: carry out; construct (forms: æfnde, efnde 3rd pers sing pret indic/subj; geæfndon pl pret indic; geæfned past part; efne 3rd pers sing pres subj; (to efnanne inflect infin) )

æfre adv: ever, always, forever

æfst masc noun: hatred, malice, rivalry, spite (forms: æfstum dat pl)

æfter prep and adv: after, according to; afterwards; along, through, among, for

æftera adj: second, next (forms: æftre fem nom sing)

æftercweþend masc noun: someone speaking after (the death of) another (forms: æftercweþendra gen pl)

æfterlean neut noun: reward, recompense, retribution

æfþanc, æfþonca masc noun: malicious thought; injury, insult (forms: æfþancum dat pl; æfðoncan acc pl)

æfþunca masc noun: repugnant thing, irritant

æghwa pron: each, everyone (forms: æghwæm dat sing masc; æghwæs gen sing)
æghwæs adv: entirely, of each (thing)

æghwær adv: everywhere

æghwæðer, owðer pron: both, each, either (forms: æghwæþres, æghwæðres gen sing masc; æghwæþrum, æghwæðrum dat sing masc)

æghwylc pron and adj: each (forms: æghwylcne acc sing masc; æghwylcum dat sing masc)

ægþer pron: each, either, both
ægðer . . . ge . . . , ægðer ge . . . ge . . . , ægðer . . . and . . . both . . . and . . .

Ægyftoland prop name: Egypt (forms: Ægyftolande dat)

ælan wk verb: light, kindle (forms: ælað pl pres indic)

ælc pron: each (forms: ælces gen sing; ælcon dat sing masc; ælcre, ælcere dat/gen sing fem; ælcum dat pl)

æled masc noun: fire

æledleoma masc noun: torch (lit "fire-light") (forms: æledleoman acc sing)

ælf masc noun: fairy, goblin, elf (forms: ylfa gen pl; ylfe nom pl)

Ælfere, Ælfhere prop name: Ælfhere (forms: Ælfheres gen)

Ælfnoð prop name: Ælfnoth

Ælfric prop name: Aelfric (forms: Ælfrices gen sing)

ælfsciene adj: fairy-bright, very beautiful (forms: ælfscieno, ælfscinu nom sing fem)

Ælfwine prop name: Aelfwine

ælfylce neut noun: foreign army (forms: ælfylcum dat sing)

ælmesmann masc noun: almsman, beggar (forms: ælmesmannum dat pl)

ælmysse fem noun: alms, charity (forms: ælmyssan acc sing)

ælmihtig, ællmihtig adj: almighty (forms: ælmihtiga nom sing masc; ælmihtigan, ælmihtegan dat sing masc; ælmihtiges gen sing; ælmihtigne acc sing)
se almihtiga: the Almighty, God

ælwiht fem/neut noun: alien being (forms: ælwihta gen pl)

æghwilc, æghwylc pron and adj: each (forms: æghwylcne, æghwilcne acc sing masc; æghwylcum dat sing masc )

ægweard fem noun: watch over the shore (forms: ægwearde acc sing)

æht fem noun: livestock, property; possession (forms: æhte acc sing; æhta acc/gen pl; æhtum dat pl)

geæhtle fem noun: consideration, esteem (forms: geæhtlan gen sing)

æhtnyss fem noun: persecution (forms: æhtnyssa acc pl)

aflygan wk verb: drive out, expel (forms: afligde past part nom pl masc; aflygde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aflyman wk verb: put to flight, drive away (forms: aflymde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

afor adj: bitter, harsh, fierce

afyrhtan wk verb: frighten (forms: afyrhte past part nom pl masc)

Agar prop name: Agar (Hagar)

ageotan Class 2 str verb: pour out, shed; deprive (by pouring wine for) (forms: agoten past part)

agetan wk verb: destroy

agiefan, agifan Class 5 str verb: grant, give; give up, relinquish (forms: ageaf 3rd pers sing pret indic; ageafe 3rd pers sing pret subj; ageafon pl pret indic; agif imper sing; agyfe 1st pers sing pres indic; agifen, agyfen past part)

agieldan Class 3 str verb: yield, offer (forms: ageald 3rd pers sig pret indic)

æglæca, aglæca masc noun: fierce fighter, terrible attacker (forms: aglæcan, aglæacan, aglæcean acc/dat/gen sing, nom/acc pl; ahlæcan dat/gen sing)

aglæcwif neut noun: fierce, attacking woman

ælgrene adj: all green, very green

ænge, enge adj: narrow, confined, cramped (forms: ænga masc nom sing; enge dat sing masc; acc pl)

æne adv: once

ænig adj and pron: any (forms: ænige acc sing fem; dat sing masc/neut; æniges, ænges gen sing masc; ænigne acc sing masc; ænigre dat/gen sing fem; ænigra gen pl; ænigum, ænegum, anegum, ængum dat sing masc/neut; dat pl)

ænlic adj: incomparable, peerless, beautiful (forms: ænlicu nom sing fem)

æppel masc noun: apple, fruit (forms: æple dat sing)

æppelfealo adj: apple-dark (a horse-colour, with the "apple" element probably referring to dappling) (forms: æppelfealowe nom pl)

ær adv: formerly, earlier, before (forms: æror, ærur compar)
no þy ær: none the sooner
on ær adv: first, earlier
ær conj and prep: before
ær neut noun: brass, bronze (forms: æres gen sing)

ærboren past part adj: earlier born

ærdæg masc noun: dawn, daybreak; earlier day, previous time (forms: ærdæge dat sing; ærdagum dat pl)

æren adj: made of bronze or brass (forms: ærnum dat pl)

ærende neut noun: errand, message (forms: ærenda acc pl; ærende dat sing)

ærfæder masc noun: ancestor, old father, father before him

aerendfaest adj: on a mission, doing an errand

ærendgast masc noun: messenger (-spirit), angel

ærendian wk verb: go on an errand, carry a message

ærendreca masc noun: messenger (forms: ærendrecan nom pl)

ærendsecg masc noun: messenger

ærest, ærost adv: first
ærest adj: first (forms: ærest neut acc sing; æresta masc nom sing)

ærgestreon neut noun: former treasure, ancient treasure (forms: ærgestreona gen pl; ærgestreonum dat pl)

ærgeweorc neut noun: work of former times, ancient treasure

aergewin neut noun: former struggle

ærglad adj: gracious in former times; of established graciousness (forms: ærglade nom pl masc)

ærgod adj: good in former times; proven good because of age

ærn neut noun: building (forms: ærn acc pl; ærnes gen sing)

ærnan wk verb: run, gallop (forms: ærndon pl pret indic)

ærra adj: former, earlier (forms: ærran dat pl)

ærðon, ærþon, ærþan conj: before

æwela masc noun: ancient riches (forms: ærwelan acc pl)

asælan wk verb: oppress, constrain, bind with fetters (forms: æsæled past part)

æs neut noun: food (forms: æse dat sing; æses gen sing)

æsc masc noun: ash-tree; spear; ship (forms: æsca, asca gen pl; æscum dat pl)

æscberend masc noun: warrior (a kenning: ash- (i.e. spear-) bearer) (forms: æscberendra gen pl)

Æscferð prop name: Aescferth

æschere masc noun: ash- (i.e. ship- ) army

Æschere prop name: Aeschere (forms: Æschere dat; Æscheres gen)

æscholt neut noun: ash-wood (wood of the ash tree); ash-wood spear

æscplega masc noun: (ash-wood-, i.e. spear- ) sport (i.e. battle) (forms: æscplegan dat sing)

æscrof adj: (ash-wood- , i.e. spear- ) brave, brave in battle (forms: æscrofe nom pl masc)

æsctir masc noun: ash-wood- (i.e. spear-, i.e. battle-) glory (a kenning for "victory")

æscþræcu fem noun: a storm of ash-woods (i.e. spears—a kenning for "battle") (forms: æscþr&aelic;ce dat sing)

æscwiga masc noun: ash- (i.e. spear-) warrior

æt prep: at, near, by, from
æt masc noun: food (forms: æte dat sing; ætes gen sing)

ætberan Class 4 str verb: carry away; carry up to; bring to, give (forms: ætbær 3rd pers sing pret indic; ætbæron pl pret indic)

æteowan, ætywan wk verb: reveal, display; appear (forms: ætæwde 3rd pers sing pret indic; æteowde past part fem sing)

ætfeohtan Class 3 str verb: fight against
folmum ætfeohtan: flail around with the hands

ætfeolan Class 3 str verb: hold firmly (forms: ætfealh 1st pers sing pret indic)

ætferian wk verb: carry off from (forms: ætferede 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætforan prep: before, in front of

ætgædere, ætgædre adv: together

ætgifa masc noun: nourisher, provider (forms: ætgifan, ætgiefan dat sing)

ætgifan Class 5 str verb: give, provide

ætgræpe adj: grasping, grappling (with)

æðelboren past part adj: of noble birth

æðelborennis, æþelborennyss fem noun: nobility of birth

æðele, æþele adj: noble, excellent; (as noun) noble, man, person (forms: æðela nom sing masc; æðelan acc/dat/gen sing masc/neut; æðele nom/acc pl masc/fem/neut; æðelo acc pl neut; æþelu nom sing fem; æðelum dat pl; dat sing masc)

