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

'froth'

froða ‘froth’; frauð ‘froth’  

C1

*fruþ- or *frauþ- 

Far, froða, froði, Icel froðe, Norw frode, froda, Dan fråde, Sw dial fruddo, frådas; Far froyður, Icel frauð, Norw fraud, Sw dial fraud, fröda, frau

Gaw 1572

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froþande adj.

'frothing, festering'

froða (n., fem.) ‘froth’; frauð (n., neut.) ‘froth’ 

C1

*fruþ- or *frauþ-

Far froða, froði, Icel froðe, Norw frode, froda, Dan fråde, Sw dial fruddo, frådas; Far froyður, Icel frauð, Norw fraud, Sw dial fraud, fröda, frau

Cl 1721

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gaynly adj. gainly

'gracious'

gegn ‘straight, direct, ready, serviceable, kindly’

A1*bc

*gagni-

Icel gegn, Norw gjegn, ODan gjen, Dan dial gjen, Sw dial gen

Cl 728; Pat 83

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gayn adv.

‘promptly’

gegn ‘straight, direct, ready, serviceable, kindly’

A1*c

*gagni- 

Icel gegn, Norw gjegn, ODan gjen, Dan dial gjen, Sw dial gen

Gaw 1621

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ʒayned v. yain

‘met, greeted’

gegna ‘to meet, pay, discharge, be fitting, signify’

CCC3a

*gagnjan-

Far gegna, Icel gegna, Norw gjegna, Dan gjenne, Sw dial gena

Gaw 1724

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ʒeʒe v.

‘cry (as wares), cry (for), shout’

geyja ‘to bark; scoff at, blaspheme’

CCC1a

*gau-jan-

Far goyggja, Icel geyja, Norw gøya, Dan , Sw

Gaw 67, 1215; Cl 846

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ʒere-ʒiftes n. gift

'New Year's gifts'

gift ‘gift’

CC3a

*geftiz

Far gift, Icel gift, Norw gift, Dan gift, Sw gift

Gaw 67

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glam n. glam

‘din, noise of merrymaking, uproar, speech’

glamm  ‘noise, tinkling sound’ 

BB1c

?*ga-xlam-, ?*glam

Icel glam, glamm, Norw glam, Dan glam, OSw glam, Sw glam

Gaw 1426, 1652; Cl 499, 830, 849; Pat 63; WA 5504

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grayþe adj.

'ready, skilled, competent; powerful'

greiðr ‘ready, free’ 

A1*c

*ga-raið-a

Far greiður, Icel greiður, Norw greid, Sw dial grei, gre

Gaw 448, 597, 2047; Erk 251; WA 162, 1865

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greme n. greme

‘wrath, resentment; grief; mortification; hurt’

gremi ‘wrath, anger’

CC1ac

*grama- or *gramjan-

Far gremi, Icel gremi, Norw gremme

Gaw 312, 1507, 2251, etc.; Pe 465; Cl 16, 947; WA 4157

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hondeselle n. handsel, hansel

‘gift (at New Year)’

hand(s)-sal (neut.), ‘the transference of a right, bargain, duty to another by joining hands’

CC4

*xanðuz + *saljan-

Icel handsal, OSw handsal

Gaw 66, 491 

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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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wassayl interj. wassail

'wassail!, your health'

heill (adj.) 'hale, sound; whole, healed, etc.'

A1*

*wesan- + *xaila-

Far heilur, Icel heill, Norw heil, Dan hel, Sw hel

Cl 1506

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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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homly adj. homely

'belonging to the household'

heimuligr 'private, belonging to the household'

CCC3a

*xaim-

Norw heimeleg, ODan hemmelig , hiemmelig, Dan hemmelig, OSw hemeliker , hemelikin , hemelig, Sw hemelig

Pe 1211

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helde adv.

‘readily, likely’

heldr ‘more, rather; very; but, on the contrary; soonest, especially’

C1c

*xalð-iz-

Far heldur, Icel heldri, heldur, Norw helder, Dan heller(e), Sw heller, hellre

Pe 1193

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hellid v. hell

'poured'

hella 'to pour out'

A1*c

*xalþjan-

Far hella, Icel hella, Norw hella, Dan helde, hælde, Sw hälla

WA 3813

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vnhappen adj. cp. unheppen

'accursed'

heppinn ‘lucky’; cp. óheppinn 'unlucky'

CC1c

*xap(p)-

Far heppin, Icel heppinn, Norw heppen, Sw dial vanhäppen

Cl 573; Erk 198

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herber n. harbour, habor

'lodging'

herbergi ‘inn; closet, room’, 

CCC4a

*xarjaz + *ƀerʒō 

Far herbergi, Icel herbergi, Norw herbyrgi, Dan herberg(e), Sw härberge

Gaw 755, 812

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haspe n. hasp

‘clasp, i.e. door-pin’

hespa ‘wisp or skein of wool; hasp, fastening’

CCC2

*xasp-

Far hespa, Icel hespa, Norw hespe, hespa, Dan haspe, Sw hasp

Gaw 1233

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littid v. lite

'delayed'

hlíta ‘to rely on, trust, abide by’

B1c

*hlītan-

Far líta, Icel hlíta, Norw lita, Dan lide, OSw lita, Sw lita

WA 801

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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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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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ryg n. rigg

'storm'

hregg 'storm, strong wind'

B1c

Far reiggj, Icel hregg

Cl 354, 382

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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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werle n.

