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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
layk n. lake

'sport, entertainment; fighting; conduct, practice, sin'

leikr ‘game, play, sport’ 

 A1*bc

*laikaz

Far leikur, Icel leikur, Norw leik, Dan leg, OSw leker, Sw lek

Gaw 262, 1023, 1125 etc.; Cl 122, 274, 1053 etc.; Pat 401; WA 385, 655, 1761 etc.

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lausen v. loose

'to loosen, undo, break, alleviate, utter, relieve'

lauss ‘loose, free (etc.)’ 

 A1*

*lausa-

Far leysur, Icel laus, Norw laus, Dan løs, Sw lös

Gaw 1784, 2376; Cl 668, 957,966 etc.; Erk 165, 178; WA 788*

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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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vnneuened adj.

'unsaid, retracted'

nefna ‘to name, mention, appoint’; cp. ónefndr (pp. adj.) ‘unnamed'

 A1*c

*namnjan-

Far nevna, Icel nefna, Norw nemna, Dan nævne, Sw nämna

Cl 727

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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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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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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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rayke v. raik

'to wander, depart, go, advance; (pres. ptcp.) flowing, rolling on'

reika ‘to wander, take a walk, swagger’

 A1c

*raikō(j)an-

Far reika, Icel reika, Norw reika

Gaw 1076, 1727, 1735; Pe 112; Cl 382, 465, 671; Pat 65, 89; Erk 139; WA 5284, 5555

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skathely adv.

'with injury'

skaði ‘harm, damage’ 

 A1*

*skaþōn

WA 642

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scaþe n. scathe

'harm, injury, disaster, wrong, sin'

skaði ‘harm, damage’ 

 A1*c

*skaþōn

Far skaði, Icel skaði, Norw skade, ODan skathi, Dan skade, OSw skaþi, Sw skada

Gaw 674, 2353; Cl 21, 151, 196 etc.; WA 3915

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skayued v. skayved

(a) ‘wild, desolate’, (b) ‘precipitously overhanging, threatening’, (c) ‘twisted’

skeifr ‘askew, oblique’

 A1

*skaiba-

Far skeivur, Icel skeifur, Norw skeiv, ODan skev, Dan skæv, OSw skēver, Sw skev

Gaw 2167

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skayned v.

‘grazed’

skeina ‘to scratch, wound slightly’

 A1

*skainjan-

Far skeina, Icel skeina, Norw skeina, skjene, Sw dial skäin'

Gaw 2167

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skere adj.

'pure'

skærr ‘bright, clear, pure’

 A1

*skairi- (or *skairja-)

Far skærur, Icel skær, Norw skjær, ODan skiær, Dan skær, OSw skær, Sw skär

Gaw 1261

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skyl n. skill

'reason, judgement; (that which is) reasonable; meaning; intention, purpose'

skil (pl.) ‘distinction, discernment (etc.)’

 A1a

*skeli- 

Far skil, Icel skil, Norw skil, Dan skel, Dan dial skil, OSw skil, Sw skäl

Gaw 1296, 1509; Pe 54, 312, 674; Cl 151, 569, 709 etc.; WA 1575

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skitly adv.

'swiftly'

cp. skjótr (adj.) ‘quick’

 A1*c

*skeutaz

WA 5040

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skete adj., adv.

'quickly'

skjótr ‘quick’

 A1*c

*skeutaz

Far skjótur, Icel skjótur, Norw skjot, ODan skiud, OSw skiuter

Gaw 19; Cl 1186; Pat 195

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skyrtez n. skirt

‘skirts, lower part of flowing garment or covering; flaps of a saddle, saddle-skirts’

skyrta ‘shirt, kind of kirtle’ 

 A1*c

*skurtjōn

Far skjúrta, Icel skyrta, Norw skyrta, skjurta, ODan skyrtæ, skiortæ, Dan skjorte, OSw skyrta, skjurta, Sw skjorta

Gaw 171, 601, 865; WA 1533

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scowtes n. scout

'jutting rocks'

skúti ‘cave formed by jutting rocks’ 

 A1bc

*skūtōn 

Far skúti, Icel skúti, Norw skût

Gaw 2167

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snart adj.

