), 2216; nāt-hwylces
hæleða
bearna, 2225.
Beowulf
, _to have in mind, be mindful; remember, think
of_, w. acc. : pres. sg. hine gearwe geman witena wēl-hwylc (_each of the
knowing ones still remembers him well_), 265; ic þē þæs lēan geman (_I
shall not forget thy reward for this_), 1221; ic þæt eall gemon (_I
remember all that_), 2428; so, 1702, 2043; gif hē þæt eall gemon hwæt . . .
(_if he is mindful of all that which_ . . . ), 1186; ic þæt mǣl gemon hwǣr. . .
(_I remember the time when_. . . ), 2634; pret. sg. w. gemunde. . . ǣfen-sprǣce
(_recalled his evening speech_), 759; so, 871, 1130, 1260, 1271, 1291,
2115, 2432, 2607, 2679; sē þæs lēod-hryres lēan ge-munde (_was mindful of
reward for the fall of the ruler_), 2392; þæt hē Eotena bearn inne gemunde
(_that he in this should remember, take vengeance on, the children of the
Eotens_), 1142; so, hond gemunde fǣhðo genōge (_his hand remembered strife
enough_), 2490; ne ge-munde mago Ecglāfes þæt . . . (_remembered not that
which_ . . . ), 1466; pret. pl. helle gemundon in mōd-sefan (_their thoughts_
[as heathens] _fixed themselves on, remembered, hell_), 179.
on-munan, w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to admonish, exhort_: pret. sg.
onmunde ūsic mǣrða (_exhorted us to deeds of glory_), 2641.
mund, st. f. , _hand_: instr. pl. mundum, mid mundum, 236, 514, 1462, 3023,
3092.
mund-bora, w. m. , _protector, guardian, preserver_: nom. sg. , 1481, 2780.
mund-gripe, st. m. , _hand-grip, seizure_: acc. sg. mund-gripe, 754; dat.
sg. mund-gripe, 380, 1535; æfter mund-gripe (_after having seized the
criminal_), 1939.
murnan, st. v. , _to shrink from, be afraid of, avoid_: pret. sg. nō mearn
fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 136; so, 1538; nalles for ealdre mearn (_was not
apprehensive for his life_), 1443. --2) _to mourn, grieve_: pres. part. him
wæs . . . murnende mōd, 50; pres. subj. , þonne hē fela murne (_than that he
should mourn much_), 1386.
be-murnan, be-meornan, with acc. , _to mourn over_: pret. be-mearn, 908,
1078.
murn-līce. See un-murn-līce.
mūð-bana, w. m. , _mouth-destroyer_: dat. sg. tō mūð-bonan (of Grendel
because he bit his victim to death), 2080.
mūða, w. m. , _mouth, entrance_: acc. sg. recedes mūðan (_mouth of the
house, door_), 725.
ge-mynd, st. f. , _memory, memorial, remembrance_: dat. pl. tō gemyndum,
2805, 3017. See weorð-mynd.
myhdgian, w. v. , _to call to mind, remember_: pres. sg. myndgað, 2058;
pres. part. w. gen. gif þonne Frēsna hwylc . . . þæs morðor-hetes myndgiend
wǣre (_were to call to mind the bloody feud_), 1106.
ge-myndgian, w. v. w. acc. , _to remember_: bið gemyndgad . . . eaforan
ellor-sīð (_is reminded of his son's decease_), 2451.
ge-myndig, adj. , _mindful_: nom. sg. w. gen. , 614, 869, 1174, 1531, 2083,
etc.
myne, st. m. : 1) _mind, wish_: nom. sg. , 2573. --2) _love_(? ): nē his myne
wisse (_whose_ [God's] _love he knew not_), 169.
ge-mynian, w. v. w. acc. , _to be mindful of_: imper. sg. gemyne mǣrðo! 660.
myntan, w. v. , _to intend, think of, resolve_: pret. sg. mynte . . . manna
cynnes sumne besyrwan (_meant to entrap all_(? ) [see sum], _some one of
(? ), the men_), 713; mynte þæt hē gedǣlde . . . (_thought to sever_), 732;
mynte se mǣra, þǣr hē meahte swā, wīdre gewindan (_intended to flee_), 763.
myrce, adj. , _murky, dark_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406.
myrð, st. f. , _joy, mirth_: dat. (instr. ) sg. mōdes myrðe, 8n.
