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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
loupe n. loop

'loop'

(1) hlaup ‘leap, jump’, hlaupa ‘to leap, jump; run’  

DD1c

(1) *xlaup-

(1) Icel hlaup, Norw laup, Dan løb, Sw löp; Far leypa, Icel hlaupa, Norw laupa, Dan løbe, Sw löpa

Gaw 591 

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neked n. neked

'(a) little, a small amount'

nøkkurr (nekkvat) 'something, anything'

D1c

Far nakað, Icel nakkvat, nekkvat, nøkkvat, nøkkut, Dan noget, Sw nokot

Gaw 1062, 1805; WA 3935

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rake n. rake

'path'

rák ‘a streak, stripe’ 

DD1c

(1) *rak-; (2) *wrēk- or *rēk-; (3) *xrak-

(2) Far rák, Icel rák, Norw råk, Sw dial råk, Shetl rog

Gaw 2144, 2160; WA 3383, 5070

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ronez n. rone

‘bushes, brushwood’

(2) runnr ‘bush, grove’; (3) hraun ‘rough place, wilderness’ 

D1c

(1) *rain-; (2) *run-; (3) xraun-

(2) Far runnur, ruður, Icel runnur, Norw runn; (3) Far reyn, Icel hraun, Dan røn, Shetl røn(i)

Gaw 1466

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strothe n. strothe ?'small wood' (1) storð ‘grass, green stalk’ D1bc (1) *sturðō; (2) *strōð- (1) Icel storð, OSw storþahug Gaw 1710; Pe 115 View
teuelyng n. tevel, tavel

'labour, deeds'

(1b) tefla 'to play at tables or draughts'; (2) tefja ‘to hinder, delay’

D1c

(1) *tafljan-; (2) ?*þafjan- or ?*taƀjan-

(1b) Far telva, Icel tefla, Norw tevla, Sw tävla; (2) Far tava, Icel tefja, Norw tava

Gaw 1514

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traunt n. trant

'(cunning) practice'

DD1c

(1) *trand-; (3) *tranata-

(2) Dan dial trante, Sw dial tranta; (3) Icel tranta, Norw tranta

Gaw 1700

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wyles n. wile

'wiles'

(4) vél ‘wile, device, trick’ 

DD1c

(1) *wīl-; (2) wīgel-; (4) ?*wihl

(4) Far væl, Icel vél, Norw vēl, MSw väl

Gaw 1700, 1711, 2415 etc.; WA 416, 1363, 1764 etc.

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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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*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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forʒ n. (1) force; (2) furrow

(1) ‘waterfall’; (2) ‘channel, bed’

(1) fors ‘waterfall; cascade of water, giant wave; rushing water course, turbulent stream’ 

DD2

(1) *fursa-; (2) *furxō

(1) Far forsur, Icel fors, foss, Norw fors, foss, Dan fors, fos, Sw fors

Gaw 2173

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gayne n. gain

(1) ‘gain, what you obtained’; (2) ‘advantage, benefit, what has accrued’

(2) gegn (adj.) ‘straight, direct, ready, serviceable, kindly’

D2

(1) *waiþ-; (2) *gagniz

(2) Icel gegn, Norw gjegn, Dan dial gjen, Sw genast, Sw dial gen, gin

Gaw 2349

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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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knot n. knot

(1) (a) ‘knot, cluster’, (b) (*kerre) ‘thicket on marshy ground’; (2) ‘rocky (wooded) knoll’.

(1b) kjarr 'copsewood, brushwood’; (2b) knǫttr ‘ball’  

DD2

(1a) *knuttan-; (1b) *kerza; (2a) *knuttan-(2b) *knatt-

(1b) Far (name element) kjarr, Icel kjarr, Norw kjarr, kjerr, Dan kær, Sw kärr 

Gaw 1431, 1434

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lagmon n. (1) belag; (2) lag; (3) law (1) (*bi-laggid men) ‘men spattered with dirt’; (2) ‘last or hindmost person’ (lad … bi lagmon = ‘led astray’); (3) ‘lawyer’ (lad … bi lagmon = ‘cunningly led astray (as if by a lawyer)’ (2a) cp. liggja (v.) 'to lie'; (3) lǫg ‘law; law community, law-district’, cp. laga-maðr, lǫg-maðr D2 (2a) *lag(g)-; (3) *lag- (2a) cp. Norw lagga, Sw dial lagga; (3) Far lóg, Icel lög, Norw log, Dan lov, Sw lag Gaw 1729 View
laucyng n., v. (1) lance; (2) loosing

(1) (forlancyng) ‘throwing out’ (pres. ptcp.);  (2) (laucyng) ‘loosening’ (vbl. n.)

(2) lauss (adj.) ‘loose, free (etc.)’ 

