Caines cynne, 107; manna cynne, 811,
915, 1726; ēowrum (of those who desert Bēowulf in battle) cynne, 2886; gen.
915, 1726; ēowrum (of those who desert Bēowulf in battle) cynne, 2886; gen.
Beowulf
.
wile,
_I know my gracious H. , that he will_. . . , 1181; II. eard gīt ne const,
_thou knowest not yet the land_, 1378; III. hē þæt wyrse ne con, _knows no
worse_, 1740. And reflexive: con him land geare, _knows the land well_,
2063; pl. men ne cunnon hwyder helrūnan scrīðað, _men do not know
whither_. . . , 162; pret. sg. ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the distinguished courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc. , 2013; seolfa ne cūðe þurh hwæt. . . , _he himself did not know through
what_. . . , 3068; pl. sorge ne cūðon, 119; so with the acc. , 180, 418, 1234.
With both (acc. and depend. clause): nō hīe fæder cunnon (scil. nō hīe
cunnon) hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, 1356. --2) with inf.
following, _can, to be able_: prs. sg. him bebeorgan ne con, _cannot defend
himself_, 1747; prs. pl. men ne cunnon secgan, _cannot say_, 50; pret. sg.
cūðe reccan, 90; beorgan cūðe, 1446; pret. pl. herian ne cūðon, _could not
praise_, 182; pret. subj. healdan cūðe, 2373.
cunnian, w. v. , _to inquire into, to try_, w. gen. or acc. : inf. sund
cunnian (figurative for _roam over the sea_), 1427, 1445; geongne cempan
higes cunnian, _to try the young warrior's mind_, 2046; pret. eard cunnode,
_tried the home_, i. e. came to it, 1501; pl. wada cunnedon, _tried the
flood_, i. e. swam through the sea, 508.
cūð, adj. : 1) _known, well known; manifest, certain_: nom. sg. undyrne cūð,
150, 410; wīde cūð, 2924; acc. sg. fern. cūðe folme, 1304; cūðe strǣte,
1635; nom. pl. ecge cūðe, 1146; acc. pl. cūðe næssas, 1913. --2) _renowned_:
nom. sg. gūðum cūð, 2179; nom. pl. cystum cūðe, 868. --3) also, _friendly,
dear, good_ (see un-cūð). --Comp. : un-, wīd-cūð.
cūð-līce, adv. , _openly, publicly_: comp. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman ongunnon
lind-hæbbende, _no shield-bearing men undertook more boldly to come hither_
(the coast-watchman means by this the secret landing of the Vikings), 244.
cwalu, st. f. , _murder, fall_: in comp. dēað-cwalu.
cweccan (_to make alive_, see cwic), w. v. , _to move, to swing_: pret.
cwehte mægen-wudu, _swung the wood of strength_ (= spear), 235.
cweðan, st. v. , _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: prs. sg. III. cwið æt
bēore, _speaks at beer-drinking_, 2042. --b) w. acc. : pret. word æfter cwæð,
315; fēa worda cwæð, 2247, 2663. --c) with þæt following: pret. sg. cwæð,
92, 2159; pl. cwǣdon, 3182. --d) with þæt omitted: pret. cwæð hē gūð-cyning
sēcean wolde, _said he would seek out the war-king_, 199; similarly, 1811,
2940.
ā-cweðan, _to say, to speak_, w. acc. : prs. þæt word ācwyð, _speaks the
word_, 2047; pret. þæt word ācwæð, 655.
ge-cweðan, _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: pret. sg. II. swā þū gecwǣde,
2665. --b)w. acc. : pret. wēl-hwylc gecwæð, _spoke everything_, 875; pl. wit
þæt gecwǣdon, 535. --c) w. þæt following: pret. gecwæð, 858, 988.
cwellan, w. v. , (_to make die_), _to kill, to murder_: pret. sg. II. þū
Grendel cwealdest, 1335.