'sharp'

snarr ‘hard-twisted (rope); swift, keen; soon’

 A2*c

*snarxa-

Far snarur, Icel snar, runic Norw (n. pl) snAreʀ, Norw snar, Dan snar, Sw snar

WA 3633

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snart adv.

'bitterly'

snarr ‘hard-twisted (rope); swift, keen; soon’

 A2*c

*snarxa-

Far snarur, Icel snar, runic Norw (n. pl) snAreʀ, Norw snar, Dan snar, Sw snar

Gaw 2003

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stad adj., v. stead

‘placed; put down (in writing); present; standing there’

staddr ‘placed, present’ 

 A1*c

*staðaða-

Icel steðja, Norw steda, stede, Dan stede, Sw städa, städja

Gaw 33, 644, 2137;  Cl 90, 806, 983, etc.; Erk 274; WA 465, 499

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syt n.

'grief, sorrow, evil'

 A1c

*suxt-

Norw syt

Pe 663; Cl 566, 1257; Pat 5, 517; WA 182, 546

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half-suster n. half-sister

'half-sister'

systir ‘sister’

 CC2

*swestēr, *swestōr

Far systir, Icel systir, runic Norw swestar, Norw syster, ODan runic systiʀ, ODan systir, systær, Dan søster, Sw syster

Gaw 2464

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sister-sunes n. sister

'sister's sons, nephews'

systir ‘sister’

 A1*c

*swestēr, *swestōr

Far systir, Icel systir, runic Norw swestar, Norw syster, ODan runic systiʀ, ODan systir, systær, Dan søster, Sw syster

Gaw 111 

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serlepes adj., adv.

‘separately, in turn; single, individual'

sér 3 pers. sg. reflex. pron. (dat.)

 A2c

*sē-z

Far sær, Icel sér, Norw sêr, Dan sær, I sær, runic Sw saʀ, Sw i sär

Gaw 501; Pe 994

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sete n. seat

'seat, throne, place at table, abode'

sæti ‘seat’ 

 A1*

*sētjan

Far sæti, Icel sæti, Norw sæte, ODan sæte, Dan sæde, OSw sǣte Sw säte

Gaw 72, 493; Cl 37, 92, 176, etc.; Pat 24; WA 238, 482, 801* etc.

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tayt n.

'pleasure, sport, play'

teiti 'joy, cheerfulness'

 A1*c

*taita-

Far teiti, Icel teiti

Cl 889, 935; WA 1208, 3979

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tayt adj.

‘merry, lively, agreeable; vigorous, well-grown’

teitr ‘glad, cheerful’

 A1*c

*taita-

Far teitur, Icel teitur, runic Norw tAitʀ

Gaw 988, 1377; Cl 871

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traistis v.

'trust, have confidence (in)'

treysta ‘to make trusty, try the strength of a thing’

 A1c

*traustjan-

Far troysta, Icel treysta, Norw trøysta, Dan trøyste, OSw trösta, Sw trösta

WA 1344, 2467, 3270 etc.

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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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titely adv.

'quickly'

tíðr (adj.) ‘frequent, usual, customary’

 A3*c

*tīða- 

WA 267, 738*, 888 etc.

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waykned adv.

'was enfeebled'

veikr (veykr) (adj.) ‘weak’ 

 A1*c

*weik(w)a-

Far veikur, Icel veikur, Norw veik, Dan veg, Sw vek; Norw dial veikna, OSw vikna, MSw vekna, Sw vekna

Cl 1422

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layt v. lait

'to seek, search, wish to know'

leita ‘to seek, search’ 

 A1*c

*wlaitō(j)an-

Far leita, Icel leita, Norw leita, Dan lede, Sw lete

Gaw 355, 411, 449; Cl 97, 1768; Pat 180, 201, 277; Erk 155; WA 152, 372, 2341 etc.

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wro n. wro

'nook, corner, seculed place, passage'

rá, ‘corner, nook’

 A1bc

*wranxō

Far vrá, Icel rá, Norw ro, Dan vrå, Sw vrå

Gaw 2222; Pe 866; WA 1585, 4190 

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haylse v.

'to greet'

heilsa ‘to greet’ 

 A1*c

*xail(e)sō(j)an-

Far heilsa, Icel heilsa, Norw helsa, Dan hilse, Sw hälsa

Gaw 223, 810, 829 etc.; Pe 238; Cl 612, 814; WA 1622, 4929

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hemely adv.