æþeling, æðeling masc noun: noble, prince (forms: æðelinga, æþelinga gen pl; æþelingas, æðelingas nom pl; æðelinge, æþelinge dat sing; æþelinges, æðelinges gen sing; æþellingum dat pl)

Æþelgar prop name: Aethelgar (forms: Æþelgares gen sing)

Æþelred prop name: Aethelred (forms: Æþelredes gen)

Æþeric prop name: Aetheric

æþelu, æðelo fem noun: nobility, origin, nature, talent (forms: æþele dat/gen sing; æðelum, æþelum dat pl)
æðelu, æþelo neut pl noun: descent, lineage

æðm masc noun: breath (forms: æðme dat sing)

æthrinan Class 1 str verb: touch (forms: æthran 3rd pers sing pret indic)

æthweorfan Class 3 str verb: return, go to (forms: æthwearf 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætrihte adv: immediately

ætsomne adv: together, united, at once

ætspringan Class 3 str verb: spurt out (forms: ætspranc 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætstandan Class 6 str verb: stand still, stop; remain standing (forms: ætstod 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætstaeppan Class 6 str verb: step towards, up to (something) (forms: ætstop 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ættren, ættrynne, ætterne adj: poisoned, deadly

ætwegan Class 5 str verb: carry away (forms: ætwæg 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætwindan Class 3 str verb: escape (forms: ætwand 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ætwist fem noun: food, sustenance

ætwitan wk verb: reproach, blame (forms: ætwiton pl pret indic)

æwiscmod adj: ashamed, disgraced

afandian wk verb: try, test, find out (forms: afanda imper sing)

afeallan Class 7 str verb: fall (forms: afeallen past part)

afedan wk verb: beget, produce, bring forth (forms: afeded past part)

aferian wk verb: depart, withdraw (forms: aferige 3rd pers sing pres subj)

afylgean wk verb: pursue, persecute (forms: afylgde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

afyllan wk verb: fill (forms: afylled past part)

afyrran wk verb: take away (forms: afyrred past part)

afysan wk verb: drive away; urge on (forms: afysed past part)

agalan Class 6 str verb: sing, sing out (forms: agol 3rd pers sing pret indic)

agan, agon wk verb: own, possess, have; control, rule (forms: age 1st/2nd/3rd pers sing pres subj; agen pl pres subj; agon pl pres indic; ah 1st/3rd pers sing pres indic; ahte 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic/subj; ahton pl pret indic; negative forms combined with ne: nagon ( = ne + agon) pl pres indic; nah ( = ne + ah) 1st pers sing pres indic; nahte ( = ne + ahte) 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic/subj; nahton ( = ne + ahton) pl pret indic)
agan anom verb: pass away, end

agangan Class 7 str verb: go, go by, pass; happen (forms: agongen, agangen past part)

agen adj: own, proper (forms: agene acc/dat sing fem; agenes gen sing neut; agenre dat sing fem; agenum, agnum dat pl; dat sing masc)

agend masc noun: owner (forms: agendes gen sing)

agendfrea masc noun: (possessing) lord, owner (forms: agendfrean acc sing)

ageotan Class 2 str verb: shed, pour out; deprive (forms: ageat 3rd pers sing pret indic; agotene past part nom pl masc)

agrafan Class 6 str verb: carve, engrave (forms: agrof 3rd pers sing pret indic)

geagnian, ægnian wk verb: own, acquire, obtain; dedicate (forms: geagnod past part)

ahsian, acsian wk verb: ask, seek for; deserve (forms: ahsode 3rd pers sing pret indic; ahsodon pl pret indic)

geacsian wk verb: find out, discover, learn (forms: geahsod past part; geaxode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aheawan Class 7 str verb: cut down (forms: aheawen past part)

ahebban Class 6 str verb: raise up, lift, exalt; achieve, maintain (forms: ahafen, ahæfen past part; ahof 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; ahofon pl pret indic)

ahicgan, ahycgan wk verb: consider, devise

ahiþan wk verb: devour, destroy

ahleapan Class 7 str verb: leap up (forms: ahleop 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ahliehhan Class 6 str verb: laugh at; exult (forms: ahlog, ahloh 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ahon Class 7 str verb: hang, suspend (forms: aheng 3rd pers sing pret indic; ahongen, ahangen past part)

ahreddan wk verb: save, rescue (forms: ahrædde 3rd pers sing pret indic/subj; ahredde 1st/3rd pers sing pres/pret indic; ahreddest 2nd pers sing pret indic; ahreded past part)

ahuðan Class 2 str verb: plunder (forms: ahudan pl pret indic)

ahweorfan Class 3 str verb w. gen: turn away, turn aside from (forms: ahwearf 3rd pers sing pret indic; ahwurfon pret pl indic)

ahwæðer, owðer pron: either

ahwettan wk verb: reject (forms: ahwet 3rd pers sing pres subj)

ahyrdan wk verb: harden (forms: ahyrded past part)

airnan Class 3 str verb: run out, pass away (forms: aurnen past part)

alædan wk verb: lead (forms: alædde 3rd pers sing pret indic; alæde imper sing)

alætan Class 7 str verb: forgive, pardon; relinquish, give up (forms: to alætanne inflect infin; alæte 2nd pers sing pret subj)

alicgan, alicgean Class 5 str verb: fail, cease (forms: alæg 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aldorbana masc noun: murderer, killer (forms: aldorbanan dat sing)

aldorbealu fem noun: life-destruction, danger of death

aldordæg masc noun: life-day, day of a life (forms: aldordagum, ealderdagum dat pl)

aldordema masc noun: magistrate, lord

aldorleas adj: leaderless (forms: aldorlease nom pl masc; aldorleasne acc sing masc )

aldorcearu fem noun: great sorrow (forms: aldorceare dat sing)

aldorduguð fem noun: nobility, leading warriors (forms: aldorduguðe nom pl)

aldorgedal, ealdorgedal neut noun: death

aldorneru fem noun: salvation, life-saving, safety (forms: aldornere acc sing)

aldorþegn masc noun: chieft thegn, important noble

aldorwisa masc noun: leader, chief

alecgan, alecgean wk verb: lay, lay down; abandon, relinquish; put down, conquer (forms: aledon, alegdon pl pret indic; alegde, alede 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aleogan Class 2 str verb: fail to fulfill (forms: aleh 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aleoþian wk verb: separate, remove (forms: aleoðode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

alesan Class 5 str verb: select, pick (forms: alesen past part)

Alexandisc adj: pertaining to Alexandria (forms: Alexandiscre dat sing fem)

Alexandria prop name: Alexandria (forms: Alexandrian dat/gen sing)

alimpan Class 3 str verb: happen, come to be (forms: alamp 3rd pers sing pret indic; alumpen past part)

alwalda, allwalda masc noun: Ruler of All: God (forms: alwaldan, alwealdan acc/dat/gen sing)

alwaldend masc noun: Ruler of All: God

alyfan wk verb: grant, allow, entrust (forms: alyfde 1st pers sing pret indic; alyfed past part)

alynnan wk verb: deliver, release

alysan wk verb: loosen, take off (armour) (forms: alysed past part)

ambyht, ombiht neut noun: service; command (forms: ambyhto acc pl)
ombiht, ombeht masc noun: servant, officer (forms: ombihtum dat pl)

ambyhtsecg masc noun: servant

Ambrafel prop name: Amrafel (Amraphel) (forms: )

ameldian wk verb: reveal, make known; denounce, betray (forms: ameldod past part)

amen interj: amen

Ammon prop name: Ammon (son of Lot)

Ammonitare prop name: Ammonites

amyrran wk verb: hinder, prevent; disable (forms: amyrde 3rd pers sing pret indic; amyrred past part)

an, on numeral and pron: one, alone (forms: ane acc sing fem; nom pl masc; anes gen sing masc/neut; anne, ænne acc sing masc; anra gen pl; anre dat/gen sing fem; anum dat sing masc/neut, dat pl)

ana adj: alone; (forms: anes gen sing masc; anon dat sing fem; anum dat sing masc)

ancor masc noun: anchor (forms: ancre dat sing)

and, ond conj: and

anda masc noun: injury, vexation, anger (forms: andan acc/dat sing)

andæg adj: (one) day-long (forms: andægne acc sing masc)

andgit neut noun: understanding, knowledge, perception

andgiettacen neut noun: perceptible sign

andlang, ondlang, andlong, ondlong adj: entire, extended; accompanying (Beow 2695) (forms: ondlangne, andlongne acc sing masc; ondlonge acc sing fem)
on andlang adv phrase: straight out, flat

andlifen fem noun: food, nourishment; wages (forms: andlifne acc sing)

andsaca, ondsaca masc noun: enemy (forms: andsacum dat pl)

andwig, antwig neut noun: resistance, retaliation

Aner prop name: Aner (forms: Aneres gen sing)

anhaga masc noun: solitary dweller, recluse, hermit (forms: anhogan acc sing)

anhar adj: very grey-haired

anhydig adj: resolute, firm, brave

anlicnes fem noun: likeness, resemblance, form, appearance (forms: anlicnesse, anlycnysse acc/dat sing)

anræd adj: resolute, determined

antid fem noun: the same time

andwlita masc noun: face, countenance (forms: andwlitan acc/dat sing; nom/acc pl)