ā-cwellan, _to kill_: pret. sg. (hē) wyrm ācwealde, 887; þone þe Grendel ǣr
māne ācwealde, _whom Grendel had before wickedly murdered_, 1056; beorn
ācwealde, 2122.
cwēn, st. f. : 1) _wife, consort_ (of noble birth): nom. sg. cwēn, 62;
(Hrōðgār's), 614, 924; (Finn's), 1154. --2) particularly denoting the queen:
nom. sg. bēaghroden cwēn (Wealhþēow), 624; mǣru cwēn, 2017; fremu folces
cwēn (Þrȳðo), 1933; acc. sg. cwēn (Wealhþēow), 666. -Comp. folc-cwēn.
cwēn-līc, adj. , _feminine, womanly_: nom. sg. ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw
(_such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman_), 1941.
cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, murder, destruction_: acc. sg. þone cwealm
gewræc, _avenged the death_ (of Abel by Cain), 107; mǣndon mondryhtnes
cwealm, _lamented the ruler's fall_, 3150. --Comp. : bealo-, dēað-,
gār-cwealm.
cwealm-bealu, st. n. , _the evil of murder_: acc. sg. , 1941.
cwealm-cuma, w. m. , _one coming for murder, a new-comer who contemplates
murder_: acc. sg. þone cwealm-cuman (of Grendel), 793.
cwic and cwico, adj. , _quick, having life, alive_: acc. sg. cwicne, 793,
2786; gen. sg. āht cwices, _something living_, 2315; nom. pl. cwice, 98;
cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still alive_, 3094.
cwide, st. m. , _word, speech, saying_: in comp. gegn-, gilp-, hlēo-,
word-cwide.
cwīðan, st. v. , _to complain, to lament_: inf. w. acc. ongan . . . gioguðe
cwīðan hilde-strengo, _began to lament the_ (departed) _battle-strength of
his youth_, 2113 [ceare] cwīðan, _lament their cares_, 3173.
cyme, st. m. , _coming, arrival_: nom. pl. hwanan ēowre cyme syndon, _whence
your coming is_, i. e. whence ye are, 257. --Comp. eft-cyme.
cȳmlīce, adv. , (convenienter), _splendidly, grandly_: comp. cȳmlīcor, 38.
cyn, st. n. , _race_, both in the general sense, and denoting noble lineage:
nom. sg. Frēsena cyn, 1094; Wedera (gara, MS. ) cyn, 461; acc. sg. eotena
cyn, 421; gīganta cyn, 1691; dat. sg.
Caines cynne, 107; manna cynne, 811,
915, 1726; ēowrum (of those who desert Bēowulf in battle) cynne, 2886; gen.
sg. manna (gumena) cynnes, 702, etc. ; mǣran cynnes, 1730; lāðan cynnes,
2009, 2355; ūsses cynnes Wǣgmundinga, 2814; gen. pl. cynna gehwylcum,
98. --Comp. : eormen-, feorh-, frum-, gum-, man-, wyrm-cyn.
cyn, st. n. , _that which is suitable or proper_: gen. pl. cynna (of
etiquette) gemyndig, 614.
ge-cynde, adj. , _innate, peculiar, natural_: nom. sg. , 2198, 2697.
cyne-dōm, st. m. , _kingdom, royal dignity_: acc. sg. , 2377.
cyning, st. m. , _king_: nom. acc. sg. cyning, II, 864, 921, etc. ; kyning,
620, 3173; dat. sg. cyninge, 3094; gen. sg. cyninges, 868, 1211; gen. pl.
kyning[a] wuldor, of God, 666. --Comp. beorn-, eorð-, folc-, guð-, hēah-,
lēod-, sǣ-, sōð-, þēod-, worold-, wuldor-cyning.
cyning-beald, adj. , "_nobly bold_" (Thorpe), _excellently brave_ (? ): nom.
pl. cyning-balde men, 1635.
