, _with bright
saddles_
(?
Beowulf
sg.
, 2200, 2208; acc.
sg.
rīce, 913, 1734, 1854, 3005; gen. sg. rīces, 862, 1391, 1860, 2028, 3081.
Comp. Swīo-rīce. --2) _council of chiefs, the king with his chosen
advisers_(? ): nom. sg. oft gesæt rīce tō rūne, 172.
rīce, adj. , _mighty, powerful_: nom. sg. (of Hrōðgār), 1238; (of Hygelāc),
1210; (of Æsc-here), 1299; weak form, se rīca (Hrōðgār), 310; (Bēowulf),
399; (Hygelāc), 1976. --Comp. gimme-rīce.
rīcsian, rīxian, w. v. intrans. , _to rule, reign_: inf. rīcsian, 2212;
pret. sg. rīxode, 144.
rīdan, st. v. , _to ride_: subj. pres. þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan,
2446; pres. part. nom. pl. rīdend, 2458; inf. wicge rīdan, 234; mēarum
rīdan, 856; pret. sg. sǣ-genga . . . sē þe on ancre rād, 1884; him tō-gēanes
rād (_rode to meet them_), 1894; pret. pl. ymbe hlǣw riodan (_rode round
the grave-mound_), 3171.
ge-rīdan, w. acc. , _to ride over_: pret. sg. sē þe næs ge-rād (_who rode
over the promontory_), 2899.
rīm, st. n. , _series, number_: in comp. dæg-, un-rīm.
ge-rīm, st. n. , _series, number_: in comp. dōgor-ge-rim.
ge-rīman, w. v. , _to count together, enumerate in all_: pret. part. in
comp. forð-gerīmed.
ā-rīsan, st. v. , _to arise, rise_: imper. sg. ā-rīs, 1391; pret. sg. ā-rās
þā se rīca, 399; so, 652, 1791, 3031; ā-rās þā bī ronde (_arose by his
shield_), 2539; hwanan sīo fǣhð ā-rās (_whence the feud arose_), 2404.
rodor, st. m. , _ether, firmament, sky_ (from _radius_? , Bugge): gen. sg.
rodores candel, 1573; nom. pl. roderas, 1377; dat. pl. under roderum, 310;
gen. pl. rodera, 1556.
rōf, adj. , _fierce, of fierce, heroic, strength, strong_: nom. sg. , 2539;
also with gen. mægenes rōf (_strong in might_), 2085; so, þēah þe hē rōf
sīe nīð-geweorca, 683; acc. sg. rōfne, 1794; on þone rōfan, 2691. --Comp. :
beadu-, brego-, ellen-, heaðo-, hyge-, sige-rōf.
rōt, adj. , _glad, joyous_: in comp. un-rōt.
rōwan, st. v. , _to row_ (with the arms), _swim_: pret. pl. rēon (for
rēowon), 512, 539.
rūm, st. m. , _space, room_: nom. sg. , 2691.
rūm, adj. : 1) _roomy, spacious_: nom. sg. þūhte him eall tō rūm, wongas and
wīc-stede (_fields and dwelling seemed to him all too broad_, i. e. could
not hide his shame at the unavenged death of his murdered son), 2462. --2)
in moral sense, _great, magnanimous, noble-hearted_: acc. sg. þurh rūmne
sefan, 278.
rūm-heort, adj. , _big-hearted, noble-spirited_: nom. sg. , 1800, 2111.
ge-rūm-līc, adj. , _commodious, comfortable_: compar. ge-rūm-līcor, 139.
rūn, st. f. , _secrecy, secret discussion, deliberation_ or _council_: dat.
sg. ge-sæt rīce tō rūne, 172. --Comp. beado-rūn.
rūn-stæf, st. m. , _rune-stave, runic letter_: acc. pl. þurh rūn-stafas,
1696.
rūn-wita, w. m. , _rune-wit, privy councillor, trusted adviser_: nom. sg. ,
1326.
ge-rysne. See ge-risne.
ge-rȳman, w. v. : 1) _to make room for, prepare, provide room_: pret. pl.
þæt hīe him ōðer flet eal ge-rȳmdon, 1087; pret. part. þā wæs Gēat-mæcgum
. . . benc gerȳmed, 492; so, 1976. --2) _to allow, grant, admit_: pret. part.
þā mē ge-rȳmed wæs (sīð) (_as access was permitted me_), 3089; þā him
gerȳmed wearð, þæt hīe wæl-stōwe wealdan mōston, 2984.
