Showing 851 to 900 of 967 lexemes.

Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
wilily adv. wilily 'with guile' (4) vél (n.) ‘wile, device, trick’  DD1 (1) *wīl-; (2) wīgel-; (4) ?*wihl WA 1764 View
ryfenes n. rifeness 'abundance' (1) rífr ‘munificent, abundant’ D1c (1) *rīf- or *reiba-; (2) *xrīƀ- (1) Far ríviligur, Icel rífur, Norw rîv, Sw dial riv WA 1887 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
ferlyd adj., v. ferly ‘marvelled, amazed’  ferligr ‘monstrous’ DD1 (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- WA 3228, 4761, 4991 View
bost v. boast 'to boast' (1) cp. busilkinna ?’woman with round cheeks’ DD1 (1) *bus- (1) Norw bos(s), OSw bos WA 2737, 4553 View
stem v. stem (1) 'aim, attempt, consider' (2) 'intend, purpose, consider' (1) stefna, stemna ‘to stand in a certain direction, aim at; to give notice to one, summon; cite (a case); call together (of a meeting)’.  DD2 (1) *steƀnō or *staƀnjōn (1) Far stevna, Icel stefna, Norw stemna, Dan stævne, Sw stämma WA 2480 View
þire adj., pron. thir 'these' (1) þeir ‘they’ DD1c (1) *þai + z  Early runic þaiʀ, þeiʀ, etc., Far teir, Icel þeir, Norw dei, Dan de, OSw þē(r), Sw de WA 95, 167, 262 etc. View
runischly adv. runish ‘fiercely’ (1) hrjónn 'rough'; (3) hrynja ‘to fall to ruin, tumble down; (metaph.) to stream, float (of garments); to stream, pour down (of fluids)’ DD1c (1) ?*hrewwa-; (2) *rūnō; (3)  *xreun- (1) Icel hrjón, Norw rjone, rjøne; (3) Icel hrynja, Norw rynja, OSw rynja, Sw dial ryni Gaw 304, *432; Pat 191 View
runisch adj. runish ?‘rough, violent’ (1) hrjónn 'rough'; (3) hrynja ‘to fall to ruin, tumble down; (metaph.) to stream, float (of garments); to stream, pour down (of fluids)’ DD1c (1) ?*hrewwa-; (2) *rūnō; (3)  *xreun- (1) Icel hrjón, Norw rjone, rjøne; (3) Icel hrynja, Norw rynja, OSw rynja, Sw dial ryni Gaw 457, Cl 1545, Erk 52 View
bale (2) n. (1) 'disaster'; (2) 'conflagration' (1) bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’; (2) bál ‘fire, funeral pyre, blaze’ D2 (1) *ƀalwan; (2) ƀēlan (1) Far bøl, Icel böl; (2) Far bál, Icel bál, Norw bål, Dan bål, Sw bål Cl 980 View
wapped v. wap 'rushed, blew (in gusts), flung' vappa ‘to waddle’  DD1c (1) *wap- (1) Far vappa, Icel vappa, Dan dial vappe, Sw dial vapp Gaw 1161, 2004; Cl 882; WA 2226 View
wap n. wap 'blow' vappa (v.) ‘to waddle’  DD1c (1) *wap- (1) Far vappa, Icel vappa, Dan dial vappe, Sw dial vapp Gaw 2249; Pat 499; WA 3040, 4142, 5318 View
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
sweʒe adj., v. sway 'to speed, sink, stoop, collapse; fall, rush, swing' (2) sveigja ‘to bow, bend’ (trans. and intrans.), sveigja-sk ‘to be swayed, sway, swerve’ DD1c (1) *swōgjan-; (2) *swaigjan-; (3) *swegan- (2) Far sveiggja, Icel sveigja, Norw sveigja, Dan sveje, Sw dial sväig', sveia  Gaw 1429, 1796; Cl 87, 420, 788, etc.; Pat 72, 151, 236; WA 3970 View
strothe n. strothe ?'small wood' (1) storð ‘grass, green stalk’ D1bc (1) *sturðō; (2) *strōð- (1) Icel storð, OSw storþahug Gaw 1710; Pe 115 View
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
schount v. shunt ‘swerve; flinch; avoid; escape; move vigorously’ (1) skunda ‘to speed, hasten’ DD1c (1) *skunð-; (2)?*skunōjan-  (1) Far skunda, Icel skunda, Norw skunda, Dan skynde, OSw skunda Gaw 1902, 2280; Cl 605; WA 180, 580, 2143 View
