Nouns
Ælfrede: Alfred
Andree: Andrew
apostoles: apostol
are: honor
aþas: oaths
biscop: bishop
cyning: king
cyricean: church
Eastengle: East Anglians
Finnas: Lapps
geare: year
Godes: God
leasunga: false witness
men: men
morum: moors
Norþhymbre: Northumbrians
Paulinus: Paulinus
reliquium: relic
Scæ: Saint
þincg: thing
þegenas: thanes
Westsæ: West Sea
word: word
Verbs
bodade proclaimed (weak, 1st conjugation)
bude dwelled (irregular verb; infinitive buan)
cwæð said (weak, 3rd conjuagtion)
demen would judge (weak, 1st conjugation)
eardiaþ dwell (weak, 2nd conjugation)
(ge)earniaþ deserve (weak, 2nd conjugation)
efston hastened (weak, 1st conjugation)
elde hesitated (weak, 1st conjugation)
hæfdon had (weak, 3rd conjugation)
hæfst have (weak, 3rd conjugation)
(ge)halgad kept holy (weak, 2nd conjugation)
lærde taught (weak, 1st conjugation)
(ge)lyfanne believe (weak, first conjugation)
nele does not wish (negative of willan)
oscuna avoid (weak, 2nd conjugation)
recce am interested in (weak, 1st conjugation)
(ge)seald given (weak, 1st conjugation)
syle give (weak, 1st conjugation)
(ge)timbrade would build (weak, 1st conjugation)
wendon went (weak, 1st conjugation)
(ge)yrsian to be angry (weak, 2nd conjugation)
Adverbs
a: always
forþ: forth
georne: eagerly
micclum: much
nu: now
swa: as
þa: then
ða gyt: still (adverbial phrase, literally "then yet")
Adjectives
ænig: any
halgan: holy
unearge: brave
wlance: proud
Conjunctions
and: conj; and
gif: conj; if
ond: conj; and
Prepositions
of: prep; from
on: prep; on
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