l. 34. B. conjectures: (1) hwearf flacra hrǣw hræfen, wandrode; (2) hwearf flacra hrǣw hræfen fram ōðrum = _flew from one corpse to another_.--_Beit._ xii. 27. l. 43. B. supposes wund hæleð to be a Dane, folces hyrde to be Hnæf, in opposition to Holtzmann (_Germania_, viii. 494), who supposes the wounded man to be a Frisian, and folces hyrde to be their king, Finn.--_Beit._ xii. 28. l. 45. B. adopts Th.'s reading heresceorp unhrōr = _equipments useless_.--_Beit._ xii. 28. l. 47. "Though wounded, they had retained their strength and activity in battle."--B., _Beit._ xii. 28. GLOSSARY A ac, conj. denoting contrariety: hence 1) _but_ (like N.H.G. sondern), 109, 135, 339, etc.--2) _but_ (N.H.G. aber), _nevertheless_, 602, 697, etc.--3) in direct questions: nonne, numquid, 1991. āglǣca, āhlǣca, ǣglǣca, -cea, w. m. (cf. Goth, aglo, _trouble_, O.N. agi, _terror_, + lāc, _gift, sport: = misery, vexation, = bringer of trouble_; hence): 1) _evil spirit, demon, a demon-like being_; of Grendel, 159, 433, 593, etc.; of the drake, 2535, 2906, etc.--2) _great hero, mighty warrior_; of Sigemund, 894; of Bēowulf: gen. sg. āglǣcan(?), 1513; of Bēowulf and the drake: nom. pl. þā āglǣcean, 2593. āglǣc-wīf, st. n., _demon, devil, in the form of a woman_; of Grendel's mother, 1260. aldor. See ealdor. al-wealda. See eal-w. am-biht (from and-b., Goth, and-baht-s), st. m., _servant, man-servant_: nom. sg. ombeht, of the coast-guard, 287; ombiht, of Wulfgār, 336. ambiht-þegn (from ambiht n. officium and þegn, which see), _servant, man-servant_: dat. sg. ombiht-þegne, of Bēowulf's servant, 674. an, prep, with the dat., _on, in, with respect to_, 678; _with, among, at, upon_ (position after the governed word), 1936; with the acc., 1248. Elsewhere on, which see. ancor, st. m., _anchor_: dat. sg. ancre, 303, 1884. ancor-bend, m. (?) f. (?), _anchor-cable_: dat. pl. oncer-bendum, 1919. and, conj. (ond is usual form; for example, 601, 1149, 2041), and 33, 39, 40, etc. (See Appendix.) anda, w. m., _excitement, vexation, horror_: dat. wrāðum on andan, 709, 2315. and-git, st. n., _insight, understanding_: nom. sg., 1060. See gitan. and-hātor, st. m. n., _heat coming against one_: gen. sg. rēðes and-hāttres, 2524. and-lang, -long, adj., _very long._ hence 1) _at whole length, raised up high_: acc. andlongne eorl, 2696 (cf. Bugge upon this point, Zachers Ztschr., 4, 217).--2) _continual, entire_; andlangne dæg, 2116, _the whole day_; andlonge niht, 2939. and-lēan, st. n., _reward, payment in full_: acc. sg., 1542, 2095 (hand-, hond-lean, MS.). and-risno, st. f. (see rīsan, surgere, decere), _that which is to be observed, that which is proper, etiquette_: dat. pl. for andrysnum, _according to etiquette_, 1797. and-saca, w. m., _adversary_: godes andsaca (Grendel), 787, 1683. and-slyht, st. m., _blow in return_: acc. sg., 2930, 2973 (MS. both times hond-slyht).