Showing 551 to 600 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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arwes | n. | arrow | 'arrows' | ǫr 'arrow' | CC1 | *arx- | Far ørv, Icel ör, OSw arf | Gaw 1160, 1455; WA 1066, 1390, 2211 etc. | View |
ferlyle | adj. | 'marvellous' |
ferligr ‘monstrous’ |
DD1c | (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- |
Cl 1460 |
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forne | adv. | forne | 'of old' |
forn ‘old’ |
CCC3b | *furna- or *fur-an- |
cp. Far fornur, Icel forn, Norw forn, Dan forn, Sw forn |
Gaw 2422 |
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ʒol | n. | yule | 'Yule, Christmas' |
jól 'Yule, Christmas' |
CC2c | *jexwl- or *jegwl- |
Far jól, Icel jól, Norw jôl, Dan jul, Sw jul |
Gaw 284, 500 |
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rasez | v. | rase | 'rushes' |
rasa ‘to rush headlong; stumble’; rása ‘to race, run’ |
C2 | ?*ras- or *rēsōjan- or *rēs- |
Far rasa, Norw rasa, Icel rasa, Dan rase, Sw dial rasa; Far rása, Icel rása |
Gaw 1461 |
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sete | adj. | sete | 'fitting, excellent' |
sœtr 'sweet' |
CCC3 | *sēt- or *swot- |
Far søtr, Icel sætur, Norw søt, ODan søt, Dan sød, OSw söter, Sw söt |
Gaw 889 |
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vnsleʒe | adj. | 'unwary' |
slœgr ‘sly, cunning’; cp. óslœgr ‘unsly’ |
C1 | *slōg- |
Icel slægur, Norw sløg, ODan sløv, MSw slögher, Sw dial sløg |
Gaw 1209 |
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sleʒe | adj. | sly | 'skilfully made' |
slœgr ‘sly, cunning’ |
C1 | *slōg- |
Icel slægur, Norw sløg, ODan sløv, MSw slögher, Sw dial sløg |
Gaw 797, 893 |
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stryþþe | n. | strithe | 'stance' |
stríða (n.) ‘adversity’ |
CC2 | *streið- |
Far stríð, Icel stríð, Norw strid, Dan strid, Sw strid; Far stríða, Icel stríða, Norw strida, Dan stride, Sw strida |
Gaw 846, 2305 |
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wener | adj. | 'more lovely' |
vænn ‘promising, likely to be expected; bidding fair, likely to succeed; (of persons) hopeful, promising; fair to behold, fine, beautiful’ |
CCC1 | *wēni- |
Far vænur, Icel vænn, Norw væn, ODan væn, Sw vän |
Gaw 945 |
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wont | n. | want | ‘lack (of good things)’ |
vanr (adj.) ‘lacking, wanting’ |
C1 | *wan- |
Icel vanur |
Gaw 131 |
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wyter | adv. | 'plainly' |
vitr (adj.) ‘wise’, cp. vitrliga (adv.) ‘wisely, with wisdom’ |
CC1c | *wit- |
Far vitur, Ice vitur, ODan witær, OSw viter, Sw vitter |
Cl 1552 |
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vnhap (2) | n., v. | unhap | (1) (n.) ‘misfortune’; (2) (v., infin.) ‘to unfasten’ |
(1) óhapp ‘bad fortune’ |
DD2 | (1) *xap(p)-; (2) *haf-, *hasp-, or *haft- |
(1) Far happ, Icel happ, Norw happ, Sw dial happ; (2) Far hefta, Icel hefta, Norw hefta, Dan hefte, Sw häfta |
Gaw 2511 |