anga adj: only (forms: angan acc sing fem; acc/dat sing masc)

angenga, angengea masc noun: solitary one, one who walks alone

anmod adj: single-minded, resolute, united, unanimous (forms: anmode nom pl)

anmodlice adv: resolutely

anpæð masc noun: narrow path (suitable for one person) (forms: anpaðas acc pl)

ansien, ansyn, onsyn fem noun: face, figure; sight; beauty (forms: ansyne acc/dat/gen sing fem)

andswarian wk verb: answer, reply (forms: andswarode, andswarede, ondswarode 3rd pers sing pret indic; andswarodon, andswaredon pl pret indic)

andswaru, ondswaru fem noun: answer, reply; (forms: andsware, ondsware acc/dat sing);
to incre andsware: in order to reply to you

andweard adj: present; opposite (forms: andweardan gen sing fem; andweardne, andwærden acc sing masc)

andweorc neut noun: matter, substance

andwyrdan wk verb: answer (forms: andwyrde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

andwyrde neut noun: answer, reply

anfeald adj: simple, plain, uncomplicated (forms: anfealdne acc sing masc)

anfloga masc noun: solitary flier

anforht adj: frightened

anforlætan Class 7 str verb: abandon, relinquish, lose (forms: anforleten pl pret subj)

angin neut noun: beginning, initial step; enterprise, action

anunga, aninga adv: immediately, right away; entirely; certainly

anwealda, anwalda masc noun: sole ruler, God (forms: anwaldan dat/gen sing)

apostol masc noun: apostle (forms: apostoles gen sing)

ar masc noun: messenger (forms: aras acc pl; ares gen sing);
ar, are fem noun: honour, dignity, respect, virtue, mercy, prosperity (forms: are acc/dat/gen sing; ara acc pl; ara, arra, arna, arena gen pl; aran dat sing; arum dat pl)

aræd adj: determined, decided

aræman wk verb: raise up, lift, stand up (forms: aræmde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aræran wk verb: lift up, raise (forms: arærde 3rd per sing pret indic; arærdon pl pret indic; aræred past part)

ardlice adv: quickly

areafian wk verb: take away, carry off (forms: areafod past part)

aretan wk verb: gladden, encourage (forms: areted past part)

arfæst adj: honourable, righteous, pious, virtuous (forms: arfæstan dat sing neut; arfæste nom pl masc)

arian wk verb: honour, respect (forms: arað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

ariman wk verb: recite (forms: arim imper sing)

arinnan Class 3 str verb: run out, expire (forms: aurnen past part)

arisan Class 1 str verb: arise (forms: aras 3rd pers sing pret indic; aris imper sing; arisað pl pres indic)

arleas adj: without honour: humiliated, sinful; (as noun) sinner (forms: arlease nom pl masc/neut; nom sing neut; arleasra gen pl)

arlice adv: honourably

Armenia prop name: Armenia (Ararat)

arod adj: ready, bold

Arscylding prop name: (Honour-) Scylding, Dane (forms: Arscyldinga gen pl; Arscyldingum dat pl)

arstaf masc noun: kindness, benefit, support (forms: arstafum dat pl)

arweorðian wk verb: honour (forms: arwurðode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

arwurðlice adv: reverently, with honour

arwurðnys fem noun: reverence, honour (forms: arwurðnysse dat sing)

asceacan Class 6 str verb: shake, brandish (forms: asceoc 3rd pers sing pret indic)

geascian, axian wk verb: ask; (with ge- prefix) discover, find out (forms: geascodon, axoden pl pret indic; axude 3rd pers sing pret indic)

ascufan Class 2 str verb: expel, remove, drive out (forms: asceaf 3rd pers sing pret indic)

asecgan wk verb: explain, declare (forms: asæde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

asendan wk verb: send, send forth (forms: asende 3rd pers sing pret indic; asendest 2nd pers sing pres indic)

asealcan Class 3 str verb: weaken, slacken

asettan wk verb: set, place; appoint (forms: asette 1st/3rd pers sing pres/pret indic; asetton pl pret indic; aseted past part)
siþas asettan: "lay down" (i.e. make) journeys

asingan Class 3 str verb: sing, chant (forms: asinge 3rd pers sing pres subj; asungen past part)

aslupan Class 2 str verb: slip away from, disappear

asmiðigen wk verb: construct, make by metalsmith's art (forms: asmiþod past part)

aspringan Class 3 str verb: spring up, arise (forms: asprungen past part)

Assirie prop noun: Assyria

Assyrias masc pl noun: the Assyrians (forms: Assiria, Assyria gen pl; Assyrium dat pl)

astandan Class 6 str verb: stand up (forms: astod 3rd pers sing pret indic)

astigan Class 1 str verb: rise, mount, arise, become proud (forms: asteah, astag, astah 3rd pers sing pret indic; astigeð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

astreccan wk verb: stretch out, lie down, prostrate oneself; extend, reach out (forms: astrece imper sing; astreht past part)

astrienan wk verb: give birth to, beget (forms: astrynde 3rd pers sing pret indic)

astyrian wk verb: stir up, excite, move (forms: astyred past part)

aswamian wk verb: cease, grow dark (forms: aswamað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

aswefan wk verb: put to sleep; kill (forms: aswefede past part nom/acc pl masc)

atæsan wk verb: injure, wound (forms: atæsed past part)

atol, eatol adj: horrible, terrible (forms: atolan acc sing masc; dat pl masc; atole acc sing fem; atolne, eatolne acc sing masc)

atelic adj: horrible, terrifying

atemian wk verb: tame

ateon Class 2 str verb: remove, take away; take (a journey); dispose of, deal with (forms: ateah 3rd pers sing pret indic)

atertan masc noun: poison twig (forms: atertanum dat sing)

aþ masc noun: oath (forms: aða gen pl; aþas, aðas acc pl; aþe, aðe dat sing; aðum dat pl)

aþecgan wk verb: serve food to; kill? (Wulf 2, 7)

aþencan wk verb: consider, contrive, think, intend (forms: aðohte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aþenian wk verb: stretch out, extend (forms: aþenedon past part dat pl)

aþringan Class 3 str verb: shove, push (forms: aþrong 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aðsweord neut noun: (sworn) oath (forms: aðsweord nom pl)

aðumsweoras masc pl noun: a son-in-law and his father-in-law (forms: aðumsweran dat)

aþwean Class 6 str verb: wash, cleanse (forms: aþwoh 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aspiwan Class 1 str verb: womit (forms: aspaw 3rd pers sing pret indic)

attor neut noun: poison (forms: attres gen sing)

attorsceaða masc noun: poisonous enemy (forms: attorsceaðan gen sing)

Auitus prop name: Avitus (forms: Auitum acc sing)

awa adv: eternally, for ever
awa to aldre: for ever and ever

awæcnian wk verb: arise, descend (forms: awæcniað pl pres indic)

awægan wk verb: cancel out, destroy

aweaxan Class 6 str verb: grow (forms: aweox, awox 1st pers sing pret indic)
up aweaxan: grow up, come to maturity

aweccan wk verb: awake, arouse, raise up, beget (forms: aweahte, awehte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aweg adv: away

awendan wk verb : change, pervert, convert (forms: awend past part; awende 3rd pers sing pret indic)

aweorpan Class 3 str verb: cast out, reject, cast down (forms: aworpene past part nom pl masc)

awiht, awuht, owiht, aht pron, adv, and noun: anything, something, at all; nothing (forms: owihte dat sing neut)

awrecan Class 5 str verb: avenge, punish (forms: awræce 3rd pers sing pret subj)
awrecan Class 5 str verb: tell, narrate, say (forms: awræc 1st pers sing pret indic)

awritan Class 1 str verb: write, inscribe (forms: awrite imper sing)

awyrdan wk verb: destroyed, doomed (forms: awyrded past part)

awyrgan wk verb: outlaw, curse (forms: awyrged past part; awyrgda past part nom sing masc (as noun = "the cursed one", i.e. the devil))

axe fem noun: ash, cinder (forms: axan dat sing)