‘suitably, neatly’

heimolliga, heimulliga (later heimugliga) ‘privately, intimately; duly, with full title to possession’

 CCC1a

*xaimaz

cp. Icel heimileg(u)r, Norw heimeleg, Dan hemmelig, Sw heimlig

Gaw 1852

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vnhap (1) n.

'mishap, misfortune, disaster'

happ ‘good luck, chance’; cp. óhapp ‘bad fortune’

 C1

*xap(p)- 

Far happ, Icel happ, Norw happ, Sw dial happ

Gaw 438; Cl 143, 892, 1150; WA 3287, 4554

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rad adj. rad

'afraid'

hræddr ‘afraid, frightened, timid’

 B1c

*xrēðjan- or *xrēþjan-

Far ræða, Icel hræða, Norw ræda, Dan dial ræde, OSw ræþe, Sw dial rädda

Gaw 251; Cl 1543; WA 1040, 2510

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hundreth adj., n., num. hundred

'hundred'

hundrað ' hundred (normally the so-called ‘long’ hundred, i.e. ‘a hundred and twenty’)'

 A1*c

*xunða-raðan- 

Far hundrað, Icel hundrað, Norw hundrad, ODan hundrath, Dan hundred, Sw hundra

Gaw 743, 1144, 1543 etc.; Pe 869, 1107; Cl 315, 426, 442; WA 66, 94, 805* etc.

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golf n.

(1) 'deep pool of water'; (2) 'a space underground (as source of a stream)'

(2) golf 'floor, room, compartment'

 DD2


 

Far gólv, Icel gólf, Norw dial golv, Dan gulv, Sw golv

Pe 608

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bekyr n. beaker

'beaker, (large) cup'

bikarr 'beaker'

 B2c


 

Far bikar, Icel bikar, Norw bikar, OSw bikar(e)

Cl 1474

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spakly adv.

'readily, willingly, quickly'

spakr (adj.) 'gentle, wise', cp. spakliga (adv.) 'peaceably, wisely'

 B1


 

Far spakur, Icel spakur, Norw spak, ODan spak, Dan spag, OSw skaper, Sw spak; cp. MSw spaklika, Sw spakliga

Cl 755; Pat 338; Erk 335; WA 786, 2975

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bulk n. bulk

'hold (of a ship)'

bulki 'cargo that is secured (amidships)'

 B1


 

Icel búlki, Norw bulk, bolk, Dan bulk, Sw bulk

Pat 292

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callyng n. calling

'summons'

kalla (v.) ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’

 C1a


*kall- or *kalz-

Far kalla, Icel kalla, Norw kalla, Dan kalde, Sw kalla

Cl 1362

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sware v.

'to answer'

svara ‘to reply, answer’

 CC1c

 *-swarōjan-

Far svara, Icel svara, Norw svara, Dan svare, Sw svara

Gaw 1108, 1756, 1793 etc.; Pe 240; Cl 1415; WA 674, 750, 1621 etc.

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lyste n.

'desire, joy'

lyst ‘lust, desire’, lysta v. 'one desires, wishes (impers.)'

 CC2

 *lust-i- or *lustjan-

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; Pe 173, 467, 908; Cl 843

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bit n. bit

‘blade, cutting edge’

bit ‘biting, bit, wound after a bite, (insect) bite; grazing, pasture; (of a weapon) ability to bite/cut, sharpness’

 CC3

 *ƀīt-

Far bit, Icel bit, Norw bit, ODan bid, Dan bid, Sw bett

Gaw 212, 426, 2224 etc.

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þarnes v.

'lack, be wanting, lose'

þarfna, þarna 'need, want'

 CC1c

*þarƀ-

Far tarna, Icel þarfna, Norw tarna

WA 2709,2859, 3071, etc.

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þrange adj., adv.

'oppressively, closely'

þrǫngr 'close, tight'

 CC1c

*þrangwa-

Far. trongur, Icel. þröngur, Norw trong, Sw. trång, Dan. trang

Pe 17

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þrete v.

'to wrangle'

þræt(t)a 'to wrangle'

 CC3

*þranxtjan-, or *þraut-

Far træta, Icel þræta, þrætta, Norw trætta, ODan thrættæ, Dan trætta, OSw þræ(t)a, Sw träta

Pe 561

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