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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
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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clambere v. clamber

(1) ‘to cluster’; (2) ‘to clamber’

(1) klambra ‘to clamp or pinch together’

 DD2

*klamb-r-

(1) Far klombra, Icel klambra, Norw klemb(r)a 

Gaw 801, 1722

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clyff n. cliff ‘cliff, (high) rock’  klif 'cliff' CCC5a *klib- Far kliv, Icel klif, Sw dial kliv Gaw 713, 1166, 1431 etc.; Cl 405, 460, 965; WA 775, 2108, 2849 etc. View
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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klubbe n. club 'club' klubba 'club' B1 Far klubbi, Norw klubba, klubbe, ODan klubbe, Dan klubbe, Sw klubba, Sw dial klubba Cl 839, 1348 View
costez v. coast

(1) ‘coasts, passes by the side of’; (2) ‘gives (full bright) quality to’; (3) ‘drives’

(2) kostr ‘condition, choice, opportunity (etc.)’; (3) kasta ‘to cast, throw’

 DD2

(2) *kustiz or *kustuz; (3) *kastō(j)an-

(2) Far kostur, Icel kostur, Norw kost, ODan kost, OSw koster; (3) Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta

Gaw 1696

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cost n. cost ‘nature, quality; terms; manners, ways, disposition; condition, plight’ kostr ‘condition, choice, opportunity (etc.)’ C1ac *kust-iz or *kust-uz Far kostur, Icel kostur, Norw kost, ODan kost, Dan kost, OSw koster Gaw 546, 750, 944, etc.; Cl 1024, 1478 View
happen adj. cp. heppen 'fortunate, blessed' heppinn ‘lucky’ CC1c *xap(p)-  Far heppin, Icel heppinn, Norw heppen, Sw dial vanhäppen Gaw 56; Pat 13, 15, 17, etc. View
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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craue v. crave ‘to claim, ask for, crave, beg’ krefja ‘to crave, demand, call on one’ BB1 *kraƀ- (prob.*kraƀo(j)an-) Far krevja, Icel krefja, Norw krevja, Dan kræve, Sw kräva Gaw 277, 283, 812 etc.; Pe 663; Cl 801; WA 887, 4326, 4442 etc. View
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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croke v. crook 'turn aside' krókr ‘hook, anything crooked’ BB2b ?*krōk- Far krókur, Icel krókur, Norw krôk, Dan krog, Sw krok WA 4872 View
croked adj. crooked 'crooked, astray, dishonest; sinuous' krókr ‘hook, anything crooked’  BB1b ?*krōk- Far krókur, Icel krókur, Norw krôk, Dan krog, Sw krok Gaw 653; Cl 181, 1697; WA 5423 View
cros n. cross 'cross' kross 'cross' FC5b Far krossur, Icel, Norw kross, Dan kors, Sw kors Gaw 762; Erk 2; WA 4872 View
crossis v. cross 'goes across' kross 'cross'; cp. krossa ‘to sign with a cross, erect a cross (etc.)’ FC5 Far krossur, Icel, Norw kross, Dan kors, Sw kors WA 1049, 2459 View
croun n. crown 'crown; crown of the head; tonsure' krúna ‘crown’ FCCC2a Far krúna, Icel krúna, Norw krune, kruna, Dan krone, Sw krona Gaw 364, 419, 616 etc.; Pe 427, 1100; Cl 1275; Erk 55, 222; WA 121, 231, 817 etc. View
crouned adj., v. crowned 'crowned' krúna ‘crown’; cp. krúna v. FCCC2a Far krúna, Icel krúna, Norw krune, kruna, Dan krone, Sw krona WA 2280, 3576, 4211 etc. View
dale n. dale ‘(bottom of) valley’ dalr ‘valley; hollow, depression (in the landscape)’ CC5ab *dala- Far dalur, Icel dalur, Norw dal, Dan dal, Sw dal Gaw 1151, 2005, 2162; Pe 121; Cl 384; WA 782, 1337, 4804 View
daylyeden v. dally

(1) ‘trifle, make (courtly) love; converse, contend, dispute’; (2) ‘bandy pleasantries’

