J. R. R. Tolkien

“ For the convenience of beginners the glossary is liberally supplied with cross references, and the prefixed Table summarizes the principal variations of form or spelling. Particular attention should be given to the following points of arrangement: (i) Ȝ has a separate alphabetical place following G ”

“ To act, do, make, perform, work, II 32, III 17, IV b 9, 25, VI 161, XIV b 38, &c.; to exert, XI b 6; representing any verb understood, I 157, II 112, &c.; be to done, es to doo, is to be done, IV b 65, VIII a 197; doþ at, act according to, I 82; don gret pyne, toil hard, VI 151; don him felaschipe, bear him company, XII a 24; doþ ȝour best, do your best, II 218; do þi best, get on as best you can, II 126; made hymself to done, set himself to work, VIII a 104. (ii) To make, cause to, III 60, VI 196; ded come, fetched, I 176; do deye, kill, VIII a 269; dotȝ me drede, makes me afraid, V 143 ”

“ OR SPELLING 1. a varies with o (before m, n) ; as land, lang, lamb—lond, long, lomb; man, name— (Western) mon, nome.
2. a (= ā) varies in Northern texts with (i) ai, ay; as (a) fare, fare—fayre (b) fayre—farest, fairest: (ii) with Southern o, oo; see 14.
3. ai, ay varies with (i) ei, ey; as mayntene—meyntene: (ii) a; see 2: (iii) o, oo; see 2.
4. au (before m, n) varies with a (chiefly in French words) ; as daunce—dance.
5. be-, prefix varies with bi-; as begynne—biginne.
6. c varies with k; as bac, court—bak, kort.
7. des-, prefix varies with dis-; as des-, disavauntage. ”

“ Wrþe. See Worþe, adj.
Wruxled, pp. in wr. in grene, ? changed into, turned, green, V 123; but 'adorned' is usually assumed here and for wruxeled, Purity 1381. [OE. wrixl (i) an, (ex) change. A sense 'adorned' might be derived from an (unrecorded) earlier sense, 'turn, wind round' (? rel. to wrēon, wrigels) , or perh. from OE. wrixlan (blēom) , change colours, exhibit varied hues.] ”

“ Erde, n. dwelling-place, own land, VIII a 194; in tag in erde (on earth, among men) , V 348, it is perh. a form of Erth (e) . [OE. éard. The frequent ME. (Northern) form erd (e) , earth, may, in part, be due to this; but cf. Dede n.1]
Er (e) , Eir (X) , adv. before, V 209, XII b 113; ere now, XVII 328; formerly, VI 12; earlier (with befor) X 140; conj. before (usually with subj.) , II 190, 256, V 152, 204, 223, XII a 104, b 19; prep. before (in time) , VIII a 140. [OE. ǣr.] See Ar, Are, Or.
Er (e) , pres. ind. pl. are, I introd., IV a 60, b 8, 53, 54, XIV a 6, 7, 12, 18, b 85, &c. [ON. eru.] ”

“ Endorde, pp. as sb. adored (one) , VI 8. [OFr. adorer; confusion of prefix is probably English, but cf. Enchesone.]
Endre, adj. latter, just passed; þis endre dai, a day or two ago, XV a 4, Introduction xii. [ON. endr adv., formerly.]
Enduir, -dure, Induyr, v. to last, VII 39, XIV c 36, XVII 148, 283; to bear, have the strength (to) , XIII a 42; endured in worlde stronge, suffered severely in the world (or ? remained strong in this world) , VI 116. [OFr. endurer.] ”

“ Toumbe, n. tomb, I 243. [OFr. tumbe.]
Toun (e) , Tounne, Town (e) , n. town. I 32, II 588, VII 112, 121, X 12, 46, XIV a 7, b 83, XVII 539, &c.; out of toun, out of the town (or from the society of men; see below) , II 236; to toune, to town, XII b 27; þe tounes ende, end of the main street, outskirts of the town, II 481, 564; the dwellings of men, the world, XV b 1, c 28 (cf. OE. lencten gǣþ to tūne) ; in ilke a toune, among all men, XVI 253. [OE. tūn.]
Tour, Towre, n. tower, II 159, 245, 359, XVII 349; (of a ship = Castell) , XIV c 18. [Late OE. tūr from OFr. tour.] ”

