I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
General
I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
Dragons -- Poetry; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry
on-munan, w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to admonish, exhort_: pret. sg.
onmunde ûsic mærða (_exhorted us to deeds of glory_), 2641.
mund, st. f., _hand_: instr. pl. mundum, mid mundum, 236, 514, 1462, 3023,
3092.
mund-bora, w. m., _protector, guardian, preserver_: nom. sg., 1481, 2780.
mund-gripe, st. m., _hand-grip, seizure_: acc. sg. mund-gripe, 754; dat.
sg. mund-gripe, 380, 1535; äfter mund-gripe (_after having seized the
criminal_), 1939.
murnan, st. v., _to shrink from, be afraid of, avoid_: pret. sg. nô mearn
fore fæhðe and fyrene, 136; so, 1538; nalles for ealdre mearn (_was not
apprehensive for his life_), 1443.--2) _to mourn, grieve_: pres. part. him
wäs ... murnende môd, 50; pres. subj., þonne he fela murne (_than that he
should mourn much_), 1386.
be-murnan, be-meornan, with acc., _to mourn over_: pret. be-mearn, 908,
1078.
murn-lîce. See un-murn-lîce.
mûð-bana, w. m., _mouth-destroyer_: dat. sg. tô mûð-bonan (of Grendel
because he bit his victim to death), 2080.
mûða, w. m., _mouth, entrance_: acc. sg. recedes mûðan (_mouth of the
house, door_), 725.
ge-mynd, st. f., _memory, memorial, remembrance_: dat. pl. tô gemyndum,
2805, 3017. See weorð-mynd.
myhdgian, w. v., _to call to mind, remember_: pres. sg. myndgað, 2058;
pres. part. w. gen. gif þonne Fresna hwylc ... þäs morðor-hetes myndgiend
wære (_were to call to mind the bloody feud_), 1106.
ge-myndgian, w. v. w. acc., _to remember_: bið gemyndgad ... eaforan
ellor-sîð (_is reminded of his son's decease_), 2451.
ge-myndig, adj., _mindful_: nom. sg. w. gen., 614, 869, 1174, 1531, 2083,
etc.
myne, st. m.: 1) _mind, wish_: nom. sg., 2573.--2) _love_(?): ne his myne
wisse (_whose_ [God's] _love he knew not_), 169.
ge-mynian, w. v. w. acc., _to be mindful of_: imper. sg. gemyne mærðo! 660.
myntan, w. v., _to intend, think of, resolve_: pret. sg. mynte ... manna
cynnes sumne besyrwan (_meant to entrap all_(?) [see sum], _some one of
(?), the men_), 713; mynte þät he gedælde ... (_thought to sever_), 732;
mynte se mæra, þær he meahte swâ, wîdre gewindan (_intended to flee_), 763.
myrce, adj., _murky, dark_: acc. sg. ofer myrcan môr, 1406.
myrð, st. f., _joy, mirth_: dat. (instr.) sg. môdes myrðe, 8n.
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naca, w. m., _vessel, ship_: acc. sg. nacan, 295; gen. sg. nacan,
214.--Comp.: hring-, ýð-naca.
nacod, adj., _naked_: nom. and acc. sg. swurd, gûð-bill nacod, 539, 2586;
nacod nîð-draca, 2274.
nalas, nales, nallas. See nealles.
nama, w. m., _name_: nom. sg. Beówulf is mîn nama, 343; wäs þäm häft-mêce
Hrunting nama, 1458; acc. sg. scôp him Heort naman (_gave it the name
Hart_), 78.
nâ (from ne-â), strength, negative, _never, not all_, 445, 567, 1537.
nâh, from ne-âh. See âgan.
nân (from ne-ân), indef. pron., _none, no_: with gen. pl. gûð-billa nân,
804; adjectively, nân ... îren ærgôd, 990.
nât, from ne-wât: _I know not=nescio_. See witan.
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