A LIST OF ANGLO-SAXON PHRASES.

THE following phrases, which comprise the most of those in common use not already given, or expressed differently, under other heads, are written as they are generally found in Anglo-Saxon MSS. Some of them, as will be perceived, are adverbial and conjunctional, and others prepositional. The syntactical order of each member in any case will be observed.

A forth, ever forth, from thence, evermore.
A of tide, on a sudden, forthwith.

A tó aldre, forever and ever.

A world, forever, lit. world always.

A thý bet, ever the better.

A thý má, ever the more.

Aefre tó aldre, forever and ever.

Aefterran sithe, secondly.

Aefter burgum, openly, publicly, lit. through cities.
Aefter faece, after a space, afterward.

Aefter rihte, according to right, rightly, justly.

Aefter thám the, aefter thón the, after that, after, afterward.

Aeghwilce wísan, in every manner, all manner of ways. Aegther ge heónan ge thánan, both here and there, on this side and that.

Aelce healfe, aelce wise, in all ways, or in every manner. Aelces cynnes, of each sort, or of all sorts.

Aer the, aer thám the, aer thám thaet, before that, ere that, before.

all.

Aerest sona, aerest thinga, aet aerestan, at first, first of

Aet fruman, in the beginning.

Aet handa, at hand.

Aet hwega, aet hwegu, somewhat, about, in some measure. Aet neáhestan, aet nyhstan, at last.

Aet rihtost, by-and-by, presently.

Aet sithestan, aet sithemestan, at length, at last.
Agenes thances, of his own accord, freely.

Ahwónan útan, anywhere without, outwardly, extrinsically.
An eágan beorht, in the glance of an eye, in a twinkling.
And gehú elles, and the like.

And swá forth, and so forth.

Anes hwaet, at all, in any degree, anything, anywhat.
Awa tó aldre, forever and ever.

Bé ánfealdum, singly.

Bé daele, in part, partly.

Bé hwón, whence.

Bé swilcum and bé swilcum, by such means and the like. Bé twifealdon, doubly.

Bé thám maestan, at the most.

Be thám the, as, according as.

Betwýh thás thing, between these things, in the mean while, whilst.

Bi thisse wisan, for this cause, hence, therefore.

Eác swá, eác swilce, so also, also, moreover, very like,

even so.

Eall swá oft, so often, quite so oft.

Eall swá micles, for so much, at that price.

Ealle aetsomne, in like manner, at once, altogether.

Ealle gemete, eallum gemetum, by all means, altogether.
Ealle waega, of all, fully, altogether, in all ways.
Ealne wég, always.

Eást inne, in the east.

Eást rihte, due east, towards the east.

Eáthe maeg, easily can, perhaps, it is possible.
Eft sona, efter sana, soon after, soon.
Eft syththan, after that, furthermore.
Eft thá ymbe lytel, after a little then.
Elles hwaer, elsewhere.

Elles maest, chiefly.

Elles ofer, from some other place.
Emne swá, equally so, even so.

For hwaega, at least.

For hwám, for hwón, for hwi, wherefore, why.
For sóth, forsooth, truly, certainly.

For thaere wisan, for that reason, wherefore.
For thearle, very much, exceedingly.

For thon the, because.

For thy, for that, wherefore.

For thy the, for that which, since, because.

For thysse wisan, for this cause, hence, therefore.

Fóran ongean, opposite.

Forth daeges, far in the day.

Forth nihtes, far in the night.

Gemang thám, in the mean time, meanwhile.

Geneáh ge feor, both far and near.

Geó aer, geó geára, geó dagum, geó hwílum, heretofore,

long ago.

Gyt beheónan, git behiónan, yet nearer.

Hidres thidres, hither and thither.

Hú geares, however.

Hú hugu, hú hwego, about, almost, nearly.

Hú ne, not, whether or not.

Hugu dael, a little, but a little, at least.

Huru thinga, at least, at all events, yet, only, indeed, especially.

Hwaene aer, hwone aer, a little before, just before.
Hwaene laes, a little less.

Hwaet hugu, somewhat, almost, nearly.

Hwaet hwaega, hwaet hwega, hwaet hweg, hwaet

hwugu, hwaet hwygu, about, a little, somewhat.

Hwaet hwára, somewhere.

Hwaet lytles, some little, somewhat.

Hwaet tha, wherefore then, what then, but.

Hwider wéga, somewhere.

Hwilon aer, sometime before.

Hwilon án, hwilon twá, now one, now two.

Hwylce hugu, how little, as little as.

Hyder geond, yonder.

In aldre, forever.

In stéde, in the place, instead.

Litlum and litlum, by little and little.

Má the, more than.

Maest ealle, almost all, almost wholly, or entirely.

Micle má, much more.

Mid aer daege, at the early day, or first dawn.

Mid ealle, with all, altogether, entirely.

Mid rihte, with justice, rightly, really.

Mid tham the, mid thón the, mid thón, with that, while,

when, whereas, inasmuch as, forasmuch as, seeing that.

Mid thý, mid thý thá, mid thý the, when, whilst, thereupon, as soon as, after that, when therefore.

Ná elles, ná hú elles, not otherwise.
Ná hwónan útane, nowhere without.
Ná the laes, nó thý laes, nevertheless.

Naenige gemete, in no wise, by no means.

Naenige thinga, not at all, lit. in no one of things.

Naes ná, naes ne, neither.

Náte thaes hwón, or contracted, nátes-hwón, nátes-tóhwí, by no means, not at all.

Ne on aldre, never at all.

Neáh and efene, almost, well-nigh.

Neán and feorran, from far and near.

Nese, nese, no, no, by no means.

Nóhtes hwón, without doubt.

Nó wiht elles, nothing else.

Nú gyt, hitherto, as yet.

Nú hwaene aer, just now, a little while before.
Nú hwónne, now and then, sometimes.

Nú nú, now now, immediately, right off.

Nú rihte, straightway.

Nú tó morgen, by to-morrow.

Nú tha, just now, now then.

Of ansýne to ansýne, face to face.

Of dúne, down, downward, lit. from the mountain.
Of hwylcere wisan, from which cause, whence.

On aefteweard, behind.

On aegṭhere hand, on aegṭhere healfe, on either hand, on either half, or side, on both sides.

On aegṭhre healfe weard, toward both sides.

On aelcere tide, at all times.

On aer daege, at the first dawn.

On aeron, on aeran, on aer daegum, formerly.

On aewiscnesse, openly, (as not being ashamed to be

seen.)

On án, in one, continually.

On baec, behind, afterward.

On daeg, in the day, by day, day by day.

On diglum, in secret.