S
ge-saca, w. m. , _opponent, antagonist, foe_: acc. sg. ge-sacan, 1774.
sacan, st. v. , _to strive, contend_: inf. ymb feorh sacan, 439.
ge-sacan, _to attain, gain by contending_ (Grein): inf. gesacan sceal
sāwl-berendra . . . gearwe stōwe _(gain the place prepared_, i. e. the
death-bed), 1005.
on-sacan: 1) (originally in a lawsuit), _to withdraw, take away, deprive
of_: pres. subj. þætte freoðuwebbe fēores on-sæce . . . lēofne mannan,
1943. --2) _to contest, dispute, withstand_: inf. þæt hē sǣmannum on-sacan
mihte (i. e. hord, bearn, and brȳde), 2955.
sacu, st. f. , _strife, hostility, feud_: nom. sg. , 1858, 2473; acc. sg.
sæce, 154; sæcce, 1978, 1990, 2348, 2500, 2563; dat. sg. æt (tō) sæcce,
954, 1619, 1666, 2613, 2660, 2682, 2687; gen. sg. secce, 601; gen. pl.
sæcca, 2030.
ge-sacu, st. f. , _strife, enmity_: nom. sg. , 1738.
sadol, st. m. , _saddle_: nom. sg. , 1039.
sadol-beorht, adj.
, _with bright saddles_ (? ): acc. pl. sadol-beorht, 2176.
ge-saga. See secgan.
samne, somne, adv. , _together, united_; in æt-somne, _together, united_,
307, 402, 491, 544, 2848.
tō-somne (_together_), 3123; þā se wyrm ge-bēah snūde tō-somne (_when the
dragon quickly coiled together_), 2569.
samod, somod: I. adv. , _simultaneously, at the same time_: somod, 1212,
1615, 2175, 2988; samod, 2197; samod æt-gædere, 387, 730, 1064. --II. prep.
w. dat. , _with, at the same time with_: samod ǣr-dæge (_with the break of
day_), 1312; somod ǣr-dæge, 2943.
sand, st. n. , _sand, sandy shore_: dat. sg. on sande, 295, 1897, 3043(? );
æfter sande (_along the shore_), 1965; wið sande, 213.
sang, st. m. , _song, cry, noise_: nom. sg. sang, 1064; swutol sang scopes,
90; acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang (Grendel's cry of woe), 788; sārigne sang
(Hrēðel's dirge for Herebeald), 2448.
sāl, st. m. , _rope_: dat. sg. sāle, 1907; on sāle (sole, MS. ), 302.
sāl. See sǣl.
sār, st. n. , _wound, pain_ (physical or spiritual): nom. sg. sār, 976; sīo
sār, 2469; acc. sg. sār, 788; sāre, 2296; dat. (instr. ) sg. sāre, 1252,
2312, 2747. --Comp. līc-sār.
sār, adj. , _sore, painful_: instr. pl. sārum wordum, 2059.
sāre, adv. , _sorely, heavily, ill_, graviter: sē þe him [sā]re gesceōd
(_who injured him sorely_), 2224.
sārig, adj. , _painful, woeful_: acc. sg. sārigne sang, 2448.
sārig-ferð, adj. , _sore-hearted, grieved_: nom. sg. sārig-ferð (Wīglāf),
2864.
sārig-mōd, adj. , _sorrowful-minded, saddened_: dat. pl. sārig-mōdum, 2943.
sār-līc, adj. , _painful_: nom. sg. , 843; acc. sg. neut. , 2110.
sāwol, sāwl, st. f. , _soul_ (the immortal principle as contrasted with līf,
the physical life): nom. sg. sāwol, 2821; acc. sg. sāwle, 184, 802; hǣðene
sāwle, 853; gen. sg. sāwele, 1743; sāwle, 2423.
sāwl-berend, pres. part. , _endowed with a soul, human being_: gen. pl.
sāwl-berendra, 1005.
sāwul-drēor, st. n. , (blood gushing from the seat of the soul), _soul-gore,
heart's blood, life's blood_: instr. sg. sāwul-drīore, 2694.
sāwul-lēas, adj. , _soulless, lifeless_: acc. sg. sāwol-lēasne, 1407;
sāwul-lēasne, 3034.
sæce, sæcce. See sacu.
sæd, adj. , _satiated, wearied_: in comp. hilde-sæd.
sæl, st. n. , _habitable space, house_, _hall_: dat. sg. sel, 167; sæl, 307,
2076, 2265.
sæld, st. n. , _hall, king's hall_ or _palace_: acc. sg. geond þæt sæld
(Heorot), 1281.
