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| magan (pretpres) | be able; be permitted; be possible |
| arc (2f) | ark; chest; coffin |
| beorma (wk m) | yeast |
| symle (adv) | always, continually, at all times |
| onscēotan (II onscēat, onscuton, onscoten) | open |
| ele (3m) | oil |
| Rōmānisc (adj/n) | Roman; Latin |
| feohtan (III feaht, fuhton, fuhten) | fight |
| tēon (II tēah, tugon, tugen) | draw |
| gafolgylda (wk m) | tributary |
| (ge)swutelian (2) | show, reveal; explain, clarify |
| gāstlīce (adv) | spiritually |
| slēan (VI slōh, slōgon, slōgen) | strike, beat |
| gehabban (3 gehæfde, gehæfd) | keep, retain; hold; restrain; preserve |
| woruldþing (1n) | worldly affair, worldly concern |
| bodung (2f) | announcement; call; preaching; teaching; prophecy; Annunciation |
| æthwega (adv/pron) | somewhat, to some extent; briefly; something |
| licgan (V læg, lǣgon, legen) | lie |
| hundseofontig (num card) | seventy |
| rāp (1m) | rope |
| melu (n) | flour |
| alȳfan (1) | permit, allow |
| afȳlan (1) | defile |
| gehealdsumnes (2f) | temperance; abstinence; self-restraint; chastity |
| hēahreced (1n) | tall building; important hall |
| dūn (f; m/n) | mountain; hill |
| drȳpan (1) | sprinkle; drip (intr/tr) |
| ārōra (wk m) | brass |
| æcer (1m) | field; acre |
| berewæstm (1m) | barley crop |
| tōforan (prep) | before (+dat/gen) |
| gesewenlic (adj) | visible |
| tōdrǣfan (1) | scatter, disperse; dispel |
| hlǣder (2f) | set of steps; ladder |
| lārēow (1m) | teacher; scholar |
| cweartern (n) | prison |
| īsern (or īsen, īren, adj) | iron |
| heafodlēahter (1m) | cardinal sin |
| betwēoh (prep/adv) | between; among |
| cȳpemann (5m) | merchant |
| būtan (adv/prep/conj) | outside; except; unless |
| waru (2f) | protection |
| ælmesmann (5m) | beggar |
| ungedēfe (adj) | inappropriate, unpleasant |
| rēþe (adj) | fierce; savage; cruel |
| bēam (1m) | tree |
| wītega (wk m) | prophet |
| (ge)æmtigian (2) | free up, make available |
| sāwan (VII sēow, sēowon, sāwen) | sow |
| underþēodan (1) | subjugate, subject; past ptc underþēod subject, subordinate |
| unfremu (2f) | damage, detriment |
| alǣtan (vii) | leave, abandon; renounce |
| þweornes (2f) | sin, perversity; evil |
| hringan (1) | ring |
| (ge)hǣlan (1) | heal |
| Nicenisc (adj) | Nicaean, of Nicaea |
| wlitigian (2) | make beautiful |
| (ge)gad(e)rian (2) | collect, amass; convene; join |
| blōwan (VII blēow, blēowon, blōwen) | bloom, flourish; thrive |
| forþgang (1m) | progress |
| fylgan (1) | follow (+dat) |
| unrihtlic (adj) | unrighteous, unjust |
| furh (5f) | furrow |
| forhogian (2) | scorn, despise; neglect |
| ānnes (2f) | unity, whole; harmony |
| geþeaht (1m) | deliberation; council, assembly |
| forma (num ord) | first |
| gecoren (past ptc) | chosen, elect |
| ymbhoga (wk m) | care, concern |
| wyrdwrītere (1m) | historiographer, historian |
| fōdor (1n) | fodder; food |
| feoh (1n) | livestock; property, money, wealth |
| woruldgewinn (1n) | worldly war(fare) |
| þrymm (1m) | host, throng, multitude |
| sweor (1m) | column, pillar |
| bōcere (1m) | scholar; author |
| ēce (adj) | eternal |
| cwellere (1m) | killer |
| gefeoht (1n) | battle, fight |
| lyblāc (1m) | witchcraft, potioncraft |
| elnian (2) | grow strong |
| astellan (1) | establish, institute; set forth, present; set (an example) |
| yrþ (2f) | ploughing; ploughed land; crop |
| (ge)trymman (1) | strengthen, fortify, edify |
