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sive…seu whether…or sobrietas -atis f. sobriety socius -ii m. a companion, friend solum, cf. non solum sonitus -us m. sound, noise spatium -ii n. a space, room sporta -ae f. a wicker basket stannum -i n. tin stimulus -i m. cattle prod, ox goad, sharpened stick sto stare steti statum to stand stultus -a -um foolish, silly sturia -ae f. a sturgeon sub + abl. prep. under, beneath subito adv. suddenly subtalares -um simple leather shoes that do not cover the ankle subula -ae f. (cobbler's) awl sui sibi se se (no nom. form) 3 rd person reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves sulfur -uris n. sulfur sum esse fui futurus to be sumo sumere sumpsi sumptus to take up super prep. + acc. above, over, on top of; throughout supplex -icis humble surgo surgere surrexi surrectum to rise, get up sutor sutoris m. a shoemaker, cobbler suus -a -um belonging to the 3 rd person subject, his own, her own, its own, their own tam adv. to such an extent, so, so much tamen adv. yet, nevertheless, still tantus -a -um so great, of such a size in tantum to such an extent, so much temet = te ( < tu) + the intensifier -met yourself tempus -oris n. a time; a period teneo -ere -ui -tus to hold; to keep terra -ae f. land, earth, ground Tertia -ae f. < tertia hora, Terce; the office of prayer at the third hour after sunrise timor -oris m. fear torniculus -i m. periwinkle (small marine snail with whorled shell) tot so many, as many totus -a -um whole, entire tructa -ae f. a trout tu vos 2 nd person pronoun you tunc adv. then, at that time tundo tundere tutudi tunsum to beat, pound turpis -e ugly, vulgar, shameful tutus a um safe tuus -a -um belonging to 2 nd person sg., your, yours, your own ubi conj. & interrog. where, when ubique adv. everywhere, anywhere ultra adv. beyond unanimiter adv. < unanimis -e unanimously, singleheartedly, single-mindedly; harmoniously unde adv. from where, whence unus -a -um one; unus quisque each one usque adv. all the way, up to; continuously ut conj. as; + subj. (so) that; (in order) to uter- tris m. a skin bag; wine skin, leather bottle utilis -e useful utilitas utilitatis f. usefullness, utility utor uti usus sum + abl. to use, to make use of uxor -oris f. a wife vacuus -a -um empty, void valde adv. greatly, intensely valeo -ere -ui valiturus to be strong; to be able varius -a -um varied, different vasum -i n. a vessel, dish vel conj. or velox -ocis swift, quick venatio -tionis f. the hunt; the game acquired in a hunt venator -oris m. a hunter vendo -ere -idi -tus to sell, vend veno -are -avi -atus to hunt venustus -a -um charming ver veris n. spring, springtime verbero -are -avi -atus to whip, beat verbum -i n. word verecundia -ae f. bashfulness, shamefulness veridius -a -um green versipellis -is m. one who can change appearance at will, shapeshifter versutus -a -um clever, shrewd, ingenious verus -a -um true, actual, genuine vescor -i to feed on, eat Vespera -ae f., Vespers; the evening office of prayer, usually around sunset vester -tra -trum belonging to 2 nd person pl., your, yours, your own vestio -ire -ivi -itum to clothe vestis vestis f. a garment, dress, clothing vestitus -us m. clothing, apparel victus -us m. a livelihood, a living; means of life; food video -ere -ivi -itus to see vigilo -are -avi -atus to spend (the night) awake; to keep watch vinum -i n. wine vir viri m. a man virga -ae f. a twig, rod viridis -e green; fresh, young vita -ae f. a life vitrum -i n. glass vivo vivere vixi victum to live vivus -a -um alive vix adv. scarcely, hardly, barely volo velle volui to want, wish vomer -meris m. plowshare (the heavy furrowing blade of a plow) voracitas -tatis f. gluttony, insatiablility, voracity, tendency to eat a lot vorax -acis ravenous, voracious, gluttonous; insatiable; greedy Aelfric: Glossary rev. 15 March 2013 p. 6 of 6
