abbreviations:
1st = first person
2nd = second person
3rd = third person
acc. = accusative
adj. = adjective
adv. = adverb
anom. = anomalous
conj. = conjunction
fem. = feminine
gen. = genitive
Germ. = German
masc. = masculine
n. = noun
neut. = neuter
nom. = nominative
pl. = plural
prep. = preposition
pres. = present
pron. = pronoun
sing. = singular
str. = strong
v. = verb
wk. = weak
[the surviving form in the OED is indicated
in square brackets]
āhebban
str. v. 6 to lift up, raise, exalt,
erect; take way, remove; support, uphold; leaven: pres. 3rd pl. line 1 [aheave]
and
conj. and
bēon
anom. v. to be, exist, become,
happen: pres. 1st sing. line 8
beran
str. v. 4 to bear, carry, bring, take
away, carry out, extend; bring forth, produce; be situated by birth; wear;
endure; support, sustain; set forth, open (a case): pres. 3rd sing. [i-bere]
būan
(būgan) anom. v. to stay, dwell,
live; lie (of land); inhabit, occupy; cultivate: pres. 1st sing. line 2 [Germ. bauen]
byht
neut. n. dwelling: acc. pl. line 3
drēfan
wk. v. to stir up, excite, disturb,
trouble, vex, afflict: pres. 1st
sing. line 2 [dreve]
fēran
wk. v. to go, come, depart, set out,
march, travel; behave, act; accomplish, attain, obtain; fare, speed, undergo,
suffer, bring: pres. participle line 9 [fere]
flōd
masc. or neut. n. mass of water,
flood, wave; flow (of tide as opposed to ebb), tide, flux, current, stream; the
Flood, Deluge: dat. sing. line 9
[flood]
folc
neut. n. folk, people, nation tribe;
a collection or class of persons, laity; troop, army: acc. sing. or pl. line 6
folde
fem. n. earth, ground, soil, terra
firma; land, country region; world: dat.
sing. line 9 [fold]
frætwa
(frætwe) fem. pl. n. treasures,
ornaments, trappings, armour: nom. pl.
line 6
gæst masc.
n. guest: nom. sing. line 9 (or
possibly gǣst [ghost])
gǣst
masc. n. breath; soul, spirit, life;
good or bad spirit, angel, demon; Holy Ghost; man, human being: nom. sing. line 9 [ghost].
getenge
see ge-tenge alphabetised under t below.
hæleÞ
masc. n. man, hero, fighter: gen. pl. line 3 [heleth]
hēa
adj. high, tall, lofty; high-class,
exalted, sublime illustrious, important; proud, haughty, deep; right: acc. sing. fem. line 4 [high]
hlūde
adv. loudly, aloud: line 7
hrægl
neut. n. dress, clothing; vestment;
cloth, sheet, sail: nom. sing. line 1
[rail]
hrūse
fem. n. earth, soil ground: acc. sing. line 1
hwīlum
adv. sometimes, once, whilom;
hwīlum . . . hwīlum now . . . now, at one time . . . at others: line 3
hyrst
fem. n. ornament, decoration, jewel
treasure; accoutrements, trappings, armour: nom.
pl. line 4 [hurst]
ic
personal pron. I: 1st pers. nom. sing. lines 1 and 8 [I]
lyft
fem., masc., or neut. n. air, sky,
clouds, atmosphere: nom. sing. fem. line
4 [lift, Germ. luft]
mec
personal pron. me: 1st pers. acc. sing. lines 3 and
5 [me]
mīn,
mīne possessive adj. my: nom. sing. masc. line 1, nom. pl. fem. lines
4 and 6 [my, mine]
ne
adv. not, no: line 8
ofer
prep. (with dat. = rest, with acc. =
motion) over, beyond, above, upon, in, across, past: lines 3 and 6 [over]
oÞÞe
conj. or; and; oÞÞe . . . oÞÞe either
. . . or: line 2
singan
str. v. 3 to sing, celebrate in song;
crow, sing (of birds); chant, intone, read, recite, narrate; (of things) sound,
resound, ring, clash: pres. 3rd
pl. line 8 [sing]
strengu
fem. n. strength, power, vigour,
ability; firmness, fortitude; virtue: nom.
sing. line 5
swīgian
wk. v. to be or become silent, keep
silence, be quiet, still: pres. 3rd
sing. line 1 [swie, Germ. schweigen]
swinsian
wk. v. to sound melodiously, make
melody, sing: pres. 3rd pl.
line 7
swōgan
str. v. 7 to sound, roar, howl, rustle, whistle, rattle: pres. 3rd pl. line 7 [sough]
ge-tenge prep. with dat. near to, resting on:
line 8
torhte
adv. brightly, clearly; beautifully;
splendidly: line 8
tredan
str. v. 5 to tread, step on, trample;
traverse, pass over, enter upon, roam through: pres. 1st sing. line 1 [tread]
Þā
definite article the: acc. pl. neut. line 2 [the]
Þēos
demonstrative this: nom. sing. fem. line 4
Þonne
adv. and conj. then; therefore,
wherefore; yet; while, when; thereafter; henceforth; rather than; since;
although Þonne . . . Þonne when . . . then: lines
1, 5 and 8 [then]
wæd
neut. n. ford, water, sea, ocean: acc. pl. wado line 2
wīc
neut. (or fem.) n. dwelling-place,
lodging, habitation, house, mansion; village, town; in pl. entrenchments, camp,
castle, fortress; street, lane, bay, creek: acc.
pl. neut. line 2 [wick]
wīde
adv. widely, afar, far and wide: line 4 [wide]
wolcen
neut. (or masc.) n. ball, lump; sky,
heavens: gen. pl. line 5 [welkin]
Source
of definitions: A Concise Anglo-Saxon
Dictionary, ed. J.R.Clark-Hall. Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching 14.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984