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*þwarte-knot | n. | (1) thwart; (2) thwarl | (1) (*þwarte-knot) ‘cross knot’; (2) (þwarle knot) ‘tight knot’, ‘intricate knot’, ‘twirled knot’ |
(1) þverr ‘athwart, across, transverse’ |
DD2 | (1) *þwerxwaz; (2b) *þwer- or *þwar-; (2c) *xwerƀan- |
(1) Far tvørur, Icel þver, Norw tver, ODan thwær, Dan tvær, OS þvær, þvar |
Gaw 194 |
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*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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blunder | n. | blunder | 'turmoil, trouble' |
(1) blunda ‘to have/keep one’s eyes shut’; (2) blanda ‘to mix (together)’ |
D1c | (1) *blund- (2) *bland- |
Far blunda, Icel blunda, Norw blund(r)a, Dan blunde, Sw blund(r)a; Far blanda, Icel blanda, Norw blanda, Dan blande, Sw blanda |
Gaw 18 |
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deuely | adj. | deavely | (1) ‘desolating, dreary’; (2) (*deruely) sudden |
(1) daufligr ‘boring, dreary, eerie, sad’; (2) djarfliga (adv.) ‘bravely, boldy; rashly, precipitously’ |
D2 | (1) dauƀ-; (2) *derƀ- |
Pe 51 |
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forʒ | n. | (1) force; (2) furrow | (1) ‘waterfall’; (2) ‘channel, bed’ |
(1) fors ‘waterfall; cascade of water, giant wave; rushing water course, turbulent stream’ |
DD2 | (1) *fursa-; (2) *furxō |
(1) Far forsur, Icel fors, foss, Norw fors, foss, Dan fors, fos, Sw fors |
Gaw 2173 |
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lyte | n., pron. | lite | (1) (n.) ‘expectation’ (i.e. ‘back (in fear) Gaw 1463; on lyte ‘in delay’, Gaw 2303); (2) (a) (pron.) ‘few’ (on lyte droʒen ‘few advanced’, 1463); (b) (n.) ‘fault’ (on lyte ‘at fault, faultily, improperly’) |
(1) hlíta ‘to rely on, trust, abide by’; (2a) lítt (adv.) ‘little’; (2b) lýti ‘fault, flaw, deformity’ |
D2 | (1) *hlītan-; (2a) lūti- or lītilaz; (2b) *leut- |
(1) Far líta, Icel hlíta, Norw lita, Dan lide, OSw lita, Sw lita; (2a) Far lítt, Icel lítt, Dan lidt; (2b) Far lýti, Icel lýti, Norw lyte, Dan lyde, Sw lyte |
Gaw 1463, 2303 |
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loupe | n. | loop | 'loop' |
(1) hlaup ‘leap, jump’, hlaupa ‘to leap, jump; run’ |
DD1c | (1) *xlaup- |
(1) Icel hlaup, Norw laup, Dan løb, Sw löp; Far leypa, Icel hlaupa, Norw laupa, Dan løbe, Sw löpa |
Gaw 591 |
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rout | n. | rout | (1) ‘violent movement, jerk’; (2) ‘roar’ |
(1) hrjóta ‘to rebound, fall, fly, be flung’; (2) rauta ‘to roar’ |
DD2 | (1) *xreut- or *xrūt-; (2) *raut- |
(1) Far róta, Icel hrjóta, Norw ryta, rjota, OSw riuta; (2) Icel rauta, Norw rauta, OSw röta, Sw dial röta, routa |
Gaw 457 |
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clambere | v. | clamber | (1) ‘to cluster’; (2) ‘to clamber’ |
(1) klambra ‘to clamp or pinch together’ |
DD2 | *klamb-r- |
(1) Far klombra, Icel klambra, Norw klemb(r)a |
Gaw 801, 1722 |
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list | n. | list | (1) (*list vpon lif) ‘joy’; (2) ‘the ear, hearing’ |
(1) lyst ‘lust, desire’, lysta v. 'one desires, wishes (impers.)'
