; nū is þīnes
mægenes
blǣd āne
hwīle (_the prime [fame?
Beowulf
wereda, 2187;
weoroda, 60.
--Comp.
: eorl-, flet-werod.
wer-þēod, st.
f.
, _people, humanity_: dat.
sg.
ofer wer-þēode, 900.
wesan, v.
, _to be_: pres.
sg.
I.
ic eom, 335, 407; II.
þū eart, 352, 506;
III.
is, 256, 272, 316, 343, 375, 473, etc.
; nū is þīnes
mægenes
blǣd āne
hwīle (_the prime [fame?
] of thy powers lasteth now for a while_), 1762;
ys, 2911, 3000, 3085; pl.
I.
wē synt, 260, 342; II.
syndon, 237, 393; III.
syndon, 257, 361, 1231; synt, 364; sint, 388; subj.
pres.
sīe, 435, 683,
etc.
; sȳ, 1832, etc.
; sig, 1779, etc.
; imper.
sg.
II.
wes, 269 (cf.
wassail, wes hǣl), 407, 1171, 1220, 1225, etc.
; inf.
