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A SELECTION,
ANGLO-SAXON AUTHORS
OF VARIOUS AGES;
WITH A GLOSSARY.
DESIGNED CHIEFLY AS A FIRST BOOK FOR STUDENTS.
BY
BENJAMIN THORPE,
F.S.A.
X^
LONDON;
SMITH, ELDER
AND
CO., 65
MDCCCXLVI.
CORNHILL.
PREFACE.
r HE
at a
moment when
was almost
as an experiment,
extracts in prose
in the simplest
most
at its lowest
difficult
ebb
in
England.
It
was compiled
and verse
accompanied
by a compendious
glossary,
Anglo-Saxon language
in the land
where
once had
its
its
though not
less: the
fully justified,
The
it
belief above-men-
of,
whom,
it
may
Anglo- Saxonica.
a2
PREFACE.
iv
than
its
it
it is
hoped, for
book
for beginners,
which might
at the
same time
The
this
editor feels
work
is
much
now adopted
mentioning that
gratification in
by
of Oxford, whence
it
may be hoped
may
find
its
way, as an essential
is
to
be found
On
tury.
eloquent writer
may
schools as
much
would
it
"
As
Surely, then,
better then
literary
much
many
many
cern to
in
it is
well our
a matter of con-
own tongue.
How
and private
its
examples
reads,
may be
among which,
may
be proved by number-
one who
PREFACE.
might bring home with them a racy idiomatic way of speaking and writing their
own
of Greek and Latin, which they almost forget, and generally neglect in
For
glish undefiled.
lutely needful
this
for after
a study of Anglo-Saxon
all, it
made
it
abso-
About the
is
iron,
with
which
his
If the
it,
est
The great-
harm
that
was ever
inflicted
in giving English
endings to
long-drawn Latin words, foolishly thought to impart dignity of style to his writings
away
Such
but
silliness
still
and
our young
childish-
men have
and
When
this shall
We
shall
have
of, as
often
now
happens,
PREFACE.
VI
namby pamby
gibberish
made up of
among
speech.
To
deemed needless
in a glossary
grammar
The
designed for
references to
is
composed having
and
form a judgement of
the work.
From
the Gospels f, p.
1.
3.)
the design of
the Saxon
its
is
only an interlinear
VU
PREFACE.
means of a Hamiltonian version*, to facilitate to children the acAs presenting a curious picture
life at
it
Homilies of ^Elfric,
p. 36.
in
II.
Dom.
in
I.
and
was printed
in the year
709 with
been
lately reprinted.
is,
generally
formed
III.
is
This homily
Saint.
IV.
it is
extremely corrupt.
De
entirely
is
lives of the
It is alliterative.
From King
I.
of Europe, and the Voyages of Ohthere and WulfThese voyages have been frequently printed and translated.
The Geography
stan.
The
text
now
given
is
from the
where
it is
and a commentary by
J.
original
It is
manuscripts, by Benjamin
Cott.
MS.
Tib. B. 1.
PREFACE.
viii
hoped that with the aid of the Glossary, the student will find no
difficulty in following on the map the course of the two voyagers.
11.
III. Caesar
From King
I.
II.
From King
History, p. 97.
The
This extract
is
Coll.
Oxon.,
From
is
p.
108.
is
known MS.
is
tale in the
in the library
unfortunately imperfect.
The
H. E. P.
is
variety of denominations
The
dle age.
p. 110.
MS.)
is
in places corrupt,
In the
Red Book
of
etc.
Part
I.
PREFACE.
Introduction the student
is
IX
The Mandrake,
p. 116.
article in the
nation, representing a
Cottonian manuscript
is
an illumi-
down in the
wisdom of our
text.
The piece
forefathers."
Land rendered
by
sterile
Witchcraft, p. 116.
The
fathers
is
(Calig.
A.
Homily
7.).
Eadmundi,
in Natale S.
we
This homily, as
p. 119.
is
founded on the
homily
is
a translation.
pure Anglo-Saxon
NE.
F. 4. 12,
It is
See p. 125.
at Bury.
It is alliterative.
Wills, p. 126.
The
I.
Elmham,
a curious
specimen of
The
more barbarous
Both are from the Cott. MS.
From
This
* Of the E. Anglian
b for/, as ob for
ce,
of,
dialect the
for
e,
as wisl for
wd
for e
m for
and a for
and
o,
i
b, as
are,
e for
suin for
for ge prefix.
PREFACE,
X
Durham Book (MS.
Cott.
Nero D.
iv.),
The
common
text.
Battle of Maldon,
noth, p. 131.
fire at
wholly
lost, is
every curious
who
printed
owing to the
zeal of
as prose at the
Thomas Hearne
end of
for publishing
Johannis
'
Judith.
This was
The
Fragment,
first
text
ii.
pp. 155-159.
p. ]4<1.
now
given
is
Vitell.
A. 15.
This
The
entire
poem, of which
it
probably formed
From
An
extract only
is
singular composition,
where
it is
it first
'
Riming
appeared in Conybeare's
Illustrations.'
words have been misspelt for the sake of the rime, seems unquestionable
and all attempts at interpretation by comparison with
the Vulgate have proved far from satisfactory. The beginning of
;
the
xxix. 2.
PREFACE.
The Grave.
Fragment,
XI
p. 153.
in
is
written
dialect,
St.
It is also
'
is
Illus-
re-
From Lajamon's
Brut, p. 154.
From
the
Ormulum,
p. 182.
among
is
the Junian
It consists of a metrical
MSS.
named Orm,
min, by
whom
it is
It is
or Or-
with-
rhythmf may
vie with
many modern
critic in his
productions.
mother-tongue
The author
we
some tolerably accurate notions as to the pronunciation of our forefathers. Thus he writes min with a single
n only because the i is long or diphthongal, as in our mine. So
also in kinde (pronounced as our kind), dom, hoc, had, lif (proare enabled to form
* The
and
much
and
texts of the
parallel columns.
less valuable
in
many
two
texts
ix.),
An
It is,
who
is
Madden,
now
in Semi-Saxon, in
corrected.
however,
in the
free
This rhythmus
is
it
pre-
PREFACE.
XU
On
nounced
sonant
is
is
jett
with a single
hus
is
would be
/),
written
if
Gode), etc.
Thus
to be
our thus.
own
sake, to
liarity of
language
is
Orm's
so
much indebted
him*.
to
be called Dano-Saxon
his
name
also
who
in prose or verse.
* " There
sists
is
shall
He
e. g.
who
word
so, as
right.'
'
but has not attempted to explain the author's reasons for it and indeed, without a more perfect knowledge than we now probably can
;
it
(first
modern
my
In
and I
them in
;
characters."
edition of the
Ormulum by
Chaucer.
t An
The
is
now
volume have,
through the kindness of Dr. White, been collated with the sheets of his
edition.
CORRIGENDA ET ANNOTANDA.
Pag
* The asterisk
original texts,
is
ANALECTA ANGLO-SAXONICA.
J^a
deiscre Bethl^em, on
comon
J)a
se
])3es
Chapter
II.
dagum Herodes,
Jja
soSlice
hyrde,
])a
And
mid him.
|>aera
J)a
sacerda, and
])8es
And
]>u
witodlice
saedon hig
J)us is
folc Israhel.
of
])e
him
On
ludeiscre
Herodes
])a
clypode on sunder-spraece
him ateowde.
on ludea ealdrum
min
folces writeras,
Da
Bethleem
weart$ he gedrefed,
And
hi georne,
hwaenne se
steorra
and
|>us
cwaeS
Farat^,
MATTH.
2
ferdon hig
and soSlice
SoSlice
cild wees.
Chap.
II.
se steorra,
ferde,
ot5
^a tungel-witegan
J>a
on east-dale
hi
J>e
J^aet
J)one steorran
myclum gefean
and
mid Manan hys meder, and hig a))enedon hig, and hi to him gebsedon and hi untyndon hyra gold-hordas, and him lac
gesawon, hig faegenodon swySe
gangende
]mm
in to
huse, hi gemetton
]?8et cild,
1-2
brohton
hi
and
ne hwyrfdon, ac hi on oSerne
13
Da
hi
])a
weg on hyra
rice ferdon.
]nis
cwseS
Aris,
and nim
Toweard ys
He
aras
J)aet
14
forspillenne.
15
Herodes forSsi^
gecweden
waes,
j^set
]>a,
Herodes sec^
and nam
Da
oS
|)agt
cild to
his
and waes
|?e
and
])ser
and
cild
J)8et
^Egyptum
cild
])set
ic ])e secge.
ic
Herode
paet hi eft to
swefnum, and
his
And
and myrre.
recels,
J^aet
mo-
f>aer
o6
fram Drihtne
Of ^gyptum
ic
ealle
fa cild
]>e
on Bethleem
ir
18
cweden waes
Da
he geacsode
wees gefylled
Jjaet
ge-
19 ]>e
hi naeron.
So^lice
|?a
todlice on
20
his
21
n cild
and
gehyrde
his
faet
He
nu synd
aras fa,
fort5farene
and onfeng
Da
feet
he
Archelaus rixode on ludea peode, for ftene
MATTH.
Chap.
III.
Jjaet
2.3
For]?ara
]>e
Chapter
On
III.
com lohannes
]?am daguni
geeweden ys
jjurh
Esaiam
and bo-
se Fulluhtere,
DoS
dsedbote
Dis ys se be
fam
}>e 3
Clypiendes stefn
]?one witegan,
si|)as
rihte.
hse- 4
Da ferde to him
wiS-geondan lordanen
and
f>eod,
and
hi waeron gefullode
hi andetton
heora synna.
on lor-
SoSlice
|?aera riht-
hym La
J>a
naeddrena cyn,
8am toweardan
]?aere
daedbote
Abraham
to fleonne fram
medemne waestm
We habbat5
and ne
us to faeder
ys swa mihtig,
cwe]>at5
;
betweox eow,
God
)>aet
Abrahames beam.
wurt-ruman
ne
lice ic
eow
toweard
fullige
ys,
ic wyr])e to
and on fyre
]>e
on waetere to daedbote
10
godne waestm
se
]>e
Witodaefter
me
pass
his J)yrscel-flore,
and he gegaderaS
his
hw^te on
his bern;
b2
vz
MATTH.
4
13
se
]>det
and
Ic sceal fram
he hine.
16 forlet
hraedlice
SoSlice
swa swa
Her
min
ys
Da
]>3eT-
culfran,
stefn of
heofenum, and
se
vvaes,
com
])a,
Laet
Haelend gefullod
se
|)a
nij>er-stigende,
cymst to
heofenas ontynede;
rihte
J)u
se
unc gedafhaS
]?us
})a
]>e
Da andswarode
me ?
nil
17
lohannes
he hine fullode.
cwaeS
15
Da
]-)ci
com
14
Chap. IV.
me
J)us
geli-
code.
Chapter
Da
IV.
And
Gyf
4
]?u
J?a
Godes Sunu
cweS
sy,
)>aet
]>8et
feo-
hlafe
stanas to hlafe
])as
man be
Godes mu]>e
faeste
Ne
leofaS se
he
Da andswarode se Haelend
Hit
is
awriten,
J)e
Da
of
and
gseS.
cwaec5 to
]?onne nyfer
him
so(51ice
glum bebead be
'5e, |)aet
]7e
py-laes
eft to
|>a
geweorSon.
6 nesse,
And
hingrian.
})aSa
]>e t5in
him
Gif
])u
Godes Sunu
eart,
asend
]>e
Hit ys awriten,
Ne
Da cwaeS
se
Haelend
God.
swit5e
Da
cwaet5 se
Haelend to him
Gang
me
geeadmetst.
MATTH.
Chap. IV.
]>u
deofol
SoS-
12
hine,
lice
fa se Haelend gehyrde
fa lerde he to Galileam
]>set
Se
13
J?am
faet 14
weg
Neptalimes eorfe,
fystrum
saet,
sdes 15
]?e
on
SySSan
DoS
daedbote,
ongan
se
Da
se
Haelend code
Si-
Andream
his
monem,
se waes
genemned
Petrus, and
faet
And he
fisceras.
And
And
his bro'Ser,
ic
do
and heora
faeder,
Hig fa sona
on f am
and hig
21
and haelende
aelce adle
and
22
And
faes rfces,
is
hi f aer-rihte forleton 20
hannem
17
soSlice hi waeron
saede
le
and sittendum on
aelce
23
untrumnysse
folce.
24
adlum, and on tintregum gegripene, and fa ($e deofolseocnessa haefdon, and monotS-seoce, and laman and he
;
MARK,
Chap. V.
MARK, Chapter
Da comon
hig ofer
s^s mu^an, on
Jjsere
J)ast
rasenorum.
se haefde
teaga,
and
]?a
fot-copsas tobraec
And
gewyldan ne mihte.
mid
for])am he oft,
nee Ge-
agen arn
V.
J^a
racen-
SoSlice,
he ]?one Hae-
sylfne
stemne hrymende,
J?us
cwseS
me and ])e ? Ic
Da cwaecS
f>reage.
Sunu, hwaet ys
8 ]?aet J)u
9
me
ne
uncleena gast, ga of
Hwaet ys
J>in
nama
cwaeS he
And
10
11
12
J)a
14
we on
eodon
])urh
:
God,
Eala
Send us on
])a
J)aet
Jjone
swyn,
unclaenan gastas on
Ipu
acsode he hine
swyn
and
and on my-
clum hryre seo heord wearS on s^ bescofen, twa ]>usendo, and wurdon adruncene on J)aere sde.
So^lice J)a
]>e
on lande
15
])a
Da
laeswigende.
And
hig gan.
Je,
Haelend
halsige
se
pysum men.
Da
]>a
gedon w^re.
And
hig
paet hig
comon
to
ceastre,
and
gesawon hwaet
J)aer
fam
jjaere
16 sittan,
])a t5e
hit
swynum.
MARK,
And
hig baedon
]?aet
Chap. V.
Da u
])3st
lend ne getipode
he mid
hym
ac he saede
Him
wasre.
him
Ga
se Hee-
]?a
is
vj
to J>inum huse,
hfwum, and cyS heom, hu mycel Dryhten gef>e. And he J^a ferde, and ongan
bodian on Decapolim, hu fela se Haelend him dyde and
to ]?inum
'20
21
nungum,
|)a
s^.
lairus hatte
Min
23
24
25
dohter ys on ytemestum
hand ofer
mid him
hine.
wyrse
J)aet
}a
wi6-aeftan
heo cwaeS
And
sy,
|>a
ic
ic
))a
and
21;
Gif
hit
com
27
SoSlice
28
on hyre gefredde,
And
heo hal
J>aet
daelde eall
])e
hig,
si|>e
waes,
22
beo
hal.
and heo
29
])aet
him
30
,ii
se
J)a
|>aet
cnyhtas
cwyst
])Si
gesawe fone
forhtigende,
him
]>e
Him
dyde.
com and
]7u
Daet wff
beseah hine,
J>aet
he
32
ondraedende and
33
]?a,
Da
cwaeS se Haelend
and saede
34
3>
hale gedyde
J>a
and
Dohter, ]nn
geleafa
hal.
]>e J)aet
j^ringende,
]>e
gafe on
sibbe,
;:
MARK,
XL
Chap.
Da
he gehyrde
36
hwi drecst
37
]>\x
]?aet
33
comon on
39
he cwse^
40
43
pa he in-eode
Da
slaepS.
nam
nis pis
He
pais
and pa pe mid him wseron, and in-eodon suwiAnd hyre hand nam, and
paet maeden waes.
ende par
ewaet5
42
And
eallum ut-adrifenum,
raoder,
41
Hwi synd
Thalimtha cumi
paet ys,
hig hyt
ic seege, arfs.
syllan.
Chapter
1
Da
him
and gyt
paer
paene nan
3
XI.
gelaedaS.
Fara^ to pam
ongean fnc
castelle pe
ys,
me
And
And sume
porie folan
untigende
unc bead.
Iset.
folan to
8
and he
And
pam
Da
Da
on-saet.
sume pa
;
:
MARK,
And
on pone weg.
J^a
Chap. XI.
aefter 9
])us
And
leorning-cnyhtum.
treow
cw8et5
Da
J)e
aht funde:
leaf ane
o]?rum deege,
he
J)a
and sohte
}>3er
buton
Da
man
And
hys leorning-cnyhtas
12
fie- 13
hw8e]?er he Jar-on
waestm of Se.
Da comon
J)a
he feorran geseah an
10
11
]?8et
and Ja he on
14
gehyrdon.
feet
tempi
15
gende
and mynetera
cypton he tobraec
aenig faet ])urh
biS
and heah-setlu
tempi baere.
And he
]>e
6a culfran
man
le
laerende, |)us
pset aenig
]>a.
cwasS to him
feodum
J>aet
J>rocu,
and he ne ge]?afode
18
wundrode be
of f asre ceastre.
faet
And
Petrus
On
Da
wyrigdest.
and on
his heortan
21
faet fic-treow f e f
:
ij>
20
ne tweonat5, ac gelyfS
22
23
swa hwaet swa he cwyS, Geweort5e f is, faet gewyrS. Forfam ic eow secge, Swa hwaet swa ge gyrnende biddaS,
24
And
25
eow becymS.
LUKE,
10
Chap.
II.
26
27
2S
laehton
]jus
29
heofonum
Feeder, pe on
salem
and
On hwylcum
And
wealde
31
heofone, fe of
32
heofone
we
33
fys do.
anwealde dest ]m
Hieru-
to genea-
ic
do
Da
acsige
mannum?
he secgS us
secga'5.
ping ?
]?as
Hwi
Of mannum
Gif we
]>e
fis folc
of
]?ohton
Of
secga'6,
ne gelyfde ge him
we ondreeda^
Da
andswariaS me.
eft to
hym
]>e
cwaeS se Haelend
hi,
he
}>a
cweedon
ic
Da com
ys.
|)a
Gif
?
:
ealle
Da
cweeS se Heelend
anwealde
ic ])as
Ne
Sot51ice
Sing do.
LUKE,
1
ic
on j^am
Casere Augusto,
Chapter
dagum
II.
J)aere
seo
ys
genemned Bethleem;
Dauides
him beweddod
psat eall
htise
and hirede
feet
for]?am
])e
he wees
ol'
])e
LUKE,
Chap.
11
ir.
for]>am
J>e
hig n^fdon
rum on cumena-huse.
And
him
hig,
to cvveeS
hym ymbe
x'Vnd se
eow ondrdedan.
Nelle ge
And
ceastre.
])is
tacen
eow byS
engel
nu ic
Forpam
Crist,
God
weredes,
lices
Ge gemetaS
And ]?a
heriendra and
And
heofene ferdon,
cwaedon
j)e
ys,
hit wses
]>us
cwe])endra
on binne
hig be
to Bethleem,
Joet
ealle
aled.
pam worde
13
Gode
i4
mannum
geworden, pa 6a englas to
pe
and geseon
Dryhten us aetywde.
12
15
]>a
Uton faran
geworden
godes willan.
on
10
SoSliee
Dauides
s
9
Marfan and
]?aet
word
And
losep,
hig
and
le
peet
hyrdas s^don.
heortan smeagende.
19
nt
pam 6e
to
him gecweden
waes.
^fter
nama
fram
And
snyden w^re,
aefter
21
pam
his
22
halig
genemned
and
paet
23
-a
LUKE,
12
]7am
25
Dryhtnes
|)e
nama
]:>8es
And
Oast him on
ys,
Twa
turtlan,
paet
o|))7e
wses an
J)a
frofer ge-anbidiende
waes.
Gaste onfeng,
II.
wees Simeon
and o^ Israhela
rihtwfs,
27
^ gecweden
twegen culfran-briddas.
rusalem,
26
Chap.
and Halig
))am
Halgan
28
20
]m
^ nil
31
32 dest
33
34
Isetst ))inne
nesse,
and to fines
faeder
and
ges^de
to
eryst aset
35
folces
haele,
^a f u geearwo-
wuldre Israhel.
Da
wses hys
his
wffiron.
Marfan
his
wiS-cweden by^
30 fast
]>eo\v, asfter
forj^am
Anna
waes
maeg(5e:
witegestre,
feos
Fanueles
wunede maenigne
of Asseres
dohtor,
ddeg,
37
38
39
And
40
And
SotSlice faet
full;
and Godes
41
42
And
fam
his
magas ferdon
aelce
gere to
fa he
Easter-
JOHN,
Chap.
13
Ill,
And gefylledum
lican freolse, sefter heora gewunan.
dagum, fa hig ongean-gehvvurfon, belaf se Haelend on
Hierusalem and hys magas pset nyston wendon ])aet
:
Da comon
Da
his
44
magas and
his cu^an.
Da
43
45
4f.
47
hine secende.
aefter
hym
moder
to
and
sarigende
ys
ic
J)8et
gyt
me
]>e
Da cwaeS he
sohton.
sohton
nyste gyt
unc J>us ?
])u
J^aet
to
word
j^set
hym
he to
}e
|)eod,
and
his
moder geheold
heortan smeagende.
And
ealle pas
4<j
gebyraS to
Da ne
Da ferde
hym under?
spraec.
48
faeder
hym HwBSt
me
)?in
50
51
word, on hyre
se Haelend peah.
on wfsdome
52
JOHN,
sum
Chapter HI.
man
So^lice
Phariseisc
waes
pes
com
SotS ic pe secge,
cwaeS
S06
ic
pe secge, Buton
hwa
JOHN,
14
6
7 is
byraS
)78er
and f
Ne wundra
gast.
Chap.
III.
rice.
Daet fe acenned
of Gaste
set ]>e
pu, for]?am
]?e ic
saede
he wile, and
acenned
cwee^
Jas
13
14
jc
we
God
up-ahof of
]?eEt
]?8et
paet
ece
Du
SoS
Ne
sende
])aet
J>aet
ne forece
Iff.
]?get
God
he demde middan-earde
})aera
J?e
on hine gelyfS, ac
his
Sunu on middan-
ac faet middan-eard
Ne
se
]>e
weorc waeron
leoht
ne
to
fam
gelyf(5,
J)ystro
yfele.
hig synd on
]>set
])e
leoht
heora
deS, hata^
Witodlice se
swySor ponne
^Ic
and he ne cymt5
21 gerihtlaehte.
22
nan ne forweorSe
Iff.
J>ani
gelyfS
19
nast
witon, and
haebbe
eard,
18
]>u.
17
Jju
J'set
nseddran
15
ge-
and
folce,
sprecaS
12
Eow
]?e,
of Gaste.
is
Hu magon
of
])et
]?u
is
acenned,
Gast oret$a6
J)8et
is
]?eet
weorc ne syn
wyrc(5 soSfsestnysse
cymS
Gode gedone.
]>e
com
se Hse-
wunede
iEfter pyssum
JOHN,
Chap. XV.
And
]?aer
Endn wiS
And
Salfm, for]?am
15
lohannes fuUode on
manega
paer vvaeron
]?e
Da
Da smeadon
sunge
and comon
Rabbf, se 6e mid
Jja
ludeas be
and cwaedon
to lohanne,
him.
Ge
Neom
sylfe
Crist,
ic
bryde haefS, se
me
ac
is
synd to gewitnesse,
com asend
ic
Se
]?e
bryd-guma
Jjses
bryd-guman
Hit gebyra])
|>3et
be eorpan
se sprycS
And
he cyS
se
se Se
stefne
is
God
on
ealle J)ing
lif
27
s^de,
2s
Se Se
20
bryd-guman
mm
gefea
is
se
his cySnesse.
and
32
SoSlice se pe his
33
God
:
ys soSfaestnes.
ne sylS
God ])one
34
35
Se
]>e
J)am
]>e
30
ys, 31
his hand.
ac Godes yrre
ge-
wanige.
|>8et ic
Gast be gemete.
ece
to
faes
he weaxe, and
]>e
])set
ic
Jjaet
ealle.
-m
J>u
cumaS
beforan hine.
Ne maeg man
25
J)ing
seald.
him
to
J?e
24
|)aere claen-
nan
-z-i
weetro.
Iff;
Chapter XV.
Ic
He
eom
deS
feormaS
swijjor.
spraec.
aelc
twig aweg on
me
Nu
Jje
byrS,
WuniaS
on*
blseda ne byrS
me, and
J)aet
})aere
ic
and he
|?e
eow
Swa twig ne
spraece
on eow.
J>e ic
to
JOHN,
16
Chaf. XV.
Ic
swa ge ne magon
me, and
6
ic
wiii-
Se
]>e
wunaS on
forpam ge ne
fam
lit
9 blaeda,
10
wunige on
hit
eac,
wuniaS on minre
Gif
lufe.
swa
ic
11
hys
lufe.
12
13 faet
Das
eow
saede, pset
J>ing ic
ic
Ge synd mine
ic wunige on
min gefea sy on
Dis is min bebod,
eow lufode.
hwa sylle
]?aet
Naef(5
his Iff
]>a
15 ])ing
]>e
ic
16
gehyrde
aet
minum
Faeder.
ic sette
Ne
eow,
eow beode,
feet
ic
18 ic
19
gecure ge me, ac
J>8et
he hatede
Das
eow
))ing
Gif mid-
me
er eow.
Gif ge of middan-earde waeron, middan-eard lufode J)8Rt
his waes
forpam J>e ge ne synd of middan-earde, ac ic
Japt
forfig middan-eard
ic
eow
saede,
eow
Nis se
JOHN,
healdaS eac eowre.
minum naman
Ac
forfam
Chap. XV.
ealle fas fing hig
17
]?e
]>e
nane synne
Se
])e
'
on hyra
gewyrhtum.
24
]>e
22
ne worhte on him,
nane synne
21
me
Ac
J)aet
ponne
se Frefriend
me
cymS,
J>e
25
me buton
26
27
18
COLLOQUIUM,
Locutione exercendos,
Latince
ad Pueros LingucB
et
auctum
ah
deinde, ah JElfrico
;
LATINE ET SAXONICE.
We
bidda>
cildra
>e, eala
pueri rogamus
D. Nos
*
[rihte]
Lareow,
for>am ungelarede
quia
Latialiter recte,
>ait
idiotse
\>\x
us sprecau
ta^ce
Magister,
te,
we spreca>.
loquimur.
Hwset wille ge sprecan
M. Quid
loqui?
vultis
Hwaet rece we
hwaet
we
sy,
sit,
et
utilis,
naes
idel,
non
anilis,
o\>]>e
fracod?
aut turpis
M.
Vultis
Leofre ys
beon beswungen
us
cunnan
scire
ac
we witun
swincgla
buton
us,
plagas
nobis,
Ic axie
M.
J>e
sed scimus te
})u
nisi
]?e
hwaet
for
eom geanwyrde
Ic
Professus
bi to-genydd
sprycst Jju
cum
synaxes
on sange
;
ac,
sed
ne
ne-
and
et
inferre
us.
nobis.
Hwset haefst
Quid habes
ic
J>u
weorkes ?
operis ?
psallo
eom bysgod
[on rsedinge] and
fratribus, et occupatus sum lectionibus et
tida
cantu
monuc,
quam
nolle
esse, et
fram
cogaris
sum monachum,
)?8enne hit
bilewitne
mansuetum
lare,
pro doctrina,
flagellari
D.
in discendo ?
flagellari
spraec
* recta locutio
nisi
>eah-hwa;>ere,
tamen
ic
spre-
sermoci-
ic
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
19
M. Quid
Sume
D.
synt
yrj?lincgas,
sume
opiliones,
alii
bubulci,
huntan,
sume
fisceras,
sume
etiam
venatores,
alii
piscatores,
alii
sume
cypmenn,
sume
fugeleras,
aucupes,
sceo-wyrhtan, [sume]
oxan-hyrdas,
eac swylce
quidam
sealteras,
quidam
sutores,
salinatores,
bseceras.
quidam
sume
quidam
sume scep-hyrdas,
pistores loci.
Hwaet
M. Quid
ssegest >u,
YrHingc,
dicis
Arator,
Eala, leof
tu,
hu
>earle
hlaford,
begaest
deorfe
ic
A. O,
oxan* to
J>ywende
and jugie
felda,
ic
>u weorc
\>va. ?
et
ga ut on dsegraid,
diluculo,
ic
exeo
hi
to
nys
syl
durre
audeam
lutian
aet
ham,
latere domi,
for
ege
prae timore
domini mei
cultre
mid
cultro
oe
omni
fulne
erian
daeg ic sceal
aratro,
ajcer''
agrum,
mare,
aut plus.
Haefst
>u
aenigne
M. Habes aliquem
Ic haebbe
geferan
sociura ?
sumne
cnapan
Jjywende
mid gad-
oxan
>e
eac swylce
mulo,
qui
etiam
nu
has
modo raucus
ys,
for
est,
prae
sti-
and
frigore et
cylde
hreame.
clamatione.
Hwaet
M. Quid
mare
dest
>u on dseg ?
A.
adhuc plus
Certe
MS. Oxon.
ic do.
Ic sceal
facie.
Debeo implere
b
MS.
fyllan
>er.
binnan
praesepia
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
20
beran
heora
oxan mid hig, and waeterian hig, and scearn
bourn fceno, et adaquare eos, et fimum eorum portare
ut.
foras.
gedeorf ys hit
micel
Hig, hig,
M.
O, O, magnus labor
Ge
ic neom
quia non sum
micel
leof,
est
est,
Quid
il!f.
Gea,
hfebbe
leof, ic
habeo
O. Etiam,
on forewerdne morgen
in
* pascua, et
ad
sto
hig,
on hsete and
caulas, et
mulgeo eas
insuper, et
bis
reduco
and
buteran
caseum
et
butyrum
ic do,
on cyle, mid
frigore,cum
and
eas ad
heora
loca
haebbe
eom getrywe
ic
sum
facio, et
ic
earum moveo
in die, et caulas
cyse
and
>aerto,
sceap mine
ic
and melke
loca,
ic drife
primo
to
gedeorf?
senig
])U
Habestualiquemlaborem?
Opilio?
dicis tu,
freoh.
liber.
fidelis
hla-
do-
forde minon.
mino meo.
>u
M.
O,
hlaford min,
Eala,
B. O, domine
ic
gedeorfe
:
]>aenne
quando
se
yrHingc
arator
)?a
hig
stande ofer
waciende
for
]?eofan,
and
eft,
on seme
sto
mergen,
ic betaece
mane,
adsigno eos
M.
micel
multum laboro
laese,
oxan,
ic
laede
hig to
and ealle niht
boves, ego duco eos ad pascua, et tota nocte
unscenj>
disjungit
ic
mi,
M7rcst
Ys
>es
Est
iste
Gea
Canst
)>u
>am
ex tuis
sociis?
ys.
est.
aenig )>ing
bene pastes
aratori,
of >inum geferum
he
D, Etiam
hig
et adaquatos.
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
Mnne
V.
M.
craeft
Unam
cann.
ic
artem
21
scio.
Hwylcne ^?
Qualis est ?
Hunta ic eom.
V. Venator sum,
Hwses
M. Cujus?
Cincges.
V. Regis,
Hu
begscst
M. Quomodo
>u
Hnne
craeft
exerces artem
tuam ?
"
Icbrede me
max, and sette hig on stowe
V. Plecto mihi retia, et pono ea in loco
getihte hundas
mine,
jjset
hig ehton,
wildeor
man
veniant ad retia
and
ofsleah
ic
Ne
M.
improvise,
hig on
etegojugulo eos
in
venari
and
apto,
et
oJ> ]jaet
usquequo per-
inretientur,
et sic
>am maxum.
retibus.
Nescis
)>aet
geligeppre,
nisi
mid nettum ?
retibus?
cum
Hu?
M. Quomodo?
Mid
V.
Cum
Hwylce wildeor
M.
V.
hundum
swiftum
ic betaece wildeor.
heortas,
Capio
cervos,
rann,
and haras, and
and raegan, and
et apros, et damas, et capreas, et
haran.
hwilon
aliquando lepores.
M.
MS. hwylcne
ys.
''
huntno^e
iELFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
22
Non
sunnan-daeg
for>am
Icnjes,
V.
ac gyrstan-daeg
ys,
fui,
est,
ic
waes
fui
heri
sed
on huntuiige.
in venatione.
Hwaet
Duos cervos
Hu
Heortas
\)u
eepisti
hig
eos?
ic ofsloh.
gefenge on nettum, and bar
in retibus, et apruin jugulavi.
cepi
ic
F. Cervos
Hu
wa^re
M. Quomodo
Hundas
\>u
ofstikian
dyrstig
me, and
hyne to
bedrifon
et
?
ic
]?a3r,
ego *
togeanes
e contra
ofstikode hyne.
fa^rlice
stans,
Swi>e
Ne
>a.
tunc.
fuisti
hunta
sceal
Non
wsere
)>ryste J7U
M. Valde audax
wuniaj?
on wudum.
bestias
morantur
in sylvis.
M. Quid
Ic
wesan, for>am
forbtfuU
wildeor
V.
bar
fuisti
standende,
V.
bar.
unum aprum.
et
gefencge
M. Quomodo
V.
eepisti?
Twegen
V.
>u
gelaelitest
M. Quid
facis
sylle
Ego do
regi
quicquid
mislice
variae
de tua venatione
cync
quia
capio,
quia
sum
hunta
venator
hys.
ejus.
Hwaet
M. Quid
}>e ?
Hescryt
V. Vestit
hors,
he
sylj>
me
wel
me
bene
o\>\>e
beah,
and
J?set
M, Qualem
craeft
artem
fett,
and
et pascit, et
hwilon
aliquando
he syl> me
mihi
dat
>e lustlicor
craeft
minne
ic
libentius
artem
meam
exerceam.
canst jju
scis tu ?
begancge.
i^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
eom
Ic
23
fiscere.
P. Ego sura
piscator.
M. Quid
Bigleofan, and
P. Victum,
Hu
gefehst
M. Quomodo
min
Ic astigie
hamum
feoh.
pecuniam.
fixas
]>u
capis
scyp,
P. Conscendo navem,
angil (aes) ic
and
scrud,
et vestitum, et
pisces?
and wyrpe
et
pono
max
mine
on
retia
mea
in
prqjicio
et
hig gehsefta}*
quicquid
sportas, et
et
and
ea,
amne,
ceperint
genime.
ic
sumo.
Hwaet
M. Quid
immundi
wyrpe
Ic
beo)?
>a unclaenan
mete,
in
escam.
fixas
fuerint pisces ?
ut,
and genime me
clsene
foras, et
M. Ubi
On
P. In
ceastre.
civitate*
Hwa
M. Quis
hi?
big]>
emit
illos ?
ic
Non possum
Gives.
maeg
swa
Ic ne maeg
Ceasterwara.
P.
[gefon]
fela
tot
swa
capere
swa
fela
quot
gesyllan.
possum vendere.
Hwilce
M.
fixas
Quales pisces
iElas,
P. Anguillas,
gefehst
capis
J^u ?
and
hacodas,
et
lucios,
mynas, and
aeleputan,
sceotan,
* I
am
it
may
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
24.
For hwi
ne
.Cur
non
M,
Hwilon
to
ys
sse
mari
rewyt
magnum navigium
quia
sed raro,
facio,
micel
seldon, for]>am
ac
ic do,
P. Aliquando
me
>u on
fixast
piscaris in
sse.
M. Quid
mere-swyn and
stirian,
muslan,
pinewinclan,
sae-coccas,
musculos,
torniculos,
neptigallos,
and
Wilt
and
lopystran,
platesias, et
swylces.
fela
platissas, et
M,
and
and
fagc,
crabban,
cancros,
floe,
[ostran]
Aleces
P.
sumne
fon
)>u
Vis
cap'ere
hwael
aliquem cetum?
Nic.
P. Nolo.
For hwi
M. Quare?
plyhtlic
ForJ^am*
Mngc
Quia periculosa
P.
[ys]
me
est
mihi
faran to
est
Gebeorhlicre
hwsel.
capere cetum.
ea,
ad amnem,
ire
hit ys gefon
res
Tutius
)?8enne faran
quam
ire
mid
cum
manegum scypum, on
hranes.
huntunge
multis navibus, in venationem balenae.
M. Cur
sic ^
Forjjam leofre
P. Quia
ofslean,
mid anum
uno
na
)je
qui
occidere,
ys
me
gefon
fisc
an
me,
l^aene
ac
etiam
ic
maeg
quem possim
meos
geferan,
socios,
siege,
be an error for
natant.
*
salice.
In the
MS. Forhwan.
St.
John's
^
MS.
MS. mynan.
iELFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
And
M. Et
maenige
>eah,
gefo]>
and micelne
et
25
So>
>anon
sceat
magnum
begyta>.
\>n segst,
P. Verum
dicis,
ac ic
for
modes mines
ne ge>ristige,
sed ego non audeo, propter mentis meae
nytenysse.
ignaviam.
Hu
?
Auceps? Quomodo
M. Quid
dicis tu,
On feala wisan
A. Multis modis
beswice
ic
fugelas
aves
decipio
fugelas
]?u
mid
aliquando
netton,
retibus,
[hwilon]
mid grinum,
[hwilon]
aliquando
laqueis,
aliquando
mid hwistlunge,
sibilo,
>u
Hsefst
M. Habes
hafoc
mid
[hwilon]
lime,
glutino,
aves?
decipis
hwilon
beswicst
aliquando
accipitrem
Ic haebbe.
A. Habeo.
]>ii
temian
hig ?
Scis tu domitare eos ?
Canst
M.
Gea,
cann.
ic
A. Etiam,
scio.
hig
domitare eos
temian
Syle
V.
Da
me
buton
ic cuj^e
nisi
scirem
aenne hafoc.
mihi accipitrem.
lustlice,
gyf
libenter,
si
Ic sylle
A. Dabo
hund.
Hwilcne
>u
tu
hafoc
wilt Jju
vis
habban
habere
)>one
aenne
swyftne
unum velocem
maran, hwae>er >e
majorem,
aut
minorem ?
Syle me
V,
me
sylst
dederis mihi
Da mihi
)>aene
maran.
majorem.
Hu
M, Quomodo
hafocas
afetst* ))u
pascis
>ine
accipitres tuos ?
MS.
afest.
COLLOQUIUM.
iELFRICI
26
Hi
A.
me
fedajj
Ipsi
ic Isete
hig
setwindan
dimitto
eos
avolare
me
pascunt se ipsos et
in hieme, et
and genyme
wuda,
to
in
me
vere
briddas on
And for hwi forlsetst >u >a getemedon setwindan fram J>e ?
avolare
a te ?
domitos
Et cur permittis tu
31.
For>am
hig
on
sumera, for>am
pascere eos
in
sestate,
fedan
ic nelle
A. Quia
nolo
>earle
eo
>e
hig
quod
etal>.
nimium comedunt.
And manige
M, Et
multi
feda)>
ha getemedon
ofer
pascunt
domitos
super
sumor,
eestatem,
j^aet
ut
eft
Gea,
A. Etiam
ac
do]?,
sic faciunt,
na
ofer
super
eos,
manige,
quia
scio
nelle
ic
^set
o]>
an
deorfan
alios,
senne,
J'set
ac
eac swilce
etiam
gefon.
plures, capere.
Hwa^t
sffigst
M. Quid
Ic
Mancgere
]>u,
secge
behefe
)>8et
utilis
folce.
et divitibus, et
M.
Mercator?
dicis tu,
ic
eom ge
sum
cingc,
and ealdormannum,
ducibus,
et regi, et
omni populo.
And
hu ?
Et quomodo ?
Ic
astige
min
scyp,
mid
hlajstum
sselice
daelas,
and cype
>a
vendo meas
ic hit to-gelaede
adduco
tiosas, quae in
eow
hider,
mid micclan
vobis hue,
cum magno
and
hwilon
periculo, super mare, et aiiquando
plihte,
ofer
sae,
JELFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
forlidenesse
ic >olie,
mid
lyre
naufragium
patior,
cum
jactura
minra,
evadens.
vivus
Hwylce >inc
M,
Hnga
ealra
cwic aetberstende.
uneaj?e
vix
27
gelaedst
>u
us
Paellas,
Mer. Purpuram,
sidan,
selcu>e
maestlingc,
aer,
and
aurichalcum,
aes,
et
and
swefel,
tin,
and
glaes,
J?ylces
his
fela.
similia.
M,
Hwaet >aenne me
Quid tunc mihi
Ic nelle.
Mer.
ic
Nolo.
wylle heora
cypan
volo
her
luflicor
wif,
uxorem,
J?aer,
illic,
j^aet
ut
me
afede,
and
me
pascam,
et
ic
filium.
et
M.
Sed
emi
-^c
mens
quam
sum
gestreon
me
ic begyte,
J?anon
aliquod lucrum mihi adquiram, unde
min
hser
illic?
Tu,
us
nytwyr>nesse
Sutor,
Ys witodlice
>u
wyrcst
craeft
min behefe
mea utilis
utilitatis ?
and neodjjearf.
valde vobis, et necessaria.
dearie
eow,
Hu?
M. Quomodo?
Ic
S.
bicge
Ego emo
swyft-
and
leras,
sceos,
le>er-hosa,
and
and
phaleras, et
flaxan
(pinnan)
flascones,
and higdifatu,
et
sub-
butericas, bridel-twancgas
utres,
et
calidilia,
frenos,
and
et
spur-le>era,
and
calcaria,
et
c2
.ELFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
28
et
nele oferwintran
eower
and nan
hffilftra,
chamos, peras,
marsupia, et
M. O,
^S'.
us
fremat> crseft >in?
hwaet
Sealtere,
Salinator, quid nobis proficit ars tua ?
pearle
frenia>
crseft
min
eow
Multum
prodest
ars
mea
vobis
eower
biyc)'
blisse
on gereorduncge,
oJ?>e
nemo
mete, buton
aut coena,
prandio,
nan
eallum
omnibus:
craeft
ars
nisi
him beo.
min
gistli^e
mea
hospita
ei fuerit.
Hu?
M. Quomodo?
werodum >urhbryc}? mettum, buton swaecce
manna
Quis hominum dulcibusperfruitur cibis, sine sapore
Hwylc
*S'.
Hwa
sealtes?
craafte
arte
cleafan
gefylj?
Quis replet
salis?
minon
mea?
his,
cellaria sua,
Efne, buter-ge>weor
oe
sive
a?lc
omne
Ecce, butyrum
buton
hedderne,
promtuaria, sine
wyr>e ne fur]?on an
hyrde setwese eow,
eow, buton ic
vobis, nisi ego custos adsim vobis, qui nee saltern oleri-
Quid
iff.
hwae]?er,
si
butan
}>e,
sine te,
Ge magon
P.
craifte,
arte,
Potestis
hf
Hwam
craefte
sine
arte
oe
tua,
aut
faec,
butan [minon
sum
per aliquod spatium, sine mea
[watodlice,] |>urh
quidem,
adreogan,
ac]
minon,
aelc
na lancge, ne
beod
to
aelc
wel;
aemtig
by)>
mete to
sine pane, omnis cibus in
butan hlafe,
>>in,]
adreogan ?
lif
we magon
possimus vitam ducere ?
butan
frema)> [craeft
so>lice,
;
nam,
gesewen, and,
esse,
et,
Ic beortan
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
marines
gestrangie
29
[eom]
me.
forbigean
lincgas nella)>
wera
maegen
ic
horainis confirmo
vuli
[Hwset
M, Quid
seega)? we be coce ;]
dicimus de coquo
we be|'m:fon on senigon
indigemus in aliquo
hwae>er
si
craefte [his ?]
arte ejus?
Gif ge
DtAiit
ge
Cocus : Si
ut-adrifa]?
expellitis
grene,
and
viridia,
et
eowre
wyrta
eta]?
me
me
eowre
vestras
fljesc-mettas
carnes
habban].
habere.
WenereccaJ)
ys,
forj^am
we
sylfe
quia nos
est,
ipsi
arte
magon
J^e
eritis
\>z.
ideo
ealle
Jraelas,
omnes
servi,
tamen,
Eala, [|>u]
M, O,
>e to seoj'enne
quae
coquenda
me
fram-adryfa}?,
i>8et
me
expellitis,
ut
and
eower
nan
sine
arte
munuc,
J>e
sic faciatis,
bi)>
erit
hlaford
dominus
ge ne eta>.
me
to spycst,
J>e
habban
bavi
te
gode
don,
ge >us
ne
vestrum
et nullus
afandod
and
qui sunt
]?ingc
bradenne synd.
neod^earf
us
nobis necessaria
assanda sunt.
quae
Dicit Cocus : Si
tunc
seo}>an
to
Gifgeforjjy
bonne beo ge
nec
tua,
possumus coquere
sunt, et assare
ne he
M. Non curamus de
geferan,
es,
efne ic hgebbe
ecce
pro-
and
}>earle
neod)>earfe:
et
valde
necessarios;
ic ahsie |?a.
illi?
Ic haebbe
D, Habeo
smij>as,
isene-smijjas,
gold-smiJ>,
seolfor-smi}),
fabros,
ferrarios,
aurifieem,
argentarium.
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
30
cr?efta
mistlicra
manega oke
multos alios variarum artium
treow-wyrhtan, and
et
lignarium,
ar-smi>,
gerarium,
biggenceras.
operatores.
[Hu
Gewislice ic ha;bbe.
[Hwffit segst
>as
J)u,]
dicis tu,
gegaderungc
ure
ma^g]
Quomodo
habeo.
Certe
M. Quid
Habes
D.
ge^eahtan
wisne
senigne
Haifst [>u]
M.
wesan?
furj>ra
J>e,]
me
ys ge)?uht
Codes
]?eowdom,
betweoh
Dico
tibi,
mihi
videtur
Dei
servitium
inter
C.
>as
istas
craeftas
ealdorscype
healdan,
swa swa
on
artes
primatuin
tenere,
sicut
legitur
in
godspelle,
Fyrmest
evangelio,
Primum
M.
And hwilce
Et quales
ealdordom
secea)?
rice
queerite regnuni
ealle
Dei,
beo)' to-geyhte
eow.
adjicientur
vobis.
omnia
et
justitiam
heoldan
betwux worold-crseftas
tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere
>e
ge]>ubt
primatum
Eor'S-tilJj,
for^am
C. Agricultura, quia
Se SmiJ) secgb:
Ferrarius dicit:
na
se yr]>ling
arator
Hwanon
ealle
fett.
[]?am yrjjlinge]
sylan scear
ol>J)e
aratori
vomer
aijit
Unde
gade
us
buton of craefteminon?
culter, qui nee stimulum habet, nisi ex arte mea ?
culter,
}pe
ancgel,
fiscere
piscatori
o]>]>q
hamus, aut
hffif>,
sceo-wyrhtan
sutori
Hwanon
Undje
seamere naedlj?
subula, aut sartori acua?
ael,
o)5>e
minon geweorce ?
nonne ex meo opere ?
nis hit
of
saegst [I?u]
dicis
ac
sed
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
eallum
us
mid
i>e
apud
te
hwaet sylst
[i>u]
quid das
quam
aratorem
hlaf
and
drenc
panem
et
potum
us
syl))
quia
apud
est hospitari
for}?am se yr)?ling
mid
wikian
ys
leofre
31
\>u,
tu,
us,
on smij?J>an |>inre, buton isene fyr-spearcan,
nobis, in officina tua, nisi ferreas scintillas,
Se Treo-wyrhta seg>:
Lignurius dicit:
minon, J>onne
and
bus,
cum domos,
mea,
et
Hwilc
eower
ne
nota}?
craefte
eow
mistlice
fata, and scypa,
diversa vasa, et naves, vobis
eal-
om-
lum
ic wyrce ?
nibus fabrico ?
Jju,
jju
ne miht
vales
fur^on
an
saltern
unum
ne
cum nee
ris,
for
cur
[buton
J?yrl
foramen, sine
craefte
minon]
arte
mea,
don ?
facere ?
Se Gejjeahtend sag>
Consiliarius dicit:
Uton towurpan hwaetUcor
Dissolvamus
ge>waernyss
nos,
and
arte
sua,
et
bigleofan
and sy
geflitu,
contention es, et
et
prosit
sit
ic sylle
eallum
wyrhtum,
do
omnibus
operariis,
alteri in
habba>;
swa
sive
munuc,
swa
monachus, seu
ceorl,
and
J)is
et
hoc
anra gehwylc
craeft
ut unusquisque artem
|>aet
geondice
begange; forJ>am sej>e
diligenter exerceat ; quia qui
et
unusquisque
urum
get>eaht
preost,
pax
o>ron on
mid
symble
consilium
his
and
anra gehwylc
suam
sibb
we
conveniamus semper apud aratorem, ubi *
ge]?waerian
us,
gode wyrhtan!
boni operarii
et
socii
and framige
inter
hys,
has
citius
us,
Concordia
]?as
betweoh
craefte
craeft
bis
forlaet,
Swa hwaeher hu
Sive
sy,
sis
^LFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
32
beo
^aet [}>set]
quod
ys men
on )>isum
>e sylfne
hyt
hyn>
and
sceamu
damnum
et
verecundia
he
ys,
and
est,
>8et
^e he wesan
quod
et
M. O
eow
hu
pueri,
quomodo
*
>eos
lica)?
quod
spaec
ac
>earle
deoplice
sed
valde
profunda
ure
msehe
ofer
et ultra aetatem
loqueris,
>aet >aet
esse
us,
heo Ilea's
placet nobis,
D. Bene quidem
[hu] sprycst, and
wesan
debet.
esse
Wei
nelle
sceal.
cild,
Eala
magnum
quia
es,
homini nolle
est
micel
eart, forJ>am
\>\x
)>aet we magon
andgyte,
urum
sed loquere nobis juxta nostrum intellectum, ut possimus
us
spree
ac
understandan
J>a
he hu specst.
loqueris.
