J. R. R. Tolkien

“ 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.] ”

“ 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 ”

“ 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.] ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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.] ”

“ 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.] ”

“ 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.] ”

“ Hast (e) , n. violence, haste, VIII a 291, XVII 411, &c; an haste, III 22, 43, 47; in hast (e) , V 150, VIII a 167, XVII 158, 293, 447, speedily, immediately. [OFr. haste; cf. Heste, n.2]
Hast (e) , v. intr. and refl. to hasten, VIII a 317, XVII 182; hastis hemselue to hange, rashly (precipitately) hang themselves, XVI 307. [OFr. haster.]
Hast (e) ly, adv. speedily, XVII 39, 109. [From Haste, n.; cf. OE. hǣstlice.]
Hate. See Hoot. ”

“ 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.] ”

“ 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. ”

“ Poyet, Poete, n. poet, VII 33, 47, XII introd. [OFr. poete.]
Poynt (e) , Point, n. (i) (sharp) point, V 324, IX 118; (ii) point (of time or place) , VII 100, XII a 68; at the poynt, to hand, IX 253; bryng me to þe poynt, come to the point with me, V 216; item, detail, instance, matter, &c., VI 234, VIII a 38, IX 287, XI b 106, XVI 105, 326, &c. [OFr. (i) pointe, (ii) point.]
Poynted, adj. pointed, IX 55, 105. [From prec. (i) .]
Poysoun, n. poison, IX 94. [OFr. poison.]
Poysoun, v. to poison, VIII a 293. [OFr. poisonner.]
Poletes, n. pl. pullets, chickens, VIII a 275. [OFr. polete.] ”

“ Fold (e) , quasi-sb. (variety, repetition) in many oþer folde, manifold other things, I 20; other wise many fold, in manifold other fashions, XVII 54; bi foldis seuen, seven times, XVII 13. [False division of OE. manig-fáld, seofon-fáld, &c., where -fáld is adj. suffix.]
Folde, v. to fold; enfold, XV f 9, 10; Folde, pp. (? or pa. t.) in folde vp, ? covered with her hands, or upturned, VI 74. [OE. fáldan.]
Fole, Folys, &c. See Fool.
Folehardi, adj. foolhardy, II 426. [OFr. fol-hardi.] See Fool.
Folȝed. See Folwen.
Foly, n. folly, I 67, XI b 123. [OFr. folie.]
Folk (e) , n. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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.] ”

“ Louyng, n.2 praise, IV a 24, XVI 405. [OE. lofung.] Distinguish prec.
Loupe, n. any jewel of imperfect brilliance (esp. sapphire, with which it is often joined) , IX 116. [OFr. loupe.]
Lowable, adj. praiseworthy, VIII b 109. [OFr. louable.] ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Heste, n.2 violence, VII 142. [OE. hǣst (allit.) . This form has hitherto escaped record (?) ; prob. distinct from Hast (e) , q.v.]
Het (e) , Hette, &c. See Hote, v.
Hete, n. heat, I 163, VI 194, VII 138, IX 13; Heite, VII 101. [OE. hǣtu.]
Heterly, adv. bitterly, violently, suddenly, V 223, 243, 249, VI 42. [Blend of OE. hete-līce, and ON. hatr-liga.] ”

“ Cloistre, n. monastery, III introd., VIII a 141. [OFr. cloistre.]
Cloke, n. cloak, VIII a 265. [OFr. cloque.]
Clomben, pa. t. pl. climbed, V 10. [OE. clímban; pa. t. pl. clúmbon.]
Cloos, n. enclosure; in cloos, enclosed, IX 191. [OFr. clos.]
Clos, Cloise (oi = ō, cf. Coyll) , adj. closed; secluded, forbidden, VII 179; close, VI 152 (man hit cl., make it secure) ; adv. (or predic. adj.) close, near, VII 137. [OFr. clos.] ”

“ Ayenbyte, n. remorse. See III introd. [OE. ongēn + bite.]
Ayere, Aire, n. air, IV b 5, VII 107, 110. [OFr. air.]
Aire, n. heir, VIII b 62. [OFr. (h) eir.]
Ays. See Ese.
Aither, Ayþer, Athir, Eyþer, adj. and pron. both, VII 65; either, V 112; eyþer oþer, each other, XIII b 57; athir othir in, one in the other, X 22. [OE. ǣgþer, both; ā (w) þer, either.] See Euþer.
Ayther, Aþer, conj. or, VI 131; ayther ... or, either ... or, XVII 477. [As prec.] See Or2; Oþer, conj. ”

“ 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.] ”

“ 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) .] ”

“ Mendinauns, n. pl. beggars, VIII b 80. [OFr. mendinant.]
Men (e) . See Man (e) .
Mene, adj. common, thin (ale) , VIII a 176. [OE. (ge-) mǣne.]
Mene (n) , v.1 to mean; signify, I introd., VIII b 38, XVI 46; declare (as one's intention) , XVI 174; to intend, *XVI 301 (MS. mouys) ; to imagine, suppose XI b 74 (or imply) ; impers. in me menys, I call to mind, XVI 231; Menede, pa. t. VIII b 38; Mente, pa. t. I introd.; pp. XVI 174; Ymende, pp. noted, III introd. [OE. mǣnan.]
Mene, v.2 to complain, XV b 22; refl. ”