schunt n. shunt ‘sudden jerk and swerve’ (1) skundi ‘speed’; cp. skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’; (2)  skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’ DD1c (1) *skunð-; (2)?*skunōjan-  (1) Far skundur, Icel skundi, Norw skunde Gaw 2268 View
sorʒe n. 'muck, filth' (1) saurgan (n.) 'pollution, defilement', cp. saurigr (adj.) 'filthy, dirty'; (2) cp. saurr (n.) 'mud, dirt' D2 (1) *saur-; (2) *surgō- (1) Far seyrur, Icel saur, Norw saur, ODan sør, OSw sör-, Sw dial sör Cl 75, 846; Pat 275 View
ryue adj., adv. rife ‘abundantly, much’ (1) rífr ‘munificent, abundant’ D1 (1) *rīf- or *reiba-; (2) *xrīƀ- (1) Far ríviligur, Icel rífur, Norw rîv, Sw dial riv Gaw 2046; Pe 770, 844; WA 1352, 1663 View
rof(-sore) n. 'gash, wound' (1) rof ‘a breach, opening’ D1c (1) *rof-; (2)?*raif-; (3a) *hrufōn, (3b) ?*rōf- (1) Far rov, Icel rof, Norw rov; (2) Far ríva, Icel rífa, Norw riva, Dan rive, Sw riva Gaw 2346 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
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
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
lithis n. (1) 'people'; (2) 'limbs'  (1) lýðr 'people, population, inhabitants, subjects, congregation, etc.' D2 (1) *leuđiz; (2) *liþuz Far -lýður, Icel lýður, Norw lyd, OSw lyþir WA 3750 View
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
rous n. roose ‘fame, talk’ (2) raus ‘big, loud talk’ D1c (1) *hrōþs-; (2) *raus- (3) *rūs-  (1) Far rósa, Icel hrósa, Norw rôsa, Dan rose, Sw rosa; (2) Icel rausa, Norw rausa Gaw 310 View
allyt adv. (1) 'back, with delay'; (2) '(even) a little' (1) hlíta ‘to rely on, trust, abide by’; (2) lítt (adv.) ‘little’ D2 (1) *hlītan-; (2) lūti- or lītilaz (1) Far líta, Icel hlíta, Norw lita, Dan lide, OSw lita, Sw lita; (2) Far lítt, Icel lítt, Dan lidt Cl 599 View
happe v. hap ‘to cover; to wrap, clasp, fasten’ (2) cp. hespa 'fastening'; (3) hefta, hepta 'to bind, fetter, hold back, restrain'  DD1c (1) *haf-; (2) *hasp-; (3) *haft- (1) Dan happe, hjappe, Sw happe, hjappe; (3) Far hefta, Icel hefta, Norw hefta, Dan hefte, Sw häfta  Gaw 655, 864, 1224; Cl 626; Pat 450 View
gro adj., n. ?'angry, sorrowful; horror' (1) grár 'grey; spiteful, malicious' DD2 (1) *grēwa- (1) Far gráur, Icel grár, Norw grå, Dan grå, OSw grā, Sw grå WA 3228 View
glyfte v. gliff ‘glanced (sidelong); became startled; glint’ DD1c (1) *gliƀ-  (2) ?Sw gliff Gaw 2265; Cl 849; WA *4599 View
glode n. glode 'open space, patch (of sky)' sólar-glaðan ‘sunset’ DD1bc (1) *glaið- (2) Norw glott, Shetl gloderek, gloderet, glodere, glod(er); (3) Norw dial glada, Sw dial gladas, gla(d)na  Gaw 2181, 2266; Pe 79; Erk 75; WA 1334 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
gopnyng n. gape ‘staring’ (1) gapa ‘to gape, open the mouth wide’; (2) cp. gopi ‘a vain person' D2 (1) *gap-; (2) *gup-; (1) Far gapa, Icel gapa, Norw gapa, Dan gape, Sw gapa Gaw 2461 View
ferlyly adv. ferlily ‘wondrously, exceedingly; of marvellous things’  ferligr ‘monstrous’ DD1c (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 796, 2494; Cl 962; WA *457 View
ferly adv. ferly ‘wondrously, exceedingly’  ferligr ‘monstrous’; cp. ferliga 'monstrously' DD1c (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 388, 741, 1694; Cl 269, 960, 975; Erk 46; WA 380, 513, 3189 etc. View
