[2056], possess.
_Atheling_, prince, noble, noble warrior.

_Barm_, lap, bosom.
_Behalsed_ (5 [63]), embraced by the neck.
_Berne_, man, warrior, hero.
_Bestead_ (143 [2499]), served.
_Beswealed_, scorched, burnt.
_Beswinked_, sweated.
_Birlers_, cup-bearers.
_Board_, shield.
_Bode_, announce.
_Bollen_, swollen, angry.
_Boot_ (9 [158]), compensation.
_Boun_ (18 [301]), made ready.
_Braided_ (147 [2574]), drew, lifted.
_Brim_, sea.
_Brook_, use, enjoy.
_Burg_, fortified place, stronghold, mount, barrow; protection;
protector; family (163 [2886]).
_Byrny_, coat of mail.

_Devil-dray_, nest of devils. Cf. _squirrel's-dray_, common in Berks;
used by Cowper.
_Dreary_, bloody.
_Dree_, do, accomplish, suffer, enjoy, spend (155 [2725]).

_Ealdor_, chief, lord.
_Eme_, uncle.
_Eoten_, giant, monster, enemy.

_Fathom_, embrace.
_Feeless_, not to be atoned for with money.
_Ferry_, bring, carry.
_Fifel_, monster.
_Flyting_, contending, scolding.
_Fold_, the earth.
_Forheed_, disregard.
_Forwritten_, proscribed.
_Frist_, space of time, delay.

_Gar_, spear.
_Graithly_, readily, well.

_Halse_, neck.
_Hand-shoal_, band of warriors.
_Hery_, praise.
_Hild-play_, battle.
_Holm_, ocean, sea.
_Holm-throng_, eddy of the sea.
_Holt_, wood.
_Hote_, call.
_Howe_, mound, burial-mound.
_Hythe_, ferry, haven.

_Kemp_, champion, fighter.

_Lithe_, slope.
_Loom_, heirloom.
_Low_ (133 [2320]), flame.
_Lyke_, body.

_Moody_, brave, proud.

_Nicors_, sea-monsters.
_Nithing_ (12 [193]), spite, malice.

_O'erthinking_, overweening, arrogance.

_Rail, railings_, coat, armour.
_Rimed_, counted, reckoned.

_Sea-lode_, sea-voyage.
_Sin_, malice, hatred, hostility.
_Skinked_, poured out.
_Slot_, track.
_Staple_, threshold.
_Stone-bow_, arch of stone.
_Sty_, stride, ascend, descend.
_Sweal_, burn.

_Through-witting_, understanding.

_Undern_, from 9 o'clock till 12 o'clock; "at undren and at middai,"
O.E. Miscellany.

_Warths_, shores, still in use at Wick St. Lawrence, in Somerset.
_Wick_, dwelling.
_Wick-stead_, dwelling-place.
_Wise_, direct, show.
_Wit-lust_, curiosity.
_Worth_, shall be.
_Wreak_, utter.
_Wyte_, blame, charge with.
_Yare_, ready.
_Yode_, went.

* * * * *

Errors and Inconsiste