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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
gapand v. gaping 'gaping' gapa ‘to gape, open the mouth wide’ B2a *gap- Far gapa, Icel gapa, Norw gapa, Dan gape, Sw gapa WA 3870 View
gareʒ v. gar 'make, cause' gǫrr (neut. gǫr-t), pp. of gera, gør(v)a  'to make, do'  A1*c *garwa- Far ger-, Icel ger, ODan gør, Dan gør-, OSw gor, gör Gaw 2460; Pe 86, 331, 1151; Cl 690, 896, 1361 etc.; WA 191, 1219, 3860 etc. View
garysoun n. garrison ‘keepsake, treasure’ cp. gersemi, gersimi, giersom (etc.) (or gør-) ‘costly thing, jewel, treasure (literal and figurative)’  FCC3 *warjan-  cp. Far gersemi, gersimi, Icel gersemi,  Dan gørsum, OSw gärsimi, görsum, görsim Gaw 1255, 1807, 1837; WA 1074, 1662, 1809 etc. View
gate n. gate 'way, road, path; way, manner' gata ‘way, path, road’ B2abc *gatwōn  Far gata, gøta, Icel gata, Norw gate, gote, Dan gade, Sw gata Gaw 696, 709, 778, etc.; Pe 395, 526, 619, etc.; Cl 676, 767, 931; Erk 241; WA 143, 516, 812* etc. View
stel-gere n. gear 'armour' gervi, gørvi ‘gear, apparel’  A1* *garwj- Icel gervi Gaw 260 View
gere v. gear ‘to clothe, attire; fashion, construct’ gera, gør(v)a 'to make, do'  A1*c *garwjan- Far gera, Icel gera, gjöra, Norw gjera, Dan runic kaurua, kirua, Dan gøra, Sw göra Gaw 179, 791, 957 etc.; Cl 1344, 1444, 1568 View
gere (2) n. gear (1) ‘gear, apparatus, equipment’; (2) ‘doings, behaviour’ (1) gervi, gørvi ‘gear, apparel’  DD2 (1) *garwj-; (2) *garwj- or *ger- (1) Icel gervi Gaw 2205 View
gere (1) n. gear ‘clothes, gear, armour; bedclothes; equipment, rigging; ?doings, behaviour’ gervi, gørvi ‘gear, apparel’  A1* *garwj- Icel gervi Gaw 569, 584, 1470; Cl 16, 1505, 1811, Pat 148; WA 131, 790*, 2129 etc. View
gete v. get ‘to get, seize, fetch, procure, capture; beget' geta 'get, engender'  A1*c *getan-  Far gita, Icel geta, Norw gita, gjeta, Dan gide, OSw gita, gæta, Sw gitta, Sw dial gäta  Gaw 1171, 1571, 1625 etc.; Pe 95; Cl 1505; Pat 212, 423; Erk 241; WA 188, 473, 756 etc. View
get n. get 'begetting; child; thing obtained, something one has got' get, geta 'guess', supposition'  A1* *get- Icel geta Gaw 1638; WA 391, 435, 473 etc. View
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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gifte n. gift 'gift; giving' gift 'gift' A1*c *geftiz Far gift, Icel gift, Norw gift, Dan gift, Sw gift Gaw 68, 288,  1500 etc.; Pe 565, 607; Pat 335; WA 1660, 2027, 2407 etc. View
gill-stremes n. gill 'streams from a gorge' gil 'deep, narrow glen with a stream at the bottom' A1bc *gil- Far gil, Icel gil, Norw gil WA 3231 View
giles n. gills 'gills' gjǫlnar 'gills' A1c *gel- Dan gjælle, Sw gäl, gel Pat 269 View
gyng n. ging 'company, troop' gengi  ‘good luck, success; help, support; troop’ CC1c *gang-  Far geingi, Icel gengi, Norw gjenge, ODan gænge, OSw gænge Gaw 225; Pe 455; Erk 137; WA 812*, 1213, 1648 etc. View
gif v. give ‘to give, grant; surrender; wish; show, make clear’ gefa 'to give' A1*c *geƀan- Far geva, Icel gefa, Norw giva, Dan runic gaf (past sg.), giƀu (pres. 1st sg.), Dan give, Sw giva Gaw 288, 297, 365 etc.; Pe 174, 270, 543 etc.; Cl 259, 753 1326 etc.; Pat 204, 226; Erk 276, 282; WA 181, 813, 1035 etc. View
glam n. glam

