I. Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
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I. Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
Dragons -- Poetry; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry
hringed-stefna, w. m., _ship whose stem is provided with iron rings_
(cramp-irons), especially of sea-going ships (cf. Frið-þiofs saga, I:
þorsteinn ātti skip þat er Ellidi hēt, ... borðit war spengt iarni): nom.
sg., 32, 1898; acc. sg. hringed-stefnan, 1132.
hring-īren, st. n., _ring-iron, ring-mail_: nom. sg., 322.
hring-mǣl, adj., _marked with rings_, i.e. ornamented with rings, or marked
with characters of ring-form: nom. acc. sg., of the sword, 1522, 1562(?);
nom. pl. heard and hring-mǣl Heaðobeardna gestrēon (_rich armor_), 2038.
hring-naca, w. m., _ship with iron rings, sea-going ship_: nom. sg., 1863.
hring-net, st. n., _ring-net_, i.e. a shirt of interlaced rings: acc. sg.,
2755; acc. pl. hring-net, 1890.
hring-sele, st. m., _ring-hall_, i.e. hall in which are rings, or in which
rings are bestowed: acc. sg., 2841; dat. sg., 2011, 3054.
hring-weorðung, st. f., _ring-ornament_: acc. sg. -weorðunge, 3018.
hrīnan, st. v. w. dat.: 1) _to touch, lay hold of_: inf. þæt him heardra
nān hrīnan wolde īren ǣrgōd (_that no good sword of valiant men would make
an impression on him_), 989; him for hrōf-sele hrīnan ne mehte fǣrgripe
flōdes (_the sudden grip of the flood might not touch him owing to the
hall-roof_), 1516; þæt þām hring-sele hrīnan ne mōste gumena ǣnig _(so that
none might touch the ringed-hall), _3054; pret. sg. siððan hē hire folmum
[hr]ān (_as soon as he touched it with his hands_), 723; oð þæt dēaðes wylm
hrān æt heortan (_seized his heart_), 2271. Pret. subj. þēah þe him wund
hrīne (_although he was wounded_), 2977.--2) (O.N. hrīna, _sonare,
clamare), to resound, rustle_: pres. part. nom. pl. hrīnde bearwas (for
hrīnende) 1364; but see Note.
hroden. See hrēoðan.
hron-fix. See hran-fix.
hrōðor, st. m., _joy, beneficium_: dat sg. hrefne tō hrōðre, 2449; gen. pl.
hrōðra, 2172.
hrōf, st. m., _roof, ceiling of a house_: nom. sg., 1000; acc. sg. under
Heorotes hrōf, 403; under gēapne hrōf, 838; geseah stēapne hrōf (here
_inner roof, ceiling_), 927; so, ofer hēahne hrōf, 984; ymb þæs helmes
hrōf, 1031; under beorges hrōf, 2756.--Comp. inwit-hrōf.
hrōf-sele, st. m., _covered hall_: dat. sg. hrōf-sele, 1516.
hrōr, adj., _stirring, wide-awake, valorous_: dat. sg. of þǣm hrōran,
1630.--Comp. fela-hrōr.
hruron. See hrēosan.
hrūse, w. f., _earth, soil_: nom. sg., 2248, 2559; acc. sg. on hrūsan, 773,
2832; dat. sg. under hrūsan, 2412.
hrycg, st. m., _back_: acc. sg. ofer wæteres hrycg (_over the water's back,
surface_), 471.
hryre, st. m., _fall, destruction, ruin_: acc. sg., 3181; dat. sg., 1681,
3006.--Comp.: lēod-, wīg-hryre.
hrysian, w. v., _to shake, be shaken, clatter_: pret. pl. syrcan hrysedon
(_corselets rattled_, of men in motion), 226.
hund, st. m., _dog_: instr. pl. hundum, 1369.
hund, num., _hundred_: þrēo hund, 2279; w. gen. pl. hund missēra, 1499;
hund þūsenda landes and locenra bēaga, 2995.
hū, adv., _how, quomodo_, 3, 116, 279, 738, 845, 2319, 2520, 2719, etc.
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