| bescēawian (2) | look, see; observe; contemplate; attend to |
| acenned (1) | give birth; past ptc acennedan incarnate; in that form sometimes to be taken as āncenned "only-begotten" |
| bēatan (VII bēot, bēoton, bēaten) | beat, strike |
| (ge)dafenian (2) | be appropriate, fitting |
| snīþan (I) | cut |
| rihtlic (adj) | righteous, just |
| flǣsclic (adj) | corporeal, carnal; worldly; mortal, human |
| belimpan (III) | pertain; belong; be appropriate; happen (+dat) |
| twīges (late adv) | twice |
| (ge)brōþor (6m) | brother |
| stȳrian (2) | move, stir (intr/tr) |
| (ge)mearcian (2) | mark; single out; appoint; note, indicate |
| smylte (adj) | tranquil |
| mæþ (2f) | measure, degree, extent |
| abbod (1m/wk m) | abbot |
| þēowdōm (1m) | service, servitude, slavery |
| processiō (f?) | procession |
| belltācen (1n) | bell-sounding, bell-signal |
| frætwe (2f) | ornaments, trappings |
| healf (2f) | side; half |
| weorþung (2f) | honour, reverence; glory |
| bend (3m; 2f) | cord |
| dōmlīce (adv) | judiciously; gloriously, majestically |
| gewuna (wk m) | custom |
| sacerd (1m) | priest |
| forlǣtan (vii) | leave, forsake; let; blōd forlǣtan bleed, bloodlet |
| twēgen (num card/adj) | two |
| scīr (adj) | bright, clear |
| þēowa (wk m) | servant |
| glæppe (wk f) | ?bogbean |
| bebēodan (II bebēad, bebudon, beboden) | command; impose, demand; proclaim; commend; entrust, commit |
| swēg (1m) | sound, noise |
| (ge)wyrcan (1) | make; obtain; earn (+acc/gen) |
| staþol (1m) | site, location; foundation |
| fruma (wk m) | beginning; origin; ruler |
| fēond (7m) | enemy |
| namcūþ (adj) | widely known |
| swilc (pron) | such, the same; swilc swilce such as, the same as, as many as, the same amount as |
| wēsten (1m; f; 1n) | desert |
| fugel (1m) | bird |
| oferswīþan (I oferswāþ, oferswiþon, oferswiþen) | defeat, overcome |
| fæstlīce (adv) | firmly, securely |
| bysgu (2f): occupation; affliction; care | |
| canunc (m) | canon (i.e. cleric living under a canonical rule) |
| beswincan (III beswanc, beswuncon, beswuncen) | work for, work at |
| dǣl (3m; 3n) | part; share; amount; extent; fate, lot |
| tunge (wk f) | tongue |
| deriendlic (adj) | harmful |
| Ēastersunnanǣfen (2m/2n) | Holy Saturday |
| (ge)friþian (2) | protect, defend; reconcile |
| lāc (1n; 2f; 1m) | offering |
| hwæt (adj) | vigorous; bold |
| efensācerd (1m) | fellow priest |
| cynn (1n) | kin, race; species, kind |
| bodig (1n) | frame, body |
| (ge)trūwung (2f) | confidence, trust |
| lifian (2) | live |
| ār (2f) | honour; help, benefit; favour; grace, mercy |
| (ge)strȳnan (1) | gain, acquire; beget, procreate |
| æthrine (3m) | touch |
| genihtsum (adj) | abundant, plentiful |
| (ge)restan (1) | rest (reflex.) |
| capitol (m/n/wk) | chapter/section of a book; chapter, assembly of clerics |
| talente (wk f) | talent (a measure of weight) |
| ā (adv) | always, forever |
| tōweard (adj) | future, to come |
| unlūcan (II unlēac, unlucon, unlucen) | unlock, open |
| heregang (1m) | military expedition (used metonymically of the Babylonian captivity) |
| benemnan (1) | name; declare; express |
| sǣd (1n) | seed |
| gospellbodung (2f): preaching of the Gospel | |
| andlang (prep/adv) | prep along; adv along, onward; on andlang fully extended |
| forlorenes (2f) | destruction; loss |
| dagian (2) | dawn |
| (ge)settan (1) | set, establish, compose; appoint, decree |
| lēaf (2f) | permission |
| ēadmōdlīce (adv) | humbly |
| ceastergewara (wk m) | town-dweller, citizen |
