術語匯編
術語匯編
這份術語匯編收集了在我看來不易理解的詞(包括詞形、含義與現代用法不同的詞)。這份列表的內容源於外來的規範,顯然不可能是系統性的。
an if
bent open place covered with grass
bid offered
chase hunting ground
clomb old past tense of climb
corse corpse
croft small plot of land
drouth dryness
entreat treat
envermined full of noxious creatures.這個詞似乎沒有其他記錄。
fell hide
flittermouse bat
forhungered starved
frith wood,woodland
frore very cold
glamoury magic,enchantment
haggard (of hills)wild
haply perhaps
hem and hedge enclose and fence off
howe burial mound,barrow
inane empty
lave wash
leeches physicians
let hinder:their going let ‘hinder their passing’
like please(in doth it like thee?)
limber supple
march borderland
neb beak,bill
nesh soft,tender
opes opens
parlous dangerous
pled old past tense of plead
quook old past tense of quake
rede counsel
rove past tense of rive ‘rend,tear apart,cleave’
ruel-bone ivory
runagate deserter,renegade
scullion kitchen drudge
shores supports
sigaldry sorcery
slot track of an animal
spoor the same as slot
sprite spirit
sylphine of the nature of a sylph(a spirit inhabiting the air).這個形容詞沒有記錄。
swath (space left after passage of a mower)track,trace
tarn a small mountain lake
thews bodily strength
thrall a slave,one who is in bondage(thraldom)
trammelled hampered,impeded
unkempt uncombed
viol a stringed instrument played with a bow
weft woven fabric
weird fate
weregild (Old English)the price set upon a man in accordance with his rank
whin gorse
wolfhame wolfskin
woof woven fabric
would wished