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DD2 | (1) *lust-i- or *lustjan-; (2) *hlusti- |
(1) Far lyst, Icel lyst, Norw lyst, Dan lyst, MSw lyst, lust, Sw lust; Far lysta, Icel lysta, Norw lysta, Dan lyste, Sw lysta |
Gaw 1719 |
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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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rykande | v. | ring | (1) ‘commanding’; (2) ‘noisy’; (3) (*raykande) ‘loud, strong’; (4) (*rynkande) ‘ringing’ |
(1) ríkja ‘to reign, rule’; (3) reika ‘to wander, take a walk, swagger’; (4) hringja 'to ring bells' |
DD2 | (1) *rīkja-; (2) *kreig or *krig-; (3) *raikō(j)an-; (4) *xrenʒjan- |
(1) Far ríkja, Icel ríkja, Norw rikja, MSw rikja; (3) Far reika, Icel reika, Norw reika |
Gaw 2337 |
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ruþes | v. | ruthe | ‘bestir, rouse’ |
(1) ryðja ‘to clear, make room, strip; challenge’; (2) hryðja 'to clear; to challenge (legal); to throw, toss upon' |
D1c | (1) *ruð-; (2) *xruð- or *xruþ- |
(1) Far ryðja, Icel ryðja, Norw rydja, Dan rydde, Sw rödja, röja; (2) Far ryðja, Icel hryðja |
Gaw 1558; Cl 895, 1208 |
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scholes | adj., n. | (1) shoeless; (2) soles | (1) (adj.) ‘shoeless’; (2) (n. pl.) ‘shoes with long pointed toes’; (3) (n. pl.) ‘thin plates (part of the horse’s armour)’; (4) (n. pl.) ‘protections under and inside the thighs’; (5) (n. pl.) ‘supports covering the sole of the foot’. |
(1) skólauss 'shoeless'; (4) skál ‘bowl, hollow; scales’ |
DD2 | (1) *skōhaz; (3) *skullōn; (4) *skēl- |
(1) Far skógvur, Icel skór, Norw sko, Dan sko, Sw sko; (3) Sw skolla; (4) Far skál, Icel skál, Norw skål, Dan skål, Sw skål |
Gaw 160 |
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schifted | v. | (1) shift; (2) shaft | (1) (*schifted) ‘shifted, declined’; (2) (MS schafted) (a) ‘beamed, shone forth’, (b) ‘set’ |
(1) skifta, skipta ''to order, arrange' |
DD2 | (1) *skiptian- or *skipatjan-; (2) *skaft- |
(1) Far skifta, Icel skipta, skifta, Norw skifta, ODan skiftæ, Dan skifte, Sw skifta |
Gaw 1467 |
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skwez | n. | scu | (1) ‘shadows’; (2) ‘precipitous banks; jagged faces’; (3) ‘clouds’ |
(1) skuggi 'shadow'; (3) skí ‘cloud’ (variant ský) |
D2 | (1) *skuww-; (2) *skeuha-; (3) *skiwi |
(1) Far skuggi, Icel skuggi, Norw skugge, Dan skygge, Sw skugga; (3) Far ský, skýggj, Icel ský, Norw sky, Dan sky, Sw sky |
Gaw 2167 |
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slokes | n., v. | slock | (1) (a) (v., imp. pl.) ‘stop, enough!’, (b) (v., pres. 2 sg.) ‘you are dawdling’, (c) (n., pl.) ‘stops’ (bot ~, ‘without stops, continuously’); (2) (v., pres. 2 sg.) ‘thou remainest idle, inactive’. |
(1) slokinn ‘slaked, extinguished’; (2a) sloka ‘to slop’; (2b) slókr ‘a slouching fellow’ |
D2 | (1) *sluk- ; (2a) *sluk-; (2b) *slōk- (cp. *slaka-) |
(1) Icel slokinn, OSw slukin; (2a) Icel sloka; (2b) Icel slókur, Norw slōk, Sw slok, Jutland slog; cp. (v.) Norw dial slōka, Sw sloka |
Gaw 412 |
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spenne-fote | adv. | spen-foot | (1) (a) ?‘with feet apart’; (b) ‘with feet together’; (2) ‘striking out with the feet’; (3) ‘as if taking a spring with a kick’; (4) ‘quickly’ |