Babylon prop name: Babylon (forms: Babilone dat sing; Babylones gen sing)

bæc neut noun: back
ofer bæc adv phrase: backwards, away

bædan wk verb: urge, impel; dispatch (forms: bædde 3rd pers sing pret indic; gebæded past part)

bæl, bel neut noun: fire, flame, pire (forms: bæle dat sing)

bælc masc noun: pride, arrogance

bælfyr neut noun: sacrificial fire; pire (forms: bælfyra gen pl)

bælstede masc noun: place where a pyre has burned (forms: bælstede date sing)

bælwudu masc noun: wood of a pyre

bær adj: bare, naked (forms: bare acc (nom?) pl masc; baro, baru nom pl neut)
bær fem noun: stretcher, litter

gebæran wk verb: behave, comport oneself (forms: gebærdon pl pret indic)

bærnan wk verb: burn, cause to be burned

gebæro neut noun: behaviour, comportment (forms: gebæro dat sing)

bætan wk verb: to bridle, to halter (forms: gebæted past part)

bæð neut noun: bath

bæðweg masc noun: bath-road (a kenning for "sea") (forms: bæðweges gen sing)

prop name: Bardney (forms: Bardanige dat sing)

bealdian wk verb: be bold, be brave (forms: bealdode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

baldlice adv: bravely, boldly (forms: baldlicost superl)

bealubenn fem noun: serious wound

bealuwaras masc pl noun: evil-doers, dwellers in iniquity (forms: bealuwara gen pl)

baldor, bealdor masc noun: lord

ban neut noun: bone; tooth (forms: ban nom/acc pl; bane dat sing; banum dat pl)

bana, bona masc noun: killer (forms: banan, bonan acc/dat/gen sing; banena gen pl )

bancofa masc noun: bone-chamber (a kenning for "body") (forms: bancofan acc sing)

banfag adj: decorated with bone

banfæt neut noun: body (forms: banfatu nom/acc pl)

banhring masc noun: (bone-ring, i.e.) vertebra (forms: banhringas acc pl)

banhus neut noun: bone-house (a kenning for "body")—also pl with sing meaning (forms: banhus acc pl)

banleas adj: boneless (forms: banlease acc sing neut)

banloca masc noun: muscle; (singular:) the body (forms: banlocan acc sing; nom/acc pl)

gebannan Class 7 str verb: command, order

basnian wk verb: await, expect (forms: basnedon pl pret indic)

bat fem/masc noun: boat, ship (forms: bates gen sing)

batweard masc noun: guardian of the ship (forms: batwearde dat sing)

be, bi, big prep: by, with, by means of; near by, beside; because of; about, regarding

baþian wk verb: bathe

beacen, becn neut noun: sign, portent; monument (forms: beacna gen pl; beacne dat sing; beacnum dat pl) )

beacnian wk verb: point out, show (forms: gebeacnod past part)

beadogrima masc noun: (battle-) mask; faceplate of helmet; perhaps helmet itself by metonymy (forms: beadogriman acc pl)

Beadohild prop name: Beadohild, daughter of Nithhad seduced or raped by Weland, the smith who killed her brothers and used their body parts to make jewelry for her father. (forms: Beadohilde dat sing)

beadohata masc noun: proclaimer of battle

beadohrægl neut noun: battle garment (i.e. coat of mail)

beadoleoma masc noun: battle-light, battle-gleam (a kenning for "sword")

beadomece masc noun: (battle-) sword (forms: beadomecas nom pl)

beadorinc masc noun: warrior (forms: beadorinca gen pl)

beadu fem noun: war, battle (forms: beaduwe, beadowe, beadwe dat sing; beadwa gen pl)

beoducaf adj: brave in battle (forms: beaducafa nom sing masc)

beadufolm fem noun: fighting hand (forms: beadufolme acc sing)

beadulac neut noun: battle-play (forms: beadulace dat sing)

beaduræs masc noun: onslaught of battle, attack

beadurof adj: brave in battle (forms: beadurofes gen sing)

beadurun fem noun: fighting speech, verbal attack (forms: beadurune acc sing)

beaduscearp adj: battle-sharp

beaduscrud neut noun: (battle-clothing, i.e.) coat of mail (forms: beaduscruda gen pl)

beaduserce fem noun: (battle-) coat of mail (forms: beadusercean acc sing)

beaduweorc neut noun: work of battle, martial deed (forms: beaduweorces gen sing)

beæftan adv: behind

beag, beah masc noun: ring, armlet, circlet; (in plural) treasure, wealth (forms: beaga gen pl; beagas, begas nom/acc pl; beage dat sing; beages gen sing; beagum dat pl); beg (Beow 3163 used collectively): treasure

beaghroden, beahhroden adj: decorated with treasure, bejewelled (forms: beahhrodene nom pl fem)

beahhord neut noun: (treasure-) hoard (forms: beahhorda gen pl; beahhordes gen sing; beahhordum dat pl)

beahgifa masc noun: ring-giver (i.e. lord) (forms: beaggyfan, beahgifan acc/dat/gen sing)

beahsele masc noun: ring (-giving) hall

beahðegu fem noun: receipt of a ring, receipt of treasure (forms: beahðege dat sing)

beahwriða masc noun: ring, circlet, torque (forms: beahwriðan acc sing)

beald, bald adj: brave, bold (forms: bealde nom pl masc)

bealo neut noun: harm, injury, evil (forms: bealwa gen pl; bealwe dat sing; bealwes gen sing)

bealocwealm masc noun: (evil) death

bealofull adj: full of evil (forms: bealofulla nom sing masc; bealofullan acc/gen sing masc)

bealohycgend adj: intending evil or destruction (forms: bealohycgendra gen pl)

bealohydig adj: intending evil or destruction

bealonið masc noun: evil affliction (forms: bealoniðe dat sing)

bealosiþ masc noun: harmful or evil experience (forms: bealosiþa gen pl)

bealu neut noun: destruction, evil, misery (forms: bealwa, bealuwa, bealewa gen pl)
bealu adj: evil, miserable (forms: balwon dat pl)

beam masc noun: tree; beam, timber; beam of light; cross (forms: beama gen pl; beamas nom pl; beame dat sing; beames gen sing; beaman dat pl)

beamsceadu gem noun: the shadow of trees, protecting trees (forms: beamsceade acc/dat sing)

beamtelg masc noun: tree-dye (forms: beamtelge dat sing)

Beanstan prop name: Beanstan, father of Breca (forms: Beanstanes gen sing)

bearhtm masc noun: brightness, din (forms: bearhtme dat sing)

bearm masc noun: bosom, stomach, lap; hold (of a ship) (forms: bearme dat sing; bearmum dat pl)

bearn neut noun: child, offspring (forms: bearn nom/acc pl; bearna gen pl; bearne dat sing; bearnes gen sing; bearnum dat pl)
mid bearne: with child, pregnant

bearngebyrdo fem noun: child-bearing (forms: bearngebyrdo gen sing)

bearu, bearo masc noun: wood, grove (forms: bearwas nom/acc pl; bearwe dat sing)

beatan Class 7 str verb: beat, pound, strike against (forms: beatað pl pres indic; gebeaten past part; beateð 3rd pers sing pres indic; beotan pl pret indic)

Bebbanburg prop name: Bamborough (forms: Bebbanbyrig dat sing)

bebeodan Class 2 str verb: command, instruct; commit, entrust, dedicate (forms: bebead 3rd pers sing pret indic; bebeod imper sing)

bebeorgan Class 3 str verb: protect, shield (forms: bebeorh imper sing)

bebod neut noun: command, commandment (forms: bebodu acc pl)

bebugan Class 2 str verb: encircle, surround (forms: bebugeð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

bebicgan wk verb: sell (forms: bebicge 3rd pers sing pres subj; 1st pers sing pres indic; bebicgan pl pres indic; bebohte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beceorfan Class 3 str verb: cut off (forms: becearf 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beclypan wk verb: embrace, hug (forms: beclypte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

becuman Class 4 str verb, impers: happen, befall; come, arrive (forms: becom, becwom 3rd pers sing indic; becomon, becoman pl pret indic; becwom, becom 3rd pers sing pret indic)

gebed neut noun: prayer (forms: gebede dat sing)

bedælan wk verb w. dat: deprive (forms: bedæled, bidæled past part)

bedd, bed neut noun: bed; garden bed (forms: bedde dat sing; beddes gen sing; beddum dat pl)

gebedda, gebædda masc noun: sexual partner; spouse (forms: gebeddan acc/dat sing; gebeddum dat pl)

beddrest fem noun: bed (forms: beddreste acc sing)

bedelfan Class 3 str verb: bury (forms: bedealf 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bediglan wk verb: conceal

bedragan Class 6 str verb: draw, entice, lure (forms: bedrog 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bedreosan Class 2 str verb: fall, perish; (with dat.) deprive (forms: bedroren, bidroren past part; bedrorene, bidrorene past part nom pl masc)

bedrest fem noun: bed (forms: bedreste dat sing)

bedrifan Class 1 str verb: drive out, drive away; cover, spatter (forms: bedraf 3rd pers sing pret indic; bedrifenne past part acc sing masc)

gebedscipe masc noun: sexual intercourse, sleeping together (forms: gebedscipe dat sing)

bedyrnan wk verb: conceal (forms: bedyrnded 3rd pers sing pret indic; bedyrndon pl pret indic; bedyrned past part)

befealdan Class 7 str verb: fold, envelope, clasp (forms: befealdest 2nd pers sing pret indic)

befeallan Class 7 str verb: fall; bereave; deprive (forms: befeallen past part; befeallene past part masc nom pl)

befleon Class 2 str verb: flee from (forms: to befleonne inflect infin)

beflowan Class 7 str verb: flow about (forms: beflowen past part)

befon Class 7 str verb: clasp, lay hold of, ensnare, seize; surround (forms: befangen, befongen, bifongen past part)

beforan, biforan prep and adv: before, in front of, in the presence of; in front, in the lead

befyllan wk verb: cause to fall; deprive of by killing (forms: befælled, befylled past part)

begang, begong, bigang masc noun: expanse, extent

begeotan Class 2 str verb: drench, drip over, cover (forms: begoten past part)

begietan, begytan Class 5 str verb: get, acquire, take; overcome, befall (forms: begeat, bigeat, beget 3rd pers sing pret indic; begeate 3rd pers sing pret subj; begeaton pl pret indic)

