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Chapter LIX: Appendix: The Attack in Finnsburg (14)

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Changes to Vowel Quantities in the Revised Edition: (_Revisions that were mentioned in the source text have been siltently incorporated and aren't listed here. Unless otherwise noted, changes are to all related forms of the word._) Abel = Ābel aglǣc (æglǣc) = āglǣc (ǣglǣc) āttor = attor āwā = āwa begen = bēgen gebræd = gebrǣd breme = brēme Brosinga = Brōsinga cōfa = cofa cymlīcor = cȳlīcor drusian = drūsian ēfstan = efstan eode (-iode) [pret. of gān] = ēode (-īode) [and in compounds] fæger = fǣ [in cpd. un- and l. 774 only] fīftena = fīftȳna feor(-e/-es/-um) = fēor- [except ll. 73, 934, 1844] forþam = forþām Fresan/Frysan = Frēsan/Frȳsan frinan (gefrunon) = frīnan (gefrūnon) (of)geāfon = (of)gēafon gen = gēn genunga = gēnunga gēo/gīo = geō/gio [and in compounts] gigant = gīgant Hǣðcyn = Hæðcyn hēht = heht her = hēr ofer-higian = ofer-hīgian hliðe/hliðes = hlīðe/hlīðes [dat. and gen. of hlið] hlifian = hlīfian Hreosna- = Hrēosna (H)ūnferð = (H)unferð hydig = hȳdig hyda = hȳda læs = lǣs lixan = līxan lyt(el) = lȳt(el) [and in compounds] Merewioingas = Merewīoingas meagol = mēagol mearh [oblique cases], mear- = mēar- missere = missēre ne = nē [as conjunct/disjunct] niwe = nīwe geniwian = genīwian niw-tyrwed = nīw-tyrwed ōfost = ofost onettan = ōnettan oret/oretta = ōret/ōretta ōð = oð [and as verbal prefix] scōp = scop [n. only] scyran = scȳran se = sē [as substantive and relative] singal = singāl sīoloð (sēoloð) = sioloð sleac = slēac stæl = stǣl swēlan = swelan Sweon = Swēon (ge)trūwan = (ge)truwan tux = tūx twegen = twēgen tydre = tȳdre (un)tyder = (un)tȳder tyn = tȳn þrag = þrā þritig = þrītig þryð = þrȳð þihtig/þyhtig = þīhtig/þȳhtig wag = wāg wæfre = wǣfre wel = wēl [and in compounds] weōx = wēox wīga = wiga Wihstān (Weohstān) = Wīhstān (Wēohstān) witig = wītig ge-witnian = ge-wītnian wræt = wrǣt uhte = ūhte [and in compounds]

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I. Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.Chapter LIX: Appendix: The Attack in Finnsburg (14)

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