sǣ, st. m. and f. , _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. , 579, 1224; acc. sg. on sīdne sǣ,
507; ofer sǣ, 2381; ofer sǣ sīde, 2395; dat. sg. tō sǣ, 318; on sǣ, 544;
dat. pl. be sǣm tweonum, 859, 1298, 1686, 1957.
sǣ-bāt, st. m. , _sea-boat_: acc. sg. , 634, 896.
sǣ-cyning, st. m. , _sea-king, king ruling the sea_: gen. pl. sǣ-cyninga,
2383.
sǣ-dēor, st. n. , _sea-beast, sea-monster_: nom. sg. , 1511.
sǣ-draca, w. m. , _sea-dragon_: acc. pl. sǣ-dracan, 1427.
ge-sǣgan, w. v. , _to fell, slay_: pret. part. hæfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes
sweordum ge-sǣged (_felled with the sword_), 885.
sǣge. See on-sǣge.
sǣ-genga, w. m. , _sea-goer_, i. e. sea-going ship: nom. sg. , 1883, 1909.
sǣ-gēap, adj. , _spacious_ (broad enough for the sea): nom. sg. sǣ-gēap
naca, 1897.
sǣ-grund, st. m. , _sea-bottom, ocean-bottom_: dat. sg. sǣ-grunde, 564.
sǣl, sāl, sēl, st. f. : 1) _favorable opportunity, good_ or _fit time_: nom.
sg. sǣl, 623, 1666, 2059; sǣl and mǣl, 1009; acc. sg. sēle, 1136; gen. pl.
sǣla and mǣla, 1612. --2) _Fate_(? ): see Note on l. 51. --3) _happiness,
joy_: dat. pl. on sālum, 608; sǣlum, 644, 1171, 1323. See sēl, adj.
ge-sǣlan, w. v. , _to turn out favorably, succeed_: pret. sg. him ge-sǣlde
þæt . . . (_he was fortunate enough to_, etc. ), 891; so, 574; efne swylce
mǣla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf ge-sǣlde (_at such times as need
disposed it for their lord_), 1251.
sǣlan (see sāl), w. v. , _to tie, bind_: pret. sg. sǣlde . . . sīð-fæðme scip,
1918; pl.
rīce, 913, 1734, 1854, 3005; gen. sg. rīces, 862, 1391, 1860, 2028, 3081.
Comp. Swīo-rīce. --2) _council of chiefs, the king with his chosen
advisers_(? ): nom. sg. oft gesæt rīce tō rūne, 172.
rīce, adj. , _mighty, powerful_: nom. sg. (of Hrōðgār), 1238; (of Hygelāc),
1210; (of Æsc-here), 1299; weak form, se rīca (Hrōðgār), 310; (Bēowulf),
399; (Hygelāc), 1976. --Comp. gimme-rīce.
rīcsian, rīxian, w. v. intrans. , _to rule, reign_: inf. rīcsian, 2212;
pret. sg. rīxode, 144.
rīdan, st. v. , _to ride_: subj. pres. þæt his byre rīde giong on galgan,
2446; pres. part. nom. pl. rīdend, 2458; inf. wicge rīdan, 234; mēarum
rīdan, 856; pret. sg. sǣ-genga . . . sē þe on ancre rād, 1884; him tō-gēanes
rād (_rode to meet them_), 1894; pret. pl. ymbe hlǣw riodan (_rode round
the grave-mound_), 3171.
ge-rīdan, w. acc. , _to ride over_: pret. sg. sē þe næs ge-rād (_who rode
over the promontory_), 2899.
rīm, st. n. , _series, number_: in comp. dæg-, un-rīm.
ge-rīm, st. n. , _series, number_: in comp. dōgor-ge-rim.
ge-rīman, w. v. , _to count together, enumerate in all_: pret. part. in
comp. forð-gerīmed.
