Chapter 10 Vocabulary

 

Nouns

byrne: byrnie, coat of mail (weak, feminine)

gar: spear (strong, masculine)

guma: man, hero (weak, masculine)

guðsearo: war-gear (strong, neuter)

mann, monn: man (minor, masculine)

sæmann: seaman, seafarer (minor, masculine)

scip: ship (strong, neuter)

searo: war-gear (strong, neuter)

stan: stone (strong masculine)

sumor: summer (minor, masculine)

suðrima: south-coast (weak, masculine)

sweg: sound, music (strong, masculine)

wudu: wood, forest (minor, masculine)

 

Verbs

forwearð: perished (past tense 3rd person singular of forweorðan)

hearpian:to harp (infinitive)

hringdon: rang (past tense 3rd person plural of hringan)

meahte: was able (past tense 3rd person singular of magan)

stodon: stood (past tense 3rd person plural of standan)

styredon: stirred, moved (past tense 3rd person plural of styrian)

wagode: waved, shook (past tense 3rd person singular of wagian)

 

Adverbs

ætgædere: together

 

Adjectives

eal: all

ilca: same

 

Prepositions

be: by, on, along

 

Conjunctions

ðæt: so that

 

New forms of pronouns:

hi: themselves

 

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