N
naca, w. m. , _vessel, ship_: acc. sg. nacan, 295; gen. sg. nacan,
214. --Comp. : hring-, ȳð-naca.
nacod, adj. , _naked_: nom. and acc. sg. swurd, gūð-bill nacod, 539, 2586;
nacod nīð-draca, 2274.
nalas, nales, nallas. See nealles.
nama, w. m. , _name_: nom. sg. Bēowulf is mīn nama, 343; wæs þǣm hæft-mēce
Hrunting nama, 1458; acc. sg. scōp him Heort naman (_gave it the name
Hart_), 78.
nā (from ne-ā), strength, negative, _never, not all_, 445, 567, 1537.
nāh, from ne-āh. See āgan.
nān (from ne-ān), indef. pron. , _none, no_: with gen. pl. gūð-billa nān,
804; adjectively, nān . . . īren ǣrgōd, 990.
nāt, from ne-wāt: _I know not=nescio_. See witan.
nāt-hwylc (nescio quis, ne-wāt-hwylc, _know not who, which_, etc. ), indef.
pron. , _any, a certain one, some or other_: 1) w. partitive gen. : nom. sg.
gumena nāt-hwylc, 2234;. gen. sg. nāt-hwylces (þāra banena), 2054; niða
nāt-hwylces(?
), 2216; nāt-hwylces hæleða bearna, 2225. --2) adjectively:
dat. sg. in nið-sele nāt-hwylcum, 1514.
næbben, from ne-hæbben (subj. pres. ). See habban.
næfne. See nefne.
nægel, st. m. , _nail_: gen. pl. nægla (of the finger-nails), 986.
nægled, part. , _nailed? , nail-like? , buckled? _: acc. sg. neut. nægled (MS.
gled) sinc, 2024.
næs, st. m. , _naze, rock projecting into the sea, cliff, promontory_: acc.
sg. næs, 1440, 1601, 2899; dat. sg. næsse, 2244, 2418; acc. pl. windige
næssas, 1412; gen. pl. næssa, 1361.
næs, from ne-wæs (_was not_). See wesan.
næs, neg. adv. , _not, not at all_, 562, 2263.
næs-hlið, st. n. , _declivity, slope of a promontory that sinks downward to
the sea_: dat. pl. on næs-hleoðum, 1428.
nǣfre, adv. , _never_, 247, 583, 592, 656, 719, 1042, 1049, etc. ; also
strengthened by ne: nǣfre ne, 1461.
ge-nǣgan, w. v. w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to attack, press_; pret.
pl. nīða genǣgdan nefan Hererīces (_in combats pressed hard upon H. 's
nephew_), 2207; pret. part. wearð . . . nīða genǣged, 1440.
nǣnig (from ne-ǣnig), pron. , _not any, none, no_: 1) substantively w. gen.
pl. : nom. sg. , 157, 242, 692; dat. sg. nǣnegum, 599; gen. pl. nǣnigra,
950. --2) adjectively: nom. sg. ōðer nǣnig, 860; nǣnig wæter, 1515; nǣnig
. . . dēor, 1934; acc. sg. nǣnigne . . . hord-māððum, 1199.
nǣre, from ne-wǣre (_were not, would not be_). See wesan.
ne, simple neg. , _not_, 38, 50, 80, 83, 109, etc. ; before imper. ne sorga!
1385; ne gȳm! 1761, etc. Doubled =_certainly not, not even that_: nē gē
. . . gearwe ne wisson (_ye certainly have not known_, etc. ), 245; so, 863;
ne ic . . . wihte ne wēne (_nor do I at all in the least expect_), 2923; so,
182. Strengthened by other neg. : nōðer . . . ne, 2125; swā hē ne mihte nō . . .
(_so that he absolutely could not_), 1509.
nē . . . nē, _not . . . and not, nor; neither . . . nor_, 154-157, 511,
1083-1085, etc. Another neg. may supply the place of the first ne: so, nō
. . . ne, 575-577, 1026-1028, 1393-1395, etc. ; nǣfre . . . ne, 583-584; nalles
. . . nē, 3016-3017. The neg. may be omitted the first time: ǣr nē siððan
(_neither before nor after, before nor since_), 719; sūð nē norð (_south
nor north_), 859; ādl nē yldo (_neither illness nor old age_), 1737; wordum
nē worcum (_neither by word nor deed_), 1101; wiston and ne wēndon (_knew
not and weened not_), 1605.
