Showing 1 to 50 of 915 lexemes.
Lexeme | Part of Speech | Modern English Form | Sense | ON Etymon | Summary Category | PGmc Ancestor | Other Scandinavian reflexes | Occurrences | |
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adill | v. | addle | 'acquire, earn (for themselves)' | ǫðlask 'to win, gain as property, get for oneself' | C3c | *aþalōjan- | Icel öðlast, Norw odla | WA 3191 | View |
adreʒ | adv. | adreigh | ‘away, back’ | drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)' | CC3ac | *dreug- | Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg | Cl 71 | View |
agayn | adv., prep. | again | (adv.) 'in return'; (prep.) 'against, facing' | (í) gegn 'in opposition, against, in return' | A1*c | *gagni- | Far ígen, Icel gegn, Dan igen, OSw gen | Gaw 384, 1638; Pe 28, 326, 1199, etc.; Cl 266, 826; WA 50, 82, 170 etc. | View |
agaynʒ | prep. | against | 'against, upon' |
(í) gegn 'in opposition, against, in return' |
A1*c | *gagni- |
Far ígen, Icel gegn, Dan igen, OSw gen |
Pe 79; Cl 611, 1711 |
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aʒed | adj., v. | awed | 'frightened' | agi ‘(n.) dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- | WA 3763 | View | |
aʒefullest | adj. | awful | 'most formidable' | agi ‘(n.) dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- |
WA 16 | View | |
aghe | n. | awe | 'awe, reverence, terror; danger' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Erk 234, WA 169, 1459, 2987 etc. | View |
aghlich | adj., adv. | awly | 'terrible' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1 | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Gaw 136; Cl 874, 937 | View |
aʒlez | adj. | aweless, awless | 'without fear' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’; cp. agalauss ‘peaceful’ | C1 | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Gaw 2335 | View |
aglyʒte | adv. | 'slipped away' | gljá ‘to glitter’ | DD1c | ?*glīw- | Far glíggja, Icel gljá, Norw glå, gljå, Sw dial glia | Pe 245 | View | |
aʒtand | num. | ‘eighth’ | áttandi ‘eighth’ | C2c | *axtu- | Far áttandi, Icel áttundi, Norw åttande, ODan atændæ, ottende, OSw āttunde | WA 3830, 4836 | View | |
algate | adv. | algate, algates | 'at any rate' | gata ‘way, path, road’ | B2 | *gatwōn | Far gata, gøta, Icel gata, Norw gate, gote, Dan gade, Sw gata | Gaw 141 | View |
allyt | adv. | (1) 'back, with delay'; (2) '(even) a little' | (1) hlíta ‘to rely on, trust, abide by’; (2) lítt (adv.) ‘little’ | D2 | (1) *hlītan-; (2) lūti- or lītilaz | (1) Far líta, Icel hlíta, Norw lita, Dan lide, OSw lita, Sw lita; (2) Far lítt, Icel lítt, Dan lidt | Cl 599 | View | |
alofte | adv., prep. | aloft | ‘up, above, at the top, on; on horseback’ |
loft ‘air, atmosphere, sky, heaven; space; loft, upper room; balcony’ |
C1 | *luft-a-n |
Far loft, luft, Icel loft, lopt, Norw loft, luft, Dan loft, luft, Sw loft, luft |
Gaw 194, 435, 572 etc.; Cl 1183; Pat 447; Erk 49; WA 858 |
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aloʒ | adv. | alow | 'quietly' |
lágr ‘low’ |
A1* | *lēga- |
Far lágur, Icel lágur, Norw låg, Dan lav, Sw låg |
Cl 670 |
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ande | n. | 'breath' |
andi 'breath, breathing, spirit' |
C3 | *anđon |
Far andi, Icel andi, Norw ande, Dan ånde, OSw ande, Sw ande, anda |
WA 749, 4000, 4813 |
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angardez | adj., n. | angard | ‘i.e. excessive, arrogant’ |
ágjarn ‘covetous, greedy; ambitious; pugnacious, belligerent, eager to fight’; gort ‘bragging’; gera, gør(v)a ‘to make, do’ |
FCCC3c | Icel gjarn, Sw dial gärnt; Far ger-, Icel ger, ODan gør, Dan gør-, OSw gor, gör |
