I have been spending a lot of time proofing an Old English grammar1 (published in the early 20th century), and while I still can’t read King Alfred’s writings or Beowulf, I have learned something by working through the glossary.
The Old English speakers were obviously secret minimalists.
fāg (fāh), hostile.
fāh (fāg), variegated, ornamented.
And perhaps a bit confused (m. means what you think it does: masculine).
mægðhād, m., maidenhood, virginity.
- C. Alphonso Smith, Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book; with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary, Fourth Edition.[back]