Glossary
A
ac, conj. denoting contrariety: hence 1) but (like N.H.G. sondern), 109, 135, 339, etc.—2) but (N.H.G. aber), nevertheless, 602, 697, etc.—3) in direct questions: nonne, numquid, 1991.
āglǣca, āhlǣca, ǣglǣca, -cea, w. m. (cf. Goth, aglo, trouble, O.N. agi, terror, + lāc, gift, sport: = misery, vexation, = bringer of trouble; hence): 1) evil spirit, demon, a demon-like being; of Grendel, 159, 433, 593, etc.; of the drake, 2535, 2906, etc.—2) great hero, mighty warrior; of Sigemund, 894; of Bēowulf: gen. sg. āglǣcan(?), 1513; of Bēowulf and the drake: nom. pl. þā āglǣcean, 2593.
āglǣc-wīf, st. n., demon, devil, in the form of a woman; of Grendel’s mother, 1260.
aldor. See ealdor.
al-wealda. See eal-w.
am-biht (from and-b., Goth, and-baht-s), st. m., servant, man-servant: nom. sg. ombeht, of the coast-guard, 287; ombiht, of Wulfgār, 336.
ambiht-þegn (from ambiht n. officium and þegn, which see), servant, man-servant: dat. sg. ombiht-þegne, of Bēowulf’s servant, 674.
an, prep, with the dat., on, in, with respect to, 678; with, among, at, upon (position after the governed word), 1936; with the acc., 1248. Elsewhere on, which see.
ancor, st. m., anchor: dat. sg. ancre, 303, 1884.
ancor-bend, m. (?) f. (?), anchor-cable: dat. pl. oncer-bendum, 1919.
and, conj. (ond is usual form; for example, 601, 1149, 2041), and 33, 39, 40, etc. (See Appendix.)
anda, w. m., excitement, vexation, horror: dat. wrāðum on andan, 709, 2315.
and-git, st. n., insight, understanding: nom. sg., 1060. See gitan.
and-hātor, st. m. n., heat coming against one: gen. sg. rēðes and-hāttres, 2524.
and-lang, -long, adj., very long. hence 1) at whole length, raised up high: acc. andlongne eorl, 2696 (cf. Bugge upon this point, Zachers Ztschr., 4, 217).—2) continual, entire; andlangne dæg, 2116, the whole day; andlonge niht, 2939.
and-lēan, st. n., reward, payment in full: acc. sg., 1542, 2095 (hand-, hond-lean, MS.).
and-risno, st. f. (see rīsan, surgere, decere), that which is to be observed, that which is proper, etiquette: dat. pl. for andrysnum, according to etiquette, 1797.
and-saca, w. m., adversary: godes andsaca (Grendel), 787, 1683.
and-slyht, st. m., blow in return: acc. sg., 2930, 2973 (MS. both times hond-slyht).
and-swaru, st. f., act of accosting: 1) to persons coming up, an address, 2861.—2) in reply to something said, an answer, 354, 1494, 1841.
and-weard, adj., present, existing: acc. sg. n. swīn ofer helme and-weard (the image of the boar, which stands on his helm), 1288.
and-wlita, w. m., countenance: acc. sg. -an, 690.
an-sund, adj., entirely unharmed: nom. sg. m., 1001.
an-sȳn, f., the state of being seen: hence 1) the exterior, the form, 251: ansȳn ȳwde, showed his form, i.e. appeared, 2835.—2) aspect, appearance, 929; on-sȳn, 2773.
an-walda, w. m., He who rules over all, God, 1273. See Note.
atelīc, adj., terrible, dreadful: atelīc egesa, 785.
atol, adj. (also eatol, 2075, etc.), hostile, frightful, cruel: of Grendel, 159, 165, 593, 2075, etc.; of Grendel’s mother’s hands (dat. pl. atolan), 1503; of the undulation of the waves, 849; of battle, 597, 2479.—cf. O.N. atall, fortis, strenuus.
attor, st. n., poison, here of the poison of the dragon’s bite: nom., 2716.
attor-sceaða, w. m., poisonous enemy, of the poisonous dragon: gen. sg. -sceaðan, 2840.
āwa, adv. (certainly not the dative, but a reduplicated form of ā, which see), ever: āwa tō aldre, fōr ever and ever, 956.