Showing 101 to 150 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| boster | n. | boaster | 'boaster' | (1) cp. busilkinna ?’woman with round cheeks’ | DD1 | (1) *bus- | (1) Norw bos(s), OSw bos | Cl 1499 | View |
| boþe | adj., adv., pron. | both | 'both' | báðir 'both' | C4a | *bai- + *þai-z (etc.) | Far báðir, Icel báðir, Norw både, beggje, Dan både, beggje, Sw både, begga | Gaw 18, 111, 129 etc.; Pe 90, 329, 373 etc.; Cl 11, 20, 57 etc.; Pat 36, 134, 136 etc.; Erk 194; WA 88, 177, 492 etc. | View |
| boþe | n. | booth | 'booth, arbour' | búð 'booth, temporary building or tent' | B2abc | *būþō | Far búð, Icel búð, Norw bu, bud, Dan bod, Sw bod | Pat 441 | View |
| boun | adj. | bound | ‘ready; bound, setting out; arranged, fixed’ | búinn ‘ready, prepared, finished, willing, favourably disposed (towards sth.), obedient, submissive’ | C3c | *bō(w)an or *bū(w)an- | Icel búinn, Norw buen | Gaw 548, 852, 1311 etc.; Pe 534, 992, 1103; Erk 181; WA 323, 534, 870 etc. | View |
| bounet | adj., v. | 'prepare, place, present' |
búinn ‘ready, prepared, finished, willing, favourably disposed (towards sth.)’ |
C3c | *bō(w)an or *bū(w)an- |
Cl 1398; WA 218, 768, 1116 etc. |
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| braken | n. | bracken | 'bracken, fern' | *brakni | B1c | ?*ƀrak- | Dan bregne, Sw bräken | Cl 1675 | View |
| brant | adv. | brant | 'straight' | brattr ‘steep, precipitous; arduous, hard’ | CC5c | *brant- | Far, Icel brattur, Norw bratt, Dan brat, OSw branter, Sw brant, Sw dial bratt | WA 3648 | View |
| brathþe | n. | ‘violence, impetuosity; agony, violent grief’ |
bráðr ‘immediate, quick; sudden, violent, harsh, fierce; rash, impetuous, impatient’ |
A1c | *ƀrēþa- |
cp. Far bráður, Icel bráður, Norw bråd, Dan brad, Sw dial brå(d) |
Pe 346, *1170; Cl 916; WA 1220, 1744, 1956 etc. |
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| brayd | n. | braid | 'sudden movement; (in/at a b.) forthwith' | bragð 'sudden motion, etc.'; cp. auga-bragð 'twinkling of an eye, instant, moment' | CC3 | *ƀragða- | Far bragd, bragð, Icel bragð, Norw bragd, Sw bragd, Sw dial bragd | Cl 537, 1507; WA 381, 1220, 1956 etc. | View |
| *brayþed | v. | (1) 'started, moved with a quick, jerky motion'; (2) 'moved' | (2) bragða 'flare, sparkle, flicker; (impersonal) is seen to be in trembling motion, moves' | DD2 | (1) *bregðan-; (2) *bregðan- or *bragðan- | Icel bragða | Erk 190 | View | |
| bred | n. | bread | 'bread' |
brauð 'bread' | CCC3a | *brauðan | Far breyð, Icel brauð, Norw braud, brød, Dan brød, Sw bröd | Gaw 891, 1361, 1610; Cl 620, 636, 1105 | View |
| bredful | adj. | 'brimfull' | C2 | *brazd- | Norw dial bradd, ODan bræ(d)d, Dan bred, Sw brädd, Sw dial bradd; cp. Sw bräddfull | Pe 126; WA 1548, *3582, 4089 etc. | View | ||
| breneid | adj., v. | 'mailed' | brynja ‘cuirass, hauberk, coat of chain mail’; cp. -brynjaðr. | C2c | *brunjon- | Far brynja, Icel brynja, Norw brynje, ODan brynje, OSw brynia, brönia | WA 66 | View | |
| brenke | n. | brink | 'bank, edge' | brekka 'hillside, slope' | BB2c | *ƀrenk- | Far brekka, Icel brekka, Norw brekka, brekke, Dan brink, Sw dial bräkka, brikka | Cl 384; WA 669, 4377, 4741 | View |
| brenne | v. | burn | ‘to burn; broil; (pp.) refined, bright’ | brenna 'to burn (intrans. and trans.)' | C2c | *ƀrennan- or *ƀrannjan- | Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, Dan brænde, Sw brinna; Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, ODan brænnæ, Dan brænde, OSw bränna, Sw bränna | Gaw 2, 195, 832, etc.; Pe 989; Cl 509, 916, 1012; Pat 472, 477; WA 276, 1713, 2639 etc. | View |
| brent | adj. | brent | 'steep' | bretta ‘to turn upwards’; cp. brattr ‘steep, precipitous; arduous, hard’ | CC1c | *brant- | Far bretta, Icel bretta, Norw bretta, ODan brente, Dan dial brette, OSw bränta, Sw dial brätta; Far, Icel brattur, Norw bratt, Dan brat, OSw branter, Sw brant, Sw dial bratt | Gaw 2165; Pe 106; Cl 379; WA 4812 | View |
