abasement
casting down, defeat
ark
a box for treasures
bale
disaster, destruction, death
bath of the swan
the sea
befall
happen
bickering
stormy, struggling
burg
a town, a fortress
carles
peasants
churl
a grudging, ungracious man
dastard
a coward
doom
a sentence, verdict
dwindle
to grow less
eld
old age
flaw
defect, fault
fleck
spot, mark
folk
people
franklin
a well-to-do farmer, one who is not merely a hired servant
heave
to rise and fall
hireling
a servant
kin
family relations
lay
a song
leeches
doctors
lore
learning, knowledge
peers
equals in age and rank
quell
to stop, make to cease
reck
to notice, care about
reek
smoke rising from a fire
rue
to regret, to find a cause of woe
ruth
pity, regret
sate
satisfy to the full
scoff
an object of mockery
skerry
a rocky island near the coast
slot
the track left by a wild animal
sooth
truth
to-morn
tomorrow morning
venom
poison
wane
to fade away, grow dim
wary
careful, ever on the watch
weed
dress
wot
to know
