manna
cynnes sumne besyrwan (_meant to entrap all_(?
cynnes sumne besyrwan (_meant to entrap all_(?
Beowulf
f.
, _boldness, courage, strength of mind_: dat.
sg.
for his
mōd-þræce, 385.
mōdor, f. , _mother_: nom. sg. , 1259, 1277, 1283, 1684, 2119; acc. sg.
mōdor, 1539, 2140, 2933.
mōna, w. m. , _moon_: gen. sg. mōnan, 94.
mōr, st. m. , _moor, morass, swamp_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406; dat.
sg. of mōre, 711; acc. pl. mōras, 103, 162, 1349.
mōr-hop, st. n. , _place of refuge in the moor, hiding-place in the swamp_:
acc. pl. mōr-hopu, 450.
ge-mōt, st. n. , _meeting_: in comp. hand-, torn-ge-mōt.
mōtan, pret. -pres. v. : 1) _power_ or _permission to have something, to be
permitted; may, can_: pres. sg. I. , III. mōt, 186, 442, 604; II. mōst,
1672; pl. mōton, 347, 365, 395; pres. subj. ic mōte, 431; III. sē þe mōte,
1388; pret sg. mōste, 168, 707, 736, 895, 1488, 1999, 2242, 2505, etc. ; pl.
mōston, 1629, 1876, 2039, 2125, 2248; pres. subj. sg. II. þæt þū hine
selfne gesēon mōste (_mightest see_), 962. --2) _shall, must, be obliged_:
pres. sg. mōt, 2887; pret. sg. mōste, 1940; þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore
wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf, hrēð æt hilde (_if he must for the
first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory_, cf.
2681, 2683 seqq. ), 2575.
ge-munan, pret. -pres. v. , _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.
mōd-þræce, 385.
mōdor, f. , _mother_: nom. sg. , 1259, 1277, 1283, 1684, 2119; acc. sg.
mōdor, 1539, 2140, 2933.
mōna, w. m. , _moon_: gen. sg. mōnan, 94.
mōr, st. m. , _moor, morass, swamp_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan mōr, 1406; dat.
sg. of mōre, 711; acc. pl. mōras, 103, 162, 1349.
mōr-hop, st. n. , _place of refuge in the moor, hiding-place in the swamp_:
acc. pl. mōr-hopu, 450.
ge-mōt, st. n. , _meeting_: in comp. hand-, torn-ge-mōt.
mōtan, pret. -pres. v. : 1) _power_ or _permission to have something, to be
permitted; may, can_: pres. sg. I. , III. mōt, 186, 442, 604; II. mōst,
1672; pl. mōton, 347, 365, 395; pres. subj. ic mōte, 431; III. sē þe mōte,
1388; pret sg. mōste, 168, 707, 736, 895, 1488, 1999, 2242, 2505, etc. ; pl.
mōston, 1629, 1876, 2039, 2125, 2248; pres. subj. sg. II. þæt þū hine
selfne gesēon mōste (_mightest see_), 962. --2) _shall, must, be obliged_:
pres. sg. mōt, 2887; pret. sg. mōste, 1940; þǣr hē þȳ fyrste forman dōgore
wealdan mōste, swā him Wyrd ne gescrāf, hrēð æt hilde (_if he must for the
first time that day be victorious, as Fate had denied him victory_, cf.
2681, 2683 seqq. ), 2575.
ge-munan, pret. -pres. v. , _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.
