ge-frignan
to ask ⬩ interrogare ⬩ to learn by asking ⬩ hear of
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Ne gefrægen ic ða mǽgðe sél gebæran never have I heard of the tribe bearing itself better, Beo. Th. 2026; B. 1011
Linked entries: ge-fregnan ge-frægnan ge-frinan
neósan
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent
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Thw. 22, 15; Jud. 63: Beo. Th. 3587; B. 1791. Setles neósan, 3576; B. 1786. Ceóles neósan, 3617; B. 1806: Andr. Kmbl. 620; An. 310. Éðles neósan, 1660; An. 832: 2050; An. 1027. Burga neósan, Elen. Kmbl. 304; El. 152. Wíca neósan, Beo.
ymb-þanc
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Tó morgenne wé beóþ gesémde of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter, Blickl. Homl. 183, 12
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Mistige móras, Beo. Th. 326; B. 162: 207; B. 103. high waste ground, a mountain Licgaþ wilde móras wið eástan . . . on ðǽm mórum eardiaþ Finnas . . .
el-land
A foreign country, strange land ⬩ externa terra
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Beo. Th. 6031; B. 3019
fela-módig
Very daring ⬩ fortissĭmus
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Very daring; fortissĭmus Men from ðæm holmclife hafelan bǽron felamódigra the men bore from the shore the heads of the very bold, Beo. Th. 3278; B. 1637
eall-gylden
All-golden ⬩ omnīno aurĕus
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All-golden; omnīno aurĕus He geseah segn eall-gylden he saw an ensign all-golden, Beo. Th. 5528; B. 2767: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 3; Jud. 46
hróf-sele
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A hall having a roof Nǽnig wæter him for hrófsele hrínan ne mihte no water could touch him for the roofed hall, Beo. Th. 3034; B. 1515
leger-bǽre
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Suffering from sickness Bútun hé on hláfordes neóde beó oððe legerbǽre unless he be on his lord's necessary business, or suffering from sickness, Chart. Th. 611, 20
medu-stíg
Path to the mead-hall
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Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925
sund-gebland
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The water's mingling, used of the mere into which Beowulf plunged Se ðe meregrundas mengan scolde, sécan sund*-*gebland, Beo. Th. 2904; B. 1450. Cf. ýð-gebland
sǽ-bát
A sea-boat
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Ic on holm gestáh, sǽbát gesæt, Beo. Th. 1270; B. 633 : 1795; B. 895
Sǽ-Geátas
The seafaring(?) Geats
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Geats Ða Sǽ-Geátas sélran næbben tó geceósenne cyning ǽnigne, Beo. Th. 3704; B. 1850. Sǽ-Geáta ( Beowulf and his companions ) síðas, 3976; B. 1986
Linked entry: Sǽ-Dene
gryn
Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil
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Lamentation, grief, affliction, evil Fela ic láðes gebád grynna æt Grendel much evil have I experienced, many a grief at Grendel's hands, Beo. Th. 1864; B. 930
Linked entry: gyrn
gum-dreám
The joys of men ⬩ this life
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The joys of men, this life He gumdreám ofgeaf Godes leóht geceás he gave up the joy of men, chose God's light, Beo. Th. 4929; B. 2469
heaðu-grim
Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war
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Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691
brim-wylf
a she-wolf ⬩ A sea-wolf ⬩ marina lupa
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An epithet applied to Grendel's mother Hine seó brimwylf abroten hæfde the sea-wolf had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 3202; B. 1599
Linked entry: wylf
wine-geómor
Sad for the loss of friends
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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239
winn-dæg
A day of labour or of struggle
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A day of labour or of struggle Fela sceal gebídan leófes and láþes se ðe longe hér on ðyssum windagum worulde brúceþ, Beo. Th. 2128; B. 1062
Linked entry: win-dæg
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.