| gedrēfednes (2f) | disturbance; agitation; affliction |
| fēgan (1) | join |
| gebīdan (I) | remain; wait; await; experience, live to see (+gen) |
| sīþ (1m) | journey; path; time, iteration |
| finol (1m) | fennel |
| arīman (1) | enumerate, list; recite |
| smēagung (2f) | enquiry; discussion; investigation |
| gemyndig (adj) | mindful |
| fæþm (1m; 2f) | embrace, grasp; bosom; cubit (i.e. the length of the forearm, approx. 50cm); rarely fathom (approx 180cm) |
| alecgan (1) | put down; kill |
| hunig (1n) | honey |
| lēan (1n) | reward |
| sōþfæstnes (2f) | faithfulness; righteousness |
| tōcyme (3m) | arrival, coming |
| fēowerþa (num ord) | fourth |
| gescyldnes (2f) | protection |
| (ge)cȳþnes (2f) | testimony; covenant, (Old/New) Testament |
| þrowung (2f) | suffering; martyrdom, passion |
| þyncan (1; þūhte, þūht) | seem, think (impers +dat) |
| eorþstyrung (2f) | earthquake |
| rest (2f) | rest; sleep; bed |
| wendan (1) | turn (intr/tr) |
| gemet(e)gung (2f) | moderation |
| trēowcynn (1n) | tree species |
| bōt (2f) | remedy, cure; atonement |
| (ge)stȳran, (ge)stēoran (1) | steer, control; correct, set aright |
| gemynd (n/f) | mind; memory |
| onwinnan (III onwann, onwunnon, onwunnen) | attack |
| mæssian (2) | say Mass |
| gebyrian (2) | pertain, belong, concern, apply |
| bydel (1m) | messenger; preacher |
| tyhting (2f) | incitement, persuasion |
| hetol (adj) | hostile |
| etan (v) | eat |
| swēgan (1) | sound, make sound |
| Egyptisc (adj) | Egyptian |
| burh (5f) | (fortified) town |
| ārlēas (adj) | dishonourable, wicked |
| forhelan (iv) | hide, conceal |
| aslēan (VII aslōh, aslōgon, aslægen) | strike (off), beat |
| gerēfa (wk m) | overseer, estate manager; judge; reeve |
| lēohtfæt (1n) | lamp |
| (ge)wrīþan (I wrāþ, wridon, wriden) | twist; bind, wrap; fetter |
| metod (1m) | God, Lord (lit. "measurer") |
| bisceopsinoþ (1m) | synod of bishops |
| witan (I) | know |
| friþ (1m/n) | peace |
| amānsumian (2) | excommunicate, suspend; exclude; hold anathema |
| heardian (2) | harden |
| wyrt (3f) | plant; herb |
| abacan (VI abōc, abōcon, abacen) | bake |
| sunnganges (adv) | clockwise, in the direction of the sun |
| bȳsen (2f) | example, model, exemplar |
| undern (m) | the third hour of the day (c. 9am) |
| Cristesmæsseniht (5f) | Christmas Eve |
| uncūþ (adj) | unknown, unfamiliar, strange |
| ceosan (II ceas, curon, coren) | choose, select, elect |
| tēona (wk m) | injury, harm; insult, abuse |
| unhālwende (adj) | unhealthy, detrimental to one's health |
| derian (2) | harm |
| gedēfe (adj) | due, proper |
| galdor (1n) | incantation; divination; song |
| wælhrēow (adj) | cruel |
| (ge)setting (2f) | decree, appointment |
| stæpe (m) | step; degree |
| bewerian (2) | defend, protect |
| innanweard (adj) | on the inside of; innanweardre handa brād as broad as the palm of one's hand |
| erce | (of unknown meaning, if any) |
| beran (IV bær, bǣron, boren) | carry |
| bān (1n) | bone |
| fīras (1m pl) | people, humankind |
| setlgang (1m) | setting (of a heavenly body) |
| asmēagan (2) | ponder, contemplate |
| ǣ (2f) | law |
| bēacen (1n) | sign; symbol; (sound) of a bell |
| getācnung (2f) | meaning, reference, referent |
| heard (adj) | hard, firm, solid, strong; difficult |
| (ge)reccan (1; rehte, [ge]reht) | tell, narrate; explain, interpret; govern; extend, stretch |
| mæsseþenung (2f) | the service of Mass |
| lǣcecræft (1m) | medicine, the art of healing |
