, _opposed, in need_, in the
compounds
līf-bysig, syn-bysig.
Beowulf
sg.
, 1911.
bune, w. f. , _can_ or _cup, drinking-vessel_: nom. pl. bunan, 3048; acc.
pl. bunan, 2776.
burh, burg, st. f. , _castle, city, fortified house_: acc. sg. burh, 523;
dat. sg. byrig, 1200; dat. pl. burgum, 53, 1969, 2434. --Comp. : frēo,
freoðo-, hēa-, hlēo-, hord-, lēod-, mǣg-burg.
burh-loca, w. m. , _castle-bars_: dat. sg. under burh-locan, _under the
castle-bars_, i. e. in the castle (Hygelāc's), 1929.
burh-stede, st. m. , _castle-place, place where the castle_ or _city
stands_: acc. sg. burhstede, 2266.
burh-wela, w. m. , _riches, treasure of a castle_ or _city_: gen. sg. þenden
hē burh-welan brūcan mōste, 3101.
burne, w. f. , _spring, fountain_: gen. þǣre burnan wælm, _the bubbling of
the spring_, 2547.
būan, st. v. : 1) _to stay, to remain, to dwell_: inf. gif hē weard onfunde
būan on beorge, _if he had found the watchman dwelling on the mountain_,
2843. --2) _to inhabit_, w. acc. : meduseld būan, _to inhabit the
mead-house_, 3066.
ge-būan, w. acc. , _to occupy a house, to take possession_: pret. part. hēan
hūses, hū hit Hring Dene æfter bēorþege gebūn hæfdon, _how the Danes, after
their beer-carouse, had occupied it_ (had made their beds in it),
117. --With the pres. part. būend are the compounds ceaster-, fold-, grund-,
lond-būend.
būgan, st. v. , _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg. III.
bon-gār būgeð, _the fatal spear sinks_, i. e. its deadly point is turned
down, it rests, 2032; inf. þæt se byrnwīga būgan sceolde, _that the armed
hero had to sink down_ (having received a deadly blow), 2919; similarly,
2975; pret. sg. bēah eft under eorðweall, _turned, fled again behind the
earth-wall_, 2957; pret. pl. bugon tō bence, _turned to the bench_, 327,
1014; hȳ on holt bugon, _fled to the wood_, 2599.
ā-būgan, _to bend off, to curve away from_: pret. fram sylle ābēag medubenc
monig, _from the threshold curved away many a mead-bench_, 776.
be-būgan, w. acc. , _to surround, to encircle_: prs. swā (_which_) wæter
bebūgeð, 93; efne swā sīde swā sǣ bebūgeð windige weallas, _as far as the
sea encircles windy shores_, 1224.
ge-būgan, _to bend, to bow, to sink_: a) intrans. : hēo on flet gebēah,
_sank on the floor_, 1541; þā gebēah cyning, _then sank the king_, 2981; þā
se wyrm gebēah snūde tōsomne (_when the drake at once coiled itself up_),
2568; gewāt þā gebogen scrīðan tō, _advanced with curved body_ (the drake),
2570. --b) w. acc. of the thing to which one bends or sinks: pret. selereste
gebēah, _sank upon the couch in the hall_, 691; similarly gebēag, 1242.
būr, st. n. , _apartment, room_: dat. sg. būre, 1311, 2456; dat. pl. būrum,
140. --Comp. brȳd-būr.
būtan, būton (from be and ūtan, hence in its meaning referring to what is
without, excluded): 1) conj. with subjunctive following, _lest_: būtan his
līc swice, _lest his body escape_, 967. With ind. following, _but_: būton
hit wæs māre þonne ǣnig mon ōðer tō beadulāce ætberan meahte, _but it_ (the
sword) _was greater than any other man could have carried to battle_, 1561.