ge-cyssan, w. v. , _to kiss_: pret. gecyste þā cyning . . . þegen betstan,
_kissed the best thane_ (Bēowulf), 1871.
cyst (_choosing_, see cēosan), st. f. , _the select, the best of a thing,
good quality, excellence_: nom. sg. īrenna cyst, _of the swords_, 803,
1698; wǣpna cyst, 1560; symbla cyst, _choice banquet_, 1233; acc. sg. īrena
cyst, 674; dat. pl. foldwegas . . . cystum cūðe, _known through excellent
qualities_, 868; (cyning) cystum gecȳðed, 924. --Comp. gum-, hilde-cyst.
cȳð. See on-cȳð.
cȳðan (see cūð), w. v. , _to make known, to manifest, to show_: imp. sg.
mægen-ellen cȳð, _show thy heroic strength_, 660; inf. cwealmbealu cȳðan,
1941; ellen cȳðan, 2696.
ge-cȳðan (_to make known_, hence): 1) _to give information, to announce_:
inf. andsware gecȳðan, _to give answer_, 354; gerund, tō gecȳðanne hwanan
ēowre cyme syndon (_to show whence ye come_), 257; pret. part. sōð is
gecȳðed þæt . . . (_the truth has become known_, it has shown itself to be
true), 701; Higelāce wæs sīð Bēowulfes snūde gecȳðed, _the arrival of B.
was quickly announced_, 1972; similarly, 2325. --2) _to make celebrated_, in
pret. part. : wæs mīn fæder folcum gecȳðed (_my father was known to
warriors_), 262; wæs his mōdsefa manegum gecȳðed, 349; cystum gecȳðed,
924.
cȳð (properly, _condition of being known_, hence _relationship_), st. f. ,
_home, country, land_: in comp. feor-cȳð.
ge-cȳpan, w. v. , _to purchase_: inf. næs him ǣnig þearf þæt hē . . . þurfe
wyrsan wīgfrecan weorðe gecȳpan, _had need to buy with treasures no
inferior warrior_, 2497.
D
daroð, st. m. , _spear_: dat. pl. dareðum lācan (_to fight_), 2849.
ge-dāl, st. n. , _parting, separation_: nom. sg. his worulde gedāl, _his
separation from the world_ (his death), 3069. --Comp. ealdor-, līf-gedāl.
dæg, st. m. , _day_: nom. sg. dæg, 485, 732, 2647; acc. sg. dæg, 2400;
andlangne dæg, _the whole day_, 2116; morgenlongne dæg (_the whole
morning_), 2895; oð dōmes dæg, _till judgment-day_, 3070; dat. sg. on þǣm
dæge þysses līfes (eo tempore, tunc), 197, 791, 807; gen. sg. dæges, 1601,
2321; hwīl dæges, _a day's time, a whole day_, 1496; dæges and nihtes, _day
and night_, 2270; dæges, _by day_, 1936; dat. pl. on tȳn dagum, _in ten
days_, 3161. --Comp. ǣr-, dēað-, ende-, ealdor-, fyrn-, geār-, lǣn-, līf-,
swylt-, win-dæg, an-dæges.
dæg-hwīl, st. f. , _day-time_: acc. pl. þæt hē dæghwīla gedrogen hæfde
eorðan wynne, _that he had enjoyed earth's pleasures during the days_
(appointed to him), i. e. that his life was finished, 2727. --(After Grein. )
dæg-rīm, st. n. , _series of days, fixed number of days_: nom. sg. dōgera
dægrīm (_number of the days of his life_), 824.
dǣd, st. f. , _deed, action_: acc. sg. dēorlīce dǣd, 585; dōmlēasan dǣd,
2891; frēcne dǣde, 890; dǣd, 941; acc. pl. Grendles dǣda, 195; gen. pl.
dǣda, 181, 479, 2455, etc. ; dat. pl. dǣdum, 1228, 2437, etc. --Comp. ellen-,
fyren-, lof-dǣd.