| brest | n. | 'calamity' | brestr 'crash, crack, defect, loss' | C2c | *ƀrestuz | Far brestur, Icel brestur, Norw brest, Dan brist, OSw bräster, braster | Cl 229 | View | |
| brestes | v. | burst | 'break; burst' |
bresta ‘to crack, crash; snap, break, be split open; give way, break loose (etc.)’ |
C2 | *brestan- |
Far bresta, Icel bresta, Norw bresta, Dan briste, Sw brista |
Gaw 1166; Cl 1263, 1783; Pat 148; WA 510, 728*, 789, etc. |
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| breþer | n. | brother | 'brothers (in arms)' | bróðir 'brother' | CC2bc | *ƀrōþer- | Far bróðir, Icel bróðir, Norw broder, Dan broder, Sw broder | Gaw 39; WA 2512, 5363, 5379 | View |
| breth | n. | (1) breath | (1) breath; (2) 'fury' |
(2) bræði 'anger, fury' |
D2 | *brēþa- |
(2) Far bræði, Icel bræði, Norw bræde, OSw bræþe |
Cl 916 |
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| bretted | v. | 'break to pieces, destroy' | brytja 'chop into pieces' | CC3c | *ƀrut- | Far brytja, Icel brytja, Norw brytja | WA 2256, 2697 | View | |
| breue | v. | breve | ‘to declare, announce; write down’ | bréfa ‘to set down in writing, report, make a précis; document’ | FCCC3c | Icel bréfa | Gaw 465, 1393, 1436 etc.; Pe 755; Cl 197; Erk 103; WA 35, 208, 256 etc. | View | |
| breyþed | v. | 'rushed' | bregða 'to move swiftly' | C2c | *bregðan- | Far bregða, brigða, Icel bregða, Norw bregda, ODan bre(i)de, OSw breghþa | Cl 1421 | View | |
| britten | v. | britten | ‘to break up, destroy; cut (up)’ | brjóta ‘to break, damage, wreck (etc.)', brytja ‘to chop into pieces, quarter; cut into portions and serve’ | CC3c | *ƀrut- | Far bróta, Icel brjóta, Norw brjota, Dan bryde, Sw bryta; Far brytja, Icel brytja, Norw brytja | Gaw 2, 680, 1339 etc.; WA 1307, 1328, 2479 etc. | View |
| broþe | adj. | 'angry, fierce, grim' |
bráðr ‘immediate, sudden, harsh, fierce, rash' |
A1c | *brēða- or *brēþa- |
Far bráður, Icel bráður, Norw bråd, Dan brad, Sw bråd |
Gaw 1909, 2233; Cl 149, 1409 |
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| broþely | adj. | 'wild, vile' |
bráðr ‘immediate, sudden, harsh, fierce, rash'; cp. bráðligr 'immediate, sudden, violent' |
A1c | *brēða- or *brēþa- |
Far bráður, Icel bráður, Norw bråd, Dan brad, Sw bråd |
Cl 848, 1030 |
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| broþely | adv. | 'suddenly; fiercely, wretchedly; violently' |
bráðr ‘immediate, sudden, harsh, fierce, rash'; cp. bráðliga 'immediately, suddenly' |
A1c | *brēða- or *brēþa- |
Far bráður, Icel bráður, Nor bråd, Dan brad, Sw bråd |
Gaw 2377; Cl 1030, 1256; Pat 474; WA 1214, 2211 |
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| brunt | n. | brunt | 'sudden movement, rush; sharp blow' | cp. bruna (v.) ‘to move (like fire), surge, come rushing’ | DD1 | Pe 174; WA 783, 3934 | View | ||
| bruny | n. | brinie, brynie | 'mailshirt' | brynja ‘cuirass, hauberk, coat of chain mail’ | C2 | *brunjon- | Far brynja, Icel brynja, Norw brynje, ODan brynje, OSw brynia, brönia | Gaw 580, 861, 2012 etc.; WA 1247, 1295, 2214 etc. | View |
| bruxleʒ | v. | 'reproves' | brigsla, brigzla 'upbraid, reproach, deride' | C1c | *bregđ- | Far brigsla, Icel brigsla, Norw brigsla | Pat 345; WA 4662 | View | |
| brynston | n. | brimstone | 'brimstone' |
cp. brenna (v.) 'to burn (intrans. and trans.)', brennusteinn 'sulphur' |
C2 | *ƀrennan- or *ƀrannjan- |
Cl 967 |
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| *bulk | n. | (1) block; (2) bulk | (1) ‘(headless) trunk (of the body)’; (3) (*blenk) 'gaze' |
(2) bulki 'cargo that is secured (amidships)'; (3) blekkja ‘to deceive, betray, seduce’ |
D2 | (3) *blankjan- |
(2) Icel búlki, Norw bulk, bolk, Dan bulk, Sw bulk |