‘din, noise of merrymaking, uproar, speech’

glamm  ‘noise, tinkling sound’ 

 BB1c

?*ga-xlam-, ?*glam

Icel glam, glamm, Norw glam, Dan glam, OSw glam, Sw glam

Gaw 1426, 1652; Cl 499, 830, 849; Pat 63; WA 5504

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glyʒt v. glee, gley 'glanced, looked; glinted' gljá ‘to glitter’  DD1c (2) *glīw- Far glíggja, Icel gljá, Norw glå, gljå, Sw dial glia Gaw 842, 970; Pe 114 View
glent n. glent 'glance' glettask ‘to banter, rail against one’, cp. glett(r) ‘banter’ BB2c *glant- Far glett, gletta, Icel gletta, Norw gletta, glette, glenta, glanta, Sw dial glänta, glätta, glinta  Gaw 1290; Pe 114, 1144 View
glent v. glent ‘move quickly aside, deviate; glanced, flinched, sprang; glinted, shone; looked’ glettask ‘to banter, rail against one’ BB2ac *glent- Far glett, gletta, Icel gletta, Norw gletta, glette, glenta, glanta, Sw dial glänta, glätta, glinta  Gaw 82, 172, 476, etc.; Pe 70, 671, 1001, etc.; Cl 218, Erk 241; WA 4817 View
glyfte v. gliff ‘glanced (sidelong); became startled; glint’ DD1c (1) *gliƀ-  (2) ?Sw gliff Gaw 2265; Cl 849; WA *4599 View
glemered v. glimmer

'gleamed'

 CC1a

*glim-

Dan glimre, MSw glimra

Gaw 172

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glyter v. glitter 'to glitter' glitra ‘to glitter’ CC1a *glit-  Far glitra, Icel glitra, Norw glitra, ODan glidre, Sw glittra Gaw 604, 2039; WA 3346, 3686, 3797 etc. 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
gloue n. glove 'gauntlet, glove' glófi ‘glove’  CCC1 *glōf- Far glógvi, Icel glófi, Sw dial glovatang Gaw 583, 1799, 1807; WA 1984, 2767, 4959 View
grayþely adv. gradely ‘readily, promptly, at once; truly; aptly; duly, as was right; pleasantly’ greiðr ‘ready, free’, cp. greiðiliga, greiðliga, 'readily, promptly'  A1*c *ga-raið-a Far greiður, Icel greiður, Norw greid, Sw dial grei, gre Gaw 417, 876, 1006 etc.; Pe 499; Cl 341; Pat 240, 286; WA 201, 756 View
grayn n. grain ‘arm or valley of the sea; blade (of axe)/spike?’ grein 'branch, division' A1b *grainō  Far grein, Icel grein, Norw grein, Dan grēn, OSw grēn, Sw gren Gaw 211; WA 2451, 3375 View
grayþe v. graith ‘get ready (reflex.); arrayed, prepared, set (pp.); achieve’ greiða ‘to arrange, make ready, pay, interpret’ A1*c *ga-raiðjan- Far greiða, Icel greiða, Norw greida, Sw greja, Sw dial greda Gaw 74, 109, 151 etc.; Cl 343, 1485; Pat 53; WA 790*, 812*, 1453 etc. View
gres n. grass 'grass, plants, plant of grass or corn' -gresi (e.g. illgresi ‘weed’) CC1ac *grasa-   ODan græs, OSw græs, Sw gräs Gaw 235, 527, 2181; Pe 10, 31, 245; Cl 1028; WA 338 View
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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gre-houndez n. greyhound 'greyhounds' grey 'bitch', grey-hundr 'greyhound' BBB1 *grawja- or *grauja- Icel grey Gaw 1171  View
gryndel adj. grindel

'fierce, angry'

(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’

 DD1c

(1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō

Far grimd, Icel grimmd

Gaw 2338; Pat 524

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*gryndellayk n. grindel

'fierceness'

(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’

 DD1c

(1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō

Far grimd, Icel grimmd

Gaw 312 

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gryndelly adv. grindel

‘fiercely, wrathfully’

