Hence eodor is
sometimes
used instead of _house_: acc.
Beowulf
sg.
him wæs bām
. . . lond gecynde, eard ēðel-riht, _the land was bequeathed to them both,
the land and the privileges attached to it. _ 2199; acc. sg. fīfel-cynnes
eard, _the ground of the giant race, place of sojourn_, 104; similarly,
ælwihta eard, 1501; eard gemunde, _thought of his native ground, his home_,
1130; eard gīt ne const, _thou knowest not yet the place of sojourn. _ 1378;
eard and eorlscipe, _prǣdium et nobilitatem_, 1728; eard ēðelwyn, _land and
the enjoyment of home_, 2494; dat. sg. ellor hwearf of earde, _went
elsewhere from his place of abode_, i. e. died, 56; þæt wē rondas beren eft
tō earde, _that we go again to our homes_, 2655; on earde, 2737; nom. pl.
ēacne eardas, _the broad expanses_ (in the fen-sea where Grendel's home
was), 1622.
eardian, w. v. : 1) _to have a dwelling-place, to live; to rest_: pret. pl.
dȳre swyrd swā hīe wið eorðan fæðm þǣr eardodon, _costly swords, as they
had rested in the earth's bosom_, 3051. --2) also transitively, _to
inhabit_: pret. sg. Heorot eardode, 166; inf. wīc eardian elles hwergen,
_inhabit a place elsewhere_ (i. e. die), 2590.
eard-lufa, w. m. , _the living upon one's land, home-life_: acc. sg.
eard-lufan, 693.
earfoð, st. n. , _trouble, difficulty, struggle_: acc. pl. earfeðo, 534.
earfoð-līce, adv. , _with trouble, with difficulty_, 1637, 1658; _with
vexation, angrily_, 86; _sorrowfully_, 2823; _with difficulty, scarcely_,
2304, 2935.
earfoð-þrāg, st. f. , _time full of troubles, sorrowful time_: acc. sg.
-þrāge, 283.
earh, adj. , _cowardly_: gen. sg. ne bið swylc earges sīð (_no coward
undertaken that_), 2542.
earm, st. m. , _arm_: acc. sg. earm, 836, 973; wið earm gesæt, _supported
himself with his arm_, 750; dat. pl. earmum, 513.
earm, adj. , _poor, miserable, unhappy_: nom. sg. earm, 2369; earme ides,
_the unhappy woman_, 1118; dat. sg. earmre teohhe, _the unhappy band_,
2939. --Comp. acc. sg. earmran mannan, _a more wretched, more forsaken man_,
577.
earm-bēag, st. m. , _arm-ring, bracelet_: gen. pl. earm-bēaga fela searwum
gesǣled, _many arm-rings interlaced_, 2764.
earm-hrēad, st. f. , _arm-ornament_. nom. pl. earm-hrēade twā, 1195 (Grein's
conjecture, MS. earm reade).
earm-līc, adj. , _wretched, miserable_: nom. sg. sceolde his ealdor-gedāl
earmlīc wurðan, _his end should be wretched_, 808.
earm-sceapen, pret. part. as adj. (_properly, wretched by the decree of
fate_), _wretched_: nom. sg. 1352.
earn, st. m. , _eagle_: dat. sg. earne, 3027.
eatol. See atol.
eaxl, st. f. , _shoulder_: acc. sg. eaxle, 836, 973; dat. sg. on eaxle, 817,
1548; be eaxle, 1538; on eaxle ides gnornode, _the woman sobbed on the
shoulder_ (of her son, who has fallen and is being burnt), 1118; dat. pl.
sæt frēan eaxlum nēah, _sat near the shoulders of his lord_ (Bēowulf lies
lifeless upon the earth, and Wīglāf sits by his side, near his shoulder, so
as to sprinkle the face of his dead lord), 2854; hē for eaxlum gestōd
Deniga frēan, _he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes_
(i. e. not directly before him, but somewhat to the side, as etiquette
demanded), 358.
eaxl-gestealla, w. m. , _he who has his position at the shoulder_ (sc. of
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom. sg. 1327; acc.
pl. -gesteallan, 1715.
ĒA
ēac, conj. , _also_: 97, 388, 433, etc. ; ēc, 3132.
