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canon masc noun: the Canon, that is, the biblical books accepted by the authority of the
Church (forms: canones gen sing)
cennan, kennan wk verb: bear, give birth to; (of names) give (forms: cende, kende 3rd
pers sing pret indic; past part nom pl masc; cennað pl pres indic cenned past part)
geceosan Class 2 str verb: choose, select, accept, seek out; decide, test
(forms: geceas 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; geceos imper sing; geceosað pl pres
indic; gecoren past part; gecorenan past part acc pl; gecorene past part dat sing
masc; gecorone past part nom/acc pl masc; cure 3rd pers sing pret subj; curon pl pret
indic)
cepan wk verb: seek after, receive
cigan, cigean wk verb: call, summon (forms: gecig imper sing; cigeð 3rd pers sing pres
indic; cigde 3rd pers sing pret indic)
cildisc adj: child-like
cleopian, clypian wk verb: call, cry out, speak (forms: cleopað 3rd pers sing pres
indic; clypode 3rd pers sing pret indic; cliopodon pl pret indic) )
clomm masc noun: grasp, grip; bond, fetter (forms: clommas nom pl; clomme dat
sing; clommum, clammum dat pl)
cnihtwesende pres part adj: "being a boy"; when he (I, etc.) was a boy
cnossian wk verb: crash, dash, toss (forms: cnossað 3rd pers sing pret indic)
cnyssan wk verb: crash against, dash against, toss (forms: cnyssað pl pres indic)
colian wk verb: cool, become cold (forms: colode 3rd pers sing pret indic)
Corsias pl masc prop name: Corsias, name of a kind of snake in Wonders of the East
cringan, crincgan Class 3 str verb: fall (in battle) (forms: gecranc, gecrong 3rd pers
sing pret indic; cruncon pl pret indic; crunge 3rd pers sing pret subj)
crismlising fem noun: chrism-loosing: ceremonial removal of the chrism-cloth applied at
baptism
cuma masc noun: new arrival, guest, stranger (forms: cuman nom pl; dat sing)
cuman Class 4 strong verb: come, arrive (forms: com, cwom, cuom 1st/3rd pers sing
pret indic; come, cwome 3rd pers sing pret subj; cwomon, cwoman, comon, coman pl
pret indic; cumað pl pres indic; cume 1st pers sing pres indic; cume 3rd pers sing pres
subj; cumen, cuman past part; cumen, cuman pl pres subj; cumene past part nom pl
masc; cumenra past part gen pl; cymþ, cymð, cymeð 3rd pers sing pres indic)
cunnan anom verb: know, be able to, can (forms: cann, can, con 1st/3rd pers sing pres
indic; canst 2nd pers sing pres indic; cunne 3rd pers sing pres subj; cunnen pl pres
subj; cunnon, cunnun pl pres indic; cuðe, cuþe 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic/subj; cuðon,
cuþon pl pret indic; cuðen pl pret subj)
gecunnian wk verb w. acc or gen: explore, try out, find out (forms: gecunnad past
part; cunnað 3rd pers sing pres indic; cunnade, cunnode 3rd pers sing pret
indic; cunnedon pl pret indic; cunnige 1st pers sing pres subj)
cuð, cuþ adj: known, clear, manifest, certain (forms: cuðe, cuþe dat sing fem; nom pl
masc, acc sing neut; cuðes gen sing neut; cuðra gen pl)
cwidol adj: nattering
cygan wk verb: call, name; summon, speak (forms: cygde 3rd pers sing pret
indic; gecyged past part)
cyssan wk verb: kiss (forms: cysse 3rd pers sing pres subj; cyste 3rd pers sing pret
indic; cyston pl pret indic)
cyst fem noun: choice; (w. gen) the best; excellence; (hand-picked) military company
(forms: cista gen pl; cystum dat pl)
