Browse Glossary
Select a category and then a letter. Click your chosen headword for a concordance ordered by County and Estate.
Note that the General Glossary is selected by default: here we present the correspondences between the LangScape headword and the headwords in selected dictionaries (see Abbreviations); your search criteria will match with any of these. The display also shows how we have treated ‘compounds’ (eg. under ‘burh’, you will see that ‘burhware’ is treated as one LangScape headword but ‘eorþ+burg’ as two).
| LangScape Headword |
OE Dictionaries (DOE/CH) |
PN Elements (PnEl/VEPN) |
Brief Translation |
Comments | See also ‘compounds’ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ge)bind | gebind | - | binding | ||
| (ge)blawan | (ge)blāwan | - | to blow | blawan & geblawan listed separately in DOE | |
| (ge)bocian | (ge)bōcian | - | to grant | bocian & gebocian listed separately in DOE | |
| (ge)bur | (ge)būr | (ge)būr | peasant | bur & gebur listed separately in DOE; (ge)bur in VEPN & CH | |
| byge | byge : gebyge | byge | bend | Includes also DOE's gebyge | |
| byht | byht : gebyhte | byht | bend | Includes also DOE/CH's gebyhte | |
| (ge)byrian | (ge)byrian | - | to belong | byrian & gebyrian listed separately in DOE | |
| (ge)byrst | byrst | (ge)byrst | burst, slip | eorþ+(ge)byrst | |
| (ge)bytle | gebytlu | (ge)bytle | building | (ge)bytlu emended to (ge)bytle in JEPN Vol. 1 | |
| cleofan | clēofan | (ge)clofen | to cleave | ||
| clyppan | clyppan : geclypped | - | to enclose | ||
| (ge)dal | (ge)dāl | dāl | share | dal & gedal listed separately in DOE; gedal only in CH | |
| (ge)dalland | (ge)dālland | - | share land | dalland and gedalland listed separately in DOE; gedalland only in CH | |
| (ge)delf | (ge)delf | (ge)delf | digging, quarry | delf & gedelf are listed separately in DOE | |
| (ge)feall | feall : gefeall : (ge)fiell | *(ge)fall | fall | feall & gefeall have separate entries in DOE; (ge)fiell in CH | wæter+(ge)feall |
| (ge)fere | gefēre | - | community | ||
| flit | flit | (ge)flit | dispute | ||
| (ge)fyrhþ | fyrhþ : gefyrhþe | (ge)fyrhþ | wood, scrubland | fyrhþ & gefyrhþe under separate entries in DOE; see also Gelling&Cole under fyrhth(e) | |
| gadertang | gadertang | - | connected | ||
| (ge)gadrian | (ge)gadrian | - | to unite | ||
| gafol2 | gafol2 | gafol2 | tribute | gafol2 in PnEl is gafol1 in DOE and vice versa | |
| gafol1 | gafol2 | gafol1 | fork | gafol1 in PnEl is gafol2 in DOE and vice versa | |
| gagel | gagel | gagel | bog-myrtle | ||
| gan | gān | - | to go | ||
| gandra | gandra | - | gander | Not in PnEl but included in Notts List | |
| gang | gang | gang | track | ||
| gar | gār | gār | spear | ||
| gara | gāra | gāra | gore, triangular plot | Includes strong & weak forms | |
| garth | - | garth | hill | The British element rather than the later term | |
| gat | gāt | gāt | goat | ||
| gata | - | gata | road | ||
| gæred | gǣred | - | wedge-shaped | ||
| gærstun | gærstūn | gærs-tūn | paddock | ||
| ge | ge | - | both | ||
| geac | gēac | gēac | cuckoo | ||
| gealga | gealga | galga | gallows | ||
| *gean- | gēan- | - | counter | gean+lad | |
| geap | gēap | gēap | spacious, bent | ||
| *gear | gear | *gear | yair, fish-weir | In DOE as ? gear | |
| geard | geard | geard | fence, enclosure | ||
| gearn | gearn | gearn | yarn | gearnwinde | |
| gearnwinde | gearnwinde | - | yarn-winder | cp.gearn-windel in NottsList | |
| gear2 | gēar | - | year | ||
| geat | geat | geat | gate, gap | burh+geat : crypel+geat : *hæcc+geat : hlyp+geat : hlid+geat : tyrn+geat : *wind+geat | |
| gegan | gēgan | - | to cry out | ||
| geneat | genēat | - | follower | ||
| geneatland | (ge)nēatland | - | geneat land | ||
| geoc | geoc | geoc | yoke | ||
| geolu | geolu | geolu | yellow | ||
| geond | geond | - | yonder | Listed in CH as adv. but also has adjectival sense | |
| gesiþ | gesīþ | (ge)sīþ | retainer | ||
| gibbe | - | - | cat, ferret | Not in PnEl but included in Notts List | |
| *gifete | - | *gīfete | plover | ||
| ginn | ginn | - | wide | ||
| gisl | gīsl | - | hostage | ||
| glæd | glæd | glæd | bright | ||
| glædene | glædene | - | iris | ||
