Showing 901 to 950 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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| big | adj. | big | 'strong; sharp; big, great, mighty' | byggva (byggja) 'to settle, inhabit' | D1c | (1)*big-; (2) *bug- or *bugg- | (1) Far byggja, Icel byggja, Norw byggja, Dan bygge, Sw bygga; (2) Norw dial bugge, bugga | Gaw 554, 2101; Pe 102, 374; Cl 43, 229, 1183 etc.; Pat 302; WA 915, 1808, 1295 etc. | View |
| beseke | v. | beseek | 'beseech' | sœkja 'seek, visit, advance, catch' | CC2c | *sōkjan- | Far søkja, Icel sækja, Norw søkja, Dan søge, Sw söka | WA 311, 801*, 1075 etc. | 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 | |
| berʒ | n. | barrow | 'mound' |
berg, bjarg (neut.) ‘hill, cliff, prominence in the landscape, crag, cliff-face; boulder, rock; (as material) rock, stone, rocky ground, foundation of rock’ |
CCC5a | *ƀerʒa- |
Far berg, bjarg, bjørg, Icel berg, bjarg, Norw berg, björg, ODan bjærg, Dan bjerg, OSw biärgh, Sw berg |
Gaw 2172, 2178 |
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| benke | n. | bink | 'bench' | bekkr 'bench' | CC2ac | *ƀanki- | Far bekkur, bonkur, Icel bekkur, Norw bekk, Dan bænk, Sw bänk | WA 625, 2927, 4236 etc. | View |
| bene | adv. | bein | 'pleasantly, beautifully' |
cp. beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' |
DD1c | (1)*baina-; (3) *bōni- |
cp. Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein |
Gaw 2402; Pe 198 |
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| bene | adj. | bein | 'pleasing, fair; (comp.) better' | beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' | DD1c | (1)*baina-; (3) *bōni- | Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein | Gaw 2475; Pe 110; Pat 418; WA 1715 | View |
| bele | v. | ‘burn’ | bǽla ‘to burn’ | C1c | ƀēl- | Icel bæla | Pe 18 | View | |
| bekyr | n. | beaker | 'beaker, (large) cup' |
bikarr 'beaker' |
B2c |
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Far bikar, Icel bikar, Norw bikar, OSw bikar(e) |
Cl 1474 |
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| bayted | v. | bait | 'baited (by dogs), fed; provoke' | beita 'to graze, feed; cause to bite; set on; chase, etc.' | A1* | *baitjan- | Far beita, Icel beita, Norw beita, Dan bede, Sw beta | Cl 55; WA 5355 | View |
| bayþe | v. | 'to ask; grant, agree, consent' | beiða ‘to ask for, demand, summon, provoke, desire’ | A1*c | *baiðjan- | Far beiða, Icel beiða, Norw beidast, ODan bethæs, Sw bedas | Gaw 327, 1404, 1840; Erk 257 | View | |
| bayn | adj., adv. | bain | 'obedient, willing; eagerly' | beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' | A1bc | *baina- | Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein | Gaw 1092, 2158; Pe 807; Cl 1511; Pat 136; Erk 181; WA 323 | View |
| bawelyne | n. | bowline | 'bowline' |
bóglína |
CCC3c | *ƀōg- |
Cl 417; Pat 104 |
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| bate | n. | bate | (1) ‘strife, fighting’; (2) ‘baiting’ |
(2) beita ‘bait’; cp. beita (v.) ‘to cause to bite’; ‘to chase (with animals), hunt (with animals), set (animals) on’ (etc.), beit, beiti 'grazing, pasture' |
DD2 | (2) *bait- |
(2) Far beita, Icel beita, Norw beite, beita, ODan bēd, Sw bete |
Gaw 1461 |
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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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| barne | n. | bairn | 'child' | barn 'child' | CCC5ac | *ƀarnan | Far barn, Icel barn, Norw barn, Dan barn, Sw barn | Gaw 2320; Pe 426, 712, 1040; Cl 329, 378, 502 etc.; Pat 510; WA 396, 517, 585 etc. | View |
| barme | n. | 'edge, brim' | barmr 'brim, rim' | CC3 | *ƀarm- | Icel barmur, Norw barm, Dan barm | WA 4812 | View | |
| baret | n. | barrat | ‘strife, fighting; trouble, sorrow, pain’ | barátta ‘hitting, beating, violent attack; fight, battle’ | FCCC3bc | Icel barátta | Gaw 21, 353, 752 etc.; WA 527, *4503, 4620 | View | |
| banned | adj., v. | ban | 'curse, (pp.) accursed' | banna 'forbid, prevent, curse' | CC3c | *ƀannan- | Far banna, Icel banna, Norw banna, Dan bande, Sw banna | Cl 468, 885; WA 157 | View |
