Showing 151 to 200 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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menske | n. | mensk | 'courtesy, honour, fame, grace' |
mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 834, 914, 2052, etc.; Pe 162, 783; Cl 121, 522, 646 etc.; Erk 337; WA 1237, 5226 |
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mensked | v. | mensk | 'honour, reverence; adorn' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 153; Cl 118, 141; Erk 258, 269; WA 4492, 4591, 5342 |
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menskful | adj. | 'of worth, noble' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2 | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Gaw 555, 1268, 1809; WA 2953 |
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menskly | adv. | menskly | ‘courteously, worthily’ |
mennskr ‘human’ |
C2c | *manniska- |
Far menskur, Icel mennskur, OSw mænsker |
Gaw 1312, 1983 |
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menskefully | adv. | 'gracefully' |
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ |
C2c | *manniska- |
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa |
Erk 50; WA 737* |
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may | n. | may | 'woman, maiden' |
mær ‘maid, girl, virgin; daughter (poetic)’ |
CC5b | *magw- or *mēg- |
Icel mær, Norw møy, Dan mø, Sw mö |
Gaw 1795; Pe 435, 780, 961 |
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litillaike | n. | 'smallness' |
lítilleikr 'lowness, smallness' |
C4c | *lūt- or *līt- + laik- |
WA 1709, 2505, 2706 etc. |
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aloʒ | adv. | alow | 'quietly' |
lágr ‘low’ |
A1* | *lēga- |
Far lágur, Icel lágur, Norw låg, Dan lav, Sw låg |
Cl 670 |
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bilooghe | adv. | below | 'below' |
lágr (adj.) ‘low’ |
A1* | *lēga- |
Far lágur, Icel lágur, Norw låg, Dan lav, Sw låg |
Cl 116 |
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luf-lowe | n. | 'fire of love' |
logi 'flame' |
B2ac | *lugōn |
Far logi, Icel logi, Norw loge, Dan lue, Sw låga |
Cl 707 |
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lyfte | v. | lift | ‘to lift, raise; build; extol, excite; make, pronounce’ |
lyfta ‘to lift, raise’ |
C1ac | *luftjan- |
Far lyfta, Icel lyfta, Norw lyfta, Dan løfte, Sw lyfta |
Gaw 12, 258, 369, etc.; Pe 567; Cl 443, 586, 717 etc.; Erk 178; WA 196, 674, 728 etc. |
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vplyften | adj., v. | uplift | 'to lift, rise, uplift (in prayer)' |
lyfta ‘to lift, raise’ |
C1a | *luftjan- |
Far lyfta, Icel lyfta, Norw lyfta, Dan løfte, Sw lyfta; cp. MDan uplyfte, MSw uplyfa |
Gaw 505; Cl 987; WA 805 |
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alofte | adv., prep. | aloft | ‘up, above, at the top, on; on horseback’ |
loft ‘air, atmosphere, sky, heaven; space; loft, upper room; balcony’ |
C1 | *luft-a-n |
Far loft, luft, Icel loft, lopt, Norw loft, luft, Dan loft, luft, Sw loft, luft |
Gaw 194, 435, 572 etc.; Cl 1183; Pat 447; Erk 49; WA 858 |
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lygyngeʒ | n., v. | 'dwellings' |
liggja (v.) ' to lie' |
DD2ac | *legjan- |
Far liggja, Icel liggja, Norw liggja, Dan ligge, Sw ligga |
Pe 935 |
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lastes | n. | 'sins, vices' |
last (neut.) 'blame, hurt', lǫstr (masc.) 'fault, flaw' |
C1 | *laxst- |
Far last, Icel last, Norw last; Far løstur, Icel löstur, Norw last, Dan last, Sw last |
Cl 1141; Pat 198 |
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layne | v. | lain | 'to conceal, remain silent' |
leyna ‘to hide, conceal’ |
C3c | *laugnjan |
Far loyna, Icel leyna, Norw løyna, ODan løne, Dan løne, OSw löna, Sw löna |
Gaw 1786, 1863, 2124; Pe 244; Erk 179 |
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lyndes | n. | 'loins' |
lend 'loin' |
CCC1a | *lanðjō |
Far lend, Icel lend, Norw lend, Dan lænd, Sw länd |
Gaw 139 |
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layde | v. | lay | ‘uttered’ (in the phrase 'layde … þyse wordez' ‘spoke these words; urged’) |
leggja 'to lay, place, put (etc.)' |
CCC4c | *lagjan- |
Far leggja, Icel leggja, Norw leggja, Dan lægge, Sw lägga |
Gaw 1480 |
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louyly | adj. | ‘lawful’ |
lǫg (pl.) ‘law; law community, law-district’ |