ēacen (pret. part. of a not existing eacan, augere), adj. , _wide-spread_,
_large_: nom. pl. ēacne eardas, _broad plains_, 1622. --_great, heavy_: eald
sweord ēacen, 1664; dat. pl. ēacnum ecgum, 2141, both times of the great
sword in Grendel's habitation. --_great, mighty, powerful_: æðele and ēacen,
of Bēowulf, 198.
ēacen-cræftig, adj. , _immense_ (of riches), _enormously great_: acc. sg.
hord-ærna sum ēacen-cræftig, _that enormous treasure-house_, 2281; nom. sg.
þæt yrfe ēacen-cræftig, iūmonna gold, 3052.
ēadig, adj. , _blessed with possessions, rich, happy by reason of property_:
nom. sg. wes, þenden þū lifige, æðeling ēadig, _be, as long as thou livest,
a prince blessed with riches_, 1226; ēadig mon, 2471. --Comp. sige-, sigor-,
tīr-ēadig.
ēadig-līce, adv. , _in abundance, in joyous plenty_: drēamum lifdon
ēadiglīce, _lived in rejoicing and plenty_, 100.
ēaðe, ēðe, ȳðe, adj. , _easy, pleasant_: nom. pl. gode þancedon þæs þe him
ȳð-lāde ēaðe wurdon, _thanked God that the sea-ways_ (the navigation) _had
become easy to them_, 228; ne wæs þæt ēðe sīð, _no pleasant way_, 2587; næs
þæt ȳðe cēap, _no easy purchase_, 2416; nō þæt ȳðe byð tō beflēonne, _not
easy_ (as milder expression for _in no way, not at all_), 1003.
ēaðe, ȳðe, adv. , _easily_. ēaðe, 478, 2292, 2765.
ēað-fynde, adj. , _easy to find_: nom. sg. 138.
ēage, w. n. , _eye_: dat. pl. him of ēagum stōd lēoht unfǣger, _out of his
eyes came a terrible gleam_, 727; þæt ic . . . ēagum starige, _see with eyes,
behold_, 1782; similarly, 1936; gen. pl. ēagena bearhtm, 1767.
ēagor-strēam, st. m. , _sea-stream sea_: acc. sg. 513.
ēa-land, st. n. , _land surrounded by water_ (of the land of the Gēatas):
acc. sg. ēa-lond, 2335; _island_.
ēam, st. m. , _uncle, mothers brother_: nom. sg. 882.
ēastan, adv. , _from the east_, 569.
ēawan, w. v. , _to disclose, to show, to prove_: pres. sg. III. ēaweð . . .
uncūðne nīð, _shows evil enmity_, 276. See ēowan, ȳwan.
ge-ēawan, _to show, to offer_: pret. part. him wæs . . . wunden gold ēstum
ge-ēawed, _was graciously presented_, 1195.
EO
ēode. See gangan.
eodor, st. m. , _fence, hedge, railing_. Among the old Germans, an estate
was separated by a fence from the property of others. Inside of this fence
the laws of peace and protection held good, as well as in the house itself.
Hence eodor is sometimes used instead of _house_: acc. pl. heht eahta
mēaras on flet tēon, in under eoderas, _gave orders to lead eight steeds
into the hall, into the house_, 1038. --2) figuratively, _lord, prince_, as
protector: nom. sg. eodor, 428, 1045; eodur, 664.
eofoð, st. n. , _strength_: acc. pl. eofoðo, 2535. See eafoð.
eofer, st. m. : 1) _boar_, here of the metal boar-image upon the helmet:
nom. sg. eofer īrenheard, 1113. --2) figuratively, _bold hero, brave
fighter_ (O. N. iöfur): nom. pl. þonne . . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the
heroes rushed upon each other_, 1329, where eoferas and fēðan stand in the
same relation to each other as cnysedan and hniton.
eofor-līc, st. n. _boar-image_ (on the helmet): nom. pl. eofor-līc scionon,
303.
eofor-sprēot, st. m. , _boar-spear_: dat. pl. mid eofer-sprēotum
hēoro-hōcyhtum, _with hunting-spears which were provided with sharp hooks_,
1438.
eoguð, ioguð. See geogoð.
eolet, st. m. n. , _sea_(? ): gen. sg. eoletes, 224.
eorclan-stān, st. m. , _precious stone_: acc. pl. -stānas, 1209.
eorð-cyning, st. m. , _king of the land_: gen. sg. eorð-cyninges (Finn),
1156.
eorð-draca, w. m. , _earth-drake, dragon that lives in the earth_: nom. sg.
