CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across
- 2. cringe, grovel
- 4. seagulls
- 9. travel, go on a journey
- 10. a fairy, ME faie, fai, fei, feid (faith) > L fata (fate)
- 11. old past tense of "bid", pronounced "bayed"
- 13. a primitive weapon, originally a farming tool
- 14. open place covered with grass
- 17. an old instrument, usually with six strings, similar to a violin
- 18. border guard
- 19. formerly a common spelling of basin
- 20. old past tense of sit
- 21. highest point
- 22. robust, strong of body
- 23. deep diggings
- 26. ignoble, illegitimate
- 27. trap, snare
- 28. tenth part
- 30. a species of bindweed
- 35. inhabitants of the Moon
- 36. happen, occur
- 37. bound or attached with a belt
- 40. perhaps
- 41. pretend
- 44. (v.) foil, stop
- 47. watchfulness; hold vigil make devotion
- 48. farmland
- 51. nets, traps
- 53. heraldic term for black
- 56. trade
- 57. the twilight of evening
- 58. carrion crow
- 59. drink heavily
- 60. give a false impression
- 62. the valley of a river
- 63. that part of the body around which the girdle passes, the waist
- 66. a shoulderbelt for carrying horns, swords, etc
- 67. merciless, terrifying
- 68. pest, bothersome person or animal
- 70. flat breadcake
- 71. border regions, frontiers; districts set up to defend boundaries
- 72. except
- 74. an alcoholic drink made from honey
Down
- 1. temple
- 3. place in proper order
- 5. attacked, assaulted by enemies
- 6. a disease, a corrupting influence
- 7. gladly; disposed, desirous; fain of wellpleased with
- 8. appearance
- 12. jewelled necklace
- 14. a mineral of great hardness consisting of a silicate of beryllium and aluminum
- 15. drunkard
- 16. open boat propelled by oars and sail
- 19. a stiff broom made out of sticks and twigs
- 24. scowl, frown
- 25. waver, lose courage
- 26. made drunk
- 29. bring trouble upon
- 31. (of a dog) bark or howl
- 32. a poem that is meant to be sung
- 33. jaws and throat, especially of a ferocious animal
- 34. burning coal or cinder
- 37. stare with round eyes
- 38. having yellow or pale brown skin
- 39. allegiance and service to a lord
- 42. ghost or phantasm
- 43. pointed irises, esp. stinking irises
- 45. a mail-coat without sleeves, shorter than a hauberk
- 46. complex interlinked ornamentation
- 47. servant, bondsman
- 48. rocky hilltops
- 49. in, or overtaken by, darkness
- 50. a measure of distance, about three miles
- 52. something intended to be eaten
- 54. the long, cylindrical part of a key
- 55. slightly drunk
- 56. pleasantly appetising
- 61. old form of 'carved'
- 64. secure fortress
- 65. news
- 69. share borders
- 71. notice, detect
- 73. struggle with, be rival to