A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: For the Use of Students

cross-references—were printed two or three to a line. They have been separated for this e-text. To avoid empty cross-references, a few entries, clearly identified, were restored from the first edition. All [brackets], asterisks* and question marks? are in the original. For general information on using the Dictionary, and an explanation of the different types of underlining, see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this file. In the body of the Dictionary, italics and boldface are as in the original. The New English Dictionary (NED) is now known as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Preface List of Abbreviations Additions and Corrections Transcriber’s Notes Dictionary A (including Æ) B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T Ð U W Y A CONCISE ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager London : FETTER LANE, E.C. Edinburgh : 100 PRINCES STREET Bombay, Calcutta and Madras : MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd. Toronto : J. M. DENT AND SONS, Ltd. Tokyo : THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA All rights reserved A CONCISE ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS BY JOHN R. CLARK HALL, M.A., Ph.D. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED New York: The Macmillan Company 1916 Cambridge : PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The first edition of this dictionary having been exhausted, it has been extensively revised, and certain new features and alterations have been introduced into it. 1. The principle of arranging all words according to their actual spelling has been to a considerable extent abandoned. It was admittedly an unscientific one, and opened the door to a good many errors and inconsistencies. The head form in this edition may be either a normalised form or one which actually occurs. 2. Words beginning with ge- have been distributed among the letters of the alphabet which follow that prefix, and the sign + has been employed instead of ge- in order to make the break in alphabetical continuity as little apparent to the eye as possible. The sign has been used where a word occurs both with and without the prefix. 3. References to Cook’s translation of Sievers’ Anglo-Saxon Grammar , and to the Grammatical Introduction to Sweet’s Reader have been taken out, as Wright’s or Wyatt’s Old English Grammar will have taken their place with most English students. 4. A new feature which, it…