nefa, w. m. , _nephew, grandson_: nom. sg. nefa (_grandson_), 1204; so,
1963; (_nephew_), 2171; acc. sg. nefan (_nephew_), 2207; dat. sg. nefan
(_nephew_), 882.
nefne, næfne, nemne (orig. from ne-gif-ne): 1) subj. : a) with depend.
clause = _unless_: nefne him wītig god wyrd forstōde (_if fate, the wise
God, had not prevented him_), 1057; nefne god sylfa . . . sealde (_unless God
himself_, etc. ), 3055; næfne him his wlite lēoge (MS. nǣfre) (_unless his
face belie him_), 250; næfne hē wæs māra (_except that he was huger_),
1354; nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe ge-fremede, 1553; so, 2655. --b) w.
follow. substantive = _except, save, only_: nefne sin-frēa (_except the
husband_), 1935; ic lȳt hafo hēafod-māga nefne Hygelāc þec (_have no near
kin but thee_), 2152; nis þæt ēower (gen. pl. ) sīð . . . nefne mīn ānes,
2534. --2) Prep. with dat. , _except_: nemne fēaum ānum, 1082.
ge-nehost. See ge-neahhe.
nelle, from ne-wille (_I will not_). See willan.
nemnan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to name, call_: pres. pl. þone yldestan
ōret-mecgas Bēowulf nemnað (_the warriors call the most distinguished one
Bēowulf_), 364; so inf. nemnan, 2024; pret. pl. nemdon, 1355. --2) _to
address_, as in
be-nemnan, _to pronounce solemnly, put under a spell_: pret. sg. Fin
Hengeste . . . āðum be-nemde þæt (_asserted, promised under oath that_ . . . ),
1098; pret. pl. swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre (_put
under a curse_), 3070.
nemne. See nefne.
nerian, ge-nerian, w. v. , _to save, rescue, liberate_: pres. sg. Wyrd oft
nereð unfǣgne eorl, 573; pret. part. hæfde . . . sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið
nīðe (_saved from hostility_), 828.
ge-nesan, st. v.
of_, w. acc. : pres. sg. hine gearwe geman witena wēl-hwylc (_each of the
knowing ones still remembers him well_), 265; ic þē þæs lēan geman (_I
shall not forget thy reward for this_), 1221; ic þæt eall gemon (_I
remember all that_), 2428; so, 1702, 2043; gif hē þæt eall gemon hwæt . . .
(_if he is mindful of all that which_ . . . ), 1186; ic þæt mǣl gemon hwǣr. . .
(_I remember the time when_. . . ), 2634; pret. sg. w. gemunde. . . ǣfen-sprǣce
(_recalled his evening speech_), 759; so, 871, 1130, 1260, 1271, 1291,
2115, 2432, 2607, 2679; sē þæs lēod-hryres lēan ge-munde (_was mindful of
reward for the fall of the ruler_), 2392; þæt hē Eotena bearn inne gemunde
(_that he in this should remember, take vengeance on, the children of the
Eotens_), 1142; so, hond gemunde fǣhðo genōge (_his hand remembered strife
enough_), 2490; ne ge-munde mago Ecglāfes þæt . . . (_remembered not that
which_ . . . ), 1466; pret. pl. helle gemundon in mōd-sefan (_their thoughts_
[as heathens] _fixed themselves on, remembered, hell_), 179.
on-munan, w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to admonish, exhort_: pret. sg.
onmunde ūsic mǣrða (_exhorted us to deeds of glory_), 2641.
mund, st. f. , _hand_: instr. pl. mundum, mid mundum, 236, 514, 1462, 3023,
3092.
mund-bora, w. m. , _protector, guardian, preserver_: nom. sg. , 1481, 2780.
mund-gripe, st. m. , _hand-grip, seizure_: acc. sg. mund-gripe, 754; dat.
sg. mund-gripe, 380, 1535; æfter mund-gripe (_after having seized the
criminal_), 1939.
murnan, st. v. , _to shrink from, be afraid of, avoid_: pret. sg. nō mearn
fore fǣhðe and fyrene, 136; so, 1538; nalles for ealdre mearn (_was not
apprehensive for his life_), 1443. --2) _to mourn, grieve_: pres. part. him
wæs . . . murnende mōd, 50; pres. subj. , þonne hē fela murne (_than that he
should mourn much_), 1386.