After a preceding negative verb, _except_: þāra þe gumena bearn gearwe ne
wiston būton Fitela mid hine, _which the children of men did not know at
all, except Fitela, who was with him_, 880; ne nom hē māðm-ǣhta mā būton
þone hafelan, etc. , _he took no more of the rich treasure than the head
alone_, 1615. --2) prep, with dat. , _except_: būton folcscare, 73; būton þē,
658; ealle būton ānum, 706.
bycgan, w. v. , _to buy, to pay_: inf. ne wæs þæt gewrixle til þæt hīe on bā
healfa bicgan scoldon frēonda fēorum, _that was no good transaction, that
they, on both sides_ (as well to Grendel as to his mother), _had to pay
with the lives of their friends_, 1306.
be-bycgan, _to sell_: pret. nū ic on māðma hord mīne bebohte frōde
feorhlege (_now I, for the treasure-hoard, gave up my old life_), 2800.
ge-bycgan, _to buy, to acquire; to pay_: pret. w. acc. nō þǣr ǣnige . . .
frōfre gebohte, _obtained no sort of help, consolation_, 974; hit (his,
MS. ) ealdre gebohte, _paid it with his life_, 2482; pret. part. sylfes
fēore bēagas [geboh]te, _bought rings with his own life_, 3015.
byldan, w. v. (_to make_ beald, which see), _to excite, to encourage, to
brave deeds_: inf. w. acc. swā hē Frēsena cyn on bēorsele byldan wolde (by
distributing gifts), 1095.
ge-byrd, st. n. , "fatum destinatum" (Grein) (? ): acc. sg. hīe on gebyrd
hruron gāre wunde, 1075.
ge-byrdu, st. f. , _birth_; in compound, bearn-gebyrdu.
byrdu-scrūd, st. n. , _shield-ornament, design upon a shield_(? ): nom. sg. ,
2661.
byre, st. m. , (_born_) _son_: nom. sg. , 2054, 2446, 2622, etc. ; nom. pl.
byre, 1189. In a broader sense, _young man, youth_: acc. pl. bǣdde byre
geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
byrðen, st. f. , _burden_; in comp. mægen-byrðen.
byrele, st. m. , _steward, waiter, cupbearer_: nom. pl. byrelas, 1162.
byrgan, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_: inf. , 448.
ge-byrgea, w. m. , _protector_; in comp. lēod-gebyrgea.
byrht. See _beorht_.
byrne, w. f. , _shirt of mail, mail_: nom. sg. byrne, 405, 1630, etc. ;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of interlaced rings, 1246; acc. sg.
byrnan, 1023, etc. ; sīde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde
byrnan, 2616; hāre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat. sg. on
byrnan, 2705; gen. sg. byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i. e.
the shirt of mail), 2261; dat. pl. byrnum, 40, 238, etc. ; beorhtum byrnum,
_with gleaming mail_, 3141. --Comp. : gūð-, here-, heaðo-, īren-,
īsern-byrne.
byrnend. See beornan.
byrn-wiga, w. m. , _warrior dressed in a coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 2919.
bysgu, bisigu, st. f. , _trouble, difficulty, opposition_: nom. sg. bisigu,
281; dat. pl. bisgum, 1744, bysigum, 2581.
bysig, adj.
, _opposed, in need_, in the compounds līf-bysig, syn-bysig.
bȳme, w. f. , _a wind-instrument, a trumpet, a trombone_: gen. sg. bȳman
gealdor, _the sound of the trumpet_, 2944.
bȳwan, w. v. , _to ornament, to prepare_: inf. þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan
sceoldon, _who should prepare the helmets_, 2258.
C
camp, st. m. , _combat, fight between two_: dat. sg. in campe (Bēowulf's
with Dæghrefn; cempan, MS. ), 2506.
candel, st. f. , _light, candle_: nom. sg. rodores candel, of the sun,
1573. --Comp. woruld-candel.
cempa, w. m. , _fighter, warrior, hero_: nom. sg. æðele cempa, 1313; Gēata
cempa, 1552; rēðe cempa, 1586; mǣre cempa (as voc. ), 1762; gyrded cempa,
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp. cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc. pl. cēnoste, 206. --Comp. : dǣd-, gār-cēne.
ceald, adj. , _cold_: acc. pl. cealde strēamas, 1262; dat. pl. cealdum
cearsīðum, _with cold, sad journeys_, 2397. Superl. nom. sg. wedera
cealdost, 546;--Comp. morgen-ceald.
cearian, w. v. , _to have care, to take care, to trouble one's self_: prs.
sg. III. nā ymb his līf cearað, _takes no care for his life_, 1537.
cearig, adj. , _troubled, sad_: in comp. sorh-cearig.
cear-sīð, st. m. , _sorrowful way, an undertaking that brings sorrow_, i. e.
a warlike expedition: dat. pl. cearsīðum (of Bēowulf's expeditions against
Ēadgils), 2397.
cearu, st. f. , _care, sorrow, lamentation_: nom. sg. , 1304; acc. sg.