| frēo, frīg (adj) | free |
| bealu (1n) | evil; harm; attack; pain, torment |
| cwidol (adj) | eloquent |
| riht (adj) | straight, right, proper |
| nȳten (1n): animal | |
| seolfor (1n) | silver |
| (ge)unnan (pretpres) | grant (+dat of person, +gen of thing) |
| winnan (III wann, wunnon, wunnen) | strive, fight |
| weaxan (VII wēox, wēoxon, weaxen) | grow |
| yrre (1n) | anger |
| onlūtan (II onlēat, onluton, onloten) | bow, bend down |
| wrīdan (I wrād, wridon, wriden) | sprout |
| belūcan (II belēac, belucon, belucen) | close, shut; enclose, shut in, lock up |
| sīþian (2) | travel |
| (ge)cnedan (V (ge)cnæþ, (ge)cnǣdon, (ge)cneden) | knead |
| forgyldan (iii) | repay |
| ǣder (2f/wk f) | vein |
| corn (1n) | grain; seed |
| gebiddan (V bæd, bǣdon, beden) | ask; pray |
| bētan (1) | mend, restore; improve; do penance |
| folde (wk f) | earth, land |
| sweltan (III swealt, swulton, swolten) | die |
| aþenian (2) | stretch, extend |
| þanc (1n) | thanks; thought; favour, grace; þances or tō þance = to the satisfaction of (+gen) |
| casere (1m) | emperor |
| pytt (1m) | pit |
| ontȳnan (1) | open; reveal |
| bȳme (wk f) | trumpet |
| wiþersaca (wk m) | adversary, opponent; apostate; Iūliānus se wiðersaca Julian the Apostate |
| geþingian (2) | intercede (for), mediate (on behalf of), reconcile (with) |
| forsēon (V forseah, forsawon, forsewen) | scorn, despise |
| beorgan (III bearg, burgon, borgen) | protect, defend; save; spare |
| lēof (adj, used substantively) | dear sir; my friend |
| ōþer (adj/num ord) | other; second |
| ungesewenlic (adj) | invisible |
| yfel (adj) | evil; bad, ill |
| gedyrstlæcan (1) | dare; undertake |
| endebyrdnes (2f) | order; sequence; rank; rite, service; natural course |
| þegn, þegen (1m) | servant; soldier; retainer |
| geþingþ(u) (2f) | intercession |
| cweþan (V cwæþ, cwǣdon, cweden) | speak; say; call; mean |
| cirice (wk f) | church |
| belecgan (1) | surround, encompass; cover; beset, inlay |
| bodian (2) | announce; preach |
| riht (1n) | right, justice |
| stīgan (I stāh, stigon, stigen) | ascend; descend |
| turf (2f; gen/dat tyrf) | turf, sod |
| geflit (1n) | strife, conflict |
| astreccan (1) | stretch, extend (intr/tr); (refl) lie down fully extended, prostrate |
| sulhgetēoh (1n) | plough implement |
| ēacnian (2) | increase; flourish, be fertile; conceive; be pregnant; be in labour |
| þriwa (adv) | three times |
| drȳ (1m) | sorcerer; sorcery, witchcraft; one of the Magi |
| gemet (1n) | measure, extent |
| (ge)þancian (2) | thank; reward |
| asingan (III asang, asungon, asungen) | recite, sing |
| gelȳfan (1) | believe |
| ēare (wk n) | ear |
| wangturf (2f) | turf, sod |
| hrēow (2f) | contrition, repentance; sorrow, grief |
| plēolic (adj) | dangerous |
| hundred (1n/num card) | hundred; century (Roman military unit); hundredes ealdor centurion |
| mynster, minster (1n) | monastery (broadly conceived) |
| æftemǣst (adj) | last, final |
| fylgian (2) | follow (+dat) |
| woruldmann (5m) | layperson |
| swincan (III swanc, swuncon, swuncen) | toil; be troubled |
| cȳþan (1) | make known, declare, announce |
| tāc(e)n (1n) | sign, symbol |
| gewinn (1n) | struggle, battle |
| sibb (2f) | kinship; peace |
| ǣrnemorgen (1m) | early morning, daybreak; matins |
| ætbregdan (III atbrægd, ætbrugdon, ætbrogden) | take away, remove; withhold, hold back; withdraw |
| mynegian (2) | admonish |
| forberan (IV forbær, forbǣron, forboren) | endure |