C3d | *lag- |
Far lóg, Icel lög, Norw log, Dan lov, Sw lag |
Pe 565 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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caraldes | n. | 'casks' |
kerald 'cask' |
B2 | *kaz- |
Far kerald, Icel kerald, Norw kjerald, Sw kärl, käril |
Pat 159 |
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chaffer | n. | chaffer | ‘trade, merchandise’ |
kaupfǫr ‘trading journey’ |
CCC4 | *kaupaz + *farō |
Gaw 1647, 1939 |
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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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campe | adj. | 'rough' |
kampr 'beard, moustache' |
C1 | *kan(i)paz |
Far kampur, Icel kampur, Norw kamp |
Cl 1695 |
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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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ʒol | n. | yule | 'Yule, Christmas' |
jól 'Yule, Christmas' |
CC2c | *jexwl- or *jegwl- |
Far jól, Icel jól, Norw jôl, Dan jul, Sw jul |
Gaw 284, 500 |
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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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hetes | n. | ‘vows, assurances of knightly service’ |
cp. heita (v.) ‘to call, name, promise’ |
CCC2c | *hait- |
Gaw 1525 |
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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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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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ʒeʒe | v. | ‘cry (as wares), cry (for), shout’ |
geyja ‘to bark; scoff at, blaspheme’ |
CCC1a | *gau-jan- |
Far goyggja, Icel geyja, Norw gøya, Dan gø, Sw gö |
Gaw 67, 1215; Cl 846 |
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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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forne | adv. | forne | 'of old' |
forn ‘old’ |
CCC3b | *furna- or *fur-an- |
cp. Far fornur, Icel forn, Norw forn, Dan forn, Sw forn |
Gaw 2422 |
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forlondez | n. | foreland | ‘forelands, promontories’/‘low-lying lands’ |
forlendi ‘the land between the hills and sea’ |
CC3 | *fur(a) + *lanðan |
Gaw 699 |
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forth | n. | ford | 'ford' |
cp. fjǫrðr ‘firth, fjord, inlet’ |
CCC2bc | *furð- |
Gaw 1585, 1617; Pe 150 |
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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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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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fryst | v. | frist | 'hold back' |
fresta 'defer, put up with; delay, tarry' |
CC2ac | *frest- |
Icel fresta |
Cl 743 |
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fnast | v. | fnast | ‘snorted, panted’ |
fnasa 'to sneeze, snort, snort in rage' |
CCC3c | *fnēst- |
Icel fnasa, fnása, Dan fnase |
Gaw 1587, 1702 |
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flosed | v. | 'fell in strands' |
cp. flosna 'hang loose, wither', flosa 'slice, shell' |
D1c | *flus- |
Far flosna, Icel flosna, Norw flosna; Icel flosa, Norw flose, flose |
Cl 1689 |
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flakerande | v. | flacker | 'fluttering' |
cp. flakka 'rove about' |
CC1a | *flakkō(j)an- |
cp. Far flakka, Icel flakka, Norw flakka, Dan flakke, Sw flacka |
Cl 1410 |
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flakes | n. | flakes | 'flakes, lumps' |
cp. flagna (v.) ‘to flake or chip off’ |
DD1 | *flak- |
Norw flak 'slice, detatched piece'; cp. Icel flagna, Norw flagna, Sw flagna |
Cl 954 |
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felaʒschyp | n. | fellowship | ‘love of fellow men; company; couple’ |
félagi ‘partner, shareholder, fellow, comrade; partner, consort’ |
C4 | *fexu + *lag- + *skapi-z |
Far felag, felagi, Icel félag, Norw felag, ODan felge, Dan fællig, fælle, OSw fælagh |
Gaw 652, 2151; Cl 271, 1764 |
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felle | n. | fell | 'fell, precipitous rock' |
fjall, fell ‘mountain’ |
A1bc | *felz- |
Far fjall, Icel fjall, Norw fjell, Dan fjeld, fjæld, Sw fjäll |
Gaw 723; WA 1211, 4046 |
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