[ceare], 3173. --Comp. : ealdor-, gūð-, mǣl-, mōd-cearu.
cear-wælm, st. m. , _care-agitation, waves of sorrow in the breast_: dat.
pl. æfter cear-wælmum, 2067.
cear-wylm, st. m. , same as above; nom. pl. þā cear-wylmas, 282.
ceaster-būend, pt, _inhabitant of a fortified place, inhabitant of a
castle_: dat. pl. ceaster-būendum, of those established in Hrōðgār's
castle, 769.
cēap, st. m. , _purchase, transaction_: figuratively, nom. sg. næs þæt ȳðe
cēap, _no easy transaction_, 2416; instr. sg. þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre
gebohte, heardan cēape, _although the one paid it with his life, a dear
purchase_, 2483.
ge-cēapian, w. v. , _to purchase_: pret. part. gold unrīme grimme gecēapod,
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
be-ceorfan, st. v. , _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and
instr. of the thing): pret. hine þā hēafde becearf, _cut off his head_,
1591; similarly, 2139.
ceorl, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. snotor ceorl monig, _many a wise man_, 909;
dat. sg. gomelum ceorle, _the old man_ (of King Hrēðel), 2445; so, ealdum
ceorle, of King Ongenþēow, 2973; nom. pl. snotere ceorlas, _wise men_, 202,
416, 1592.
cēol, st. m. , _keel_, figuratively for the ship: nom. sg. , 1913; acc. sg.
cēol, 38, 238; gen. sg. cēoles, 1807.
cēosan, st. v. , _to choose_, hence, _to assume_: inf. þone cynedōm cīosan
wolde, _would assume the royal dignity_, 2377; _to seek_: pret. subj. ǣr hē
bǣl cure, _before he sought his funeral-pile_ (before he died), 2819.
ge-cēosan, _to choose, to elect_: gerund, tō gecēosenne cyning ǣnigne
(sēlran), _to choose a better king_, 1852; imp. þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m.
bune, w. f. , _can_ or _cup, drinking-vessel_: nom. pl. bunan, 3048; acc.
pl. bunan, 2776.
burh, burg, st. f. , _castle, city, fortified house_: acc. sg. burh, 523;
dat. sg. byrig, 1200; dat. pl. burgum, 53, 1969, 2434. --Comp. : frēo,
freoðo-, hēa-, hlēo-, hord-, lēod-, mǣg-burg.
burh-loca, w. m. , _castle-bars_: dat. sg. under burh-locan, _under the
castle-bars_, i. e. in the castle (Hygelāc's), 1929.
burh-stede, st. m. , _castle-place, place where the castle_ or _city
stands_: acc. sg. burhstede, 2266.
burh-wela, w. m. , _riches, treasure of a castle_ or _city_: gen. sg. þenden
hē burh-welan brūcan mōste, 3101.
burne, w. f. , _spring, fountain_: gen. þǣre burnan wælm, _the bubbling of
the spring_, 2547.
būan, st. v. : 1) _to stay, to remain, to dwell_: inf. gif hē weard onfunde
būan on beorge, _if he had found the watchman dwelling on the mountain_,
2843. --2) _to inhabit_, w. acc. : meduseld būan, _to inhabit the
mead-house_, 3066.
ge-būan, w. acc. , _to occupy a house, to take possession_: pret. part. hēan
hūses, hū hit Hring Dene æfter bēorþege gebūn hæfdon, _how the Danes, after
their beer-carouse, had occupied it_ (had made their beds in it),
117. --With the pres. part. būend are the compounds ceaster-, fold-, grund-,
lond-būend.
būgan, st. v. , _to bend, to bow, to sink; to turn, to flee_: prs. sg. III.
bon-gār būgeð, _the fatal spear sinks_, i. e. its deadly point is turned
down, it rests, 2032; inf. þæt se byrnwīga būgan sceolde, _that the armed
hero had to sink down_ (having received a deadly blow), 2919; similarly,
2975; pret. sg. bēah eft under eorðweall, _turned, fled again behind the
earth-wall_, 2957; pret. pl. bugon tō bence, _turned to the bench_, 327,
1014; hȳ on holt bugon, _fled to the wood_, 2599.