(2) deila ‘to divide, apportion’ (etc.); ‘to contend, quarrel’

 DD2

(2) *dail-

(2) Far deila, Icel deila, Norw deila, Sw dela

Gaw 1114; Pe 313

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dam n. dam ‘body of water (in a conduit or artificial pool), sea, flood; lake’ dammr ‘weir, weir-pool, pond’ BBB2abc *damm- Far dammur, Icel dammur, Norw damm, Dan dam, Sw damm Pe 324; Cl 416; Pat 312; WA 3928 View
donkande v. dank ‘moistening’ dǫkk ‘?hollow, pit, ?swampy tract, fen’ BB1c *ðank-  Icel dokk, dökk, Norw dokk, Sw dial dank, dakk; dänke  Gaw 519 View
dare v. dare 'to cower, shrink; (pp.) dazed' DD1 Far darra, Norw darra, Sw darra Gaw 315, 2258; Pe 609, 839; WA 3044 View
dasches adj., v. dash

'rushing'

 BBB2

Dan daske, Sw daska

Pat 312; WA 3882

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dased adj., v. dazed ‘to be bewildered, dazed; to be numb’ *dasa, cp. dasaðr ‘exhausted, worn out’, dasast 'to become weary' B1c *das- Icel dasa, Norw dasa, Dan dase, Sw dasa Pe 1085; Cl 1538; Pat 383; WA (D 3044), 3997 View
derþe n. dearth

‘splendour’

dýrð ‘glory, splendour’

 CC1c

*deuriþ-

Far dýrd, Icel dýrð, Sw dyrd

Pe 99

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deuely adj. deavely

(1) ‘desolating, dreary’; (2) (*deruely) sudden

(1) daufligr ‘boring, dreary, eerie, sad’; (2) djarfliga (adv.) ‘bravely, boldy; rashly, precipitously’

 D2

(1) dauƀ-; (2) *derƀ-

Pe 51

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deʒe v. die 'to die' deyja ‘to die’ C1a *daw-jan-  Far doggja, Icel deyja, Norw døya, Dan dø, Sw dö Gaw 996, 1163, 2460; Pe 306, 642, 705 etc.; Cl 400, 1329; Pat 488; Erk 246; WA 692, 990, 1033 etc. View
dike n. dike, dyke 'fosse, ditch' díki 'dike, ditch' CCC2 *dīk- Far díki, Icel díki, Norw dike, dik, Dan dige, Sw dike WA 700, 712, 2986 etc. View
dungen v. ding 'struck' dengja ‘to hammer (metal), forge; urge/press, ask persistently’ C2ac *dang(w)jan- or *dengwan- Far deingja, Icel dengja, Norw dengja, Dan dænge, OSw dængia, Sw dial däng(j)a Cl 1266; WA 2041 View
dok n. dock ‘tail’ or perhaps ‘trimmed hair (of tail, etc.)’  cp. dokk, dokka 'windlass' B2 *ðukk- Icel dokkur, Norw dokke; Icel dokk, Norw dokka, Sw docka Gaw 193 View
dowue n. dove 'dove' dúfa 'dove' CC4a *dūƀōn Far dúgva, dúva, Icel dúfa, Norw duva, duve, Dan due, Sw duva Cl 469, 481, 485; WA 3937, 4533, 5604 View
draʒt n. draught 'drawbridge; character (in writing); drawing (of a circle); bowshot; dose' dráttr ‘pulling, hauling, driving force; catching (fish) (etc.)’ CCC1a *drag-  Far dráttur, Icel dráttur, Norw drått, Dan dræt, Sw dial drätt Gaw 817; Cl 1557; WA 280, 1067, 1106 View
draueled v. dravel

(1)  ‘muttered (in sleep)’; (2) ‘drawled’

(1a) drafl (n.) ‘nonsense, foolish talk/conduct’, cp. drafa ‘to mumble, say (something) indistinctly’,