ferly adj. ferly ‘extraordinary, unusual, marvellous; exceedingly, thoroughly’  ferligr ‘monstrous’ DD1 (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 716; Pe 1084; WA 601, 4978, 5083 View
ferly n. ferly 'marvel, wonder'  ferligr ‘monstrous’ DD1c (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 23, 2414; Pe 1086; Cl 1529, 1563, 1629; Erk 145; WA 395, 501, 925 View
farandely adv. 'comfortably' (1) fara 'to move, go etc., to suit, befit' D1c (1) *faran- Far fara, Icel fara, Norw fara, Dan fare, Sw fara Pat 435 View
farand adj. farrand, farrant 'fitting, seemly, splendid' fara 'to move, go etc., to suit, befit' D1c (1) *faran- Far fara, Icel fara, Norw fara, Dan fare, Sw fara Gaw 101; Pe 865; Cl 607, 1758; WA 2 View
fale adj., v. (1) 'cheap', in phrase fale of 'unconcerned about'; (2) 'descend'
 		 (1) falr 'venal, to be sold' D2 (1) *fala-;  (2) *fallan- Far falur, Icel falur, Norw fal, Dan fal, Sw fal Pat 92 View
*dyngez v. (1) ding; (2) damn (1) (*dyngez) ‘smites’; (2) (dymnez) ‘condemns’ (1) dengja ‘to hammer (metal), forge; urge/press, ask persistently’  D2 (1) *dang(w)jan- or *dengwan- (1) Far deingja, Icel dengja, Norw dengja, Dan dænge, OSw dængia, Sw dial däng(j)a Gaw 2105 View
beryd v. (1) 'beat, rang'; (2) 'rang out' (2) berja 'hammer, knock, strike etc.' DD2 (1) *bēr-; (2) *barjan- Far berja, Icel berja, Norw berja, ODan bæriæ, Sw dial bärga Erk 352 View
boster n. boaster 'boaster' (1) cp. busilkinna ?’woman with round cheeks’ DD1 (1) *bus- (1) Norw bos(s), OSw bos Cl 1499 View
bost n. boast 'outcry, clamour, threat, violence, arrogance' (1) cp. busilkinna ?’woman with round cheeks’ DD1 (1) *bus- (1) Norw bos(s), OSw bos Gaw 1448; Cl 179, 1450, 1712; WA 2447, 3581, 3586 etc. View
enker(-grene) n. enker ‘bright (green)’   einkar ‘especially/most/very, exceptionally’ D1c (1) *ain-  Far onka-, Norw einka, OSw enka, Sw enkom  Gaw 150, 2477 View
*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
stemmed v. stem (1)  ‘debated (with himself/themselves)’; (2) ‘stopped, halted; stood about, hesitated’ (1) stefna, stemna ‘to stand in a certain direction, aim at; to give notice to one, summon; cite (a case); call together (of a meeting)’; (2) stemma ‘to stem, stop, dam up (esp. of a stream or fluid)’ DD2 (1) *steƀnō or *staƀnjōn; (2) *stamm- (1) Far stevna, Icel stefna, Norw stemna, Dan stævne, Sw stämma; (2) Far stemma, Icel stemma, Norw stemma, Dan stemme, Sw stämma Gaw 230, 1117; WA 2960, 5301 View
spenne (1) n. spen (1) (a) ‘space, interval’; (b) ‘struggle, strife’; (c) ‘enclosed ground’ (in ~ ‘there, in that place’); (2) ‘ground, space of turf’ (in ~ ‘there’); (3) ‘thorn bush, thorn hedge, thorn thicket’ (1a) spenna ‘to span, clasp’; (1b) spenna ‘agitation, struggle’; (1c) spenni ‘clasp’ D2 (1) *span(n)- (1a) Far spenna, Icel spenna, Norw spenna, Dan spænde, Sw spänna; (1b) Icel spenna; (1c) Far spenni, Icel spenni, Norw spenne, Sw spänne Gaw 1074 View
kylled v. kill 'kill; strike' kolla ‘to hit in the head; (metaph.) to harm’ DD1 (1) *kull-; (2) *kwuljan- (1) Far kolla, kylla, Icel kolla, kylla, Norw kolla, kylla, Sw dial kolla, kulla Gaw 2111; Cl 876, 1252, 1267; WA 2377 View
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