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
häleða leófost on ge-sîðes hâd (_dearest of men as, in the character of,
follower_, etc.), 1298.
II. Of time: a) w. dat., _in, inside of, during, at_: on fyrste (_in time,
within the time appointed_), 76; on uhtan (_at dawn_), 126; on mergenne
(_at morn, on the morrow_), 565, 2940; on niht, 575; on wanre niht, 703; on
tyn dagum, 3161; so, 197, 719, 791, 1063, etc.; on geogoðe (_in youth_),
409, 466; on geogoð-feore, 537; so, 1844; on orlege (_in, during, battle_),
1327; hû lomp eów on lâde (_on the way_), 1988; on gange (_in going, en
route_), 1885; on sweofote (_in sleep_), 1582.--b) w. acc., _towards,
about_: on undern-mæl (_in the morning, about midday_), 1429; on
morgen-tîd, 484, 518; on morgen, 838; on ende-stäf (_toward the end, at
last_), 1754; oftor micle þonne on ænne sîð (_far oftener than once_),
1580.
III. With particles: him on efn (_beside, alongside of, him_), 2904; on
innan (_inside, within_), 71, 1741, 1969, 2453, 2716; þær on innan (_in
there_), 2090, 2215, 2245. With the relative þe often separated from its
case: þe ic her on starie (_that I here look on, at_), 2797; þe ge þær on
standað (_that ye there stand in_), 2867.
on-cýð (cf. Dietrich in Haupt's Zeits. XI., 412), st. f., _pain,
suffering_: nom. sg., 1421; acc. sg. or pl. on-cýððe, 831.
on-drysne, adj., _frightful, terrible_: acc. sg. firen on-drysne, 1933.
onettan (for anettan, from root an-, Goth. inf. anan, _to breathe, pant_),
w. v., _to hasten_: pret. pl. onetton, 306, 1804.
on-lîcnes, st. f., _likeness, form, figure_: nom. sg., 1352.
on-mêdla, w. m., _pride, arrogance_: dat. sg. for on-mêdlan, 2927. Cf.
Bugge in Zacher's Zeits. 4, 218 seqq.
on-sæge, adj., _tending to fall, fatal_: nom. sg. þâ wäs Hondsció (dat.)
hild on-sæge, 2077; Hæðcynne wearð ... gûð on-sæge, 2484.
on-weald, st. m., _power, authority_: acc. sg. (him) bega ge-hwäðres ...
onweald ge-teáh (_gave him power over, possession of, both_), 1044.
open, adj., _open_: acc. sg. hord-wynne fond ... opene standan, 2272.
openian, w. v., _to open_, w. acc.: inf. openian, 3057.
orc (O.S. orc, Goth. aúrkei-s), st. m., _crock, vessel, can _: nom. pl.
orcas, 3048; acc. pl. orcas, 2761.
orcnê, st. m., _sea-monster_: nom. pl. orcnêas, 112.
ord, st. n. _point_: nom. sg. ôð þät wordes ord breóst-hord þurh-bräc
(_till the word-point broke through his breast-hoard, came to utterance_),
2792; acc. sg. ord (_sword-point_), 1550; dat. instr. orde (id.), 556; on
orde (_at the head of, in front_ [of a troop]), 2499, 3126.
ord-fruma, w. m., _head lord, high prince_: nom. sg., 263.
oret-mecg, st. m., _champion, warrior, military retainer_: nom. pl.
oret-mecgas, 363, 481; acc. pl. oret-mecgas, 332.
oretta, w. m., _champion, fighter, hero_: nom. sg., 1533, 2539.
or-leg, st. n., _war, battle_: dat. sg. on orlege, 1327; gen. sg. or-leges,
2408.
or-leg-hwîl, st. f., _time of battle, war-time_: nom. sg. [or-leg]-hwîl,
2003; gen. sg. orleg-hwîle, 2912; gen. pl orleg-hwîla, 2428.
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