Gaw 440 |
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| bulk | n. | bulk | 'hold (of a ship)' |
bulki 'cargo that is secured (amidships)' |
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Icel búlki, Norw bulk, bolk, Dan bulk, Sw bulk |
Pat 292 |
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| bullez | n. | bulls | '(wild) bulls' | boli 'bull' | CCC5a | *bulōn | Icel boli, Norw bol, ODan bul | Gaw 722; Cl 55, 392, 1682; WA 751*, 3846, 3903 etc. | View |
| bur | n. | birr | ‘gale; onslaught, blow, shock; strength; violence’ | byrr ‘wind strong enough to fill the sails, good breeze, favourable wind, wind (at sea)’ | CC3c | *ƀuriz | Far byrur, Icel byr, Norw byr, Dan bør, Sw dial byr | Gaw 290, 374, 548, etc.; Pe 176, 1158; Cl 32; Pat 7, 148; WA 711 | View |
| burde | v. | bir | ‘(it) behoved (impers.); had to, might, should be’ | byrja ‘to belong to, be (someone’s) due; (impers.) be (someone’s) due, be fitting for (someone), be appropriate for (someone)’ | CCC5ac | *burjan- or *buriz | Far byrja, Icel byrja, Norw byrja, OSw byria, böria, Sw börja | Gaw 2278, 2428; Pe 316; Pat 117, 507; Erk 260; WA 510, 776*, 1966 etc. | View |
| burþe | n. | birth | 'birth; child' | burðr ‘burden (on account of pregnancy), foetus, offspring, being; delivery, birth’, byrð ‘birth, ancestry’ | CC2a | *burþ- | Far burður, Icel burður, Norw bur(d), Dan byrd, Sw börd | Gaw 922; Pe 1041; WA 256, 289, 439 etc. | View |
| busk | v. | busk | ‘to get ready, array, dress, make haste (intrans.); make (trans.); go, betake oneself, drive’ | búask, 'to prepare oneself, get oneself ready (to leave), set out, dress oneself’ | A2*c | *ƀōwwan- + reflexive (acc.) *sek(e) | Far búgva, Icel búa, Norw bu(a), Dan bo, Sw bo | Gaw 509, 1128, 1136 etc.; Cl 142, 333, 351, etc.; Pat 437 Erk 112; WA 373, 774, 811* etc. | View |
| busk | n. | 'bush' | buskr, buski ‘bush, scrub’ | CC2bc | ?*busk- | Icel buski, Sw buske; Icel buskr, Norw busk, Dan busk | Gaw 182, 1437; WA 2851, 5239 | View | |
| 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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| bygly | adj. | bigly | ‘inhabitable, pleasant’ |
byggiligr 'habitable' |
A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- |
Pe 963 |
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| bygyng | n. | bigging | ‘dwelling, home’ | bygging 'leasing, habitation, tenancy' | A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- | Icel bygging | Pe 932, *935; Cl 378, 811; WA 2697, *4431 | View |
| byled | v. | (1) boil; (2) bellow; (3) boil | (1) ‘boiled, bubbled’; (2) ‘resounded’; (3) ‘swelled, rose’ |
(2) bylja ‘to resound, echo’ |
DD2 | (2) *buljan-; (3) *būljō- |
(2) Far bylgja, Icel bylgja, Norw bylgja, Dan bølge, Sw bölja |
Gaw 2082 |
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| bysulpeʒ | v. | 'defiles' | DD1c | cp. Far søpla, Norw søpla; Norw dial sulpa | Cl 575 | 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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| cakled | v. | cackle | 'cackled' | BBB2a | Norw kakla, kagle, Dan kagle, Sw kackla | Gaw 1412 | View | ||
| cal | n. | call | 'summons' | kalla (v.) ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’; cp. kall 'a call, cry, shouting' | C1ac | *kall- or *kalz- | Far kall, Icel kall, Norw kall, Dan kald, Sw kall; cp. Far kalla, Icel kalla, Norw kalla, Dan kalde, Sw kalla | Cl 61; WA 983, 5188 | View |
| calle | v. | call | ‘to call, shout, cry out (intr.), crave, beg; call, name, summon (tr.)’ | kalla ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’ | C1a | *kall- or *kalz- | Far kalla, Icel kalla, Norw kalla, Dan kalde, Sw kalla | Gaw 456, 664, 807, etc.; Pe 173, 182, 273, etc.; Cl 8, 162, 258, etc.; Pat 26, 131, 281, etc.; Erk 16; WA 229, 431, 559, etc. | View |