Ic ahsige
eow
Interrogo vos
we
Forham
Z>.
Hng
quge
intelligere
M.
sefter
Quia
hwi swa
for
nellah
tam
cur
wesan
swa
esse
sicut
nolumus
And
M. Et
hwaet
willah
Volumus
On
M.
ge
leornige ge
nytenu,
stunte
bruta animalia,
ha
quee
waiter,
aquam.
[We]
Z>.
wille
geornlice
diligenter discitis?
hwilcon
Qua
husendhiwe,
wesan
wise.
esse sapientes.
wisdome ?
sapientia?
on leasungum
Wille ge wesan
Vultis
esse
praettige,
ohhe
versipelles,
aut
wel
lytige,
bene loquentes
underheodde,
facn*
dediti,
dolum
hencende,
swaesum wordum
male cogitantes, dulcibus verbis
et
wihinnan tyddriende,
intus
alentes,
swa swa
bergyls,
sicut
sepulchrum,
MS.
fan.
tELFRICI colloquium.
We
swa wesan
nella>
Nolumus
Z).
for>am
wise,
quia
sapientes,
esse
sic
33
he nys
non
wis
sapiens
est
Ac
hu
wille ge
M. Sed quomodo
We willat> beon
D. Volumus esse
vultis ?
don
we bugon fram yfele, and
ut deeiinemus a
malo, et faciamus
goda
jjast
hwae>ere,
men
>eah-
adhuc
ta~
yld
>u smeagst >onne
ure
mid us
deoplicor
profundius nobiscuni disputas quam aetas nostra
maege
anfon
gyt,
bona:
us
spree
ac
capere possit
aefter
deoplice.
prol'unde.
M, Ego
to-daeg
hodie
do
Ic
Manega >ing
D. Multas
hyrde,
res
of
ic aras
divi, surrexi
uht-sang
ic
and
daegredlice
et
matutinales
seolmas,
septem psalmos,
on
mus
and
cyrcean,
and sang
et cantavi
ad ecclesiam,
eallum
Sanctis,
lof-sangas;
laudes
mid
letanian,
and
cum
letaniis,
et
dydon
et fecimus
ic ge-
nocte,
et exivi
cnyll
>a)ja
[>ii]
fecisti
halgum,
tertiam,
)>isse niht,
Hac
lectulo,
raid
undern-tide, and
On
dyde.
feci.
de
nocturnam cum
seofon
aefter Jjysum,
post haec,
capitol
omnibus
prim,
and
primam,
et
maessan;
primam missam
maessan be daege
missam de die
aefter J^isum
post hac
syan
deinde
we
sung-
cantavi-
slepon,
middaeg, and
and druncon, and
aeton,
sextam, et manducavimus, et bibimus, et dormivimus,
eft
et iterum
we
arisen,
and
surrexinms, et
sungon
non,
and
nu
c5
iELFRICI COLLOQUIUM.
34
we synd her
setforan >e,
sumus
coram
hie
secge.
us
gearuwe gehyran hwaet
parati audire quid * nobis dixeris.
te,
niht-sangc ?
o)>>e
aifen,
Hwaenne wylle ge singan
vultis cantare vesperum, aut completorium ?
M. Quando
ponne hyt
tima
by>.
D. Quando * tempus
M.
And
hu
Ilwaet
me
jjine
geferan?
tui
socii ?
digla
oJj]?e
heold.
tenui.
be >am
ahsast [hu]
D. Quid me
me
caute
quia
fui,
M. Et quomodo
>e
me
Ic
D. Non
tibi
erit.
Arira gebwylc
ure.
wat
Unusquisque
secreta nostra.
yppan
Ic ne deor
interrogas de hoc ?
gif
scit si
he beswuncgen waes
* flagellatus erat
na.
aut non.
Hwset
31.
on
ytst j?u
Quid manducas
Gyt
dffig
flaesc-mettum
D. Adhuc
in die ?
bruce, forjjam
ic
carnibus
quia
vescor,
cild
ic eom under
puer sum
sub
gyrde drohtniende.
degens.
virga
M.
Hwaet mare
Quid plus
Wyrta, and
ytst
>u
manducas?
segra,
fisc,
and
and
ealle
claene Jjingc
et
omnia
munda
Swi)>e
M, Valde
\>e
>e
waxgeorn
eart >u,
edax
es,
l^onne
>u
cum
ealle
Hnge
omnia
etst
manducas
'
apponuntur.
Ic ne
eom swa
D, Non sum
metta
mid micelre
)>ancunge.
* gratiarum actione.
manduco, cum
quae tibi
ciborum
ic etc,
and beana,
buteran,
cyse,
raicel
tam
swelgere,
^a-t
ic
vorax,
ut
ealle
cynn
omnia genera
^LFllICI COLLOQUIUM.
Ac
3.5
hu ?
M, Sed quomodo ?
hwilon
Ic bnice
]?isum
D. Vescor aliquando
his
mettum, and
et
cibis,
[hwilon]
ojjrum,
aliquando
aliis,
mid
syfernysse,
cum
com nan
for>ara ic
quia non
And
sum
gluto.
gluto.
hwaet drincst
M. Et
quid
gif ic hsebbe,
Ealu,
D.
\>Vl ?
bibis?
Cerevisiam,
habeo,
si
oe
wseter,
vel
aquam,
gif
naibbe
ic
non habeo
si
ealu.
cerevisiam.
Ne
drincst
M. Nonne
Ic
win
>u
bibis
win
vinum non
}>aet
drenc
est
ic
me
maege bicgean
win
cilda,
potus puerorum,
vinum
dives
nys
ealdra and
senum
vinum ?
dysigra,
ne
sive stultorum,
ac
sed
wisra.
et sapientum.
Hwaer
M. Ubi
On
slaepst [jju]
dormis?
slsep-erne
mid
gebroJ?rura.
M.
Quis excitat
Hwilon
ic
te
ad nocturnos ?
cnyll,
and
ic arise
hwilon
signum
et
surgo
aliquando
gehyre
D. Aliquando audio
lareow
min awec> me stiHice mid
magister mens excitat me duriter cum
gyrde.
virga.^^^-"''''^
Eala ge [gode]
M. O
observetis
sylfe
vosmet
a^nlice
elegauter
on ulcere
stowe.
ubique locorum.
Gah
Incedite
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
36
cum
bellan,
cyricean
ge gehyran
auscultaveritis
honne
>eawlice,
morigerate,
and
campanas, et
ecelesise
eadmodlice to halgum
and abugaj>
cyrcean,
into
ga]>
ingredimini in oratorium, et inclinate suppliciter ad almas
anmodlice,
singah
and
)>eawlice,
wefodum, and standa>
state disciplinabiliter, et concinite unanimiter,
et
aras,
butan
ga>ut,^
and
eowrum synnum,
for
pro vestris erratibus, et egredimini, sine
gebidda>
and
et intervenite
oe to
claustre,
to
hygeleaste,
scurrilitate, in claustrum, vel in
leorninge.
gymnasium.
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
Dominica I. in Mense Septembri,
QUANDO LEGITUR IoB.
Mine
gebroSra,
we
raedaS nu
]>e
nu
aat
wille
Godes Senungum be
we eow
hwaet lytles be
mannum
laewedum
))8st
Man
sceal
lan^sumnysse geaeSrytte.
Sum wer
his
nama was
lob.
Se wer waes
]?e
yfel
;
and rihtwis
him waeron
he hajfde seofon
hund getymu
hund assan and ormaete micelne hired. Se
swife maere betwux eallum Eastenmm; and his
oxena and
wer waes
and
ys gehaten Hus,
swij^e bilewite
fif
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
suna ferdon and ))enode
ymbhwyrfte
eet his
mid
o|?ruin
aelc
37
his
godum on
don.
sunum,
Jjylaes ]>e
Gode
God on
dagum for
wi6
sunum and
his
hi
swa
gehalgode.
To
him betwux.
Hwanon come
]>u ?
and
nan man
deofol,
eorj^an, bilewite
yfel forbugende.
blinda ne gesihS
and
God and
stod se deofol on
on sunnan.
on
rihtwis, ondrsedende
|)8ere
]>.one
decS se blinda
blindan,
God
sunnan leoman.
man
Swa
and
se
geseah J>one
his wuldres.
is
his ))rym-setl.
Nu
Godes fot-sceamele up on }?8ere eor])an, ]?aSa se ^Imihtiga hine axode hwanon he come ?
Ke cwaeS past he ferde
geond J)as eorpan, forJ)an |>e he fasrS, swa swa Petrus se
aet
Apostol
eower wiferwinna,
faertS
Micele wasron
J)e
se deofol,
wij)standat5
])ises
fam
leo,
strange on ge-
mannes geearnunga,
]?a
se
Ge magon
sylfum awrat.
lob cwaet5
Ic alysde
bearne,
])e
heortan
ic gefrefrode.
Ic waes blindum
.t5T
hrymende
men
Ic waes
ic
fearfan, and
fam steopwydewan
geheolp, and
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
38
Of flysum minra
feeder.
and
sidan,
ne
ic
ne
eet
hi*
gyrndon
bllssode on
ic
ic
Iseg 8el|>eodig
ic
ne
Ne faegnode
man wi]?utan
J)u
geweorc
];u
and
bletsodest,
Ac
astrece
hwon
ah,
and he
])e
J^ine
his aehta
hand, and
and
weoxon on
on ansyne wyrig^.
his
Drihten
hand-
eorj^an.
ymg
J)e
he
to J>am
cvvaetJ
ne astrecce.
Ne
ac fremode, for})an
]>e
])u
J?aet
he waes fulfremedre on
ge]7inc]?uni
sceoccan ehtnysse.
Se deofol
gewende ]>a. fram Godes gesihpe, and acwealde ealle his
^hta anes daeges. Sum aerend-raca com to lobe, and cwaeS,
Dine syll eodon and ])a assan wiS hf laeswodon pa. f^rlice
aefter J^aes
comon
benamon, and
J>am
]>e
))aet
ic J?e
com sum
]?is
])ine yrj^lingas
cydde.
ofer,
Mid
and cwaeS,
Da
ealle gelaehton,
aetfleah, f aet ic
fe fis cydde.
ic ana
Efne f a-gyt com se feorfa
;
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
39
aerend-raca inn, and cwseS, Dine suna and fine dohtra aeton
and druncon mid heora yldestan brej)er, and efne |?a fterlice
swi]?lic wind of J)am westene, and tosloh faet hus
swegde
aet
hwemmum,
]?am feower
and acwealde
ol^rihte
Hwaet
Jja,
minre modor
me
Drihten
inno]7e,
forgeaf
and nacod
]>3,
aehta,
On
dyde
cydde.
his loccas
ic
com
of
heonan gewendan.
and Drihten hf me
benam
nama ge-
eft
hit is
)?ing dyslices
se ealda deofol to
symle he
J>is
welerum, ne nan
J?is
ic sceal
beam
J)ine
feol to eor]?an,
hreosende
and
forcearf,
paet hit
ana
ic
laefde aenne
ongean God ne
gremenne
spraec.
Eal
J?one
paet his
on heofenum naefre
si]>]?an
Eall
waere
forj^an
]>e
se deofol naes
of heofenum, to bepaecenne
biS
ac wite gehwa
J^aet
se
]?aet
earme mancynn
|?e
he on
welerum,
for]?an J)e
h^
dyslice ongean
buton unrotnysse
Sa])a
forlet.
Eft
God ne
he cydde
J)a])a
sifj^an,
]?aet
ne beheolde
eorJ?an,
]>u
eaj>e-
sumum
daege,
his gesihj)e,
ne
he buton
h^ hf swa
on
J>a
waes eac
spraec,
J>aet
his
his unscaeSSignysse.
se
Hwaet
gelica nis on
pu
to,
astyredest
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
40
me
ic
man
he
hsefS,
sylt5
for his
felle,
Astrece nu
life.
Se
geswencte.
fearflease hine
l?ine
hand, and
he pe on
ansyne wirig^.
is
Da gewende se deofol of
]?aere
lob
neo]?ewerde.
his mixene,
saet
sarlice eal
on pinre bilewitnysse
Du
spraece
ilas
on anre wunde, up on
croc-scearde.
andwyrde,
]>'d
his lice
Gyt
to,
])u
mid anum
purhwunast
On
welerum.
paet
wif him to
swa he ^r
gepafode
Adam
paet
gelimp, and
neosodon.
comon him to of heora rice, paet hf hine geHeora naman waeron pus gecigde, Elifaz, Bal-
daS, Sofar.
Hf gecwaedon paet hf samod cumende hine
geneosodon and gefrefrodon. Hi* pa comon and hine ne
oncneowon
paerrihte
wepende.
Hf totaeron
heora
reaf,
hwam sum
fi^rlic sar
become,
paet
he
paet gif
Hf comon
swa
hine
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
to gefrefrigenne
8wa getucod
])u
ateorodest
Hwaer
is
nu
wordum
waere,
;
41
s^rnys
]>'m
]>e
Godes
hrepode, and
ege,
and
J>in
negum frafungum
hine geswencton.
yrmt5,
J>e
lob
ic folige,
and
Hwaer
strencS ?
And mid
pe,
eart geunrotsod.
]>\i
cwae'S,
is
raa-
Eala gif
waeron awegene
To freagenne ge
sand-corn on s^.
He
cwaet5 faet
mannes
God
lif
waere
campdom
se
gastlica
Godes
to blisse,
f aere
agen untrumnys,
edwit, ne mihton
lyre, his
awecgan lob of
his
and
his
freonda
modes anraednysse,
beswican wolde.
Min
flaesc is
ymbscrj^d
is
forscruncen.
fa fe
me
etat5
Me
for-
habbaS geswencednysse
ne slapaS.
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
42
of eorjjan
and
ic
hiht
is
We
]7as
is
and
arise,
on minum
on
ic
beo
flagsce
minum bosme
mid minum
eft
God
J>es
geled.
saedon
race
Da
smeagenne.
wi6
befangen,
felle
]7one
]>ry
is
ham sijjjjan. Ac
God hf gespraec
|)a,
waere, forJ)an
swa lob
fearras
]?e
and cwae6,
jjaet
his |)egen.
he him eallum
to,
geoffriaS
J)as
lac for
for eow,
and
ic his
))a3t
ge swa
feowa gebit
)>rim
gram
lob
ansyne underfo,
rihtlice to
me
so]>lice
})aet
min
eow ne
ne spraicon
swa swa min j^eowa lob. Hit waes gewunelic on ealdum dagum, ]?aet man Gode ]?yllice lac offrode on cucan orfe, and
J)a
acwealde
prowunge.
ac seo offrung
Elifaz
is
nu unalyfedlic
aefter Cristas
]?a
his
]78et
se iElmihtiga
freondum gebaed.
behreowsunge,
]?a]?a
Drihten eac
he for his
])a
gecyrde to lobes
magum
J>e
swa swa
dum
for
|)aet
gebaed,
eat5elice
him
oSrum
gebit, frematS
gecyrde
God
to his
^r geuntrumode.
pusend olfenda,
fif
fif
hand
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
assan
and
him waeron
eft
six
assan
43
He
swiJ)or
on ende J>onne on
and
him forgyldan his
beam be twyfealdum, swa swa he dyde his sehta? He
nolde for]7i ]?e his beam naeron forlorene, swa swa his eehta
angynne.
waeron
feng
swa
fela.
acwealde
digelan
life
]?aera
Hwaet
beam
swa-J)eah gehealdene on
beam waeron
ac pa
and he
forf>an
J?e
forJ)i
]>a,
pam
under-
o]jre
him
]?aes
]>a,,
^r cuJ)on, comon him to, and hine gefrefrodon, and his micclum wundrodon, and him gife geafon.
Naeron gemette on ealre eor])an swa wlitige wimmen swa
swa waeron lobes dohtra. He soSlice leofode, aefter his
swingle, an hund geara and feowertig geara, and geseah
his bearna beam, oS })a feor]>an maeg|)e.
On eallum his
life, he leofode twa hund geara and eahta and feowertig
geara. He waes se fifta man aefter Abrahame j^am heahfaedere.
On J>am timan waes swiSe langsum Iff on manealle J)a pe hine
cynne.
man
})as
ic paet
he
maeg
his
wedum mannum
sylf
awrat
fullice
o]>]>e
scyrtinge ne taele
be |)isum
raedan
:
and eow
him
lae-
is J?is
swa swa he
race oferraede
fas
and to
swa swa lareowas trahtnodon. Gif ure aenigum sum ungelimp becume, ponne sceole we beon gemyndige pises maeran weres, and gepyldige beon on pam pwyr-
nyssum pe us
se iElmihtiga
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
44
Jjaere
scortan gesaelSe
]>e
we
sceolon
forlaetan.
ealra his
ecnysse.
Amen.
IIII. Id.
Mart.
Gregorius
se halga papa,
Romance Inclyti.
aefter
menigfealdum gedeorfum,
He
gesaeliglice astah.
is rihtliee
to
'
Seo
Nu
wylle
we sum Sing
scortlice
ma-
gas
his
faeder hatte
his
fifta faeder.
He waes, swa swa we cwaedon,
worulde aeSelboren, ac he oferstah his aeSelborennysse
is
He
la-
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
reowa gebisnungum, and naes
l^re on faesthafelum gemynde.
breoste
'Sa
flowendan
He
hldd
Se he
lare,
t5a
his
geogoS
aefter
mid purstigum
fyrste mid
sefter
eft
gearum, SaSa
45
On
geonglicum
gecynde woruld-Sing
lufian
sceolde, pa
to
Witodlice
on
Sicilia-lande,
getimbrode, on
and
seofoSe binnon
]>aet
^am he sylf
regollice,
Romana-burh
drohtnode.
and genihtsumlice
He
awende.
eode ^r
his
heofonlicum wuldre
f5earfa,
be fan gen.
Swa
rednysse swa
Jjaet
medra halgena
getele.
He
h^
stiSlicor
lifes
ofsett waes,
swa
gewilnode.
setl gesaet,
Seonde
waes,
mana-byrig, and
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
46
be betwux
Sam warum
GregoriusSa beheold
gefexode.
J>8era
cnapena
man
]?8et
wlite,
and
pa saede him
peet 6aere
Seode
Him man
saede,
swa
paet
fae-
geres hfwes
Saere scfre
cyning gehaten
^lle gehaten
his
wordum
Him
waere.
to
Sam
Alleluia sy gesungen on
gan Scyppendes.
and hine
Godes fultume,
mihte se papa
gif hit
paet
baed, paet
Sam papan
he Angelcynne
Se he
pa ne
gelicode.
eall
wolde
forSan
micel
mann-cwealm becom
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
Romaniscan
ofer Saere
gium
leode,
and ^rest
47
t5one
papan Pela-
Witodlice aefter
Saes
faet
fiaes
folces,
bugigendum.
Sam
pistol to
casere
Mauricium,
geSafode
he mid
J>aet
se wees his
baed. faet
J'aes
wurSmyntes wuldre
}>aet
J>e
aet
sumum
saele
Ac
bepaeht wurde.
gefaedera,
he nsefre t5am
he Surh Sone
he ^r awearp,
Saes
caseres
heah-
Germanus, gelaehte Sone pistol aet Gregories aerendracan, and hine tot^r; and siSSan cydde |?am casere,
Mauri]>aet faet folc Gregorium to papan gecoren haefde.
eius Sa se casere ]?aes Gode Sancode, and hine gehadian
gerefa,
het.
Hwaet
aetlutode
Jjaet
ac hine
man
gelaehte,
and on dym-hofon
and teah
to Petres cyrcan,
Gregorius Sa ^r
]>e
swurde
J>aes
aenlipige sind
mid faerlicum
slihte aweste.
M\e
Efne nu
Sis folc is
yldinge forhradaS.
faet se sylfa
deaS paere
gripen, aerSan Se he to
gecyrran maege.
mid
gehwilce
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
48
gesiht5e
])3es
strecan
peet yfel
bew^pan
Gehwilce eor^-bugigende sind aetbrodene, and heora hus standat5 aweste. Fsederas and moddru
bestandat5 heora bearna Ifc, and heora yrfenuman him
ISe
he gefremode.
Uton
'Se
eornostlice fleon
we moton, ^rSan
Uton
He
weorces up-arseran.
forgifS
ac
ic wille J^aet
Ne
micelnysse
Sreora
geortruwige nan
:
witodlice
man
t5a
hine
sylfne
benum
gebfged, gif
rihtlaehte.
we
his
synna
f'ram
and se gecyrreda
mede geearnode.
Dema to urum
urum ^wyrnyssum beoS ge-
for
lifes
hraedlice biS se
Sot^lice ge-
magnys is pam soSan Deman gecweme, feah 6e heo mannum unSancwur^e sy, forSan 6e se arfaesta and se mildheorta God wile paet we mid gemaglicum benum his mildheortnysse ofgan, and he nele swa micclum swa we geearniat5 us geyrsian.
Be t5isum h^ cwae'5 J)urh his witegan,
Clypa me on daege 6inre gedrefednysse, and ic Se ahredde,
and Su maersast me. God sylf is his gewita ]?aet he miltsian
wile him to clypigendum, seSe manat5 ]?aet we him to clypian
sceolon.
Fort5i, mine gebroSra })aleofostan, uton gecuman
on Sam feorSan daege fysre wucan on aerne-merigen, and
mid estfullum mode and tearum singan seofonfealde lae-
HOMIL/ES OF iELFRIC.
taiiias, J>aet se
we
streca
Dema
49
J>8et
laewede
J>aet
eadigan
Sam
letanium gecomon, to
cwealm,
J^aet
hwfle pe
lende, of
life
gewiton,
sungon.
Ac
se halga sacerd
genne
sung
J)aet
J)one
Hwaet
fset folc
ne geswac
Jjaet
tetanias
'Sa
folc to
mani-
Godes
milt-
oSj^aet
Gregorius,
siSSan he papanhad
underfeng,
He
]?aet
5aer-
na to Saes hwon
forlaetan,
Sysum
fglande,
tihtingum
and he
micclum mid
sylf
his
benum and
gecigede,
wordum
manna ymbe-spraece
yfelra
wylme
))aere
Ne beoge
langsuman
J?aes
faereldes,
o56e purh
fultum gefremmaS.
And
wite ge
])aet
mare
for
hit
GehyrsumiaS eadmodlice
J>one
Se we eow to ealdre
geswinces waestm on
Sam ecan
eSele geseon,
swa
faet ic
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
.50
Augustinus
t5a
mid
o'Sj)8et
hf to Sisum fglande
gesundfullice becomon.
On
t5am
dagum
byrig nclice, and his rice wses astreht fram ^sere micclan
Humbre o^ sut5
ea
s^.
his
and geleafFullum
mannum
pa andwyrde
paet
se
heofonan rfces
infger
geopenode.
and cwaeS,
J^aet
his
munecum
to geefenlae-
mid singalum gebedum, and waeccan, and faestenum Gode tSeowigende, and Iffes word ])am
^e hf mihton bodigende, ealle middaneardlice ^ing, swa
cenne
]>8era
apostola
Iff,
t5aere
]>ing
Sam
soSfaestnysse
t5e
'5e
ana
]?e
hf to bigleo-
Godes naman
unscaeSSigan
Da
set
Iffes,
heora
l^re.
claene Iff
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
manegum tacnum geseSde; and he Sa
gefullod,
51
gelyfende wearS
geneadod, ac
J^aet
sylfwilles.
menige efstan
to
nolde svva-^eah
forSan ^e he ofaxode
Cristes
Ongunnon Sa daeghwomlice
liine
and hf
ajt
gela^unge, on
sylfe
for-
geSeoddon Cristes
gelyfende.
ofer
s^
to
Sam
to
p8et
Sam
eadigan Gre-
pu miht
Seode
dan
gife.
Ondr^d Se swa-Seah
J)aet
Sin
mod ne beo
ahafen
d2
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
52
reliquias
tJone pallium
daege.
]>aes
six mon'Sas,
gewat to
papan
setles
folc to t5am
life
ecan
life
Sam
ecan
setle
heofenan
rices,
XIII.
on
Sam
he leofaS
Amen.
Kal. Apr.
J?ises
halgan
liT
Us
cild,
TElmihtiga
God wolde
J>aet
se eadiga
arn,
mid
his
gyddunge,
CuSberhtus,
his ny;
ac se
wislice freade.
SoSlice,
})aet
CuSberhtum
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
To hwf
befran,
under]>eodst
Se sylfne
J)u
53
]?isum
ydelum
wur^mynte
folces
fam
geceas,
Hwaet
Sa,
J>u
to
]?e
Gode,
]>e
heofonan rfces
scealt
his
infser
dreoriglice wepende,
heap wolde
geopenian.
Witodlice, eall
cossum gegladode.
mynegunge,
node.
heardum geswelle
J>3es
swa
alefed,
feSunge underwreSode.
pa
j^aet
gesaet he
his
com
ridda, sittende
pa ridende to
hwitum
sum arwurSe
on snaw-
and he
sylf
tiSode.
is
ne
pode mid
his
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
54.
)>3et
mannum
on
felda,
])at5a
]78ere
heofonlican myrhSe.
Hwilon eac
})ast
swilce of
]>e
pa, mid
for
stod weste
fam
^am
]>e
Cut5J?a
hrofe,
wearm
hlaf
and
mid
J^aer
feoll
his syflinge.
adune,
He
fa
])aere
hine sylfne
ealle
woruld-]?ing
gereordode.
Se eadiga CutSberhtus
eallunge forlet, and
munuc-life ge^eodde
wees,
and he
and mynsterlicum
saele,
gefter |)isum
sylfne to
hraedlice, siSSan he
J)et
munuc
cumum geSensum
com
to
waere.
pa, 8et sumon
Godes engel on cuman
pa gecyrde he ut ymbe
j^aes
cuman
J>enunge, ac he
]?ry
J?onne
Sam
faet
sealtan
he wolde gSn
brymme oS
pa on sumere
his
nihte hlosnode
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
sum
o3er
munuc
fot-swaSum
his
his faereldos,
filigde, o^Seet
his
55
hf begen to s^ becomon. pa
gewuna
waes,
mid heora
beacne
wum
blaede his
his bletsunge
b^don, licgende
pa CutSberhtus
ceosle.
]>a
aet his
fotum on
feal-
WearS
mynster gesohte.
se
]?a
munuc micclum
cneowum, biddende
faet
afyrht,
to Saes halgan
and
his
mid swigan
andwerdum
gebede
his
bediglast, oSSaet
siSige, of
CuSberhtus fa mid
sceaweres seocnysse gehaelde, and his fyrvvites
life
gelat^od to heofonan.
J>e
ferde,
|>aBt
sum
we
swa swa
his
gewuna
waes,
Witodlice Cu'Sberhtus
ymbe
lifes
geleafFulre bodunge,
weig
taehte.
pa
fleah
ongann,
Hwa
his gefera,
hi to
J)aet
Sam
pa cwaeS
sceoldon, faSa
j?a
for eaSe unc, |)urh pisne earn, aetfore sceawian, seSe giti^r
Sam
ofre gesaet,
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
56
Hi
syrwum,
folc
f>a faerlice
l^y-lses ]?e
]?aere
ongann
for'S-araesan
Hwaet
se swicola feond
))aet
hf
betwux
J>aere
J>yssere
lare to lyt
myne-
gymdon.
J^aer
sum
pa wolde
morlice swa-feah.
acwencte
ea'Selice
faes deofles
ac
folc
])aes
fyr adwaescan,
])aet
halgan andwerdnys
dyderunge,
]>e
hf dwollice
filigdon,
J)a
jjast
wanian mihte
and
faes lifes
Sam lareowe
past folc
forletoh,
^r
gymdon, ]>aSa he Sa fraecednysse him fore saede.
CuSberhtus swa-)?eah on oSrum timan, eall byrnende
hus ana ahredde wi(5 fyres dare, mid halgum benum, and
pone windes bl^d aweg flfgde, seSe ^r for oft pa aettrigan
biddende
aet
liSe miltsunge,
})aet
hf
his lare
to lyt
flan deoflicere
He
Hwaet pa him
God
faegre getingnysse
pam
folce to
Mre, and
Sum
eawfaest
man
mode
his wffe
wyrs ponne he
befSorfte, paet
pa com
pa geti-
se eawfaesta to t$am
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
Sam timan
Sam
munuc-life,
]>e is
57
faeste
sumne broker
of
hire gerihta
)7set
pa
gelaed wurde.
Iffe
and wolde
lumpe.
sona hf geneosian
]?e
Sam
heo
wiTe,
forSan
J^e
]>e
CuSberhtus hine
ungelimpes.
frode, cwaeS
se
pa
eaw-
his
he asende
paet
pa begann
])8et
J^aes
to prafoste
Lindisfarnea geliaten.
|)aet
se deofol
]>e
aweg
fleon,
and
])8et
Hit Sa gelamp, be
dum
wordum,
gegrette, baed
cydde
]?aet
hti se deofol
gende fleames
jjset Jjaet
hf dearnunge
forlet,
and swiSe
forhti-
wurde
]?aes
to hlfsful
fremde waere.
Begann
on worulde, and
Wolde
pa.
on mode micclum
mihte
fy-laes pe
h^
])a
past igland
is
eal
ferde
J?a
to
Fame,
d5
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
58
wynsum
sw^cce
tilian,
gif hit
swa
Sam westene
God,
geu'Se se ^Elmihtiga
He seow
))a
faet
hwaete
pa het he
to saede,
Hit weox
aseow.
and ofer
Gif
and
se
pa cwaeS
^Imihtiga eow
me
ne biddaS
eor'San
pa
Sam heard-nebbum,
halga to
se
geuSe, brucaS
J)ises
gif he ])onne
Hwaet,
J>a
gedeorfum, gif
his
aet
eow
hremmas
J>a
])aera
waestma,
ne getiSode,
pises
eowrum
Sisum iglande.
J)a
]?a
aelcue timan
eSele of
his ge-
swinces breac.
Eft pa siSSan oSre twegen swearte
mon, and
his
Sam
pas eac
ymbe
siSlice co-
and to neste
bile,
se eadiga
eSele
hremmas
mid
ac an paera
he on
Sam
lande
Hwaet
pa, se
pam lareowe
lac to
medes,
swines rysl his scon to gedreoge, and hi paer siSSan unscaeSSige wunedon.
HOMILIES OF JELFRIC.
59
awearp
God
his
paer
Jjaer
he sylf smeade
flod
J)8et
J?a
hf
on
gear on
his lare
heora
Iff geriht-
laehton.
pa com him
})aes
to
gungum,
hire
begann heo
mod getrymman.
pa,
betwux heora
]>8et
spraece,
he sceolde
hire secgan
brucan.
Iffes
beam
ne belaefS.
))aet
se
pa undergeat heo
pa cwaeS
La
sege
leof,
he broSer naefS, ne he
se halga
wer
eft to
Sam
mae-
corenne
and
se biS
biscop
pa cwaeS
se witega, paet
]>u
on healle healic
Codes mihte ne
forflihS,
me
man
J>riddan.
mote
]?is
|)yses
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
60
eSeles brucan.
on
minum
J)u
uncre spraece
nanum ne ameldige.
^^fter J}isum wordum wear^ gemot gehaafd, and Ecgfridus
Iffe
])aer-on ges^t,
and peodorus,
J)ises
fglandes ercebiscop,
mid
]?one
pa
were
reow
se
Sam
fglande,
pa
and Trum-
and mid
to t5am sino6e
and he
hit gefyrn
jjone had
^r gesaed
muS, and faes maeran biscopes Boihim mid soSre witegunge his Iffes endebyrdnysse
fe
saede.
On 6am
aeSela cyning,
on
he on Peohtum begann
and
his
]?aet
maedene be hire
mid
gymde,
to
gungum
deofol,
to heofonan tihte
sylf laerde,
and a
his
astealde,
and eac mid wundrum wel geglengde, and mid soSre lufe
symle geswette, and gemetegode mid micclum geSylde, and
waes swiSe estful on aelcere spraece.
He nolde awendan
his
]?e
he on westene
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
61
geheold.
He wees
betwux
Ise-
basdon pa
barmen
swa
faet
he gesundful
samcuce
se wita ferde
fa
and geswaeslice Sa
cild
si'Sode
})aerrihte
on fotum,
besargode he
hire
and he
sunu cyste
J>aere
;
sorhfullan raeder,
cwaeS
J)eet
brucan
and
he beseah to
fa ges^t he
pa cwaeS
halgan lareow to
hire gelaSode
aet
se biscop,
ic
ge-
healicre heofenan,
ardlice
Ifflican
raaersod,
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
62
ancer-setle aefter
and on gehwilcum geare hine geneosode, Hereberhtus gehaten, hohful on mode. CuSberhtus pa sona
his lare,
befrman
paet
myrh^e.
Hereberhtus pa
ham gewende,
paes o^res
and, on
leger-
lymum.
Cu^berhtus se halga pa swiSe onette
pe he
^r ges^t, purh
lybbende drohtnode.
to
Sam
ancer-setle,
halige
his
And
to
geare his biscophades, and on pisum daege to Drihtne gewat, and Hereberhtus samod, se halga sacerd, swa
on
Iffe
an.
paer
swa hf
^r geleornodon, purh Godes Gast, mid godum will-
His
Ifc weartS
fela,
purh geearnun-
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
gum
his
eadigan
Iffes.
pa gelicode
63
fam
hit
faet
leod-biscope,
he
his
lichaman
Amen
Feria nil.
De
.^LC
man
cristen
Fide Catholica.
we
mid
J)am
We habbaS
getrymman.
cunnan aegSer ge
Mid f am
Credan he
gesaed
embe
swa swa
se wisa Augustinus,
be
])?et
Pater noster, nu
]>e
on ]>am Credan
stent,
his
J>Eere
Halgan pryn-
nysse, trahtnode.
An Scyppend
licra
is
and ungesewen-
forj^on
]>e
he
is sotS
he sylf
is
]?8et
fadunge gelicode.
hit |)8ere
J)8et
godcundlican
mid lichaman.
gesceop on
rihtne
gang
Nytenu and
flaesce,
;
deor, fixas
butan sawle.
pa nytenu he
let
and fugelas h^
Mannum
gan alotene.
fam nytenum
he sealde up-
Mannum
g^rs
he
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
64
Nu mage
twa
))ing
Scyppend,
paet
is
syndon, an
set5e
is
Scyppend, o^er
})aet
se soSa
]>e
s^,
jjing
is
gesceaft
|)eos
))aet
He
sy^San
ge wyllaS,
gesceaft.
is
is
God
se Scyppend, fe
He
^Imihtig God.
waes
Nu
hf
ealle gesceop, se
and
aefre
Hf
pa gesceafta
hf gesceop.
aefre,
ealle ])as
gesceaft.
he
bit5
ana
is
furhwu-
Gif he on-
God.
J>aet is
God wunaS on
Se
|>reora is
is
maegen-))rymnys.
God
is
SoSlice o)>er
is
se Faeder, oJ>er
Sunu, o^er
se
se
hwae^ere, ne sind
iElmihtig
se Sunu, i^lraihtig
)>ry
se
Sunu
Nu
aefre
eac gehyran
Sot51ice se
bat5
bitS aefre
Halig Gast
J^a
soSan Annysse.
}>ing,
Ne
Ne
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
nan
butan o]?rum
J>ing
and ^n
rded,
Sunu, and
ac him eallum
JEhe
willa.
65
an weorc, and an
is
aefre
Se
is
nanum
ot5rum; se
Sunu, fone
]>e
is
]>e
he
haeffS
eow onwreon.
Hwaet is se Feeder
eow
is
neod
peet
we
hi swute-
licor
ne aeenned
Hwast
ece.
is
Word, and
his
se
Sunu
is
aeenned.
is
He
is ]?ees
Aeenned he
is,
and, peah-hweepere, he
mann sunu
bit5
and
se
sunu
leessa.
se feeder mara,
lice
gesceop ealle
se
ac he
ac he syif gestrynde
mannum
feeder
Hwf swa ?
Ne
se feeder.
Ac
and sunu.
Forpi,
finst
ponne
pu na ge-
pe sylle bysne,
ic
hu
pam fyre
nys
hit
is
of
nis
na
pam
fyre.
peet seo
cymS
eald
beorhtnys
is
Nu
God
is
is.
Se
t5e
meeg un-
on peere Godcundnysse
ac
pu gehyrst
beam and
ac seo beorht-
Se 6e understandan ne majg, he
blis-
'-v.
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
66
he
past
understandan maege
hit
Sunu
se
pe he
for]>an
J^ses
witegan word
hit understandan.
Nu
habbe ge gehyred,
is
is
]>e ]>\is
j^aes
aefre
J^aet
forJ)an
mid pam
He
aelces gereordes.
ned
ac he
is
Faeder and of
se
forSstaeppende, faet
he gaeS of
ofgangende, of ]?am
is,
gelic
is
for]?an ]>e
and efen-ece.
]>ara
he
is
on
his godspelle
Se Frofor-Gast,
Nis
he nis na acenned
;
forpan
eow asendan
ac
]?e
him
wille,
Godes Sunu.
And
he
is
j^aet
we
se Ifffaestenda
aefre bi^
Halig Gast.
J)aes
Nis se Faeder of
Se Sunu
is
t5e
he
is
his
Wisdom, and he
is
of
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
])am Feeder eal
Se he
})an
Feeder and
fing
]>aes
ne
he
^fre
is.
Suna.
der
faet J)u
lufast.
Seo sunne,
ofer us scinS,
'pe
is
edwist, faet
is J>aere
beorhtnys, aefre of
geard
sunnan trendel
|>8ere
us.
Se leoma
and
faes
aefre
is
an
oSer
of
]>e
mid
J^asre
]?ani
J)aet
seo lichanrilice
o^^e
se leoma,
leoman becymS to
aefre
his Faeder
of }?am Faeder
Be
is
is
J0es
Sot51ice willa
fu wylt,
)>aet J?se"t
j^aet Jju
]?aet
swa we
is,
67
])am cwaeS se
wuldres beorhtnys.
paere
and se
Halga Gast gaeS aefre of }>am Fasder and of pam Suna geBe pam is })us awriten, Nis nan pe hine behydan
lice.
maege fram
his haetan.
magon beon
togae-
Nis se ^Imihtiga
God na
ac
J^ryfeald,
is
prynnys.
God
is
se Faeder,
and
Sunu
se
God, and
is
se
dom
Eft, se Faeder
Halga Gast
is
is
and
se
se
Sunu
is
Halga Gast
hf ealle
Swa
]>ry
sotS
Gast and
is
halig, untwylice
])eah-hwaetSere,
])aet
sind gemaenelice.
is on fyssere Halgan prynnysse, past
na mare })onne se Sunu on )>aere Godcund-
micel gelicnys
se Faeder nis
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
68
nysse, ne se
Sunu
heora an nis na
swa heora an
na mare j^onne
nis
bi^,
se
|)8er
todseledlic.
Swa hwaer
God un-
laesse,
ne nan
0(5er,
laessa
forfan swa hwaet swa laesse biS )?onne God, fast ne bi6 na
God
})aet
lator
J^ast
bi(5,
faet haefS
anginn
nemnan
Sunu.
faet
God on
cwyst Sunu,
]?aes
God
God
naef'S
we
)>as ]?ry
]>u
J>aet
hadas
gehyrst
he hasf^
f>u
is
bepaece nan
J)et j?ry
Eft,
man
ac
ponne
aeg^er ge
Ne
ac
anre Godcundnysse.
he haefS F^der.
gelyfe
nan anginn.
))eah-hwaeSere hf ealle an
|>aet
asnig
^Ic
o6er.
God
he seege oSSe
for)?an
]>e
hf ealle
and an
and
gej)eaht,
gelic wuldor,
and efen-ece
Is |)eah-hwaet5ere se
rice.
Ne wearS
to
men
se Faeder
of }>am hal-
mid mennisc-
Sunu
ge on J>rowunge, and on
Eac
eal
his aeriste,
and on
to
Iffe
his upstige.
rihtan geleafan,
]?aet
is
Suna
leafan,
Jjone
for)>i
faet
is
Willa
Halgan Willan.
is
))aes
Faeder and
awriten on
J^aes
urum
ge-
})urh
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
69
l^asre
hsetan,
Swa
psere beorhtnysse.
eac
We
sprecat5
ymbe God,
fare.
|?e
he
is aefre
])e
he
he
is
is
]>e
is
ac
hwa mseg
He
tinasecgendlic.
aeghwaer
he
is
is
butan getele,
]>e
he hylt
ealle
Ac
wite ge
|)onne
]>8et is
|)aet
nan
we furSon
man ne mseg
gesceafta,
})a
fullice
]>e
embe God
sprecan,
he gesceop, ne magon
asmeagan ne areccan. Hwa maeg mid wordum ]?aere heofenan freatewunge asecgan ? OSSe hwa }>aere eorSan waestm-
066e hwa heraS genihtsumlice ealra tida ymb0S6e hwa ealle oSre ping, ])onne we fur]?on ];a
lichomlican |?ing, ])e we onlociaS, ne magon fullice befon
mid ure gesihSe ? Efne ]>u gesihst J?one mannan beforan
baernysse ?
hwyrft?
J?e
ac,
on
his hricg
]?8ere
tfde
)>e J)u
ealsvva, gif
hine geseo.
Hwylc wundor
is,
}?set J)u
gif se iElmihtiga
nawar
ealne
God
is eall,
is
and
todaeled ?
Nu
HOMILIES OF iELFRIC.
70
eorSan
mancynn on-earda6.
]?e
Godes
dihte.
Hweet wenst
and
gesceaft,
is
be
gsecS
ne uneut5.
God sceawa^
heortan
and
his heortan.
]?a J^e
lufiaS,
claensaS
leafFulra
his
aelc
])aet
neosunge
man
and
J)a2ra
fa he
unge-
him
God
anlicnysse on
him ?
se
And h
fa
Adam
hire
man gefencS
geleornode.
forfan
J^a jjing
purh
fast
Of pam
gemynd
Iff,
beo'5 togaedere.
cuma^ gefohtas,
willan
yfele
and
An
ge gode.
is,
Uton
cwaeS,
worhte
nysse anlicnysse
J^aet is
He
gesceop.
to ure gelicnysse.
to his anhcnysse.
paes
man
gewyrcean man
forfi
se willa
sawul
ping on
]?as J?reo
faer
and
faet
aefre
hf
gemynd gemanS, purh paet andheo understent, purh pone willan heo wile swa hwaet
swa hire lica^, and heo is hwaeSere an sawl and an Iff. Nu
haeftJ
heo
forpi
Godes anlicnysse on
hire,
forpan pe heo
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
71
hwaeSere se
Feeder,
J)rynnys.
Is J?eah-
God
sot^lice,
Nis na
ac he haef^
we ^r cwsedon.
Arrius hatte an gedwolman, se
flat
pa cwae^
Godes Sunu, ne mihte na beon
his Faeder gelic, ne swa mihtig swa he
and cwaeS, pset
se Faeder waere ^r se Sunu, and nam bysne be mannum,
hu aelc sunu bit5i gingra ponne se faeder on pisum life, pa
se
gedwolman,
paet Crist,
dom
se
and
is
se
Wisdom
gedwola
paes caseres
God
waes
pa begeat
leafan.
He
laessan
ponne he
is,
and
his
Oper gedwolman
paet se
eft,
He
eft,
cwae^
paSa
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
72
Halig Gast
gedvvola,
Nu
sylf
and waere
mid
his
eft ]?ait
ludeisce
and na on
Heora geleafa
is
mancynn gedon,
and hf
]?aet
gelyfan on
forpi losiaS.
Hit ne mihte
Ac
se halga Faeder
Butan
swa swa he
willat5
J>e
forwyrhte wseron.
Haelendes siege
)?es
hf hine ofslogon.
]>urh his
sylfne,
hf
|)8et
Sunu
wyrhte hine
forweart5 eac
J)one
naht,
eft,
pa
an God.
)>one Feeder,
eal
forJ)i
gedwylde.
aelcere }>rowunge
fast unrihtlic.
paSa he tihte
Ipset
Ac
we
J^apa
he mihte us
se deofol for-
ludeisce folc to
Jjses
his unscyl-
We
habbaS
haefS mid
iErest
and
blinde,
Iffe araerde
wode and
;
hreoflige gehaslde,
and
)?a
deadan
to
gehwaer
gedwolan, ac
aet
riht-gelyfedra
manna byrgenum,
J)a
]>e
Wite gehwa
lod
ac gif se
eac, faet
man
aefter his
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
gelyfan
])set
eelces
}>urh
73
God
gesccapen
God gescyp^
meder, ac
and asent on
]?one
]Jone
lichaman sawle.
Ne
for|7on
J)e
and of
J8ere
paerrihte
and beset on
last
and
faeder
Ipset
Eac we sceolon gelyfan J)aet aelc lichama, ]>e sawle undomes daeg, mid J?am ylcjyi lichaman ]>e he nu haeft5, and sceal onfon edlean ealra his daeda;
])onne habba^ pa. godan ece Iff mid Gode, and he syl^ J>a
mede aelcum be his geearnungum. Da synfullan beoS on
derfeng, sceal arisan, on
helle-wite a ^rowigende,
Uton
Iff
mid Gode,
]>\irh
J)isne
forJ)i
geearnian past
prynnysse, an TElraihtig
Amen.
God, aa on ecnysse.
Dominica Septuagesima.
Drihten
ende
Simile est
patri familias,
Se Haelend
hfredes
cwaetS
ealdre,
sefe
))aet
sumum
Da geweartS pam
anum peninge, and
ymbe undern daeges,
hf eodon
eode
faes
in to })am
wfngearde.
wfngeardes hlaford
men standende
ydele on
})aere
Eft,
tit
and gem^tte
str^te,
o]?re
hyr-
to,
HOMILIES OF .LFRIC.
74
GaS
minum
in to
Hf pa
eodon to
vvfngearde,
his
and
eow
ic sylle
])set
riht biS.
Ymbe midne
hand
^t
svva gelfce.
Hwf
cwaeS,
ma wyrhtan
and gemette
hktford,
Ga6
cwae^,
in to
cume
to
pam
m^de
to
Hi and-
mann ne
hyrde.
Se hlaford
WitodHce on ^fnunge
wfcnere, Clypa ])as wyrlitan, and
minum
wfngearde.
him
standan, and
pa comon
fyrmestan.
])a
|?aet
pu
endenextan, pe on
aelc
underfeng senne
pening.^
wendon pa
past hi*
pa under-
Da ongunnon
us gelice
aet
paere hyre,
pa andwyrde
swa
is
forS.
se hlaford,
and cwaeS
pe naenne teonan.
to
Hula,
anum peninge ?
ne gewearS unc to
ga ^e
ic
pe.
Hu, ne mot
yfel,
forc5an t5e ic
ic
don
past ic
eom god?
wylle
paet pis
godspel
hgeftJ
ic
eow
manna gegaderung
ealdor
his
is
is
forpan pe rihtwisra
gecweden heofenan
rfce.
Se hfredes
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
He
cwaeS
Mid
naman
wingearde
J)a
Isaias, SoSlice
]>am
75
is
Godes wfngeard
is
Israhela hfwraeden.
Be ^am
folc.
cvvaetJ
})eode
fela
wfn-boga getyddrode.
gehyrde wyrhtan
in to his
wfngearde on airne-merigen,
eft
])e
reowas to l^renne
bogas of-asereadian,
on
J^at ])a
symle
folc
J)a
Swa
J)one
eac Godes
folc,
Wi-
buton
wasstmbaere on
lu-
misweaxendan
riht gescreadod,
awildaS.
])a.
wfngeard naefS
todlice, gif se
hf symle
godum weorcum.
Adam
|?a
lareowas screadian
aweg, ne biS
])set
l^wede
Eornostlice, se ^r-
]>ises
middaneardes. Drihten
beganne
his
wfngeard
forj^an
wftegan, and
aet
]>e
and
siS];an ^lice
lareowas and
])a
his folces
gencge swunce.
^Ic
|)8era
manna,
])e
tilia,
and
paere
J)ises
e2
HOMILIES OF yELFRIC.
76
nigoSan, getacniaS
Jjyere
]?aet
God wur^ode,
svvilce In
To
licere teolunge.
for^an
gesied,
To hwf
]>aes
ecan
standaS hu hf andwyrdon
cvvaedon, ForJ^an
nan
lieahfaeder,
J>e
is
to
weig
under-
Hi
wfngeardes hlaforde.
Witodlice, naes
^r Drihtnes to-cyme,
cweSenne,
liTes teo-
Ac
Hwaet
niscnysse.
|^aes
|)a
stande
hf forgymeleasodon
f>e
wurdon
liag^enan geclypode,
Jaet
paet
nan
nan
man
folce, be
J?urh his
man
men-
us to }>am
us ne bodade
tfdum todaelan.
his ylda
is
ure cildhad;
J?aere J^rid-
for|>an
]7e6nde
seo non-tfd
bit5
J)aes
tild
bit5
fam
Iffe,
HOMILIES OF .ELFRIC.