| clipur (1m) | clapper, bell-tongue |
| mǣl (1m) | measure; mark; crucifix; time, occasion; meal(time) |
| lustfullung (2f) | pleasure, delight |
| tīd (2f) | time; hour; service in the divine office |
| stōr (m) | frankincense |
| woruldcempa (wk m) | worldly soldier |
| būgan (II bēag, bugon, bogen) | bend, bow; turn; kneel |
| cwidbōc (5f) | book of proverbs |
| ealdfæder (6m) | ancestor |
| munuc (1m) | monk |
| gecamp (1mn) | battle, war |
| tōdǣlan (1) | divide, separate; distribute |
| sculan (IV) | must, have to, need to, ought to |
| Ebreisc (adj/n) | Hebrew |
| manigfeald (adj) | numerous; manifold, diverse |
| (ge)tācnian (2) | mean, signify, prefigure |
| eallwealda (wk adj/wk masc) | all-ruling (one), almighty |
| mægen (1n) | strength, power |
| unsceþþignes (2f) | innocence |
| sellan (1) | give; entrust, commit; sell |
| gelēafful (adj) | faithful |
| wæstm (1mn/2f) | fruit, produce; offspring; growth |
| wēofod (1n) | altar |
| gebyrdtīd (2f) | time of birth |
| flotmann (5m) | sailor; pirate, Viking |
| hǣlu (2f) | health; \~praise |
| munuc (1m) | monk; ap munecas |
| brād (adj) | broad |
| gāstlic (adj) | spiritual |
| hwīt (adj) | white |
| hwǣtewæstm (1m) | wheat crop |
| neoþanweard (adj) | down low |
| meolc (2f) | milk |
| aweorpan (III wearp, wurpon, worpen) | throw, cast; cast out; abandon; renounce |
| gesceaft (2f/1n) | creature; creation; decree |
| grund (1m) | bottom, depths, abyss; ground, surface, land |
| mæssedæg (1m) | mass, (religious) festival |
| upstigendæg (late 1m) | Ascension Day |
| cwicbēam (1m) | quickbeam, rowan |
| hundeahtatig (num card) | eighty |
| mæsse (wk f) | Mass |
| fremman, fremian (1/2) | do, perform; accomplish; benefit; further, advance |
| borian (2) | drill; insert into a drilled hole |
| seofoþa (num ord) | seventh |
| earmlic (adj) | miserable |
| bigleofa (wk m) | sustenance, subsitence; food; necessities; wages |
| līcian (2) | please, gratify, humour |
| ofhrēosan (II ofhrēas, ofhruron, ofhruren) | fall on top of, cover, bury |
| wyrhta (wk m) | creator, craftsman, worker |
| frēond (7m) | friend; relative |
| woruldnytt (2f) | worldly benefit |
| lēahter (1m) | sin; crime; not to be confused with hlēahtor "laughter" |
| sulh (n) | plough |
| Grēcisc (adj/n) | Greek |
| gemanigfealdian (2) | multiply |
| nēadian (2) | force, compel |
| hangian (2) | hang |
| ealdormann (5m): official; leader | |
| sceaþa (wk m) | criminal; doer of harm |
| mǣrlīce (adv) | magnificently, gloriously |
| (ge)samnian (2) | gather, collect, summon |
| yld, ild (2f) | age, era; mature/old age |
| lofsang (1m) | song of praise |
| (ge)wilnian (2) | wish (for, upon sbd) |
| syrwian (2) | devise, plot |
| behȳdan (1) | hide, conceal; sheathe, put away |
| regol (1m) | rule, esp. monastic code of conduct |
| lētaniā (wk m) | litany (a prayer consisting of a sequence of petitions) |
| gebyrdtīma (wk m) | time of birth |
| gōs (5f) | goose |
| trum (adj) | firm, strong |
| eard (1m) | homeland, country |
| swicol (adj) | treacherous |
| middæg (1m) | midday, noon |
| hātan (VII hēt, hēton, hāten) | name, call; be called; order, command |
| gebeorg (1m/n) | protection |
| (ge)rǣdan (1) | determine; advise |
| ealdorscipe (3m) | authority |
| dryhtenlic (adj) | divine |
| ufan (adv) | from above, down |
| pāpa (wk m) | pope |
| ǣnig (adj) | any |
| māþm, māþum (1m) | treasure, thing of value |
| halgungbōc (5f) | book of consecration; pontifical |
| lēode (1m pl) | people |