ABSTRACT

J^Elf, noun masc. or fern, 'fairy' ^Esc, noun masc. 'ash' J^Efjel: cepelu, noun fern, or neut. 'nobility', or cepele adj. 'noble' As: origin obscure Beadu, noun fern, 'battle' JBeorht, probably adj. 'bright' Beorn, noun masc. 'warrior' Bil: bill, noun neut. 'sword' Blaed, noun masc. 'splendour' Bot, noun fern, 'help' Bregu: brego, noun masc. 'ruler' Burg, noun fern, 'city' Ceol, noun masc. 'ship' Cneo: cneow, noun neut. 'knee' Cole: col, adj. 'cold', or col, noun neut. 'coal' Cuf), adj. 'known' Cweme, adj. 'pleasant' Cwen, noun fern, 'woman' JCyne: cynn, noun neut. 'family', or in compounds adj. 'royal' Daeg, noun masc. 'day' Deor: deor, noun neut. 'animal', or deor, adj. 'brave', or deore, adj. 'precious' Ea: ea, noun fern, 'river', or an abbreviated form of Ead-or EaluJEad, noun neut. 'prosperity' JEald, adj. 'old'

Ealh, noun masc. 'temple' Ealhs: perhaps a form of EalhEalu, noun masc. or neut. 'ale' JEan: eanian, verb 'to give birth' (especially of animals), or eane, noun gender

uncertain 'lamb' Eard, noun masc. 'country' Eastor: east, adj. 'east', or Eastre (Easter-in compounds), noun fern. 'Easter' JEcg, noun fern, 'sword' Eorcen, in compounds, probably from eorcnan-, noun masc. 'treasure' Eormen, in compounds, adj. 'large' Fele:/£/a, adj. or adv. 'many' Pole, noun neut. 'people' Frif)u, noun masc. or fern, 'peace', orfrip, noun masc. or neut. 'peace', orfrip,

adj. 'beautiful' Gliw, noun neut. 'sport, music' God: god, noun neut. 'good thing', or god, noun masc. 'god', or god, adj. 'good' Heah, adj. 'high' Heaf>u noun gender uncertain 'war' Helm, noun masc. 'protection' JHere, noun masc. 'army' Hild, in compounds hilde-, noun fern, 'war' Hleo: hleo, noun masc. or neut. 'covering', or hleow, adj. 'sheltered' Hrof>: possibly a shortened form ofhropor, noun masc. 'solace' Hun: possibly a shortened form of hund, noun masc. 'dog', or possibly ON hunn

'young bear' Hyge, noun masc. 'mind' Ingu: origin obscure Is, noun neut. 'ice' Isen, noun neut. 'iron' JLeof: leof, noun masc. 'friend', or lufu noun fern, 'love', or leof, adj. 'dear' Lie: lie, noun neut. 'body', or lie, adj. 'like' Maer: mcere, adj. 'famous', or mcer-in compounds 'boundary' (cf mearc, noun

fern, 'boundary') Mild: milde, adj. 'kind' Mod, noun neut. 'heart' Nof), noun fern, 'daring' Ord, noun masc. 'point; source' JOs, noun masc. 'god' Pend: origin obscure Raed: reed, noun masc. 'advice', or rcede, adj. 'prepared' Raegen, noun masc. 'rain', or Celtic RieinRic: rice, noun neut. 'reign, power', or rice, adj. 'strong' Ricfolc: origin obscure JSae, noun masc. or fern, 'sea'

Scir: scir, noun fern, 'district', or scir, adj. 'shining' Seax, noun neut. 'knife' Sele: sele, noun masc. 'hall', or sel, adj. 'good' JSige, noun masc. 'victory' Stan, noun masc. 'stone' Sunn: sunna, noun masc. or sunne, noun fern, 'sun' Swete, adj. 'sweet' Tand: origin obscure Tat: possibly from *tat, adj. 'glad' Tid, noun fern, 'time' Torht: torht, noun neut. 'brightness', or torht, adj. 'bright' Tude: origin obscure I>eod: possibly frompeod, noun fern, 'people' I>ur: possibly from the ON name-element por-, or possibly from OE purh, adv.