be-murnan, be-meornan, with acc. , _to mourn over_: pret. be-mearn, 908,
1078.
murn-līce. See un-murn-līce.
mūð-bana, w. m. , _mouth-destroyer_: dat. sg. tō mūð-bonan (of Grendel
because he bit his victim to death), 2080.
mūða, w. m. , _mouth, entrance_: acc. sg. recedes mūðan (_mouth of the
house, door_), 725.
ge-mynd, st. f. , _memory, memorial, remembrance_: dat. pl. tō gemyndum,
2805, 3017. See weorð-mynd.
myhdgian, w. v. , _to call to mind, remember_: pres. sg. myndgað, 2058;
pres. part. w. gen. gif þonne Frēsna hwylc . . . þæs morðor-hetes myndgiend
wǣre (_were to call to mind the bloody feud_), 1106.
ge-myndgian, w. v. w. acc. , _to remember_: bið gemyndgad . . . eaforan
ellor-sīð (_is reminded of his son's decease_), 2451.
ge-myndig, adj. , _mindful_: nom. sg. w. gen. , 614, 869, 1174, 1531, 2083,
etc.
myne, st. m. : 1) _mind, wish_: nom. sg. , 2573. --2) _love_(? ): nē his myne
wisse (_whose_ [God's] _love he knew not_), 169.
ge-mynian, w. v. w. acc. , _to be mindful of_: imper. sg. gemyne mǣrðo! 660.
myntan, w. v. , _to intend, think of, resolve_: pret. sg. mynte . . . manna
cynnes sumne besyrwan (_meant to entrap all_(? ) [see sum], _some one of
(? ), the men_), 713; mynte þæt hē gedǣlde . . . (_thought to sever_), 732;
mynte se mǣra, þǣr hē meahte swā, wīdre gewindan (_intended to flee_), 763.
myrce, adj. , _murky, dark_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406.
myrð, st. f. , _joy, mirth_: dat. (instr. ) sg. mōdes myrðe, 8n.
N
naca, w. m. , _vessel, ship_: acc. sg. nacan, 295; gen. sg. nacan,
214. --Comp. : hring-, ȳð-naca.
nacod, adj. , _naked_: nom. and acc. sg. swurd, gūð-bill nacod, 539, 2586;
nacod nīð-draca, 2274.
nalas, nales, nallas. See nealles.
nama, w. m. , _name_: nom. sg. Bēowulf is mīn nama, 343; wæs þǣm hæft-mēce
Hrunting nama, 1458; acc. sg. scōp him Heort naman (_gave it the name
Hart_), 78.
nā (from ne-ā), strength, negative, _never, not all_, 445, 567, 1537.
nāh, from ne-āh. See āgan.
nān (from ne-ān), indef. pron. , _none, no_: with gen. pl. gūð-billa nān,
804; adjectively, nān . . . īren ǣrgōd, 990.
nāt, from ne-wāt: _I know not=nescio_. See witan.
nāt-hwylc (nescio quis, ne-wāt-hwylc, _know not who, which_, etc. ), indef.
pron. , _any, a certain one, some or other_: 1) w. partitive gen. : nom. sg.
gumena nāt-hwylc, 2234;. gen. sg. nāt-hwylces (þāra banena), 2054; niða
nāt-hwylces(?
), 2216; nāt-hwylces hæleða bearna, 2225. --2) adjectively:
dat. sg. in nið-sele nāt-hwylcum, 1514.
næbben, from ne-hæbben (subj. pres. ). See habban.
næfne. See nefne.
nægel, st. m. , _nail_: gen. pl. nægla (of the finger-nails), 986.
nægled, part. , _nailed? , nail-like? , buckled? _: acc. sg. neut. nægled (MS.
gled) sinc, 2024.
næs, st. m. , _naze, rock projecting into the sea, cliff, promontory_: acc.
sg. næs, 1440, 1601, 2899; dat. sg. næsse, 2244, 2418; acc. pl. windige
næssas, 1412; gen. pl. næssa, 1361.
næs, from ne-wæs (_was not_). See wesan.
næs, neg. adv. , _not, not at all_, 562, 2263.
