Showing 501 to 550 of 967 lexemes.
Lexeme | Part of Speech | Modern English Form | Sense | ON Etymon | Summary Category | PGmc Ancestor | Other Scandinavian reflexes | Occurrences | |
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mayn | adj. | main | 'great, strong' | megn, meginn ‘strong’ | CC1a | *maʒen- | Icel megn, Norw megna | Gaw 94, 187, 336 etc.; WA 2666, 3018, *3332 etc. | View |
meke | adj., n. | meek | ‘gentle, submissive, merciful, humble’ |
mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’ |
B1 | *meuk- |
Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk |
Pe 404, 815, 832, etc.; Cl 771, 776, 815; Erk 250; WA 1747 |
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meke | v. | meek | 'humble' | mjúkr (adj.) ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’ | B1 | *meuk- | WA 1746, 2838 | View | |
mekely | adv. | meekly | ‘humbly, briskly; compassionately, graciously’ |
mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’, cp. mjúkliga 'softly, tenderly' |
B1 | *meuk- |
Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk |
Gaw 756, Cl 783; WA 816, 1686, 1947 etc. |
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mekeness | n. | meekness | ‘meekness, humility’ |
mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’ |
B1 | *meuk- |
Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk |
Pe 406; Pat 15, 32; WA 3286 |
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mekned | v. | meeken | 'to soften' | mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’ | B1 | *meuk- | Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk; cp. Norw mjukne, OSw miukna, Sw mjukna | Cl 1328 | View |
mele | v. | mele | 'to speak, say' | mæla 'to speak' | CC2c | *maþljan- | Far mæla, Icel mæla, Norw mæla, Dan mæle, Sw mäla | Gaw 447, 543, 974, etc., Pe 497, 589, 797, etc.; Cl 51, 736, 748, etc.; Pat 10, 329; WA 147, 729, 2078 etc. | View |
melle | n. | inn ~, e~ ‘in the midst, on all sides, among ourselves, among’ | nom. sg. meðal- | A1*c | dat. sg. of PGmc *meðal- | Far meðal, miðil, Icel meðal, ODan and Sw medel; Far millin, millum, Ice milli, Norw mellan, Dan mellom, mellem, Sw mellan | Gaw 1451; Pe 1127; WA 4263, 4613 | View | |
mensk | adj. | mensk | 'honoured' | mennskr ‘human’ | C2c | *manniska- | Far menskur, Icel mennskur, OSw mænsker | Gaw 964; WA 1746 | View |
menske | n. | mensk | 'courtesy, honour, fame, grace' |
mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 834, 914, 2052, etc.; Pe 162, 783; Cl 121, 522, 646 etc.; Erk 337; WA 1237, 5226 |
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mensked | v. | mensk | 'honour, reverence; adorn' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 153; Cl 118, 141; Erk 258, 269; WA 4492, 4591, 5342 |
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menskefully | adv. | 'gracefully' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2c | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Erk 50; WA 737* |
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menskful | adj. | 'of worth, noble' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 555, 1268, 1809; WA 2953 |
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menskly | adv. | menskly | ‘courteously, worthily’ |
mennskr ‘human’ |
C2c | *manniska- |
Far menskur, Icel mennskur, OSw mænsker |
Gaw 1312, 1983 |
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merk | adj., n. | murk | 'dark, obscure, darkness' |
myrkr 'dark, murky', cp. myrkr 'darkness' |
CCC2ac | *merkwa- |
Far myrkur, Icel myrkur, Norw myrk, Dan mørk, Sw mörk |
Cl 894, 1617; Pat 291; WA 374, 2042, 3851 etc. |