dǣd-cēne, adj. , _bold in deed_: nom. sg. dǣd-cēne mon, 1646.
dǣd-fruma, w. m. , _doer of deeds, doer_: nom. sg. , of Grendel, 2091.
dǣd-bata, w. m. , _he who pursues with his deeds_: nom. sg. , of Grendel,
275.
dǣdla, w. m. , _doer_: in comp. mān-for-dǣdla.
dǣl, st. m. , _part, portion_: acc. sg. dǣl, 622, 2246, 3128; acc. pl.
dǣlas, 1733. --Often dǣl designates the portion of a thing or of a quality
which belongs in general to an individual, as, oð þæt him on innan
oferhygda dǣl weaxeð, _till in his bosom his portion of arrogance
increases_: i. e. whatever arrogance he has, his arrogance, 1741. Bīowulfe
wearð dryhtmāðma dǣl dēaðe, forgolden, _to Bēowulf his part of the splendid
treasures was paid with death_, i. e. whatever splendid treasures were
allotted to him, whatever part of them he could win in the fight with the
dragon, 2844; similarly, 1151, 1753, 2029, 2069, 3128.
dǣlan, w. v. , _to divide, to bestow, to share with_, w. acc. : pres. sg.
III. mādmas dǣleð, 1757; pres. subj. þæt hē wið āglǣcean eofoðo dǣle, _that
he bestow his strength upon_ (strive with) _the bringer of misery_ the
drake), 2535; inf. hringas dǣlan, 1971; pret. bēagas dǣlde, 80; sceattas
dǣlde, 1687.
be-dǣlan, w. instr. , _(to divide), to tear away from, to strip of_: pret.
part. drēamum (drēame) bedǣled, _deprived of the heavenly joys_ (of
Grendel), 722, 1276.
ge-dǣlan: 1) _to distribute_: inf. (w. acc. _of the thing distributed_);
bǣr on innan eall gedǣlan geongum and ealdum swylc him god sealde,
_distribute therein to young and old all that God had given him_, 71. --2)
_to divide, to separate_, with acc. : inf.
_I know my gracious H. , that he will_. . . , 1181; II. eard gīt ne const,
_thou knowest not yet the land_, 1378; III. hē þæt wyrse ne con, _knows no
worse_, 1740. And reflexive: con him land geare, _knows the land well_,
2063; pl. men ne cunnon hwyder helrūnan scrīðað, _men do not know
whither_. . . , 162; pret. sg. ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the distinguished courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc. , 2013; seolfa ne cūðe þurh hwæt. . . , _he himself did not know through
what_. . . , 3068; pl. sorge ne cūðon, 119; so with the acc. , 180, 418, 1234.
With both (acc. and depend. clause): nō hīe fæder cunnon (scil. nō hīe
cunnon) hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, 1356. --2) with inf.
following, _can, to be able_: prs. sg. him bebeorgan ne con, _cannot defend
himself_, 1747; prs. pl. men ne cunnon secgan, _cannot say_, 50; pret. sg.
cūðe reccan, 90; beorgan cūðe, 1446; pret. pl. herian ne cūðon, _could not
praise_, 182; pret. subj. healdan cūðe, 2373.
cunnian, w. v. , _to inquire into, to try_, w. gen. or acc. : inf. sund
cunnian (figurative for _roam over the sea_), 1427, 1445; geongne cempan
higes cunnian, _to try the young warrior's mind_, 2046; pret. eard cunnode,
_tried the home_, i. e. came to it, 1501; pl. wada cunnedon, _tried the
flood_, i. e. swam through the sea, 508.
cūð, adj. : 1) _known, well known; manifest, certain_: nom. sg. undyrne cūð,
150, 410; wīde cūð, 2924; acc. sg. fern. cūðe folme, 1304; cūðe strǣte,
1635; nom. pl. ecge cūðe, 1146; acc. pl. cūðe næssas, 1913. --2) _renowned_:
nom. sg. gūðum cūð, 2179; nom. pl. cystum cūðe, 868. --3) also, _friendly,
dear, good_ (see un-cūð). --Comp. : un-, wīd-cūð.