beginnan Class 3 str verb: begin (forms: begann, began 3rd pers sing pret indic)

begnornian wk verb: lament, mourn (forms: begnornodon pl pret indic)

begrindan Class 3 str verb: deprive, strip (oneself of something); grind away (forms: begrindeð 3rd pers sing pret indic; begrunden past part) )

begrornian wk verb: mourn about (forms: to begrornianne inflected infin)

bigyllan Class 3 str verb: yell about (forms: bigeal 3rd pers sing pret indic)

begylpan Class 3 str verb: boast about

behabban wk verb: detain, have (forms: behæfdon pl pret subj)

behofian wk verb w. gen: have need of (forms: behofað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

behon Class 7 str verb: hang (something) about (w. dat for what hangs) (forms: bihongen past part)

beheafdian wk verb: behead (forms: beheafdod past part)

behealdan Class 7 str verb: behold, gaze on; possess, have (forms: beheold 3rd pers sing pret indic; beheoldon pl pret indic)

behelan Class 4 str verb: cover, hide (forms: beholen past part)

beheowan Class 7 str verb: cut off, cut off from, deprive of (forms: beheowe 3rd pers sing pres subj)

behreosan Class 2 str verb: fall upon, cover; deprive of by falling off (forms: bihrorene past part nom pl masc/neut)

behriman sk verb: frost over, cover in rime or hoarfrost (forms: behrimed past part)

behð fem noun: sign, evidence (forms: behðe dat sing)

beirnan Class 3 str verb: occur (forms: bearn 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beladian wk verb: exculpate, vindicate

belecgan wk verb: cover (forms: belegde, bilegde 3rd pers sing pret indic; bilecgað pl pres indic)

beleosan Class 2 str verb: be deprived of, lose (with dat) (forms: beleas 1st pers sing pret indic; beloren past part; belorene past part masc nom pl)

belgan Class 3 str verb: enrage, cause anger in (forms: gebulge 3rd pers sing pret subj)

belicgan Class 5 str verb: lie about, surround (forms: beligeð, belið 3rd pers sing pres indic)

belimpan Class 3 str verb w. dat: happen, befall (forms: belamp 3rd pers sing pret indic)

belisnod past part adj as noun: castrated man, eunuch (forms: belisnode nom pl)

beliðan Class 1 str verb: deprive of (forms: belidenne past part acc sing masc)

belucan Class 2 str verb: lock up, enclose; protect from (w. dat) (forms: beleac 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bemurnan Class 3 str verb: lament, mourn about (forms: bemearn 3rd pers sing pret indic; bimurneð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

ben fem noun: petition, request (forms: bene acc/dat/gen sing)

bena beon idiomatic expression: to petition, request, ask (forms: bena eart 2nd pers sing pres indic; benan synt pl pres indic; bena wæs 1st pers sing pret indic)

benæman wk verb: deprive of, take away

benc fem noun: bench (forms: bence dat sing; bencum dat pl)

bencsittende masc pl noun: bench-sitters, i.e. courtiers, warriors (forms: bencsittendum dat pl)

bencsweg masc noun: sound from the benches (i.e. noise of merriment)

bencþelu neut pl noun: floor on which benches sit (See Klaeber 4 s.v. and note.) (forms: bencþelu nom/acc pl)

bend masc noun: bond, fetter, band (forms: bendum dat pl)

beneah pret pres verb: enjoy, possess (forms: beneah 3rd pers sing pres indic)

benedicite Latin verb: bless (imper)

benemnan wk verb: name, declare, say (forms: benemde 3rd pers sing pret indic benemdon pl pret indic )

beneotan Class 2 str verb w. dat: deprive of (forms: beneote 3rd pers sing pres subj; beneoteð 3rd pers sing pres indic; bineat 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bengeat neut noun: wound opening (forms: bengeato nom pl)

beniman Class 4 str verb: deprive, take, assume (forms: benam, binom 3rd pers sing pret indic; benumen past part)

benn fem noun: wound (forms: benne acc/dat sing; nom pl; bennum dat pl)

gebeodan, biodan Class 2 str verb: announce, proclaim, make known; offer, give, grant (forms: bead, gebead, gebad 3rd pers sing pret indic; beodeð 3rd pers sing pres indic; boden past part; bude 2nd pers sing pret indic; budon pl pret indic)

beodgeneat masc noun: table companion (forms: beodgeneatas nom/acc pl)

beodgereordu neut pl noun: meals, food

beon anom verb: to be (forms: eart 2nd pers sing pres indic; eom 1st pers sing pres ind; is, ys 3rd pers sing pres ind; beo, bio imper sing; 1st pers sing pres indic; 2nd pers sing pres subj; beon pl pres indic; beoð, beoþ, bioð pl pres indic; bist 2rd pers sing pres indic; bið, byð, biþ 3rd pers sing pres ind; seo, se 1st/3rd pers sing pres subj; sie, sy, si, sig 2nd/3rd pers sing pres subj; sien pl pres subj; synd, sind, synt, sint, syndon, sindon pl pres indic; wære 2nd/3rd pers sing pret subj; 2nd pers sing pret indic; wæron, waron, wæran pl pret indic; wæs 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; wes, wæs imper sing; westu ( = wes þu) imper sing;
forms collapsed with negative particle "ne": næs ( = ne wæs) 3rd pers sing pret indic; imper sing; nære ( = ne wære) 3rd pers sing pret subj; næron ( = ne wæron) pl pret indic; nearon ( = ne earon) pl pres indic; nis, nys ( = ne is) 3rd pers sing pres indic)

beor neut noun: beer (forms: beore dat sing)

gebeor masc noun: beer-drinking buddy, beer-drinker (forms: gebeoras nom/acc pl; gebeorum dat pl)

beorg, beorh, biorh masc noun: mountain, hill; tumulus, barrow (forms: beorgas, biorgas nom/acc pl; beorge dat sing; beorges, biorges gen sing; beorgum dat pl )

gebeorg neut noun: protection (forms: gebeorge dat sing)

gebeorgan Class 3 str verb w. dat: save, preserve (forms: bearh, gebearh, gebearg 3rd pers sing pret indic; geborgen past part; burgon, burgan pl pret indic)

beorhhlið neut noun: mountain slope (forms: beorhhleoþum dat pl)

beorht adj: bright, light, clear, pure (forms: beorhta nom sing masc; beorhtan, byrhtan acc/dat/gen sing masc/fem/neut; acc pl; beorhte fem nom/acc sing, acc pl masc/fem, nom sing neut; beorhtne acc sing masc; beorhtost superl; beorhtra gen pl; beorhtre fem dat/gen sing; beorhtum dat pl)
beorhte adv: brightly

beorhtblowan Class 7 str verb: blossom brightly (forms: beorhtblowende pres part)

Beorhtdene masc pl noun: (Bright-) Danes (forms: Beorhtdena gen pl)

beorhtian wk verb: become bright (forms: beorhtode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beorma masc noun: yeast foam (from beer), sourdough starter, barm (forms: beorman acc sing)

beorn, biorn masc noun: man (forms: beorna, biorna gen pl; beornas nom/acc pl; beorne dat sing; beornes gen sing; beornum dat pl)

beorncyning masc noun: (warrior-) king

beorscealc masc noun: beer-man, i.e. drinker, reveller (forms: beorscealca gen pl)

beorsele, biorsele masc noun: beer-hall (forms: beorsele, biorsele dat sing)

beorþegu fem noun: beer-drinking (forms: beorþege dat sing)

gebeot neut noun: boast, vow

gebeotian wk verb: boast, vow (forms: gebeotedon, beotedan pl pret indic; beotode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beotword neut noun: word of boasting or vowing (forms: beotwordum dat pl)

Beowulf, Biowulf prop name: Beowulf (forms: Beowulfe, Biowulfe dat sing; Beowulfes, Biowulfes gen sing)

bepæcan wk verb: seduce, deceive (forms: bepæceð pl pres indic)

berædan wk verb: to determine by discussion
hyra mæen beræddon: arrayed their forces

geberan Class 4 str verb: bear, carry; give birth to (forms: bær, gebær 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; bæron, bæran pl pret indic; bere 1st/3rd pers sing pres indic/subj; imper sing; beren pl pres subj; bereð, bireð, byreð 3rd pers sing pres indic; berað imper pl; beron pl pres indic; boren, geboren past part (also "born"); geborenum past part dat sing masc (Sea 98 as noun: sibling); byreð 3rd pers sing pres indic; to berenne inflected infinitive)

*bereafan Class 2 str verb: deprive (forms: berofan pl pret indic; berofene past part acc sing fem)

bereafian wk verb: deprive, bereave (forms: bereafod, bireafod past part w. dat: deprived of; without)

berenian wk verb: commit, carry out (forms: berenedon )

bereofan Class 2 strong verb: deprive (forms: berofen past part)

berewæstm masc noun: barley crop (forms: berewæstma gen pl)

berian wk verb: clear, make bare (forms: beredon pl pret indic)