“ Inglis, I introd. [OE. englisc.]
Engliȝsch, adj. English, XI a 34; Englisch, XIV c 17; Englyssh, I introd.; Inglis, X 43, XIV a 26, b 10. [OE. englisc.]
Engliȝsch (e) men, Englyschmen, n. pl. Englishmen, XI a 28, 40, 52, XIII b 9, 43, &c. [OE. englisc + mann.]
Eny, adj. any, III 5, VIII a 251, XIII a 48; eny wyle, any length of time, VIII b 25; in eny weie, by any means, XII a 16; Enes cunnes, XV g 22, Eny kyns, VIII b 20, of any kind, any kind of (OE. *ǣniges cynnes) . [OE. ǣnig, Kt. ēni (g) .] See Ani, Ony.
Enmy, Enemy (e) , n. enemy, IV a 92, V 338, VIII b 78, IX 81, &c. [OFr. enemi.] ”

“ 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.] ”

“ Pa. t. desired, wished, was willing; was likely, used; intended, would; subj. would (be willing) , would (should) like, could wish, &c.; as auxil. of condit. or pa. t. subj. would, should, &c.: Vald, X 79; Wald (e) , IV a 39, X 21, XIV b 12, &c.; Wild, I introd. (? ON. vilda) ”

“ 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.] ”

“ Cardinales, n. pl. cardinals, XIV b 40, 41. [OFr. cardinal.]
Care, Kare, n. woe, misery, IV a 18, 44, 60, V 316, VI 11, &c.; care (of) , anxiety (concerning) , V 311. [OE. caru.]
Care, v. to have sorrow, XIV b 1. [OE. carian.]
Carie, v. to carry, XII b 27. [ONFr. carier.]
Caroigne, Caryon, n. dead body, carrion, VIII a 85, XVII 502. [ONFr. caroigne; the phonology of the second form is obscure.]
Carp, v. to converse, VI 21; prate, XVII 360. [ON. karpa, brag.]
Carpyng, n. narration, X introd. [From prec.] ”

“ Custome, n. custom, IX 292, XI b 204, 206. [OFr. custume.]
Dai, Day (e) , n. day, I 138, VI 56, XII a 68, &c.; dawn, XII a 77; life-time, II 572, &c. (also pl. VI 56, VII 39) ; daies olde, old age, XII introd.; time, in withinne tuo monthe day, in two months' time, XII a 29; þise dayeȝ (gen. sg.) longe, all (this) day long, VI 173 (see Longe) ; by dayes, once upon a time, II 15; bi this dai, (for) this day, VIII a 274 ”

“ Icham, 1 sg. pres. ind. I am, II 127, 382, 513, XV c 8, 29, d 1; Ycham, XV b 23. [OE. ic am.]
Ichil, 1 sg. pres. ind. I will, intend to, II 132, 212, 341, 451; (with ellipse of verb of motion) I will go, II 129, 316; Ichulle, XV c 19; ichil þatow be, may you be, II 471. [OE. ic wile, wylle.] See Wille, v.
Ichim = Ich him (acc.) , II 428.
Ichon, Vchon (VI, VIII) , pron. each one, every one, II 161, VI 90, VIII a 202, &c.; in apposition with pl. noun, XVII 279. [OE. ylc + ān.] See Ich, adj.2; Echone, Euerichon, Ilkane.
Ichot, 1 sg. pres. ind. I know, XV b 23, c 10. [OE. ic wāt.] See Wite (n) . ”

“ Dir. object: for (purpose of) , with a view to, to get, &c., IV a 69, VII 32, 88, VIII a 230, X 41, XI b 126, 182, 235, XVI 220, &c.; for (uor) to, for te, in order to, so as to, I 81, II 568, III introd., 44, XV b 30, c 18, &c.; for till, X 149, 169; as equiv. of for with vbl. sb., X 8, 33, 105; merely equiv. of to, till, I 21, II 37, X 143, &c. ”

“ Ernde, n. the business (on which one has come) , V 235. [OE. ǣrende, message; ON. erinde, &c. message, business.]
Erre, v. to err, XI b 14. [OFr. errer.]
Errour, n. error, falsehood, heretical opinion, VII 46, XI b 44, 77, 215; speke errour, say what is mistaken, VI 62. [OFr. errour.]
Ert. See Art.
Erth (e) , Eorþe (XIII, XIV c) , Vrþe (VI) , n. earth, soil, IV b 4, 12; the ground, IV b 36, V 161, IX 149, XIII a 8, 15; the world, VI 82, XI a 8, XVII 180; in erth (e) , on earth, in the world, IV a 47, IX 332, XVI 363, XVII 42, &c. ”