2713, 2826.
eorðe, w. f. : 1) _earth_ (in contrast with heaven), _world_: acc. sg.
ælmihtiga eorðan worhte, 92; wīde geond eorðan, _far over the earth,
through the wide world_, 266; dat. sg. ofer eorðan, 248, 803; on eorðan,
1823, 2856, 3139; gen. sg. eorðan, 753. --2) _earth, ground_: acc. sg. hē
eorðan gefēoll, _fell to the ground_, 2835; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan
healdan, _let the earth hold the nobles' treasure_, 3168; dat. sg. þæt hit
on eorðan læg, 1533; under eorðan, 2416; gen. sg. wið eorðan fæðm (_in the
bosom of the earth_), 3050.
eorð-reced, st. n. , _hall in the earth, rock-hall_: acc. sg. 2720.
eorð-scræf, st. n. , _earth-cavern, cave_: dat. sg. eorð-[scræfe], 2233;
gen. pl. eorð-scræfe, 3047.
eorð-sele, st. m. , _hall in the earth, cave_: acc. sg. eorð-sele, 2411; dat
sg. of eorðsele, 2516.
eorð-weall, st. m. , _earth-wall_: acc. sg. (Ongenþēow) bēah eft under
eorðweall, _fled again under the earth-wall_ (into his fortified camp),
2958; þā mē wæs . . . sīð ālȳfed inn under eorðweall, _then the way in,
under the earth-wall was opened to me_ (into the dragon's cave), 3091.
eorð-weard, st. m. , _land-property, estate_: acc. sg. 2335.
eorl, st. m. , _noble born man, a man of the high nobility_: nom. sg. 762,
796, 1229, etc. ; acc. sg. eorl, 573, 628, 2696; gen. sg. eorles, 690, 983,
1758, etc. ; acc. pl. eorlas, 2817; dat. pl. eorlum, 770, 1282, 1650, etc. ;
gen. pl. eorla, 248, 357, 369, etc. --Since the king himself is from the
stock of the eorlas, he is also called eorl, 6, 2952.
eorl-gestrēon, st. n. , _wealth of the nobles_: gen. pl. eorl-gestrēona . . .
hardfyrdne dǣl, 2245.
eorl-gewǣde, st. n. , _knightly dress, armor_: dat. pl. -gewǣdum, 1443.
eorlīc (i. e. eorl-līc), adj. , _what it becomes a noble born man to do,
chivalrous_: acc. sg. eorlīc ellen, 638.
eorl-scipe, st. m. , _condition of being noble born, chivalrous nature,
nobility_: acc. sg. eorl-scipe, 1728, 3175; eorl-scipe efnan, _to do
chivalrous deeds_, 2134, 2536, 2623, 3008.
eorl-weorod, st. n. , _followers of nobles_: nom. sg. 2894.
eormen-cyn, st. n. , _very extensive race, mankind_: gen. sg. eormen-cynnes,
1958.
eormen-grund, st. m. , _immensely wide plains, the whole broad earth_: acc.
sg. ofer eormen-grund, 860.
eormen-lāf, st. f. , _enormous legacy_: acc. sg. eormen-lāfe æðelan cynnes
(_the treasures of the dragon's cave_) 2235.
eorre, adj. , _angry, enraged_: gen. sg. eorres, 1448.
eoton, st. m. : 1) _giant_: nom. sg. eoten (Grendel), 762; dat. sg.
uninflected, eoton (Grendel), 669; nom. pl. eotenas, 112. --2) Eotens,
subjects of Finn, the N. Frisians: 1073, 1089, 1142; dat. pl. 1146. See
List of Names, p. 114.
eotonisc, adj. , _gigantic, coming from giants_: acc. sg. eald sweord
eotenisc (eotonisc), 1559, 2980, (etonisc, MS. ) 2617.
ĒO
ēored-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _warlike adornments_: acc. pl. , 2867.