Bersabeas prop name: inhabitants of Beersheba (forms: Bersabea gen pl)

berstan Class 3 str verb: burst, break (forms: bærst 3rd pers sing pret indic; burston pl pret indic)

besceawian wk verb: look about, consider, care about (forms: bisceawað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

bescierian wk verb w. gen or dat: deprive of, separate from (forms: biscyred past part; bescyrede past part pl adj)

bescufan Class 2 str verb: shove, throw, thrust

besellan wk verb: surround, cover (forms: beseald past part)

besencan wk verb: sink, submerge, drown (forms: besenceð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

beseon Class 5 str verb: see, look at; look around (forms: beseo 3rd pers sing pres subj; beseah 3rd pers sing pret indic)

besettan wk verb: ornament (forms: besette 3rd pers sing pret indic)

besincan Class 3 str verb: sink (forms: besuncen past part)

besittan Class 5 str verb: surround, encircle (forms: besæt 3rd pers sing pret indic)

beslean Class 6 str verb: strike, smite, deprive by striking, cut off, take away (forms: beslægene past part nom pl fem; besloh 3rd pers sing pret indic)

besmitan Class 1 str verb: pollute, defile (forms: besmiten past part)

besmiþian wk verb: construct, make by craftsmanship (forms: besmiþod past part)

besnyðian wk verb: rob, deprive of (forms: besnyþede, besnyðede 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bestandan Class 6 str verb: stand about, stand on either side of (forms: bestodon pl pret indic)

bestrudan Class 7 str verb: plunder, rob (forms: bestrudon pl pret indic)

bestyman, besteman wk verb: wet, moisten (forms: bestymed, bestemed past part)

beswælan wk verb: burn (forms: beswæled past part)

beswican Class 1 str verb: deceive, betray (forms: beswac 3rd pers sing pret indic; beswicað pl pres indic beswicen pl pres subj; beswicen past part; beswicene past part acc pl masc)

beswylian wk verb: drench, flood (forms: beswyled past part)

besyrwan wk verb: ensnare, entrap; trick (forms: besyred past part)

betæcan wk verb: entrust, commmend (forms: betæhte 3rd pers sing pret indic)

gebetan wk verb: amend, restore; increase; compensate (forms: bete 1st pers sing pres indic; gebette 3rd pers sing pret indic; gebettest 2nd pers sing pret indic )

beþeccan wk verb: cover, conceal, surround (forms: beþeahte past part nom pl masc; biþeaht past part; beþeahton pl pret indic)

beþenian wk verb: stretch over, cover (forms: beþenede 3rd pers sing pret indic)

Bethlem prop name: Bethlem (Bethel?, Bethlehem?)

Bethulia prop name: Bethulia (forms: Bethuliam acc/dat/gen sing)

betimbrian wk verb: build (forms: betimbredon pl pret indic)

betlic adj: excellent

betweonan prep: between

be . . . tweonum separable prep: between
be sæm tweonum: between the seas, i.e. in the world

betuh prep: between, betwixt

beutan prep: outside

bewægnan wk verb: offer (forms: bewægned past part)

bewarigan wk verb: protect

bewawan Class 7 str verb: (of wind) to blow around (forms: biwaune past part nom pl masc)

beweaxan Class 7 str verb: grow around, grow over (forms: beweaxne past part nom pl masc)

bewegan Class 5 str verb: cover (forms: bewegen past part)

bewennan wk verb: entertain (forms: bewenede, biwenede past part nom pl; past part acc/dat sing fem)

beweorpan Class 3 str verb: cast, throw; surround (forms: beworpen, biworpen past part)

bewerian, biwergan wk verb: protect (forms: beweredon pl pret indic)

bewindan Class 3 str verb: surround, enwreathe; revolve, consider (forms: bewand 3rd pers sing pret indic; bewindað pl pres indic; bewunden, biwunden past part)

bewitian wk verb: attend to, look after; observe (forms: beweotede, beweotode 3rd pers sing pret indic; bewitiað, bewitigað pl pres indic)

bewlitan Class 1 str verb: look about (forms: bewlat 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bewreon Class 1 str verb: cover, hide, wrap up, enclose, protect (forms: bewrigen past part; bewrigene past part acc sing fem/neut; bewrigenum past part dat pl; biwrah 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic);
in bewrigenum: being hidden

bewyrcan wk verb: build around (forms: beworhton pl pret indic)

bid neut noun: standstill

gebidan Class 1 str verb: stay, wait, continue, live; (with gen) await, expect; endure (forms: bad, gebad 3rd pers sing pret indic; gebide imper pl (preposed); gebiden past part; bideð 3rd pers sing pres indic; bidon, beodan (Ex 166) pl pret indic)

gebidan Class 1 str verb: experience, live to enjoy (forms: gebad 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; gebide 3rd pers sing pres subj; gebiden past part; gebidenne past part acc sing masc; gebidenra past part gen pl; gebideð 3rd pers sing pres indic; to gebidenne, to gebidanne inflect infin)

gebiddan Class 5 str verb: ask, pray (forms: bæd, gebæd 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; bædon pl pret indic; gebiddað pl pres indic; bidde 1st pers sing pres indic; pl pres subj)

befæstan, bifæstan wk verb: fasten, imprison; entrust, commit (forms: befæste 3rd pers sing pret indic; bifæste&th; 3rd pers sing pres indic)
befæstan to lare: to set to learning

bifian wk verb: shake, quake, shiver (forms: bifiende pres part; bifode 1st pers sing pret indic)

bigeng fem noun: worship, observance, practice (forms: bigengum dat pl)

bigstandan Class 6 str verb: stand by, support (forms: bigstandað pl pres indic)

bihlemman wk verb: crash together (forms: bihlemmeð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

bilwit adj: gracious, merciful

bill, bil neut noun: sword (forms: billa gen pl; bille dat sing; billes gen sing; billum dat pl)

gebind neut noun: binding

gebindan Class 3 str verb: bind (forms: geband, bond 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; binde 1st/3rd pers sing pres indic/subj; bindað, gebindað pl pres indic; bindeð 3rd pers sing pres indic; bunden, gebunden past part; gebundene past part nom/acc pl masc; bundenne past part acc sing masc)

binnan prep: within

bisceop masc noun: bishop (forms: bisceope dat sing)

bisen fem noun: form, pattern, example, rule, command (forms: bisne acc sing)

gebisgian wk verb: occupy; trouble (forms: bisgodon pl pret indic; gebysgad past part; bysgað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

bisigu, bysigu fem noun: affliction, trouble, care, busy-ness (forms: bisgo acc sing; bisgum, bysigum dat pl)

bitan Class 1 str verb w. gen: bite (forms: bat 3rd pers sing pret indic; bit imper sing)

bite masc noun: bite, cut (forms: bite dat sing)

biter, bitter adj: bitter, harsh (forms: biteran dat sing masc, acc/dat pl; bitere nom/acc pl masc; bitre acc sing fem; nom pl masc; bitres, biteres gen sing; bitresta superl nom sing masc);
biter masc noun: bitterness (forms: bitre dat sing; bitres gen sing)
bitre adv: bitterly

blac adj: white, pale, pallid, ashy (forms: blacne acc sing masc)

blachleor adj: pale-faced

blacian wk verb: become pale (forms: blacað 3rd pers sing pres indic)

blæc, blac adj: black, dark (forms: blaca nom sing masc; blace dat sing fem; blacum dat pl)

blæd masc noun: glory, splendour (forms: blæde dat sing; blædes gen sing; bledum dat pl);
blæd fem/neut pl noun: fruit (plural often has singular meaning); branch, sprig (forms: blæda acc/gen pl; blædæ acc sing; blædu, blado nom pl)

blædagande pres part: glorious, victorious (forms: blædagande nom pl)

blæddæg masc noun: glorious day
(forms: blæddaga gen pl)

geblædfæst: glorious, famous (forms: blædfæstne acc sing masc)

blæst masc noun: blowing, breeze, wind

blanca masc noun: (white) horse (forms: blancum dat pl)

bland neut noun: blending, mixture, confusion

blatan wk verb: be pale? be livid? darken? (see DOE s.v. blatan, blat) (forms: blatende pres part)

bleate adv: miserably, wretchedly

bleo neut noun: colour (forms: bleos gen sing; bleom dat pl )

bleobord neut noun: coloured board (for gaming): chessboard or tables-board (forms: bleobordes gen sing)

gebletsian wk verb: bless (forms: gebletsad, gebletsod past part; gebletsode, gebletsade 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bletsung fem noun: blessing, grace (forms: bletsunga gen pl; bletsunge acc/dat sing)

blican Class 1 str verb: gleam, shine, sparkle (forms: blicð 3rd pers sing pres indic; blicon pl pret indic)

blind adj: blind, lightless (forms: blindum dat sing neut)

bliss, blis fem noun: bliss, joy (forms: blisse, blysse acc/dat/gen sing)

blissian wk verb: make happy, delight; become happy, have fun, get drunk (forms: blissigende pres part; geblissad past part)

blið, bliðe adj: joyous, pleasant (forms: bliðe inst sing neut; nom sing fem, nom/acc pl masc; bliðne acc sing masc; bliþra compar nom sing masc)

bliðemod adj: joyous-minded

bliðheort adj: glad-hearted

blod neut noun: blood (forms: blode dat sing)

blodfag adj: blood-stained, bloody

blodgyte masc noun: bloodshed

blodig adj: bloody (forms: blodge acc sing fem; blodigan dat sing masc; blodige nom pl neut; blodigne acc sing masc)

blodigian wk verb: bloody, make bloody (forms: geblodegod past part)