Mine
gebrotSra, behealdatS
7T
Smeage
gehvvilc hwaet
Gode,
tyliaS soSlice
]?urh gytsunge, ac
]?a
]>e
waestmes
pa
])e
he
])8es
is
J)e
he ne teolaS nanes
godcundlican weorces.
nellaS
cildiiade,
ylde to
And
Iffes
wege
J)eowodon.
Witodlice se sceaSa
|?a
Se fram cildhade
]>e
mid
Gode
Criste ]?rowode,
com on
]>aere
Scyldig
he waes to hellicere susle for his man-daedum, ac he geandette his synna Drihtne sylfum, on paere rode-hengene,
fuUum
mid
)>inum rfce.
to-daeg fu bist
mid me on neorxena-wange.
ic j^e s-ecge,
nu
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
78
in to
J)aSa
pam timan on
])e
Se se sceaSa ge-
for])an
on mycelre
^r Moyses
tc rihtlice leofodon, and hu fela wftegan, under ])sere ^,
Gode gecwemlice drohtnodon, and hf, swa-J^eah, naeron
gelaedde to heofonan rfce, ^rSan ]>e Drihten nit^er astuh,
tvvynunge wseron.
Eala
derfengon,
]?a
urum lichaman
gewftaS,
underfoS.
SoSlice
pa.
ealdan
byrSene and
daeges h^tan,
J>aes
)?a
don
l^eah
Se
hi*
wunedon
and swilce,
to heofonan
to
Ac
Sam becymS.
rfce,
|)aera
derfengon.
aefter
urum
We
ealdfaedera ceorung
]?aet
urum
to under-
hit
un-
comon,
we un-
lendes menniscnysse
and we
is
soSlice,
]>e
aefter
aefter ceo-
langsumere
becomon.
hf, aefter
forSsiSe,
]?onne,
faederas, aefter
we cumaS
we beoS gelaedde
gif we ^r on Iffe
aefter faes
Hae-
leofodon
))aet
pa eald-
Be Sam
Se.
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
And
forjjan
Jjaes
biS
seo onfangennys
]>e
godnesse, rihtlice
79
rfces
}>ges
of Godes
is
is
Dyslic
wille ?
Sum
ceorung
ac nan ])eah 6e he
gelaeste,
mare ne sealde
066e
|?in
hine nan
be ])am
is
pus
beotS
endenextan fyr-
|>eah we
we gefremedon, nyte we
Dema
J?eah
J>a
]?a
Efne nu,
afandat^
geendung
Godes
is
}?aet
fela
rfee sy
to blis-
geendebyrd.
swi^e ondraedendlic
Sre stowe,
is ]?earle
cuma^ fram
Fela
Drihten cwaeS on
east-dcele,
trahtiiere Gregorius,
})aet
cwaeS,
J)aet
heofonum
peah
werdum
Iffe
betwux
flaesclicum
mannum,
]>e
heora lustum
Ne
past
hf J>am flaesclicum
]>e we geseoS
we nyton hwaet to merigen biS toweard. Forwel oft cymS se baeftan us, J)e us mid swyftnysse godre drohtnunge fore-staepS, and we earfo^lice him
hwaet nu to-dae
filia'8
is,
forSan
ac
to-merigen, se^e
nu
to-daeg
is
J)aera
st^nendra
HOMILIES OF ^LFRIC.
80
hacelan
Twa
we
Merest,
j^aet
8an,
forSan
]?e
clypode
gefylsta
ic
synge
God, and
Gode
forSan ^e fu,
mm mildheortnyss.
se
mennisce
He
Iff is
God
his ge-
underfehS us
in to ecere
He
geswince.
beheold
pe
mm andfenga, mm
God, eart
fylsta.
Min
J)a
pyssere mildheort-
pis
sy6-
us synd uncuSe
Efne
])8et
on leahtrum befeallen sy
])us
])one
reste
paet
God
to paere
arfaest-
Mm
beh^t
Uton forSi ealle clypian mid inweardre heortan, swa swa se sealm-sceop clypode pu eart mfn God and mm mildheortnys. Godes
soSlice
daedbetendum
aefter
gyltum.
mildheortnys us
paet
we wel woldon
mildheortnys
paet
nu we wel
willaS, us fyligt5
Amen.
rixat^
He
fylst
Godes
gearcaS urne
pam
willan ge-
81
wille
swa we
fram
J)8ere
ea Danais west 08
Rhm ^a ea, seo wyl6 of paein beorge ]>e man Alpis ha^t,
and yrn^ |)onne nor^ryhte on Jjaes garseeges earm, pe |)aet
land utan-ymb
Donua fa
li^
pe
ea, faere
Rme
and
man Regnesburh
haet;
rihte
Seaxum
is
west-norS
^IfemuSa
is
paet land pe
and sum^
dael
east-norf5
Wylte, pe
is
paere ea,
And
be westan Eald-
man Angle
haet,
is
and Sillende,
Apdrede, and
Winedaland, pe
sumne dael,
him Dyringas and Behemas and BaegSware^
healfe,
and be
Donua pasre ea, is paet land Cabeorgas pe man haet Alpis. To paem
beorgum
t5a
MS. Sumne.
>
MS. Bae^are.
e5
FROM KING
82
westenne,
is
iELFRED'S OROSIUS.
]>a.
is
is
Crecaland
pe iu waeron Gottan
be eastan-norSan
be norSan Horithi
is
pses
is
ot5 (5a
gar-
])e
liS
mu6a
])aere ea,
dael.
and be suSan
him syndon Haefeldan
Burgendan habbaS ]7one ylcan
Sees earm be westan him, and Sweon be norSan
and be
;
Ohthere's Narrative.
Ohthere
FROM KING
He
J7Gere se.
hu
laiige
|)aet
saede
iELFRED'S OROSIUS.
he
J)aet
set
lande, let
and
sumum
83
paet
]?af6r
man
he norS-rihte bepajiu
weste land on
jjaet
steorbord,
|>a
nortS
oSrum
])rim
dagum
gese-
past land,
paet
he paer bad
paer
beah suS-rihte,
hwaeper.'
he mihte on
ea
up
hyne
past
fff
in paet
dagum
land
Da
geseglian.
lasg paer
pa cyrdon hy up in on Sa
an mycel
ea, for<5aem
Ne
past steorbord,
and
mette
agnum hame
paet
for
butan
waeron ealle
Da Beormas
waeron
of hyra
;
sylf ne geseah.
on hyra tcSum.
pa
tet5
MS.
lande.
FROM KING
84
Isesse
sw'v6e
bit5
hw8el-huntat5
god
Ac
Se hw^l biS
to scip-rapum.
ot5re hwalas,
fonne
.ELFRED'S OROSIUS.
is
se betsta
and fa msestan
fiftiges
elna lange
fara he saede
]?8et
he
he pone cyningsohte,
])a
Da
deor hi hata'5
horsan
ac hyra ar
him gyldaS,
is
i'ugela
and
gebyrdum,
fif
iEghwilc gylt be
berenne kyrtel,
ot5^e yterenne,
mearSes
fell,
and
and twegen scip-rapas, aegper
fell,
feSra,
of sioles.
He
saede paet
swi^e smael.
maeg, paet
man
pa s^, and
liS witJ
paet is
peah on
sumum stowum
swyt5e cludig, and licgaS wilde moras wi6 eastan, and wiS
weard
pritig ot56e
bradre
pser
MS. wildrum, eo
add. m.
r.
FROM KING
|>aem
iELFRED'S OROSIUS.
85
Donne
healfe
to-emnes
is
|)aeni
mores Sweoland,
]>ses
to-emnes
hwilum
NorSmen on
|)a
Hy
Northmen.
He
ponne
haet
is
Nor^men
Ij'tle
scipa,
pa,
and swiSe
Halgoland,
]>e
he on
And
ambyrne wind.
and on
|)a
Jjaet
pone man
man ne mihte
niht wicode,
steorbord,
and
pa.
hwile he
him
biS ^rest
ealle
ponne is |)is land oS he cymS to Sciand ealne weg on J)8et bsecbord NorSwege.
|)issum lande.
ringes-heale,
J>a
leohte.
J>8em lande,
Cwenas hyra
|)8et
swiSe micle
sint
]?8er
and beraS
an port on suSeweardum
Da
geseglian on
and
]?a
J)8et
cwae^
lpa^i
And
hy.
habbaS swySe
Ohthere stede
bude.
])a
moras
|)a
oJj
norSeweardum, Cwenaland.
lande
j^aem
on
maBge
and
And
is
man
sde
up
oferseon
Seo s^
Sillende.
liS
in
on
past land.
paet
pry dagas
him waes on
paet steorbord
landa
On
fela.
MS.
Iraland.
*"
MS. dagan.
hi hider
FROM KING
86
And hym
on land comon.
baecbord
J)a
iELFRED'S OROSIUS.
wses
"Sa
twegen dagas on
past
Denemearce hyraS.
igland pe in
Wulfstan's Narrative.
WuLFSTAN
saede
|?aet
ealne
he gefore of HaeSum,
on Truso on syfan
Falster,
bord; and
])si
seyp waes
And
Denemearcan.
he waere
])aet
J)aet
segle.
fast
J)as
Donne
gendalande waeron us
Jjas
land
]>&
aefter
Bur-
ealne
and
|)aet
of Weonodlande, and
huru
fiftene
li(5
Estmere
in
ponne cyme(5
mila brad,
and
se
liS t!t
Estmere
is
suSan of Winodlande
is
Ilfing hire
sj5e
forSy
manig
burh, and on aelcere byrig biS cyningc, and paer biS swySe
fiscat5
and
se
cyning and
J>a
rfcostan
men
drincaS medo.
t5a?r
paer bi'S
medo genoh.
And
paer
is
mid Estum, ac
mid Estum 5eaw, ponne
FROM KING
.ALFRED'S OROSIUS.
87
swa
And
ealie Ja hwile
biS inne,
fe f8et lie
|>8er
hi hine
beon ge-
sceal
forbasmaS. ponne
J^set J?8er
fiT
AlecgaS
])8es
paem gedrynce
forhwaega on anre
mile ])one meestan dael fram J)8em tune, f>onne o6erne, ]?onne
J>aene J>riddan, op]>e
and
sceall
man on
beon se
Donne
liS.
hyt
on
faere
laesta dsel
anre mile
deada
se
t5e
men
hy
toweard
ealle
faera feo
and swa
and
se
nimS
geaerneS.
And fonne
ponne
man
aernat5
se
))aet
J^aem maes-
genumen
Saem tune
Saet feoh
mid San
And
man
and to
Donne
se
eall
oSrum, oS
aelc aefter
feo.
Sonne cymeS
pa.
feoh,
svvyftan
beoS
his gestreon
)>us
mid his waepnum and hraegle, and swiSost ealle his speda
hy forspendaS mid ])am langan legere |)aes deadan mannes
inne,
and
Jjaes
pe hy be faem
and ne
fuliaS, faet
sam
hit sy
summor sam
and feah
hy gedoS
winter.
FROM KING
88
.ALFRED'S OROSIUS.
The Death
of Cyrus.
hwile
Sabini and
])a
wann
ge on Indie, o^ he hsefde
])a
and
nseron
Da
mid sunde
])a
Da
J>a
ofer-wadan,
]?a
]?aet
J>a
]?aet
he
ac
he his
and
waetera
twam tyncenum
gebeotode Cirus
laeste,
ofer-faereldes,
J)aes
fyrde
aefter ))am,
|)e
hwile
])3er
He
on feower hund
))aet
ea,
and on syxtig ea
and
aefter f)am,
and
is
mid gedelfe on menige ea upp-forlet, and syS^an, mid eallum his folce, on paere ea-gang, on ))a burh farende waps,
and hy geraehte.
Swa
gesecganne, hu aenig
NembraS
Ninus
se
geendade
se ent
cyning
aefter
eft
abrecan.
aefter
him, on
middewerdum hyre
rfce.
))aes
II.
mila,
tigelan
and seofeSan
is
swiSe rihte
gelyfedlic to secgenne,
and
Seo burh
emnum, and
dael
his
he
is i,
ymbgang
hund elna
is
is
un-
brad,
hund-seofantig
is
geworht of
J>one weall
is
FROM KING
seo mfBsta dfc, on 'pam.
iELFRED'S OROSIUS.
is
89
is
nu
laest
Nu
and westast.
is
^r waes
pe
is,
Ond
is
ma
him })aer
modor mid
Da
for,
and
his
l)aer
se
geonga cyning
])aes
ofer-
faereldes
Ac
])a
and eac
drencas
]?aet
;
afor,
wmes
on ^ne digle
90
stowe, and
swetes,
waes
]?set
J^aer
J)aet
f>a
se
J)aet
wees and
])aer liSes
cy]?an dorstan,
mid mycelre
])a3r |?a,
drincende waeron,
He
o'8
bliSnesse,
hi
buton gemetgunge,
heora sylfra
lytel
twam daelum
J?aes
])aer
folces,
J?aes
wunigende waes
he ]wne
]>a
Heo
dasl
and
])aet
hu heo
hit
J>aes
]?rid-
|?a
seo
cyninges
gewrecan mihte,
ge waepned-men, forSan
]?e J)aer
Hio mid
and
wm
])a
dan
Jjset
geweald hsefdon.
slaed,
paer wearS
^FTER
Romeburh getimbred waes VI. hund wintrum and LXVII., Romane gesealdon Caiuse lulius seofon
])am
]>e
legion, to J)on
on })am lande
wis
])a
Heora
])e
man
het Cent-land.
neah faere ea
])e
man
haet
Te-
man
]>e
OROSIUS.
91
haet Welinga-ford.
iEfter
J>am gefeohte,
|>e
iglande weeron.
geseald, pe on
waeron Pompeiuse
Romane onwealde
agenum
on fultume
Da wende
legian pe waeron on
ealle
Da
Pompeius,
pa
eall
for lulius to
Rome, and
tobraec
is
pam he
and
him genyd-
JEfter
paer his
sylf,
agenum fultume.
Da
for
Pompeius
paer
lum
his folce.
JEher pam
peiuses latteow, on
for
paer
anum
faestene,
gen, forpam pe
him man
Pomaefter
92
]?aer
OROSIUS.
SitSSan for lulius
on
Da Pompeius
gehyrde, fa for he him sefter mid ungemaetlicum fultume, he haefde hund-eahtatig coortana, faet we nu truman
])aet
hataS,
waes on ]?am
Jjaet
and buton
J)rim
]?a
heapum, and
oSre on
twam
daela geflymed,
senatuses
];ara
hi sylfe waeron
j^e
lulius hasfde
Da lulius haefde
healfa heora.
]:a
and
Heora aegSer
hund-eahtatig coortana.
to,
aenne
]?8era
ymbe Romane
hi sylf gelaestan
ne
J^ohte,
Gefera, Gefera,
raedenne to
cwaeS,
])e J)u
On sumere tfde
eart, me is
nu ne
nan oSerne on
]m waere
mm
and for]7am
gefera,
])e
Romane
])one andwlitan
geset haefdon,
ne sloge
gefeohtum gemetton.
iEfter |)am
his folce,
j^aer
Daet
))aet
heora
paer hi hi set
and he
sylf
si])]7an
oSfleah
on Asiam, mid his wffe and mid his bearnum, and sySSon
he for on Egyptum, and his fultumes baed
])am cyninge, and ra^e
|)aet
]?aes ])e
aet
Ptolomeuse
ac
])a
man
hit to
him brohte, he
ealra
and he swa-J>eah
pam
eft forlet
man Pompeius
Ptolomeus to
Ptolomeus
ofsloh
his rfce.
JEhev
and
selcon
))riwa,
set
pam
FROM KING
]>eowas,
senatus,
vELFRED'S BOETHIUS.
JEWer psun he
laerde
pam
Da
consule.
he
for
on
geahsode,
faet
is
on
Je ic
wat
nan swa
Jjaet
peah
J>isson hTe,
]>e
svlfum
93
J)ast ic
baerst.
Ac
Ja
lulius to
]>aere
ofer,
])et
^Efter
pam
he
eall to-
dea^e swealt.
me
me
worde he eode
^Efter J)am
to ]7asre
he
aet
J^aet
he swylcon
wi6 Pompeiuses
lulius gefeaht
and siSSon to
Rome
for,
Si|)J)on
and
faer waes
swa andrysne
triumphan,
si}>on J>one
paet
ham
wiS Pom-
J)a
he
peiuses twani sunum, and paer waes his folc swa swi^e forslagen,
J>aet
sceolde,
and he for
]?aere
Rome, and
and
eallum
pa,
paet
pa
man
Je
hine gefon
swiSor on paet
leofre, paet
^Efter
ealle
to hearde,
faet
ondraedinge paes
he hy
ealle
liSran.
Hit
ealle,
heora gemot-erne
FROM KING
para
wunda
waes xxvii.
.ELFRED^S TRANSLATION OF
BOETHIUS.
The Story of Orpheus.
Gesjelig
bits se
mon
FROM KING
94
J)aes
J)iostro his
lum,
]?e
We
modes.
sum
|?a3re
J^eode
]?e
jjsette
an hearon Creca
sio waes
pa.
bfspell reecan.
pere waes, on
rfce
.ALFRED'S BOETHiUS.
nama
]?8es
Eurydice.
he mihte hearpian
and standon,
svvilce hi
seedon hi
]>2et
mon
sawle
stille, ])eah hi
men
na ne onseunedon.
Da
J>8et
6aes hearperes
hi hi
Da
sceolde se hearpere
gemong o^rum
mannum
bion, ac teah to
wuda, and
on ))am muntum,
saet
aeg])er
J^aet
]>a,
wu-
Da ^tem hearpere
J)a
fuhte
])a
fohte he
sones.
helle gatu,
biddan
com,
him ageafan
sceolde cuman |)8ere
his steorte,
Da waes
])aer
]>aes
nama
and
he wolde gesecan
his hearpan,
hine, paes
Da ongan
])rio
heafdu,
panon brohte.
]>e
he
J?aer
Da
waere,
pa gehet he him
men
and
J>ider
heafdu, and
]7rio
he Sa
hund ongean
helle
])aes
nanes finges
J?a
Da
his hearpunga.
dan,
|)aet
mirh]?e
]?aere
hine
past hi
J?a
nama
Jjoet
]>e
eode
folcisce
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iELFRED'S BOETHIUS.
95
menn wrecan be
his gewyrhtum
J>a hi
monnes wyrde. pa ongann he
biddan hiora miltse fa ongunnon hi wepan mid him. Da
eode he furfor, and him urnon ealle hellvvaran ongean, and
laeddon hine to hiora eyninge, and ongunnon ealle sprecan
nane
ac eelcum
are,
Seagate
]>8et
wealdan
aelces
]?e
J^ass
]?e
]>e
})aet
unstille
and Tantalus
ning,
And
he baed.
on
J>isse
se cy-
yfel fyligde
|)aes
And
gifernesse, he gestilde.
he ne
Tyties
wff,
head him
fa, f aet
he geara wiste,
faet
his
hearpunga.
Be-
saede, gif
he
faet
him.
he hine ne besio to
his
Godes liohte
to
cumenne,
he hi
faet
eft
fullice licia6,
forlyst
he
and he
eall his
hi
fonne
FROM KING
96
.ALFRED'S BOETHIUS.
an
faer wses
under J)am
and
and
Retie
ISacige
wseron
hatene
Sioda
pa
kasere.
])ioda
nama
pses kaseres
waes
Da
J^aet
se
J>a
cyning
ham cerde from )?am kasere, and hi j^aetland haefdon gewunnen }>a naefde he na ma scipa })onne an, paet wses J)eah
eft
|)re-re]7re.
])a
fordrifen on an iglond ut on
J)aer
and
licette ]?aet
s^, wearS
Wendel-sae
J^aere
]?a
waes
}>aet
dy-
sige folc
hi
Da
linus,
]?e
nama
sceolde
]?aes
lobes
we ^r
bion gydene,
])aRs
pa waes
hiora an se Apol-
J^aere
nama
waes Kirke
Hio
haefde
ot5erra
]?aer
swit5e micle
metlice,
we ^r ymb-spraecon
his cynren,
lufian,
faette
]>e
we ^r ymbe-spraecon.
maedena.
cyning, Se
]?e
and hiora
J)aes
aegj^er
]?one
nama
fordrifenan
waes Aulixes,
J)a
,))one first
}>set
and
his
ac for hiora
Da ongunnon
mid
lease
hire drycraeft
Leg. forte, and his swilce eal cyn hi haefdon for godas.
WW
)ipf,mif-|.jp
in-'.iwi'ip".rw.'
i^ii|pnif,'i"ijiwjii'i"wi-wi
deora
hi an wilde
Ifc,
and
Sume
sit5San slean
97
on pa rac-
rynde hio
wurdon
fa
to |)am
deorcynne
eall se geferscipe
sumum
and ))onne
eforas,
fonne grymetodan
siofian
])e
mon
hat
hi sceol-
sume wurdon
sceoldon
sume
hi
tigris.
Swa weor^
aelc
diore,
eta^.
ne on stemne, and
aelc wisste
paet gewit
wisste.
Hwaet
pe hi drogan.
feah
his
menu
Eala
paet hit is
micel
craeft paes
for |)am
ermSum
pysum leasungum
pe
pam
gelef-
drycraefte ne mihte
modes
modes unpeawas;
mod
paes
paes
modes
tioS eallne
pone
W^s ymb
life
and
for'Sfore
Dryhtenlican
98
]>e is
cweden Streoneshalh,
J>a
weoruld-gebyrdum,
sefele in
Drihtne gehalgade.
]>sdt
mid
])y
cy-
unwemme
Da
pe he geearnode
heo
]7a
heo waes
heo meahte,
Hild weoruldhad
geteohode feowian,
forJ)on
]?aet
J?set
'Sa
J)8es
Cristes
geheold,
forleort,
gewut heo
cyninges maege
East-Engla maegfe,
in
;
e]?el forlaetan,
and
eal paet
in Gallia rfce,
and
in
]?aet
heo
]>j
e])el
in
lifian,
heofonum geearnian
heo
eft
from Aidane
and gesponnen.
Da
ham
]?aere ea,
and
faer efenlice
an gear
^fter Jjyssum
micle ^r fram
Hegu
is
Ac heo
biscopes.
J>8et
Da
inlifde.
feng to
J>aer
wic
asette,
num
geleornian mihte
ojjre aefeste
j^aes
fe
|?aes
]>set
]>e
in Englisc
|)3et
heo Gode
J)3es
nige
heo munuc-
halgunge Aidanes
med-micelre tfde
nalses sefter
99
aet
forj^on
life
gesette
and
geleeredum wsepned-mon-
]7e
Aidan
]>e
se biscop
and mo-
Mid
]?y
lifes lare
heo
})a
feala geara
pyssum mynstre
in regollices
is
piaet
fe ^r
|?aet
soSfaestnesse
gastlicra
Je
forfon
hire
Jja
J>a
sylfan
weorc,
and
arfaestnesse
swi]?ust sibbe
oJ?era
and Godes
mettran
Jjaette
nalass faet
an
nedj?earfnesse waeron, ac
soSfsestnesse
enne,
weorcum
J>aette paer
hire
efelice
is
to
* The words within brackets are not in the Corp. Chr. MS.
F 2
100
weeron
is
)>8et
we gesegon
to tacne, faet
eefter J>an
fif
biscopas fa fe of paem ylcan mynstre comon, and ))8er gel^rde waeron, ealle mycelre geearnunge and halignesse
weras
for,
in
cweedon,
paet
halgad
he waes
Heagostealdes
ea,
and
biscope gehalgad.
Be paem midlestan is nu to secgenne. pa he, in aeghwaeperum mynstre, Hilde paere abbudissan geornlice his leornunge aetfalb, pa wolde he eac swilce Rome gesecan, paet in
pa tfd waes micles msegenes teald and gelyfed. Da he
panon
eft
Hwiccia maegpe,
In pa ylcan
tfd, se
biscop paere
maegpe, se waes Bosel haten, waes mid swa micelre untrumnesse his lichoman hefigad, paet he pa bisceop-penungepurh
hine
dome,
[sylfne]
penian ne mihte
Myrcna
cyninges,
eadegan gemynde WilfriS biscop hine to biscope gehalgade, se on pa tfd pone bysceophad penade Middel-Engla;
paere
hwene
^r, paet
is
On
^r pam foresprecenan
noma
t$e
VROM KING
iLFRED'S BED A.
101
Ond
for-
and Godes
moder cygan and nemnan and nalass
hire mynstre paem andweardum Iffes
gyfe,
)>aet
gewunadon
hi
heo
in
an,
J^aet
]>e
se gesaeliga
maegenes becom,
Jjaet
monigum feor-wuniendum,
haslo intingan
Jjenade.
Waes
]?aet
eac gedefen,
|)aet
]?8et
Da
J)8ette
and
fser waes
mid
atre acweald
J)a
Da
mid
eallre geornfullnesse,
and
Da
heo fa hine bihidilice and geornlice sohte, fa gemette heo semninga, under
hyre hraegle, gyldene sigele swiSe deorwyr^e. pa heo fa
geornlice hi sceawode and beheold, fa waes heo gesawen
monigum
wide,
fam
fe woldan
aet
bysene hyremaegen
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102
iELFRED'S BEDA.
hi
Jjset
onfangenan
paere
ge eac pa bebodenan
hi ealle
gemyndige wseron
heelo
Da
and
J>aet
pam ytemestan
dsege, and,
ymb
man and
his blodes.
hyre, pa pe on
hi
pam
mannum
ferde to
Da
paet ic
manode and
eallum Godes
Da
Drihtnes
lare,
and
of deaSe
life.
paet
heo py
is
BeguswyS, seo waes Dryhtne gehalgad on claenum maegphade, ma ponne pritig wintra and heo paer on munuchade
;
Dryhtne peowade. Da waes heo restende on sweostra slaeperne, pa gehyrde heo semninga on paere lyfte uppcundne
sweg, and hleopor clucggan paere hi gewunedon to
gebedum
Da
hus gefyllde.
Da
heo pa on
cuman, and
call
FROM KING
sylfan leohte, engla
tELFRED'S BEDA.
weredum gelaedendum,
to
103
heofonum
up-geborene beon.
Mid Sy heo pa. pj slaepe tobragd, ]?a geseah heo o|)re sweosymb hi restende, J>a onget heo, ge on ]?am swefne ge on
tor
})aet
heo geseah
aras,
to J>3ere
Hylde geongnama waes FreogyS, and heo mid wope and mid
faemnan,
]>e
ra, Jjcere
pa
J^aes
mid
werena
Da heo
astigan.
hie fset
))a
saegdon from
for heora
georne dydon
mon, swi^e ^r
in
])aere
and pj hie
pa.
]>a
pe hire forSfore
in gebedum
modor sawle georne fingedon.
and on sealm-songe
Da
])a
J>aet
hi
]>aet
ilce
andswere-
ton,
hu
hie
Jas p'lng
mid fy
hie hire
life,
fa fa tip
Daer
sawla.
rafla
ametene.
sum
gyfu to singanne.
On
104
of
faet
he
aefter
mid J)a maestan swetnesse and inbryrdnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde
wel gehwaer forSbrohte and for his leoS-songum, monigra
med-miclum
faece in scop-gereorde,
monna mod
oft to
monige o^re
aefter
him
for|)on
he
nalaes
from
monnum
him
sefeste
ne furh
eac swylce
ongunnon
in Ongel-J>eode
faet
Ond
onbaernde waeron.
mon
gel^red waes,
ac he waes godcundlice
ond he
meahte, ac efne
se
an
J)a J>e
belumpon, and
to aefestnesse
his yd aefestan
Waes he
J>a
mon
in
J>e
he
and he
for})on naefre
ponne
])aer
waes blisse
intingan gedemed, faet hie ealle sceoldon J)urh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan, Sonne he geseah
nealaecan, Jjonne aras he for
ham eode
he
forlet
to his huse.
))aet
Da
he
J^aet J)a
])a
hearpan him
J)aem symble,
sumre
and
onslaepte,
J)a
stod
aet,
J)urh swefn,
Caidmon, sing
Ne con
ic
me
aethwegu.
cwaeS, seSe
singan.
and
naman nemde,
of J)yssum gebeorscipe
me
and
scome from
Eft he
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Sing
me
iELFRED'S BED A.
Da
Frumsceaft.
he pa
J>as
105
andsware onfeng, Sa
]?is is.
Nu we
sceolan herian
bearnum,
eort5an
heofon-rices Weard,
heofon to hrofe,
Metodes mihte,
halig
and
}>a
his
mod-gefone,
Scyppend
moncynnes Weard,
wera Wuldor-Faeder
ece Dryhten,
ece Dryhten,
sefter
oord onstealde.
firum foldan.
He
^rest geseeop,
Frea iElmihtig.
Da
song
faeste in
nig word in
gemynde
]?8et
middangeard,
haefde,
ylce gemet,
and
teode
Jaem
Gode
J>a
pe he slsepende
Da com
hine sona to
jjsere
jjaet
cySde
swinsunge leot5songes
J>aet
gehwyrfde.
ham
Da
he
]?a
heefde
and com
eft on morgen, and, ]>y betstan leoSe geglenged, him asong
and ageaf J^aet him beboden waes.
]?a
wfsan onfangene,
Da ongan
J?a
eode he
to his huse,
Godes
gyfe in paem men, and heo hine pa monode and l^rde, paet
f5
106
he weoroldhad
wel ])afode
J)8et
forlete,
;
his
)7eowa,
spelles
])8et
to
gesomnunge
Godes
]7ara
and het hine l^ran J)aet getael faes halgan staeres and
ond he eall paet he in gehernesse geleornian raihte,
leot5
]>8et ])a
nmSe
aet his
gehat-londes, and be
|)aes
paes
and be
his
and big
and
eft
)jaes
prowunge, and be
his up-astignesse
on heofonas,
tintreglican wites,
noes, he
On
eallum
pam he
geornlice
domum
gymde
paet
he gehe
men
swiSe
derjjeoded
for|)on
he waes se
mon
aefest,
pa,
^e on
oJ?re
he
for])on faegere
ForJ>on
pa.
ende
his Iff
and
fore,
licre
gemetlice,
Waes
]7aer
])eaw waes
)?aet
he
]?aet
hi fa
j^aet
fortS-
he waes licum)>on
inlaedan sceoldan,
ealle
untruman, and pa
and him
]>e aet
fortJfore waeron,
Da
bsed
FROM KING
he
his ]>en,
waes,
J)8et
on aefenne
nihte
J^aere
Je
him
])ing aetgae-
he
bsede,
inne waeron,
J8et
107
he of worulde gangende
restan mihte.
forfon
iELFRED'S BEDA.
])aet
]7aer
ser
he fraegn, hwaeper
cwtfidon,
neh
is,
CwaeS he
eart.
hit
me
Berat5
eft,
on handa haefde,
pa.
Da
andswarodon
to
him
and
hi ealle,
and cwaedon,
Da andswarode
were.
monnum.
eom swiSe
And
he,
Da
hi naenigne incan
bliSe
mode
waeron,
J>aet
and
blij?m6d to
he swa waes
Da
])aet
him swiSe
wistan, ac hi ealle
leofan, ic
he
lifes
ingang gearwade.
deat5e
middangeard waes
becom.
paes
And
Scyppendes lof
word on
forlaetende,
seo tunge pe
gesette,
and
his gast
108
in his
Eac swylce
segen %
|>8et
sylf es tbrSfore,
)?3et is
of
fam
ge]>e
we nu secgan hyrdon.
pi
in 'Saes
^e se cyning
J)as
word gecweeS, Sa
faeringa]?ar eode
ymbsittendan.
Da
faeder,
sit,
Da
cwaj'5
se
cyningc, Leofe
dohtor,
he
is
Da eode J^aet maeden to Apoland mid forwandigendre spraece cwaeS, Deah Su stille
sy and unrot, |)eah ic ])ine aeSelborennesse on Se geseo
nu
]>onne, gif Se to hefig ne |>ince, sege me pinne naman, and
pin
Da
neode axsast
aefter
Gif Su
on s^.
minum naman,
ic
wilt
MS.
gesaegd
',Wip"W,'-"*i'J!WTfflW- !?J^<ViiWWf
wolde,
ure;
forleet |)ine
J)e
murcnunge
and nu
ic
gedon
eart
Jju
his
Da
silf
cyngc blissode on
to cwaeS,
heo ^r hyre
t5a
haebbe, ic gedo
se
]?a3t
109
eode heo
afirsa
his sarnesse.
ut,
and sona
swa heo hearpian ongan, heo mid winsunium sange gemaegnde Jjare hearpan sweg. Da ongunnon ealle ]>a, men
hi herian on hyre swegcraeft, and Apollonius ana swigode.
Da cwaeS se cyningc, Apolloni, nu Su dest yfele, forSam J>e
men
ealle
ana
swigende
hi
me
cyngc, gif Su
taelst.
gelifst, ic
secge
Ac
geleornod.
]>u
nu
loni, ic
oncnawe
gel^red.
hat
me nu
Da
ongite
J>aet
]>u.
gdda
soSlice
sillan J)a
git nast.
|>aet ]7U
j>8et ic
|)u
soSlice paet
]?u
eart
]>&
hearpan.
cyne-helm uppon
his beafod,
his
hand, and in-eode, and swa stod paet se cyngc and ealle pa
ymbsittendan wendon
pset
be naere Apollonius, ac
Da wearS
swfge geworden
paet
he
stilnes
and
bis
sange gemsegnde
and
se
cyngc
silf
and
winsumum
ealle pe par
and-
pam
folce
ungecnawen
selc
110
kiS
wfsdom.
Saturnus to Salomane, Sage me hwer God
he geworhte heofonas and eorSan ? Ic ))e secge, he
Sage me hwilc word ^rust fort5fet5erum.
ofer
pa
s^te
cwEet5
])a
ssett
muSe ?
eode of Godes
Saga me
Ic
])e
])e
Saga me hwaet
]3ing
Ic
for
is
God ?
Ic
hym be ufan
ys God ]>e
gesceafta:
sceapu pe
heofon healdaS
]?isne
and fugelas
]?a
ge-
and on ^am
and on t5am
byt5.
eaile
})aet
gesceafta?
secge
]?e
he gesceop fixas
he gesceop deor, and
v. daege
vi. daege
nytenu, and
waes
rum.
Adam
VIII.
punda gewihte.
Saga
me
man
geworht
Ic
Sam him
secge of
]>e
Ic
]>e
waes flesc
Jjaet
blod
ae6ung geseald
his
Ill
eahto'Se
Adam
woes
on laenge gesceapen
Ic
]>
me hu
|)ar
grimme witu
Adam
tra,
])e
])e
Ic
Saga me hu
viii.
Adam ^r
and syS-
J)olode v. })usend
he
beam
strinde ?
strinde;
and
gestrinde he
J^a
and xxx. on
hund
f'a
beam on
Ic
beam
his cnihthade, se
Da
fissere worulde.
beam
gestrinde,
and
])a
hym
lyfde he
Da
wintra.
Chanan, and
and
haefede
]>a
And
V. wintra.
]>a.
hund
wintra,
and
haefede
ealles
Da
haefede
gestrinde he Matusalem
and
myd
VII.
V.
Enoh
v.
Lamec
wintra,
and
ix.
Da
haefede
Lamec an hund
]12
Noe
mec
hund
and La-
Da
haefede
lafet
tra,
and
III.
bearnum
Seme
Saga me hu
L. wintra.
Ic
his yldestan
]>e
awoeon of his
and of
faela J)eoda
Cham
xxx.,
and of lafeSe
xii.
Adam
me hu
lange lyfde
trew^es
and on J>am
bioeda, and ])et on
on
on neorxena-wange
XX. wintra.
wees
Saga
me
Ic fe ssecge
and
ii. c.
eald,
Ja
fic-
frigdseg,
III.
he abyrgde pa forbodenan
Ic pe secge, heo
heo was
myd him
ger
aefter
II.
wintra
IX. c. wintra,
waes
]>a,
and
])usend wintra,
fort5
and
o^
ii.
ii. c.
wintra, and
flode waes of
Moises
tfd,
and Israela
ofer-far ut of
Ic
J?e
secge, lxxx.
Saga me
wyf? Ic J?e secge, heo haette Dalila.
And hwaet hatte Chames wyf? laftarecta heo hatte. And
hwaet hatte lafeSes wyf ? Ic }>e secge, Catafluuia heo hatte
and otJrum naman hyg sindon genemnede, OUa, and OUma,
wintra, of J)am treow-cinne pe
is
genemned Sem.
))reo hatton.
Saga me hu lange
Md
wees Noes
Saga
nihta.
ofer eorSan ?
me hu
laiig
Ic
XXX.
faet5eraa
Saga
heah.
Ic
J)e
me
and
l.
]>e
Adam ?
Saga me hwilc
Ic pe secge,
ceastre ?
and
Ic
]>e
113
Knos hatte,
gemanna
])arin
And
Ic
})8er
Saga
burh.
me
Ic
J>e
me
Saga
me hwar
Ic
gae^
lust,
Saga
J?e
Ic
])e
]>e
heo getacnaS
]>e
Crist.
Saga me hwanon
kim6 fram winde and fram
cym^
ligetu
Ic secge, heo
watere.
Saga me hwilc water is selust ? Ic pe secge,
lordanem seo ea ys selust, forpon pe Crist waefs on hyre
gefuUod. Saga me hwider gewiton pa. engelas pe Gode
wiSsocon on heofona rfce ? Ic pe secge, hyg todaeldon on
]?ri
daelas
dael
on
anne
paes
dael
he asette on
))aes
nysse.
Saga me forhwam
J>a
eorSan to witanne
Ic
j^e
secge,
]?aet
nys naenygum
men
114
hwaet syndon
Ic
]?e
me
Jia iii.
fing
Saga me
]>e
Saga me hwar
ys wfn-treow.
lychama slepS
Jjonne se
heo byS
Ic
on ])am bragene,
Ic
restet$ J>aes
]>e
]?e
secge, faet
mannes sawul,
secge, on frim
on
o]?]>e
on |?am blode.
])e
]mm
x.
stowum
heortan, op]>e
))ere
worden.
Ic
Saga
wordum
]>e
sealt ge>
Moises ge-
Ne lufa ])u oferne God ofer me. paet oJer word waes,
Non adsumes nomen Dili in vanum, Ne cig J>u Godes naman
is,
on ydel.
waes,
word
HealdaS
paet J)rid
paet
waes,
Non
Ara ffnon
Ne
occides,
word
waes,
Non
paet VII.
word
waes,
vr.
faeder
and
sleh ]?u
mechaberis,
Ne
stala ]?u.
meder,
]>\nve
man
On
dine,
paet
unriht ne haemS
word
paet viii.
waes,
J)u.
Ne
bletsod?
Jjurh
and
Ic
]>e
paet ix.
secge, J)urh
and
^rost plantode
]>urh
?
Ic
aeft
Ipe
secge,
se heahfaeder.
J>aet
and
Ic fe secge,
Saga me hwaet ys
mannes synna,
faet
oSrum
Ifcyge,
Ic
secge,
J?e
is
])8et
115
ddm.
Saga
me
Saga
hell, feorj^e ys se gytsyenda man worulde welena.
me hu fela ys fleogendra fugel-cynna? Ic 'pe secge iiii. l.
Saga me hu fela ys fisc-cynna on waetere ? Ic fe secge, vi.
and XX. Saga me hwilc man ^rost mynster getimbrode ?
ys
and Antonius,
hwaet syndon
wange
flotaS ?
]>a.
]?a
]>e
is
.an, ]>e
syndon
and seo
iiii.,
iii.
me
on neorxenaseo ^roste
hatte Tygres,
aele,
and
Ic
me forhwan byS
Saga
win.
secge, hiora
Saga
^rostan ancran.
streamas, and fa
Ic
J^a
Saga
me hwf scyneS
Saga
me hwa
and
^rost bdc-
Saga
Ic f e secge, Mercurius se gygand.
hweet boc-kinna and hu fela syndon? Ic fe secge,
stafas sette ?
me
feo
yng-cnihta, butan
on gerfme
fam
eallra cc.
xii.
and
call
swa
call
swa
fela leorn-
aptm.
xviii.,
and XXX.
On
xii.
116
THE MANDRAKE.
Deos wyrt J>e man Mandragoram nemnet5 ys mycel and
m^re on gesihj^e, and heo ys fremf ul. Da J)u scealt ]?yssum
geraete niman
hy, be |)am
J)onne
]?u
heo on nihte
J)e
scfne'S,
mid
iserne, J'y-lags
heo
])e
J^set
hy
delfan,
iserne.
For6y
geornlice scealt
staefe
Nim
hy.
hy wel
hra]?e
J>u
aetfleo.
t'et
]?u
hy bewrit,
scealt
onbutan
aethrine
ac
]>u
Sa eorSan delfan,
and gewriS
to anes
beon beswycen
den
sy,
and
]>u
swa andwealc
past se
for|)y
sona swa
J)u
geseo
))aet
heo up-abro-
and gewring
}>aet
A SPELL
TO RESTORE FERTILITY TO LAND RENDERED
STERILE BY WITCHCRAFT.
Her
lat5
on dry
ot5Se
]?aer
on lyblace.
bit5,
A SPELL.
Genim
Nim
))aes
Jjonne ele,
meolc
on
J>e
117
Jjonne on
feower healfa
niht,
landes,
and
aelces
treow-cynnes
dsel
J>e
fylle
terram,
|7as eor])an
oSer,
and bere
sij?]7an
hi
weofode, and
])an
^r wseron
der
and ge-
noster,
swa
grene to
et replete,
and Pater
J>an turfon,
sij)])an
gebringe
man
]>a
faet
turf J)8er
Lege
J)aet
Cristes mael
Nim
and
and
cwepe ponne nigon sipon pas word Crescite, and swa oft
Pater noster, and wende pe ponne eastweard, and onlut
hannes.
J)onne
])a
turf,
saete paer-ufon-on,
:
Eastweard
ic stande,
arena
ic
me
bidde
ic
bidde,
bidde
ic
pone haligan
heofon-rfces
eor^an
ic
Weard
and heah-reced,
bidde,
and up-heofon,
us to woruld-nytte,
gefylle pas foldan
and pa sopan
mid
sancta Marian,
swa
faeste geleafan,
se witega cwaeS,
;;
118
SPELL.
daelde ddmlice,
Drihtnes fances.
se]?e
Wende
lang,
and arim
fser letanias,
]?aere
and
aet
to weorSinga,
aelmesmannum, and
seile
aet
Geunne him
eorSan modor,
ece Drihten,
geunne Se
and
se Alwalda,
ece Drihten,
J)e
his halige
on heofonum synt,
aecera wexendra,
paet
and wriSendra,
eacniendra,
and heo
and elniendra
sceafta hen
para lyblaca
se scfre waestma,
and
Nu
paere bradan
hys yrS
si
bidde
si
gefrijjod
geborgen
ic
pone Waldend,
bere waestma,
and
paet
paere
hwftan
hwaete waestma,
and
cwidol wiT,
pses craeftig
paet
eorSan waestma.
paes
man,
awendan ne maege
word pus gecwedene.
ealra
cweS ponne,
ne sy to
ne to
forSdrife,
HOMILY IN NATALE
Hgl wes J?u, folde
modor,
beo tSii growende
EADMUNDI.
119
on Godes fae^me,
fodre gefylled,
fira
Nim
S.
firum to nytte.
man innewerdne
handa bradnae hlaf, and gecned hine mid meolce, and mid
halig-waetere, and lecge under )?a forman furh
cweS ]?onne,
;
]>e
beorht-blowende,
seGodse|?asgrundasgeworhte
J)U
geunne us growende
gebletsod weorS,
haligan noman,
))aes
CweS
J>onne ]?riwa,
Amen and
;
cume
Crescite in
gife,
corna gehwylc
feet us
to nytte.
nomine Patris
benedicti,
MARTYRIS.
A HOMILY.
Sum swy^e
ilaered
munuc com
dagum
from Saeincte
kynges, to
Dun-
HOMILY IN NATALE
120
S.
EADMUNDI.
J)a
and wear^
faeder,
rihtwisnesse,
Hit ilamp pa
and })am
aet
re'San styrede
and
isaeligelice leofode.
wune
On pam
is.
floten
mid
his
wunnenum
He
sende pa
aerende, paet he
syt5t5an
bugon sceolde
De
monraedene, gif he
his
com
aerendracoe
pa to
Eadmunde
com nu mid
sae
felas
paet
Nu
haet
he
wiS hine,
paet
pu beo
his
HOMILY
beon wult,
Hwset
him
]>e
Su
forJ>an 'Se
wiSstandaen."
biscop,
NATALE
IN
EADMUNDI.
S.
naefst fa mihte,
Su mage him
)?et
Eadmund kyng
]>&,
121
clypede aenne
]>a
pa forhtede
J>8es
kynges
]?e
life,
and cwaeS,
me nu
folc
pe biscop cwae'S
on feohte
feolle,
And
leofre were,
]>8et ic
'5u
]>in
mid
buge
to him."
kene waes
Da
Eadmund
cwaeS
ane ne bileafe
aefter
mid mode,
pisse
paet ic
flotmonnum.
me
Naes
ferlice ofslagene
wrohte fleames, ac
pyrfte,
for
paet ic
nylle
bugan from
his
bigengum
to
pam
unforht
fylaen
aerendracan Se Hinguar to
:
wordum, he wende
him sende, and saede him
mine
claene handaen
folgige Criste, pe us
God
Hinguare on
Criste aerest
life,
on pine
swa bisnode
aefre,
^Efter pissum
fule blode,
forpam 6e
ic
foresceawaet5.
laforde,
Fare nu swiSe
ne buhp nefre
Eadmund
mid geleafan on
pisse
lond buge."
Da wende
Hinguare mid
HOMILY
122
IN
NATALE
S.
EADMUNDI.
wees.
heo
cepan sceoldon,
Hwaet
])'d,
]>e
paet
Eadmund
Hinguar bead
J)3es
kynges anes
pa.
alle
]?aes
forbead
]>e
scytaen
biset
]?a
Sebastianus waes.
paet ])e aeSele
Da
hae]?enan
pa-gyt,
arlease flotmon,
Criste wiSsacen, ac
ileafe
j^e
pa.
waes
swa swa
yles burstae,
iseah Hinguar,
kyng nolde
all
mid andraede
and pa
bihaefdian,
]>a
Criste.
paer waes
haefod,
Jaet
ihealden,
J)urh
pe Sis iherde
all,
and
aeft
her.
Hwaet
))a,
Se
flot-
heafod
]78es
]>aet
hit
halgan Eadmundes on J^am Siccum bremlum, ]?aet hit biburiged ne wurSe. pa aefter fyrste, sySSan heo ifarene waeron,
com
])aet
J>a laeg,
pa
fod to
fam
J)aet J)a
flotmen haefdon
bodige.
saede
)7aet
t5e
]>a
and wurdon
])aet
swit5e sarig
heo naefdon
faet
hea-
HOMILY
i])uht,
swa swa
IN
NATALE
S.
j^aet
EADMUNDI.
heo hydden
123
heofod
p)aet
heafod.
J>aet
paet
J?urh
J^aet
ne dyrste
J>aes
Da wurdon
heo ofwundroden
halige heafod
J?aet
ham
J^aes
Ac
mid
tome
Da
lond-
waere,
and wende
]?aet
mihten on swylce
felae
igyfen
wude ongean.
to
aeft syj)])an
geare, pa Seo
iswaencte folce,
]>ara
]?a
J?am bed-huse
ferian,
mid
])aer
folclice
he iburiged waes.
wurSmente,
waes
and
all
hal,
fyrste,
wearS
sib
])one
burigene,
aet his
Heo wolden
])a
faet
he
embe
his sweoraen,
Sa waelreowan
haej^enaen,
*
and wass
monnum
to
g2
his lice
HOMILY IN NATALE
124
S.
EADMUNDI.
aeristes
and
}>aes
ecen wuldres.
|)e lit5
life
Sum wydewa
to Criste siSode.
peo walde
gear sy^t5an.
efsiaen selce
sael
Sum
crsefte
mid
sisege
swySe
J)a
haepsan,
styriaen
])aet
morj)
tolae,
Men
jja
t5aes
raeS
fam ^e
beo'5
icorene
Gode
swa
to fenigenne, faet
monnes deaf e,
heo
faet
he
HOMILY IN NATALE
regede
j?8et
aefre,
oS his
ende, and
lifes
faestaen fullice
Almihtigaen God,
|)ait
EADMUNDI.
S.
he him
j^a
Gode,
J>e
])oiie
ariaen sceolde.
125
swySe, and het him aeteowan orhh'ce swySe J)one halgae sont,
ac swa raSe swa he iseah |)aes sontes
awedde he sonae, and waelreowlice grymetede,
and earmlice endode yfelum deape.