ā-rīsan, st. v. , _to arise, rise_: imper. sg. ā-rīs, 1391; pret. sg. ā-rās
þā se rīca, 399; so, 652, 1791, 3031; ā-rās þā bī ronde (_arose by his
shield_), 2539; hwanan sīo fǣhð ā-rās (_whence the feud arose_), 2404.
rodor, st. m. , _ether, firmament, sky_ (from _radius_? , Bugge): gen. sg.
rodores candel, 1573; nom. pl. roderas, 1377; dat. pl. under roderum, 310;
gen. pl. rodera, 1556.
rōf, adj. , _fierce, of fierce, heroic, strength, strong_: nom. sg. , 2539;
also with gen. mægenes rōf (_strong in might_), 2085; so, þēah þe hē rōf
sīe nīð-geweorca, 683; acc. sg. rōfne, 1794; on þone rōfan, 2691. --Comp. :
beadu-, brego-, ellen-, heaðo-, hyge-, sige-rōf.
rōt, adj. , _glad, joyous_: in comp. un-rōt.
rōwan, st. v. , _to row_ (with the arms), _swim_: pret. pl. rēon (for
rēowon), 512, 539.
rūm, st. m. , _space, room_: nom. sg. , 2691.
rūm, adj. : 1) _roomy, spacious_: nom. sg. þūhte him eall tō rūm, wongas and
wīc-stede (_fields and dwelling seemed to him all too broad_, i. e. could
not hide his shame at the unavenged death of his murdered son), 2462. --2)
in moral sense, _great, magnanimous, noble-hearted_: acc. sg. þurh rūmne
sefan, 278.
rūm-heort, adj. , _big-hearted, noble-spirited_: nom. sg. , 1800, 2111.
ge-rūm-līc, adj. , _commodious, comfortable_: compar. ge-rūm-līcor, 139.
rūn, st. f. , _secrecy, secret discussion, deliberation_ or _council_: dat.
sg. ge-sæt rīce tō rūne, 172. --Comp. beado-rūn.
rūn-stæf, st. m. , _rune-stave, runic letter_: acc. pl. þurh rūn-stafas,
1696.
rūn-wita, w. m. , _rune-wit, privy councillor, trusted adviser_: nom. sg. ,
1326.
ge-rysne. See ge-risne.
ge-rȳman, w. v. : 1) _to make room for, prepare, provide room_: pret. pl.
þæt hīe him ōðer flet eal ge-rȳmdon, 1087; pret. part. þā wæs Gēat-mæcgum
. . . benc gerȳmed, 492; so, 1976. --2) _to allow, grant, admit_: pret. part.
þā mē ge-rȳmed wæs (sīð) (_as access was permitted me_), 3089; þā him
gerȳmed wearð, þæt hīe wæl-stōwe wealdan mōston, 2984.
S
ge-saca, w. m. , _opponent, antagonist, foe_: acc. sg. ge-sacan, 1774.
sacan, st. v. , _to strive, contend_: inf. ymb feorh sacan, 439.
ge-sacan, _to attain, gain by contending_ (Grein): inf. gesacan sceal
sāwl-berendra . . . gearwe stōwe _(gain the place prepared_, i. e. the
death-bed), 1005.
on-sacan: 1) (originally in a lawsuit), _to withdraw, take away, deprive
of_: pres. subj. þætte freoðuwebbe fēores on-sæce . . . lēofne mannan,
1943. --2) _to contest, dispute, withstand_: inf. þæt hē sǣmannum on-sacan
mihte (i. e. hord, bearn, and brȳde), 2955.
sacu, st. f. , _strife, hostility, feud_: nom. sg. , 1858, 2473; acc. sg.
sæce, 154; sæcce, 1978, 1990, 2348, 2500, 2563; dat. sg. æt (tō) sæcce,
954, 1619, 1666, 2613, 2660, 2682, 2687; gen. sg. secce, 601; gen. pl.
sæcca, 2030.
ge-sacu, st. f. , _strife, enmity_: nom. sg. , 1738.
sadol, st. m. , _saddle_: nom. sg. , 1039.
sadol-beorht, adj.
, _with bright saddles_ (? ): acc. pl. sadol-beorht, 2176.
ge-saga. See secgan.
samne, somne, adv. , _together, united_; in æt-somne, _together, united_,
307, 402, 491, 544, 2848.
tō-somne (_together_), 3123; þā se wyrm ge-bēah snūde tō-somne (_when the
dragon quickly coiled together_), 2569.
samod, somod: I. adv. , _simultaneously, at the same time_: somod, 1212,
1615, 2175, 2988; samod, 2197; samod æt-gædere, 387, 730, 1064. --II. prep.
w. dat. , _with, at the same time with_: samod ǣr-dæge (_with the break of
day_), 1312; somod ǣr-dæge, 2943.
sand, st. n. , _sand, sandy shore_: dat. sg. on sande, 295, 1897, 3043(? );
æfter sande (_along the shore_), 1965; wið sande, 213.
sang, st. m. , _song, cry, noise_: nom. sg. sang, 1064; swutol sang scopes,
90; acc. sg. sige-lēasne sang (Grendel's cry of woe), 788; sārigne sang
(Hrēðel's dirge for Herebeald), 2448.