(1a) ?'circlet, circular ornament'; (1b) 'circle, ring (of hair)'; (2) 'attire, covering'

hvirfill 'circle, ring, crown of the head'

D2

(1a) *xwarƀilaz; (1b) *xwerƀilaz; (2) *was(j)an-

Far hvir(v)il, Icel hvirfill, Norw kvirvel, kvervil, Dan hvirvel, Sw (h)virvel

Pe 209

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wyrles v. whirl

'to whirl'

hvirfla ‘to whirl’

CC2a

*xwerƀan-, *xwerƀ-il-, ?*xwurƀ- 

Far hvirla, Icel hvirfla, Norw kvervla

Gaw 2222; Cl 475; WA 5297

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bycalle v. becall

'call upon, summon'

kalla ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’

C1a

*kall- or *kalz-

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

Pe 913, 1163
 

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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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campe adj.

'rough'

kampr 'beard, moustache'

C1

*kan(i)paz

Far kampur, Icel kampur, Norw kamp

Cl 1695

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carle n. carl

'churl'

karl 'man, common man'

B2a

*karlaz

Far kallur, Icel karl, Norw kall, kar, Dan karl, runic Sw karilR, Sw karl

Cl 208, 876

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carping n. carping

'speech, words'

karpa 'to brag, boast'

A1c

Icel karpa, Sw dial karpa

Cl 1550

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carp v. carp

'to speak, say, converse'

karpa 'to brag, boast'

A1c

Icel karpa, Sw dial karpa

Gaw 263, 360, 377 etc.; Pe 381, 752, 949; Cl 74, 1591; Erk 317; WA 8, 100, 108 etc.

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outkast v. outcast

'cast out'

kasta ‘to cast, throw’

A1

*kas(a)tō(j)an- 

Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta

Cl 1679

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vpcaste v. upcast

'proclaimed, uttered'

kasta ‘to cast, throw’

A1

*kas(a)tō(j)an- 

Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta

Cl 1574

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vmbe-kesten v.

‘cast about, search all around, circle'

kasta ‘to cast, throw’

A1c

*kas(a)tō(j)an- 

Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta

Gaw 1434; Cl 478

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chaffer n. chaffer

‘trade, merchandise’

kaupfǫr ‘trading journey’ 

CCC4

*kaupaz + *farō

Gaw 1647, 1939

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keue v.

'to sink (down)'

kefja 'to dip, put under water'

DD1c

*kwaƀjan-

Icel kefja

Pe 320, 981

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caraldes n.

'casks'
 

kerald 'cask'

B2

*kaz-

Far kerald, Icel kerald, Norw kjerald, Sw kärl, käril

Pat 159

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chymbled v. chymble

'bound, wrapped up'

kimbla ‘to truss up’

CCC1c

*kemb-

Icel kimbla; cp. Far kimbil, kimbul, Icel kimbill, Norw kimbel, kimmel

Gaw 958

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kyppe v.

'seize'

kippa 'pull, snatch'

CC2a

*kipp(j)an-

Far kippa, Icel kippa, Norw kippa, Dan kippe, Dan dial kippe, Sw kippa, Sw dial kippa
 

Cl 1510

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glaymande adj., v.

'slimy'

kleima 'to daub, smear, dabble'

D1

?*klaimjan-
 

Far kleima, Icel kleima, Norw kleima, Sw dial klema

Pat 269

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clynt n. clint

'rocky cliff'

klettr 'cliff (in the landscape), cliff-face, crag, bluff, escarpment'

B2abc

*klentaz

Far klettur, Icel klettur, Norw klett, Dan klint, OSw klinter, Sw klint, Sw dial klätt

WA 4830

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clypper n.

‘shearer’

klippa (v.) 'to clip'

B2c

?*klipp-

Far klippa, Norw klippa, Dan klippe, Sw klippa, Sw dial klöppa, Shetl klipp

Pe 802

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knyf n. knife

'knife'

knífr ‘knife’

BB2a

*knīƀ- 

Far knívur, Icel hnífur, Norw kniv, Dan kniv, Sw knif

Gaw 1331, 1337, 2042; Cl 1104; WA 3024, 4097, 5364

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knape n. knape

'man, fellow'

knapi ‘servant boy, valet of a king or great man’

CCC3b

*knab/ppan-

Icel knapi, knap(u)r, Norw knape, Sw dial knape

Gaw 2136

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knokke n. knock

'knock, blow'

knoka (v.) ‘to knock, thump’

CCC2a

*knok- or *knuk-

Gaw 2379

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crokeʒ n. crook

‘sickles’

krókr ‘hook, anything crooked’

BB2b

?*krōk-

Far krókur, Icel krókur, Norw krôk, Dan krog, Sw krok

Pe 40

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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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