to
condemn, to sentence. _Doom-ring_, a circle of stones or hazel poles
where kings heard complaints from their people and gave judgment.
_Do on_, put on; often shortened into "don"; cf. doff, which is
shortened from do off.
_Door-wards_, porters, door-keepers.
_Dragons_, the war-ships of the northern nations, which often had
their prows carved into a dragon's head.
_Dwindle_, to grow less.
_Edges of bale_, the sword edges, which bring bale or destruction.
_Egg_, to urge on, to persuade to some deed, e.g. "Too much thou
eggest me."
_Eld_, old age.
_Endlong_, length-ways, along. _Endlong_ and _athwart_, along and
across.
_Erewhile_, some time ago, formerly.
_Erne_, an eagle.
_Eyen_, eyes; old plural of eye.
_Fain_, glad, willing, full of desire. Sometimes used as an adverb
meaning "willingly," e.g. "They fain would go aland."
_Fair-speech-masters_, men skilled in poetry. There were professional
singers and poets called skalds among the northern people, and the
power to make verses and to sing was cultivated among the mass of the
people and was fairly common.
_Fallow_, lying quiet, inactive, not bearing crops. The expression,
"fallow bondage," means a bondage of sleep and idleness.
_Fare_, to travel. Sometimes when joined to adverbs it means to
prosper, e.
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