cūð-līce, adv. , _openly, publicly_: comp. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman ongunnon
lind-hæbbende, _no shield-bearing men undertook more boldly to come hither_
(the coast-watchman means by this the secret landing of the Vikings), 244.
cwalu, st. f. , _murder, fall_: in comp. dēað-cwalu.
cweccan (_to make alive_, see cwic), w. v. , _to move, to swing_: pret.
cwehte mægen-wudu, _swung the wood of strength_ (= spear), 235.
cweðan, st. v. , _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: prs. sg. III. cwið æt
bēore, _speaks at beer-drinking_, 2042. --b) w. acc. : pret. word æfter cwæð,
315; fēa worda cwæð, 2247, 2663. --c) with þæt following: pret. sg. cwæð,
92, 2159; pl. cwǣdon, 3182. --d) with þæt omitted: pret. cwæð hē gūð-cyning
sēcean wolde, _said he would seek out the war-king_, 199; similarly, 1811,
2940.
ā-cweðan, _to say, to speak_, w. acc. : prs. þæt word ācwyð, _speaks the
word_, 2047; pret. þæt word ācwæð, 655.
ge-cweðan, _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: pret. sg. II. swā þū gecwǣde,
2665. --b)w. acc. : pret. wēl-hwylc gecwæð, _spoke everything_, 875; pl. wit
þæt gecwǣdon, 535. --c) w. þæt following: pret. gecwæð, 858, 988.
cwellan, w. v. , (_to make die_), _to kill, to murder_: pret. sg. II. þū
Grendel cwealdest, 1335.
ā-cwellan, _to kill_: pret. sg. (hē) wyrm ācwealde, 887; þone þe Grendel ǣr
māne ācwealde, _whom Grendel had before wickedly murdered_, 1056; beorn
ācwealde, 2122.
cwēn, st. f. : 1) _wife, consort_ (of noble birth): nom. sg. cwēn, 62;
(Hrōðgār's), 614, 924; (Finn's), 1154. --2) particularly denoting the queen:
nom. sg. bēaghroden cwēn (Wealhþēow), 624; mǣru cwēn, 2017; fremu folces
cwēn (Þrȳðo), 1933; acc. sg. cwēn (Wealhþēow), 666. -Comp. folc-cwēn.
cwēn-līc, adj. , _feminine, womanly_: nom. sg. ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw
(_such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman_), 1941.
cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, murder, destruction_: acc. sg. þone cwealm
gewræc, _avenged the death_ (of Abel by Cain), 107; mǣndon mondryhtnes
cwealm, _lamented the ruler's fall_, 3150. --Comp. : bealo-, dēað-,
gār-cwealm.
cwealm-bealu, st. n. , _the evil of murder_: acc. sg. , 1941.
cwealm-cuma, w. m. , _one coming for murder, a new-comer who contemplates
murder_: acc. sg. þone cwealm-cuman (of Grendel), 793.
cwic and cwico, adj. , _quick, having life, alive_: acc. sg. cwicne, 793,
2786; gen. sg. āht cwices, _something living_, 2315; nom. pl. cwice, 98;
cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still alive_, 3094.
cwide, st. m. , _word, speech, saying_: in comp. gegn-, gilp-, hlēo-,
word-cwide.
cwīðan, st. v. , _to complain, to lament_: inf. w. acc. ongan . . . gioguðe
cwīðan hilde-strengo, _began to lament the_ (departed) _battle-strength of
his youth_, 2113 [ceare] cwīðan, _lament their cares_, 3173.
cyme, st. m. , _coming, arrival_: nom. pl. hwanan ēowre cyme syndon, _whence
your coming is_, i. e. whence ye are, 257. --Comp. eft-cyme.
cȳmlīce, adv. , (convenienter), _splendidly, grandly_: comp. cȳmlīcor, 38.
cyn, st. n. , _race_, both in the general sense, and denoting noble lineage:
nom. sg. Frēsena cyn, 1094; Wedera (gara, MS. ) cyn, 461; acc. sg. eotena
cyn, 421; gīganta cyn, 1691; dat. sg.