| *glente | - | *glente | bird of prey | ||
| glind | glind | *glind | enclosure, fence | ||
| god | god | god | God | ||
| godman | - | - | lord | Middle English | |
| gold | gold | gold | gold | ||
| golde | golde | golde | marigold | ||
| gor | gor | gor | slime | ||
| gos | gōs | gōs | goose | ||
| graf | grāf : grāfa : grǣfa | grāf : grǣfe | grove | Conflates PnEl graf (which includes grafa & grafe) and græfe. See also Gelling&Cole (under græfe) | |
| grafet | - | grāfet | grove | grafet is glossed, erroneously, as 'trench' in CH, and the PnEl entry is emended in JEPN 1 to 'gravet' (grove) | |
| grama | grama | - | demon | ||
| græf | græf | græf : *grāfa | pit, trench | Conflates PnEl's græf & *grafa | |
| græg1 | grǣg | grǣg1 | grey | ||
| græg2 | - | grǣg2 | badger? | ||
| great | grēat | grēat | great | ||
| *grendel | - | *grendel | gravelly place | ||
| grene | grēne | grēne | green | ||
| greot | grēot | grēot | gravel | ||
| grima | grīma | grīming | goblin | ||
| grin | (ge)grīn | - | snare | ||
| grindel | - | - | grind-stone | Not in PnEl but included in Notts List | |
| grund | grund | grund | ground | ||
| grundleas | grundlēas | - | bottomless | Not in PnEl, but included in Notts List | |
| gryfja | - | gryfja | hole, pit | ||
| guma | guma | - | man | ||
| gyfan | giefan : gyfan | - | to give | giefan in CH : gyfan in DOE | |
| gyfu | gyfu | - | gift, grant | giefu in CH : gyfu in DOE | |
| gyld | gyld : gield | gild | tax | gield in CH : gyld in DOE | |
| *gylde | - | *gylde | (a golden flower) | ||
| gylden | gylden | gylden | golden | ||
| gyr | gyru | gyr | mud | ||
| gyrd | gyrd : gierd | gerd | stake, rod | ||
| Gyrwe | - | - | the Gyrwe | mentioned in DOE under '?gyru' | |
| *gyse | - | *gyse | gushing water | ||
| *gysel | - | *gysel | gushing water | ||
| gyt | gӯt : gīet | - | yet | ||
| gyte | gyte | gyte | flood | ||
| (ge)hatan | (ge)hātan | - | to command | ||
| (ge)hæg | gehæg | (ge)hæg | enclosure, fence | ||
| (ge)hleowan | (ge)hlēowan | - | to shelter | ||
| (ge)hyrstan | (ge)hyrstan | - | to decorate | ||
| lad | lād | (ge)lād | watercourse | LangScape follows Gelling&Cole in treating lad and gelad separately | gean+lad |
| (ge)læt | gelǣte | (ge)lǣt | junction | ||
| (ge)lecgan | (ge)lecgan | - | to dispose, attach | ||
| *gelegu | - | - | lair, bed | see PNGloucs. p. 171 | |
| (ge)mæne | (ge)mǣne | (ge)mǣne | common | ||
| gemænnes | gemǣnnes | - | community | ||
| (ge)mære | (ge)mǣre | (ge)mǣre | boundary | landgemære | |
| (ge)mærsian | (ge)mǣrsian | - | to mark out | ||
| mearc | mearc : mearca : gemierce | mearc | boundary | Includes CH's (ge)mearc, mearca & gemierce | landmearc |
| (ge)mearcian | (ge)mearcian | - | to mark, bound | ||
| (ge)met | (ge)met | - | measure | mil+gemet | |
| (ge)mot | (ge)mōt | (ge)mōt | meeting | ea+mot | |
| (ge)myþe | gemӯþe | (ge)mӯþe | confluence | ||
| (ge)reþru | (ge)rēþru | - | oars | ||
| (ge)riht | (ge)riht | riht | direct, true | Adjectival; cp. (ge)rihte (adv.) | |
| (ge)rihtan | (ge)rihtan | - | to instruct | ||
| (ge)rihte | rihte : gerihte : rihtes | - | straight, true | Adverbial; cp. (ge)riht (adj.) | |
| (ge)rowan | (ge)rōwan | - | to row | ||
| (ge)sceadan | (ge)scēadan | - | to form a boundary | ||
| sceot | (ge)scot | sc(e)ot | shooting | See also scyte | |
| scoren | (ge)scieran | scoren | shorn | ||
| *(ge)sell | - | (ge)sell | hut | ||
| (ge)set | (ge)set | (ge)set | dwelling, fold | ||
| (ge)settan | (ge)settan | - | to plant | ||
| streon | strēon | (ge)strēon | treasure, procreation | ||
| (ge)swelg | geswelg | swelg | whirlpool, gulf | Includes apparently weak forms | |
| tang | (ge)tang | tang | tongs | ||
| (ge)twis | getwis | (ge)twis | twin, forked | ||
| (ge)unnan | (ge)unnan | - | to grant | ||
| (ge)wæd | (ge)wæd | (ge)wæd | ford | See also Gelling&Cole under gewæd | |
| (ge)weorc | geweorc | (ge)weorc | (earth)work | ||
| (ge)weorp | geweorp | - | heap | ||
| (ge)weorpan | (ge)weorpan | - | to throw | ||
| (ge)weorþan | (ge)weorþan | - | to be | ||
| (ge)wisian | (ge)wīsian | - | to instruct | ||
| (ge)witnes | (ge)witnes | - | witness | ||
| gewrinclian | gewrinclian | - | to wind about | ||
| gewyrpe | gewyrpe | - | heap |