ā-būgan, _to bend off, to curve away from_: pret. fram sylle ābēag medubenc
monig, _from the threshold curved away many a mead-bench_, 776.
be-būgan, w. acc. , _to surround, to encircle_: prs. swā (_which_) wæter
bebūgeð, 93; efne swā sīde swā sǣ bebūgeð windige weallas, _as far as the
sea encircles windy shores_, 1224.
ge-būgan, _to bend, to bow, to sink_: a) intrans. : hēo on flet gebēah,
_sank on the floor_, 1541; þā gebēah cyning, _then sank the king_, 2981; þā
se wyrm gebēah snūde tōsomne (_when the drake at once coiled itself up_),
2568; gewāt þā gebogen scrīðan tō, _advanced with curved body_ (the drake),
2570. --b) w. acc. of the thing to which one bends or sinks: pret. selereste
gebēah, _sank upon the couch in the hall_, 691; similarly gebēag, 1242.
būr, st. n. , _apartment, room_: dat. sg. būre, 1311, 2456; dat. pl. būrum,
140. --Comp. brȳd-būr.
būtan, būton (from be and ūtan, hence in its meaning referring to what is
without, excluded): 1) conj. with subjunctive following, _lest_: būtan his
līc swice, _lest his body escape_, 967. With ind. following, _but_: būton
hit wæs māre þonne ǣnig mon ōðer tō beadulāce ætberan meahte, _but it_ (the
sword) _was greater than any other man could have carried to battle_, 1561.
After a preceding negative verb, _except_: þāra þe gumena bearn gearwe ne
wiston būton Fitela mid hine, _which the children of men did not know at
all, except Fitela, who was with him_, 880; ne nom hē māðm-ǣhta mā būton
þone hafelan, etc. , _he took no more of the rich treasure than the head
alone_, 1615. --2) prep, with dat. , _except_: būton folcscare, 73; būton þē,
658; ealle būton ānum, 706.
bycgan, w. v. , _to buy, to pay_: inf. ne wæs þæt gewrixle til þæt hīe on bā
healfa bicgan scoldon frēonda fēorum, _that was no good transaction, that
they, on both sides_ (as well to Grendel as to his mother), _had to pay
with the lives of their friends_, 1306.
be-bycgan, _to sell_: pret. nū ic on māðma hord mīne bebohte frōde
feorhlege (_now I, for the treasure-hoard, gave up my old life_), 2800.
ge-bycgan, _to buy, to acquire; to pay_: pret. w. acc. nō þǣr ǣnige . . .
frōfre gebohte, _obtained no sort of help, consolation_, 974; hit (his,
MS. ) ealdre gebohte, _paid it with his life_, 2482; pret. part. sylfes
fēore bēagas [geboh]te, _bought rings with his own life_, 3015.
byldan, w. v. (_to make_ beald, which see), _to excite, to encourage, to
brave deeds_: inf. w. acc. swā hē Frēsena cyn on bēorsele byldan wolde (by
distributing gifts), 1095.
ge-byrd, st. n. , "fatum destinatum" (Grein) (? ): acc. sg. hīe on gebyrd
hruron gāre wunde, 1075.
ge-byrdu, st. f. , _birth_; in compound, bearn-gebyrdu.
byrdu-scrūd, st. n. , _shield-ornament, design upon a shield_(? ): nom. sg. ,
2661.
byre, st. m. , (_born_) _son_: nom. sg. , 2054, 2446, 2622, etc. ; nom. pl.
byre, 1189. In a broader sense, _young man, youth_: acc. pl. bǣdde byre
geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
byrðen, st. f. , _burden_; in comp. mægen-byrðen.
byrele, st. m. , _steward, waiter, cupbearer_: nom. pl. byrelas, 1162.
byrgan, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_: inf. , 448.
ge-byrgea, w. m. , _protector_; in comp. lēod-gebyrgea.
byrht. See _beorht_.
byrne, w. f. , _shirt of mail, mail_: nom. sg. byrne, 405, 1630, etc. ;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of interlaced rings, 1246; acc. sg.
byrnan, 1023, etc. ; sīde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde
byrnan, 2616; hāre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat. sg. on
byrnan, 2705; gen. sg. byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i. e.
the shirt of mail), 2261; dat. pl. byrnum, 40, 238, etc. ; beorhtum byrnum,
_with gleaming mail_, 3141. --Comp. : gūð-, here-, heaðo-, īren-,
īsern-byrne.
byrnend. See beornan.
byrn-wiga, w. m. , _warrior dressed in a coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 2919.
bysgu, bisigu, st. f. , _trouble, difficulty, opposition_: nom. sg. bisigu,
281; dat. pl. bisgum, 1744, bysigum, 2581.
bysig, adj.