dædhata masc noun: enemy, hostile attacker (literally, "deed-hater", i.e. enemy who
proceeds to acts of violence)
dæl, gedal masc noun: portion, part, share, lot, piece; division, separation
(forms: gedale, dæle dat sing)
dæl neut noun: valley, abyss (forms: dala, dalo acc pl)
gedælan wk verb: engage in, deal in, participate in; divide, share; allot (forms: dælað pl
pres indic; dæleð 3rd pers sing pres indic; dælde, gedælde 3rd pers sing pret
indic/subj; gedælde past part nom pl masc; dældon, gedældon pl pret indic; dælon pl
pres indic; gedæled, gedaled past part)
dagian wk verb: dawn, become day (forms: dagige 3rd pers sing pres subj)
deagan Class 7 str verb: die? conceal oneself? (forms: deog 3rd pers sing pret indic)
derian wk verb w. dat: injure, harm (forms: derede, dærede 3rd pers sing pret
indic; dereð 3rd pers sing pres indic)
dihtig adj: strong
dolhwund adj: wounded
gedon anom verb: do, make, act, perform, cause, put, take (forms: gedæde 3rd pers sing
pret subj; dest 2nd pers sing pres indic; deð, deþ 3rd pers sing pres indic; gedo 1st pers
sing pres indic; do imper sing; pres subj sing; doð imper pl; gedon past part; don pl
pres indic; gedon past part; gedoð, doð, doþ pl pres indic; gedyde, dyde, dide 3rd pers
sing pret indic; dydon, dædon, gedydon, dydan pl pret indic); don to mete: use as food
gedrefan wk verb: afflict, beset, trouble, stir up (forms: drefde 3rd pers sing pret
subj; gedrefed past part)
dreogan Class 2 str verb: experience, suffer, endure; do, perform, fulfill (forms: dreah,
dreag 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; dreogað pl pres indic; dreogeð 3rd pers sing pres
indic; druge 2nd pers sing pret indic; drugon pl pret indic; to dreoganne inflect infin)
dreorighleor adj: sad-faced
dreorigmod adj: sad-minded
gedreosan Class 2 str verb: fall, perish, fail (forms: gedreas 3rd pers sing pret
indic; dreoseð 3rd pers sing pres indic; gedroren past part)
drifan Class 1 str verb: drive (forms: draf 3rd pers sing pret indic; drife 3rd pers sing
pres subj; drifað pl pres indic)
drige adj: dry
drihtlice adv: nobly
dryge adj: dry
drincan Class 1 str verb: drink (forms: dranc 3rd pers sing pret indic; drincað pl pres
indic; druncen past part: drunk; druncne past part nom pl masc:
drunk; druncnum past part dat sing masc: drunken; druncon pl pret indic)
drohtnian wk verb: live a (monastic) way of life (forms: drohtnode 1st pers sing pret
indic)
gedrohtnung fem noun: way of life, (monastic) rule, observance of the (monastic) rule
(forms: drohtnunge, gedrohtnunge acc/dat sing)
dugan anom verb: be good, be strong, be good for (forms: deah 3rd pers sing pres
indic; dohte 3rd pers sing pret indic; 2nd pers sing pret subj; duge 3rd pers sing pres
subj)
duguþ, duguð fem noun: glory, majesty; people, nobles; host, company, multitude;
(often in contrast with geoguð) the older, tried retainers; property; virtue, excellence;
riches (forms: duguða, duguþa, dugoða, dugeða, dugeþa acc/gen pl; dugeðe, duguþe,
duguðe, dugeþe acc/dat/gen sing; nom/acc pl; dugeþum, dugeðum, duguþum,
duguðum dat pl)
durran anom verb: dare (forms: dear 1st/3rd pers sing pres indic; dearst 2nd pers sing
pres indic; dorste 1st/3rd pers sing pret indic; durre 1st pers sing pres indic)
dwelian wk verb: deceive, mislead, lead into sin or error (forms: dwelode 3rd pers sing
pret indic)