sāl, st. m. , _rope_: dat. sg. sāle, 1907; on sāle (sole, MS. ), 302.
sāl. See sǣl.
sār, st. n. , _wound, pain_ (physical or spiritual): nom. sg. sār, 976; sīo
sār, 2469; acc. sg. sār, 788; sāre, 2296; dat. (instr. ) sg. sāre, 1252,
2312, 2747. --Comp. līc-sār.
sār, adj. , _sore, painful_: instr. pl. sārum wordum, 2059.
sāre, adv. , _sorely, heavily, ill_, graviter: sē þe him [sā]re gesceōd
(_who injured him sorely_), 2224.
sārig, adj. , _painful, woeful_: acc. sg. sārigne sang, 2448.
sārig-ferð, adj. , _sore-hearted, grieved_: nom. sg. sārig-ferð (Wīglāf),
2864.
sārig-mōd, adj. , _sorrowful-minded, saddened_: dat. pl. sārig-mōdum, 2943.
sār-līc, adj. , _painful_: nom. sg. , 843; acc. sg. neut. , 2110.
sāwol, sāwl, st. f. , _soul_ (the immortal principle as contrasted with līf,
the physical life): nom. sg. sāwol, 2821; acc. sg. sāwle, 184, 802; hǣðene
sāwle, 853; gen. sg. sāwele, 1743; sāwle, 2423.
sāwl-berend, pres. part. , _endowed with a soul, human being_: gen. pl.
sāwl-berendra, 1005.
sāwul-drēor, st. n. , (blood gushing from the seat of the soul), _soul-gore,
heart's blood, life's blood_: instr. sg. sāwul-drīore, 2694.
sāwul-lēas, adj. , _soulless, lifeless_: acc. sg. sāwol-lēasne, 1407;
sāwul-lēasne, 3034.
sæce, sæcce. See sacu.
sæd, adj. , _satiated, wearied_: in comp. hilde-sæd.
sæl, st. n. , _habitable space, house_, _hall_: dat. sg. sel, 167; sæl, 307,
2076, 2265.
sæld, st. n. , _hall, king's hall_ or _palace_: acc. sg. geond þæt sæld
(Heorot), 1281.
sǣ, st. m. and f. , _sea, ocean_: nom. sg. , 579, 1224; acc. sg. on sīdne sǣ,
507; ofer sǣ, 2381; ofer sǣ sīde, 2395; dat. sg. tō sǣ, 318; on sǣ, 544;
dat. pl. be sǣm tweonum, 859, 1298, 1686, 1957.
sǣ-bāt, st. m. , _sea-boat_: acc. sg. , 634, 896.
sǣ-cyning, st. m. , _sea-king, king ruling the sea_: gen. pl. sǣ-cyninga,
2383.
sǣ-dēor, st. n. , _sea-beast, sea-monster_: nom. sg. , 1511.
sǣ-draca, w. m. , _sea-dragon_: acc. pl. sǣ-dracan, 1427.
ge-sǣgan, w. v. , _to fell, slay_: pret. part. hæfdon eal-fela eotena cynnes
sweordum ge-sǣged (_felled with the sword_), 885.
sǣge. See on-sǣge.
sǣ-genga, w. m. , _sea-goer_, i. e. sea-going ship: nom. sg. , 1883, 1909.
sǣ-gēap, adj. , _spacious_ (broad enough for the sea): nom. sg. sǣ-gēap
naca, 1897.
sǣ-grund, st. m. , _sea-bottom, ocean-bottom_: dat. sg. sǣ-grunde, 564.
sǣl, sāl, sēl, st. f. : 1) _favorable opportunity, good_ or _fit time_: nom.
sg. sǣl, 623, 1666, 2059; sǣl and mǣl, 1009; acc. sg. sēle, 1136; gen. pl.
sǣla and mǣla, 1612. --2) _Fate_(? ): see Note on l. 51. --3) _happiness,
joy_: dat. pl. on sālum, 608; sǣlum, 644, 1171, 1323. See sēl, adj.
ge-sǣlan, w. v. , _to turn out favorably, succeed_: pret. sg. him ge-sǣlde
þæt . . . (_he was fortunate enough to_, etc. ), 891; so, 574; efne swylce
mǣla, swylce hira man-dryhtne þearf ge-sǣlde (_at such times as need
disposed it for their lord_), 1251.
sǣlan (see sāl), w. v. , _to tie, bind_: pret. sg. sǣlde . . . sīð-fæðme scip,
1918; pl.