blodigtoð adj: bloody-toothed

blodreow adj: (bloody and) fierce, cruel

geblonden past part adj: corrupted, infected

blondenfeax adj: having hair of different colours; going grey (forms: blondenfeaxe nom pl masc; blondenfeaxum dat sing masc; blondenfexa nom sing masc)

blostm masc noun: blossom (forms: blostmum dat pl)

blotan Class 7 str verb: offer in sacrifice

boc fem noun: book (forms: bec nom/acc pl)

bocere masc noun: scholar, writer, scribe (forms: boceras nom/acc pl)

boda masc noun: messenger, herald (forms: bodan acc/dat/gen sing; nom/acc pl)

gebod neut noun: command, precept

bodian wk verb: tell, proclaim; preach; foretell (forms: bodode 3rd pers sing pret indic; bodedon pl pret indic)

bodig neut noun: body

gebodscipe masc noun: commandment; message

bog masc noun: bough; arm, shoulder (forms: bogum dat pl)

boga masc noun: bow (i.e. for shooting arrows) (forms: bogan nom pl)

bolca masc noun: gangplank (forms: bolcan dat sing)

bold, botl neut noun: building, house, residence (forms: bolda gen pl; botle dat sing)

boldagend masc noun: building owner, householder (forms: boldagendra gen pl)

gebolgen past part adj: angry, enraged (from belgan) (forms: gebolgne nom pl)

bolgenmod adj: angry, enraged

bolla masc noun: drinking cup, bowl (forms: bollan nom pl)

bolster masc/neut noun: pillow (forms: bolstrum dat pl)

bongar masc noun: murderous spear

bord neut noun: board, shield, deck (of a ship), side (of a ship), hold (of a ship) (forms: bord acc pl; borda gen pl; bordes gen sing; bordum dat pl)

bordhæbbende pres part pl adj: shield-owning (persons), i.e. warriors

bordhreoða masc noun: a row of shields (?) (forms: bordhreoðan nom pl; dat sing)

bordrand masc noun: shield

bordweall, bordweal masc noun: shield-wall (defensive formation of side-by-side shields)

bordwudu masc noun: (wooden) shield (forms: bordwudu acc pl)

borian wk verb: bore, drill a hole (forms: borige 3rd pers sing pres subj)

bosm masc noun: bosom, breast; hold (of a ship) (forms: bosme dat sing)

bot fem noun: remedy, compensation (forms: bote acc/dat/gen sing)

botlgestreon neut noun: household treasure (forms: botlgestreona gen pl; botlgestreonum dat pl)

botlwela masc noun: prosperous dwelling

botm masc noun: bottom (forms: botme dat sing)

brad adj: broad, wide, extensive (forms: brad nom pl neut; brade nom/acc pl masc; acc sing fem; nom sing neut; bradan acc pl masc; gen pl; bradnæ acc sing masc; bradre acc sing fem);
brade adv: broadly, widely

bradswyrd, bradswurd neut noun: broadsword (forms: bradswyrd acc pl)

gebræc neut noun: breaking, clashing

brædan wk verb: spread out

brand, brond masc noun: fire, flame; burning piece of wood, glowing coal; sword (forms: bronda gen pl; brondas nom pl; bronde dat sing)

breahtm masc noun: noise, revelry (forms: breahtma gen pl)

Breca prop name: Breca (forms: Brecan acc/dat sing)

gebrecan Class 4 str verb: break, burst, destroy; break, transgress (a commandment); (of curiosity:) torment (forms: gebræc, bræc 3rd pers sing pret indic; bræce 3rd pers sing pret subj; bræcon pl pret indic (subj?); brecað pl pres indic; brocen past part)

brecð fem noun: grief (forms: brecða nom pl)

gebregd neut noun: movement, manipulation

gebregdan, bregdon Class 3 str verb: move, swing, draw (a sword), weave, knit (the rings of a mail coat); feign, pretend (forms: brægd, bræd, gebræd 3rd pers sing pret indic; bregde 3rd pers sing pres subj; broden, gebroden past part; brogdne past part acc sing fem; brugdon, brudon pl pret indic)

brego masc noun: ruler, lord

bregorice neut noun: kingdom (forms: bregorices gen sing)

bregorof adj: lordly, noble

bregostol masc noun: lordly seat (i.e. throne? estate?))

bregoweard masc noun: ruler, king (forms: bregowearda gen pl; bregoweardas gen sing)

breme adj: glorious, noble, honoured (forms: brema nom sing masc; breman dat sing masc)

brember masc noun: bramble, blackberry bush, briar (forms: brembrum dat pl)

brenting masc noun: ship (forms: brentingas acc pl)

breost neut noun: breast, chest (frequently plural with singular meaning) (forms: breosta gen pl; breostum dat pl)

breostcearu fem noun: (breast- ) care, misery (forms: breostceare acc sing)

breostcofa masc noun: the chest, the breast considered as a container of thoughts and feelings (forms: breostcofan dat sing)

breostgehygd fem noun: inner thought (forms: breostgehygdum dat pl)

breostgewædu neut pl noun: mail coat

breosthord neut noun: breast-hoard (a kenning for "mind, thought")

breostnet neut noun: breast-net (a kenning for "coat of mail")

breostweorðung fem noun: breast-adornment (a kenning for "coat of mail," "weapons and armour") (forms: breostweorðunge acc sing)

breostwylm masc noun: breast-surge (i.e. powerful emotion)

breotan Class 2 str verb: break, kill (forms: breat 3rd pers sing pret indic)

brer fem noun: bramble, brier (forms: brerum dat pl)

brerd masc noun: edge, border, rim

bresne adj: strong

bricg fem noun: bridge; natural causeway (forms: bricge acc sing)

bricgweard masc noun: bridge-keeper, bridge-guard (forms: bricgweardas acc pl)

brim neut noun: sea, water (forms: brimes gen sing; brimu, brymu nom/acc pl)

brimclif neut noun: sea-cliff (forms: brimclifu acc pl)

brimfugol masc noun: seabird (forms: brimfuglas nom pl)

brimhlæst fem noun: the sea-burden (kenning: what the sea bears, i.e. fish)
brimhlæste gen sing

brimlad fem noun: sea journey (forms: brimlade acc/dat sing)

brimliðend masc noun: sailor (forms: brimliðende dat sing; brimliþendra gen pl)

brimmann masc noun: sailor, seaman (forms: brimmanna gen pl; brimmen nom pl)

brimstream masc noun: sea current (forms: brimstreamas acc pl)

brimwisa masc noun: (sea-) leader (forms: brimwisan acc sing)

brimwylf fem noun: female sea-wolf

brimwylm masc noun: (surging-) sea, water

gebringan Class 3 str verb: bring (forms: bringað pl pres indic; bringe, gebringe imper sing; 3rd pers sing pres subj; 1st pers sing pres indic; bringeð 3rd pers sing pres indic; broht, gebroht past part; brohte, gebrohte 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; gebrohten pl pret subj; brohton, gebrohton, brohtan pl pret indic; brungen past part)

brittian wk verb: divide, dispense (forms: brittade 3rd pers sing pret indic)

broc masc noun: brook (forms: broce dat sing)
broc neut noun: affliction, sickness, disease (forms: broce dat sing)

brocian wk verb: afflict (forms: gebrocod past part)

brodenmæl, brogdenmæl neut noun: braided-sword (i.e. sword with blade made by pattern-welding twisted iron and steel)

broga masc noun: dread, terror (forms: brogan acc/dat/gen sing, nom pl)

brohþrea masc noun: dreadful calamity

Brondingas prop name: Brondings, a Swedish tribe (forms: Brondinga gen pl)

bront adj: steep, high (forms: brontne acc sing masc)

Brosing prop name: Brosing (forms: Brosinga gen pl)

brosnian wk verb: decay (forms: brosnað 3rd pers sing pret indic)

brosnung fem noun: decay ,corruption

broðor, broþor masc noun: brother (forms: breþer dat sing; broðer gen sing; broðor dat/gen sing; broþra gen sing; broðru, gebroðru, gebroþru, gebroðra nom pl; broðrum dat pl)

gebroðor masc noun, usually pl.: brother; fellow Christian, fellow monk (forms: gebroðra nom/acc pl; gebroðrum dat pl)

broðorcwealm masc noun: murder of a brother, act of fratricide (forms: broðorcwealmes gen sing)

broðorgyld neut noun: recompense for loss of a brother

brucan Class 2 str verb (w. gen): enjoy, use, benefit from
(forms: breac, bræc 3rd pers sing pret indic; bruc imper sing; brucað imper pl; pl pres indic; bruce 2nd pers sing pres subj; bruceð 3rd pers sing pres indic)

brun adj: bright, lustrous; brown, dark (forms: brune acc pl masc; brunne acc sing masc)

brunecg adj: bright-edged

brunfag adj: brightly decorated (forms: brunfagne acc sing masc)

bryd fem noun: bride, wife (forms: bryda, bryde acc/gen pl; bryde acc/dat/gen sing)

brydbur masc noun: marital bedroom (forms: brydbure dat sing)

bryne masc noun: burning, fire (forms: bryne dat sing)

brynegield masc noun: burnt offering (forms: brynegielde dat sing)