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merk | n. | mark | 'boundary, mark, appointed place, point in place, point in time, inscription' | merki ‘landmark, boundary; mark, token, sign, banner; significance, importance; remains, traces’ | CC2 | *markja- | Far merki, Icel merki, Norw merke, Dan mærke, Sw märke | Gaw 1073; WA 374, 684, 1108 etc. | View |
merke | v. | mark | ‘to be marked out, situated; record, set down; aim (a blow) at, cut; create, make, fashion’ | merkja ‘to draw; mark, sign, note, observe; beckon, show; denote, signify’ | CC2 | *markjan- | Far merkja, Icel merkja, Norw merkja, Dan mærke, Sw märka | Gaw 1592; Pe 142; Cl 558, 637, 1487 etc., Erk 154; WA 318, 1130, 2636 etc. | View |
messe | n. | mass | 'mass' |
messa 'mass' |
CCC2a | Far messa, Icel messa, Norw messa, messe, Dan messe, Sw messa |
Gaw 1690; Pe 497, 862 |
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messequyle | n. | (1) mass; (2) mess | (1) ‘time for mass’; (2) ‘dinner time’ |
(1) messa 'mass' |
DD2 | (1) Far messa, Icel messa, Norw messa, messe, Dan messe, Sw messa |
Gaw 1097 |
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mokke | n. | muck | 'filth' |
mykr, myki 'manure' |
B1 | *mukjo- |
Norw myk, Dan. møg, Sw. dial. mök |
Pe 905 |
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mon | v. | mun | 'must' | munu ‘will, shall, may, must’ | C3c | *munan- | Far munna, Icel munu, Norw mun, muna, muno, Dan monne, Sw månna, månde | Gaw 1811, 2354; WA 691, 707, 1502 etc. | View |
mosse | n. | moss | 'moss, lichen' |
mosi 'bog, moorland; moss' |
CCC3ab | *musa(n)- |
Far mosi, Icel mosi, Norw mose, Dan mos, mose, OSw mos, mose, Sw mossa, mosse |
Gaw 745 |
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moulynge | n., v. | 'mould, mouldiness' | cp. mygla (v.) 'to grow muggy or musty' | B1 | cp. Icel mygla, Norw mygla, ODan mul, Dan dial mugle, OSw möghla, Sw mögla, Sw dial mögel | Erk 86 | View | ||
mourkenes | v. | 'darkens' |
myrkna 'grow murky' |
CC1c | *merkwa- |
Far myrkna, Icel myrkna, Norw myrkna, Dan mørke, Sw mörkna, Shetl mirk(e)n |
Cl 1760 |
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mourkne | v. | 'rot' |
morkna 'to become rotten' |
B2c | Far morkna, Icel morkna, Norw morkna, Sw murkna |
Cl 407 |
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muckel | adj., adv., n. | mickle | 'large, great; size' | mikill, mykill 'great, large'; cp. miklu, mikit (etc.) (n.) 'much' | CC2c | *mekila | Far mikil, mekil, Icel mikill, ODan megel, møgel, OSw mykil | Gaw 142, Cl 52, 366, 514 etc.; Pat 268, 324; Erk 27, 286; WA 69, 130, 215 etc. | View |
muged | v. | mug | 'drizzled, was damp' | mugga ‘mugginess, soft drizzling mist’ | BB1c | *mug- | Icel mugga, Norw mugg, mugge, ODan mu(g)en, Dan mug, Sw mugg | Gaw 2080 | View |
*mukkyd | v. | (1) mucked; (2) made | (1) 'shovelled'; (2) 'made' | (1) moka 'to shovel' | D2 | (1) *mukōn-; (2) makōjan- | (1) Icel moka, Norw moka, Dan muge, Sw måka, mocka, Sw dial muka | Erk 43 | View |
mun | n. | mun | 'mouth' |
muðr, munnr 'mouth' |
A1*bc | *munþaz |
Far munnur, Icel munnur, Norw munn, Dan mund, Sw mun, munn |
Pat 44 |
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mynne | adj. | 'less' |
minni ‘lesser, smaller’ |
C1ac | *minnizan- |
Far minni, Icel minni, Norw mindre, Dan mindre, Sw mindre |
Gaw 1881 |
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mynne | v. | min | ‘to declare; exhort; remember, think of; record, mention; go’ | minna ‘to remind’ | D1c | (1) *menþ-; (2) *mun- | Far minna, minnast, Icel minna, minnast, Norw minna, minnast, Dan minde, mides, Sw minna, minnas | Gaw 141, 982, 995 etc.; Pe 583; Cl 25, 436, 771; Erk 104; WA 245, 565, 583 etc. | View |
mynnynge | n., v. | 'bearing in mind, acknowledgement' | minna (v.) ‘to remind’ | D1c | (1) *menþ-; (2) *mun- | Far minna, minnast, Icel minna, minnast, Norw minna, minnast, Dan minde, mides, Sw minna, minnas | Erk 269 | View | |