ēowan, w. v.
. . . lond gecynde, eard ēðel-riht, _the land was bequeathed to them both,
the land and the privileges attached to it. _ 2199; acc. sg. fīfel-cynnes
eard, _the ground of the giant race, place of sojourn_, 104; similarly,
ælwihta eard, 1501; eard gemunde, _thought of his native ground, his home_,
1130; eard gīt ne const, _thou knowest not yet the place of sojourn. _ 1378;
eard and eorlscipe, _prǣdium et nobilitatem_, 1728; eard ēðelwyn, _land and
the enjoyment of home_, 2494; dat. sg. ellor hwearf of earde, _went
elsewhere from his place of abode_, i. e. died, 56; þæt wē rondas beren eft
tō earde, _that we go again to our homes_, 2655; on earde, 2737; nom. pl.
ēacne eardas, _the broad expanses_ (in the fen-sea where Grendel's home
was), 1622.
eardian, w. v. : 1) _to have a dwelling-place, to live; to rest_: pret. pl.
dȳre swyrd swā hīe wið eorðan fæðm þǣr eardodon, _costly swords, as they
had rested in the earth's bosom_, 3051. --2) also transitively, _to
inhabit_: pret. sg. Heorot eardode, 166; inf. wīc eardian elles hwergen,
_inhabit a place elsewhere_ (i. e. die), 2590.
eard-lufa, w. m. , _the living upon one's land, home-life_: acc. sg.
eard-lufan, 693.
earfoð, st. n. , _trouble, difficulty, struggle_: acc. pl. earfeðo, 534.
earfoð-līce, adv. , _with trouble, with difficulty_, 1637, 1658; _with
vexation, angrily_, 86; _sorrowfully_, 2823; _with difficulty, scarcely_,
2304, 2935.
earfoð-þrāg, st. f. , _time full of troubles, sorrowful time_: acc. sg.
-þrāge, 283.
earh, adj. , _cowardly_: gen. sg. ne bið swylc earges sīð (_no coward
undertaken that_), 2542.
earm, st. m. , _arm_: acc. sg. earm, 836, 973; wið earm gesæt, _supported
himself with his arm_, 750; dat. pl. earmum, 513.
earm, adj. , _poor, miserable, unhappy_: nom. sg. earm, 2369; earme ides,
_the unhappy woman_, 1118; dat. sg. earmre teohhe, _the unhappy band_,
2939. --Comp. acc. sg. earmran mannan, _a more wretched, more forsaken man_,
577.
earm-bēag, st. m. , _arm-ring, bracelet_: gen. pl. earm-bēaga fela searwum
gesǣled, _many arm-rings interlaced_, 2764.
earm-hrēad, st. f. , _arm-ornament_. nom. pl. earm-hrēade twā, 1195 (Grein's
conjecture, MS. earm reade).
earm-līc, adj. , _wretched, miserable_: nom. sg. sceolde his ealdor-gedāl
earmlīc wurðan, _his end should be wretched_, 808.
earm-sceapen, pret. part. as adj. (_properly, wretched by the decree of
fate_), _wretched_: nom. sg. 1352.
earn, st. m. , _eagle_: dat. sg. earne, 3027.
eatol. See atol.
eaxl, st. f. , _shoulder_: acc. sg. eaxle, 836, 973; dat. sg. on eaxle, 817,
1548; be eaxle, 1538; on eaxle ides gnornode, _the woman sobbed on the
shoulder_ (of her son, who has fallen and is being burnt), 1118; dat. pl.
sæt frēan eaxlum nēah, _sat near the shoulders of his lord_ (Bēowulf lies
lifeless upon the earth, and Wīglāf sits by his side, near his shoulder, so
as to sprinkle the face of his dead lord), 2854; hē for eaxlum gestōd
Deniga frēan, _he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes_
(i. e. not directly before him, but somewhat to the side, as etiquette
demanded), 358.
eaxl-gestealla, w. m. , _he who has his position at the shoulder_ (sc. of
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom. sg. 1327; acc.
pl. -gesteallan, 1715.
ĒA
ēac, conj. , _also_: 97, 388, 433, etc. ; ēc, 3132.