Dis is J>am ilic |)e
'Sa
gum
Laurentium,
]>e liS
sceawian hu he laege
on Rome-burig,
ac
God heom
men
J>a
dwylde.
swa
Jaet
Saer
aetgaedere, pa
Felae wundrae
J)am halgan
ac
men wolden
Saet
gestylde,
Eadnmndum,
claene
for
pam wurtSfullaen
halgum,
paet hire
halgae
wide
is
cyp, 'Sam
he
is
Almihtigan to
monnum, purh
lofe,
his
pe heo on ilyfden.
maeren halgan,
paet
'Sa
Ne
WILLS.
126
set
]>e
pam beo
WILLS.
L
f
Her
hu ^Ifric biseeop
Gode geernode, and under
Cnute kynege,
)?e
he under
and
pet
is
jjonne aerest
J>et
swa he
forS,
hit
me
handa
to
let.
And
ic
gean
Holme,
into
on Byrig
and
et
See Eadmunde.
sellan syxtig
punda
And
j^et
Ipam
ic wille ]>et
land
aet
lande et
fa munecas
And
ic
gean
swa
ralde
II.
ic hit ahte.
marc
gol.
gol.
pund into Elig, and fif pund into Holm, and fif pund
Wulfwarde muneke, minne maege, and fif pund iElfraehe
mine saemestre. And ic wille fet man sella fet land et
Walsingaham, swa man derast maege, and gelesta man fet
feoh, swa ic gewissod haebbe.
And ic wille fet man sella
fet land et Fersafeld, swa man derast maege, and recna
and
fif
MS. minre
fat sylre.
WILLS.
127
man iuncere Brun an marc gol, and mid ])an laue scytta
man mfne borgas. And ic gean ^Elfwine minan preoste et
Walsingaham xxx. akera
et
on Mulantune.
]>a,
me
saule,
into
and
for ealra
]>e
hit
IL
f Ic Lufa, mid Godes gifa, Ancilla DT, wes soecende and
smeagende, ymb mine saul-pearfe, mid Ceolno^es aercebiscopes get5eahte, and Sara hioua et Cristes cirican
ic gesellan
of
Sem
aerfe
me God
Se
hwite hlafa,
S.
forgef,
ambra
an hriSer, an suin,
maltes,
iiii.
Willa
and cl.
weSras,
ii.
hlafa,
waega
spices
saule,
XII.
monaS end
aerbenumena,
t5is
sue eihwelc
agefe,
mon swe
pis
x. ...oes,
XX. hen-fuglas.
Ic CeolnoS,
tacne
t5is
mid Godes
festne
gefe, Ercebisc,
mid
and write
Beagmund pf
get5afie
Cristes rode-
MARK,
128
Beornfri?5
Chap.
I.
Wealhhere
SwiSberht dice.
pf.
Osmund pf.
Deimund pf
Beornheah
diac.
iESelmund
diac.
i^Selwald diac.
Wighelm
Werbald
Lubo.
diac,
diac.
Sifred diac.
Mundlingham 'Sem
and
ic
bidde,
'5e
Sis
and
lestan Set ic
werne oSSe
hit agele, se
him
seald
se his fer-
Uene
ualete.
the
is
in Esaia
I.
the
Crist,
DurJiam MS.*
Godes Suna,
ic asetide
suae
mm
weg Sm,
Cliopendes stefn in
lohannes
* In the Northumbrian Gloss, the words between brackets are various renderings of the Latin
MARK,
waes in woesten
fulwiht,
Chap.
129
I.
And
on synna forgefnisse.
him foerde
to
all 6
t5a
And
ondetende.
herum, and
fellera gyrdils
was ymb
his sfdo,
and
lo-
And
pestro and
scoe-'8uongas.
ivvih
in
Saem dagum
"^cet
se
And
wunigende: and
arS
nnn
stefn waes of
heofnum geworden, Du
And
And
draf.
feoertig
lo
him
ii
sona 6e
12
daga and
13
and Godes
For'Son tfd
is
and Godes
gefylled,
cuom
Sm
se Haelend in 14
and cuoeSende,
t5
rfc to-geneolecde
And
godspell.
faerende
10
Sa s^ sendende
aefter
And
is
19
ron fisceras.
mec, and
ic
And him
gedo
cuoeS se Haelend,
iuih pset
ge
sie
raonna
CymaS
fisceras.
And
he hia sona
Zebedeum
g5
forfyl-
20
MARK,
]S0
21
i2
I.
to
Chap.
his lar
And
in
24
25
wat
20
Cwome Su
Se Nazare?
Saet
usig?
him
and micla
And
[mi's micle]
And
of-eode.
Ic
se Hae-
alls
wun-
is
Huaelc
6is ?
And
28
eSmodigaS him
29
mersung [merSa]
in
all
is
hraSe foerde
Galilea lond.
30 dreae
Sius nine
gastum
in
lar,
hatas,
forSon
and hia
[gesprang] his
And
recone of
And
c5y
hire
hond
miS Sy sunna
33
to
him
alle
alle yfel
34 gaet].
And
[gebrohton]
'5a
And
duru [to
Se missen-
And
35
hine wiston.
36
37
38 alle
Sec soecaS.
g5wc?
foerde Sona,
And he
131
pend.
Gyf Su
4o
wilt,
Su maeht geclaensiga meh. Da wses se Haelend his milsande, and his hond gerahte, and hine hrinande, to him
And miS Sy he gecueS,
cueS, Ic willo Se geclagnsiga.
from him foerde, and he waes geclaensod.
And sona he bebead him, and cuoeS to him, Gesih Su
Sact 6u hit naenigum menn coeSe, ah gaa adeaw Sec Seem
sona
so
41
4-z
t5iu riofol
44
him
in cySnisse.
45
woestigum stowum
nadon.
Het
J)a
hyssa hwaene
^rest onfunde,
past se eorl
nolde
hors forlaetan,
yrmSo
feor afysan,
he
and forSgangan,
hicgan to handum,
and * * * hige godum.
leofre fleogan,
* * *
Jjset
Offan maeg
let
ge])olian
him fa of handon
and to
|)aere
hilde stop
132
wacian
))a
wordum
se cniht nolde
])8et
pam wige,
waepnum feng.
set
he to
se
maelde,
on beot ahead
brim-li])endra
])aer
he on ofre stod
frean to gefeohte;
Me
s^ndon to
ongan
s^men
))a
for^beran
gar to gupe
he haefde
])a
snelle
heton Se secgan,
God
ge])anc,
handum
hwile he mid
J)aet ])u
most sendan
beot he gelaeste,
ge
]?aet
feohtan sceolde.
hilde daelon.
Ne
))urfe
we
us spillan
we
rincum
griS faestnian.
taehte
hu hi sceoldon standan,
and ])one stede healdan,
and baed paet hyra randan
Gyf ]?u
rihte heoldon
lysan wille,
mid folmum,
and ne forhtedon
na.
pa he
haefde
faegre
getrymmed,
he
lihte ]?a
]?aet
folc
mid leodon,
]?aer
him
J)aer
he his heorS-werod
leofost waes,
holdost wiste.
pa
stod on staeSe,
]>e
golde
faet geraedest,
faet
J)Li
}>me leoda
syllan sde-mannum,
on hyra
sylfra
dom,
and nfman
we
willaS
us to scype gangan,
on
flot feran,
stiSlice ciypode,
bord hafenode,
wicinga
wand wacne
ar,
beornas trymian,
faeste
is
J)isne gar-raes
Da
Byrhtno'S ongan
rat5e
]?3er
'Se
aesc,
^r geseman,
mselde,
grim gu6-plega,
der
we gofol syllon.
Het }>a bord beran,
beornas gangan,
eow
hi willaS
to gafole
paet hi
on ]>am ea-steSe
garas syllan,
ealle stodon.
aettrynne ord,
Ne
werod
eow
pa.
heregeatu
set
hilde ne deah.
J>e
mihte
J^aer
to J)am
for waetere
oSrum,
com flowende
J)aer
flod aefter
ebban,
Brini-manna boda,
lucon lagu-streamas
abeod
to lang hit
ongean,
eft
133
him
]7uhte,
hwaenne hi togaedere
miccle
garas beron.
faet
mid
eorl
]?e
la}re spell,
werode,
his
wile gealgian
e]?el ]?ysne,
and
iEjjelraedes eard,
mmes,
ealdres
and foldan
folc
o}>rum derian,
:
feallan sceolon
hsefene
To
])aet
me
pinceS
to scype
buton
fyl
set hilde.
heanlic
se aesc-here
gangon
hwa
flod ut
|)a
wicinga
fela,
wiges georne.
Het
nu ge
heal dan
feor hider
gewat
Se
unbefohtene
])us
gename.
J)a haelej^a
pa.
hleo
bricge
on urne earde
wigan wigheardne,
in-becomon,
sine
gegangan
})3et
fe ))one forman
man
134-
mid
baldlicost
]?e J?aer
on
wealdan mote.
bricge stop.
])a
mid Wulfstane
paer stodon
wigan unforhte,
modige twegen
pa noldon
Wodon
pa.
wsel-wulfas,
for waetere ne
and Maccus,
7?^lfere
murnon,
wicinga werod,
set ]?ani
forde
fleam gewyrcan,
scyldas wagon,
ac hi fsestlice
lidmen to lande
wis
J)e
})a
fynd weredon,
hwfle
wsepna
hi
J>e
hi
]?8et
ongeaton,
hi
bitere
J)aer
bricg-weardas
fundon
|)a
wyrcan
]?aet
feste
]?one wi-hagan,
werod healdan
wi6 feondum.
laSe gystas
]?3et
gramum
and
ongunnon lytegian
baedon
paer ongean
gearowe stodon
wealdan moston.
pa
linde baeron.
hi
up-gangan
tir aet
getohte
agan moston,
])aet
fej>an laedan.
feallan sceoldon.
Da
se eorl ongan,
men
Seode.
Ongean
paer faege
ceallian
J>a,
Hi
leton pa of folman
feol-hearde speru,
Byrhthelmes beam,
gegrundene
beornas gehlyston
garas fleogan,
Nu eow
is
gerymed,
gaS ricene to
guman
us,
to gu]?e
baed
on gehwagSere hand
hogode
hyssas lagon
]ye
wund wearS
Wulf'masr,
dom
hyssa gehwylc
]?aet
to wige,
Denum
on
wolde
gefeohtan.
wail-reste geceas,
Wdd
ByrhtnoSes
waepen up-ahof,
raaeg,
135
]?a
wiges heard,
bord to gebeorge,
and
swibe forheawen
J)8er
wearS wicingum
wijjerlean agifen
gehyrde
ic Saet
mid
Eadweard
hyra oSrum
]?a
se s^-rinc
suferne gar,
gewundod wear6
swenges ne wyrnde,
])a
wigena hlaford
|)3et
he sceaf pa mid
pam
scylde,
]?aet
se sceaft tobaerst,
]?anc gesaede,
and
|?aet
]mm
paet hit
byr|)ene%
spere sprengde,
sprang ongean
gegremod wearS
Swa stemnetton
stit5-hugende
wlancne wicing,
hysas
]>e
set hilde,
him
J)a
hogodon georne
hwa ])aer mid orde
Frod waes
^rost mihte
J)urh
he
let his
J^aes
francan wadan
hysses hals
hand wisode
faet
feorh geraehte
^a he operne
stihte hi
bur-hene
he on ]?am faer-sceaSan
ofstlice sceat,
ByrhtnoS,
^
forgeaf.
se fyrd-rinc,
feorh gewinnan,
faeste,
faet seo
?
se gu6-rinc,
wunde
on faegean men
stodon st^de
hogode.
yfles
Sende
swurde,
his
beornes stop
anne sloge
swi)?e
wi(5 ])ses
byrne
b >8et?
tobaerst,
136
wund
he waes on breostum
J>urh
him
]?a
eet
hring-locan
heortan stod
hloh
])Si
]?e
blipra,
modi man,
Metode
saede
})anc
^aes daBg-weorces,
]>e
him Drihten
Forlet
of
braed
scet5e,
and on
byrnan sloh
J^a
lidmanna sum,
he
eorles
)?aes
earm amyrde
foldan
feoll J?a to
daro(5 of handa,
fealo-hilte swurd,
fleogan of folman,
ne mihte he gehealdan
forS-gewat
past se to
heardne mece,
waepnes wealdan.
word
^^pelraedes J>egen.
pa-gyt
Him
har hilde-rinc,
be healfe stod
fast
gecwaec^
hyse unweaxen,
hyssas bylde
eniht on gecampe,
se full caflice
gode geferan
ne mihte
blodigne gar,
fasste
Wulfstanes beam,
Wulfmaer
se
geonga
]7a
he to heofenum wlat
GeJ?ance
]?e
ealra faera
pe
ic
ord in-gew6d,
nu
ic ah,
]?e
se
on eorpan
his J)eoden
laeg,
^r
on fotum leng
gestandan
forlet for-heardne
J7aet
t5eoda
on worulde gebad
maeste
past ]>u
milde Meotod,
])earfe,
mmum
godes geunne,
Eode
Jxfit
gesyrwed
mm
gaste
sajvul to
simian mote,
on
beagas gefecgan,
peoden engla,
mid friSe ferian
.reaf
and hringas,
Waldend,
wynna
J>earle geraehte.
|)a
hine gelette
rajje
])a.
forgeaf.
drenga sum
Ja
Da ByrhtnoS
bill
setterne ord.
Se eorl waes
fffn
geweald,
])e
eom frymdi
to ^e,
ealle
gedon haefde
hynan ne moton.
Da
hine
gemundon,
pe he him to dugupe
hi hel-sceapan
J)aet
heowon
haeSene scealcas,
der asaede,
and begen
on pam mepel-stede,
]>a.
beornas
pa he gemot haefde,
J>e him bigstodon,
jElfno^ and Wulmaer begen past paer modlice
lagon 6a on-emn
manega
hyra frean,
pe eft
feorh gesealdon.
polian noldon.
Hi bugon
pe
fram beaduwe
J>a
beon noldon
|)aBr
Da wearS
afeallen
i^pelraedes eorl
^rest on fleame,
ealle
Godric fram
heorS-geneatas
guj^e,
forlet,
him msenigne
mear gesealde
paet
pa
oft
]>e
gesawon
hyra heorra
Saer
wendon
unearge men,
efston georne,
on pam geraedum
hi
o^er twega.
his
woldon pa
ot5Se leofne
swa
and
]>one
flugon on
wudu
J>aet
pam
wige,
sohton,
faesten,
hit aenig
gyf
pa gearnunga
hi
maeS waere,
gewrecan
hi bylde fortJ
beam
ne gymdon,
ac wendon fram
ealle
Iff forlsetan,
begen aerdon,
gu]>e
laeg.
forS
wlanee pegenas,
and
[hilde]
faer
spraecon,
aet paere
^Ifrices,
wordum
maelde
on ellen-spraec gemuna
we oft
meodo spraecon,
ponne we on bence
pa maela pe
aet
137
138
aesc-holt asceoc
beot ahofon,
haeleS on healle,
Hwaet
ealle
nu maeg cunnian
]?egenas to J>earfe
hwa cene
nu ure ])eoden
ic
sy
mme
wylle
asfelo
eallum gecy})an,
wes on
))aet ic
mm
ViS,
eallum
is
J)earf,
ure aeghwylc
J)aet
o]?erne bylde
miccles cynnes,
waes
iElfvvine, hafast
eorl on eor^an,
us
Myrcon
J>u,
gemanode,
ealda feeder
wigan to wige,
Ealhelm haten,
]?a
wfs ealdorman,
sceolon
me
on
jjcere J>eode
J>egenas aetwi'tan,
of
)>aet ic
fyrde
])isse
Us Godric haefS,
earh Oddan beam,
beswicene
feran wille,
ealle
vvende
mm
ealdor ligeS
forheawen
me
is
past
aet hilde,
hearma meest
mm
he wes aeg^er
and
Da
mm
maeg
se
on foldan
]?a
laeg
his waepne.
wmas
manian,
hi forS-eodon.
OfFa gemaelde,
vvicge,
for])an
man
folce,
forwegen mid
Ongan
})aet
paet
anne geraehte
J>aet
he on meare rad,
on wlancan pam
his angin,
Leofsunu gemaelde,
and
bord to gebeorge,
he
]>'dm
Ic
]?aet
gehate,
ic
heonon
]7aet
AbreoSe
gemunde,
on ]?am
for-moni man,
scyld-burh tobrocen.
he mid orde
flotan
]?a
]?aes
folc totwaemed,
hlaford.
he forS-eode,
faeh^e
J)aet
he vvaepen maege
eard gesecan,
nu
f>e
heardne mece,
woruld-gesaelig.
Ne
hwile
beorne oncwaetS
nelle
fyl
wrecan on gewinne
Him
mfnne wine-drihten.
geornlice fylstan
139
gewyrcan.
se gysel
waes on
ongan
NorS-hymbron
heardes cynnes,
wordum
Ecglafes beam,
him waes ^EscferS nama
he ne wandode na
aetwftan,
ham
siSie,
aet
me
waepen nfman,
sceal
])am wig-plegan,
ac he fysde forS
flan
genehe
hwilon he on bord
He
hwflon beorn
ful yrre
wod,
sceat,
taesde
fleam he forhogode.
Dunnere
p3L
feaht faestlice,
pa.
cwseS,
daroS acwehte,
unorne
|)9et
hwfle Se he waepna
wealdan moste.
beorna gehwylc
Eadweard
se langa,
ByrhtnoS wraece
gylp-wordum
Ne maeg na wandian
]?aet
se
Tpe
wrecan J^enceS
spraec,
he nolde fleogan
fot-mael landes,
frean on folce,
ofer-baec bugan,
pa hi
sealde
ceorl,
baed
forS-eodon,
feores hi ne rohton.
and
Ongunnon
J)a
hired-men
wif5
pa beornas feaht,
heardlice feohtan,
on pam s^mannum
grame gar-berend,
and God baed on
Jjaet hi moston gewrecan
wurt5lice wrec,
hyra wyne-drihten,
aepele gefera,
fus
^r he on
waele laege.
for'Sgeorn,
HO
secgas feaht
feaht eornoste,
wit5 fas
Sibyrhtes brot5or,
he wses on gefrang
o]?er,
cene hi weredon,
on ]7am waele
laege.
gemot
stodon
wigan on gewinne,
pa
wigend cruncon,
guSe sloh
set
he on eor])an
and
peer
feoll,
Gaddes maeg
grund gesohte
ra^e wearS
set
faeste
wundum
vverige
hilde
begen gebrojrru,
OfFa forheawen
beornas trymedon,
hyra wine-magas
wordon baedon,
)J8et
swa he beotode ^r
])set
wi^
J)olian
his beah-gifan,
paet hi
seeoldon begen
he faer
set 'Searfe
seeoldon,
unwaclice
on burh ndan,
wsepna neotan.
hale to hame,
Byrhtwold mapelode,
o^e
on here crincgan,
bord hafenode,
on wael-stowe
wundum
aesc
He
Iseg
sweltan.
Segenlice
8eodne gehende.
Da
he
acwehte,
ful baldliee
beornas l^rde
Hige
sceal fe heardra,
brim-men wodon,
guSe gegremode,
heorte
fe ure maegen
faeges feorh-hus.
her
ealle forheawen,
purstanes sunu.
god on greote
mod
]>e
sceal
lis
c^nre,
]>e
mare,
lytlat5
ure ealdor
JUDITH.
Godric to gupe,
a maeg gnornian,
se
Se nu fram
wendan
Ic
eom
fram
ic
)>is
14-1
forlet,
weel-spere windan,
Jjeuce'S.
wicingas
frod feores,
on
ne
swa he on ]?am
wille,
]>3i
me be healfe
mfnum hlaforde,
fyrmest code,
o^]?aet
licgan ]>ence.
Naes
ac
ic
Swa
hi ^|)elgares
folce
beam
])e
he on hilde gecranc.
})aBt
na
Godric
se
Sa gu^e forbeah,
ealle bylde,
JUDITH.
A FRAGMENT.
*
in
* tweode gifena,
heo
J)aer
pa gearwe funde
mund-byrd
set
]?am
m^ran
hyldo
})3et
J)8es
hehstan Deman,
brogan
]?aes
Waldend
Faeder on roderum
torhtmod
J)e
girwan up swaesendo
to
^am
het se
gumena baldor
miclum
raefndon rond-wiggende
comon
to
6am
rfcan peodne,
gefriSode, frymSa
hyre
]?eodne,
J)a
wm
tiSe
gefremede,
Iudit5
hyne,
gleaw on geponce,
a to ))3em iElmihtigan.
Gefraegen
ic J?a
Holofernus
^rest gesohte.
JUDITH.
142
ofer-drencte his
X.
Hie Sa
^am symle
to
duguSe ealle,
sittan eodon,
wlance to wm-gedrince,
Swa
bealde byrn-wiggende.
fylgaii flet-sittendum,
o6|>8et fira
boren
aefter
bencum gelome,
uUe flet-sittendum
gumena
het se
aldor
bearnum
eadigan msegS,
ofstum fetigan
to his bed-reste,
beagum
hringum gehrodene.
Da wearS
gehlaeste,
Holofernus,
gold-wine gumena,
anbyht-scealcas,
on gyste-salum^;
head,
byrn-wigena brego
mihten
lira
beam
bearhtme stopon
feorran gehyran,
to ])am gyst-erne,
hu
fasr hi ludith^e
se stiSmoda
fundon ferhS-gleawe,
lind-wiggende
benc-sittende,
Isedan
Jjset
Swa
and
hi gebsRrdon wel.
se
])a
inwidda
fromlice
]?a
ongunnon
torhtan maegS
to traefe
J)8er
pam
se rfca
dryht-guman sine
reste
nihtes inne,
swiSmod
on symbel
Nergende
sinces brytta,
offset hie
on swiman lagon,
MS.
hean,
hyne
la's;
Holofernus.
gyte salum.
be-
JUDITH.
Daer waes
eall
143
gumena
galferhS
gylden
Create,
fleoh-net fasger,
and ymbe
Jjser
folc-togan
}>aes
bed ahongen,
]?aet
se bealofulla
ende gebidenne,
haefde
wigena baldor,
on eorSan unswaeslicne,
on aeghwylcne,
swylcne he
))e
for-
leosan,
|)a
his
eer Eefter
worhte,
Saer-inne com,
haeletSa bearna,
monna
nymSe
Gefeol
J>a
se rica
on
his reste
cynnes,
se
modiga hwaene
niSe-rofra
swa he nyste
him
on gewit-locan
]?e
near het,
reste
gebrohton
eodon Sa sterced-ferhSe
hae-
lit
laeddon to bedde,
nehstan siSe.
besmitan
ne wolde
womme
waes Nergendes
peowen J^rymful,
fearle gemyndig
hu heo pone
ea'Sost
faet
Sone waerlogan,
laSne leod-hatan,
of '5am inne
weras wm-sade,
]?e
bliSe,
wuldres
nanne
ofstum miclum,
leS,
jjset
middan,
raeda
wiggend stopon
Hie ^a on
hrofe.
Dema
^rymmes Hyrde,
ac he him J>aes binges ge-
ge^afian,
ealdre benaeman,
^r
se unsyfra
womfull onwoce.
Genam
styrde,
atolan
mihte
t5a
wunden-locc,
Scyppendes
Gewat ^a
scearpne raece,
se deofulcunda,
maeg'S,
JUDITH.
144
scurum heardne,
and of sceaSe abraed
svvi^ran folme
ongan
sedre
swegles Weard,
"Sa
be naman nemnan,
Nergend
leafan.
ealra
woruld-buendra,
and
])aet
word acwaeS
mode,
geniwod
haligre hyht
and
frofre Gaest,
Beam
Alwaldan,
be feaxe sfnum,
biddan wille
fasste
miltse J7mre
me
pearfendre,
Drynesse
pearle ys
Drym
me nuSa,
and
J)one bealofullan
listum alede,
laSne mannan,
swa heo Saes unlaedan
heorte^ onhseted,
eaSost mihte
wel gewealdan.
Sloh Sa wunden-locc
mid
geheawan
})aet
ic
]?ys
J)ysne
fagum mece,
mordres
hete poncolne,
bryttan
Ipset
ic J>fnre neefre
miltse ]?on
maran
J)one
J)aet
sweoran him,
he on swiman
naes 'Sa
torhtmod
ealles orsawle
J?aet
tires Brytta,
Hi fa
se hehsta
dead fa gyt,
sloh Sa eornoste
ides ellen-rof,
D^ma
In MS. ys
laeg,
J>earfe
ojjre siSe,
is
JUDITH.
})one hseSenan
J)aet
him
hund,
heafod wand
J^aet
145
snude gebrohte
faes
herewae^an
forS on Sa flore.
Laeg se fula
on 5am
leap,
gesne beeeftan,
]>e
faetelse,
hyre foregenga,
blac-hleor ides,
under neowelnaes,
and
J)eawum geSungen,
paer
genySerad waes,
susle gesaeled,
))yder onlaedde,
sySSan
and
aefre,
hit
5a swa heolfrig
wyrmum bewunden,
wftum gebunden,
hige 5oncolre,
hearde gehaefted,
ham
in helle bryne,
to berenne,
aefter hin-siSe
Eodou 5a gegnum
pa idesa ba,
Jjystrum forSylmed,
ellen-]?riste,
past
of
he Sonan mote,
5am
wyrm-sele,
awa
ead-hre5ige ma3g5,
})aet
ham,
leas.
becomon,
collen-ferh5e,
ut of
to aldre,
hyht-wynna
o5}jaet hie
]?anonne
5am hedge,
hie sweotollice
geseon mihton
faere wlitegan byrig
weallas blican,
Bethuliam.
XI.
Haefde 5a gefohten,
fore-m^rne
ludith
blaed,
aet gu'Se,
u5e,
swegles Ealdor,
]?e
pa seo
snotere maegtJ
Hie 5a beah-hrodene
fe5e-laste
for5 onettan,
o5 hie glaed-mode
geg^n haefdon
to
5am
weal-gate.
Wiggend
saeton,
weras waeccende
JUDITH.
146
pa wurdon
wearde heoldon^
in
Sam
swa 'Sam
sySSan hi gehyrdon
^r
folce
bliSe
burh-sittende,
faestenne,
geomor-modum
hu seo
ludithe bebead,
searo-Soncol msegS,
])a
heo on
siS
gewat,
eft
))ses
faesten-geates
folc onette,
ides ellen-rof.
Waes Sa
halige sprsec
cumen
leof to leodum,
gleaw-hydig wff,
gumena sumne,
ongean
fusendmaelum,
ealde ge geonge
aeghwylcum wearS
men on Saere medo-byrig
and
hi ofostlice
in-forlsetan^
and
paet
geat,
word acwaeS
to
Sam
Ic
]?set
areted,
sige-folce
J)oncwyrSe
mod
peodnes maegS
]>a
and Sa
J)ing,
ge ne ]?yrfen leng
cumen
eft to eSle,
hie
ofostlice
mid eaSmedum
murnan on mode
eow ys Metod bliSe,
in-forleton.
cyninga Wuldor,
golde gefraetewod,
))3et
gecySed wearS,
eow ys wuldor-bleed
pa seo gleawe
het,
hyre Sinenne,
]7an col-mode,
faes
here-waeSan
torhtlic toweard,
heafod onwriSan,
and
and hyt
tir-gifeSe
to
behSe
Sara leeSSa
blodig aetywan
Se ge lange drugon.
J)am burh-leodum,
MS. heo
ildon.
''
MS.
forlaeton.
JUDITH.
hu hyre
Spraec
aet
'8a
147
seo ae^ele
fam folce
Her ge magon sweotole,
scfre helmas,
sige-rofe haeleS,
fyllan folc-togan
to eallum
in
sceaSena gemong,
leoda rseswan,
fagum sweordum,
on
fege frumgaras
Saes la^estan
haeSenes hea:5o-rinces
heafod starian%
gedemed
Holofernus
unlyfigendes,
monna
tir aet
to deaSe,
tohtan,
mort5ra gefremede,
sarra sorga,
])urh
pa wearS
pe us
maest
ac him ne uSe
lengran
j7aBt
mme
hand,
werod
snelra
snude gegearewod,
God
cenra to campe
stopon cyne-rofe,
Iffes,
he mid laeSSum
us eglan moste.
baeron
foron to gefeohte
]>urh
Nu
Godes fultum.
gumena gehwaene
ic
))ufas,
on gerihte
for^
under helmum,
haeleS
haligran byrig,
fyssa burg-leoda
of
|)aere
biddan wylle,
on
]?aet
rand-wiggendra,
dynedan scildas,
hlude hlummon.
]?aet
ge recene eow
fysan to gefeohte
wulf
daegred sylf
and
Cyning,
eastan sende
in walde,
se
wanna
hrefn,
wael-gifre fugel,
leohtne leoman,
westan^ begen,
beraS linde
faet
fortS,
MS.
staria'5.
him Sa ])eod-guman
^
westene?
h2
JUDITH.
148
})ohton tilian
on faegum
land-buende,
lat5um cynne,
fylle
stopon styrn-mode,
urig fe^era
sterced-ferhSe,
salowig pada
wrehton unsofte
eald geni^lan,
hyrned-nebba.
medo-werige,
Stopon heaSo-rincas,
mundum brugdon
beornas to beadowe,
scealcas of
bordum beSeahte,
hwealfum lindum,
J)a '5e
hwfle ^r
ecgum
sceaSum
gecoste,
slogon eornoste
elSeodigra
Assiria
edwit J>oledon,
oret-maecgas,
hae^enra hosp.
ni^ hycgende,
Him
aet
))8et
hearde wear^,
^ara sesc-plegan,
nanne ne sparedon
faes here-folces,
eallum forgolden,
heanne ne
Assyrium,
cwicera manna,
sy^t5an Ebreas,
rfce,
under guS-fanum,
xn.
gegan hsefdon
to
^am
Hie
'5a
fyrd-wicum.
fromlice
Swa 5a
mago-})egnas,
on 5a morgen-tfd,
ehton el5eoda
flana sctiras,
ealle frage,
ongeaton
hilde naedran,
oS]/3et
of horn-bogan,
5a 5e grame waeron,
straelas stede-hearde,
5aes here-folces
styrmdon hlude,
heafod-weardas,
grame guS-frecan,
faet
garas sendon
swi51ic
in heardra
gemang,
him swyrd-geswing
eowdon
weras Ebrisce
JUDITH.
hie
wordum
J>ara
fast
yldestan
149
ealdor-Jjegnum
oSSe gecunnian
cySan eodon,
hu Sone cumbol-wigan
wis Sa halgan maegS
wrehton cumbol-wigan,
and him
forhtlice
medo-werigum,
niorgen
folc Ebrea,
coll an,
atolne ecg-plegan.
pa
ic aedre
haefde geworden,
Metodes meowlan.
Masgen nealaehte,
gefrsegn
fuhton pearle,
heardum heoru-waepnum,
guidon
slege-ftege haeleS
haefte
slaepe tobredon,
hyra fyrn
and wis
fagum swyrdum
])aes
bealofullan
geflitu,
ealle afSoncan^.
bur-geteldes
weras ferhSe
Assyria wearS,
hwearfum
on Sam daege-weorce,
J)ringan,
Holofernus
dom
hogedon aninga
bajlc forbiged.
geswiSrod,
hyra hlaforde
Beornas stodon
hyldo bodian,
ymbe hyra
aerSon
'Se
on-ufan
him
se egesa
]?eodnes
sweorcend-ferhSe
ssete
Sa somod
maegen Ebrea.
hi
Mynton
ongunnon cohhetan,
pset se
ealle
beorna brego,
Sam
traef,
pearle gebylde,
msegtS,
wlitegan traefe
ealle
cirman hlude,
and
gristbitian,
gode orfeorme,
and
waeron setsomne,
se galmoda,
egesfull
naes
and afor
hogedon Sa
aweecan
afSoncas
eorlas
hire wfne-dryhten
JUDITH.
150
sum
to
^am
on fleam sceacan
him mon
arod,
he
])8et
feaht on
maegen-eacen
fara beado-rinca,
oS se maesta
in fast bur-geteld
last,
fole,
dael
ni^heard net5de,
hilde gesaeged,
blacne liegan
his gold-gifan,
sweordum geheawen,
wulfum to willan,
gaestes gesne,
Iffes
He
on
^am
fuglum
belidenne.
sige-wonge,
to frofre
flugon ^a
t5e
freorig to foldan%
la^ra lind
ongan
him on
]>a
lungre gefeoll,
hreoh on mode,
and
his hraegl
to
sigore geweorSod,
dome gedyrsod
him feng Dryhten God
J)9et
pe Saer unrote
faegre
Her
on fultum,
Frea ^Imihtig.
waeron
tite
laste for
sweot Ebrea,
somod,
word acwae^
^am wiggendum,
and
lyfdon
Hi
ys geswutelod
'Sa
fromlice,
fagum swyrdum,
toweard getacnod,
haeleS hige-rofe,
her-paS worhton,
ys mid ni^ura
neah ge^rungen,
linde heowon,
Se
we
aet
saecce forweorSan
seild-burh scaeron,
sceotend waeran,
gu^e gegremede,
guman
Ebreisce,
Hi Sa hreowig-mode
wurpon hyra waepen ofdune,
Jjegnas
on
MS.
t5a
]?earle gelyste
feoldan.
tfd
JUDITH.
151
gar-gewinnes.
Da
maegSa m^rost,
se hyhsta dael
anes monies
heafod-gerfmes,
wlanc wunden-loce,
seo cneoris
eall,
'
fyrst,
Assyria
ealdor-duguSe,
laSan cynnes,
Bethuliam,
lythwon becom
cwicera to cySSe
here-byrnan %
cirdon cyne-rofe,
guS-sceorp gamena,
wiggend on vviSertrod,
wael-scel on innan,
golde gefraetewod,
reocende hraew.
fonne
Rum
asecgan msege
waes to nimanne
lond-buendum
m^rra madma
mon
asnig
searo-])oncelra
Seod-guman
on t5am laSestan
eal
hyra eald-feonduni
])rymme geeodon,
]?8et tSa
unlyfigendum
heolfrig here-reaf,
and comp-wige,
j)urh ludithe
gleawe
brtine helmas,
maegS modigre.
dyre madmas.
Hi
to
HaBfdon domlice,
of
Sam
on 6am folcstede,
sylfre
fynd oferwunnen,
eorlas aesc-rofe,
lare,
mede
hyre,
siSfate,
brohton
e6el-weardas,
Holofernes
eald-hettende
swyrd um aswefede
J)a
Se him to
latSost
Iffe
waeron
cwicera cynna.
and
eal
J)3et
swiSmod
se rinca baldor
sinces ahte,
oSSe sundor-yrfes,
MS. hare byrnan.
PARAPHRASE OF
152
maSma
beorhtan idese
ageafon, gearo-])oncolre.
^am
to
)>8es
leanes
pses sy
num,
heo lange
^am
leofan
wuldor to wfdan
Dryhtne
aldre,
roderas and
rume grundas,
]>e
rfce,
paes
aet
gyrnde.
wuldor-weroda Dryhtne,
m^r^e on moldan
iElmihtigan
huru
]>e
JOB.
leafan
FROM
A PARAPHRASE OF
Me
lifes
and
onwrah,
fset torhte
tillice
onlah,
se ]ns leoht
geteoh
onwrah.
Glaed wses
ic
])set J)aer
rof
in healle
gad
word rad
gliwum,
glenged hiwum,
blissa
me
ne waes
]?aet
he
in sele saege
sinc-gewsege.
pegnum
bleoum
gej>yhte,
blostma hiwum.
horsce
symbel ne alegon,
hilde generedon,
mec heredon,
feorh-giefe gefegon,
faegre feredon,
fraetwed-wsegum,
feondon biweredon
wic ofer
wongum
me
leoJ>u
ne biglad,
THE GRAVE.
hlude hlynede,
153
blaed blissade
hleo])or dynede,
Gold gearwade,
gim hwearfade,
swegl-rad swinsade,
swiSe ne minsade,
burg-sele beofode,
sine searwade,
beorht
sib nearwade.
lifade,
ellen eacnade,
From
ead beacnade,
freolic in
freaum frodade,
wses in fraetwum,
ic
geatwum
fromum godade,
drohtaS
mod
foldan ic freoSade,
maegnade,
mine faegnade,
folcum
treow telgade,
lif
liyhtlic
ic leojjode,
welgade,
tir
THE GRAVE.
A FRAGMENT.
De
er
J>u
J)onne
Su of moder come
ac hit nes no idiht,
er
Nu me
}>er t5u
hit
]>e
]>e
were.
bringaeS
beon
scealt,
nu me sceal fe meten,
and t5a mold seotSSa
ne biS no pin hus
unheh and
]>e
J)er-inne
))ire
swa Su
wunien
lah,
scealt
on mold
ful cald,
dimme and
deorcae
Dureleas
is
and dearc
paet hus,
hit is wiSinnen,
^aer
pu
and
ladlic
healice itinbred,
hit biS
list
sid-wages unhege,
hu long
]>\x
iboren were,
is
past eorS-hus,
h5
154
Ser
]>u
Dus
and
])e
]>e
fast
Saet aefre
hus pe
to iseonne
haefet^
J)in
faxes bireued,
al bi^
to,
wule lokien
Saet efre
nenne freond,
wylle faren
sefter lihten
and lad
nefst tSu
]>e
for sone
todelet5.
]>e ))e
hu
and
scealt wunien,
and wurmes
Ses faxes
feirnes forsceden,
naele hit
likie,
undon
stracien
^e wule 6a dure,
MS. Otho,
Calig., A. IX.
Bladud
Daughters.
his
C. XIII.
sone,
he heold
somed an
]?is
drihliche lond,
his Hue,
sixti winter.
He makede
efter
him
lette
we an ure
nemnen
leod-quide
The
and hine
after
Leir-chestre clepiat$.
3eare a J?an holde
He makede
dawen
at5el
burh,
on riche borh,
seoluan,
owene hond,
sixti winter.
and he heo
in his
him
lette
nemni
seolue,
]?e
borh
leof he
]>e
LeJ)-chestre cleopief.
was a borh
and almost
riche,
illegible
hand.
lf>er
seh toward
wes
J)urh pere
to
sorvve,
uael.
Sixti winter
bi his drihliche
quen
warS
hadde Leir
lond towelden.
pis
sari,
manscipe to halden,
his
moche
al forfaren,
leodene
lond al towelden.
perfore he
155
pa
pe
aeldeste
dohter haihte
aeldeste
hehte
Gor-
noylle,
Gornoille,
pa oSer Regau,
pe oper Regau,
pa pridde Cordoille,
pe pridde Gordoylle,
was pe 3eongeste,
3eo
heo wes hire fader al swa leof 3eo was hire fader al so
so his owene lif.
swa his a3ene lif.
po holdede pe king,
pa aeldede pe king,
and failede his mihte,
and wakede on a'Selan,
and he hine bipohte
an he hine bipohte
wat he don mihte
wet he don mahte
of his kineriche
of his kineriche
He
seide to
He
him suluen,
saide to
him
seolue,
was
Ich wolle mine riche
3iue
pat pe vuel
mine dohtres,
leof
156
whulchere
beo
mi beste
woch me mest
louie,
freond,
and heo
seal
habbe
J>at
beste
and 3eo
sal
deal
del
of mine kine-londe.
pus
])e
and
fer-aefter
king fohte,
he worhte
was deore,
vt of hire bure,
ut of hire bure,
]>e
he cleopede Gornoille,
he clepede Gornoille,
to hire fader
aide king,
deore
soSere worden
swiSe dure
sopere wordes
]>eo eart
me,
ou
]>u
lef
ham
hich pe,
me
to
me
walden kineriche ?
to
welde kineriche
}>on
king
]?ane
])is
and^et
world
al
me
aene
clane
mi
lif,
pan
al pis
and
3et ich
pou hart
me one
worle clene
me
leouere pan mi
lif,
]>e
to seo^e,
me
mith
wel
me
f u miht
ileue.
wel
157
ilefue.
Leir fe king
ilefde his dohter laeisinge,
Leir f e king
ilefde his dohter lesinge,
and f us answerede
f e king to his dohter
Ich
Gornoille seuge,
J>e
god
beon
seal
fi
meda
god
sal
beo f i mede
wel dede.
for fine
Ich
swife vnbalded,
mochel onbolded,
ham
for
min heolde
ich wilie
mi dirhliche lond
ich wole
mi
a f roe
todalen
a f reo
todeale
fin
is
al
min
mine kinne-londe.
Mher
al
drifliche lond
:
f ou hart
me
swife deore,
mawe
fat ich
in
ifinde
mine kine-londe.
wid
seist tu
me
to raeide ?
Al fat
is
nis nig
swa me
on liue
swa dure
fin an luue,
ne for^e min ah3ene lif.
Ah heo ne seide na f ing setS,
is
Al
nis
so
me
m.
Ac
alf so deore
his fin
jeo
one
li.e,
de noft sof,
158
no more ])enne
hiire suster.
na more p
al hire les....
ilefde.
po answ.... king,
pa answarede ]>e king,
his dohter him icwe...
hiis dorter him icwemde
pea ]?ridde del of mine londe pe pridden deal of mine
ich bitake pe an hond
ich bitake ]?e an honde
:
...
per
pa
]>e is
3et
aire leowost.
nolde
J>e
nime louerd
and p
nime louerd
}7u scalt
leod-king
pe
3et
nolde pe king
his
dohter Gordoille
3eo
was
of soSe
and
]>e
33er witelest,
panne batueie
]>e
aire ^congest,
o^re.
oper.
pat
nom
hire
sostres
seide
pan
kinge
kinge
nam
hire lapfolne op
seoS,
wolde segge
sop,
laS.
po
hira lop.
of pe Cordoille,
Gordoille mi dohter,
so pe helpe Appolin,
ou deore pe
stille,
po answerede
Gordoille,
stille,
lilitre,
159
we buoS
for
swi]?e isibbe,
are,
mare
swa muchel fu bist woruh
al
al so
swa
and
welden
]>u
al
ore,
]>e
more
wor])
aert,
J)u
and wile
...
fou hoft
afest,
hauest,
men
]>e
wllet luuien
mon
]>e
]>e
lutel o^ej).
doille,
and seoSSen
pa iwarSe
for
men
j>e
maeiden Cor-
]>e
wollej) louie
]>e
lutel ah.
])e
pus seide
men
bit5 ila3ed,
he nes
and
king wser^,
po
iwarj? pe
noht iquemed,
for
]>e
Jeo
swa un-
sippe sat
he wende on
stille.
king wrop,
his pon..
hit
pat he
so onworp,
..t
wour^,
fat heo hine nold iwurSi,
p.. 3eo
swa
hire
twa
sustren,
hin
louie,
blac,
clotS
weiren
hude and
his
bicom
his
heowe,
mid
J>ere
wraeStSe he waes
isweued,
igre-
160
he feol
]?at
late ]>eo
swowen
he up fusde
pa hit
up brae,
J)at he spac
alles
wes vuel
hit
vp fusde
late f
fat
hit
Hercne Gordoille,
ich woUe segge f e mine wille
ich ]>e telle wille mine wille
of mine dohtren |)u were me of mine dohtres f ou were me
Hserne Cordoille,
leouest,
durest,
me
nu
]7U eaert
ne
arle laeSes
ah mine dohtren
nou
f ou hart
salt f ou
ne
me
neuere holde
ic wille
and wonien
in wansiSe,
wende
me
J)at J)u
woldes
)?us
scan-
den,
wene
ut of min
beon deed
eaeh-sene,
mi kinelond,
and
))is
me
is
Regau
J)e
J>at
scone
hem
3eue
And
al
fou
farfore
fleo vt of
f us
salt
dei^e
ich
mine eh-scene,
and
me
fis
al
his
icweme.
pe duk of Cornwale
sal
habbe Gornoille,
Regau
fa winne
ich sem waldinge ouer.
ic
wende
woldest
lond,
iqiieme.
pe due of Cornwaile
seal habbe Gornoille,
and J>e Scottene king
and
me
fou
fat
wene
ic
fli^
sende,
})ine
f e scene
ham
fat ich
And f e
ase he
ouer waldenne.
hadde
ideraid.
]>a,
161
])ar
heo ofte
for
heo nolde
boiire,
saette sare
and
maide
si]>te
sore
li^en
pat
ofte
po,
wes
swiSen
swij>e samuast,
swomefest,
for hire fader
and dude
in hire
and
heo scunede,
]>ene beste
red
]?olede ]>ene
and mornede
mod-kare,
swij)e
and dude
and
in hire
one stunde
hit stod
riche
rich
]7us
a J^am
ilke.
Aganippus was
folke he
ihote,
was eldere
He
sende
sande
hiis
He
in to pisse londe,
and
and
faire
him
grette
he3e to cwene,
and
}>at
aefter hire
hire
were
is iwille,
don
aerest,
aire leofust.
bure abod,
and don
aire erest,
162
and freoscipe
fei^ernesse
of hire f e
of hire mochele fairsipe,
of
|?at lies
nan wifman
And
al
swa hende.
fe king Aganippus
he
and wel
and sende
in
hit bi his
sonde
Frauncene londe
wes widen icuS
hit
Leir
grete'S
is
haten,
Fraunce
Wor'Sschepe haue
]?ire
wel-deda,
and
])ire
ic
do
haer bi
fat
mi
))u
J)e
me
J?u
Worsipe haue f ou
for fine wilninge,
woldest:
wel to witene,
mine writ
rich,
drihlice lond
king of France:
feire sonde,
fat grete
ac
gretef Aganippus,
Aganippus,
J)ene aldere of
France londe
pe king of Bruttaine,
)>e
J)us
twam doh-
and fine
faire sonde,
fat grete f ou
me
woldest
mi
drihtlice lond
tren,
fe
163
libbe
for heo me forhuste,
and heo hold me for haene,
me forho3ede,
me for wrecche,
for 3eo
and held
me
heo
unaleledae
heo make
]>e
of
alle
ne of
]?e
mine londe,
alle
mine
ne of
sucge soS
]>e
na
seal
ac 3ef
wuUe
ich heo
is
]>e
mid seoluen
mine leode,
riht,
]?u
alle
mine londe,
pat of alle
leode,
swipe,
ne
sal 3eo
ac
3if
habbe nowipt
hende,
maide 3eo
biwiten,
in anescipe,
mid seolue
hire claSen,
his hende,
one
in
sipe,
hire eloping,
of
me
3if ]?u
3if
al
ilka ich
of
me
]?is
iseid ich
and
J)u
wuUe don
na more
wolle don
habbe pane grund,
hisund. and pou pi seolf far hoi and
seolf wurt5 al
3eo nafep
al pis ich
iseid ic
sund.
pis writ
com
to
Fraunce
he
pis writ
com
to
France
he hit
lette rede,
leof
leof
J>at
164
wilnede
))at
wes pe
bisie
king
mon
.ing
inoh,
me
maeiden
..t
and seide
bornen,
is
wilnede
mseidenes,
])eos
and seide to
Aganippus
Ich ha.
...
of
ich ne recche;
ne
attlede,
mayde,
to his fol..
sal
]?at
he .an
inoj),
Leir fe king
maiden me
atlede,
to e^e cwene.
seoluer and
is
lond,
Habbe
and
gold,
his seoluer
and
his gold,
ne bid ich no
me
seolf ich
bute
Mid
ino^e,
mseiden Cordoille
})at
]>enne
habben
writ and
he sende
wille.
mid worde
of
]>\ng
his,
Mid
he send
wille.
worde
sende
his dohter
]>e
waes hende,
was hende,
pa nom
])a
olde king
mid seoluen
and
lette
ofer
pa.
hire elates,
and
wende
stremes
and
]>U9
heo far
bilefde.
And
wes
))on leoden.
leof 3eo
luuede
is
was fan
folke.
Sisse londe,
And
165
twain
and hadde
his
two d
dohtren
al his drihliche
leand
kinedome
al his
He
3af Gornoille
Scotlondes kinge,
To
Scottene king,
he haehte Maglaunus,
he hehte Maglandus,
He
his
3ef Gornoille
his mihtes
Cornwailies duke
And
Regau is
pa ilomp
Regau his
pa bifulle
dohter.
hit seoSSe,
]>e
weren
store.
Cornwales duke
dohter.
...
.effe,
sone par-aefter,
pat
to
]>e
duk
duk
speken toga'Sere,
speken togadere,
mid heore
mid
stil
nomm hem
rune,
to reda,
hire
stille
nemen heom
rouning,
to reade,
daeies
and
nihtes,
habbe
dai3es
to hire
owene hond,
mid
3eond
alle
fanne J^eoden,
fourti cniftes.
And we him
ouer
al f e
wollef finde
feode,
blisse,
pus
hit iherde,
and
f o speken,
ipaid.