(1) grindill 'destroyer'; (2) grim(m)ð ‘vehemence, malice, ferocity, fierceness, violence’

 DD1c

(1) *grend-; (2) *gremmiþō

Far grimd, Icel grimmd

Gaw 2299

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grome n. groom

‘lackey, servant; man’

?grómr ‘man’

 DD1

(1) *grem- (gram-, grum-); (3) *grō-

Far gróma, grómutur, Icel gróm

Gaw 1006, 1127 

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grouelyng adv. grovelling ‘prostrate’ grúfa (n.) ‘position of being face-downwards’, in phrase á grúfu 'bent over, in a grovelling position’ B2 *grūƀ- Far á grúgva, Norw gruv Pe 1120 View
grouelings adv. grovellings ‘on all fours’ grúfa (n.) ‘position of being face-downwards’, in phrase á grúfu 'bent over, in a grovelling position’ B2c *grūƀ- Far á grúgva, Norw gruv WA 5276 View
grwe n. grue

(1) ‘grain, jot’ (i.e. no grwe ‘not at all’); (2) ‘horror, dread, fear’.

 DD2

(1) *grūt; (2) *grūw-

Dan gru; cp. Norw gruva, ODan gruve, grye, Dan grue, OSw grūva sik, Sw gruva sig

Gaw 2251

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gryed v. grye

'shuddered'

 DD1c

(1) *grū-

(1) Norw gruva, OSw grūva sik (Sw gruva sig), ODan gruve, grye (Dan grue)

Gaw 2370

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gesse v. guess 'conceive, form an idea, believe, suppose, imagine, intend, judge etc.' C2a *get- Norw dial gissa, Dan gisse, Sw gissa, cp. Icel gizka Pe 499; WA 577, 990, 2071 etc. View
gest n. guest 'guest' gestr ‘guest, stranger’  A1* *gastiz  PrN runic -gastiʀ, Far gestur, Icel gestur, Norw gjest, Dan gæst, Sw gäst Gaw 921, 1024, 1036 etc.; Pe 277; Cl 98, 641, 830 etc.; WA 460, 485, 497 etc. View
gunnes n. guns 'war engines' Gunnhildr (gunnr 'war' (poetic) + hildr 'battle') A1* *gunþz WA 2227 View
haile interj. hail 'hail' heill (adj.) 'whole, healed' A1* *xaila-
 		 Far heilur, Icel heill, Norw heil, Dan hel, Sw hel WA 228, 235, 4929 etc. View
hores n. hairs 'hairs, (eye)lashes' hár 'hair' A1*c *xēran Far hár, Icel hár, Norw hår, Dan hår, Sw hår Cl 1695; WA 227, 320, 854 etc. View
hale v. hale ‘to draw; loose (from bow); rise, come, go, pass, hurry; take a drink (from)’ hala ‘to haul, pull’  BBB2a *xalōjan- Far hála, Icel hala, Norw hala, Dan hale Gaw 136, 458, 788, etc.; Cl 380, 1520; Pat 219; WA 724, 854, 962 etc. View
half-suster n. half-sister

'half-sister'

systir ‘sister’

 CC2

*swestēr, *swestōr

Far systir, Icel systir, runic Norw swestar, Norw syster, ODan runic systiʀ, ODan systir, systær, Dan søster, Sw syster

Gaw 2464

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hondeselle n. handsel, hansel

‘gift (at New Year)’

hand(s)-sal (neut.), ‘the transference of a right, bargain, duty to another by joining hands’

 CC4

*xanðuz + *saljan-

Icel handsal, OSw handsal

Gaw 66, 491 

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henge v. hang ‘to hang (trans. and intrans.), weigh’ hengja  ‘to hang’ CC1ac *xang- Far heingja, Icel hengja, Norw hengja, Dan hænga, Sw hänga Gaw 117, 182, 477, etc.; Cl 1584, 1734; WA 27, 3260, 4565 etc. 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
hap n. hap 'happiness, good fortune' happ ‘good luck, chance’ C1 *xap(p)-  Far happ, Icel happ, Norw happ, Sw dial happ Gaw 48; Pe 16, 713, 1195; Cl 24; Pat 11, 29, 212; WA 3272, 4346, 4937 View
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