Gaw 681 |
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anger | n. | anger | 'harm, sorrow; anger' | angr ‘sorrow, resentment, distress; repentance; tribulation, injury’ | C1 | *angez- | Far angur, Icel angur, Norw anger, Dan, anger, Sw ånger | Gaw 2344; Pe 343; Cl 572, 1602; Pat 411, 481 | View |
angirs | v. | anger | 'grows angry' | angra 'to distress, grieve, trouble (etc.)' | C1 | *angez- | Far angra, Icel angra, Norw angra, ODan angre, Dan angre, OSw angra, Sw ångra | WA 837 | View |
angre | adj. | angry | 'caustic' |
angr (n.) ‘sorrow, resentment, distress; repentance; tribulation, injury’ |
C1 | *angez- |
Far angur, Icel angur, Norw anger, Dan anger, Sw ånger |
Cl 1035 |
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ar | v. | are | 'are' | cp. eru 'are' | CCC5 | *ar- | Gaw 207, 280, 1094, etc.; Pe 384, 402, 628 etc.; Cl 8, 15, 55, etc.; Pat 13, 15; Erk 164; WA 1, 12, 14 etc. | View | |
are | adv. | ere | 'before' | ár 'early' | CC1 | *air- | Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år | Gaw 239, 1632, 1891; Cl 438, 1128; Erk 36; WA 246, 447, 1140 | View |
areþede | n. | ere | 'people of old times' (always in phrase in ~) |
ár (adv) 'early' |
CC1c | *air- |
Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år |
Pe 711 |
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arly | adv. | early | 'early' |
ár 'early', cp. árliga ‘annually’ |
CC1c | *air- |
Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år |
WA 350, 351 |
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arwes | n. | arrow | 'arrows' | ǫr 'arrow' | CC1 | *arx- | Far ørv, Icel ör, OSw arf | Gaw 1160, 1455; WA 1066 | View |
as-tit | adv. | astite, as tite (adv. phr.) | 'at once; in a moment' | tíðr ‘frequent, usual, customary’ | A3*c | *tīða- | Far tíð, Icel tíð, tíður, Norw tid, Dan tid, Sw tid | Gaw 31, 1210; Pe 645; WA 693 | View |
askez | n. | ash | 'ashes' |
aska ‘ashes’ |
CC2 | *askōn |
Far øska, Icel aska, Norw oske, Dan aske, ask, Sw aska |
Gaw 2; Cl 626, 736, 1010 etc.; Pat 380; WA 4180 |
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at | prep. | at | 'at (etc.)' | at 'against, towards, at, to' | CCC3 | *at | Far at, Icel að, Norw ad, åt, Dan ad, Sw åt | Gaw 464, 1006, 1474 etc.; WA 636, 872, 1103 | View |
at | conj., pron. | at | ‘which’ | (1) at ‘who, that’ | CC2 | *þat | (1) Far at, Icel að, Norw at, Dan at, OSw at, Sw att | Pe 536, WA 10, 56, 68 etc. | View |
atlyng | n. | ettling | 'intention' |
ætla 'to think, intend' |
A1*c | *ahtilō(j)an- |
Far ætla, Icel ætla, Norw etla, atla, Sw dial ättla, ässla |
Cl 688 |
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attle | v. | ettle | 'to intend; prepare; address' |
ætla 'to think, intend' |
A1*c | *ahtilō(j)an- |
Far, Icel ætla, Norw etla, atla, Sw dial ättla, ässla |
Gaw 27, 2263; Cl 207; WA 15, 1157, 1819, etc. |
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atwappe | v. | atwape, atwappe | 'escaped' |
vappa ‘to waddle’ |
DD1c | (1) *wap- |
(1) Far vappa, Icel vappa, Dan dial vappe, Sw dial vapp |
Gaw 1167; Cl 1205 |
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*aucly | adj., n. | 'amiss, blemish' |
ǫfugr 'backwards, turned the wrong way' |
D1ac | *aƀug- |
Far øvugur, øvigur, Icel öfugur, Norw ovug, avug, Dan avet, Sw avig, avog |
Cl 795 |
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autly | adj., adv. | (1) 'courageously, manfully'; (2) 'lacking' |
(2) auðr 'empty, void, desolate' |
DD2 | (1) *aiwin + *wextiz; (2) *auþaz |
(2) Far eyður, Icel auður, Norw aud |
Cl 795 |
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ay | adv. | ay, aye | 'always, ever, in each case' |
ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' |
A1*c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz |
Icel ei, e |
Gaw 26, 73, 128 etc.; Pe 44, 56, 101 etc.; Cl 114, 117, 132 etc.; Pat 8, 90, 130 etc., Erk 278; WA 239, 242, 265 |
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ayquere | adv. | aywhere | 'everywhere' | ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' | CC5c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz | Icel ei, e | Gaw 599, 629, 745, etc.; Cl 228, 965, 1403; WA 781* | View |
bagges | n. | bag | 'bags' | baggi 'bag, bundle, pack' | BB2a | Far baggi, Icel baggi, Norw dial bagge, bagg, Sw dial bagge | Pat 158; WA 123 | View | |
bale (1) | n. | bale | ‘destruction, death; misery; torment; sorrow' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | CCC5a | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Gaw 2041, 2419; Pe 18, 123, 373 etc.; Cl 276, 980, 1256; Pat 276, 426, 510; WA 396, 1146, 1974, etc. | View |
bale (2) | n. | (1) 'disaster'; (2) 'conflagration' |
(1) bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’; (2) bál ‘fire, funeral pyre, blaze’ |
D2 | (1) *ƀalwan; (2) ƀēlan |
(1) Far bøl, Icel böl; (2) Far bál, Icel bál, Norw bål, Dan bål, Sw bål |
Cl 980 |
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bale (3) | n. | 'blaze, fire' |
bál ‘fire, funeral pyre, blaze’ |
A1*c | ƀēlan |
Far bál, Icel bál, Norw bål, Dan bål, Sw bål |
WA 562, 2231, 2658 |
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balʒ | adj. | balgh | ‘swelling with round, smooth surface’ |
bali 'a soft grassy bank, especially sloping down to the shore’ |
DD1c | (1) *balg-; (2) *bal- |
Icel bali, Norw bal |
Gaw 967, 2032, 2172 |
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balteres | adj., v. | balter | 'roll around; hobble' |
B2c | *balt- ( ~ *bult-) |
Norw dial bolta, baltra, Sw bulta, bultra, ODan bolte, Dan baltre, boltre |
Cl 103; Pat 459 |
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banned | adj., v. | ban | 'curse, (pp.) accursed' | banna 'forbid, prevent, curse' | CC3c | *ƀannan- | Far banna, Icel banna, Norw banna, Dan bande, Sw banna | Cl 468, 885 | View |
baret | n. | barrat | ‘strife, fighting; trouble, sorrow’ |
barátta ‘hitting, beating, violent attack; fight, battle’ |
FCCC3bc | Icel barátta |
Gaw 21, 353, 752 etc. |
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barme | n. | 'edge, brim' | barmr 'brim, rim' | CC3 | *ƀarm- | Icel barmur, Norw barm, Dan barm | WA 4812 | View | |
barne | n. | bairn | 'child' | barn 'child' | CCC5ac | *ƀarnan | Far barn, Icel barn, Norw barn, Dan barn, Sw barn | Gaw 2320; Pe 426, 712, 1040; Cl 329, 378, 502, etc.; Pat 510 | View |
*barne | n. | (1) bairn | (1) ‘child’; (2) ‘warrior, knight, man’. |
(1) barn 'child' |
DD2 | (1)*ƀarnan; (2) *ƀernuz |
(1) Far barn, Icel barn, Norw barn, Dan barn, Sw barn |
Gaw 2320 |
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bate | n. | bate | (1) ‘strife, fighting’; (2) ‘baiting’ |
(2) beita ‘bait’; cp. beita (v.) ‘to cause to bite’; ‘to chase (with animals), hunt (with animals), set (animals) on’ (etc.), beit, beiti 'grazing, pasture' |
DD2 | (2) *bait- |
(2) Far beita, Icel beita, Norw beite, beita, ODan bēd, Sw bete |
Gaw 1461 |
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bawelyne | n. | bowline | 'bowline' |
bóglína |
CCC3c | *ƀōg- |
Cl 417; Pat 104 |
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bayn | adj., adv. | bain | 'obedient, willing; eagerly' | beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' | A1bc | *baina- | Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein | Gaw 1092, 2158; Pe 807; Cl 1511; Pat 136; Erk 181; WA 323 | View |