næs-hlið, st. n. , _declivity, slope of a promontory that sinks downward to
the sea_: dat. pl. on næs-hleoðum, 1428.
nǣfre, adv. , _never_, 247, 583, 592, 656, 719, 1042, 1049, etc. ; also
strengthened by ne: nǣfre ne, 1461.
ge-nǣgan, w. v. w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to attack, press_; pret.
pl. nīða genǣgdan nefan Hererīces (_in combats pressed hard upon H. 's
nephew_), 2207; pret. part. wearð . . . nīða genǣged, 1440.
nǣnig (from ne-ǣnig), pron. , _not any, none, no_: 1) substantively w. gen.
pl. : nom. sg. , 157, 242, 692; dat. sg. nǣnegum, 599; gen. pl. nǣnigra,
950. --2) adjectively: nom. sg. ōðer nǣnig, 860; nǣnig wæter, 1515; nǣnig
. . . dēor, 1934; acc. sg. nǣnigne . . . hord-māððum, 1199.
nǣre, from ne-wǣre (_were not, would not be_). See wesan.
ne, simple neg. , _not_, 38, 50, 80, 83, 109, etc. ; before imper. ne sorga!
1385; ne gȳm! 1761, etc. Doubled =_certainly not, not even that_: nē gē
. . . gearwe ne wisson (_ye certainly have not known_, etc. ), 245; so, 863;
ne ic . . . wihte ne wēne (_nor do I at all in the least expect_), 2923; so,
182. Strengthened by other neg. : nōðer . . . ne, 2125; swā hē ne mihte nō . . .
(_so that he absolutely could not_), 1509.
nē . . . nē, _not . . . and not, nor; neither . . . nor_, 154-157, 511,
1083-1085, etc. Another neg. may supply the place of the first ne: so, nō
. . . ne, 575-577, 1026-1028, 1393-1395, etc. ; nǣfre . . . ne, 583-584; nalles
. . . nē, 3016-3017. The neg. may be omitted the first time: ǣr nē siððan
(_neither before nor after, before nor since_), 719; sūð nē norð (_south
nor north_), 859; ādl nē yldo (_neither illness nor old age_), 1737; wordum
nē worcum (_neither by word nor deed_), 1101; wiston and ne wēndon (_knew
not and weened not_), 1605.
nefa, w. m. , _nephew, grandson_: nom. sg. nefa (_grandson_), 1204; so,
1963; (_nephew_), 2171; acc. sg. nefan (_nephew_), 2207; dat. sg. nefan
(_nephew_), 882.
nefne, næfne, nemne (orig. from ne-gif-ne): 1) subj. : a) with depend.
clause = _unless_: nefne him wītig god wyrd forstōde (_if fate, the wise
God, had not prevented him_), 1057; nefne god sylfa . . . sealde (_unless God
himself_, etc. ), 3055; næfne him his wlite lēoge (MS. nǣfre) (_unless his
face belie him_), 250; næfne hē wæs māra (_except that he was huger_),
1354; nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe ge-fremede, 1553; so, 2655. --b) w.
follow. substantive = _except, save, only_: nefne sin-frēa (_except the
husband_), 1935; ic lȳt hafo hēafod-māga nefne Hygelāc þec (_have no near
kin but thee_), 2152; nis þæt ēower (gen. pl. ) sīð . . . nefne mīn ānes,
2534. --2) Prep. with dat. , _except_: nemne fēaum ānum, 1082.
ge-nehost. See ge-neahhe.
nelle, from ne-wille (_I will not_). See willan.
nemnan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to name, call_: pres. pl. þone yldestan
ōret-mecgas Bēowulf nemnað (_the warriors call the most distinguished one
Bēowulf_), 364; so inf. nemnan, 2024; pret. pl. nemdon, 1355. --2) _to
address_, as in
be-nemnan, _to pronounce solemnly, put under a spell_: pret. sg. Fin
Hengeste . . . āðum be-nemde þæt (_asserted, promised under oath that_ . . . ),
1098; pret. pl. swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre (_put
under a curse_), 3070.
nemne. See nefne.
nerian, ge-nerian, w. v. , _to save, rescue, liberate_: pres. sg. Wyrd oft
nereð unfǣgne eorl, 573; pret. part. hæfde . . . sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið
nīðe (_saved from hostility_), 828.
ge-nesan, st. v.