Caines cynne, 107; manna cynne, 811,
915, 1726; ēowrum (of those who desert Bēowulf in battle) cynne, 2886; gen.
sg. manna (gumena) cynnes, 702, etc. ; mǣran cynnes, 1730; lāðan cynnes,
2009, 2355; ūsses cynnes Wǣgmundinga, 2814; gen. pl. cynna gehwylcum,
98. --Comp. : eormen-, feorh-, frum-, gum-, man-, wyrm-cyn.
cyn, st. n. , _that which is suitable or proper_: gen. pl. cynna (of
etiquette) gemyndig, 614.
ge-cynde, adj. , _innate, peculiar, natural_: nom. sg. , 2198, 2697.
cyne-dōm, st. m. , _kingdom, royal dignity_: acc. sg. , 2377.
cyning, st. m. , _king_: nom. acc. sg. cyning, II, 864, 921, etc. ; kyning,
620, 3173; dat. sg. cyninge, 3094; gen. sg. cyninges, 868, 1211; gen. pl.
kyning[a] wuldor, of God, 666. --Comp. beorn-, eorð-, folc-, guð-, hēah-,
lēod-, sǣ-, sōð-, þēod-, worold-, wuldor-cyning.
cyning-beald, adj. , "_nobly bold_" (Thorpe), _excellently brave_ (? ): nom.
pl. cyning-balde men, 1635.
ge-cyssan, w. v. , _to kiss_: pret. gecyste þā cyning . . . þegen betstan,
_kissed the best thane_ (Bēowulf), 1871.
cyst (_choosing_, see cēosan), st. f. , _the select, the best of a thing,
good quality, excellence_: nom. sg. īrenna cyst, _of the swords_, 803,
1698; wǣpna cyst, 1560; symbla cyst, _choice banquet_, 1233; acc. sg. īrena
cyst, 674; dat. pl. foldwegas . . . cystum cūðe, _known through excellent
qualities_, 868; (cyning) cystum gecȳðed, 924. --Comp. gum-, hilde-cyst.
cȳð. See on-cȳð.
cȳðan (see cūð), w. v. , _to make known, to manifest, to show_: imp. sg.
mægen-ellen cȳð, _show thy heroic strength_, 660; inf. cwealmbealu cȳðan,
1941; ellen cȳðan, 2696.
ge-cȳðan (_to make known_, hence): 1) _to give information, to announce_:
inf. andsware gecȳðan, _to give answer_, 354; gerund, tō gecȳðanne hwanan
ēowre cyme syndon (_to show whence ye come_), 257; pret. part. sōð is
gecȳðed þæt . . . (_the truth has become known_, it has shown itself to be
true), 701; Higelāce wæs sīð Bēowulfes snūde gecȳðed, _the arrival of B.
was quickly announced_, 1972; similarly, 2325. --2) _to make celebrated_, in
pret. part. : wæs mīn fæder folcum gecȳðed (_my father was known to
warriors_), 262; wæs his mōdsefa manegum gecȳðed, 349; cystum gecȳðed,
924.
cȳð (properly, _condition of being known_, hence _relationship_), st. f. ,
_home, country, land_: in comp. feor-cȳð.
ge-cȳpan, w. v. , _to purchase_: inf. næs him ǣnig þearf þæt hē . . . þurfe
wyrsan wīgfrecan weorðe gecȳpan, _had need to buy with treasures no
inferior warrior_, 2497.