| balteres | adj., v. | balter | 'roll around; hobble' |
B2c | *balt- ( ~ *bult-) |
Norw dial bolta, baltra, Sw bulta, bultra, ODan bolte, Dan baltre, boltre |
Cl 103; Pat 459 |
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| balʒ | adj. | balgh | ‘swelling with round, smooth surface; rounded’ | bali 'a soft grassy bank, especially sloping down to the shore’ | DD1c | (1) *balg-; (2) *bal- | Icel bali, Norw bal | Gaw 967, 2032, 2172; WA 4923 | View |
| balefully | adv. | balefully | 'sadly' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Erk 311; WA 155 | View | |
| balefull | adj. | baleful | 'malignant' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | CCC5a | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Cl 979; WA 4858 | View |
| bale (3) | n. | 'blaze, fire' |
bál ‘fire, funeral pyre, blaze’ |
A1*c | ƀēlan |
Far bál, Icel bál, Norw bål, Dan bål, Sw bål |
WA 562, 2231, 2658 |
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| 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 | |
| bale (1) | n. | bale | ‘destruction, death; misery; torment; sorrow' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | CCC5a | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Gaw 2041, 2419; Pe 18, 123, 373 etc.; Cl 276, 980, 1256; Pat 276, 426, 510; WA 396, 1146, 1974, etc. | View |
| bagges | n. | bag | 'bags' | baggi 'bag, bundle, pack' | BB2a | Far baggi, Icel baggi, Norw dial bagge, bagg, Sw dial bagge | Pat 158; WA 123 | View | |
| ayquere | adv. | aywhere | 'everywhere' | ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' | CC5c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz | Icel ei, e | Gaw 599, 629, 745, etc.; Cl 228, 965, 1403; WA 781*, 3408 | View |
| ay | adv. | ay, aye | 'always, ever, in each case' | ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' | A1*c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz | Icel ei, e | Gaw 26, 73, 128 etc.; Pe 44, 56, 101 etc.; Cl 114, 117, 132 etc.; Pat 8, 90, 130 etc.; Erk 278; WA 239, 242, 265, etc. | View |
| autly | adj., adv. | (1) 'courageously, manfully'; (2) 'lacking' |
(2) auðr 'empty, void, desolate' |
DD2 | (1) *aiwin + *wextiz; (2) *auþaz |
(2) Far eyður, Icel auður, Norw aud |
Cl 795 |
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| *aucly | adj., n. | 'amiss, blemish' |
ǫfugr 'backwards, turned the wrong way' |
D1ac | *aƀug- |
Far øvugur, øvigur, Icel öfugur, Norw ovug, avug, Dan avet, Sw avig, avog |
Cl 795 |
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| 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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| attle | v. | ettle | 'to intend; prepare; address' | ætla 'to think, intend' | A1*c | *ahtilō(j)an- | Far, Icel ætla, Norw etla, atla, Sw dial ättla, ässla | Gaw 27, 2263; Cl 207; WA 15, 1157, 1819, etc. | View |
| atlyng | n. | ettling | 'intention' |
ætla 'to think, intend' |
A1*c | *ahtilō(j)an- |
Far ætla, Icel ætla, Norw etla, atla, Sw dial ättla, ässla |
Cl 688 |
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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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| arwes | n. | arrow | 'arrows' | ǫr 'arrow' | CC1 | *arx- | Far ørv, Icel ör, OSw arf | Gaw 1160, 1455; WA 1066, 1390, 2211 etc. | View |
| arly | adv. | early | 'early' | ár 'early', cp. árliga ‘annually’ | CC1c | *air- | Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år | WA 350, 351 | View |
| areþede | n. | ere | 'people of old times' (always in phrase in ~) |
ár (adv) 'early' |
CC1c | *air- |
Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år |
Pe 711 |
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| are | adv., conj. | ere | 'before' | ár 'early' | CC1 | *air- | Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år | Gaw 239, 1632, 1891; Cl 438, 1128; Erk 36; WA 246, 447, 1140 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| ande | n. | 'breath' |
andi 'breath, breathing, spirit' |
C3 | *anđon |
Far andi, Icel andi, Norw ande, Dan ånde, OSw ande, Sw ande, anda |
WA 749, 4000, 4813 |
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