heald
Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus
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Bent, inclined Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29. Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28.
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
fyrn-gemynd
An ancient reminiscence ⬩ antīqua mĕmŏria
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An ancient reminiscence; antīqua mĕmŏria Ða ðe fyrngemynd mid Iudéum gearwast cúðon they who best knew the old memories among the Jews, Elen. Kmbl. 654; El. 327
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
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
and-gitol
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Ben. 25, 15. Tó andgyttolre yldo ad intelligibilem aetatem, 117, 12. Add
Linked entry: and-getul
dihtung
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Ben. I. 54, 13
un-cyst
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For hwan ne sceal þæt eallum wífum beón forgyfen, þá ðe mid uncyste heora gecyndes (naturae suae vitio) beóð geuntrumade?, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 83, 15. Add
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
sweotol
Plain, manifest, evident, clear, patent ⬩ of what may be clearly perceived by the senses ⬩ manifest to observation, that may be noticed by all, public, open, patent ⬩ clear to the understanding, free from obscurity, plain, of proof, argument, indication, etc.
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Th. 394, 16; Rä. 14, 4. by hearing Ðǽr wæs hearpan swég, swutol sang, Beo.
a-swárnian
To be confounded ⬩ confundi
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To be confounded; confundi Ðæt hí aswárnian that they be confounded, Ps. Spl. 85, 16