Aelfric Notes 3 nisi… sit: a sort of proviso clause, so long as it is anilis: old women have a reputation for talking a lot without saying anything useful; cf. the expression fabulae aniles old wive’s tales 4 N.b. that the Colloquy elides -ne from yes/no questions. But cf. the use of si in 107 & 109. 5 cogaris: < cogo to compel; contrafactual subjunctive with nisi; the students clearly do not believe that they will force the teacher to beat them. 6 quid…operis: what of work (part. gen.) meaning what work 7 professus sum monachus: lit., “I have professed as a monk”; I have taken my vows and am no longer a postulant nor a novice but a monk. on the septem sinaxes cf. note at 137 vellem: < volo to want (subj. of wish) latina lingua: (abl. means) would in Classical Latin be expressed with the adverb “Latine.” Cf. also “latialiter” in 1. 11 minando: gerund < mino to herd audeam: < audeo to dare, venture (subj. result clause) domi: < domus house (locative) domini mei: of my master (obj. gen.) bobus: < bos ox; syncopated form of bovibus confirmato vomere et cultro aratro: the order of these ablatives can be a bit difficult for students with no knowledge of plows; with an aratrum that has been confirmatum-ed by means of a vomer and culter agrum: the OE gloss is aecer, whence the term acre; here we see the early definition of an acre as “the amount of land an ox can plow in one day” 15 boum: < bos ox; syncopated form of bovorum 19 vigilando: gerund 29 usque quo: In the Vulgate, this phrase often asks about time (for how long? how long until?); here, it is used of space. Lit., perhaps up to the place where. 42 fuisti ausus: ! ausus es 46 de: we would say “with” 65 quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare: navigium, ship, by metonymy stands for journey 68 cetum: < cetus large sea creature; in this context, perhaps a whale 77 multis modis: using many methods (abl. of means) 78 Cf. note ad 4, supra. 81 Quid deberent mihi: what would they owe me; what use would they be to me 86 vere: < ver veris n. spring(time) pullos: < pullus, normally meaning chickens, may mean hawklings in this context 88 eo quod: = illo tempore ubi 98 aliquod lucrum: in Classical Latin would be “aliquod lucri”; cf. 99, quid... utilitatis 102 calciamenta diversi generis: shoes of a different kind [a variety of shoes] (gen. sing.) vestrum: partititive genitive / genitive of the whole < vos (not < vester) 104 gaudio fruitur in: enjoys pleasure in, gets any pleasure from 106 dulcibus...cibis: Don’t let the word order fool you; these words go together despite the intervening verb. 107/109 si: asking a yes/no question, like Classical -ne 109 aliquo: should be “aliqua” 113 probavi: This is an odd use of the verb. Its full meaning should be along the lines of “I have tested and accepted the proposition that” or (in a different context) “I have proven / demonstrated that.” 121 Unde piscatori hamus &c: sc. venit vel sim. 122 tundentium: of those beating (pres. act. part. < tundo) flantium: of those blowing (pres. act. part. < flo) 124 vales: used like potes you are able 125 prosit: < prosum to benefit, (subj.) esto: 2 nd sg. fut. imperative < sum, be! 137 Monastic life is governed by a daily cycle of prayer known as the Liturgy of the Hours or the Divine Office. There are nine canonical hours at which the community gathers to pray, sing Psalms, and recite the daily readings: Vigils (after midnight; called Nocturna in the Colloquy), Matins (before daybreak), Lauds (at daybreak), Prime, Terce, Sext, and Nones (at the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours after daybreak), Vespers (at dusk), and finally Compline (completing the day before going to bed). Some monastic orders combine hours to get a total of seven hours of prayer throughout the day; St. Benedict, whose rule was followed in most Saxon monasteries, bases his “sevenfold office” on Ps. 119.164: “seven times a day I have given praise to thee.” In Aelfric’s community, Matins and Lauds seem to be combined as Aelfric: Notes rev. 30 January 2008 p. 1 of 2
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