166
and
him wes
eft
]>e
worsse
and
eft
onlikede
to Scottenae leoda,
to Scottene kinge,
and
Me
Me
vnderfeng
king
J)ene
to
Maglande
hire hors
and
al J)at
po
bifullet
seone
sone
]?e
Gornoille bi]7ohte
])at
eille
and heo
to
me
J>uncheS
nis
nowhit
me
J)at
me
faeder
he hauet bileued
]>e
aide
eil
to
and seide
hit in bedde,
leien
me mi louerd
manne me
me
leofust
])onche]? pat
felle
J?unche^
Gornoille bi])ohte
Sei
no he wurhscipe ne can,
his wit
sej)]>e,
])ar-after,
J?ar ]?at
leouest
mi
atyr,
bihouede.
monne
and hire
ham
his oJ)om,
mi fader
no worsipe he ne can,
his wit
he hauep bileued
mon
and
nihtes,
he haueht her
and
alle
]>as Jjeines,
heore swaines,
daises
and
niptes,
he halt here
his sweynes,
feruore
167
we habbef harmes,
farfore
al fat
al fat
do,
heo
mi fader hauet
to
manne
of idele
we
for fuse
men
of idele
lete
inoh he hauet on
hi tobetef
men
to
manie
fa feort5e dale
ale
lete
hure
mi fader hauef
monie
we
forf fuse
firti,
to f irngen to borde
vs selve
to
we habbet cokes
quecchen
vs sulue
and
hus seolf
to cuchene,
to
we habbet bermen
birles inowe.
wher ha
fare
folc
are,
pis iherde
Maglaunus
quene spilede f us
and he hire andswarede
fat
is
mid
at5elere spiche
cocus
to kichene,
we habbef bermen
and borles inowe.
hus seolf
wullet5
we habbef
cwecche
woder
wollef
Maglandus
cwene spak f us
pis iherde
fat f e
mid
his
gode speche
wouh,
nauest f u richedom inoh ?
Ah hald fine faeder on lisse,
for gef
honcuf e kinges
168
hi herde
heo us wolden
Ah
and
]?is
on,
taelen.
fat
we
so take
hii
hus
wollej) shende.
him
we hine welden
Ac
on his willen
late
his folc
hii
tidinde,
]>&.
]>e
min
336 rsed
for
we him habbe
lete
and f is
is,
on,
his
min owene
read,
dead,
dead,
and ac we habben
in
ure
in
hure
hond,
hond,
al half is kine-lond.
pa seide Gornoille
Lauerd beo J)eu stille,
me
let
po
al iwur))en,
let
seide Gornoille
me
stille,
al iwor...
and ich ham wulle atwailden. and ich him wolle awilde.
3eo sende al mid ginne
Heo sende mid hire ginne
to fare cnif ten hinne
heo hahte
hem
faren hire
waei,
for
heo nolden
feode.
feden,
mid Leir
Jeanne kinge.
]>e
wrah
king
J)us
seide fe kinge,
sorhful on
Wa wortSe
mode
fan monne
sor3fulle
and bitachet
and takef
hit is childe
169
mai holde
J)ewhile])ehemaihitwalden;
]>e
Nu
him ofj)incheS.
hunne faren
to Cornwalen
Nou
]>e
king wende
Regau
to
to
he wes
swa
mid
po he
al his
to
he was
per vnderfon,
feire
his dohter,
for reades
Cornwale com,
halue 3er
al ]>et
Regau
to
him trukeden.
for raedes
pa he
dochter,
is
Amari pe duk
pat auep
Cornwale
For^ ^
him apinchep.
ript into
hit
]>e
ich wulle
for6 rihte
wile
him trokede.
Cornwale com,
faire vnderfon,
hirede he wes
mid alle
jjer.
his cnihtes
he wonede
per.
pa
pa
saide Regau,
to hire
due Hemeri
Lauerd,
heme
]>u
to
me,
seide Regau
Amari hire louerd
]>e
We
We
J>at
we mine
pat
we mine
fader habbet
mid
pirtti^
cnihten
eniptes
hit nis
me
noht iqueme.
hit nis
me
Do we
Do we
iwei alle
and
noht icweme.
habbep
fader
vnderfon,
vnderfon,
and no god
and hetep,
ne bi3etep.
po
MS. Forhd.
seide
"
hii
Ameri pe duk,
MS.
wirtti.
170
Swa
ne
fiue;
he nauyt no doS
for
for J?er
no
for he no])ing
and
3ef he nille^hennefaren,
and
fuse
we
fuse
hine sone.
Al heo ispedden
^if
do]?
he nolle ^ hinrie
we hine
fare,
... ]?e.
cni]?tes
pis iseh
]>e
Leir king,
]?e
king,
he mor3nede swiSe,
he mornede
worde seide
and
])as
mid
seorhfulle laichen
Wela
weolla wella
}?eos
mid
sorfol
treoweSe aire
]>e
speche
swi])e,
word seide
and
]?ou
wan
beswikest mani
man
best on,
]>enne biswikes tu
heom.
ich
ich bare
wunnen
wa
is
liue
biswikest.
^are,
^ere,
}>at
ich
sitte,
]?at
J?ane dai
of gode bireued
biraeued
me on
heom
^ere,
]?at
])dn })ou
Nis noht
^are,
wo
his
me
aliue
MSS.
wille
and woUe.
mihte libben,
3et ich
ah ])enne
gonne
ITl
J>e
a sommere wise
lit5eii,
ich
to don,
and gan
Jeanne wende,
to Scotte,
heo
J)at
me
bidden heo
mid mine
J)er
nele
me
fif
wurdea
bid hire
me
mid mine
onderfon
fif
cnihtes
wo we
and
folic
ane
lutle stu...
...
and
folic Jjeos
waenen
Leir
]?e
to
is
FuUe
milse,
vnderfon
cnihten
...
...
wonede norf
J)re
nihtes
cnihtes
cnif tes
dsei,
bi al heuenliche main,
maine
and
wuder he wolde.
Wel oft wes Leir wa,
fare
woder so wolde.
ofte was Leir wo,
pa
po
and
3ef
he fet nolde,
ferde
wunede
Wel
wo him was on
b
MS.
forh.
I
172
Wallan
|?at ]>VL
dse^,
me
Wo la deaj),
wela deeS,
nelt
fordemen
is
me
for heo
me
pat he biS
vnwor^ and
mon
ah
J)e
me
nou]?e,
mi ^eongeste dohter,
]?at was me wile deore,
me
])e litul
la dea]?,
fordeme
nou]?e,
me wes
wo
nelt
mi jengestte dohter,
heo was me wel dure,
seoSSen heo
me
fou
J)at
lah,
was me
man
lo))est,
seide soj^est,
and
lo]>,
Ouersoh seiden
So]? seide fe
]?at
^ong wimmon,
wifmon,
hire folwe^
pa
mochel wisdom,
mi
kinelond,
luueden
for
me mine
hire folwe]?
pe wile
ich
moche wisdom,
hadde min kine-
lond,
leoden,
me mi leode,
mi lond and mi feo,
louede
for
[cneo:
feo,
lasinge
])at
ich
me seiden,
ham wes swa
lesing
me seide,
ham was
leof,
fat ich
lif
so leof
lif;
Gordoille me seide,
me seide,
swa
feire
leouede
heo
me
3eo me loue wolde
fat
fat
so man his fader solde
swa mon his fader scolde
Wat wolde ich bidde more
Wet wold ich bidde mare
doh^efe
173
Nu
Nou
and ouer
sae fusen,
ihiren of Cordoille
ich
hire
nu
wille
word
so])
ich
habbe nu mu-
chel
mot bisecchen
same
mot biseche
for
nou
J)at
Nele ^eo
])ane hire
Leir ferde to
mid ane
mid on
mon
comen,
]>e
axeden
})at
|>a
])are see
alpi sweine.
ouer see
hii
and hauene
For]) wende
king Leir,
he bicom,
comen,
hi
fe
nomen.
king Leir,
worse
lond werne.
me no
ne icnwo hine no
ich
Leir ferde to
]>ere sae
alpie swein,
ouer sea
to
ich
})arfore
})at]?ing]?atichaerforhowede;
ich
nam
grame,
chele scame
for
for]),
fusi,
nam
grame,
J>arfore ich
faren
hihire of Gordoille
wille
word
woUe
ich
queue,
hii
axede after
hii
]>e
cwene.
a newest come.
to ])ere
queue Cordoille,
to ])are
and
})i
cwene Gordoille,
fader
J)e
grette.
his hider to
]>e
icome,
17^
for al
is
lond
is
him bino-
ba fine sustren
beot5
into
J)isse
is
J)i
J>u
longe swu]>e
heo iward
miht,
he
is riht.
pe quene Cordoille
seaet
his
leode
He
neode
for
bi-
He cumeS
him
reod
benche,
long sat
stille
riht.
stille
on hire
[scenche,
at hire
faeit,
pa
alles
hit
wes god
uppe
abraec,
J)at
AppoUin mi
heo spaec
po
hit
pe,
pat
mi
feeder
is
icumme to me
mi fader on Hue is
pat mi fader his aliue
of me he habben seal goudne of me he sal habbe godne
J?at
read
reaed
me nupe
]>e
ratSer
ded.
leof * swein,
lare
a male rich,
to iwisse an
MS.
leo.
Led
garisume
J)is
to leuene
mine fadere
]?at
J>ou pis
to lefue
and
garisom
mine fader
godes gretinge,
and hoten
somme
fare swipe
he3e borwe,
to
summe
in,
riches of alle,
riche burie,
hine grette
godere gretinge,
fare swi])e
175
aire errust
him
aire erest
pat
Jjat
is
and riche
elopes,
heose
feuwerti hired-cnihtes
fourti cnihtes,
and
and
me
lutel
suluer,
suluen
and
lete
ofte.
seoluer,
of his aide
cut5t5e
cnihte ne sweine,
ne nauer nanne
])eine.
Are
fourti daises
beo agon,
agan,
}>enne
cu^e he anan
176
Leir
]>at
an
is
londe,
is
wid
to speken
eastresse
is
and ich
his dohter
hit
him to3senes
mid mine lauerde,
liSen
and
is
Nute
faeirliche
cume.
hit
and
to
))us hit
and pu
])as
and loca
and
to
writen sende
heo
3ef ]>u
godere
and ]7us
mine
to
sehte onfo,
J)at ]>u
....
...
]?ou
sende
lau....
J>is
and lok
wel do
gome,
..n
ne icome,
seoluer
J)at
...
fou wel do
J)us dalest,
]?ire haele.
and
wende
and seide
he
]>er
and
])as
Isei
on
)>e
tidinge,
felde,
]}ar
and
on folde.
reste hine
Sone wer^
to his louerd,
reste
him
for
wowe.
aide king
wunliche iaeSeled,
and
J7as
wuord
po he horde
seide
J?eos tiding,
seide Leir
king
]>o
wel
is
him
J>e
hit
his
him
J>e
]fe
hit bide
mot.
and
al
heo iduden
pa
forts
wuren agan
and
al hii
duden
po
forj)
weren ago
nom
J)on
is
177
fourtie daises,
Leir pe king
pon
leouste cnihtes,
nam
Leir pe king
and sende
bi his sonde,
pet
to
J?e
pet Leir
ferde
him
to^enes
mid
and
J>a
Heo comen
and
ofte
mid
is wille.
|)0
al
hadde Leir
and wel
his wille.
ofte custe
}>ar blisses
were riue
bemene song
weren pe hallen
alle
were pe
bihonge mid
mete-burdes
alle
halles
palles,
pe mete-bordes
ibrustled
[ringes of golde]
ringes of golde
aelc
mon
mid
fi]?elen
hafte on honde
and
lijde clepien
ouer
mid golde
ech
mid
fij?ele
..
pe
....
pSit
gon on
and loude
al,
Nu
verde to borvve,
hii
wes an hirede
per wes
J)ere
li]?e
to3eines
him
togadere,
heo custen
blife
ferde
quene Cordoille
hauede Leir
J)a
Aganippus was
p'dt
wal,
...al,
Leir king
to
J>isse
londe.
hateS Aganippus,
MS.
pellen.
i5
178
])e is ]>e
))at 3e
alle
and
Leir king
wurSe lit5e,
seal beon eouwer lauerd
al
seal*
beon
Wha
swa wulle
is
wole beo
vnderling.
Wo
libba,
J)as
^ef o
man
and
his vnderling.
so wole libbe,
holde
sibba
aide
and
ase wonie he
)>us
sibbe
eni
3if
man
hit
wole
breke,
ken,
bi^ iwreken
on ueste
it
and wite
alle
he
is
the king
mon,
lude and
stille,
kinges wille.
pur^out
al J)at
heo duden
ulke ^er
porJ)vt al
al Jjus her,
dude
hii
po
))a
to
J?isse
J)0
J>at
ilke ^er
al J>us ]>er.
]>at ^ier
was agon,
londe liSen,
Ne
stille,
fe kinges wille.
al
scalt J)u
leue.
neuere fider
pe king Aganippus
answerede Leir fus
Ne salt })ou neuere
))ider fare
faren
MS. mochele
sere.
leode-folc,
hundred schipes
ifulled
mid
fif
cnihten,
is
hundred
ifulled
179
and
sipes
mid fan
al fat
beste,
heom bihouef
habbe on vore
and fine dohter Gordoille,
to
heo
scall
and
3ef
fe f e
fu miht
wuUe
aeine finden
ajen stonde,
heom
leie
and jwin
and
to grunde,
al fat lond,
hit
sete
Gordoille an
bond,
bond,
and
swa
his freond
him
tahte.
dude fus
and Leir fe
al
he
....fte
isse
him
londe he
tahte.
com
mid leoue
and
his dohter
and
180
Frencene cwene
J)e
and
ane stunde
hit
And
leouede
))reo ^er
com
|)ae
his ende-daei,
king deed
]>at })e
pat no
swa pe bac
mid
his
lond,
fif 3ere,
makede
faeisiSe
leide,
bock
telle]),
mid godere
fis lond,
strengpe,
dohter hine
ase pe
}>is
hae^ere strentSe,
fuUe
atwende.
tellet,
man ne mai
Hine Leycestre
com
])0
laei.
Inne Leirchestre
his
Leir lifuede
cwene
^eo
was here,
]>e
veisi))
makede
and Cordoille com fat wourd and Gordoille com J)at word
]>ai heo was iworSen widewe. fat 3eo was widewe iworfe.
pa come
J)a
tidende
to Scottlondes kinge
))at
Come
]>e
tidinge
to Scotlondes kinge
fat
Gordoilles louerd,
he sende
J>urh Brittaine
into Cornwaille,
and hehte
]?ane
due stronge
into Cornwale,
and he wolde
iahnien
for hit
}>a
londa
scome,
and ec
]>a.t
swi]?e
beon king
for
hit
same,
muchel grame,
scholde a quene
in fisse londe,
bi norfe
was
swife
mochel
[grame,
and eke
fat a
and heora sunen beon buten, and hire sones beo boute,
181
Nule we
hit
na more
iJ?olien
Nolle
.,
we na more
mochele roupe
heo fuhten,
ofte
ofte hii
and
ofte binot5en
and
ofte
com
pat
at
pan
hit i\>o...
com
po
laste
were bofe,
ofte hii
at
weren bineope
pan
3am was
laste
pat
Cordoille heo
nomen
leuest
and Gordoille
hii
nemen
in quarterne,
in ane quale-huse
heo werSede heore moddri
hii
more pane
heo
nom enne
longne
cnif,
^eo
nam anne
binam
hire
longe
owene
cnif,
lif.
lif.
makede dead,
peo wes
kine-lond
al pis
heond.
' r.
Cunadegies.
his"
182
his Brother.
min
afFterr
flaeshess
]>e
kinde
Crisstenndom
3ett
]>e
J>ridde wise,
ba
\>\irrh J)att
an re^hell-boc to foll^henn,
swa
summ
ice hafe
don swa
and forfeddte
ice hafe
lif,
Sannt Awwstin
wennd
summ
))u
sette
badd,
]?in wille,
inntill
Ennglissh
me
min Drihhtin
pu
hafe]?]?
Ennglissh
itt
woUde
v,'\]>])
ace
itt
all
and unne
and fiUenn
wilf>p
word
^errndesst tu
werrc
ice
itt
Jjohht
forr])i
])iss
and
3erne lernenn,
and fol^henn
and
mihhte wel
till
^ifF
lenedd.
]>e
itt
w\]>]>
])att
dede
ice
shoUde wirrkenn
hafe forjjeddte,
brohht
till
ende.
Ice hafe
sinndenn o
Jjatt
inn
And
all
])e
boc
alle,
messeboc;
goddspell stant
J)att tatt te
]>att
fiss
goddspelless neh
]>a
mann
goddspell mene])}>,
birr]?
spellenn to
]>e
folic
and
3et teer
J)U shallt
fed
amang
boc,
))iss
goddspelless wordess,
me
all ]?urrh
sellfenn,
manig word
))a
patt
redenn
itt
and tunnderrstanndenn
to sen
all
ekedd,
ma33 hellpenn
fess te bettre
hu
Jje33m birr])
fe goddspell unnderrstanndenn
and
forr])i
trowwe
J3er ]>u
amang
forr
shallt
finndenn
hemm
goddspelless wordess
whase mot
to laewedd folic
amang
And
ice
goddspelless wordess.
ferrs
wordess
183
184
wel fiUenn
all,
and
all forrJ>i
amang
And
heh wikenn
all
ferrs to iillenn.
te bitaeche ice
oflP )7iss
boc
to ))urrhsekenn
illc
an
ferrs,
and
]>e
all ))werrt
dom
ut forrwerrpenn
))att iss
to lofenn
iss,
h8e)?eli^
and
skill,
And unne
forr^ife
and unnc
birr))
hemm
forr
itt
he
lofenn
Godd
wass bigunnenn,
tatt itt iss
])att
tatt
here sinne
sinne.
biddenn Godd
birr)) ba))e
ace
ma33 hellpenn
alle ))a
brohht
itt,
))ohht
And whase
efft
himm
wij>]>
wilenn shall
of err
sij)e
swa summ
]nss
boc
pwerrt ut afFterr
all
uppo
|)iss
rime
all se fele
w'\])]>
taeche})]?,
her
alls
wordess
he loke wel
tatt
himm
firrste bisne,
swillc
wi]>]> all
and
boc
J^iss
writenn,
])att
iss sett,
he
J>8er itt
uppo
Jjiss
boc
And
3iiF
mann
word,
ice
don
ice hafe
whi
te
till
])iss
dede,
itt
don
te33
Ice fatt
})iss
word
])urrh dede.
Ennglisshemenn to
lare,
185
186
crisstnedd wass,
muj) and ec
wiJ)J)
her bidde
wi)>]>
herrte,
menn
Crisstene
))a
hoc,
forr
hemm
me
fiss
bede biddenn
Ennglissh writt
])iss
allraeresst
swinnc to
laen,
mote findenn.
Amen.
piss boo
forr])i
and
iss
fatt
itt iss
nemmnedd Orrmulum,
Orrm itt wrohhte
wrohht
off qua])]?rigan,
off goddspell-bokes
fowwre
]>iss
laet
nu
J?in
])eoww
weorelld wendenn,
wi))}) grij>}),
laet
forr her
ym
off
and
eche rihhtwisnesse,
till J)iss
ludewisshe
folic
])e
))ridde da^^
swa summ
patt
]?e
]>e
of Cana.
bilammp,
goddspell
kife])]?,
land o Galile
Cana gehatenn
and Cristess moderr Mar3e wass
patt wass
atttattbridalessssete;
And
till ])att
hus
hise lerninng-cnihhtess.
te3?re
}?8ett tser
comm
till
Crist,
And
puss se33de
What
falle})))
till
hiss
piss
till
moderr
me
wipp pe,
wifmann,
Abid, abid, wifmann abid,
ne comm nohht 3et min time.
And
and
Dop
se33de to pe birrless
patt tatt
ne be
30
nohht
taergaeness.
patt wserenn,
summ pe
sexe stanene
fetless,
goddspell se33p,
187
188
swillke
to
summ
to clennsenn
and twafalld
pa fetless
j^e^^re lie,
hemm
alle
tokenn
wi))}>
And
he
]?att
shollden gan
waterr
brerd
till J^e
]?e33re fetless.
till wi])J>
And
till
hemm
3ure cuppess,
upp, and
lade]^J)
till
till
se^^de,
Ga]?
bere]?]? itt
didenn
and baerenn
|?att
tatt te^^
and didenn
and
wise
]?att
wi})))
folic
time,
])att
ludisskenn
}>att
was wunedd, i
wasshenn offe
]?a
J>att
he badd,
to drinnkenn
haefedd-mann
J?att
he^hesst wass
and
wass
nisste
aee wel
off
fatt
he nohht whaeroffe
]>e
win
waterr wurr])enn,
itt
wass
birrless wisstenn,
])att
]>e
waterr off
]>a,
fetless.
mann
patt taer
bridgume wass
and son
})att
Illc
se j^att
eomm
himm
se^^de
allderrmann
mann
and
firrst
si])]?en
bridgume
brinngep]) forf
he biginnepj)
god win,
son
and tu
3233
summ
J>e
summ
folic iss
fe
gode win
hafesst hidd
piss taken
till
werrse win,
drunnkenn
nu
and haldenn.
Galile rihht
))att
and
tuss
hiss
patt tun
he toe to shaewenn
|>8er
goddcunndnessess mahhte,
himm
te33
])8er
to lefenn,
himm
]?iss
goddspell
]?uss,
nede
...
etc.
189
190
DECLENSIONS OF NOUNS-SUBSTANTIVE
ACCORDING TO RASK.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar,
(See
p. 28.)
I.
A
1.
Singular.
Neut.
2.
Masc.
3.
Fem.
Nom.
-e
-a
-e
Gen.
-an
-an
-an
-an
-an
-an
-e
-an
-an
Dat.
&
Abl.
Ace.
I
-V"
Nom. &
Plural.
Ace.
-an
-ena
Gen.
&
Dat.
Abl.
-urn
COMPLEX ORDER.
Declension
Declension
II.
^
1.
Sing.
Neut.
Masc.
2.
Nom.
Gen.
-es
-es
Dat.
&
Abl.
Ace.
&
Abl.
Fem.
3.
(-e)
III.
1.
Neut.
2.
Masc.
Fem.
,,
-u
-u
-e
-es
-a
-e
-e
-e
-a
-e
-e
-e
-a
-a
(-e)
-e
-e
,.
-as
-a
-u
-a
-a
-a
-a (-ena) -a (-ena)
-um
-um
-um -um
(-e)
3.
(-e)
-um
-ena
-urn
Gender
(I. 2.).
(II. 2.).
(II. 3.).
Those
in
191
GLOSSARY.
ABBREVIATIONS.
E. Angl. = East Anglian, Goth. = Gothic, Nor. = Northumhrian, Ohg.=
Old High German, 01g. = 01d Low German, O.N. = Old Norse or
Icelandic, O.S. = Old-Saxon.
N.B- Words with the prefix Ge (or I) are placed in the order of their
roots. Words to which an obelisk is prefixed are Semi-Saxon, from
Lajamon and the Ormulum.
t A,
a, one.
bake.
Abbudisse, abbess.
fAbed
(abad), abode.
pret. abead,
Abeodan,
2
abude, pi. abudon, to announce.
Abfdan, pret. abad, pi. abidon, to abide, await.
to bite,
See
(a sword).
Ahreo^an,to perish: abreoSe
his angin, may his proceeding come to naught.
Abryrdan, pp. abryrd, to
touch, affect, move.
Abudisse.
See Abbudisse.
Abugan, pret. abeah, pi.
abugon, to bow, yield. Gr.
347.
Abutan, about.
Abyrgan, to taste.
Ac, II. 3. oak.
Ac, but, for, nam, enim.
f
Ac
(eac), eke.
to
Acennednys,
tion.
birth,
genera-
GLOSSARY.
192
to cut,
cut off.
Acsian,
xian ,
ask, inquire,
1 to
(jeaxian, J
after.
shake, brandish.
Acwelan, 3 acwylS,
pret.
to
destroy.
Ac wen can,
to
quench, extin-
3. disease.
It
occurs
Adreogan,
adrugon,
quench, extin-
2. field,
acre,
iEddre, I. 3. vein.
Ger.
Ader.
MdiYe, forthwith, suddenly.
evening,
II. 2. eve7i,
pers.
Aften.
Ceaefenlgecan,
pret. -laehte,
to imitate.
-^fen-song,
II. 2.
even-song,
vespers.
ill.
iEfen,
guish, destroy.
to
guish, assuage.
M, IL 3. law. Gr. 85.
ager.
Adl,
lent.
Adune, down.
Adunweard, downward.
Adwaescan,
thing.
kill,
i^fen-tfma, eventide.
infest, religious.
iEfestnes, religion.
T^fnung, evening.
iEfre, ever, always.
iEft,
i.
q. eft.
se-
cond.
i^fter, after, according to,
secundum:
aefter
rihte,
bear, suffer^
lead (Jife^.
Adrincan, pret. adranc, pi.
adruncon, to be drowned ;
adruncen, drowned. Ger.
(Dan. ^fter,)
along,
secundum, per. aefter bencum, along the benches o?'
to
Ertrinken.
tables,
bench.
or
from bench
to
GLOSSARY.
JEher-fjVigan, tofollow, succeed.
^ftergenga, successor.
JEg. III. 1. egff, pi. aegru.
Gr. 90. Colloq. Monast.
aegra, like cildra for cildru.
iEghwaer, everywhere.
iEghwaefer, either, both.
iEghwanon,^om every side.
iEghwylc, e'very one.
iEgSer, either, both, used
with ge ge, like the Lat.
turn cum.
iEh-])yrl,III.l.e^e-Ao/e,
win-
dow.
alms.
3.
abroad, peregre.
iEmenne, desolate.
iEmod, downcast, disheartG^eaemtian, to empty.
i^mtig, empty, void,
idle.
at once, semel.
f iEne (ana),
alone, only.
iEnig, any.
iEnlic,
Mime,
incompa-
unique,
(ealdode),
greio
iEldrynse.
E.
Angl.
for
See Ele.
eelpout, jolthead,
capito.
masc.
of
an.
apple-bearing,
fruit-bearing, pomifer.
t^r (ai*),
messenger.
My,
Mr,
brass.
11.
early.
E. Angl. for
yrfenuma.
Mr don, hurried ; apparently
from a verb cognate with
ardlic.
MXiYemedi, foreign.
iElf-scfnu, elfin-bright.
Gr.
MreT\d, II. 3. 1
iErende, III.:..}
errand,
message,
command.
122.
iElic, lawful.
i^rend-raca, messenger.
iElmes-man,III.2./^5w?w.
^Imham, Elmham,
;
indivi-
^rbenuma.
ealdra.
iEleputa,
ace.
Gr. 170.
^ppelbaer,
(yldo), age.
t^ldede
see,
I.
dual.
folk
iElmysse,
iEnlice, decently.
jEnlipig,
single,
M\,\l.%eel.
M\, i. q. eal.
IE\e.
Thetford,
to
rable.
\M\A
transferred
Mne,
193
in
Nor-
formerly a bishop's
was thence
which
GLOSSARY.
194
Turing, dawn.
T^rist, aery St,
2. rising,
II.
II. 2.
early
morn,
dawn.
away.
See Ateowian.
iEteowian.
See Fleon.
^tforan, 1 i j7*?'^''='''"iEtfore,
/Ernan, i. q. yrnan.
Ceaernan, to get by
ning.
ere
same
time.
See Hrfnan.
^thwegu, something, somewhat.
^^thrman.
that,
ante-
quam.
dead carcass, car-
iEtlutian, to
^tsomne,
lie
hidden, lurk.
together.
^tspornan, 3 -spyrnS,
Ger. Aas.
rion.
pro-
vide.
iEtgaedere, at the
to
^tfore-sceawian,
run-
JErrsi, foriner.
uEr]?am,
resurrection.
/Er-merigen,
yErne-mergen,
^tbredan,
pret.
ashen-spear.
-spurnon, to
spurn, kick.
Gr. 242.
iEtstandan, to stay, remain.
See Standan.
^tteFne, ^ envenomed,
veiEttrig,
>
nomouSy poi-
-spearn,
dromo.
^sc,
II. 2. ash,
pi.
a spear.
iEttryn, J
^twesan,
^sc-rof, spear-famed.
^stanbrok, probably the
stream now called East-
^twindan,
shaft of
brook,
from being on
the
of the town of
Hunstanton, and which
now runs into the moat of
Hunstanton Hall. R. T.
east side
^t,
Mi,
at,
by, near,
from,
of,
pret. -bserst,
to
apud, coram.
^"Etberstan,
escape.
ist.
pret.
-wundon,
to
-wand, pi.
jiy away,
escape.
jEwylm,
iEx,
II. 2. food.
sonous.
to be present, ex-
II. 3.
fountain.
axe.
^felboren, noble-born.
iE|>elborennys,
birth.
iE]?ele, noble.
nobility
of
GLOSSARY.
t/ae^eled (geseSeled), nobly
treated, honoured"^
f ^Selen
(ae))elu)
among
len,
on
seSe-
his nobility.
aej)ele,
iEf>ellice, nobly.
^felo,
G^eaeSryttan, to weary.
put
to flight.
to
put
to flight, to
rout.
Afon,
to hin-
der.
A gen,
against, towards.
fAgg
fAh
(ac), but.
See Ahebban.
Ahebban, 3 aheft5, pret. ahof,
Ahafen.
lift,
raise.
to receive.
See Fon,
hurry,
off,
hasten,
rush.
Afonc?1
tahe away.
Afysan,
arity.
Aflyman,
Agan, gone.
195
to
reach.
.
AfSonca,}^"^^^^^^^^
Agan, pret. ahte, to possess,
own, have. Gr. 218.
Ahreddan,
to
save, rescue,
redeem.
Ahsian, axian.
Geahsian,^eaxian.
"1
See
Acsian.
GLOSSARY.
196
Aht, aught.
Ahte. See Agan.
Alysend, II.
Gr. 118.
Ahydan,
to hide.
Amansumian,
Ahyrian,
to hire.
Amber,
excommu-
II. 2.
a certain
vessel
or measure.
Amhy me,favourable(wind).
Ameldian, to inform, announce.
Ger. melden.
Ametan, pret. amette, pp.
amet and ameten, to mete,
measure.
dor.
Alecgan,
to
suppress,
lay,
See Lecgan.
See Alecgan.
Ampulle,
Alede.
Alefed, lamed, crippled.
Amyrran,
An,
sound,
3.
to
hinder, waste,
bottle,
1.
f Alhisund,
or
well.
Geanbfdan,
^rest),
of all.
unga.
Almihtigae, for aelmihtigan.
Aloten, bowed, pronus, opp.
from alutan, to
to upriht
;
etc.
fAlpie (anlipig),
-bidon,
single.
pi.
to
Anbfdian,
1
^,
"5- ^"l>^''''Geanbfdian, /'
Anbyht-scealc, 11.2. servant,
attendant.
Goth. Andbahts, Ger. Amt, Dan.
Embed, an office, employment, and Ger. Schalk.
An-cenned,
only -begotten,
.
fAlls, as.
Allungae, E. Angl. for eall-
for
"I
Alihtan, to alight.
tAllraeresst (ealra
am-
I.
pulla.
destroy.
bow,
to
Redeemer.
nicate.
first
2.
unigenitus.
Ancer-hT,
II.
1.
anchoretic
life.
Ancer-setl,
age.
III.
1.
hermit-
Ancra, anchorite.
And, and.
Jiate.
GLOSSARY.
167
Angin, angyn,
V
Andt-^tan,
Greandettan, J
g^_ ^OS.
On
andlang, at length.
Andlfcnis.
See Anlfcnys.
Andr^d.
See Anr^d.
Andrysne, terrible, formidable.
/andswsered,
E. Angl, for
geandswarod.
Andswarian, to answer.
Andswaru, III. 3. answer.
Andwealcan, pret. -weolc,
Andweard, 1
Andwerd, ]P^'''^^'
Andweardnys, 1
> presence.
A
^
Andwerdnys,
J
Andweorc, II. \. matter, sub.
to
Britain.
man.
Aninga, alone, only, prorsus.
G^eanl^can, pret. -laehte, to
unite.
(jeanlfcian, to liken.
Anlfcnys, likeness.
Anlipi (anlipig).
See .^nlipig.
Anmodlic, unanimous.
Anmodlice,
unanimously,
simply.
annis, oneness, unity.
fAnomen (namon),
took.
reso-
"^
Andwirta,yce, countenance.
Ger. Antlitz.
Andwyrdan, to answer.
Andwyrde, III. 1. answer.
III. 1.
nation.
II. 2.
anraede, constantly,
etc.
hook.
ness.
Anstandende,standingalon,
solitary.
Angel-cynn,
lute ;
stance.
Angel,
Annys,
to roll.
III. 1. e7iter-
English
ance,
external appearDan.
mediation.
Onsyn.
Ant, for and.
Antimber, II.
\.
matter, sub-
stance.
Anweald, I. 2. power.
See AndAnweardnys.
weardnys.
GLOSSARY.
198
G^eanwyrde beon,
fessed.
Ant5racian,
to he
pro-
dread, feel
to
Apdrede, the
Ohotritce,
of
the greater
part of Meck-
lenburg.
Apostol, II. 2. apostle.
Apostolic, apostolic.
Ar, II. 2. messenger.
Ar, II. 3. honour, respect,
mercy,
wealth,
benefit,
pity ; are "wiltari, to have
honour, com-
Arleas, base,wicked,impious.
See Yrnan.
Arn.
Arwur^e,
venerable,
reve-
rend.
pity.
to re-
late.
Aroesan, to rush.
Arcebisceop,
II.
2.
arch-
bishop.
Arce-stol,
1 II. 2.
archiepi-
scopal see.
ArdMce, forthwith, soon.
fAre (ar), mercy.
fAre (anre),/or, or to a.
Archi-stol,
gladden, exhila-
rate.
Arewe,
1 to
horror,
Ar^tan,
Arian,
I.
arrow.
merci-
fully.
Arfaestnys, arfaestnes, piety,
clemency, uprightness, honesty, reverence.
to
shake, brandish.
AseoSan,
Asingan.
See Singan.
Aslfdan,
Asmeagan,
Asmean,
See Sawan.
Asceacan, pret. asceoc,
Asawan.
"1
to contemplate,
investigate,
imagine.
GLOSSARY.
Aspendan,
to
spend, distri-
bute.
See
stir, move,
Astrecan, 1 pret. astrehte,
stretch,
Astreccan, J
to
Astirian, to
stretch forth,
extend, prostrate
um
tAtwailden (wealdan), to
rule, manage.
fAtwende, to avert.
fAtyr, attire.
Atywian. See Ateowian.
f Auere
Astellan, pret.
stretch out,
199
astreht-
hand-bredum,
with
outstretcht palms.
(sefre), ever.
Aulixes, Ulysses.
Awa, ever ; awa to aldre,ybr
evermore.
Awacan,
awoc,
pret.
to
spring, be born.
Aweccan,
awehte,
aweccean, pret.
aweht, to
pp.
Awpcgan,
to
move,
excite,
provoke.
Awedan,
pret. awedde,
become mad, rage.
to
Aweg, away.
Awegan, to weigh.
At, for
aet.
See Gewftan.
Atelice, horribly.
See
I
re-
horrid, hateful,
dire.
Atuge.
poison.
See Ateon.
X
Awehte.
>
See Aweccan.
Awendan,
Aweorpan, 3
p.
he awyrp'S,
awurpon,
Awiht, aught.
fAwilde (awyldan),
wailden.
Awildian, to
grow
i.
q. at-
ivild.
GLOSSARY.
200
Aworpen.
Awrfgan,
See Aweorpan.
awrah, pi.
pret.
Baeftan,
i.
q. beaeftan.
Beelc, pride.
Awurpan,
fAxeden (axodon),
ashed,
(aej^elo),
nobility,
power.
A^encan, to devise, Jind out.
See Den can.
A])enian, to stretch out, prostrate
afienedon (aj)ene-
B^r,
bier, bed.
Barman, bearer,
See Man.
carrier.
Baldlice, boldly.
to bathe.
Aj^rowian, to suffer.
A'6-svverung, oath-swearing.
Beado-rinc,
Aj)um,
Beadu,
II. 2.
son-in-law.
B.
II. 2.
warrior^
war, battle;
beadu-r^s, rush of battle,
onset.
Hence the proper
name
gen. begra, dat. bam,
both.
Gr. 171.
fBac (bee), books.
Baec, back ; oyer-baec, backward; on-hsac, behind.
Ba9cbord, II. 1. larboard.
Ba,
to.
tBa])e, both.
III.
I.
Beadownlf
contr.
Beowulf.
Beaeftan, behind.
Beah, beag,
II. 2. bracelet,
Beah.
See Bugan.
Beah-gffa,
bracelet-giver
epithet of a chief.
GLOSSARY.
Beah-hroden, adorned with
bracelets. See Cod. Exon.
p. 33], 1. 26, and note.
Bealcettan, to belch, give
forth.
Beald, bold, audacious ; mid
bealde, boldly, audacious-
201
ly.
Bearm, II. 2
Barm.
bosom. Dan.
Beam,
II. 1. child.
Scot.
Bairn, Dan. & O, S. Barn.
Beatan, pret. beot, to beat.
Bedrffan, to
Drffan.
Bedydrian,
drive.
deceive,
to
See
en-
chant.
go
over, travel
the prefix be,
the neuter verb is render-
Bef'eran,
to
By
over.
ed active, as in German,
fahren and befahren.
Befon, to contain, comprehend, clothe. See Fon and
Onfon.
beode.
Bebod, III.
commandment,
order.
Bebugan,
cret.
i.
Bebyrgian,
q.
onbugan.
bebyrigan,
to
Beforan, before.
Gr. 409.
Befrfnan, pret. -fran,
pi.
-frunon, to ask, inquire,
interrogate.
Gr. 242.
man.
Bed,
till,
go
over, culti-
observe,
apply to.
See Ba.
bead.
Bed^lan,
vate,
Begeondan, beyond.
II. 1. bed.
Gebet.
to exercise,
-guton, to sprinkle,
Gr. 250.
moisten.
Beging, for bigung, bowing.
pi.
to deprive.
k5
GLOSSARY.
202
pi.
Belfden,
See
deprived.
El. p.
125.
i:g^,}gen.pl.ofb..
Begrynian, to ensnare.
Begytan, pret. -geat, to
Belffan, pret.
beget,
obtain.
Belle,
mise.
Beheafdian, to behead.
Behealdan, 3 -hylt, pret.
-heold, to behold, see, observe,
mind.
3. bell.
proof ?
justification.
Beldefan, to leave,
from
belf-
fan.
Gr. 347.
Belaewan, to betray.
pi.
Beme,
the
Bohemians.
trumpet.
Dan.
prayer.
II. 3.
Bon.
Ben^man,
Bene,
i.
II. 3.
q.
benfman.
bench, table.
Benc-sittende,
sitting
on
Gr.
118.
Bend,
II.
II. 2,
band,
cord.
See Belf-
fan.
Bfclean, pret.-loh,subj. -loge,
reprehend.
Belewite, meek, mild.
G^ebelgan, 3 gebylgt5, pret.
-bealh, pi. -bulgon, pp.
-bolgen, to enrage, make
angry, be indignant. Gr.
242.
to
I.
Beloge.
See Belean.
Belucan, pret. beleac,
benches, or at table.
cise.
Behydan,
remain.
Belimpan, pret. -lamp, pi.
-lumpon, to happen, belong to, have reference to,
conduce.
to
Gr.233.
Beod, II. 2. table.
Beodan, pret. bead, 2 bude,
to command, enjoin.
Gr.
193.
Beofian.
See Bifian.
Beon, to be.
See Wesan.
Gr. 233.
Beorg, II. 2. mountain,
Beorgan,
3 byrgS, pret.
"1
G^ebeorgan, J
burgon, pp.
bearh,
borgen,
pi.
to
GLOSSARY.
Gr.
242.
6rebeorg, III.
1 ?
security,
protection.
country
the
called
Dwina.
Beorn,
warrior.
6rebeorscipe, convivial meetII. 2. chief,
ing, feast.
Beot,
promise
on
fBeoton (hwioi[i),save,except.
Bepaecan, pret. bepaehte, to
deceive.
Gr. 253.
Beran, 3 p. he byrS, pret.
baar, pp. boren, to bear,
carry.
Bereowsung,
i.
q.
Behreow-
sung.
II.
who
Berstan,
pret.
burston, to
sepulchre.
fBerman (bserman),
bearer.
break,
Gr. 242.
split.
Berstan,
from,
pi.
baerst,
burst,
evade,
to
i.
escape
q. aetbaerstan.
Besceawian,
to view, behold,
schauen.
Bescufan, 3
-sceaf,
-scofen,
pi.
to
Be-
Ger.
contemplate.
threat,
Bergyls,
rire.
203
-scyfS,
sciifon,
shove,
pret.
pp.
drive,
impel.
Beseah.
See Beseon.
Besencean, act., to sink.
Besendan, i. q. sendan.
Beseon, v. r. to look, look
view.
See Seon.
Besettan, to place, set.
Besittan, pret. -saet, to
at,
beset,
-smat,
pi.
Besorgian,
to
sorrow for,
grieve.
GLOSSARY.
204
Bestndan, pret.
-strad,
pi.
Bewerian, bew^rian,
fend.
pi.
-stridon, to bestride.
dan.
betray.
Bewftan,
pres.
Gr. p. 51.
Bet, better.
Bet^can,pret.-tashte,to take,
Be))eaht.
commit.
tBetake (bet^can), to deliver, assign.
1 to
good,
Teon.
Gr. p.
,51.
See Betweox.
Betweonan, between, among,
Betvveoh.
interim.
"1
Betwix,
betwixt,
among,
Betwux, r
Betwyx, J
in the midst.
Betwman.
See
Betwynan.
Betynan,
pan.
See Befeecan.
Bepearfan,
pi.
pres.
-]7urfon,
Betweo-
nan.
See Ttin.
Beweddian, to wed, betroth.
Be wend, turned, from wendan.
Gr. 207.
Beweorcan, to encompass.
Beweorpan, 3 -wyrpt5, pret.
-wearp, pi. -wurpon, pp.
-worpen, to cast, beat.
Wepan.
to
-Jjearf,
cover, protect.
See BeJ^earfan.
Biburiged.
See Bebyrgian.
Bicgan,
"I pret.
bohte, to
Gebiegan, >
buy, pay for.
Bicgean, J
Gr. 214.
Biclyppan, to embrace.
G^ebicnian, to beckon, shotv,
indicate.
See Becuman.
Bicuman.
to close.
Bewepan,
ic
pret. -porfte,
Be]7orfte.
Betere, better.
Betweox,
See GewrfSan.
See Beweor-
to need.
make
amend, repair,
(jebetan, J
pret.
218.
Besyrian, to ensnare.
deliver, intrust,
-wat,
BewrfSan.
Bewyrpan.
Betan,
to de-
bewail.
See
Bid^lan,
Bfdan,
to deprive.
Biddan,
G^ebiddan, J
pp. beden, to
pray, bid, beg, beseech;
Bidytt, shut
up ; from
dyt-
GLOSSARY.
Ger. be-
Bifian, to tremble,
ben.
for befeol
mild,
meek,
simple.
Bilewitnys, meekness.
hit.
i.
left.
kind,
Bilewit,
tBiPullet, contr.
Big,
205
tBileued,
q. be.
Bigan.
Bfgan,
See Bicgan.
G^ebfgan, gebfgean,
"1,.
Bin, II. 3.
to
bend^
Bmne,1.3?/*^^'^^^^^Bindan,
1 pret.
band,
G^ebindan, J
bundon,
bind, capture.
Binnan, binnon,
under.
fBinomen
taken
pi.
to
within,
(benumen),
away ; from
beni*-
man.
operator.
get.
Bigleofa, sustenance.
See
Bereafian.
tBirle, byrle, II. 2. attendant
by.
See Bispel.
Bigstandan, to stand by, assist.
See Standan.
BigS. See Bicgan.
tBi3eat (begeat), got ; from
begytan.
Bihsefdian, E. Angl. for be-
Bigspel.
at
table,
See
pincerna.
Berrhle.
(gebyraS),
fBirrf
cometh,
bent on
is fitting,
;
Bisaregian,
plore.
it
be-
incum-
from gebyrian.
to
lament,
de-
heafdian.
tBiheovede (behofode),
be-
hoved, required.
-fBihett (behet), promised
from behatan.
See
office.
throne.
Behydi-
(belsefan,) to
Biscop-)?enung,
episcopal
duty or service.
fBisecchen (besecan), to
Bihidilice.
lice.
see.
fBihongen, clothed.
Bil, bill, beak.
fBilaeuen,
tBileafuen,
1
j
leave.
(beleofode,)
lived, stayed ;
j
from leofian (lybban).
tBilefde,
fBileofde,
Biscophad, episcopal
i.
q. beseo.
GLOSSARY.
206
shameful,
Bismerful,
blas-
phemous.
Bismorian,
to
mock, insult,
ill-treat.
example,
(bysen),
fBisne
II.
1.
proGer.
march.
(beswac),
defrom beswfcan.
tBitachet(bet8ec'S), assigns,
fBitake (betaece),
commit,
deliver.
black,
pale.
Ger.
perity,
2.
glory,
pros-
Blawari,
bless.
Bletsung, blessing.
Blfcan, pret. blac, pi. blicon,
to shine, glitter.
to
"I
rejoice,
exult.
Bli^e,
blithe, joyful,
pitious, kind.
blithely,
Bli})elice,
pro-
gladly,
cheerfully.
Blostnena, p. 110,
blaewt^,
3
pret.
bleow, pp. blawende, to
blow.
Blecingeg, the province of
Bleking in Sweden.
G^eblendan, pret. -bland, pi.
lin.
pen.
Blostma?
ult.
bleich.
Blaed,
Cebletsian,
gives.
Blac,
Bletsian,
(xeblissian,
Beispiel.
ceived
Blind, blind.
pattern.
fBiswake
Gr. 208.
Bio wan,
to blow, blossom.
f Blofeliche,
fBlu'Seliche,
bashfully,
clownishly
Bdc,
Gr.
106.
Bocere, II. 2. scribe, doctor,
interpreter.
tBock
(boc), book.
Boc-kin, II. 1. kind or sort
of book.
Boc-land,
II. 1,
land held by
GLOSSARY.
207
p. 143, sq.
tBour
See Allen
Dan. Bogstav.
f Boc-stafF, i. q. boc-staef.
Boda, messenger.
GehoA, III. 1. commandy
from beodan.
to preachy anBodian,
nounce.
Bodigean, j
Bodig, II. 2. body.
Bodung, preaching.
tBofe, above.
Bog, II. 2. bough.
Boga, bow.
(rebogen.
See Bugan.
Bohte.
See Bicgan.
Bold, II. 1 . house^ dwelling.
G^ebolgen.
See Gebelgan.
O. N.
Bolla, bowly cup.
"1
Bolli.
Bord-weall,
^tren"'}
2.
board-
Brad, broad.
Bradnis, broadness, expanse.
G^ebraec, III. 1. breaking,
crash.
Br^dan,
roast.
to
Ger.
braten.
BraeS, breath, vapour, fra-
grance, odour.
Breme, famed,
Bgran.
celebrated.
bramble.
Breost, II. 3. breast; often
used in the plural.
Breotone, Britain.
Brerd, II. 2.brim,edge, sum-
Bremel,
II. 2.
mit.
Brice.
See Bryce.
Bricg, II 3. bridge,
.
chief.
II. 2.
chief.
II.
i^shield-) wall.
Bosm,
ber.
bosom.
Bridd,
II. 2.
young
bird.
GLOSSARY
Bridel-))wancg, II. 2. bridlethong,
rei7i.
(brydguma),
tBridgume
bridegroom.
Brim, II. 2. & III.
ocean,
enjoyer^
dispenser,
perpetrator, bestower.
Brim-man,
G^ebringan,
See Brim.
Brymel. See Bremel.
Bryne, II. 2. burning, fire.
Brytta,
1.
sea.
Brim-li].ende,
Bringan,
Brym.
")
^^^^^^
pret.
brohte,
to bring.
214.
Brocen, gebrocen.
Gr.
See Bre-
can.
G^ebrowen, brewed.
Brot5, II. 1. broth.
Gr. 96.
Brucan, 3 bryeS, pret. breac,
pi. brucon, to use, enjoy,
eat,
with genit.
Ger.
brauchen, Dan. bruge.
Brtin, brown.
Brtin-ecg,
brown-edged;
epithet of a sword.
f/brusted, ibrustled,5ns^/ec?,
set with ; from byrst, bristle.
Ger. Borste.
+Bruttes, Britons.
Bryce, II. 2. use, enjoyment.
212.
Bufan, above, from above.
pi.
Bugan,
1 pret. beah,
G^ebugan, j
bugon,
pp.
gebogen, to bow, bend,
stoop, yield, submit, turn.
fBugge (bicgan),
Bugian,
gend,
to
to
inhabit;
inhabitant.
buy.
bugi-
Dan.
bue.
fBuod
the
Burgundians, who in
We
find them
at another period on
east
tJie
pavilion.
GLOSSARY.
Burg-sele, II. 2. castle hall,
Burh,
III.
'd.
106. 108.
Burh-leod,
II.
Burh-sittende,
towns-
3.
city-dweller.
Gr. 118.
Biirhwaru, townspeople. Gr.
104.
Buruh,
Butan.
q.
birth.
l^^^'
fR
but-
1.
from
bag
except,
unless, without,
tBuwen (bugan),
to
bow,
cuirass, corselet.
cui-
Byrn-wfga,
1
Bvrn-wfggende, /
"Gr. 118.
Byrst,
II.
mailed
warrior.
Ger.
bristle.
3.
Borste.