(1) spenna (v.) ‘to span, clasp’; (3) spenna (v.) ‘(to jump) as if taking a spring with a kick’ (cp. sperna (v.) ‘to spurn, kick with the feet’); (4) spenna ‘to spend, enjoy’ |
D2 | (1) *span(n)-; (2) *spennan-; (4) *spendan- |
(1) Far spenna, Icel spenna, Norw spenna, Dan spænde, Sw spänna; (3) Far spenna, Norw spenna, Dan spænde, Sw dial spänna; (4) Icel spenna |
Gaw 2316 |
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twynnen | v. | twine | (1) (pp.) ‘twined, plaited’ (or pres. pl. 'twine, plait'); (2) (pres. pl.) ‘match’ |
(1) tvinni ‘twine, twisted thread’; (2) tvennr (tvinnr) cp. 'two-fold, twin, in pairs' |
D2 | *twizn- |
(1) Icel tvinni, Dan tvinde, Sw tvinna; (2) Far tvinnur, Icel tvennur, Norw tvinn, tvenne, ODan tvinnæ, tvænnæ, Dan tvende, OSw tvænne, tvinn-, Sw tvenne |
Gaw 191 |
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typped | adj., v. | ?tipped | (1) ?'consummate'; (2) 'fallen' |
(1) typpa 'to tip, top', cp. typptr (adj.) 'tipped, laced' |
D2 | (1) Icel typpa, Norw typpa; (2) Sw tippa |
Pat 77 |
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wande | n. | wand | (1) ‘branch’ (under ~ ‘in the wood’); (2) ‘difficulty, hesitation’ (under ~ ‘under difficulty, in hesitation’) |
(1) vǫndr ‘wand, switch’; (2) vandi ‘a difficulty, difficult task; obligation, duty’ |
D2 | (1) *wanðuz; (2) *wanð- |
(1) Far vond, Icel vöndur, Norw vond, Dan vånd, OSw vander, Sw dial vann; (2) Far vandi, Icel vandi, Norw vande, ODan wandæ, Dan vånde, Sw vånda, Sw dial vånde |
Gaw 1161 |
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heme | adj., n. | (1) heme; (2) hem | (1) (adj.) ‘suitable, neat’; (2) (n.) ‘hem, skirt’ |
(1) cp. heimolliga, heimulliga (later heimugliga) ‘privately, intimately; duly, with full title to possession’ |
DD2 | (1) *xaimaz; (2) *xam(m)- |
(1) cp. Icel heimileg(u)r, Norw heimeleg, Dan hemmelig, Sw heimlig |
Gaw 157 |
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rok | n. | (1) 'crowd, company'; (2) 'castle' |
(1) cp. hrúga 'heap, pile; bundle, clump' |
D2 | (1) *xrūk- |
(1) Icel hrúka, Norw ruke, Sw dial ruka |
Cl 1514 |
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weue | v. | (1) ‘to go, pass, move to and fro; surge, swing; bring; offer, show (honour); give’; (2) ‘to weave, i.e. contrive’ |
(1) cp. veifa ‘to wave, vibrate, pull (trans.)’ |
D2 | (1) *waiƀjan-; (2) *weƀan- |
(1) Icel veifa, Norw veiva, Sw veva |
Gaw 1976 2359; Pe 318, 976; Cl 422, 453, 857 |
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reget | n., v. | (1) (v.) ‘get again, redeem’, ?(2) (n.) ‘that which is given up’ (3) (*refet) (v.) ‘refresh’ |
(1) geta 'get, engender' |
DD2 | (1) *getan- |
(1) Far gita, Icel geta, Norw gita, gjeta, Dan gide, OSw gita, gæta, Sw gitta, Sw dial gäta |
Pe 1064 |
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gryndel | adj. | grindel | 'fierce, angry' |
(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’ |
DD1c | (1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō |
Far grimd, Icel grimmd |
Gaw 2338; Pat 524 |
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*gryndellayk | n. | grindel | 'fierceness' |
(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’ |
DD1c | (1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō |
Far grimd, Icel grimmd |
Gaw 312 |
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gryndelly | adv. | grindel | ‘fiercely, wrathfully’ |
(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’ |
DD1c | (1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō |
Far grimd, Icel grimmd |
Gaw 2299 |
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caggen | v. | (2) cadge | 'tie up' |
(1) kǫgurr (n.) ‘quilt’ |
DD1c | (1) *kag- |
(1) Icel kögur, Sw dial kaghring, kafring |
Pe 512; Cl 1254; WA 1521 |
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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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outsprent | v. | sprent | ‘gushed forth’ |
(1) spretta ‘to make spring up, unloose; rip up’ |
DD1c | (1) *sprant-jan-; (2) *sprang-jan- |
(1) Far spretta, Icel spretta, Norw spretta, Dan sprætte, Sw sprätta |
Pe 1137 |
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roþum | adj., n. | (2) rotten | (1) 'redness'; (2) 'rottenness' |
(1a) roðna (v.) 'redden'; (1b) roþmi (n.) 'redness'; (2) rotinn (adj.) 'rotten' |
D2 | (1) *rod-; (2) *rut- |
(1a) Far rodna, Icel roðna, Norw rodna, Sw rodna, Sw dial rudna; (1b) Dan rødme, OSw rodme, rudhme; (2) Far rotin, Icel rotinn, Norw roten, Dan rådden, Sw rutten, Sw dial rotin |
Cl 1009 |
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*sparred | v. | (1) spar; (2) speed | (1) (*sparred) ‘sprang’; (2) (*sped(e) (him)) ‘hastened’ |
(1a) sparra 'to stretch out (the legs)’, sperrask ‘to struggle (by putting the feet out)’; (1b) sparra ‘to raise the spars in a house; to stretch out the legs like rafters’, sperrask ‘to struggle by putting the feet out like spars’ |
DD2 | (1a) *sparrjan-; (1b) *sparr-; (2) *spōdi- |
(1a) Far sperra, Icel sperra, Norw sperra, Dan spærre, Sw spärra |
Gaw 1444 |
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draueled | v. | dravel | (1) ‘muttered (in sleep)’; (2) ‘drawled’ |
(1a) drafl (n.) ‘nonsense, foolish talk/conduct’, cp. drafa ‘to mumble, say (something) indistinctly’, |
DD2 | (1) *draƀ-; (1b) *draƀil- or *draƀulō(j)an- |
(1a) Icel drafl, Dan dravel, Sw dravel; Icel drafla, Norw dravla |
Gaw 1750 |
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knot | n. | knot | (1) (a) ‘knot, cluster’, (b) (*kerre) ‘thicket on marshy ground’; (2) ‘rocky (wooded) knoll’. |
(1b) kjarr 'copsewood, brushwood’; (2b) knǫttr ‘ball’ |
DD2 | (1a) *knuttan-; (1b) *kerza; (2a) *knuttan-(2b) *knatt- |
(1b) Far (name element) kjarr, Icel kjarr, Norw kjarr, kjerr, Dan kær, Sw kärr |
Gaw 1431, 1434 |
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rimed | v. | rime | Reflex., in phrase rimed hym: (1) ‘cleared his throat’; (2) ‘drew himself up’ |
(1b) rymja ‘to roar, cry out with a hoarse voice’ |
DD2 | (1a) and (2) *rūmjan- |
(1a) Dan rømme sig, ODan rym(m)æ, Norw rømme, OSw ryma; (1b) Far rymja, ryma, Icel rymja, OSw rymia |
Gaw 308 |
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teuelyng | n. | tevel, tavel | 'labour, deeds' |
(1b) tefla 'to play at tables or draughts'; (2) tefja ‘to hinder, delay’ |
D1c | (1) *tafljan-; (2) ?*þafjan- or ?*taƀjan- |
(1b) Far telva, Icel tefla, Norw tevla, Sw tävla; (2) Far tava, Icel tefja, Norw tava |
Gaw 1514 |
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