Core OE 500 Part 2 Flashcards
gif
conj., if
gioguþ
noun, f., youth, young people
gnornian
verb, to mourn
god
adj., good,<div>noun, m., God</div>
grædig
adj., greedy
griþ
noun, n., truce
guma
noun, m., man (poet., cp. MnE ?bridegroom, MnG Bräutigam)
guþ
noun, f., battle, war (poet.)
gylp
noun, m., boast, pride (cp. MnE to yelp)
gyse
adv., yes
habban
verb, to have
hal
adj., safe, unhurt (cp. MnE whole)
halig
adj., holy
ham
noun, m., home
hat
adj., hot
hatan
verb, to command, order, call, name (cp. MnG heissen)
hælan
verb, to heal
Hælend
noun, m., Saviour (cp. MnG Heiland)
hæleþ
noun, m., hero (poet., cp. MnG Held)
hæþen
adj., heathen
heafod
noun, n., head
heah
adj., high
hearh
noun, m., heathen shrine (cp. place-name Harrow)
heaþorinc
m., warrior (poet.)
helm
noun, m., protection, cover, helmet
heofon
noun, m., heaven
heorot
noun, m., deer, stag (cp. MnE hart, Heorot in Beowulf)
here
noun, m., army (cp. MnG Heer)
hergian
verb, to ravage (cp. MnE to harry)
hild
noun, f., battle (cp. Christian name Hilda)
hlaf
noun, m., bread (cp. MnE loaf)
hlaford
noun, m., lord (cp. OE hlaf, bread, hlaford=hlafweard, the one in charge of the bread)
hlæw
noun, m., mound, barrow (cp. place-names Lewes, Wilmslow, Ludlow)
hleo
noun, n., protection, shelter
holt
noun, n., wood, forest (cp. MnG Holz)
hord
noun, n., hoard
hu
adv., how
hund
noun, m., dog (cp. MnE hound)
hus
noun, n., house
hwa
pron., who
hwæt
pron., what
hwær
adv., where
hwæþer
conj., whether
hwelc
pron. and adj., which
hwil
noun, f., while
hycgan
verb, to think, plan
hyge
noun, m., mind, heart, courage (poet., cp. MnDu geheugen, Hygelac in Beowulf)
hyht
noun, m., joy, bliss, hope
hyrde
noun, m., guardian, keeper (cp. MnE shepherd)
hyse
noun, m., warrior (poet.)
ic
pron., I
ides
noun, f., lady (poet.)
ilca
adj. and pron., same (cp. MnE ilk)
isen
noun, n., iron (cp. MnG Eisen, Tolkien’s Isengard)
lac
noun, n., play, sacrifice, offering (cp. MnE to lark)
laf
noun, f., remnant, what is left (cp. MnE to leave)
lagu
noun, f., law
lar
noun, f., teaching (cp. MnE lore)
laþ
adj., hateful, hostile (cp. MnE loathsome)
læne
adj., temporary, transitory, granted, lent
leas
adj., devoid of (cp. MnE -less)
leax
noun, m., salmon (cp. MnSw gravad lax)
leode
noun, pl., people (cp. MnG Leute)
leof
adj., beloved, dear (cp. MnE love, MnG lieb)
leoht
noun, n., light
leoþ
noun, n., song, poem, poetry (cp. MnG Lied)
lic
noun, n., body (cp. MnG Leiche)
lichama
noun, m., body (cp. MnG Leichnam)
lif
noun, n., life
lind
noun, f., shield (of lindenwood)
lof
noun, n., praise (cp. MnG Lob)
lofgeorn
adj., eager for praise (cp. Beowulf 3182)
lufu
noun, f., love
lyft
noun, f., air, sky, breeze (cp. MnG Luftwaffe)
magan
verb, to be able, can, be competent (cp. MnE may)
man
n., crime
manig
adj., many
maþelian
verb, to speak (poet.)
maþm
m., treasure
mæg
noun, m., kinsman
mægen
n., strength, power, army (cp. MnE main)
mægþ
noun, f., maiden
mære
adj., famous, glorious, notorious (cp. MnG Märchen)
mearc
noun, f., boundary, region, border (cp. MnE Denmark)
mearh
m., horse (cp. MnE mare)
mece
noun, m., sword (poet.)
meodo
noun, m., mead (cp. Tolkien’s Meduseld)
meotod
noun, m., creator (poet., literally ‘the measurer’, cp. MnE meted out)
mere
noun, m., pool, lake
micel
adj., great, large, much
mid
prep., with, amid, among
middangeard
noun, m., world, middle earth (cp. Tolkien’s middle earth)
miht
noun, f., might
mod
noun, n., spirit, courage, mind (cp. MnE mood)
modig
adj., brave, bold, arrogant (cp. MnE moody)
modor
noun, f., mother
mona
noun, m., moon
morþor
noun, n., crime, violence, torment (cp. MnE murder, Tolkien’s Mordor)
motan
verb, to may, be allowed to (cp. MnE must)
mund
noun, f., hand, protection (cp. MnG Vormund)
gemynd
noun, n., mind, remembrance
mynster
noun, n., monastery, church (cp. MnE minster)]
nædre
noun, f., snake, serpent
næss
noun, m., headland, bluff (cp. Fife Ness)
neah
adj., near
neorxnawang
noun, m., Paradise (OE wang, noun, m., field)
niman
verb, to take (cp. MnE numb, MnG nehmen)