G^ebyr-tfd,
gebyrd-tfd,
for
II. 3. nativity,
submit.
fBuuen, above.
See Bicgan.
G^ebycgan.
Bydel, II. 2. beadle, cryer,
preacher, herald.
to excite,
I. 3.
Dan. Brynje.
Byrn-hom (-homa?),
rass, corselet.
2. leather
^(^'^^i
Byrne,
bottle, uter.
+R
Gr. 297.
i. q. Byrgen.
Byrnan, pret. barn, pi. burn-
without.
J)wean, to anoint,
II.
septdchre,
3.
II.
Byrigen,
ter-ointment, butter ;
Byldan,
III. 3. birth.
burh.
See Buton.
Buterice,
Ger.
bellows,
See Byrgen.
See Byrst.
i.
2?
grave.
bury.
Butere, I. 3. butter.
Buter-gefweor, III.
'
II.
Balg.
Byrne, I. 3. trumpet.
Byn, cultivated : from buan.
G^ebyrd, II. 3. and Gebyrdu,
Byrgen,
to
ll^'^^^^lO^^^^d
or
Bylig,
209
encourage.
error for
becomes
he gave
Jjaet,
the passage,
intelligible,
thanks
to
viz.
his
GLOSSARY,
210
Bysmer, infamy,
insult, blas-
phemy.
See Bismo-
G^ebysmerian.
Carendre, Carinthia.
Carfullice, carefully.
Cam
(Cearu),
em-
Ceafu,
rian.
disgracefully,
Bysmerlice,
contemptuously.
Bysmorlic, disgraceful.
i. q. gebisBysn,
"1
III. 3. chaff.
Ceallian, to call.
Gecen^s.
See Geceosan.
ing.
II.
Gr. 81.
Ceaster-waru,
3.
(la
Celle
or
centum
aco, quasi
stadiis
1 II. 1. battle,
Jlict.
con-
Ger. Ge-
kampfe.
Campdom, warfare.
Can. See Cunnau.
Canon, canon.
Cantwara-burh, Canterbury.
Gr. 106.
Capitol,^r5^ (mass), matutinalis.
citizens,
toivns-
shield,
Chelle
G^ecamp, J
111."^,
ceaster-
tovm.
promptly.
Cald, cold.
Camp,
city,
Celles)
pi.
3.
wara
(wera),
men.
and -gewaran. J Gr.l04.
murmur-
Ceaster,
nung.
G^ebysnung, J
Cale,
III. 3. care.
its
vessel.
Cempa, champion,
Kampfer,
Ger.
soldier.
Dan.
Ksemper.
Cene, keen, bold, valiant.
Ger. kiihn.
Cennan,
pret. cende, pp.
to
G^ecennan, J
cenned,
bear, bring forth.
Cent-land, II. I. Kent.
Ceorfan, pret. cearf, pi. curf"1
Ceorian, to murmur.
Ceorl, II. 2. churl, freeman,
laic.
Ger. Kerl.
GLOSSARY.
he cyst,
Ceosan,
1 3 p.
pret. ceas, 2
Geceosan, j
cure, pi. curon, pp. gecoren, to choose, judge.
Ceosel, II. 2 ? gravel, sand.
Ger. Kiesel.
Cepan, to take, keep, observe,
hold; gov.gen.as, fleames
cepan,
Cerran.
to take to flight.
^
Crecerran.
Cese.
Child,
o
Cyrran.
bee r^
1
>
See Cyse.
modern
(~^
\to
for cild.
to chide.
address.
call,
Gr. 68.
has cildra in
child.
Cild,''ll.'l.
-^Ifr. Coll.
plur.
sicaddling -cloth.
Cild-cradol,
child-
2.
II.
cradle.
Cildlic, childish.
church.
churchlike,
ecclesi-
astical.
Cirman,
telenet}
(^^^"^')^^"^-
Cleopian,"!
Cliopian,
>
to call, cry.
Clypian, J
Clucgge, I. ^. clock,
bell. Ger.
Glocke, Dan. Klokke.
Clud, II. 2. rock, cliff.
Cludig, rocky.
Clufan, 3 clyfS, pret. cleaf,
pi. clufon, to cleave.
Gr.
250.
.'
^^S
> i. q. cleopian.
^
^
Geclypian, J
Clyppan, to embrace, make
of.
Knabe.
6^ecnawan,
to
know.
See
Oncnawan.
cipton.
Ciriclic,
cation.
much
Cildhad, childhood.
Circe,
Clipian,
^^
211
to
make a
noise, cry
(?ccnedan, to knead.
G^ecneordlsecan, pret.-laehte,
to study.
G^ecneordlic, diligent.
Cirran.
G^ecneordnys.
See Gecnyrdnys.
race,
Cneoris, generation,
Cneow,
Claensian,
fCnif, knife.
Cniht, II. 2. knight, youth,
out.
See Cyrran.
CiSan.
See CySan.
Cloene, clean, pure.
1
G^eclaensian, j
to
cleanse,
purify.
tribe.
III. 1. knee.
GLOSSARY.
212
Ger.
military follower.
Knecht.
Cnihthad, youth.
fCnift (cniht),
Creca-rfce,
retainer^
etc.
Ger. Knall.
G^ecnyrdnys,
gecneordnys,
study, care, diligence.
Cdc,
to
Collan, p.
149,1.9?
cough
1 ?
q. can.
strife
See
of
Cun-
nan.
Christendom,
Christianity.
1.
pots-
herd.
Cucen, 1
77
living,
Cucu, / ^^^^^'
elect,
de-
See Ceosan.
cided.
Culfre,
I. 3.
culver, dove.
Culter, coulter.
Cuma,
II. 2.
Coss, II. 2.
grain.
bond, chain.
kiss. Ger. Kuss.
Cecostan,
"1
Costian,
Costnian,
y^^^^i^^'/^^o^^e.
(xecostnian, J
Costnigend, XL 2. tempter.
Gr. 118.
Costungf'}^^^^^^^^"^^-
CoS, n.
Crabbe,
3. disease.
I. 3.
crab.
Ger.
power.
Craeftig,
comer,
guest;
cu-
& fCume
Dan, Krabbe.
fice,
cringe, fall,
Coortan, cohorts.
Gecorew, chosen,
Corn,
Cosp,
to
Cristendom,
battle.
i.
Cristen, Christian.
Collen-ferht5, lofty-minded?
Con,
Cric, crutch.
die.
Cohhetan,
II.
land.
Creda, creed.
Creopan, -icrypSjpret.creap,
pi. crupon, to creep.
Creopend, 11. 2. creeping
(thing), reptile. Gr. 118.
-cruncon,
II. 2. cook.
Comp-wig,
crafty, powerful.
Ger. kraftig.
fCraft (craeft), craft.
(cyme), coming,
CumliSnys, hospitality,
Cunnan,
pret.
cunnon,
know^ be
ic can, pi.
cuSe,
to
tempt.
GLOSSARY.
Gecunn'mn^fo prove, explore.
Gecure.
See Ceosan.
fCuSSe
(cyS(5u),
country,
kith.
Cwalu,
III. 3. death.
Cwealm,
213
G^ecwylman,
to
kill,
de-
stroy.
SeeCyJ^an.
Cyddei}
Cyfes-boren,
irom cyfes,
Ger.
bine.
base-born
a concuKebs, kept
II. 8.
{woman).
^yS""Gecygan.
SeeCfgan.
"
J
II. 2. pestilence.
Cweartern,
prison.
cook ?
II. \.
tCwecchen,
Cyle,'ll.2.}^^"''^'^^^^-
(jrecweman, to please.
f/cwemde, pleased,
Cyme,
to
satisfied.
See Gecweman.
G^ecweme, acceptable, agree-
coming.
II.
nature, gene-
ration.
able.
dicus.
C wyde,
II. 2.
Cyn, II.
GVcynd,
G^ecynde-lim, III.
1.
womb.
re-
nowned.
Cyng, i. q. cyning.
Cyng-ban (cin-ban),
II.
1.
chin-bone, jaw-bone,
Cyning,
Cynren,
II. 2.
king.
III. 1. kindred,
fa-
mily.
Cypan,
i.
q. cfpan.
Cypercniht,
II. 2.
youth for
sale.
II. 2.
saying, speech,
word.
Cwydreeden,
G^ecwydraeden,
compact.
Cypman,
chapman,
Kaufraann, Dan. Kjobmand.
III.
merchant.
^ll.^.agreement,
j
2.
Ger.
GLOSSARY.
214
Cyre,
^y^^^^-
1 See
Circe.
Cyricea. J
Cyrm,
D.
See Ceosan.
tion.
II. 2. cry,
scream.
Cyrnceaster, Cirencester.
]to turn, return,
Cyrran,
D^dbetan,
to repent,
make
retribution.
cyrran.
G^ecyrran,
ran up
is
Dseghwomlic, daily.
penitence.
Ger.
what
now
is
i.
e.
a
same
called
cheese,
from
root
gerunnen,
as
tion.
the
cretus, coagulatus.
con-
Hence
our runnet.
Cyssan, to kiss. Ger. kiissen.
Cystig, bountiful.
f/daeied, died.
D^l,
Cystelice, bountifully.
D^lan,
Cyte,
G^edselan,
CyS,
I. 3. cot.
knowledge, fami-
II. 3.
liarity.
Cyt5,
know.
CyJ)an,
See Cy8an.
cySde
pret.
(cydde),
G^ecy'San, j
make known,
nounce,
Cyfere,
tell,
II. 2.
let
to
know, an-
devise.
G^ecyJnis, J
martyr^ wit-
witness,
mony,
testi-
testa-
ment, compact,
fcedus
gecySnisse cyfan, to testify-
deal,
divide,
bestow, spend.
See Delf.
decere, oportere,
gov. dat.
;
convenire
G^edafenlice,
properly, de-
cently.
ness,
CySnes,
Daelf.
to
Dan.
Dafnian, i. q. gedafenian.
Dagian, to dawn.
Dagung, dawning.
Slavonic
Dalamensan, a
people formerly inhabiting
Silesia.
from
GLOSSARY.
215
from deman.
Daru,
M'ord dempster.
jury
DaroS,
Deman,
Cedeman, j
whence Derian.
modern
Deadlic, mortal.
Deaf, deaf.
Deah. See Dugan.
Dear. See Dearran.
Dearc, i. q. deorc.
Dearnunge,
ic
we
dorste
Deaw,
DeaS,
II. 2.
dew.
II. 2. death.
Deat51ic.
See Deadlic.
fDei^e, to die.
Deire, the natives of Deira,
the southern part of the
kingdom of Northumbrian
extending from the
Deofulcund,
dear (deor),
pret.
Hum-
ly.
Deor-cyn,
II.
GedeU, J
kind of
labour.
G^edeorfan, j
delving, the
1.
beast.
penberg's
the Anglo-Saxon Kings,'
V. i.p. 117, sq.
1 II. 1.
dia-
Deorfan,
Delf,
devilish,
bolical.
doom,
resolve.
devil.
secretlyf pri-
durron,
deem, judge,
decide,
Deotlic, devilish.
vately.
Dearran,
to
"I
II. 2. dart.
Hence the
work,
"1
durfon,
toil.
DeorwyrSe, precious,
Der, E. Angl. for deor.
act of digging.
Derigan,}^^'^^''^'*^^''^-
Diaconhad, deaconhood.
Dfc, II. 2, dyke, ditch.
Digel, II. 3. secret.
to
GLOSSARY.
216
1 dark, secret,
obscure.
Digle,
J
Digellice, secretly, privily.
Digelnys, secret, secrecy, pri-
Digel (digol),
vacy.
Diht, II.
3.
dispensation,
direction,
contrivance,
command.
/diht, prepared, for gedilit.
See Gedihtan.
6^edihtan, to dispose, order,
prepare.
fDihten (dihtan),
to frame,
order, indite.
Dimme,
Dior,
i.
to
Donua,
the
Danube.
Dorceceaster, Dorchester.
Dorste. See Dearran.
fDotie, to dote.
See Don.
Dot5.
Dreum, II. 2. joy, delight,
melody.
1 pret. drehte,pp.
Drecan,
dreht, to vex,
G^edrecan, J
afflict, torment.
G^edrefan, to trouble, afflict,
offend.
dimly.
q. deor.
tion.
Dry
Docking.
Dogor, 11.2. poet, day ; but
strictly,
the day of 12
hours. See Grimm, Andr.
and Elene, p. 154; and
Kemble's Gloss, to Beo-
Snettisham,
called
wulf.
tion.
do.
(duguS),
fDohge]?
It. to suffer.
G^edreog,
drying,
anoint-
ing.
truth,
good.
cretion,
Domlice, powerfully,
1
Oedon,
9iess,
sorrov).
effec-
Don,
fully.
Drfgnis, dryness.
tDrihlich (drihtlic),
noble,
Icyrdly,
GLOSSARY.
217
drinks
1
drinking.
Drincan, pret. dranc, pi.
druncon, to drink.
fDurewurtJe
6^edrinc,
G^edrync,
III.
"I
Drohtat^, II. 3.
i.
q.
See
droht-
nung.
Durre.
Duru,
See Dearran.
III. 3. door.
.
sin.
Drohtian,
Drohtnian,
'I
to
pass
live,
(time),
de-
gere.
G^edwola, i. q. gedwolman.
Dwollice, erroneously.
Syld.}
magic.
Drycraeftig, skilled in witch-
dominical,
di-
vine.
Dryht-guma, follower,
sa-
telles.
Drypan,
to drip, drop.
(dyde), did; from
don.
%.
fDu^den
Credwyraorlice, in afantastic
Drygan, to dry.
Dryhten, i.q. drihten.
Dryhtenlic,
SeeGedwild.
or illusory manner.
Gr. 122.
craft.
fDude
(deorwyrSe),
costly, precious.
ment, dissembling.
pre-
dare,
presume,
ven-
ture.
(dugu'8),
nobles,
court.
II. \. folly.
Dumb, dumb.
Dun, II. 3. down, mountain.
Dune, down.
fDure (deor), dear.
Dureleas, doorless.
D"^^!^'
foolish, absurd.
GLOSSARY.
218
Ealddom,
age.
Eald-hettende,o/o? oppressor,
to increase,
Ealdor,
conceive,
bring forth,
quicken,
make
pregnant.
Ead, happiness, prosperity.
Ead-hre^ig, exulting in prosperity or success.
Eadig, blessed, happy, affluent, felix.
Eadmed,
humility, revere^ice.
6^eeadmedan,
to
worship,
Eadmedlic,
Eadmod,
"1
humble,
>
Eadmodlic, J
humbly.
Ceeadmettan,
re-
eadmodlice,
q.
Geead-
medan.
(eage-syn),
sight, presence.
II. 2.
II. 3. life.
Ealdor-dugu^,
II.
chief
3.
nobility,
Ealdorman,
III. 2. senator,
dux.
Ealdorscype,
chief,
supremacy,
mid
Eall, all ;
Eallunga,
"1
ealle, totally,
totally,
Eallunge,/
i.
old,
spectful
fEaeh-sen
Ea-gang,
Ealdnys, age.
Ealdor, II. 2. elder, chief
prince, ancestor.
like manner.
Eaca, increase.
Eacnian,
1
to
(reeacnian, J
Gr. 118.
Eald an, to grow
eye-
course or bed
of a river.
Eage, I. l.eye.
Eahta, 1
,^
quite,
prorsus,
om-
nino.
Eare,
I. 1.
ear,
EahteoS, eighth.
Eahteteone, eighteen,
Eal.
See Eall.
Eala, Oh! alas!
Eald, old.
Ealda- feeder, III. 2, grand
father, avus.
Gr. 97.
GLOSSARY.
Earming,
II. 2.
poor mise-
219
Ea^e,
^ easily,
rable being.
Earmlic, miserable.
EaJ?elice, j
Earmlice, miserably.
Dan.
Earn, II. 2. eagle.
Orn.
G^eearnian, to earn, gain, at-
Y.Q.'^medi,
tain, merit.
G^eearvvian, to prepare.
III.
1.
rivers
Gr.
-,
I. 3.
ebb.
fEche
Ecnys
(ece), eternal.
(ecnes), eternity.
G^c-edcennan, tobear or bring
forth again.
Edlean, II. 1. reward.
**
Edniwan, anew.
G^e-edniwian, to renew.
Edwist, substance.
Edwit, reproach, contumely.
Efen, even. Just ; efen feolo,
Ger. eben
Just as many.
so viel.
Efen-eald, coeval, of like age.
Efen-ece, coeternal.
Efenldecan,
pret. -Isehte,
G^cefenl^can, j
to imitate,
G^eefenl^cung, imitation.
Efenlic, even, equal ; efenlice, in like manner, also.
Efern, evening.
Nor. for
"1
G^eeaSmedan, to humble
with ace. of pron. to worship.
See Geeadmedan.
G^e-eaSmodan, to vouchsafe.
G^eaSmodian, to humble, be
flict.
^7
ea'5-
pleased.
bank.
Ea-ste6, J
Eastan, from the east.
339.'
i.
humble ; mid
most
medum, humbly.
Ebbe,
readily
eatJost,
internal ;
as,
aefen.
l2
GLOSSARY.
220
Ellor, elsewhere.
Ger. Eber.
Efsian, to shave.
Efstan, to hasten.
Eft, again, after, afterwards.
Ege, II. 2. awe, fear, dread.
Egesa,yeo!r, dread.
Elmesse, ^Imesse, I. 3
alms.
EIn, II. 3. ell.
Elnian, to strengthen, comfort.
El|?eodignes,
(on)
in
(living) in
foreignland;
el])eodignesse,
abroad, peregre.
Embe,
Gr.
about.
Ceembehtian,
d^u^t,
cm
i.
q.
to
serve,
mi-
nister.
Eh tan,
to follow, persecute
gov. gen. or ace.
Ehtnys,
Ehtung,/^^^^^^^^^^^'-
"1
EmbsnfSan, to circumcise;
from snlSan, to cut.
Emn,
of-
Einnlange, along.
End e,
ill.
Ekenn (ecan),
Elj)eodung,
ymb.
fE^e, oivn.
fEh-scen, eyesight.
Ehta, i. q. eahta.
fEille, evil,
foreigner.
El|7eodig, foreign, foreigner.
II. 2.
end, extremity.
add,
increase, enlarge; ekedd,
added.
Elcung, delay, expectation.
tEnde,
Ele, II. 2.
place, arrange.
Endebyrdlice, in order.
Endebyrdnys, arrangement,
order, detail; ]?urh endebyrdnys, in turn.
Endemes, at length, at last.
Endenext, ] , ^
,
^
Endenyhst,/^^^^^'^^"^-
to eke,
oil.
Elig, Ely.
Ellen-daed,
II.
valiant
s!
deed.
Ellen -spr^c,
II.
3.
bold
speech.
EWenwodnes, fervent
Ellen-]?riste, boldly
zeal.
daring.
Ceendebyrdan,
Endebyrdian,
1 to
order,
ordain,
6reendian, to end,finish.^
Endlyfta, eleventh,
G^eendung, end.
GLOSSARY.
Engel, II. 2. angel.
Engla-land, II. l.landoftJie
Angles^ England.
Engle, Angles.
Englisc, English, Anglo-
See Gan.
3.
II.
Eower, your.
is
Old Sax.
2. horse.
show, manifest.
-^
> to
Eow, you,
whom
earth), to
Eoforwic-ceaster,
York.
Eoh, II.
Ehu.
Eovvan,'
Eowian,
n,J
Saxon.
Ent, II. 2. giant.
G^eodon, for eodon.
Eodorcan, to ruminate.
Eode.
221
fEon
given
this title
See Grimm,
D. M. p. 232.
Ercebisceop, II. 2.
arch-
Eondscynan.
Geond-
See
scfnan.
Eorl, II. 2.
earl,
poet, for
man.
Eornoste,
vigo-
earnestly,
Ermt5,
rously.
Eornostlice,
now,
earnestly,
therefore ;
so,
igitur,
itaque.
EorS-bugigend, inhabitant
of earth. See Bugian.
Eore, I. 3. eorSu, III. 3.
earth, land.
EorSf8est,y5^ in
Eor6-hus,
grave.
II. 1
bandman.
q. yrmt5.
i.
Ger. Esel.
See Osti.
Estas.
devout,
kind,
benignant.
Est mere, the Frische Haff,
or lake, into which flows
one of the branches of the
Estful,
tJie
earth.
earth-house,
EorSlic, earthly.
Eort5-nce, III. 1. world.
EorS-tilia, earth-tiller, hus-
See Tilian.
agriculture.
Dan.
nity.
Tjsere, tar.
Vistula.
Etan,
"I
Ettan,
aet.
yt, pret.
eat.
to
aet,
Gr. 228.
more
ea:S,
easy
easily.
J)y
GLOSSARY.
222
Faeringa, suddenly.
E))elice, easily.
home.
2. keeper or
ESel-weard,
II.
ruler of a country.
sudden, dangerous;
suddenly.
Ger.
Faerlic,
faerlice,
Dan.
gefahrlich,
farlig.
Facg,
F^cn,
II. \. plaice ?
III.
I.
platesia.
fraud, guile,
See Faran.
Gr. 208.
FaerS.
Feestan, to fast.
Faeste,ya5^.
dolus.
G^efadian, to dispose, order,
Faesten,
manage.
Fadung, disposition, dispen-
nium.
jeju-
1. fast,
sation.
Fsec, II.
III.
1.
space, interval,
Ger. Fach.
Gr. 97-
department.
Feeder, III.
%father.
Faesthafel, tenacious,
Faestlic, strong, firm, irresis-
faestlice,j^7vw/y, re-
tible;
solutely.
Faederlice, paternally.
Faestnian,
moribundus.
Faegenian.
See Faegnian.
Faeger, fair, good; faegere,
G^efaestnian, j
l^spge, fated,
fairly, beautifully.
1 to fasten,
con-
firm,
bulwark, firmament.
Faestnung, confirmation.
Faett,
unexpected.
fFaeisiS (faege-si^?), departure, death.
way, going,
journy, gressus.
Ger.
Fass,
Faetels,
II.
2.
bag,
sack,
purse.
3id^. fat,
fFairsipe, fairness,
iF3i\]e]>]>, falleth.
Falster, one
isles
of the Danish
in the Baltic.
Fandian,
to try,
prove.
Fandung, temptation,
trial,
probation, inquiry.
Gefangen, taken (prisoner).
See Fon,
Ger. gefangen.
GLOSSARY.
Fann,
II.
S? fan.
Fel, II.
Faran,
"1
G^efaran, J
journey.
Fame,
Fame
223
Island.
skin, hide.
sound
intel-
lect.
a felt,
skin.
Du
e., according to
Cange, an officer whose
duty it was to distribute
Fen,
provender.
i.
See Feohtan.
l3
(refeallan,/
pret.
fylS,
feoll, to fall,
Gr. 234.
See Fela.
fail.
Feala.
dun,
Feawa,
II. 1.
AmV, lock;
cae-
saries.
Febriende, in a fever.
Feccan,
\ ^^^^
G^efecgan, gefeccan, J ^
carry
-fehte, to fetch,
off.
Fedan, 3
Fefor, II.
also to
Dan. fode.
% fever.
took.
See Fdn.
Feohtan,
G^efeohtan, J
pret. feaht,
pi. fuhton, pp. fohten. 2)
to gain (by fighting). See
also Geslean.
Feol, file ;
feol-heard, file-
G^efeol.
See Feallan.
Feolde, for folde.
Feolian, to file.
Feolo, i. q. fela.
Feond,
^
fett, to feed,
bring forth.
Gr. 207.
Feax,
r.'
G^efeng,
Geiediyjoy.
Gefeaht.
Feallau,
II. l.fen.
ckisp,
II. 2. enemy.
Ger.
Feind, Dan. Fjende.
Feond-scea^a, hostile ruffimi.
Feor, far.
tFeor,/or, nam.
Feorh, III. I. life. Gr.91.
Feorh-giefu, III. 3. vital gifty
wine
GLOSSARY.
224
Feorh-hus,
body.
II.
1. life-house,
Festnian.
See
Gefaest-
nian.
(jefestnian. j
Feower,^wr.
Fetigan, to fetch.
Yeov^2i, fourth.
Fett.
Fettian, to contend.
from scyt or
sceat,
an-
See Fedan.
gle.
eomatus
Feowertyne, fourteen.
hair,
Feovvertig, forty.
capillus.
Gefer, III.
for-
1 ?
company,
so-
ciety.
Genera, companion.
Ge^eraeden, II. 3. society, fellowship.
(jeferscype, company, society,
Fe])a,
from
band, body.
on foot;
Fet5e-last,
feSe, step,
and
feax,
from
last, track,
footstep.
wing.
walking,
FeSung, footing,
fraternity.
Fic-treow,
^Gr. 88.
III.
1. Jig-tree.
Fffj^t'e.
ih3i,^fth.
Fi heo'Ssi, fifteenth.
Fihig,fifty.
Fihyne, fifteen.
champaign,
Filian.
See Fyligan.
Fild, plain,
Findan, 2
finst,
fint,
pret.
Firmest.
First.
Fisc,
77.
man,
vir.
See Fyrniest.
See Fyrst.
II.
2. fish.
Gr.
GLOSSARY.
Fiscal.
5,
2. the occupa-
II.
"I
FiscoS,
tion offishing,
5,/
J
Fisc-cyn, II. \. fish-species.
Fiscere, II. 2. fisher.
Fixas, pi. of fisc.
Gr. 77.
Fixian, to fish.
Fifele,
I.
Flassc,
^.fiddle.
II.
Ger.
1. fiesh.
Fleisch.
225
Flftan, pret.
to
clothe
on
go afloat?
Vlot'A,, fleet,
nate.
Flotan ,
Flaesc-mete,
meat.
Fla,
I.
3?
II.
fldt
dart, arrow.
army of seasailor.
Flasc,pl.flaxas,II.2. Gr.77."l
Flud, i. q. flod.
Flugon. See Afligan.
Flaxe,
V\^h.t, flight.
flask, leathern]
Gr. p. 21.
I. ^.
bottle, fiasco.
See Fleogan.
Fleah.
Fleam,
house, hall,
couch, stratum. O. N. flet.
II.
1 ?
Flet-sittende,
couches,
in
sitting
on
convivio ac-
cumbentes.
Fligan.
See Afligan.
i.
G^eflit,
pute.
q. fleon.
III.
1.
contest,
put
to flight,
\. fleece, fur.
Foda, fodda, yboc?, support.
Foder, fodder, II. \. fodder,
food. Ger. Futter.
Folc, II.
I. folk,
people. Ger.
Volk.
Folcisc,
vulgar ;
folcisce
tFli3(fleoh),./7y/
Flion,
to
Fiys, II.
II. 2. flight.
Flett,
Geflyman,
rout.
to
sailor.
men.
Flot-man, III. 2.
Flo wan, to flow.
2.
feran,
to float, flow.
Flot-here, II. 2.
V\di^Q\\c, fleshly.
pavement,
6^eflaeschamian,
pi. fliton,
flat,
dis-
Folde, I. 3. earth.
Folgere, II. 2. follower.
Folgian, i. q. fyligan.
l5
GLOSSARY.
226
Folm,
pi.
3. in
II.
nom. and
In
sing.?
ace.
has
it
to
(jefon, J
take,
For.
reason
of,
Dan.
too, very.
too quickly
ra|>e,
oft,
See Forbfgan.
Forceorfan, pret. -cearf, pi.
curfon, pp. -corfen, to cut,
cut off, praecidere.
Ford, II. 2./or6?.
Gr. 76.
ForbyS.
fFordemen (fordeman),
condemn.
Fordon, to
See Don.
ruin,
to
foran
drive,
hear
for
Fore-cweden, aforesaid.
For
an,
to, pre-
attend-
ant?
Fore-gleaw, foreseeing, pro-
viously.
Forbsernan, to burn, to be
burned. Ger. verbrennen.
Forbeodan, pret. -bead, pi.
-budon, pp. -boden, to
forbid.
Forbfgan, 1 3 -big^ (-bi),
Forbfgean, j
pret. -beah,
to bow, bend, humble, decline, avoid.
Gr. 34?7.
tForblenndedd(forblindod),
blinded.
Forbredan, 3 -bryt,
cipitate,
destroy.
oregengsi, foregoer,
;
to
for wel
for.
;
very often;
Foran, before
to
overthrow,
prepro-
confringere.
dere.
It.
only.
strate,
pi.
Fordrffan,
See Faran.
For, for, by
through.
vidus.
Fore-lutan, to stoop or
before (one).
how
Fores^d, foresaid.
See
Secgan.
Foresceawian, to foresee, preordain.
Foreseen, to foresee, provide.
See Geseon.
Foreseond, Providence. Gr.
118.
Foresetnes, purpose.
Forespraec,
tion.
II.
3. predic-
GLOSSARY.
before-men-
Foresprecen,
tioned.
Forestaepan, 1
Forestaeppan, J
fore, precede,
pret.
-stop,
to step be-
Forgeldan,
Forgyldan,
saltern.
pi.
to
Forlidenes, shipwreck.
III.
1.
fornica-
tion.
Forloren,
lost.
See Forleo-
san.
See Forleosan.
Forlyst.
Forma
(se) (seo,
forme,
|)aet)
first.
fForrwerrpen (forweorpan),
to cast away, reject.
fForrpi,
because.
Dan.
fordi.
der,
Forhogian,
Forhohnes,
hiss, deride ?
Forhwaega, however,
-geald,
requite, compensate,
Forgymeleasian,
-gylt, pret.
pp. -golden,
-guidon,
pay,
227
to despise,
forhogednes,
contempt,
fForhowede
(forhogode),
Forhtian, to fear,
Forhtlice, fearfully,
Forhtung,year.
to
sear,
dry,
GLOSSARY.
228
See
Forseon, to despise.
Seon.
Forseon, v. refl., to err, sin.
Ger. sich versehen.
Forsetnes, resolution, purpose, continuation.
Forslean, 3
pp.
-slyt5,
pret. -sloh,
-slegen (-slagen), to
con-
sume.
Forspillan, to destroy.
Ger.
verspillen.
Forwegen, prostrate
for'S-
wegen ?
Forwel, very.
Forweor^an (forwyrSan), to
perish, be ruined.
See
WeorSan.
Forwerod, worn out, old.
fForwerrpenn, to cast away,
reject.
1
Forwurnen (forwyrnan),
refuse,
forbid,
to
prohibit
from.
For]7am,
because,
for|)an,
therefore
cause that.
ForS-ar^san, to rush forth.
ForSarn. See Forwyrnan.
For^-ateon, 1 pret. -teah, pi.
ForS-teon, j
-tugon, to
bring forth, produce.
For^beran, to bear forth.
See Beran.
For^-bringan, pret. -brohte,
to bring forth.
ForSdrffan, to drive on.
fForSe
(fur|>on),
indeed,
even, quidem.
tForJ)eddte
thered,
(forjjod),
forwarded;
furfrom
forj^ian.
go
forS-
FofSgan,
For'Sgangan,
Gan.
ForSgenge,
to
proceed, go
forth.
See
successful.
For^georn, anxious
to
go
forth, intrepid,
Forwyrd,
to
lose,
II. 3. destruction,
ruin.
Forwyrnan,
to refuse,
deny,
For'S-gewftan, to go or pass
forth.
For))i, therefore,
fordi.
GLOSSARY.
229
Fram-adriTan,
For^-laestan, to continue,ful-
fFrame (freme),
perform, execute.
For^on, because, therefore.
In Nor. Gloss, for witodJil,
lice.
Fort5-si6,
departure,
2.
II.
death.
ema-
nate,
produce.
See
Teon.
For])y.
profit, be-
nefit.
Fram-gewftan,
to
depart
from. See Gewftan.
Framian, to promote, proSee Frefit, prodesse.
mian.
Fran ca, javelin.
Frea, lord, chief.
Goth.
Frauja, Ger. fern. Frau.
Freatewung.
See Fraete-
wung.
Frecnys, danger.
G^efredan, to feel, perceive.
See
For]>i.
For|)yldian,
ForSyldgan,
to
dure.
Frefrian,
com-
1 to console,
6refrefrian. J
fort.
G^efregnan,/
(fraeng), pi.
-frugnon, pp. -frunen, to
ask, inquire.
It. to
hear,
ttnue,
Gr.96.
to expel,
Dan. Fodskammel.
vile, indecent.
nament.
So
Goth, fraihnan,
quaerere,
2)
Gr. 95.
Ger. fremd,
Dan. fremmed.
Freniful, efficacious, useful.
"1 to effect, perFremian,
Cefremian,
feet, perpeFremigan,
f trate, promote, imG^efremman,J
I
signifies
to be in-
rescire.
FrsBcednys, peril.
Fraeng.
See Fregnan.
1
Fraetwian,
to
fret,
adorn.
Gefraetewian, J
Fraetewung, decoration, or-
Yxdxa.,from, by.
manner, axian
both to ask and
prove, benefit.
GLOSSARY.
230
IL
9,.
festival.
Freols-tfd, II.
2).
feast-time,
ingenuousness,
Freoscipe,
gentleness.
Freo^ian,
i.
q. Gefrit^ian.
FrimS.
FriS,
II.
Friede.
See FrymS.
2. peace.
Ger.
FriSes, adv., in
peace.
GefriSian, to protect.
Ger.
befriedigen.
Com-
of things,
Frym^, II.
creation.
3.
beginning,
origin.
FrymJ)elic, primitive.
Frynd, i. q. and
Gr. 100.
pi.
of freond.
Fruma, beginning,
Frum-cenned, first-born
from cennan.
MS.
for fulfremedra.
Fulfremednys, perfection,
Fulfremman,
to execute, ac-
GLOSSARY.
FuUian,
G^efullian,
make
to
full,
baptize.
Fuilice,/w%, entirely.
FuUuht, II. 2. baptism.
Gr.
support,
II. 2. help,
force.
Fultumian,
favour,
1 to
support
G^efulturaian, J
to gefultumian, to help to.
Fulwiht, i. q. fulluht.
Furh, II. ^.furrow.
FuT^, forth; furlpra, further,
prior; fyrmest, ^rst. Gr.
51.
Fur]?on, indeed, only, even,
moreover,
Fr.
quidem.
vel,
Fyllan,
meme.
;
comp. of
occupy.
Fyrlen,^r,
Fyrraest,
Furt5or, further
tofill,feed,fulfil,
"1
G^efyllan,
308.
Fultum,
231
distant.
foremost,
for.
since.
tening.
fFusde
from
started;
(fysde),
fysan.
away;
drive
fFuse, will
from fysan.
fFusen, 1 (fysan,) to hasten,
hurry.
Fyl.
See Fyll.
Fyligean,
from
Jill.
fyllan,
glut,
G.
^^^^^^_
-^
fill,
Frist.
'
See Feol.
f\,file.
Fy r-spearca, fire-spark.
Fjrst, first, chief. Ger. Furst.
Fyrst, II. 2. space, period.
Ger.
first,
chiefly.
to fell.
from
It.
fyllan, to
gaidw?
And. and
want.
See
Goth,
Grimm,
El. p. 160.
GLOSSARY.
232
Gad,
II. S.
goad.
Gaderian,
Tregaderian,
to gather, col-
lect
Gad-isen,
Ga^memgende,gaming, play1.
Gr. 33,
grass.
68.
Gaerstapa, grasshopper, loGaest, for gast.
See Geat.
afterwards Geist,
Gaey-saet,
now
Guist,
in Norfolk,
near Fakenham.
Gafeloc, gaueloc,
II. 2.
velin.
O. N. Gaflok,
Gafol, II.
1. tribute, tax.
ja-
Galferh^, libidinous.
Galmod
furious, libidinous.
Dan. gal.
Gamenian, to game, play.
Gan,
3 gaet5 (gaS), pret.
Gangan, J
eode, to go,
"1
walk.
Gr. 212.
G^egan,
2.
gait,
course,
Gangan.
II.
javelin.
rush of arms,
Gast, II.
Geist.
II. 2.
ocean.
% ghost, spirit.
Ger.
Ge, ge
.
ge, both ....
and, whether ... or.
Gea, yea, yes.
Gealdor, galdor, III. 1. magic, enchantment, witchery.
.
From
galan, to sing.
Gealga, gallows.
N.B. In
the Index to Caedmon,
Galge is an oversight for
Galga.
Gear, 11. 1. year.
GediVdi, formerly, of yore. It.
well, accurately.
Gar,
II. 2.
hostile incursion.
Gat.
See Geat.
Gaueloc. See Gafeloc.
Ge, ye. Gr. 137.
cust.
Gang,
sure, riches.
Gar-r^s,
Garsecg,
ing.
Gaers, II.
Gaet.
Gar-berend, arms-bearing.
Gar-gewinn, III. 1. war of
darts or arrows.
fGarisume (gaersume), trea-
Dan. Gaard.
fGeare, of yore, formerly.
Gearo-))oncol, ready-witted.
(jearu, gearo, ready.
See Gan.
weapon, spear,
2.
This, like
Gearcian, to prepare.
Geard, II. 2. yard, inclosure,
region.
Goth. Gards,
some
Gegearwian,
to
prepare, ex-
hibit.
Gr. 95.
GLOSSARY.
Geatu, III. 1. equipments.
Gr. 95.
Geat-weard, II. 2. gate-ward,
porter.
(?gangan, to go.
It.
to take,
capture.
G^egerelad,
rod, clad.
Dan. gjemme.
of, curare.
fGemelich, careful, anxious.
Gen, gena, yet, still; ]?a-
Geomor, sad.
Geomor-mod, sad in mind.
to sigh,
groan.
still.
Geunc, E.AngL
Gif.
See Gyf.
for geong.
pi. gifon,
Gifernes, rapacity.
Gife^e, given.
Gifre, rapacious.
Gifu.
See Gyfu.
Gild, II. 1 ? tax, tribut,pay.
Gildan, pret. geald, pi. guidon, to pay, requite.
Gilden, golden.
See Gyman.
Gim-stan, II. 2. gm.
Gin, wide, ample.
Ging. See Geong.
tation.
Geond-geotan,
Get, yet,
Giman.
gena, as yet.
GeogO(S, II. 3. youth.
Geond, through,
and
to give.
Geomrian,
233
over, per.
pret.
-geat,
Dan. Gidsel.
table.
Giu.
See Gio.
G^egladian, to gladden.
Glaed-mod, glad-minded.
Glass, III. 1
glass.
GLOSSARY.
234
Glappe,
Gleaw,
I.
? bur, lappa.
clever, skilful,
saga-
II. l.^o/c?.
Gold-gffa,
gold-giver,
Gold-hord,
II. 2.
gold-hoard,
treasure.
cious.
Gleawlic,
skilful,
cunning,
astute.
Gleawn es,prudence,sagacity,
fGomen
skill.
Gnornung,
grief,
sorrow,
lament, complaint.
chattel,
Godcundnys,
divinity.
(gamen),
God-
head.
Godful, full of good, excellent.
to enrich.
Ger.
begiitern.
Gddnes, goodness.
Godspel, II. 1. Gospel; from
god, good, and spell, history, nuncium, evayye\iov.
q. gafol.
II. 1.
i.
e.
Gremian,
(xegremian,
Gegodian,
game,
joke.
Gv^me, fiercely.
fGrame, grief.
Godcundlice, divinely.
i.
pa^
tron, lord.
cious,
Gofol,
Gold,
1
j
to
ritate.
tJie
Gr,
GLOSSARY.
made peace with;
from
gegriSian.
1.
"I
Gyf, gif, if
Gyfe, p. 110, lines,
ened.
Grfpan,
Crcgrfpan,
grap,
gripon,
p^et.
pi.
to
gripe, seize.
GristbftiaT),
to
gnash {with
the teeth).
II. 2.
peace,
b?
fa-
Gygand, gigant,
ground, world,
Gyman,
to
have
son.
gjemme.
gem.
take care, heed,
charge
Gymeleast,
II.
Dan.
of
3.
heedless-
ness, negligence,
Gyrd,
Gyrd el,
peace.
II. 2. giant.
fGyl, guile.
Gyld. See Gild.
Gyldan. See Gildan.
Gylden, golden.
Gym,
Gr. 234.
II. 2.
f.
vour.
gin, snare.
Grund,
Gyden, II. 3.
,
]9oddc''.
Gydene,1.3.
Gyfu,
tian.
Gri^,
235
II. 2. girdle.
Guma, man.
fGume
(guma), man.
Gu6-sceorp,
II.
1.
song,
yearn.
Gy rstan-daeg, 1
.2. 7/e5ifer<//.
Gysel.
See Gisel.
Gyst, II. 2. guest.
Gyst-ern, II. \. guest-chamber.
military
parable,
or -hall.
Gyt, yet, still.
habit.
Gyddung,
"1
GLOSSARY.
236
G^^t, ye (two).
Gr. 137.
Gytsian, to desire, covet;
gytsiend, covetous.
H.
fHa, her, they, for In.
Habban, 3 p. he hajfS,
haefde,
ness.
Gyu, already.
pret.
have, account,
hold, detain.
Haeele,
3.
to
Gr. 216.
garment.
since,
of y
'\^eJey''''9
t3arrkedd (gearcod), prepared.
'Ore.
(eode),
2.
II.
order,
degree,
Hadung, ordination,
conse-
cration.
Haebban,
pret. hof,
to
lift,
move.
t3enielich, heedful,
sorrow-
fid.
t3ernen (gyrnan),
3.
Had,
I.
to
yearn,
desire, solicit.
Gr. 237.
fHaefedd (heafod),
head;
on hsefedd, at the head.
synecdochen? p.149,
Haeftan,
"I
G^ehaeftan, /
seize, bind,
t3et, yet.
1.45.
pp. gehaefted,
gehaeft,
to
hold, detain;
est.
Heelan,
gehaefd, afflicted.
pi.
{geo^M^M), youth-
1 ^
Ceh^lanJ^^^^^^'^^'*^'
Haelend, II. 2. healer, the
Saviour, The name Jesus
is thus translated in the
GLOSSARY.
A.
S. Gospels.
O. Sax.
Heliand, Ger. Heiland.
pro-
mise.
HSu,liL3.}^"^^'^^^'^^^tHoe])elic
for haeleSas.
(hetelice),
with
hate, hostilely ?
HaeJ)en, heathen.
HaeJ>enscipe, heathenship.
H^man,
have
associate with,
to
do with, coire,
on unriht
haeman, fornicari, moeto
concumbere
fHcen (hean),
HaeSum
(aet), Sleswig.
Hae|ning, heating.
chari.
lov), vile,
con-
Hafoc,
II. 2. hawk.
Haga, haw, hedge ; perhaps
also a place inclosed by a
hedge.
temptible.
f Haengenne,
raised, exalt-
ed.
f Haengest (hengest),
pack-horse.
horse,
Hagol, II.
Hagel.
fHahte
(hatte),
Haepse, hasp.
Haer, II. 1 ? hair.
Hal
fHalde
Old
herring.
bravely.
(het),
commanded;
stallion.
Haerincg,
Ger.
2. hail.
from hatan.
Ger. Hengst,
Ger. herrlich.
f/haermed, irritated.
fHaerne, hercne (heorcne),
hearken !
Haesu, III. 3. behest, com-
mand.
Haet.
237
See IKtan.
was
called.
1
'^,
(aeldu), age.
Hal-
to.
f/haled, E. Angl.
for ge-
haeled.
Halgoland,
II.
an ancient
rently
GLOSSARY.
238
Hat, hot.
Geh^t, II.
Hatan,
Haligdom, sanctuary,
G^ehatan,
relic.
Halsian,
to
supplicate,
be-
seech.
'
hand swa
4)
occurs in all
the MSS., though Matt.
XXV. 5. reads ']?am swa
(p. 74,
gelfce.'
1.
'
It
gelfce.'
work.
Hangian, neut.
Har, hoar.
Hara, hare.
fHare
to
(anre), to
hang.
promise, stipu-
lation.
1
/ pp. -haten, to
command, promise. Gr.
234.
Hatan, pret.
hede.
Hatian, to hate.
Cehat-lond, II.
promise.
fHauen
thus
1.
land of
(haefen),
haven,
port.
Hauoc,
i.
q. hafoc.
Heafde, i. q. haefde
from
habban.
Heafod, III. 1. head. Ger.
Haupt.
Heafod-burh, II. ^.chiefcity.
Heafod-ece, II. 2. head;
ache,
a;
het, to call, to
Hexham,
II. 2. patriarch.
GLOSSARY.
Heah-gerefa, chief minister.
Heah-gesaranung, chief of
the synagogue.
Heahnes. See Hehnys.
Heah-sacerd, II. 2. highpriest.
Heah-setl, III.
high
1.
seat,
throne.
")
G^ehealdan,
3 hylt (healt),
pret. heold,
conduct.
Healdend,
II. 2.
chief.
Gr. 118.
guardian,
Healdon,
side.
Heap,
Heardnys, hardness.
Hearm,II.2./^/'w, calamity.
Hearpe, I. 3. harp.
Hearpere, II. 2. harper.
Hearpian, to harp.
Hearpe-naegl, II. 2. harp7iail, plectrum.
Hearpe-streng, II. 2. harpstring.
rank.
treat,
239
heap, collection,
Ger. Haufe.
Heard, hard, severe, rugged,
bold; heard beam, hard
timber tree ?
II. 2.
body.
Hearde,
hardly,
sternly,
boldly.
Heard-neb,
hard-nib,
or
-bill: epithet of the raven.
and
Kemble,
Beow.
i.
p. 254.
Heddern,
tHe3 (heh),
high.
Gr.
p. 51.
tHehte
(hatte),
was
called.
GLOSSARY.
240
tHeh, liigh.
Hele-wah, II.
2. heel-wall
for -wagas,
hele-wages,
Semi- Sax.
Helia, Elisha.
Heoru-waepen,
tial
Hellic, hellish.
Hell-scea|?a, hell-miscreant.
Hell-wara, I. 2.
Hell-waru, III. 3.
Gr. 104..
hell
1
J
inhabit-
ants of
pret.
(-healp),
pi.
help.
fHemm,
Hende,
Dan. ham.
them.
1
6^ehende, /
fHende, hendy,
clever, cour-
Hen-fugel,
sword.
(?ehelpan,
II. 2.
hen-fowl.
Goth, hairus, O.
fHeos
Heow.
(hus), house.
See Heawan.
tHeowe
fHercne, hearken.
Heofonlic, heavenly.
Heofon-rfce, III. \. kingdom
of heaven.
Here
Heofung, groan.
fHeold
(yldo), age.
Heolfrig, bloody, gory.
Heolster, 11, Leave, hidingplace.
Heolster, dark, obscure.
Heonon, hence.
Heonon-forS, henceforth.
Heonu,
lo,
ecce.
coat of mail.
folc, II. l.anny.
Heregeat, III. 1. heriot, military equipment, weapon.
Herenes, praise.
Here-pa^, II. 2. army-path,
military road.
Here-reaf, II. 1.
military
habit.
Here-toga, general,
dux
leader,
from teon.
Ger.
Herzog, Dan. Hertug.
;
GLOSSARY.
241
warfare.
Herian, to praise.
Herige, II. 2. i.
Him,
to them.
Gr. 137.
Hindergep, wily, subtle, verq.
here,
See Warton, H.
army.
E. P. i. p. lxxiii.ed.1840.
HerigeTidiWce.praiseworthily.
sutus.
II.
2.
departure,
death.
G^ehersumnes, obedience.
Herung, praise.
Het. See Hatan.
Hete, II. 2. hate.
fHett, contr. for he itt.
Hettan, to hunt, persecute.
Ger. hetzen.
Hi, they, them, her.
Hiabenlic, E. Angl. for heofonlic.
fHire, her.
Hired, II. 2. family, convent.
Hired-cniht, 1 retainer, vasHired-man, /
sal, domestic.
handum,
hand ?
Hireman.
Hider, hither.
Hierosolim-waru,
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Hig, they, them. See Hi.
Hig, II. 1. hay.
Hig, 0/
By-
Higdi-fget,
tempt.
Hicgan
to strive
hand
III.
to
to
1.
calidile.
Gr. 88.
Hige, II. 2. mind, thought.
Hige-rof, magnanimous.
Higum,
for
hfwum.
See
Hi wan.
tHi^ing, haste. From higian.
Hiht, II. 2. hope.
Hild, II. 3. war, battle.
fllilomp, for ilomp.
See
Lomp.
His, his,
its.
See Hyrigman.
Gr. 137.
Gr. 137.
mily.
Hfwscipe,
society,
family,
convent.
Hladan,
pret. hlod, to
draw
(water), haurire.
Hlaefdig,II. 3. lady, thequeen
of the W. Saxons thus
GLOSSARY.
242
called.
(See Lappenberg's
glo-Saxon Kings,
Engl, transl.)
Gehlaestan,
i.
p.274.
lading.
load;
to
pp.
gehlaest.
Hogian,
sign.
fHol
Hlafordleas, lordless.
tHold
Hlanc, lank.
fHoldian (ealdian),
shade, shel-
III.
refuge.
ter,
sound,
1 ?
covered ;
from ge-
Hence
hlidan, to cover.
our lid.
Hlihhan, pret.
pp. hlo-
gon, to laugh.
Hlfsa,y/we, reputation, ru-
mour.
Hlisful, celebrated, famous.
Hloh.
See Hlihhan.