“ Bred (e) , n. bread, VIII a 18, 129, 131, 207, 298; as euer ete I brede = so may I live, on my life, XVII 395; hors bred, houndes bred, bread of beans, bran, &c., for the food of horses and dogs, VIII a 208. [OE. brēad.]
Bred-corne, n. grain for bread, VIII a 64. [Prec. + OE. corn.]
Brede, Breed, n. breadth, XVII 126; of breed, in breadth, XVII 259. [OE. brǣdu.]
Brede, v. intr. (to expand) , grow, VI 55. [OE. brǣdan.]
Bredeȝ, n. pl. planks, V 3. [OE. bred.]
Breff, adj. brief, meagre, VII 74. [OFr. bref.] ”

“ Toþer, -ir, Toiþer, Touþer, adj. and pron. in þe toþer, &c., the other, I 181, VII 63, IX 4, X introd., XI b 104. [False division (not merely in spelling—see allit. at VII 63) of þet oþer; see Þe, def. art.] See Oþer (e) , Ton.
To-þrete, v. to menace, XIV c 102. [OE. tō- + þrēatian.]
To-tore, To-torn, pp. torn (to pieces) , II 106, 171, 173, 538. [OE. tō-teran, pp. tō-toren] .
Tou, Tow. See Þou.
Touche, Toche, Towch, v. to touch, reach, affect, *IV b 60 (note) , XV h 18 (note) , XVII 462; toucheth to, joins on to, IX 182; touche of, touch on, treat of, IX 282, XII a 90. [OFr. toucher.] ”

“ Þat, Þet, demonstr. adj. (i) As def. art. (orig. neut.) , see Þe. (ii) Emphatic that, I 93, 108, &c.; the same, that very, I 95, 190, 226, &c. Þane, acc. sg. masc. that, III 9. For pl. see Þo, Þos. [See next.]
Þat, Þet (III) , pron. that, it, the same, II 131, 543, III 56, V 44, XIII b 49, &c.; even that, VIII a 306; am I that, is it I (you mean) , XV g 27; that is myne, there's one from me, XVII 226; that withoute, what is outside, XII a 73; quasi-adv. (at) that, too, XVII 146; as regards that, XVII 524 (see Bold) . Þan, dat. sg. in after (bi) þan, after (by) that, II 553, 597; see Bi, Wiþ. ”

“ Word (e) , Woord, Wurde (I) , n. word, I 108, II 139, 222, V 305, XI a 10, XVII 380, &c.; plighted word, II 468; fame, in þe word of him walkes ful wide, his fame is spread abroad, XIV b 29; worchip and wordes, obsequious words, VII 174. [OE. wórd.]
Wore, n. ? troubled pool, XV c 30 (note) . [OE. wār (in doubtful gloss) , turbid, muddy water (see Napier, O.E. Glosses, p. 49 (note) ; but cf. OE. wārig; ME. wōri, muddy) .]
Wore; Workis; Workeman. See Was; Werche; Werkman.
World (e) , n. world, earth, men, I 225, II 41, IX 72, &c. ”

“ Sake, n. in for ... sake (with interven. gen. or poss. adj.) , (i) for (one's) sake, VIII a 96, XII introd.; (ii) on (one's) account, XV c 23; (with loss of prec. inflexion) I 177, XVII 88 (note) . [OE. sacu; cf. ON. fyrir sakir because of.]
Sakke, n. sack, VIII a 9. [OE. sacc.]
Sakles, adj. innocent (i.e. against whom you had no just quarrel) , XIV a 3. [OE. sac-lēas, from ON. sak-lauss.] ”