myre | n. | mire | 'mire, swamp' |
mýrr ‘moor, bog, swamp’ |
A1*b | *meuziz |
Far mýri, Icel mýri, Norw myr, Dan, myr, Sw myr, myra |
Gaw 749; Cl 1114; Pat 279; WA 2986 |
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mys | n. | miss | 'fault; sense of loss, sorrow' | missa, missir ‘loss’; (á) miss 'so as to miss' | CC1a | *miss- | Icel missa, Norw misse; Icel missir, Norw miss; Icel mis, Norw miss | Gaw 2391; Pe 262, 364; Pat 420 | View |
mysse | v. | miss | 'to lose, lack' | missa 'to miss, lose' | C3 | *missjan- | Far missa, Icel missa, Norw missa | Pe 329, 382; Cl 189, 551, 994 etc.; WA 149, 1343, *2649 | View |
nabb | n. | nab | 'rock' |
Nabbi (dwarf name) |
C1c | *naƀ- |
Icel nabbi, Norw nabb, nabbe, Dan nabbe, Sw nabbe |
WA 5495 |
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nar | v. | 'are not' |
cp. eru 'are' |
CCC5 | *ne + *ar- |
Gaw 2092 |
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nay | adv., interj. | nay | 'no' |
nei 'no' |
A1* | *ni-aiw- |
Far nei, Icel nei, Norw nei, ODan ney, Dan nej, OSw nē, næy |
Gaw 256, 279, 706, etc.; Cl 729, 743, 758; Erk 265; WA 298, 470, 1016 etc. |
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nayte | v. | nait | ‘use; exert; name, mention, repeat, recite’ |
neyta ‘to use, enjoy, consume’ |
A1ac | *nautjan- |
Icel neyta, Norw nøyta, ODan nøde, OSw nøta, Sw nöta, Gotl noyta |
Gaw 65; Cl 531; Erk 119; WA 2468, 2518, 2968 etc. |
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naytly | adv. | 'well, properly; quickly' | neytr 'good, fit for use' | A1ac | *naut(j)a- | Icel neytur, Norw fånøytt | Cl 480; WA 828*, 2896 | View | |
nekard | n. | ?niggard | ?'weakling, mean person' | cp. hnøggr (adj.) | DD2 | ?*xnaww- | Far nøggur, Icel hnøggur, Norw nøgg, Dan nygger, Sw njugg, Sw dial nagg, nägg | WA 1742 | View |
neked | n. | neked | '(a) little, a small amount' |
nøkkurr (nekkvat) 'something, anything' |
D1c | Far nakað, Icel nakkvat, nekkvat, nøkkvat, nøkkut, Dan noget, Sw nokot |
Gaw 1062, 1805; WA 3935 |
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neme | v. | (1) nim; (2) nemn | (1) (a) ‘took’ (pret. pl.), (b) ‘take’ (pres. pl.); (2) ‘name’ (pres. pl.; neme for, ‘name as’) |
(1) nema ‘to take’ |
DD2 | (1) *neman-; (2) *namnjan- |
(1) Far nema, Icel nema, Norw nema, ODan nimmæ, Dan nemme, OSw næma, nima, Sw dial nimma |
Gaw 1347 |
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nente | adj. | ninth | 'ninth' | niundi 'ninth' | C2c | *newunðō- or *newunþō- | Norw niande, Dan niende, Sw nionde | Pe 1012 | View |
nere | adv., prep. | near | 'near, nearer, almost' | nær 'near, nearer' | CC3a | *nēhwaz | Far nær, Icel nær, Norw nær, Dan nær, Sw när | Gaw 237, 322, 556 etc.; Pe *262, 286, 404; Cl 414, 1558, 1585; Pat 85, 169; WA 400, 489, 1370 etc. | View |
neue | n. | nieve | 'fist' |
hnefi, knefi 'fist' |
B2c | *xneƀ- |
Far nevi, Icel hnefi, Norw neve, Dan næve, Sw näve |
Cl 1537 |
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neuen | v. | 'to name, call, mention, call on, state' |
nefna ‘to name, mention, appoint’ |
A1*c | *namnjan- |
Far nevna, Icel nefna, Norw nemna, Dan nævne, Sw nämna |
Gaw 10, 58, 65 etc., Cl 410,1376, 1525; Erk 25, 195; WA 76, 260, 293 etc. |
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nikked | v. | nick | 'denied, refused, said no' | neka 'to deny' | CCC2c | *ne, *ni + *eka | Norw neikka, OSw neka, Sw neka; cp. Icel neka | Gaw 706, 2471; WA 2339 | View |
nirt | n. | nirt | 'slight cut' | BB1c | ?*nertan-, ?*nurtjan- | Far nerta, Icel narta, Norw dial nerta, Sw dial närta | Gaw 2498 | View | |
nite | v. | 'refused' |
níta 'deny, refuse' | C1c | *nī- | WA 1460 | View |