ēacen (pret. part. of a not existing eacan, augere), adj. , _wide-spread_,
_large_: nom. pl. ēacne eardas, _broad plains_, 1622. --_great, heavy_: eald
sweord ēacen, 1664; dat. pl. ēacnum ecgum, 2141, both times of the great
sword in Grendel's habitation. --_great, mighty, powerful_: æðele and ēacen,
of Bēowulf, 198.
ēacen-cræftig, adj. , _immense_ (of riches), _enormously great_: acc. sg.
hord-ærna sum ēacen-cræftig, _that enormous treasure-house_, 2281; nom. sg.
þæt yrfe ēacen-cræftig, iūmonna gold, 3052.
ēadig, adj. , _blessed with possessions, rich, happy by reason of property_:
nom. sg. wes, þenden þū lifige, æðeling ēadig, _be, as long as thou livest,
a prince blessed with riches_, 1226; ēadig mon, 2471. --Comp. sige-, sigor-,
tīr-ēadig.
ēadig-līce, adv. , _in abundance, in joyous plenty_: drēamum lifdon
ēadiglīce, _lived in rejoicing and plenty_, 100.
ēaðe, ēðe, ȳðe, adj. , _easy, pleasant_: nom. pl. gode þancedon þæs þe him
ȳð-lāde ēaðe wurdon, _thanked God that the sea-ways_ (the navigation) _had
become easy to them_, 228; ne wæs þæt ēðe sīð, _no pleasant way_, 2587; næs
þæt ȳðe cēap, _no easy purchase_, 2416; nō þæt ȳðe byð tō beflēonne, _not
easy_ (as milder expression for _in no way, not at all_), 1003.
ēaðe, ȳðe, adv. , _easily_. ēaðe, 478, 2292, 2765.
ēað-fynde, adj. , _easy to find_: nom. sg. 138.
ēage, w. n. , _eye_: dat. pl. him of ēagum stōd lēoht unfǣger, _out of his
eyes came a terrible gleam_, 727; þæt ic . . . ēagum starige, _see with eyes,
behold_, 1782; similarly, 1936; gen. pl. ēagena bearhtm, 1767.
ēagor-strēam, st. m. , _sea-stream sea_: acc. sg. 513.
ēa-land, st. n. , _land surrounded by water_ (of the land of the Gēatas):
acc. sg. ēa-lond, 2335; _island_.
ēam, st. m. , _uncle, mothers brother_: nom. sg. 882.
ēastan, adv. , _from the east_, 569.
ēawan, w. v. , _to disclose, to show, to prove_: pres. sg. III. ēaweð . . .
uncūðne nīð, _shows evil enmity_, 276. See ēowan, ȳwan.
ge-ēawan, _to show, to offer_: pret. part. him wæs . . . wunden gold ēstum
ge-ēawed, _was graciously presented_, 1195.
EO
ēode. See gangan.
eodor, st. m. , _fence, hedge, railing_. Among the old Germans, an estate
was separated by a fence from the property of others. Inside of this fence
the laws of peace and protection held good, as well as in the house itself.
Hence eodor is sometimes used instead of _house_: acc. pl. heht eahta
mēaras on flet tēon, in under eoderas, _gave orders to lead eight steeds
into the hall, into the house_, 1038. --2) figuratively, _lord, prince_, as
protector: nom. sg. eodor, 428, 1045; eodur, 664.
eofoð, st. n. , _strength_: acc. pl. eofoðo, 2535. See eafoð.
eofer, st. m. : 1) _boar_, here of the metal boar-image upon the helmet:
nom. sg. eofer īrenheard, 1113. --2) figuratively, _bold hero, brave
fighter_ (O. N. iöfur): nom. pl. þonne . . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the
heroes rushed upon each other_, 1329, where eoferas and fēðan stand in the
same relation to each other as cnysedan and hniton.
eofor-līc, st. n. _boar-image_ (on the helmet): nom. pl. eofor-līc scionon,
303.
eofor-sprēot, st. m. , _boar-spear_: dat. pl. mid eofer-sprēotum
hēoro-hōcyhtum, _with hunting-spears which were provided with sharp hooks_,
1438.
eoguð, ioguð. See geogoð.
eolet, st. m. n. , _sea_(? ): gen. sg. eoletes, 224.
eorclan-stān, st. m. , _precious stone_: acc. pl. -stānas, 1209.
eorð-cyning, st. m. , _king of the land_: gen. sg. eorð-cyninges (Finn),
1156.
eorð-draca, w. m. , _earth-drake, dragon that lives in the earth_: nom. sg.
