Showing 651 to 700 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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| 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 |
| 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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| at | adv. | at | ‘to’ (+ infin.) | at ‘to, (in order) to’ | C3c | *at | Icel að, Dan at, Sw åt | WA 636, 872, 1103 | View |
| at | conj., pron. | at | ‘that, which’ | at ‘who, which, that’ | CC2c | *þat | Far at, Icel að, Norw at, Dan at, OSw at, Sw att | Pe 536; WA 10, 56, 68 etc. | View |
| 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 | 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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| arwes | n. | arrow | 'arrows' | ǫr 'arrow' | CC1 | *arx- | Far ørv, Icel ör, OSw arf | Gaw 1160, 1455; WA 1066, 1390, 2211 etc. | View |
| 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 | 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 | View |
| angrile | adv. | angrily | 'angrily' | angr (n.) ‘sorrow, resentment, distress; repentance; tribulation, injury’; cp. angrligr (adj.). 'anxious, concerned; sorrowful, unpleasant' | C1 | *angez- | Far angur, Icel angur, Norw anger, Dan anger, Sw ånger | WA 733, 832*, 2185 | 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 |
| anger | n. | anger | 'harm, sorrow; anger; passion' | 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; WA 750, 857, 1908 etc. | View |
| 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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| omys | adv. | amiss | 'amiss' | (á) miss 'so as to miss' | C4 | *miss- | Icel mis, Norw miss | WA 4326 | View |
| aloʒ | adv. | alow | 'quietly' |
lágr ‘low’ |
A1* | *lēga- |
Far lágur, Icel lágur, Norw låg, Dan lav, Sw låg |
Cl 670 |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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; WA 170, 473, 953, etc. | 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, 188, etc. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| glauereʒ | v. | ?glaver | 'deceives' | cp. glaðr (adj.) 'glad' | DD1 | ?*glaða- | Pe 688 | View | |
| 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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| roþeled (1) | v. | (2) rathel | (1) 'heated, broiled'; (2) 'brought together' | (1) rjóðr (adj.) 'ruddy, red; (2) raða ‘to set in order’ | DD2 | (1) *reuda- | (1) Icel rjóður, Norw rjod- (2) Far raða, Icel raða, Norw rada, Sw rada | Cl 59 | View |
| 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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| *vntyl | prep. | (1) until | (1) (*vntyl) ‘until’; (2) (vntyʒtel) ‘unrestraint, lightheartedness’ (dalten ~ ‘revelled’) or ‘trifling talk’ | (1) undz, unz ‘till that, till, until’ + til ‘to, until (etc.)' | DD2 | (1) *unða + *til-; (2) *tuhtiz | (1) Icel uns; Far til, Icel til, Norw til, Dan til, Sw till, til | Gaw 1114 | View |
| *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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| spenne (2) | n. | (1) spen; (2) spinney | (1) ‘fence, hedge’; (2) (a) ‘thorn-hedge’; (b) ‘thorn bush, thorn hedge, thorn thicket’ | (1) spenni 'clasp' | D2 | (1) *span(n)- | Far spenni, Icel spenni, Norw spenne, Sw spänne | Gaw 1709, 1896; WA 4162 | View |
| *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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| sour | adj. | (1) sour | 'bitter, acid, vile' |
(2) saurr (n.) 'mud, dirt', saurigr (adj.) 'filthy, dirty' |
DD2 | (1) *sūraz; (2) *saur- |
(2) Far seyrur, Icel saur, Norw saur, ODan sør, OSw sör-, Sw dial sör |
Cl 192, 1036 |
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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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| sete | n., v. | (1) seat; (2) set, sit | (1) 'seat, throne, place (at table)'; (2) 'to sit'; (3) 'to be seated' | (1) and (3) sæti (n.) ‘seat’ | D2 | (1) *sētjan-; (2) *satjan- or *setjan-; (3) *sētjan- | (1) and (3) Far sæti, Icel sæti, Norw sæte, ODan sæte, Dan sæde, OSw sǣte Sw säte | Cl 1395 | View |
| rape | n. | (1) rap; (3) ?rape | (1) 'blow'; (2) 'fall, ruin'; (3) 'treachery' |
(2) hrapa ‘to fall, tumble down; rush headlong, hurry’ |
D2 | (2) *xrapōjan- |
(1) Norw rapp, Dan rap, Sw rapp; (2) Far rapa, Icel hrapa, Norw rapa, OSw rapa; cp. Icel hrap, Norw rap |
Cl 233 |
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| quethe | n. | (1) queath | (1) ‘utterance’; (2) ‘advance’ |
kviðr ‘saw, saying, speech, word’; kvæði ‘poem, song’ |
CCC1 | (1) *kweþ-; (2) *kwak- |
(1) Far kvæði, Icel kviður, kvæði, Norw kvæde, ODan kvæde, Sw kväde |
Gaw 1150 |
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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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| *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 |
| 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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| lenge | adv., v. | (1) lengh; (3) long; (4) leng | (1) (lenge) and (3) (*longe) adv., ‘a long while, for a long time’; (2) (lenge) adv. compar. ‘longer’; (4) (lenge) v. infin. ‘to remain’ | (1) lengi ‘long, for a long time’ | DD2 | (1) *lang-īn-; (3) *langa- ; (4) *lanʒjan- | (1) Far leingi, Icel lengi, Norw lenge, Dan længe, Sw länge | Gaw 88 | View |
| laucyng | n., v. | (1) lance; (2) loosing | (1) (forlancyng) ‘throwing out’ (pres. ptcp.); (2) (laucyng) ‘loosening’ (vbl. n.) |
(2) lauss (adj.) ‘loose, free (etc.)’ |
D2 | (2) *lausa- |
(2) Far leysur, Icel laus, Norw laus, Dan løs, Sw lös |
Gaw 1334 |
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| horyed | v. | (1) hurried; (2) harried | (1) 'urged, hurried'; (2) 'dragged, pulled' | (1) cp. hurr 'hurley-burley, noise' | DD2 | (2) *xarjōjan- | cp. Icel hurr (n.); Far hurra, Icel hurra, Norw hurra, Norw dial hurra, Dan hurre 'to whir', Sw hurra, Sw dial hurra | Cl 883 | View |
| *here | n. | (1) hire | 'payment' |
(2) eyrir 'ounce, money' |
DD2 | (1) *xūrja-; (2) *auri- |
Far oyri, Icel eyrir, Norw ørre, Dan øre, Sw öre |
Pe 616 |
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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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| glotte | n. | (1) gleet | (1) 'corruption' (2) ?'open mouth' | (2) cp. glotta (v.) 'to grin, smile scornfully and show teeth' | DD2 | (2) ?*glunt- | (2) cp. Far glotta, Icel glotta, Norw glotta; Norw glott | Erk 297 | View |
| child-gered | adj. | (1) gear; (2) gere; (3) cheer | 'boyish, merry' | (1) gervi, gørvi ‘gear, apparel’; (2) gerr ‘greedy’ | DD1 | (1) *garwj-; (2) *ger- | (1) Icel gervi; (2) Icel gerr, Norw gjer | Gaw 86 | View |
| gere (3) | n. | (1) gear; (2) gere; (3) cheer | 'fashion; ways' | (1) gervi, gørvi ‘gear, apparel’; (2) gerr ‘greedy’ | DD1 | (1) *garwj-; (2) *ger- | (1) Icel gervi; (2) Icel gerr, Norw gjer | WA 824*, 1773 | View |
| 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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