Hlosnian, to wait for.
Hlude, loudly.
L\\xiie.v,
Ger. lauter.
Gehhd,
(7ehiyd.
Hlydan,
tumult, noise.
See Gehlid.
II. 1.
to
make a
noise,
riot.
en, listen.
grow
II.
3. fidelity,
devotion, kindness.
H oldscipe, fidelity.
to hollow, excavate.
Holm, Holm
in Norfolk,
near Hunstanton.
Holt, II. 1. holt, ivood. Ger.
Holz.
fHom (ham), home.
tHoncuJ)(uncuS), unknown:,
strange.
to hope.
Hordr^den,
II.
custody,
3.
guardianship, charge.
Horithi, a people to the east
of the Dalamensan.
Horn-boga, horned-bow.
Hors, II. 1. horse.
Horse, valiant.
Hors-hwael, II. 2.
whale, walrus.
Horn,
Hosp,
horses
tempt.
f/hote (gehaten),
called.
Holdrseden,
Hopian,
hloli,
to
old.
Holian,
1
noise.
G^ehlid,
(eald), old.
See
Nopt.
whefi^e
Bad-
GLOSSARY.
mund^ king of the E. Anwas cruelly slain by
gles,
Danes.
the
II. 2.
II. 2. ring.
G^ehroden, adorned.
hreodan
From
on. p. 521.
night-rail.
Hr^n,
Hring,
243
raindeer.
Hraevv, II. 2.
dead carcase.
Hrof,
G^ehroren.
sum-
See Hreosan.
in the plur.
Hryman,
etc.
Hream,
Hreaw.
II. 2.
scream, cry.
See Hreow.
Hreconlice (reconlice), Nor.
for hraedlice, forthwith.
Hrefn,
II. 2.
Hremm,
Hreofl,
raven.
II. 2.
Hreofla,
J
Hreoflig, leprous.
Hreofnys, roughness, leprosy.
to rush, fall.
fHude
to cry.
Hugende,
for hogende or
hicgende.
See Hogian.
Sti^-hugende, sternly bent.
tHuie, p. 158, 1. 21 ?
Hula, what
Humeta, how.
Hund,
II. 2. hound,
dog.
Ger. Hund.
Hund, II. 1. hundred. Gr.
177.
Hund-eahtatlg, eighty.
Hund-seofantig, seventy.
Hund-twelftig, hundred and
twenty.
Hrepan,
to touch.
pectus.
Gr.395.
Hungrig, hungry.
Hunig, II. 1. honey.
Hunig-swet, sweet as honey.
tHunne, hinna (heona),
hence.
Hunstanes-tun, Hunstanton,
on the N. W, point of
Norfolk.
Hunta, hunter.
GLOSSARY.
244.
ung or huntna'S.
Huntung, hunting,
chase,
game, quarry.
Hup-seax, II. 1. hip-knife,
short sword; so called
from being borne on the
hip.
at all
least,
Husel, husl,
eucharist.
iv.
Thiy
hardly
pp. 448-450.
H\v3eJ>er,
nevertheless.
G^ehw8e])er, either, both.
Hwam,
dat.
of hwa.
Gr.
157.
II.
1.
housel,
Goth. Hunsl,
shamefully,
un-
worthily, contemptuously.
ivho,
any
vault,
fa,
arch.
It.
victim.
one^
quis-
vex.
Hw^l,
Hwemm,
II. 2.
Hwsel-hunta, whale-hunter.
Hwsene, ace. of hwa, whom,
each, every, any one. Gr.
Hwaenne, when.
Hwaer, where.
"1
f/hwaer, \ everywhere.
f/war,
J
Hwset, what, why, anything,
somewhat, quid, lo ! yes!
hwaet la, well ! so J hwaet
corner,
pi.
hwurfon,
pret.
to re-
Hwf, why.
Hwiccia, the country
forming
157.
after
little.
69.
for
another.
Hwene, a
piam.
(rehwaer,
D. G.
is
See Grimm,
translatable.
H weal
Hwa,
hwaet
of
use
Hwanon, whence.
events.
Hus, Vz.
Huxlice,
the
diocese
now
of
Worcester.
Hwfl,
Hwilc.
See Hwylc.
Hwistlung, whistling.
GLOSSARY.
Dan. Hvid.
Hwft, white.
Hwon,
for
hwam, why,
Hwon, a
little,
as
Gr. 147somewhat,
paululum.
Hwonlice, little.
Hwonon. See Hwanon.
245
HynS, II. 3.
HynSu, III.
insult, loss.
Sran,}'^'^'^^'^^'^-
}'*'''*''
qualis.
Hyrde,
II. 2.
tor, keeper.
See Gehwilc.
1
See Hweor-
Crehwylc.
(?ehwyrfan. J
Hycgan.
Hyd, II.
hide
Hygeleast,
Hyrned,
Hyrman,
II. 3, thoughtless-
ness, scurrility.
Hyht.
3.
joyful
gift-
II.
3.
joy
of
hope.
II. 3. 1 fidelity,
fa-
vour, grace,
J
observance,
Hyldo, hyldu, III. 3. grace,
(jrehyld,
Hynan,
1II.2.
herdsman,
Gr. 137.
III. 2."] hireling,
>
II. 2.
III. 2.
horny ;
labourer.
whence
Hyrre,
Hyhtlic,joz/ow5.
Hyht-wyn,
hire.
Hyrigman,
Hyrling,
See Hiht.
Hyht-giefu, III.
Ger.
shepherd.
Hyre, her.
Hyrian, to
fan.
See Hicgan.
3. hide, ski7i,
Hyrdeman,
of land.
Hyder. See Hider.
Hyld,
belong.
to
gehoren.
Hwyrfan.
probrium,
G^ehyran,
Hwfdet
op-
1 injury,
3. J
G^ehyrsum, obedient.
gehorsam.
Hyrsumian,
Gehyrsumian,
Hysse, hyse,
1 to
J
II.
Ger. hohnen.
Hyngrian, v. impers. with
Ger.
obey,follow.
2. youth,
man.
(rehywian.
See Gehfwian.
Hyxlice.
See Huxlice.
jure.
of
fl
(hi), they.
\1, in.
Dan.
i.
Ic, /.
Gr. 137.
Idel.
SeeYdel.
GLOSSARY.
246
Idel, idleness.
Ides, 11. S.
Igl,
il,
woman.
2.
II.
yl,
re.
porcupine.
InnoS,
Igland, II.
\.
flnntill, into.
island.
flhwaer (gehwser),
every-
Insettan,
of the foot.
See Ylc.
Ilfing, the river Elbing, on
which the town of that
sole
Intinga,
to
Dan.
stands.
In-becuman,
to
Inc, dual,
sake, fault,
See Inca.
Inweard, i. q. Inneweard.
Inwid, guileful, treacherous,
wicked.
Cuman.
lob, Jove.
inbryrdnes,
punctio.
com-
feeling,
you
mestic, follower.
Iren,
Isen,
MS.
See Gan.
See Fa-
ran.
In-forlsgtan, to admit.
f/sen (geseon),
science, signification.
j
Inneweard, inside,
p. 119, 1.4,
intestines.
we
should
The
J.
In-faran, to enter.
,.
^^ 1. iron.
Incund, internal.
At
esta-
Into, into.
Inne,
indtil.
institute,
cause,
thing.
lie, 5w2e.
name
womb,
inside,
blish.
where.
II, II. 2.
II. 2.
pi. intestines.
Ger. Igel.
Isene-smiS,
Isern, iron.
to see.
II. 2.
iron-smith.
It. adj.
of iron,
ferreus.
Ispaniae,
Spain.
man.
GLOSSARY.
lung,
q.
i.
geong.
(gehwser),
flvvar
247
every-
rvhere.
La, lo!
livvaet,
behold!
behold!
O!
La
AnTadcasTER,"
Camden.
Or
Newton Kyme, according
tonini,
hodie
fKanunnk, canon.
Kasere,
II. 2.
emperor. Ger.
Keiser.
Ger.
Kampfer,
Dan. Keemper.
Kene, i. q. cene.
Kimc5, for cymt5.
fKine-lond (cyne-lond),
ner.
lat^ost, superl.
to lade, take up
a ladle; from hladan.
fLade]?]?,
ivith
pret.
-lashte,
to
take, seize.
L^dan.
tKine-rice (cyne-rfce), j
kingdom,
fKine-feod, kingdom.
Kining, i. q. cyning.
Kirke, Circe.
KiS, for cyt5.
See Cy]?an.
Kyngc, kyng,
fLadaest, for
of \m.
3 p. he last, pret.
G'el^dan, / Isedde, to lead,
bring.
Gr. 207.
Laedder, II. 3. ladder.
Laefan, to leave.
filaefe
"1
(geleafa),
belief,
faith.
Laeg.
See Licgan.
Laegde.
See Lecgan.
II. 2.
i.
q. cy-
ning.
dian, to land.
Laengu.
See Lengu.
GLOSSARY.
248
L^ran,
Ger.
Dan.
leere.
Ger. ge-
/Idered, learned.
lehrt.
instruct
leaeh,
to
lehreii,
Other instances of
So
Laerig, p. 140, line 6?
Caedmon, " ofer linde laerig," p.
92,
Lass, ]?y-laes,
1.
Lah, low.
Lah
(laS), hateful.
fLaichen, laugh?
Lam, II. 3 ? loam, clay.
Lam, lame.
Lamb, II. 1. lamb.
(jelamp.
Lampred,
See Gelimpan.
lamprey, mu-
raena.
29.
lest.
comp. of lytel.
Gr. p. 51.
Laest, /ms^; superl. of lytel,
little.
Gr. p. 51.
G^elaestan, to perform, execute, give, pay^ last. Ger.
La;ssa, laesse,
Land-gem^re,
fLanen
Lang,
leisten.
leasow, pas-
III.
fron-
I.
tier.
(Idenan), to lend.
long,
Lange,
tall.
ture.
Gr. 95.
Laeswian, to feed on a leasow,
graze.
adv. long.
Ger. lange.
fLang, (gelang); languppo,
(to be) long of, incumbent on.
Laesu, III.
1.
Laetan, pret.
dismiss,
cast
suffer,
(a
(laetan), to think.
in the
isles
(Fionia)
7iet).
f Laetenn
of the Danish
and Laaland.
slow,
long-expected.
Laewed,
laical,
ignorant,
lewd.
LaeS, hate, harm,
Langsumnes,
ill.
Lar,
II.
3.
doctrine,
ful.
Laf, II. 3. remainder, residue.
l^ran.
Lareow,II.
Larspell,
length, tedious-
ness.
lore,
learning,
counsel.
See
2. teacher, doctor,
master.
mon,
IL l.&n.3?*crhomily,
doctrinal
discourse.
GLOSSARY.
249
fLef
fLast, last.
f/laste (gelaeste), lasted.
Late, slow, slowly, at length.
Lator, corap. of last and late.
Latteow (ladteow), i. e. ladf eow, II. 2. guide, general^
lieutenant.
Laue, for
fLauerd
LaS,
See Laf.
lafe.
(hlaford), lord.
together,
Ger. einladen.
invite.
congregation,
See GelaSian.
<rdaj)ting,
church.
tLeadest (laSost),
most hateful.
Leaf,
I. 3.
Leaf,n.
loathest,
sick-bed.
Legia, legion.
fLe^e (leogan),
to lie.
tLehter(hleahtor), laughter.
Leir-chestre, and Lef-chestre, Leicester.
Lendenu,
Gr. 67.
Ger.Glaube,
Ohg. galauba.
See Ly-
(jeleafa, 56/26/*.
Ger. Lenden.
Gr. 92.
gelaendian,
G^elendian,
endow {with
to
land), land,
appellere.
fan.
LeafFul,
1 believing,
faith-
G^eleafFul,/
ful.
Leahter, II. 2. crime, sin.
Leap,
See
Lecgan.
from
Lege, lay, imperat.
lecgan.
Gr. 214.
Leger, II. 2 ? lying.
Leger-bedd, II. 1. bed, sick/legd, laid, for geled.
leave.
l./e/.
q. gelyfan.
to believe.
G^elegerian, to confine to
call
to
i.
fLefenn (gelyfan),
bed.
hostile, hateful.
fLapfol, lawful.
G^elaSian,
G^elefan,
II. 2.
basket,
trunk,
carcase.
Lecgan,
Lecnian, to heal,
See Lecgan.
(reled.
Leden, Latin.
fLene
(laenan),
grant;
to
from
lend,
laenan,
to
gan
bishop-
Leod-h^ta,
II. 2.
svffra^
commander
of
nations.
GLOSSARY.
250
Gr. 212.
tLeofliche (leoflice), dearly,
live.
kindly.
Leoht,
II.
Ger.
light.
1.
Licht.
Leoht,
Ger.
lamp.
&3?
lion, lioness.
mi-
depart,
to
"I
grate.
GeleorsLB,
Leornere,
ciple.
Leornian,
Geleornian,
Leornung,
from
Letania, litany.
G'elettan, to
let,
hinder; gov.
genit. of thing.
fLeue, leave.
f/leue (gelyfan), to believe.
fLeuere, leouere (leofra),
dearer.
LeJ)er-hosa,
hose,
Leorninff,
laestan ?
leicht.
Leon, II. 2
Leoran,
probably
learn.
1
>
leather
3.
II.
caligae
;
Learmnq.
^
Leorning-cniht,
II. 2. disci-
ple.
II.
2.
art of
poetry,
Licetung, hypocrisy.
Licgan, 3 lihS (lit5), pret.
Iseg, to lie, to run, flow
(as a river), Gr. 229.
Lichama, body,
Lichamlic, bodily.
Lfcian,
1 to like ;
also impers. to please,
be pleased, take pleasure,
G^elfcian, j
LeoSian, teasing.
Leo'51ic, poetic, songlike.
Leo'S-song,
Licuralic.
II.
2.
song,
poem.
Leo])u, ship.
See Lichamlic.
Lrc-J>rowere,
O. N.
licS
II.
2.
bodily
sufferer, leper,
Lrdman,}^^^'^^"^^'''*"*'^^''-
GLOSSARY.
be lyfon,
Litel,
vivify,
quicken. Gr.
(jelffFaestan, j
208.
Litlincg, II. 2.
Liue,
IM,
i.
from
li-
one.
See Licgan.
soft,
Lit5an, pret.
Iat5, pi.
li^on, to
go in
men, ma-
fian.
a ship;
Ligetu, III.
3. lightning.
tLi3en (leogan^,
Lihtan,
\^to
6^elihtan,
to
riners.
de-
alight,
scend.
su-
perl. lihtlicost(lihtlucost).
Locc,
to look, see.
\. accident,
event,
hap.
pret. -lamp,
pi.
happen.
(jelimplic, fitting, proper ;
to
tree ;
3. linden
It.
buckler
or lime
II. I.
Lindisfarnea,
Lindisfarne,
Holy Island.
shielded
Lind-wiggende,
warrior.
Gr. 118.
vour.
Ger. loben.
Lof-sang, II. 2.
pi.
hymn;
in
laudcs.
Logian,
1 to
(xelogian,
frame, commend,
pose,
place, dispose.
made of fLomp.
the
pen, fold.
praise. Ger. Lob.
(lotian), to praise.
III. 2.
fLofenn
lAm,lll.l.limb. Gr. 93.
Lun, II. 2 ? lime, glue. Ger.
Leim, Dan. Liim.
-lumpon,
miti-
Locian,
Lof,
G^climpan,
relieve,
Locu,
See Lfcian.
Oelirap,II.
to
G^eliSian,
gate.
ting.
Likie.
lit^ende
lie.
Lind,
little
q. Iffe.
pleasant, delicate,
mild, tender, gentle, kind.
skilfully.
little.
Lit$.
Lffian, to live.
Lifigende, living
from licgan.
List, liest ;
Listum, craftily,
alive, surviving.
LiHaestan,
251
G^elomp.
t^elomp. J
Lond-folc, 11. l.^icountrypeople.
Lond-leod, II. 3. J
Long, long.
Longlice,ybr a long time.
Lopystre, lobster, polypus.
It. locust.
GLOSSARY.
252
See Lar.
Lor.
Losian, to lose.
Lyfan,
It. to
be
lost,
perish.
Luf, IL 3.
Lufe, L 3.
Should
be
love.
correctly
lufu.
fLufenn
Lufian,
(lufian), to love.
to
love;
gelufod,
beloved.
Luflic, dear, not
flice,
cheap;
lu-
kindly.
mature
orthodox,
&
shut up.
(hlude), loudly.
to lock,
fLude
6relyfed,
lord,
allow, believe*
1 to
G^elyfan, J
Dan. Luft.
Lystan,
G^elystan,
to
desire,
lust,
with
please ;
genit. of thing.
Luftyme, grateful.
Lufu, in. 3. love.
Lunden, London.
Lu ngre, forthwith.
Lythwon,
parum,
little,
small number.
Lytig, cunning, vafer.
Lytlian, to
grow
little,
de-
Ger. lustbar.
(jelustfullian, to delight.
M.
Ma, more.
Lutan, pret.
(reraacian, to make.
leat,
pi.
luton,
Madm,
to stoop, incline.
f Lutel,
little.
tLuuede
Lybban.
Lyblac,
See Leofian.
From
Lyden, Latin.
Lyf.
SeeLff.
II. 2. horse,
gelding
p. 522),
treasure in general.
(leofode), lived.
II. 1 ? sorcery.
Gr. p. 51.
medem.
Madm-hus,
II.
1.
Mhg.
treasury.
virtue, faculty.
GLOSSARY.
Maegen-eacen, increased in
might.
MaegShad, maidenhood,
III. \. picture,
M8,
to
line
45?
moan,
complain.
It.
Ger. meinen.
to
bewail,
mean.
G^em^ne, comrrion.
Ger.
gemein.
Gem^nelice, in common.
Maenig, many. Gr. 163.
Maenigeo. See Menigu.
M^nigfeald, manifold.
G^em^nigfealdan,
to
multi-
ply.
G^era^nsumnes, communion.
G^em^rian, to magnify, honour.
M^re, great, large, grand,
renowned. Gr. 384.
G^em^re, III. 1. boundary,
frontier.
Maest, almost.
Masstlingc, II.
\.
mass-vest-
1. brass, lat-
orichalcum.
Dan. Messing.
Ger.
3. condition,
II.
dignity,
credit,
&
lot,
capacity,
measure.
Magan,
G^m^lan,/^^^^^'*^^"^-
M^nan,
glory.
priest.
Mae6,
Fr. fois,
II. S. greatness,
Maesse-reaf, II.
ment.
image;
Ger. Mai.
Mdeled, p.
M^r^,
Massse, I. 3. mass.
Maesse-daeg, II. 2. mass-day.
Ma;sse-preost, II. 2. mass-
ten,
Mdersung,ya?7ze.
vir-
ginity.
M^l,
M8egen-])rymnys, majesty.
G^emaegnde, for gemengde.
See Mengen.
Maegnian, to strengthen ?
MaegS, II. 3. generation^
tribe, province.
Maegt5, II. 3. maid, damsel.
M^l,
253
tMaehht,
"1
.
,,
tMahht, l^^^'^^-
complain
tMale,
mail,
of.
trunk.
Fr.
maille.
Malt, mealt,
Man.
Man,
&
II. 1 ?
malt.
See Mann.
any
one,
Ger.
one.
man
At
is the
p. 84,
1.
pron.
Man,
II. 1.
wickedness, sin.
GLOSSARY.
254
Ger. Mein, O.
men, O. N. mein.
crime.
S.
monger,
2.
II.
merchant.
Mancynn,
Man-d^d,
mankind.
II. I.
II. 3. evil
deed.
Med,
II. 3.
meed, reward;
to medes, in reward.
Medem,
Medgilda, hireling.
Medo-burh,
city
mead-burgh,
; thus vvm-
offestivity
burh.
G^emang.
Manian,
Cemanian,
Mann, III.
Manna,
See Gemong.
1 to exhort. Ger.
mahnen.
2. 1
J
man ;
mann
gealso
fMengen (mencgan),tomm-
Mann-cwealm,
II.
2. pesti-
manhood,
fManschipe,
male 'profManscipe, J
geny, humanity, kindness.
Mare, greater, more ; comp.
ofmycel. Gr. p. 51.
Maregen, for mergen.
Marn, morning.
Maroaro, the Moravians.
"1
sures.
fMe,
for man.
Meaht, II. 3. might, pmoer.
Mear, II. 2. horse. Ohg. marah.
to
Menifealdlice, manifoldly.
Cemenigfild,
multiplied;
from gemenigfildan.
Menigu, III. 3. multitude,
many. Gr. 103.
Mennisc, human, human
race.
Dan. Menneske,
being.
Menniscnis, humanity,
M.a]>e\{a,n,tospeak,harangue;
fMaSmes (magmas),
See Maenig-
feald.
human
mark, take
note.
gle, be confused.
Menigfeald.
lence.
Gemearcian,
Medu-gal, mead-drunken.
Medo-werig,
weary with
mead, drunk.
Melkan, to milk.
Melu, melo, l\l.\. meal, flour.
in-
carnation.
fMensk
(mennisc), man,
mankind, human.
Meodo, meodu. See Medo.
Meolc, II. 3. milk.
Meore, a place on the west
coast of Sweden.
Meowle, I. 3. damsel.
Mere, 11. 2. mere, lake.
Mere-swyn, II. 1. porpoise,
dolphin.
Ger. Meerschwein, Dan. Marsvin.
GLOSSARY.
II. 2.
morn, morrow ; to
&
Dan. Morgen.
measure,
man-
ner.
Metan,
pret. mast,
pp. ge-
raeten, to pleasure.
Metan,
med.
Mid
ealle, totally,
prorsus.
Middaeg,
sexta.
Middan, middle;
on mid-
dan, amid.
Middaneard,
GemeX,
255
II. 2. earth,
middangeard,
world.
See
Grimm, D. M. p. 754.
Middaneardlic, earthly.
Middan-winter, II. 2. midwinter, Christmas.
Middeniht, III. 3. midnight.
Gr. 106.
Middeweard, midst, middleward.
Midmest, middlemost.
Midwrftan, to tvrite loith.
Mid
Mid
]?am
while,
ivhen,
}>e, 1
|)y,
tvhat time.
lously.
Mihtig,
]^
Mihtiglic, J
Mfl, II.
fMilcea
mighty, extraordinary.
3. mile.
(milts),
mercy,
pity.
to
pity,
Mm,
mine.
Gr. 137.
Minsian, to diminish, decrease.
II.
2.
mid-day,
com-
Cemiltsian, j
passionate,
be merciful.
Miltsung, mercy, compassion,
Misd^d,
II. 3.
misdeed.
GLOSSARY.
256
Mislfc,
various, divers,
several; mist-
"]
Missenlic, >
Mistlic,
\ice,variousli/,
diversely/.
va-
misliheness,
riety, diversity.
Misweaxende,
miswaxing,
ill-growing.
Mitta,
Mitte,
I. 2. 1
I.
3.
mea-
certain
sure.
3.
II.
fMonshipe, i. q. manschipe.
Monuc. See Munuc.
II. 2.
month.
Morgen, II.
Mergen.
2.
morning. See
fMonnede, 1
,
7""''^tMornede,
MorS, II. 1.
MorSer, II. 2.
deadly
~\
moddru
occurs.
M6d-ge|)onc,
II.
Gr. 96.
2. mental
thought, counsel.
Modi,
moody,
Modig, /
lofty,
")
proud,
contuma-
cious, stern.
Mon, i. q. man.
MonaS-seoc, month-sick,
ous deed.
Moste, might. Gr. p. 79.
Mot, 3 most, must, may. Gr.
218.
lu-
council,
synod ;
gemot
cweSan,
indicere
consi-
lium.
G^emot-ern, II.
senate-house.
1.
moot-hall,
now Moulton
in
Nor-
New Buck-
folk, between
Strat-
ton.
Mundbyrd, protection,
natic.
G^emundbyrdan,
Moni,
SX}
Monig,r-^-^"^gMonian.
i.
sin,
murder-
Mon,
homage,
submission, clientela.
MonS,
Mislician, to displease.
Mislicnys,
Monr^den,
q.
See M^nian.
man.
to
protect,
patronize.
Mundlingham,
Norfolk.
-^^"'^'^-
Mundham in
GLOSSARY.
Mund, II. 3. hand. O.N.
mund. This word, out of
composition,
seems
in
the dat.
occur
to
pi.
II. 2.
mount.
Munuc (monuc,
munec),
nastery.
monaster^/.
Murcnung, murmuring.
Murnan, 3 myrnt5, pret.
mearn, pi. murnon, to
reck.
Musle, muscle.
Mu, II. 2. mouth.
suppose, resolve,
appoint, decree
to
intend,
Munuclic, monastic.
Munuc-lff, II. 1. monastic
mourn,
Myntan,
monk.
II. 2.
Munuchad, monkhood.
life,
G^emyngian, to remember,
meditate, admonish.
Mynster, III. 1. minster, moMynsterlic, monastic.
only.
Munt,
257
pp. gemynt.
Myrce, Mercian.
Myre, I. 3. mare.
MyrhS, II. 3. mirth, joy.
Myrre, myrrh.
Myse, I. 3. table.
Myslycian.
See Mishfcian.
Gr.
N.
74.
river).
Gr. 74.
Mycel, great, much, loud.
Mycelnys, greatness, magnitude.
Mylen,
127,
7, faet
Gemynan,
be
3? mill;
II.
1.
to
yet p.
my In.
bear in mind,
mindful
of,
remem-
ber,
Gemynd,
mory ;
blessed
II.
mind, me-
I.
eadig
gemynd,
memory.
Na,
not,
none.
Gr. 418,
421.
Nabban, 3
have not.
Nacod, naced, naked.
f Nadde. See Nauede.
Naeddre, I. 3. serpent. Hilde
to
naeddran,
war -serpents,
arrows.
Ger. Natter.
Need], II. 3. needle.
Ger.
Nadel.
Naedre.
See Naeddre.
Naefdon, for ne haefdon. See
Nabban. Gr. 216.
Naefre, never.
ex-
hortation.
Mynetere,
changer ;
II.
^.
from
money-
my net,
Gr.
233.
Nees, for ne
Naes, not.
vvaes.
Gr. 233.
See Agan.
GLOSSARY.
258
Neat,
Naht, naught.
Nahte, for ne ahte.
retainer
I^ an war, J
Nalaes,
not,
nalaes
not
an,
j^aet
less;
the
7iot
that
Neb,
only.
nib, face.
Nedbrice,
remarkable.
G^enamian, to name.
Nan, no, none.
Nefa,
fNan, anon.
Nanuht, naught;
II. 2. need,
>
G^enefa,
nephew.
Neh.
for nan-
wiht.
See Neah.
G^enehe.
See Geneahhe.
Nehst, last.
See Next.
Nellan.
See Nyllan.
Nembra^, Nimrod.
Nemlice,
See VVi-
Gr. 218.
Nat, for ne wat.
Nates-hwon, by no means,
not at all.
fNemni
name.
Neod, II.
tan.
Nawar.
See Nahwasr.
Na^er, neither.
:Se,not; p. 152,
I.
30, for
G^enehe,
abundantly. Ger.
enough,
genug.
Nealaecan,
1 pret.
-laehte
(nealecte),
^
Genemnian,
.
indeed,
7,
name,
call.
(nemnian),
to
>
to
3. need, necessity,
violence, opus.
For neode,
Neod]?earf, needful.
ne eom.
for
Gr.
233.
Neorxena wang,
II. 2.
para-
dise.
Neosan,
1 to seek,
Neosian,
G^enealaecan, J
to
Nemnan,
Neom,
G^eneadian, to force.
Neah, nigh, near, nearly.
1
namely,
videlicet.
needs.
neh?
Geneahhe,
want,
use.
visit
G^eneosian, J of thing.
Neosung,
1
Geneosung, J
Neotan, pret.
visit,
visita-
tion.
neat, to enjoy,
use.
Neowelnaes,
1 abyss,
Neowelnys,
est part.
hell,
bottom, low-
GLOSSARY.
fNeowene
(nivvan), newly,
recently.
netherward,
Neo]}e\veard, 1
down,
downward, below.
Neo)7ewerde,
II.
2.
Nes, for ne
Nest, II.
Nest,
Nett, II.
hate.
evil.
Nifer-stfgan,
See Stfgan.
descend.
food, provision.
nesti.
quity.
G^eni(51a,
No, no,
1. net.
G'enoh,
:7
nearest,
neigh-
venture,
dare.
bour.
NeSan,
Goth.
to
nan]?ian.
See Hweorfan.
NigoSa, ninth.
Niht, III. 3. night. Gr. 106.
Gr. 108.
Nihtes, by night.
Ger. nachts.
ed.
compline, completorium.
6renihtsumlice,
sufficiently.
Dan. noksom.
Niht-waecce, I. 3. nightwatch.
1 pret.
Nfraan,
nam, to
take, get, meet.
G^enfman, j
fNiraan (niimn), to arrange,
dispose.
enemy.
not.
f/now,
mity, vicinity.
Next,
to
is.
1. nest.
II. 3.
O. N.
Niwelnis.
See Neowelnaes.
G^cniwian, to renovate.
NiS, II. 2. evil, malice, envy,
Saviour,
Preserver, God. Gr. 118.
Nergend,
259
Non,
II. 2.
nons,
nona (ho-
before sunset.
Non-mete,
11. 2.
noon-meat,
dinner.
Non-tfd,
II. 3.
noontide.
Norman,
to the
north,
north
of.
from
the
north.
NorS-dael,
II. 2.
NorS-Dene,
the
north part.
North Jut-
the
probably of Scania.
NorSeweard, northward.
^or^hymher, Northumbrian.
NorSmen, the Norwegians.
NorSmest, most northerly.
NorSryhte, directly north.
NorSweard, northward.
NorSvvic, Norwich.
GLOSSARY.
260
Of,
tOf, oft.
Of-aceorfan,
Ceorfan.
of, from.
to cut off.
See
Nunne, I. 3. nun.
fNusten (nyste), knew not.
fNute (nyte), will not know.
Nyd. See Neod.
Nydan,
pret. nydde, to
G^enydan, /
force.
Nyd})earfnys, need, want.
Nygan (nigon), 1
Nygon,
Nu,
XT
1
,
>
now.
")
nine.
NymSe,
unless, except.
Nys.
See Nis.
Nyste, for ne wiste. [See
Witan.
Nyten, III. 1. neat, animal,
beast.
Gr. 93.
Nytenlic, wild, rude.
Nytennys, ignorance,
pidity, rudeness.
fO,
to
one, a, any.
See
to
break, infringe.
to
overcome. See
Cuman.
Oferdrencan,
to overdrench.
Ofer-eaca, overplus.
Oferfaereld, passage, transit.
Ofer-far, II. ^. passage over,
transit.
Oferfaran,
Oferferan,
")
to
pass over.
Faran
See
and Feran.
Ofer-fr6ren,/ro2;e/i over.
See
Freosan.
Ofergan, to ravage.
See
Gan.
(on), in.
Ob, E. Angl./or,
left.
Gan.
Ofercuman,
stu-
O.
Of-eode, iventfrom^
of.
GLOSSARY.
261
Oferhrops, voracity.
Ofermod, II. 1. pride, pre-
fOfpincheS
R^dan.
surpass, exSee Stfgan.
ceed.
to
wade
to
over.
1 to
offer,
sacri-
Geoffnan, j
Jice.
OfFrung, offering, sacrifice.
Ofgangan, to go forth, go
from, proceed,
See Gan.
require.
Oflyst, delighted.
See Ofstlice.
Ofsceamian, to shame;
sceamod, ashamed.
Ofostlice.
Ofsceotan, pret.
of-
-sceat, pi.
-slegen
pp.
(-sla-
gen), to slay.
Ofstician, 1
to
stick,
Ofstikian, j
slay.
Ofstlice, "I
quickly,
Ofstum, J
Oft,
stab,
with
haste.
Of}>incan, to think
amiss, repent.
can.
toflat-
blandiri.
2.
camel;
II.
though thisword,
as well as the Goth. Ul-
Olfend,
Oluend,
On,
See
Gr.
196.
On-belsedan, to lay on, apply.
Onb\A?m,
to
await; gov.gen.
feebled,
ill,
take
See Din-
en-
sunk in vigour.
Onbryrd, excited.
Onbryrdan, to instigate, excite, encourage, animate.
Onbtigan, pret. -beah, pi.
-bugon, bow, bend.
Onburigan, to taste.
Onbutan, about, around.
Oncnawan, 3 -cnaewS,
oft, often.
Ofwundroden,
ter,
tOnbolded (unbealdod),
-scuton, to shoot.
-sloh,
oppress, overwhelm.
Oferstfgan,
re-
(of})incetJ),
penteth.
-cneow,
to
pret.
know, under-
stand, recognise.
Oncwe^an, to address.
Ond, i. q. and.
Ondrsedan, pret. ondred, to
Gr. 234.
dread, fear,
GLOSSARY.
262
to
act.
Jieat,
in-
flame.
Onhebban,
exalt.
rible.
dwell m, in-
to
Onhyldan,
Onhyrian,
late ;
to bend, incline.
to
p. pr.
imitate, emuonhyrgende.
Onl^dan,
habit.
Onettan,
Onh^tan,
to hasten.
Onfindan,
cover.
to
find
out, dis-
On-flote, afloat.
Onfon,
On-gemong, among.
On-gesittan, to
sit in.
Sittan.
Ongytan,
-gyst,
Onlutan, 3
-lyt,
pret. -leat,
bow, incline.
fOnread (unraS), evil counpi. -luton, to
sel.
pi.
cut {a furrow).
Onscunian, to shun,
reject,
abhor.
Onsendan,
to send to.
Onsfgan, pret. -sah, pi. -sigon, to impend, hover over,
Sit-
tan.
Onslaepan,
Ger.
to fall
asleep.
einschlafen.
See
Sleepan.
Onstellan,
i.
q. astellan. Ger.
anstellen.
pret.
ongeat, to un-
derstand, perceive.
Onlihting, lighting.
Onlocian, to look on, beJwld.
descend.
See
GLOSSARY.
On-svvymman, to swim
See Svvymman.
Ontynan, to opeyi^ reveal.
On-ufan,
in.
^
On-uppon,
J
Onwacan, pret.
1,7
>
263
over.
VTpon.
^
Orwene,
-woe,
to
awake.
hopeless, desperate.
OrSian,
breathe,
to
blow,
spirare.
Onvveald,
i.
Onwendan,
q.
an weald.
See
to change.
Wen dan.
Onwreon,
-wreah,
pret.
-wrugon,
to
reveal^
pi.
dis-
of Wulfstan,
of modern
times.
They dwelt on the
shores of the Baltic, to the
east of the Vistula.
Ostre,
close.
OnwiiSan,
-wriSon,
-wraS, pi.
to unbind, un-
pret.
O sterlings
and
3. oyster.
and Cat-
wrap. Gr. 24 8.
Oord, i. q. ord.
Open, open, plain^ evident.
G^eopenian, geopnian,
and neut. to open.
Openlice, openly.
Ox a,
act.
fOr
(ar), mercy.
Ore, II. 2. pitcher, pot.
Goth, aurki.
Ord, II. 2. beginning, edge,
point, army, band.
O.N.
Oddr.
Ordfruma, origin.
fOre, are (ar), mercy, pity.
Oreald, very old. Ger. uralt.
Oret-msecg, II. 2. champion,
warrior.
Grecian.
See OrSian.
Orf, cattle, animal.
Orfeornie, void, expers.
Orhlice,
orgliee,
orgellice,
proudly,
From
arrogantly.
orgel, whence Fr.
orgueil.
ox.
OSstandan, to stand
cease.
See Standan.
tOj?om1
OSum
(a))um),
son-in-
law.
OSSaet,
still,
till that,
until; oS-
much.
Ot5Se, or, either.
06Se, for
Ger. oder.
ot58et.
OS|)ringan,
pret.
-Jjrang
force away.
GLOSSARY.
264*
Pada,
coat,
Goth,
tunic.
sion salowig-pada,
an
epi-
also;
tJiet
Brunanburh
H. E. P. i. p.
in
Warton,
Ixxviii. edit.
purpura.
Paellen, purple.
tPall, pall.
"
The
may be
interesting.
shore, curving a
lit-
marshy by the
principal
tide
the
are
of these
Wallot and Foulness, q. d.
Bird Cape, which has a
church, and may be come
at on horseback, when the
tide
these
is
is
When
1840.
Paell, II. 2. pall,
"
Between
the hundred of
out.
call'd of yore,
scription of Britaine,'chap.
xvi.
Papa, pope.
II. 2.
penny.
Peoht, II. 2. Pict.
Pinewincle, periwinkle.
Pinnan,flascones, i. q.flaxan.
Pinung, pain, torment.
Pistol, II. 2. epistle.
Plantian, to plant,
Plega, play.
Plegan, "l
Piegian, \ to play.
Pleigan, J
Pleoh, III. \. peril, danger.
Pleolic, dangerous.
Pliht, plight, danger.
Plyhtlic,
i.
q. pleolig.
17?
GLOSSARY.
is
about.
ping, phalerae.
1
pret.
3 raet,
(jer^dan, J
raedde,
pp.
reed, to read.
Gr. 205.
R^dan, 1 to counsel, adG^er^dan,
vise,
com-
sunrise,
R^dan,
See Prafost
Prouast.
Pulgaraland, Bulgaria.
II. \,
tan, to
Pund,
265
pound.
R^dbora,
Q.
ad-
counsellor,
viser.
tQua])]?rigan, qumiripartite.
tQuecchen, to cook ?
f/queme (gecweme), pleasing, agreeable,
f/quemed
Ger. Reh.
fRaeid (r^d), advice, counsel.
R^s,
(gecwemed),
pleased,
II. 2.
set.
fRaetful, crafty.
Racenta, raccenta,
Racenteag, II. 3.
Racu,
chain.
-rsehte,
to
fRaecche (recce),
R^d,
Ram,
II. 2.
Rand,
ram.
II. 2. shield.
reck.
liberation
rded |?incan, to
seem advisable;
r^d wf-
At
p.
Rann, II.
dama.
1.
fallow
Rat5e, quickly;
counsel.
Gcr^can,
soon
ra'Se
deer,
})aes,
See
HraSe.
fRaSer, rather, sooner, earafter
this.
lier.
Read,
red.
Read (r^d),
counsel.
GLOSSARY.
266
Reade, redly
Reaf,
II.
spoil,
fReod
garment, also
Ger.
plunder.
I.
Raub.
Rec,
II. 3.
reek, vapour,
odour, exhalation, reputa-
Gerec, III.
\.
government.
(rsehte), to
interpret,
define, explain,
reckon, relate.
Gr. 300.
Recene, recone, instantly.
Recnan, to reckon, pay out.
(rded), counsel.
I. veil.
Regnesburh (Regensburg),
Ratisbon.
Regol, II. 2. rule.
Regollic, regular.
Rehtun.
Remian,
III.
1.
speech,
G^erestan, J
generally used
as a reciprocal when ap-
ment.
ryct5, pret. reac,
rucon, to reek.
rauchen.
Ger.
3.
Thrace
He
to
Reocan, 3
also
wses Dracia
and Retle
See Reccan.
mend.
Gerenian, to adorn, orna-
pi.
q. regol.
Hence
i.
G^ereord,
(Vereording,
tion.
tRed
(read), red.
Reogol,
Hoda
aldor
rices hyrde.
GLOSSARY.
Ger.
Reich, Dan. Rige, Engl.
-ric in comp., as bishopric.
Ricene. See Recene.
Ricetere, II. 2 ? power, viopire, country i reign,
lence.
(ric),
rich,
right,
powerful.
Rfclice, powerfully.
Rfdan, pret. rad, pi. ridon,
to ride.
Gr. 246.
rider,
horseman.
Ridda,
Ger. Ritter, Dan. Ridder.
Riffin (beorgas), the Riphcean mountains.
Riht,
III.
1.
rite,
cere-
G^eriht, J
Greriht, J
onward.
Rihtan,
Gcrihtan,
correct,
to
straighten,
amend.
Rihtwfs, righteous.
Rihtwfsnis, righteousness.
II. 1.
number, com-
putation.
firmament,
cross.
Rof, renowned.
Romana-burh, Rome.
Romanise, Roman.
Rome-burh, Rome.
Rond-wiggende,
shieldedGr. 118.
ivarrior.
See
Rose,
rose.
I. 3.
Rotlice, cheerfully.
fRouning,
whisper,
Ger.
conversation.
secret
rau-
fitting,
reovv,
Rum
waes,
it
was free.
f/rum
(gerym), imperat.
clear, open; from gery man,
Rtime, widely, amply, freely.
fRumen (ryman), to give
place, get, procure.
Run,
II.
rune, counsel,
alphabetic cha-
3.
Ryht.
(xerfpian, to ripen.
suitable.
2.
II.
heaven.
Roderlic, heavenly, ethereal.
Rode-tacn, III. I. sign of the
racter.
man, warrior.
rood-gibbet.
Roder,
mystery,
verse,
II. 2.
(riht), right.
ri]?t
to
Rinc,
fRiS,
nen, to ivhisper.
direct, guide.
fRime,
Rand.
privilege.
Gevim,
fRiue
lit.
fRich 1
fRiche J
267
proper,
Ryman,
Gerfman,
"1
to yield (space),
N 2
GLOSSARY.
268
weg geryman,
cuate;
to
Ger. rau-
open a way.
nien.
mystery, sa-
1.
Ges^l^,
II. 3.
S^man,
III. 2.
happiness.
seaman.
Saemestre, I. 3. seamstress.
S^-rinc, II. 2. seaman, seawarrior.
fSaete, sitting, festival.
crament.
Rysel, fat.
Sam, ivhether.
Samaria (so MS. Cott for
S.
Massilia), Marseilles.
S^,ll.'2.&ll.3.sa. Gr.85.
II. 3. war, warfare,
battle i
from sacan, to
Saec,
contend.
Saecan.
See Secan.
S^-coc,
II. 2. cockle ?
gallus.
III.
sea-
1.
1 to
sacri-
offer,
to-
Stow, Fleury,
Sand, II. 3. sending, mission^
messenger, dish, meal.
Sand-corn, II. 1. grain of
S. Benedictes
from
Sande,
II. 2.
message, lega-
tion.
gesedn.
marine, wa-
tery.
Sang,
Sape,
II. 2.
I. 3.
song.
soap.
ful.
Sarian,
to
sorrow,
grieve,
Ger. sorgen.
S^-lfda, mariner.
Ges^Wg,
Ger.
likewise,
See Gem^re.
G^esaegan, j
Jice.
Cesaege, for gesege,
S^lic,
also,
gether.
fast.
seed-bearing.
See Secgan.
Sde-gemdere,
Sajgan,
tSamuast(sceamfast),5^wie.
Seed-berende,
Gr. 118.
coast.
half-alive.
Samod,
nepti-
S^de.
Samcucu,
happy,
selig.
Sarlic,
painful;
painfully.
sarlice,
GLOSSARY.
Slimy s, soreness, pain.
Saul.
See Sawel.
Saul-])earf, II. 3. soul's need.
spread abroad,
Sawel, ']
Sawl, V 11, 3.50m/.
Sawul, J
Scadu, III. 3. shadow,
Scamel, II. 2 ? stool.
to
(scendan),
fScanden
Ger.
disgrace.
shend,
schanden.
sceoc, to
Sceacan, pret.
shake, hurry, hasten ; gewitan sceacan, to go in
haste.
Sceaf.
See Scufan.
III.
1.
II. 1
creature.
Gr. 93.
sheep.
G^esceap, III.
shape, form,
creation, formation.
Sceapan.
See Scyppan.
See Gescyp-
G^^sceapian.
pan.
G^csceapnis, shaping,
form-
ing, creation.
Goth. Skatts.
Sceawere, II. 2.
beholder,
spectator.
Sceawian,
Sceap,
269
Sceawungj
spectacle, sight.
robber,
Scea]?a,
thief,
See Wael-
scel.
fScench
&
III. 2.
shoe, fico.
Sceorp,
See Gescyppan.
Sceort, short.
Sceanca, shank,
Sceortnys, shortness.
leg.
mis-
creant, wretch.
GLOSSARY.
270
scuton, to shoot.
Sceotend,
shooter,
2.
II.
Gr. 118.
Sceo-wyrhta, shoemaker.
Sceo-j7wang, II. 2. shoethong, or -tie.
Seep.
See Sceap.
See SceapScep-hyrde.
archer.
herde.
Sciringes-heal to Sleswig
{(EtHce^am'), Ohthere had,
as he tells us, Denmark on
by which denomiundoubtedly
he
means Skaane {Scania),
and Halland, the early
seat of the Danes, and
which constituted a part
his
left,
nation
tSchip, ship.
Scild.
See Scyld.
course,
he
had
Prof.Dahlmann supposes,
erroneously I think, that
Ohthere sailed through the
Ger.
Scip,
III.
Schiff,
ship.
1.
Dan. Skib.
Sciringes-heal,
Norway,
cial.
of
which
of
port
unknown.
is
Judging from
the context
of Ohtheres narrative, it
seems to lie in the Skager
Rack, near
the
Fiord of
Christiania.
To the south,
he
a very broad
no doubt theCattegat
on one side of which was
Gotland {Jotland, Jutsea,
land),
and
( Seeland) .
then Sillende
Sailingfrom
SciSSige, Scythia.
i.
q.
Scon, shoon
sceamu.
;
pi. irr.
of sco,
shoe.
fScon (seen),
ful.
sheen, beauti-
Ger. schon.
Scort,
i. q. Sceort.
Scotian, to shoot.
Scotung, shooting, jaculatio.
GLOSSARY.
Scraef, II. 1. den^ cave.
Screadian,
G^escreadian, J
shred,
to
prune,
lop,
271
Ger.
cut.
Scride-Finnas, the inhabitants of that part of Bothnia which lies between the
Angermann and
Scyld-burh.
See Scildburh.
Scyldig, guilty, condemned.
Tor-
the
nea,
tion.
scryt,
(jescrydan,
to
3
clothe.
Gr.
Scrydan,
j
207.
Scryn.
See Scrfn.
Scucca.
See Sceocca.
Scufan, 3 scyfS, pret. sceaf,
'I
pi.
to
the
Longobardic
Audwins
king
minstrel"^
schon.
Scyp. See Scip.
Scypen, II. 3. stall, shed.
Scyp-here, II. 2. fleet, naval
force.
Scyppan,
"1
-scedp,
pret.
Gr. 118.
Scyrting,
shortening,
bridgement.
Scytan.
See Sceotan.
a-
Scytsen,
ton.
Se,
masc,
pay.
Gr.
he, the*
46.
fSe, as
fSeaht
son
se,
as soon as.
cord.
G^eseald,
betrayed.
See
Syllan.
Sealde.
Sealm,
See Syllau.
psalm.
II. 2.
Sealra-sceop,
ist.
II.
2.
psalm-
GLOSSARY.
272
Sealm-song,
II.
psalm-
2.
singing, psalmody,
Sea\m-wyrht3i,psalm-wright,
psalmist.
seamer, tai-
tagem, cunning.
Searwade
(sine), p.
153
Nordalbingian Saxons.
Secan,
^^^^
^^^^
seek.
f'^''^''^)
ibecean,
II. 2. soldier,
^^
Gr.214.
warrior,
man.
1
^^^^
\l&en (geseon), J
Sendan, 3 sent, sendeS, pret.
sende.
Gr. 207.
fSende (scendan), shend,
mark.
Seocnys, sickness.
Seofe, seven.
Seofeniht, week.
Secgan,
pret.
"1
G^esecgan,
say.
s^de, to
Gr.214.
gen.
tSen(se6n)
G^esenian, to sign,
pi.
Seofet5a, seventh.
fSeoh
of seoc.
ri^
beseem-
seemeth,
eth?
Semninga, suddenly.
lor.
Secg,
Gopher
called
decide between.
fSeme])]),
Genesis
wood.
Gesem&n, to determine,judge,
Seamere,
(soS), true.
II. 2. seal,
phoca.
,.'
geseon.
Gr. 231.
tSeh, soh (sah), fell down,
descended.
(?eseh,
i.
q.
From
sigan.
geseah.
See
Geseon.
Sel, good, excellent.
II.
2.
silver-
smith.
See Sealm.
p. he gesyh^,
G^cseon, j
pret.
geseah
Seolra.
Seon,
13
Seldsyn, rare.
Seow.
See Sawan.
GLOSSARY.
Seo])an, 3 syS, pret. seaS, to
Gr. 251.
seethe, boil.
Seo6t5a,
(siSSan), qfter-
wards, then.
tSeoSSen, J
Sermende, a country or people to the north of McBg'6aland (Mazovia) and to
the east
of the Burgendas
Livonia,
and
Esthonia,
part of Lithuania.
Geseted, seated, placed, qu.
from setian
Gr. 202
Setlung, setting,
6resetnys, law, institute, book.
1 to set, place, conSettan,
esta-
stitute,
compose,
Gr. 208.
dedicate.
blish,
Seon.
See Seax.
man or kinswoman.
(rcsibsum, peaceable, friendly.
I. 3. silk.
Sfde,
I. 3. side.
Sfd-wah,
II.
sid-wages,
Semi- Sax.
side-wall;
2.