2713, 2826.
eorðe, w. f. : 1) _earth_ (in contrast with heaven), _world_: acc. sg.
ælmihtiga eorðan worhte, 92; wīde geond eorðan, _far over the earth,
through the wide world_, 266; dat. sg. ofer eorðan, 248, 803; on eorðan,
1823, 2856, 3139; gen. sg. eorðan, 753. --2) _earth, ground_: acc. sg. hē
eorðan gefēoll, _fell to the ground_, 2835; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan
healdan, _let the earth hold the nobles' treasure_, 3168; dat. sg. þæt hit
on eorðan læg, 1533; under eorðan, 2416; gen. sg. wið eorðan fæðm (_in the
bosom of the earth_), 3050.
eorð-reced, st. n. , _hall in the earth, rock-hall_: acc. sg. 2720.
eorð-scræf, st. n. , _earth-cavern, cave_: dat. sg. eorð-[scræfe], 2233;
gen. pl. eorð-scræfe, 3047.
eorð-sele, st. m. , _hall in the earth, cave_: acc. sg. eorð-sele, 2411; dat
sg. of eorðsele, 2516.
eorð-weall, st. m. , _earth-wall_: acc. sg. (Ongenþēow) bēah eft under
eorðweall, _fled again under the earth-wall_ (into his fortified camp),
2958; þā mē wæs . . . sīð ālȳfed inn under eorðweall, _then the way in,
under the earth-wall was opened to me_ (into the dragon's cave), 3091.
eorð-weard, st. m. , _land-property, estate_: acc. sg. 2335.
eorl, st. m. , _noble born man, a man of the high nobility_: nom. sg. 762,
796, 1229, etc. ; acc. sg. eorl, 573, 628, 2696; gen. sg. eorles, 690, 983,
1758, etc. ; acc. pl. eorlas, 2817; dat. pl. eorlum, 770, 1282, 1650, etc. ;
gen. pl. eorla, 248, 357, 369, etc. --Since the king himself is from the
stock of the eorlas, he is also called eorl, 6, 2952.
eorl-gestrēon, st. n. , _wealth of the nobles_: gen. pl. eorl-gestrēona . . .
hardfyrdne dǣl, 2245.
eorl-gewǣde, st. n. , _knightly dress, armor_: dat. pl. -gewǣdum, 1443.
eorlīc (i. e. eorl-līc), adj. , _what it becomes a noble born man to do,
chivalrous_: acc. sg. eorlīc ellen, 638.
eorl-scipe, st. m. , _condition of being noble born, chivalrous nature,
nobility_: acc. sg. eorl-scipe, 1728, 3175; eorl-scipe efnan, _to do
chivalrous deeds_, 2134, 2536, 2623, 3008.
eorl-weorod, st. n. , _followers of nobles_: nom. sg. 2894.
eormen-cyn, st. n. , _very extensive race, mankind_: gen. sg. eormen-cynnes,
1958.
eormen-grund, st. m. , _immensely wide plains, the whole broad earth_: acc.
sg. ofer eormen-grund, 860.
eormen-lāf, st. f. , _enormous legacy_: acc. sg. eormen-lāfe æðelan cynnes
(_the treasures of the dragon's cave_) 2235.
eorre, adj. , _angry, enraged_: gen. sg. eorres, 1448.
eoton, st. m. : 1) _giant_: nom. sg. eoten (Grendel), 762; dat. sg.
uninflected, eoton (Grendel), 669; nom. pl. eotenas, 112. --2) Eotens,
subjects of Finn, the N. Frisians: 1073, 1089, 1142; dat. pl. 1146. See
List of Names, p. 114.
eotonisc, adj. , _gigantic, coming from giants_: acc. sg. eald sweord
eotenisc (eotonisc), 1559, 2980, (etonisc, MS. ) 2617.
ĒO
ēored-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _warlike adornments_: acc. pl. , 2867.
ēowan, w. v.