bryneleoma masc noun: gleam of burning

brynewylm masc noun: flame (of burning) (forms: brynewylmum dat pl)

brytencyning masc noun: great king, powerful king (forms: brytencyninges gen sing)

brytnian wk verb: dispense, give out (forms: brytnade 3rd pers sing pret indic)

brytta masc noun: giver, dispenser, lord (forms: bryttan acc sing, nom pl)

bryttian, bryttigin wk verb: share, divide, distribute; make use of, enjoy (forms: bryttade 3rd pers sing pret indic; bryttað 3rd pers sing pres indic; bryttedon pl pret indic)

bu pron and adj: both (forms: ba nom/acc pl fem; bam dat pl; begen masc nom/acc; begra, bega, begea gen; bu neut nom/acc)

bufan prep: above, over, on, on top of

bufolc neut noun: (inhabiting) people, nation

bundenheord adj: having bound hair (forms: bundenheorde nom sing fem)

bundenstefna adj: (of a ship) having a bound stem or prow

bune fem noun: cup, beaker (forms: bunan nom/acc pl)

bur neut noun: bedroom, women's apartment, cottage (forms: bure dat sing; burum dat pl)

burg, burh fem noun: dwelling, fort, castle, town, (forms: burga gen sing; burgum dat pl; byrig acc/dat/gen sing; nom/acc pl)

burgeteld neut noun: sleeping tent (forms: burgetelde dat sing; burgeteldes gen sing)

burgtun masc noun: city precinct or walled/enclosed area? town? (forms: burgtunas nom pl)

burhfæsten neut noun: castle, fortress, fort

burhgeat neut noun: city gate (forms: burhgeate dat sing)

burhleod masc noun: citizen, city-dweller (forms: burgleoda gen pl; burhleodum dat pl)

burhloca masc noun: fortress, walled town (forms: burhlocan acc/dat sing)

burhsittende masc pl noun: city-dwellers (forms: burgsittendra gen pl; burhsittendum dat pl)

burhstede masc noun: city, fort, castle

burhwaras, burhwara masc pl noun: citizens, city-dwellers (forms: burhwara, burgwara gen pl; burhwarena gen pl)

burhwela masc noun: riches of a city, fort or castle (forms: burhwelan gen sing)

burne fem noun: stream (forms: burnan gen sing)

burþen masc noun: chamberlain, steward (forms: burþene dat sing)

butere fem noun: butter (forms: buteran dat sing)

buton conj: but, except
buton prep: except, except for, without

butu, bu tu pron: both (forms: ba twa nom neut)

buan, bugan, buon Class 7 str verb (defective): dwell, live, settle (forms: buað pret pl; bun pl pres subj; gebun past part )

buend masc noun: dweller, inhabitant (forms: buendra gen pl)

gebugan Class 2 str verb: bow, stoop; submit; lie down, sit down; turn away; rest inactive; (of a dragon) coil (forms: beah, gebeah, gebeag 3rd pers sing pret indic; gebogen past part; gebogenan past part dat sing neut; bugeð 3rd pers sing pres indic; bugon pl pret indic)

butan prep, conj, adv: but, unless, except; without

gebycgan, bicgan wk verb: buy, get in exchange, get (forms: gebohte 3rd pers sing pret indic; pl pret subj [Ex 151])

gebygan wk verb: lower, debase, pull down

byht neut? noun: dwelling

gebyldan wk verb: to embolden, encourage (forms: bylde 3rd pers sing pret indic; 3rd pers sing pres subj; gebylde past part nom pl masc)

byme fem noun: trumpet (forms: bemum dat pl; byman nom/acc pl; acc sing)

gebyrdo, gebyrd fem noun: birth, origin, race (forms: gebyrdum dat pl)
on gebyrd adv phrase: nobly

byre masc noun: child, son (forms: byras, byre nom/acc pl)
byre masc noun: time, opportunity

byrele masc noun: serving person (forms: byrelas nom pl; byreles gen sing)

byrgan, byrgean wk verb w. gen or acc: taste, eat (forms: byrige imper sing; gebyrge 3rd pers sing pres subj; gebyrgde, byrgde, byrigde 3rd pers sing pret indic/subj)
byrgan wk verb: bury

gebyrgen fem noun: grave (forms: birgenne, byrgenne, gebyrgenne acc/dat/gen sing)

Byrhthelm prop name: Byrhthelm (forms: Byrhtelmes gen sing)

Byrhtnoð prop name: Byrhtnoth (forms: Byrhtnoðes gen)

Byrhtwold prop name: Byrhtwold

byrnan Class 3 str verb: burn; be burned (forms: beorn, born, gebarn 3rd pers sing pret indic; burnon pl pret indic; byrnende pres part)

byrne fem noun: chainmail shirt; corselet (forms: byrnan nom/acc pl; acc/dat sing; byrnum dat pl)

byrnhom masc noun: chainmail shirt; corselet (forms: byrnhomas acc pl)

byrnwiga masc noun: (mail-shirted- ) warrior (forms: byrnwigena gen pl)

byrnwiggend masc noun: (mail-shirted- ) warrior (forms: byrnwiggende nom pl)

bysen neut/fem noun: command, rule, model (forms: bysene acc/dat sing; bysna gen pl)

bysig adj: busy (forms: bysige nom pl masc)

bysmerian, gebysmrian wk verb: mock, revile, degrade, dishonour (forms: bysmeredon pl pret indic)

bismorlic adj: degrading, shameful (forms: bismorlicum dat sing neut)

bysmerlice adv: contemptuously

bysmor neut noun: shame, insult, disgrace

gebysnian wk verb: set an example, instruct by example (forms: gebysnode 3rd pers sing pret indic)

bytlian wk verb: build

bywan wk verb: polish

caf adj: bold, vigorous, quick (forms: cafne acc sing)

caflice adv: boldly, vigorously

Cain prop noun: Cain (forms: Caines gen sing)

Cainan proper name: Cainan

cald, ceald adj: cold (forms: caldum dat pl; caldast, cealdost superl; cealde acc pl; cealdum dat pl)
cald, ceald neut noun: cold (forms: calde, cealde dat sing)

Caldea prop name:Caldea (Chaldea) (forms: Caldea gen pl)

camp, comp masc noun: battle (forms: campe, compe dat sing)

Cananea prop name: Cananea (Caanan) (forms: Cananea gen pl)

Cananeis pl prop name: Caananites (forms: Cananeis gen)

candel fem noun: candle

carfulnys fem noun: care, carefulness (forms: carfulnysse dat sing)

carleas adj: careless, without pity (forms: carleasan nom pl neut)

Carran prop name: Carran (Haran) (forms: Carran acc/dat sing)

casere masc noun: emperor, caesar (forms: caseras nom pl)

Ceadwalla prop name: Ceadwalla (forms: Ceadwallan acc sing)

ceafl masc noun: jaw, mouth

ceallian wk verb: call, shout

ceap masc noun: cattle, goods, property; bargain, acquisition (forms: ceapas acc pl masc; ceape dat sing)

ceapian wk verb: buy (forms: geceapod past part)

cearian wk verb: be sorrowful, worry, be anxious; take trouble (to do something) (forms: ceara imper sing; cearað 3d pers sing pres indic)

cearseld neut noun: miserable residence, house of care (forms: cearselda gen pl)

cearsið masc noun: sorrowful expedition, sad experience (forms: cearsiðum dat pl)

cearsorg fem noun: misery (forms: cearsorge acc/dat sing)

cearu, cearo fem noun: care, sorrow (forms: ceare nom/acc pl; acc/dat/gen sing; cearum dat pl)

cearwylm, cearwælm masc noun: surge, current or flame of sorrow (forms: cearwylmas nom pl; cearwælmum dat pl)

ceaster fem noun: town, fort, castle (forms: ceastre acc/dat sing; ceastra acc pl; ceastrum dat pl)

ceasterbuend masc noun: castle-dweller, city-dweller (forms: ceasterbuendum dat pl)

cellod adj: [meaning unknown: some quality of a shield or type of shield]

cempa masc noun: champion, fighter (forms: cempan acc pl; dat sing)

cene adj: brave, fierce (forms: cenoste superl nom/acc pl masc; cenra gen pl; cenre compar nom sing fem)
cene adv: bravely

cennan wk verb: bear, give birth to; (of names) give (forms: cende 3rd pers sing pret indic; past part nom pl masc; cennað pl pres indic cenned past part)
cennan Class 1 str verb: show, declare (forms: cen imper sing)

cenðu fem noun: bravery

ceol masc noun: ship (forms: ceolas nom pl; ceole dat sing; ceoles gen sing)

Ceola prop name: Ceola (forms: Ceolan gen sing)

ceolþel neut noun: ship-board (forms: ceolþele dat sing)

ceorl masc noun: man; lowest class of free man (forms: ceorlas nom pl; ceorle dat sing; ceorles gen sing)

ceorfan Class 3 str verb: carve, cut out (forms: curfon pl pret indic)

geceosan, ciosan Class 2 str verb: choose, select, accept, seek out (forms: geceas 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; geceos imper sing; geceosað pl pres indic; gecoren past part; gecorenan past part acc pl; gecorene past part dat sing masc; gecorone past part nom/acc pl masc; cure 3rd pers sing pret subj; curon pl pret indic; to geceosenne inflect infin)