The Wife's Lament Flashcards
(84 cards)
1
Q
giedd
A
speech
2
Q
wrece
A
utter/say
pres
3
Q
bi
A
about
4
Q
geomorne
A
sad
dsf
5
Q
sylfre
A
self
6
Q
sið
A
fate
7
Q
mæg
A
can/might
8
Q
yrmþa
A
of hardships
gpl
9
Q
gebad
A
awaited
10
Q
up aweox
A
grew up
11
Q
niwes
A
recently
gs
12
Q
ealdes
A
long ago
g.s.
13
Q
no ma þonne
A
no more than
14
Q
A
A
always
15
Q
wite
A
punishment
16
Q
wonn
A
suffered
17
Q
wræsiþa
A
wretchedness
18
Q
Ærest
A
first
19
Q
gewat
A
departed
20
Q
heonan
A
hence
21
Q
yþa
A
waves
22
Q
gelac
A
rolling
23
Q
uhtceare
A
grief before dawn
24
Q
gewat
A
I departed
25
folgað
retinue
26
wineleas
friendless
27
wræcca
wanderer
28
weaþearfe
grevious need
29
ongunnon
they began
30
dyrne
secret
31
todælen
might separate
32
gewidost
far apart
33
lifdon
we lived
34
laðlicost
most wretched fashion
35
longade
longing-afflicted
36
herheard
abode in a grove
37
ahte
anything
38
leofra
beloved ones
39
lyt
few
40
londstede
country
41
holdra
loyal
42
for þon
therefore
43
geomor
sad
44
gemæcne
suitable
45
heardsæligne
unfortunate
46
hygegeomorne
sad at heart
47
miþendne
concealing
48
morþor
crime
49
hycgendre
planning
50
bliþe
friendly
51
gebæro
demeanor
52
beotedan
vowed
53
gedælan
might part
54
nemne
except
55
ana
alone
56
owiht
nothing
57
elles
else
58
onhworfen
turned around (pp)
59
feor
far
60
neah
near
61
felaleofan
dearly-beloved's
62
fæhðu
feud (acc)
63
dreogan
endure
64
wunian
to dwell
65
wuda
wood's
66
bearwe
grove
67
actreo
oakötree
68
eorðscræfe
eathen-cave
69
sele
hal
70
oflongad
seized with longing
71
dena
valleys
72
dimme
gloomy
73
duna
hills
74
uphea
lofty
75
bitre
bitter
76
brerum
briars
77
beweaxne
overgrown
78
wic
abode
79
wynna
of joys
80
leas
lacking
81
wraþe
cruelly
82
fromsiþ
departure
83
frean
of the lord
84