Gese^an,
firm,
prove
to
See Wesan.
pi. sigon, to
down.
triumphant
people.
Sigel, II. 3. collar, necklace,
Sige-roi', famedfor victory.
reward of
aspect, presence.
true, con-
Sillende, Seeland.
Silomon, Sulmo.
which.
fShaBwenn
-wagas
for
sooth, true.
(sceawian),
to
Sfn,
See Syn.
his,
Dan.
show.
fShende (scendan),
cere.
victory.
fSeS (so^),
proach,
in, related.
Sigor-lean, II. 1.
6resewenlic, visible.
Se})e,
Ges\h,
f/sib,
raonile.
Sex.
gang, sunset.
G^esettan, J
gia,
273
to
contumelia
reaffi-
Ger.
Gr. 145.
her.
sin.
sein,
n5
GLOSSARY
27^
Singal,
perpetual^ conti-
nuous.
Singallic, j
Singan, pret. sang (song),
pi.
sungon,
fi"?'^"'
Gesmgian,
i.
Ger.
gesloh.
q. seo.
Sittan,
t pret.
(resittan,
saet,
pp. ge-
[iE])elstan andEadmund]
to
ealdor-langne tyr
seten,
sit,
gon
sit in.
Sixtig, sixty.
Si6, II. 2.
extremity,
SiS, late.
comes.
subse-
afterwards,
quently.
Si'Slice,
hammer ; from
slean.
1.
way,
journey, expedition.
SiSian, to journey.
doomed
Slege-faege,
to
slaughter.
afterwards.
Slepan.
open tract
O. N. Sletta,
of country.
geslo-
aet
tSi))te, sighed.
See Slaepan.
slit,
tear.
Slette.
See Siege.
Slaege.
Slaegie,
Slsepan, 3
slaept^, pret.
pp. slapen.
slep,
Gr. 234.
See Slsepan.
See Slftan.
Slapan.
Geslean, /
Smeagan,
Slean,
strihe,
fight.
Also, to gain
schlagen.
|)e
Slat.
cast,
as, ac fu
most heonon huSe l^dan,
Siofian, to bewail.
Dan.
beat,
(by fighting)
to sing.
I to sm.
SinoS, synod.
Sio,
geslagen, to slay,
inquire,
pret.
smeade,
to
argue,
meditate, contemplate, deconsider,
sign.
Smeagung, machination.
Smean. See Smeagan.
Smeat, beaten gold, from
smftan, pret.smat, to smite,
beat?
GLOSSARY.
275
Smea?!ancolnys, subtlety.
Smederae,
SmiS, II.
^.Jlour,
2. smith, handi-
I.
craftsman,
SmiSJ^e,
I. 3.
smithy, work-
Ger. Schmiede.
shop.
as.
Ger. Sorg.
Sorhful, sorrowful.
Smyrian,
rably.
smear, anoint.
Snaw, II. 2. snow.
Snaw-hwft, snow-white.
Snel,
to
quick,
bold,
Ger. schnell.
SnfSan, pret. snaS,
active.
pi.
sni-
don,
See Seh.
fSohfaest (soSfasst), true.
Solcen, silken, for seolcen,
fSoh.
from
seolc.
to assemble, call
together.
Son a,
soon,
straightways,
forthwith.
Song, i. q. sang.
Song, i. q. sang, pret. of singan.
Song-crseft, II. 2. art ofsong,
poetry.
truly
soJ)e,
to sofe, in
sooth, forsooth.
So^fsestnes,
So^faestnys,
tice;
inte-
.^n^^A,
grity, jus-
for soSfaestnysseGod,
p. 79, 1.9.
i.
q. spraec.
See Aspanan.
Sparian, to spare,
Spearca, spark.
Spec, i. q. spr^c.
Specan, i. q. sprecan.
Sped, II. 3. wealth, prosperity.
Spedan,
speed,
to
succeed,
agree't
fSpedet (spedeS).
Spedan.
Spedig, rich.
Spell, II. 1.
&
II.
3?
history,
fSpellenn (spellian),
late, preach.
to re-
GLOSSARY.
276
II.
2?
Ger.
bacon.
Speck.
fSpilede (spellade), spoke;
from
slowly, stealthily.
Stalian, to steal.
spear.
1.
spellian.
Dan. Steen.
Standan,
G^estandan,
pret.
Spillan, to destroy.
tinue.
(jespreean,
3 sprycS, pret.
spraec,
speak, to speak
to,
to
address.
StaSol,
2.
II.
foundation,
Se
the place
site.
Stede-heard, ^rm
(warrior).
sprout, rod ?
Spycan,
i.
q.
rod,
letter,
writing.
Ger. Stab.
Stael-hrien, II. 2. decoy raindeer.
Ger. stark.
Stede, II. 2. stead, phice
stede
in place
pp. stolen, to
steal.
See Stefen.
Stemnettan, to meet"^
Stenc, II. 2. stench, odour.
Steop-bearn, II. 1. stepchild.
Steorbord, II. I. starboard.
Steorra, star.
Steort, II. 2. tail.
Gestdenan, to stone.
St^nen, of stone.
Staer, III. 1
history.
steady,
bank.
firm,
se-
rious.
Gcstaet^Signys,
to step,
go.
gravity.
Stemn. Gr.81.
Sprecan.
St8et5Sig,
disease^.
Gr. 237.
succeed, speed.
Sprecan,
steadiness,
Sterced-ferhS, stern-minded,
rugged.
piecemeal,
Sticcemaelum,
here and there.
Stig, II. 3. path.
for stiga.
Nor. stigo
GLOSSARY.
Stfgan, pret. stah, pi. stigon,
pp. stfgen, to go, proceed
277
Ger.
strenge.
Strange,
(upwards or downwards),
strongly, powerfully.
6restrangian, to strengthen.
Stream,
sition prefixed.
Ger. and
Stiria, sturgeon.
Dan.
Stdr.
stirring,
Stirigendlic,
mo-
ving.
Stiward,
StiS,
steward.
II. 2.
austere,
1 stern,
StiSlic, J
se-
Sti^Hce,}"^"''^^^'
power.
StrengS, II. 3.
,
,,
Streni6u,III.3./*^^'^^^'^Streon,
^ III. \. gain, pro"1
aw^fere/y.
Jit, treasure.
G^estreon, j
Saxon
vere.
stream.
II. 2.
StiSmod, stern.
Strman,
Strudan,
See Standan.
Stdd.
fStonde (stund), stound,
Strutian, j
stroy.
G^estrynan, to beget, get, gain.
Ger. Stunde.
while, time.
Stop.
See Steppan.
Dan.
stor.
II.
2.
"I
q.
Gestrynan.
time to time.
Stor, frankincense.
tStor, great.
from
i.
arrow, dart,
etc.
Gouglus
GLOSSARY.
278
Camden,
vol.
ii.
43.
p.
1st edit.
gestyrde, punished.
See
Styrian.
Styman,
to steam, exhale.
Stynt.
See Standan.
Styrian,
1 to
regulate, stir,
G^estyrian, j
rect,
rule
Styrman,
to
storm, assail,
vociferate.
Sul,
Sum,
He
one, a, quidam.
syxa sum, he one of
so7ne,
six, or
fSum,
Dan. som.
Sumer, III. 2. summer.
tSumneden
(somnodon),
assembled; from somnian.
Sun-beam, II. 2. sunbeam.
Sund, swimming, natatio.
as.
Sundran. Onsundran,apG!7'^.
Sun-ganges, with the sun.
Sunnan-daeg, II. 2. Sunday.
Sunne, 1.3. sun. Ger. Sonne.
Sunu, III. 2. son.
Ger.
Sohn, Dan. Son.
Gr.
96.
Surpe (Sorabi,
Sorbi),
punish-
ment.
tSuste (swuster), sister.
Suwian, to keep silence,
si-
lere.
Su^-Dene,
the
biting the
land.
Sufern, southern.
Suferne
(suj>ernne) gar means a
viking.
An instance of
the reverse occurs at p.
136,1. 22, sqq.
Su^-rihte, due south.
SutJweard, southward.
GLOSSARY.
tSuJ)))e (si66an), afterwards,
Swa,
whether.
Swa hwa swa, whosoever.
Swa hwaet swa, whatsoever.
Swa hwylc swa,
whosoever.
Swa hwaer
Swa
swa, wheresoever,
Swa
ilce, i. q. swylce.
ihus^
*o,
same,
aSy
fSwa summ,
50.
so as ; for
swa swa
Swa
saasoin.
Dan.
swa, so as.
notwithstanding,
nevertheless.
II. 3. odour, taste,
flavour, seasoning, sapor.
Swaefas, the Swabians,
Swaer, heavy,
Ger. schwer.
Swaes, sweet, dear, own.
Swaesend,III. l.?we^, viand;
generally used in the plu-
Swaec,
Swegel,
279
II. 1 ?
heaven, fir-
mament.
Swegl-rad,
Ohg.
II. 2.
plectrum
suegilpein,
from
play
Goth, swiglon, to
music ?
Sweger, II. 3. wifes mother.
Sweging, sound, noise.
Ceswel,
III. 1
swelling, tu
mour.
Swelgere, II. 2. glutton.
Ger. Schwelger.
Sweltan, pret. swealt, pi.
swulton, to die.
Gr.
24-2.
fSwen.
See Sweyn.
G^eswenc.
See Geswinc.
G^eswencan,
to vex, afflict,
(jeswencian, J
fatigue.
G^eswencednys,
affliction,
sorrow.
"I
ral.
Swaeslice,
G^cswaeslice, j
sweetly,
be-
nignantly,
hindly.
See Sweyn.
Sw^t, 11.2. sweat, poet, blood.
Swatig, sweaty, poet, bloody.
tSwain.
'Wo sound.
c^ ?
Sweigan,
darkening
Gesw^tan, to sweeten.
Swetnes, sweetness.
t/sweued (geswefod), ren-
GLOSSARY.
280
swicon,
to
shrink from.
Swift, swift.
See Swyftnys.
Swige, I. 3. silence.
Swigian, to hold silence.
Swike, for swicon.
See
Swfcan.
Swilce.
See Swylce.
fSwilch (swylce), as.
fSwillc (swylc), such.
Swiftnys.
Swima,
1.
giddiness, ver-
tigo.
SwiSlice,
i.
Swimmende, swimming.
Swfn. See Swyn.
labour^
swiS.
SwiSost, chiefly, for the most
part.
SwiSra, compar. of swiS,
right, dexter.
G^eswiSrian,
to
prevail
against, subdue.
(sceamfaest),
fSwomefest
shamefast.
tSwowen, swoon.
Swulce, for swylce.
Swunce. See Swincan.
Swuncgon.
Swura,
Swurd,
i,
i.
Swutelian,
trouble.
See Swingan.
sweora.
q. sweord.
q.
Creswuster,
toil,
q. swiSe.
Svvuster
G^esAvinc, III. 1.
magno
pere.
svvefian, sopire.
Kn. 2. ><..
J
1 to
make ma-
Swutelung,
manifestation,
"I
lash.
II.
pi.
correction,
3.
affliction.
tSwinnc (swine),
Swinsian,
sound.
to
were.
toil.
give
forth
pi.
i.
q. sweora.
GLOSSARY.
Swyrd-bora, sword-bearer
E. Angl. swyrd-borae.
Swyrd-geswing, sword-stri-
of swords.
Swytelian, E. Angl. for swukingf, conflict
telian.
Swywian,
q. suwian.
i.
281
cess, benefit;
used in
pi.
only.
See SwitJost.
See Sib.
Swyjjost.
Syru,III.l. Gr.95.1
Sybb.
Syrwung,
^^-^'
machination, wile.
Syxtig, sixty.
SyStJan.
See Si6an.
tion.
(resyhS.
See
Syll.
sign.
Sylan-scear, ploughshare.
same.
Sylf, self,
See Seolfor.
Sylfor.
nify.
G^etacnung,
Sylfwilles, voluntary.
Syll, II. \.&c
Syllan,
U.S. plough.
sealde,
pret.
Gesyllan, j
sell,
give,
to
be-
I.
feast ;
dat.
symle.
Symbel,
Symle,
always ; on sym-
Gr. 82.
Synderlice, especially.
Syndrig, sundry.
Syndrie,
syndrige, separately, respectively.
Synful, sinful.
Syngian.
See Singan.
See Singian.
teach.
II. 2. tail.
Get^l,
tale,
Syngan.
T^el,
Gr. 196.
tray.
Syrabel, III.
signification,
sign, type.
getel,
number,
T^lan,
getal, III. 1.
series.
lumniate.
fTake
GLOSSARY.
282
fTaken
mi-
token,
(tacn),
tTakenn (t^can),
take,
to
receive.
Tam,
tame.
fTatt, for ]?att, after a word
ending in d or t.
G^etawian, to prepare, reduce
It. to beat, misuse.
to.
Tear,
Ger.
tear.
2.
II.
Zalire,
Dan. Taar.
Tegdon,
tegan,
bind.
from
apparently
q.
i.
tian,
to
tie,
iTe33, they.
tTe33re, their.
fTeken (tacen), token, example.
Geia.
See Get^l.
See Tilian.
Teolung, tilling, culture.
Teon, 3 tyhS, pret. teah, pi.
tugon, to draw, go, lead,
it is
well!
Telgian,
rish.
1 pret.
G^ctellan, j
tell,
educate,
and
tealde,
to
recount, ac-
teon.
Tfd,
II.
3. time,
hour,
Zeit.
Gr. 84.
Cetfgan.
See Getfgian.
Tige, II. 2. tie, nexus.
Tigel, II. 2. tile, brick. Ger.
Ziegel, Dan. Tegl.
Cetigged, tied; from getfgian.
Temese, Thames,
Temian,
Tigris, tiger.
tie.
Tihian, to resolve.
Tihtan,
1 to persuade,urge,
tame.
G^etihtan,
excite, seduce.
Tihting, instigation,
Tilian, to
implement, utensil.
Zeug, Dan. Toi.
tide,
G^etigian, to
to
teode,
Teona,
injury,
injustice,
wrong.
TeoSa, teo))e, tenth.
Teran, pret. taer, pp. toren,
to tear.
Gr. 229.
Terfinna land, the country
between the northern point
of the Bothnian Gulf and
the North Cape.
Te. See T66.
Ticeswell, Tichwell in Norfolk, near Hunstanton.
count, reckon.
G'etemian,
pret.
to
synaxis.
Tellan,
G^eteohian, to resolve.
Teolian.
racle.
Ger.
husbandman.
Tilia, tiller,
till,
with gen.
fTill, to.
prepare, get ;
Gr. 397.
Dan.
til.
GLOSSARY.
Getillan, to touch.
Til lice,
aptly;
well,
from
til, good.
Tilung, tilling, culture.
Tfma, time, hour, season.
build.
timbrod.
Getingnys, eloquence.
Tintreg, torment.
Tintreglie, infernal ;
from
geteon,
i.
q.
teon.
TiotS, for teo6.
Tirian,
] to
Tirigan,
vex,
provoke,
exasperate.
TiSe, in possession
of,
com-
pos.
Tifian,
"1
to
stare
too.
grant,
alloiv,
G^etipian, J
To,
To,
give,
prae-
gov. gen.
Ger. Zu.
in
for;
comp.
Lat. dis,
with a verb.
Ger. zer.
pi.
Tobr^dan,
pret.
pi. -braed, to
-braedde,
spread.
and
neut., to
difference.
Todon,
to divide.
tintreg.
for
act.
GeWou,
vent.
To-daeg, to-day.
deal, divide, share.
]^
G^etimbrian,
Tod^lan,
Dan. Time.
Timbrian,
283
To-emnes, along.
Toflion, to flee from.
See
Fleon.
Toforan, before.
Togsedere, together; togaedre fon, to assemble.
to,
Togeanes,
towards,
against.
Tohte,I.3?
U^^^^^
Getoht,III.l?/'''''?^'''^*
To-irnan, to run
to.
See
Yrnan.
fTokenn, began.
T61,
II. 3. tool,
instrument.
GLOSSARY.
284
Tolicgan, to
parate.
tTome,
between^ se-
lie
Tomearcodnys, numbering,
taxing, census.
Tomiddes,
amid.
Torht,
in
tent,
pavilion.
tref.
mark, num-
to
2.
II.
O. Fr.
for tam.
Tomearcian,
Treef,
the
midst,
position.
Trahtnung, exposition.
Torhtlic,}*"^^'-
Treow,
Torhtmod, bright-minded.
Treow-cin,
III. 1. tree.
Dan.Tre.
Tosloh, struck.
See Slftan.
See Slean.
kind of tree.
Treowen, of tree, wooden,
woody.
fTreowe^e (treoweS), trusteth; from treowian.
Tosomme,
together.
G^etreowliee,
Ger.
pi.
To
To
))8es,
to that degree,
adeo.
J)on, so.
To])unden, swollen.
To
]?y paet,
eo quod.
faith-
Treppe,
1.
? trap.
Triumpha, triumph.
fTrokede. See Trukeden.
fTrowwen
(treowian),
to
stinguish.
-wyrpt5,
truly,
fully.
to the
end
that,
fTrowwJ)
(treowS),
troth,
faith.
Tv}\m,firm.
Trumuncg,
confirmation,
corroboration. E.AngLfor
trymming.
Truso, a town on the border
of the mere or lake from
which the river llfing {Elbing) flows in its course
towards Elbing.
GLOSSARY.
Tvwwdi, faith, trust.
Truwian,
totrust,conJide,
G^etruwian, J
Trym,
Beow. 5047,
Dan. Trin ?
step.
trem.
Trymian,
^i
Getrymian,
"|
ry
confirm,
-^
encourage,
to
>
strengthen.
^
'
^
6-etrymmian,
.
rely on.
Trymnes, exhortation.
Tryw. See Treow.
fTu, for
ending
Tucian,
G^etucian,
mere
]>w,
after a
word
d or t.
^to punish, torment; bysJ
tucian,
to
torment
tv)o.
Gr. 171.
Ger. zwolf,
Tvvelf, twelve.
Dan.
tolv.
fTwemen (tw^man),
to se-
parate, divide.
> tioenty.
^
.'
1 wen tig, J
Tweogan,
Tweonian,
tweode,
pret.
for tweogde,
to doubt, hesitate.
rp
'
Iweonung,
Tweowa,
Twig,
>
doubt.
Gr. 185.
twice.
III. 1.
twig, branch,
Ger. Zweig.
-|-Twi33es
(twywa), twice.
ways
meet.
Twyfeald, twofold.
Twylic, ambiguous, doubtful.
Tungol, tungel,
III. 1. hea-
phet,
fern.,
Gr.171.
Twegen, masc, twain, two.
in
ignominiously.
Turtle,
Tuwa, twice.
Twa, neut. and
rp
285
turtle-dove,
Twyn,
doubt.
Twynian.
See Tweogan.
See Tweonung.
Twynung.
Tyan,
to
teach;
getyd, in-
structed.
Tydder, weak.
Tyddrian, 1
to
produce,
bring forth,
G^etyddrian, J
cherish, alere.
Tyhtan.
See Tihtan.
G^etym, III. 1 . plur. getyme,
team, yoke.
Tyman, to teamy beget, propagate.
GLOSSARY.
286
Tyn,
Unaswundenlice,
ten.
Tyncenum,
p. 88,
1.
10?
See Turf.
Tyrf.
actively,
zealously.
Tytie, Tityus.
gour,
U.
fUader (fseder),/aMer.
tUael (wsel), slaughter.
tUair (faeger),/m>.
fUeht
rat.,
irom feohtan.
fVeisi]?,
departure, decease.
See Fseisi^e.
fVerd
(fyrd),
army.
tUest(f8est),/5i; on ueste,
strongly, severely!
^.o
'
>
above,from above.
gan.
Unbefangenlic,
hensible
Unbefohten, unassailed.
Unbindan, to unbind. See
Bindan.
Unc, us two. Gr. 137.
Undone, unclean, impure,
unchaste.
Uncnyttan,
to untie, unknit.
another, alienus.
Geuferian, to exalt.
Undeadlic,
Undeat^lie,
UndeopJ)ancol,
tUinden (findan),
tUlc (ylc), same.
to find.
Unablinnendlice, incessantSee
unceasingly.
ly,
Blinnan.
Unadwaescendlic, unquenchable ; from adwaescan, to
extinguish.
grace.
Unasecgendlic, unspeakable^
ineffable.
deeply
7iot
thinking, superficial.
Ger.
under, undermine.
Underfeng.
See
Underr
fon.
Under-kyng,
allowable.
II. 3.
immortal.
unter.
night.
Unar,
incompre-
from befon.
Underlecgan, to underlay,
support, prop.
See Lecy
gan.
GLOSSARY.
Undern,
the
2.
II.
houTy terce,
i.
e.
third
9 o clock
A.M.
Underwre^ian,
to
support^
subject,
gan.
UnderJ^eodan,
to
suffra-
resign, ad-
Under])eow,
tude
to
impassable
Ungefotlic,
See
undo.
(unfanc), ingrati-
unfancunnan,
to
ungrateful,
esirh, fugitive,
cowardly.
on
foot.
Ungefraeglice, extraordinarily,
in an unheard-of
manner.
disobedient.
Ger. ungehorsam.
Ungeleered, unlearned,
norant.
ig-
Ungeleafful, unbelieving.
II. 1.
misfortune,
mishap.
II. 2. subject.
owe a
grudge.
Ger. Undank.
Unearh, intrepid ;
from
feel
Ungelimp,
dict, subject.
tUndonc
from gedefe,
ting, evil;
Ungehyrsum,
sustain.
Undon,
Don.
287
Ungelyfedlie, incredible.
Ungemaetlic, immeasurable,
vast ;
ungemetlice, immeasurably, exceedingly.
Ungemyndig, unmindful.
Ungesewenlic, invisible.
Ungewunelic,
unwonted.
Ger. ungewohnt.
Unhal, unhale, sick.
cultly.
Unforbaerned, unburnt.
Unforcu'8, honest, open, undaunted.
Unlaed,
wicked,
improbus,
perditus.
Unlucan, pret.
Unforsceawodlice,MWttz^7arc5.
Unlyfigende, lifeless.
G^eunnan, 1 pres. ic -n, pi.
-unnon, pret. -u^e, to give,
grant, with gen.
Gr. p.
molsnian, to corrupt,
UnfriS, II. 2. hostility.
Unorne, vigorous,
Unforht, fearless.
Unforhtigende, fearless.
79.
idly.
tUnraS
tia.
sel,
bold't
imprudence,
demen-
GLOSSARY.
288
Unriht,
ness,
II.
1.
unrighteous-
injustice,
wrong
Untod^ledlic,
indivisible
untod^ledlice,
indivisibly.
Untrum, infirm,
sick.
Unrihtwfsnis,
ness.
Unrdt, sad.
Unrdtnys, sorrow, sadness,
G^eunrdtsian, to sadden, cast
down.
Uns^lig, unhappy, unblessed,
ness.
Gr.
82.
Untynan,
Tun.
Unscet5ignys, imiocence.
to
undress, un-
frock.
Unscyldig, innocent.
Ger.
unschuldig.
Unsi^, II. 2. mishap, misfortune, unfortunate expedition.
unwaxen,
Unsta^elfaestnes, instability,
unsteadiness.
Unstille, unstill, restless.
Unswseslic, unpleasant.
not
full-grown.
III. 1 ?
ther, storm.
fUnwourS
unseemly.
Unpancwur^e, disagreeable.
Unfeaw, II. 2. evil habit,
vice,
Up-ahebban, 3 -hefS,
poor.
from
Unwaclice, boldly.
Unweder,
cent.
Unscae^Signys, innocence.
unharnesses
Unseen]?,
should probably be unscer'5, from an unrecorded
verb, unscerran.
Ger.
ausschirren
( Suggested
by Mr. R. Taylor.)
open;
to
Unweaxen,
profligate, infelix.
Unscrydan,
infirmity, sick-
doubtedly.
repining.
Unspedig,
Untrumnys,
Untrymnys,
pret.
up.
Up-ar^ran,
to raise up.
Up-aspringan,pret. -asprang,
pi. -asprungon, to spring
up, rise.
Up-astfgnes, ascension.
GLOSSARY.
Up-ateon,
Teon.
to
draw
up.
See
289
fVuel
(yfel), evil.
Uultor,
6rcu8e.
II. 2. vulture.
See Geunnan.
Nor. for ut^vvfta,
USuta,
from brecan.
philosopher,
scribe^
sa-
piens.
streams or branches^.
At
to go up.
p. 134, 1. 20, the context
seems to require up-gang.
Up-gangan,
See Gangan.
Up-geboren, borne on high.
See Beran.
Up-heofon,II.2. high heaven.
Uplic, upplic, on high, supernus.
Uppcund, well-known, no-
Lye.
Uppon, upon, against.
Wa
wo.
worfe,
El. p.
140.
Wac, weak,
slender,
mean,
vile.
Wacian,
to
watch, be weak,
faiiH, flinch.
Wacol, wacel,
ivatchful, vi-
See Yrnan.
Wadan,
pret. vvod, to
wade,
G^ewaed, III.
ing.
Ut, out.
Ut-adrffan, to drive out. See
Drifan.
Utan-ymb, around.
W^ge,
wo
be.
Wacollice, vigilantly.
Urnon.
Wa,
gilant.
tus.
W.
call-
ed).
Waeg,
III. 1 ?
I.
cup.
3. balance.
Ger.
Wage.
See Fe-
ran.
G^ew^ge,
W^l,
iceight.
II. 1 ?
slaughter, death.
See Wela.
/waeld, for gewealden.
See
Wealdan.
W^legian, to enrich.
E.
W^ela.
GLOSSARY.
290
W^l-hreow,
blood-
cruel,
Waelreowlice,
hor-
cruelly,
ribly.
II.
form,
2. fruit,
growth, stature.
Waestmbaerej/rwzVfw/.
Waestmbaernys, fruitfalness.
water.
umter.
Gr.
city.
3. slaughter-
II.
Wseter, III.
1.
89.
bed.
III.
].
(i. e.
death-
spear.
Wgel-stow,
waste.
Waestm,
thirsty.
Wgel-rest,
II. 3.
slaughter-
2.
to and fro.
Wuh, wag, II. 2. wall, paries.
fWakede (wacode), grew
weak
ness, benevolence.
Weel-wulf,
Waeter-aeddre, I. 3. vein or
stream of water.
Wseterian, to water.
Wugian, to wag, shake, move
wolf of
slaughter.
; from wucian.
(weal), wall.
avval,^o to the wall.
Wtilawa, alas !
fWal
Wald,
nerate.
Ctnvaemmodlice, corruptly,
impurely.
G^ewcende.
See Wendan.
WfSndon. See Wenan.
tWeenen, p. 171,1. 15; probably an error for wasuen,
woe (wawa).
Waepen, III. \. weapon.
Waepned,
Im.g.^^fc.
Waepned-inan, J
W^r, wary, cautious, provi-
2.
II.
G^n
wood,
iveald,
forest.
Walde,
for vvolde.
fWalden (wealdan),
to rule,
govern.
Wan,
won,
dark,
dusky,
swarthy.
Wandian,
to fear, blench.
Wang.
See Wong.
Wanian,
to ivatie, v. a. to di-
Wderlic, wary.
Wann.
See Winnan.
Wansi^,
II. 2.
dent,
W^rlice, warily.
W^r-loga, belier or breaker
of his compact, one void
offaith.
minish,
V. n. to decrease.
misfortune.
(wraecce), exik.
f/ward. See IwarSe.
Warnian,to beware,takeheed.
fWarchen
GLOSSARY.
Waru,
III.
chandise.
Waru,
3.
III. 3.
the collective
body of inhabitants of a
place (Gr. 104, 295);
used only in composition.
f/warSe (gewearS), was,
Wa^l-jSeeWitan.
Wsete-
rian.
Waxgeorn, voracious.
II. 2. associate in
wickedness.
Wealdan,
6^wyldan, J
wealden, to
wield, govern, sway, have
in power,
Wealdend, II.
vereign.
Weal-gat,
Wegan,
carry.
Wegferend,
II. 2.wayfaring.
Gr. 118.
Weg-nest, II. 3. viaticum.
Weg-nyst, J
See Nest.
Wei la wei ! welaivay /
alas!
Weig. See Weg.
Wei, well, almost ; wel gehwagr, for the most part,
pene ubique.
in
plur. riches.
rule,
govern.
Gr. 118.
III.
1.
wall- or
run (as a
Weler, II.
Welgian,
'*'""'
sore), raa-
Gr. 234.
Weard, II. 2. warden, guarnare,
dian.
Up.
2.
6^ewelgian,
rampart-gate.
II.
pest.
"1
Wea-gesiS,
Weder,
291
enrich.
\ to
rich,
flourishing, bountiful.
Welinga-ford, Wallingford.
Welwillendnes, benevolence.
Welwyllende, benevolent.
G^eweman, to seduce, entice.
Wenan, pret. wende, to ween,
think, expect.
Wendan,
(jewendan, /
turn,
return.
went, to
wend, go,
Gr. 207.
II. 2.
o2
GLOSSARY.
292
Mediterranean
Black
Sea.
fWennd,
turned,
trans-
Wered, 1
Werod,ij
/
1,
rod
is
II. 1. host,
p.i
p. 96,
feminine.
1.
army ;
we
23,
lated.
Weofod, III.
Weonodland.
altar.
\.
See Wineda-
land.
Weop.
Werian, to defend.
Werig, weary, accursed.
See Wepan.
^'''"'-
Werod,
Creweorcan.
lii.i. work.
Geweorc. J
Weorcan. 1 c,
,,,.
> bee Wyrci
Jan.
^
Weorpan,
wearp,
''
3
pi.
wyrp^, pret.
wurpon, to
Weoruld-gebyrdu,
III.
3.
loorldly birth.
See Woruld-
Weoi'f>an,
"I
(v.
agree,
settle,
to
subj.
339.
West-dgel,
pret. wearS,
wurdon, to become,
happen. Gr. 245.
G^eweor6an, gewyr^an
(ys),
eart,
be,
3 p. he wyrt5,
pi.
is
West, west.
tWest. See Uest.
Westan, to lay waste.
Westan, from the west.
had.
G'evveorj^an,
seem
irri-
from
tormented;
wraSian.
tated,
Wesan, eom,
throw, cast.
Weoruldhad.
sweet.
Gr.
Gr.
Weste, waste,
desert, desei't-
ed, barren.
Westen,
WeorSfullice, worthily.
6^eweorJ)iaii, to honour, dig-
Western, western.
West-norS, north-tcest.
West-S^ ( Vester Hav), that
part of the German Ocean
which washes the western
shores of Denmark, from
nify.
WeortJmynt,
Gr. 83.
Wepan,
pret.
the Elbe,
weop,
to
weep.
Gr. 234.
Wepnas, E.Angl.forwaepnu.
Wepnian, to arm.
Wer, II. 2. mauy husband,
vir.
wilderness.
and Norway,
Westweard, westward.
fWet
(hwaet), what.
Wexan.
See Weaxan.
GLOSSARY.
293
war 'house,
f Whase, whoso.
f Whulchere (hsv^Xc), which.
Wig-hus,
ruld.
Wfc,
II.
dwelling,
1.
con-
vent.
Wicg,
II. 1. horse.
Wfcian,
abide,
to
take
up
encamp, hospi-
quarters,
1.
scel.
Wiht, aught.
G^ewiht, III. 1. weight.
tari.
Wicing,
viking, pi-
2.
II.
rate.
Wfkian.
See Wician.
Wild, wild.
G^ewildan.
See Wealdan.
Wild-deor, II. 1. wild-beast.
Willa, will.
Willan.
See Wyllan.
Willsumnes, devotion.
widely, far.
r^
fWit }
II.
tower.
Widewe,
3.
I.
Widl,^M,
widow.
6^ewrdm^rsian,
brate,
Wff, II.
Wffhad,
womanhood,
battle.
III. 2.
i.
fe-
woman.
war, warfare,
O. N. ^H^, caedes.
2.
Wiga, umrrior.
Wig-bed, II. I. altar ; from
wig, temple, and bed, table; whence possibly, by
contraction, the word we-
WTn, IL 1. wine.
Wfn-bog, II. 2. vine-bough.
Wind, II. 2. wind.
Windan,
pret. wand, pi.
G^ewindan, j
wundon, to
"I
wind,
roll, revolve,
II.
2.
warrior.
whirl,
surround,
to
come forth with a winding motion.
Wfne, II. 2. friend, comrade.
brandish,
O.N.
Dan. Ven.
Weonodland,
the country of the Venedi
Wends.
or
Under the
name of Vindland was
Vinr,
Winedaland,
fod.
Wiggend,
Gr.118.
Worling-
vjoman.
male.
Wffian, to wive, marry.
Wffman,
Wig, II.
Wilrincgawer^,
make known.
1. wife,
\ to will, desire.
.'
-j-Wilning,
pollution.
Wfdm^rsian,
.,
Gewilnian, J
Willung,
^
Crewilnung, >will, desire.
("^'^)' ^^*^'
GLOSSARY,
294
Wfneard,
Wmgeard,
II. 2.
vineyard.
Dan.
gaard.
Wfne-drihten,
II. 2.
Vin-
beloved
lord.
Wfn-gedrinc,
fWinne,
gain?
Cevvinn, ill.
labour.
1. ivar,
Winnan, pret.
wunnon, to
struggle,
vvann,
ivin,
pi.
war,
struggle icith.
WTn-treow,
III. 1. vine.
W ircean.
See Wyrcan.
Wire, Wear,
Wirian. See Wyrian.
Wfs, wise.
G^ewis, gevviss, certain, conscious. Ger. gewiss.
Wfsa,
wise
man,
sapiens.
Also, witness.
Wiscan,
to
wish.
Wfsdom, wisdom.
Wfse,
I.
3.
wise,
manner,
f/wise (gewis), to
iwise, to
wit.
Wisian,
~] to
teach, rule,
Wissian,
>
direct, point
Gewissian, J
out.
Wisle, the Vistula.
Wisleland, the country formerly called Little Poland, in which the Vistula
has its source.
Wisle-mu}>a
(Weichselmiinde), mouth of the Vis-
tula.
Vistula,
surely, certain-
Txewisslice, J
Wist, II. 3.
ly.
meal,
repast,
fo'od^
iti-
tellect.
Wfta,
man,
wise
senator,
counsellor.
G^ewfta, witness.
Wftan,
ic
wat,
pret. wiste,
conscious of.
to
pi.
witon,
know, be
Gr. 218.
GLOSSARY.
fWiteles, irreproachable.
witness,
G^evvitenes,
testi-
295
Wi^standan, to withstand.
oppose.
See Standan.
Wi|)utan, without.
Wlaette, nausea.
tWiterrlig, certain.
Wlanc, proud,
pi.
grand.
wliton,
to look, see.
Wlfte,
Vistula.
lofty,
II.
2.
form, aspect,
beauty.
(jewitnes, witness.
etc.
Wlitig,/2>, beautiful.
Wlitigian, to form, beautify.
Wo, woh, curve, bending
to woge bringan, to lead
astray.
fWoeh (hwjdc), which.
Wod, wood or wode, mad.
WiS-ael'tan, behind.
Wodnys,
punish, torment.
Witodlice, verily, for, vero,
G^evvftnian, to
autem, profecto.
fWitt, ive two.
WiScweSan,
speak
See CweSan.
against.
Wi^erian,
to
to oppose.
Wij>erlean, II.
\. retribution,
reward.
Wi^ertrod, return.
WiServveard, adverse.
In
North. Gloss, the adversary,
i.
e. the devil.
Wijjcrwinna, adversary.
Wi6'geondain,about,throu^h-
madness,
insa-
nity.
Gr. 298.
See
We-
pan.
out.
Wi Rinnan,
within.
Wi^metan,
to
compare, to be
like, equal.
Gr. 205.
Wi^sacau, pret. wiSsoc, to
deny,
renounce.
Gr.
237.
Word, II.
word, command-
ment,
Worms.
GLOSSARY.
296
Worn,
II. 1 ?
number^ mul-
titude^ body,
fWoruh
(weor^e), worth,
Gr.
II. 3, tvorld.
Woruld,
84-.
Woruld-buende,
world-
inhabitant of
earth.
Gr. 118.
Woruld-craeft, II. 2. worldly
craft or calling.
dwelling,
Woruld-gebyrd,
II.3.
world-
-wrungon,
Writ,
GewYit,
to
1 III. 1.
wring.
writ, scrip-
writing,
ture,
letter.
pi.
wri-
ton, to write.
ly birth.
Woruld -gesdelig,
rich
in
worldly possessions.
Woruldhad, secular
state or
condition.
GewrfSan,
pret.
-wridon,
Wri^an,
to
to
-wmS,
pi.
bud, fructify.
Ger.
Wuce, I. 3. week.
Woehe, Dan. Uge.
Woruldlic, worldly.
Woruld-nyt, II. 3. worldly
or temporal use.
Woruld-fing,
Wudu-hunig,
II. 1. ivorldly
thing, matter.
Wos,
fWouh,
(woh), error,
wo]?
ivrong.
fWowe,
Wracu,
Wrsec,
to be in exile,
III. 3.
vengeance.
II. 3. exile.
ney.
WraeS,
Wuduwe,
I. 3.
Wulder,
wuldor.
wild
widoiv.
III.
1.
II. 3. ivrath.
G^ewraSian, to anger.
Wule,
for wile.
Wrecan,
Wulf,
II. 2. wolf.
G^ewrecan, J
-wrecen, to
avenge, punish.
Gr. 229.
Wrecan, pret. wrehte, to
fWun
"1
(wyn),joy.
Gewuna,, custom, habit, wont.
Wund,
Wtind,
rouse.
Wregan,
1.
glory.
woe, misery.
Wracian,
II.
honey.
to accuse.
wound,
wounded.
II. 3.
sore.
Ger.
wund.
Wunden-locc, wounden-lock,
having plaited hair.
Gewundian, to wound.
GLOSSARY.
Wundor,
III. 1.
racle.
Wundorful,
Wundorlic, /
wonderful.,
'i
wondrous ;
297
WurSmynt.
See Weort5mynt.
WurSscipe, worship, dignity
pomp.
wunderlice, wonderfully.
Wundrian, to wonder, admire ; gov. gen.
Wundrung,
astonishment,
wonder.
Wtine, wuna, wont, practice,
Wydewe.
custom.
Cewunelic,
mary.
Wunian,
usual,
"1
dwell,
to
(xewunian, J
custorest,
stay, continue,
to be
wont. Ger.
gewohnen.
fWunliche (wynlice), agree-
fWunn
Ger.
also
wydewe,
See
Wuduwe.
Wylsumnes, devotion.
Wylte (Wilzen), a people
who
settled in
the sixth or
ably, delightfidly.
Wunung, dwelling.
Wohnung.
for
widow.
Wylm, IL
exist, be.
G^ewunian,
corruptly
Germany in
seventh cen-
tury.
They occupied a
part of Pomerania, the
eastern part of Mecklen-
and
Mark
burg,
Wurmes,
for
wyrmas, or
wurmas.
Wurpan, i. q. weorpan.
Wurtruma. See Wyrtru-
the
rabi.
ma.
WurSful, worthy, venerable,
Wyn,
honourable.
t/wur])i (geweor)?ian),
to
honour, revere, value.
Wur^ian, weor^ian, to worship, honour, revere.
Wur^lic, worthy ; wurSlice,
worthily.
t/wur])en (geweorSan), to
be, become, befall.
Let
Wynsum, winsome,
me
volve on me.
of
IF.
3. joy, pleasure,
Ger. Wonne.
delight.
agree-
Wynsumnys,
ivinsomeness,
pleasantness, sweetness.
Wyrcan,
1 pret.
worhte,
G^ewyrcan, / to work, make,
produce,
do,
construct,
dare operam.
Wyrd,
3.
II.
fate;
from
weort5an.
Gewyrht,
III.
1. deed, de-
GLOSSARY.
298
sert
buton gewyrhtum,
undeservedly,
Wyrhta, wright,
Gr.51.
artificer,
workman,
Wyrian, wyrgan, wyrigan,
to curse.
Wyrm,
tvorm, serpent.
putrefaction^
corruption, pus.
Wyrm-sele, II. 2. hall of
II. 2.
Wyrms,
II. 2.
serpents.
Wyrnan,
Wyrpan, weorpan.
Weorpan.
Wyrse, }""*"
See
^"P-^'"
Dan. Urt.
Wyrt-gemanc,III.l. mixture
Gr.
of herbs, perfume.
See
Yl.
Igl.
Ylc, same.
Yld, i. q. yldo.
Yldest, eldest, sup. of eald.
Gr.51.
Ylding, II. 3. delay.
Yldo, yldu, III. 3. age. Gr.
103.
Yip, II. 2. elephant.
Ylpen-baenen,
ivory,
of
eburneus.
Ylpes-ban, II. 1. ivory. Ger.
Elfenbein.
Ymb, ^ about, after, accordYmbe, /
ing to.
Ymbe-spraec, II. 3. a speaking about.
Ynibgang, II. 2.
Ymbhvvyrft, II.
circuit.
circum-
2.
world;
on ymb-
hwyrfte, around.
94.
Ymbryne,
Wyrtruma, root.
Wyr^e, i. q. weor^e.
2.
II.
circuit,
ember (iveek).
Ymbscfnan, 1 to shine about
or around.
Ymbscynan, j
See Scfnan.
course,
Gewyslice.
See Gewislice.
Wyxt5. See Weaxan.
Ymbscrydan,
to clothe about,
envelope.
Yean,
Ydel,
idle,
Ymbsittan,
vain, useless
on
Yfelnes, evil.
to
See Sprecan.
Ymbtrymian,
to
surround,
fortify.
Yfel-haebbende,
Gr. 118.
round.
speak about.
to sit
Ymbsprecan,
crease.
afflicted.
ymb
Ync,
hancred utan.
II. 2. inch.
GLOSSARY.
Yppan,
Yrfe,
pae rr h te,straightways,forth-
to disclose.
III.
inheritance.
1.
Ger. Erbe.
Yrfenuma, heir.
YrmS, III. 3. misery,
dis-
paer-ufon-on,
tress.
Yrnan,
299
pret.
am,
pi.
urnon,
to run.
Gr. 24*2.
Yrre, II. 2. ire, anger.
Yrre, angry.
account;
(reyrsian, to be angry.
Yr'5, 11.2).
YrSling,
to
husbandman,
ploughman.
to that
])aes,
adeo
degree, so,
produce, seges.
II. 2.
thereupon,
thereover.
J^aes )?e.
because that, eo
propterea quod.
quod,
Ys.
See Wesan.
Ysen, II. 1 iron.
Ger.
Gr. 146.
das.
Ytemest, superl. of
last,
da|?.
Gr. 51.
See Etan.
Yttra, outer, comp. of ut.
Yttren, of otter s skin.
YS, II. 3. wave, flood.
pastte,
tit,
uttermost, utmost.
Ytst.
for
149.
palian,
paBt
to
Ger.
Gr.
pe.
consent,
ap-
prove, allow.
j
q. J>a.
Ge])'dG.-dn,
page, I
tpan
(fonne), than.
pane,
pa, when, then, as; ya^ja,
when, as; f a-gyt, J>a gena,
yet.
Ger. da.
paen (])eng).
peene,
covering.
See pegen.
for
146.
peerinne, therein.
paermid, therewith.
paeron, therein, thereon.
Gr.
II. 2.
thank.
mind,
thanks.
Ge])3inc'mu,
dat. of pers.
rum
actio.
Gep-dug,
gefwang,
thong, sinew.
II.
2.
GLOSSARY.
300
in pi. morals,
rite,
'
t.
Panonne,
par,
>
thence.
i.
\ therein, thereon.
paron, J
pe, E. Angl. for se.
Gr.
Also, thee.
p. 51.
Gr.
pe, who, which, that.
154.
pe, or. See Hw8e))er
pe.
pe, o!5, in proportion as.
H'^^^"'
pe
sentences,
interrogative
used like the
in
pe,
is
i/et,
never-
theless.
counsellor,
-tend,
IL
2.
Gr.
adviser.
118.
(y^e^di),
pegen,
II. 2.
people.
thane, servant,
minister.
thanelihe, in a
hecoining a faithful follower.
pegenlice,
manner
tpe33, they.
tpe^^m (|)am), them.
tpe33re, their.
S^e pegen.
pencan,
G^e]7encan,
pret.
})ohte,
to
thinh, devise.
Gr. 214.
penne,
G^eJ>ensum, serviceable,
offi-
cious.
IL 3. need; to )?earfe,
in need.
pearfa, jooor, needy.
pearfan, pret. |)orfte, to need,
pearf,
may.
Ger.
Gr. 218.
pearfleas,
penung,
service
(divine^,
repast, coena.
diirfen.
needless
))earf-
lease, needlessly.
pearle,
ly, obediently.
tped
Peng.}
ever.
peah- hw severe,
G^epeahtynd,
man-
ners.
J
q. ^aer.
very,
exceedingly,
GepeoA,
II.
1.
language,
tongue, country.
GepeoAdLU, to join, associate,
enjoin.
chief,
})eod,
GLOSSARY.
people, analogously with
drihten, from driht. Goth,
SOI
pinen,
ping,
piudans.
II. 3. female
servant,
ancilla.
thing;
II. 1.
for his
sire.
peodscipe,
people,
nation,
peon,
Ge])e6n,j
ancilla.
machination.
tpolenn, for
polian,
service,
peowe, I. 3.
peowen, II.
worship.
female ser-
3. j
vant, an-
cilla.
peowian, to serve.
peowracu, III. 3 ? threat.
per-inne.
See paerinne.
pes, masc, this.
Gr. 146.
peues (})eawas), manners.
pic, thick.
Gr. 137.
pret.
J)uhte,
to
G^epinean, j
seem.
Ge]>inc6, II. 3. honour, dignity, merit, excellence.
J)6Iian.
to suffer, endure,
tolerare
(jeJ>olian, J
taale, O.
Dan.
N. J)ola.
See polemod.
polmod.
peowk"^^^
pincan,
crowd.
pi wen, II. 3. female servant,
cil,
peowddm,
discipline.
to |>on faet, in
and similar
phrases.
Ge])onc, II. 2. thought.
order that,
pon col,
thoughtful,
medita-
tive.
ponc-wyrSe, thankworthy.
pone, ace. masc, him, that.
Gr. 146.
ponne, then, than, when, yet,
but, ponne
ponne,
when
then,
ponon, i. q. panon.
pononweard, thenceward.
porfte.
See pearfan.
poterung, wail, lamentation,
howling.
prael, II. 2. thrall, slave,
N.
prael,
Dan.
Trsel.
O.
GLOSSARY.
S02
of time.
6re]}rang, throng, press.
Prynes,
preagan,
prynnys,/
Jjrean,
G^ejji-eagan,
pret.
J>reade,
pre-rej>re, trireme.
pri.
See preo.
pridda, third.
pringan, pret. |)rang, pi.
))rungon, to throng, press,
crowd.
prinnys.
See prynnys.
Ger.
bold.
From
]>ingan.
throat.
See preo.
prycean, to tread on,
pry.
op-
press.
prym,
grandeur.
{of men),
Also,
turma,
heap, congeries.
prymme,
religious.
pierce.
body
(]?incS), seems.
to suffer.
I. 3.
cence,
tpuncheS
to pass through,
See Faran.
tpurhlokenn, tolookthrough.
priwa, thrice.
Gr. 185.
proc, III. 1. table.
prowian,
^e])e6n.
purhfaran,
prittig, thirty.
prote,
from
Don.
dare.
6?e)?ristian, to
G^ejjuge,
puhte.
See pincan.
/j)uncgen, for ge]?ungen.
i.
q.
prymraum,
fortiter7
See Kemble,
Gl. to Beow. V. jjrym.
prymful, glorious.
pounds,
is
literal trans-
word.
tpurSout, throughout.
pus, thus.
pusend, ILL III. \, thousand.
Gr. 177.
Ger. Tausend,
Dan. Tusind. Gr.l77.
pusend-hfw,
assuming
GLOSSARY.
thmisand shapes, milleformis.
pusend-m^lum,
by
thou-
sands.
Ger. Geduld.
Ge])wgerian, to agree.
pw^rlaecan, pret.
laehte,
to
consent.
thong.
tpwerrt, thwart. Also, entirely, quite;
as, fwerrt
ut, quite out.
Dan. tvert,
used in the same sense.
II. 2.
pwyrnys,
cross,
affliction,
perversity.
See ])e.
Py.
Py? for, because,
nam.
py-lass.
Gepyldig, patient.
duldig.
Ger. Ge-
pwang,
See peotan.
puton.
303
Dan.
See
therefore,
thi.
pe-laes.
pyder, thither.
pyfel, II. 2. shrub, thorn.
Pyrfan.
See pearfan.
Pyrfen. See pearfan.
Pyringas, the Thuringians.
\>yv\. III. i. hole.
Pyrscel-fldr,
ing floor;
3.
thresh-
from
Jjyrscel,
II.
threshold.
pyrstan, to thirst.
pys, this.
pyslic, such.
pyster, J>ystre, dark.
pystru, pystro, plur. III.
darkness.
Gr. 92.
pywan, to drive, urge.
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