 DD2

(1) *draƀ-; (1b) *draƀil- or *draƀulō(j)an-

(1a) Icel drafl, Dan dravel, Sw dravel; Icel drafla, Norw dravla 

Gaw 1750

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dreme n. dream 'dreaming; dream, vision' draumr ‘dream, vision’ C3ac *draumaz (< root of *dreug- or *dreusan- ?) Far dreymur, Icel draumur, Norw draum, Dan drøm, Sw dröm Gaw 1750; Pe 790, 1170; Cl 1578, 1604; Pat 188, 473; WA 474 View
dreme v. dream 'to dream' draumr ‘dream, vision’ C3ac *draumaz (< root of *dreug- or *dreusan- ?) Far dreymur, Icel draumur, Norw draum, Dan drøm, Sw dröm WA 346, 432 View
dryʒe adj., n. dree, dreigh ‘great; incessant, heavy; unmoved, enduring’ drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)' CC3ac *dreug- Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg Gaw 335, 724, 1031, etc., Pe 823; Cl 342, 385; WA 2091, 4441, 4804 View
dreʒ adv. dree, dreigh

'forcibly'

drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)'

 CC3ac

*dreug-

Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg

Gaw 2263

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dreʒly adv. dreely, dreighly ‘unceasingly, strongly, utterly, gravely’ drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)' CC3ac *dreug- Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg Gaw 1026; Pe 125, 223; Cl 74, 344, 476; Pat 235 View
dreped v. drepe 'slain, killed' drepa ‘to strike a (violent) blow, knock down, deliver (a fatal) blow; kill, destroy, slaughter (etc.)’  CCC3c *drepan- Far droypa, Icel drepa, Norw drøypa, Sw dröpa Gaw 725; Cl 246, 599, 1306 etc.; WA 744, 867, 961 etc. View
dryftes n. drift

'(snow)drifts'

drift ‘driven snow; snowdrift; pollen; dust, ashes’

 CC1a

*driƀ-

Far drift, Icel drift, Norw drift, Dan drift

Gaw 2005

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droupyng n. drooping ‘torpor, troubled sleep’ drúpa ‘to droop, hang one’s head’ BBB2ac *ðrūp-  Far drýpa, Icel drúpa, Norw drupa Gaw 1748, 1750 View
drowpys v. droops ‘sinks’ drúpa 'droop' CCC5 *đrūpōjan- Icel drúpa, Norw drupa WA 734* View
drowne v. drowned ‘immersed, drowned’ drukna 'to drown' C2 *drunkanō(j)an- or ?*drūn- Far drukna, Icel drukna, Norw drukna, runic Dan truknaþu (past 3 pl.), Dan drukne, Sw drunkna Pe 656; Cl 372, 989; Pat 245; WA 2590, 3032, 3072 etc. View
dylle adj. dull

‘slow’

dul, dulr (n.) ‘delusion, concealment, disguise’; cp. dylja (v.) ‘to keep in ignorance, conceal’, údulðr ‘not unaware, knowing’

 CCC5c

*dulj-

Far duli, dulur, Icel dul, Norw dul, OSw dul

Pe 680

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dowelle v. dwell 'to remain; dwell; exist' dvelja ‘to keep/hold back, detain, stall, impede; delay, defer; tarry, hesitate; stay, reside, dwell (etc.)' CC3 *ðwaljan- Far dvølja, Icel dvelja, Norw dvelja, Dan dvæle, OSw dvälia Gaw 566, 1075, 1082; Cl 158, 376, 1196, etc.; Pa 69, 422; Erk 10; WA 830, 912, 1045, etc. View
arly adv. early 'early' ár 'early', cp. árliga ‘annually’ CC1c *air- Far ári, Icel ár, Norw år WA 350, 351 View
egg n. egg 'egg' egg ‘egg’ A1* *ajja- Far egg, Icel egg, Norw egg, Dan eg, Sw ägg WA  507, 509, 676 etc. View
eggyng n. egging 'urging' OIcel eggja 'sharpen; egg on, goad, incite' C2 *agjōjan- Far eggja, Icel eggja, Norw eggja, Dan ægge, Sw ägge Cl 241, WA 2409 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
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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