, _opposed, in need_, in the compounds līf-bysig, syn-bysig.
bȳme, w. f. , _a wind-instrument, a trumpet, a trombone_: gen. sg. bȳman
gealdor, _the sound of the trumpet_, 2944.
bȳwan, w. v. , _to ornament, to prepare_: inf. þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan
sceoldon, _who should prepare the helmets_, 2258.
C
camp, st. m. , _combat, fight between two_: dat. sg. in campe (Bēowulf's
with Dæghrefn; cempan, MS. ), 2506.
candel, st. f. , _light, candle_: nom. sg. rodores candel, of the sun,
1573. --Comp. woruld-candel.
cempa, w. m. , _fighter, warrior, hero_: nom. sg. æðele cempa, 1313; Gēata
cempa, 1552; rēðe cempa, 1586; mǣre cempa (as voc. ), 1762; gyrded cempa,
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp. cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc. pl. cēnoste, 206. --Comp. : dǣd-, gār-cēne.
ceald, adj. , _cold_: acc. pl. cealde strēamas, 1262; dat. pl. cealdum
cearsīðum, _with cold, sad journeys_, 2397. Superl. nom. sg. wedera
cealdost, 546;--Comp. morgen-ceald.
cearian, w. v. , _to have care, to take care, to trouble one's self_: prs.
sg. III. nā ymb his līf cearað, _takes no care for his life_, 1537.
cearig, adj. , _troubled, sad_: in comp. sorh-cearig.
cear-sīð, st. m. , _sorrowful way, an undertaking that brings sorrow_, i. e.
a warlike expedition: dat. pl. cearsīðum (of Bēowulf's expeditions against
Ēadgils), 2397.
cearu, st. f. , _care, sorrow, lamentation_: nom. sg. , 1304; acc. sg.
[ceare], 3173. --Comp. : ealdor-, gūð-, mǣl-, mōd-cearu.
cear-wælm, st. m. , _care-agitation, waves of sorrow in the breast_: dat.
pl. æfter cear-wælmum, 2067.
cear-wylm, st. m. , same as above; nom. pl. þā cear-wylmas, 282.
ceaster-būend, pt, _inhabitant of a fortified place, inhabitant of a
castle_: dat. pl. ceaster-būendum, of those established in Hrōðgār's
castle, 769.
cēap, st. m. , _purchase, transaction_: figuratively, nom. sg. næs þæt ȳðe
cēap, _no easy transaction_, 2416; instr. sg. þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre
gebohte, heardan cēape, _although the one paid it with his life, a dear
purchase_, 2483.
ge-cēapian, w. v. , _to purchase_: pret. part. gold unrīme grimme gecēapod,
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
be-ceorfan, st. v. , _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and
instr. of the thing): pret. hine þā hēafde becearf, _cut off his head_,
1591; similarly, 2139.
ceorl, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. snotor ceorl monig, _many a wise man_, 909;
dat. sg. gomelum ceorle, _the old man_ (of King Hrēðel), 2445; so, ealdum
ceorle, of King Ongenþēow, 2973; nom. pl. snotere ceorlas, _wise men_, 202,
416, 1592.
cēol, st. m. , _keel_, figuratively for the ship: nom. sg. , 1913; acc. sg.
cēol, 38, 238; gen. sg. cēoles, 1807.
cēosan, st. v. , _to choose_, hence, _to assume_: inf. þone cynedōm cīosan
wolde, _would assume the royal dignity_, 2377; _to seek_: pret. subj. ǣr hē
bǣl cure, _before he sought his funeral-pile_ (before he died), 2819.
ge-cēosan, _to choose, to elect_: gerund, tō gecēosenne cyning ǣnigne
(sēlran), _to choose a better king_, 1852; imp. þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m.