D
daroð, st. m. , _spear_: dat. pl. dareðum lācan (_to fight_), 2849.
ge-dāl, st. n. , _parting, separation_: nom. sg. his worulde gedāl, _his
separation from the world_ (his death), 3069. --Comp. ealdor-, līf-gedāl.
dæg, st. m. , _day_: nom. sg. dæg, 485, 732, 2647; acc. sg. dæg, 2400;
andlangne dæg, _the whole day_, 2116; morgenlongne dæg (_the whole
morning_), 2895; oð dōmes dæg, _till judgment-day_, 3070; dat. sg. on þǣm
dæge þysses līfes (eo tempore, tunc), 197, 791, 807; gen. sg. dæges, 1601,
2321; hwīl dæges, _a day's time, a whole day_, 1496; dæges and nihtes, _day
and night_, 2270; dæges, _by day_, 1936; dat. pl. on tȳn dagum, _in ten
days_, 3161. --Comp. ǣr-, dēað-, ende-, ealdor-, fyrn-, geār-, lǣn-, līf-,
swylt-, win-dæg, an-dæges.
dæg-hwīl, st. f. , _day-time_: acc. pl. þæt hē dæghwīla gedrogen hæfde
eorðan wynne, _that he had enjoyed earth's pleasures during the days_
(appointed to him), i. e. that his life was finished, 2727. --(After Grein. )
dæg-rīm, st. n. , _series of days, fixed number of days_: nom. sg. dōgera
dægrīm (_number of the days of his life_), 824.
dǣd, st. f. , _deed, action_: acc. sg. dēorlīce dǣd, 585; dōmlēasan dǣd,
2891; frēcne dǣde, 890; dǣd, 941; acc. pl. Grendles dǣda, 195; gen. pl.
dǣda, 181, 479, 2455, etc. ; dat. pl. dǣdum, 1228, 2437, etc. --Comp. ellen-,
fyren-, lof-dǣd.
dǣd-cēne, adj. , _bold in deed_: nom. sg. dǣd-cēne mon, 1646.
dǣd-fruma, w. m. , _doer of deeds, doer_: nom. sg. , of Grendel, 2091.
dǣd-bata, w. m. , _he who pursues with his deeds_: nom. sg. , of Grendel,
275.
dǣdla, w. m. , _doer_: in comp. mān-for-dǣdla.
dǣl, st. m. , _part, portion_: acc. sg. dǣl, 622, 2246, 3128; acc. pl.
dǣlas, 1733. --Often dǣl designates the portion of a thing or of a quality
which belongs in general to an individual, as, oð þæt him on innan
oferhygda dǣl weaxeð, _till in his bosom his portion of arrogance
increases_: i. e. whatever arrogance he has, his arrogance, 1741. Bīowulfe
wearð dryhtmāðma dǣl dēaðe, forgolden, _to Bēowulf his part of the splendid
treasures was paid with death_, i. e. whatever splendid treasures were
allotted to him, whatever part of them he could win in the fight with the
dragon, 2844; similarly, 1151, 1753, 2029, 2069, 3128.
dǣlan, w. v. , _to divide, to bestow, to share with_, w. acc. : pres. sg.
III. mādmas dǣleð, 1757; pres. subj. þæt hē wið āglǣcean eofoðo dǣle, _that
he bestow his strength upon_ (strive with) _the bringer of misery_ the
drake), 2535; inf. hringas dǣlan, 1971; pret. bēagas dǣlde, 80; sceattas
dǣlde, 1687.
be-dǣlan, w. instr. , _(to divide), to tear away from, to strip of_: pret.
part. drēamum (drēame) bedǣled, _deprived of the heavenly joys_ (of
Grendel), 722, 1276.
ge-dǣlan: 1) _to distribute_: inf. (w. acc. _of the thing distributed_);
bǣr on innan eall gedǣlan geongum and ealdum swylc him god sealde,
_distribute therein to young and old all that God had given him_, 71. --2)
_to divide, to separate_, with acc. : inf.