“ Hystoriale, adj. historical, VII title and introd. [OFr. historial.]
Hit, pron. 3 sg. neut. (nom. and acc.) it, III 27, IV a 52, &c.; Hyt, I 19, XIII a 12, &c.; It, II 132, &c.; pleonastic, XII a 56; as anticipated subject, it is (ere) , there is (are) , I introd., II 552; it (with pl. verb, ref. to prec. or following plural) , they, VIII a 56, b 62, IX 139, XIII a 11; them, VIII a 43, 44. Dat. Him, (to) it, IX 124, 127; It, IV a 16, II 20 (indef. or pl.) . Poss. adj. ”

“ A (n) , adj. one, IV b 34; indef. art. a (n) , I 22, VIII b 7, &c. See Ane, On (e) .
A (n) , prep. on, in, &c. II 137, III introd., 22, VIII a 43, XIII a 11, b 19, 34, &c.; a blode, with blood, XV g 16; a nyghtes, at night (OE. on niht, nihtes) , VIII b 16; a þre, in three, XIII b 49 (see Ato, Atwynne) ; a Goddes half, for God's sake, XII b 80. [Weakened form of On, q.v.; an in III is possibly dialectal; a is used only before following consonant.] See Ane.
Abandoune, v. to abandon, resign, X 50. [OFr. abandouner.] ”

“ Þou drawes to wittenesse, thou citest, XVI 279; drawe vs no draught, make no move against us, play us no trick (a chess metaphor; cf. Chaucer, Bk. Duchesse, 682) , XVI 399; drou hymselue bi þe top, tore his hair, XV g 16; drawe to, toward, approach, XII b 124, XIII a 57; draweth colour lyke, approaches the colour of, IX 34 (note) ; drawe after, take after, resemble, XIII b 6. [OE. dragan.] See Vp-, With-drawe.
Draw-brig, n. drawbridge, X 165. [Prec. + ON. bryggja.] See Brygge.
Drawynge (intill) , n. coming (to) , IV b 63.
Drede, n. fear, I 147, 211, &c. ”

“ III 55, &c.; al (l) a (n) , a whole, VII 183, VIII a 253, XIII a 32, 44, XIV c 4; al (le) maner (e) , all kinds of, II 589, XI a 12 (cf. Alkyn) ; al (le) þing (e) , see Þing; all way, weys, see Alway, Way; all it (þei, we) , all of it (them, us) , XV g 16, IX 104, XVII 456, &c.; here names of alle, the names of them all, I 37; of al and sum, in general and particular, in full, VI 224; as sb. all, XVI 303, &c.; every one (with sg. verb) , VI 87. [OE. al (l) .] ”

“ Depriue, -pryue, v. to deprive, VI 89, XVI 175. [OFr. depriver.]
Dere, adj. dear; prized, I 258; beloved, I 125, VI 8, VIII a 91, XIV c 1, XV f 1, XVII 172, 190, 419, 527; my dere, my friend, VIII a 251; pleasing, VI 40; good, &c. (vaguely applied in allit. poems) , VI 132, 144, VII 61; Derrist, superl. best, VII 39. [OE. dēore; dē̆orra, compar. (whence also stem of ME. superl.) .]
Dere, n. harm, I 166, XVII 317; maken þe worlde dere, do injury to mankind (? or 'make the world dear to live in'; but cf. 166) , VIII a 154. [OE. daru, influenced by derian.] ”

“ Growe (n) , Grufe, v. to grow, VIII a 113, IX 33, 53, XII a 80, &c.; to come into being, in begynnys to grufe to vs, is about to begin for us, XVII 463; Grew (e) , pa. t. I 164, 236, VI 65, VII 80; Growe, pp. II 266, XIV c 89, 98; Growynge, n. growth, IX 71. [OE. grōwan; grufe is freq. Northern form.]
Grucche, Gruch, v. to grumble, VIII a 210, 311; grumble at, V 183; Gruchyng, pres. p. reluctant, V 58. [OFr. gr (o) ucher.] See Grochinge, Bigruccheth.
Grufe. See Growe (n) .
Grwe, n. jot, in no grwe, not a jot, not at all, V 183. [? OFr. gru, grain; cf. Grot.] ”