D2

(2) *lausa-

(2) Far leysur, Icel laus, Norw laus, Dan løs, Sw lös

Gaw 1334

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list n. list

(1) (*list vpon lif) ‘joy’; (2) ‘the ear, hearing’

(1) lyst ‘lust, desire’, lysta v. 'one desires, wishes (impers.)'

 

DD2

(1) *lust-i- or *lustjan-; (2) *hlusti-

(1) Far lyst, Icel lyst, Norw lyst, Dan lyst, MSw lyst, lust, Sw lust; Far lysta, Icel lysta, Norw lysta, Dan lyste, Sw lysta

Gaw 1719

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lyte n., pron. lite

(1) (n.) ‘expectation’ (i.e. ‘back (in fear) Gaw 1463; on lyte ‘in delay’, Gaw 2303); (2) (a) (pron.) ‘few’ (on lyte droʒen ‘few advanced’, 1463); (b) (n.) ‘fault’ (on lyte ‘at fault, faultily, improperly’)

(1) hlíta ‘to rely on, trust, abide by’; (2a) lítt (adv.) ‘little’; (2b) lýti ‘fault, flaw, deformity’

D2

(1) *hlītan-; (2a) lūti- or lītilaz; (2b) *leut-

(1) Far líta, Icel hlíta, Norw lita, Dan lide, OSw lita, Sw lita; (2a) Far lítt, Icel lítt, Dan lidt; (2b) Far lýti, Icel lýti, Norw lyte, Dan lyde, Sw lyte

Gaw 1463, 2303

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messequyle n. (1) mass; (2) mess

(1) ‘time for mass’; (2) ‘dinner time’

(1) messa 'mass'

DD2

(1) Far messa, Icel messa, Norw messa, messe, Dan messe, Sw messa

Gaw 1097

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rasse n. rasse

(1) 'level; ?ledge of rock'; (2) 'rounded projection of a rock or mountain'; (3) 'rising or perpendicular slope'; (4) 'watercourse, channel, ditch'

(2) rasse (raz) ‘arse’; (4) rás ‘race, running' (water)course, channel’, ras ‘rush’

D2

(2) *arsaz; (3) *rās-; (4) *rēs- or *ras-

(2) Far rassur, Icel rass, Norw rass; Far arsur, Icel ars, Norw ars, Dan ars, OSw ars; (4) Far rás, Icel rás, Norw rås, Sw dial rås; Icel ras, Norw ras, Sw dial ras

Gaw 1570; Cl 446

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rout n. rout

(1) ‘violent movement, jerk’; (2) ‘roar’

(1) hrjóta ‘to rebound, fall, fly, be flung’; (2) rauta ‘to roar’

DD2

(1) *xreut- or *xrūt-; (2) *raut-

(1) Far róta, Icel hrjóta, Norw ryta, rjota, OSw riuta; (2) Icel rauta, Norw rauta, OSw röta, Sw dial röta, routa

Gaw 457

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skwez n. scu

(1) ‘shadows’;  (2) ‘precipitous banks; jagged faces’;  (3) ‘clouds’

(1) skuggi 'shadow'; (3) skí ‘cloud’ (variant ský)

D2

(1) *skuww-; (2) *skeuha-; (3) *skiwi

(1) Far skuggi, Icel skuggi, Norw skugge, Dan skygge, Sw skugga; (3) Far ský, skýggj, Icel ský, Norw sky, Dan sky, Sw sky

Gaw 2167

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slokes n., v. slock

(1) (a) (v., imp. pl.) ‘stop, enough!’, (b) (v., pres. 2 sg.) ‘you are dawdling’, (c) (n., pl.) ‘stops’ (bot ~, ‘without stops, continuously’);  (2) (v., pres. 2 sg.) ‘thou remainest idle, inactive’.

(1) slokinn ‘slaked, extinguished’; (2a) sloka ‘to slop’; (2b) slókr ‘a slouching fellow’

D2

(1) *sluk- ; (2a) *sluk-; (2b) *slōk- (cp. *slaka-)

(1) Icel slokinn, OSw slukin; (2a) Icel sloka; (2b) Icel slókur, Norw slōk, Sw slok, Jutland slog; cp. (v.) Norw dial slōka, Sw sloka

Gaw 412

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toruayle n.

(1) (trauayle) ‘hard task’; (2) (toruayle) ‘hard task’, ‘difficulty’.

(2) torveldi (fem. or neut.) ‘a difficulty’

DD2

(2) *tor- + *waldi-

(2) Far tor-, Icel tor-, Norw tor-, Sw dial tor-

Gaw 1540

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*þwarte-knot n. (1) thwart; (2) thwarl

(1) (*þwarte-knot) ‘cross knot’;  (2) (þwarle knot) ‘tight knot’, ‘intricate knot’, ‘twirled knot’

(1) þverr ‘athwart, across, transverse’

DD2

(1) *þwerxwaz; (2b) *þwer- or *þwar-; (2c) *xwerƀan-

(1) Far tvørur, Icel þver, Norw tver, ODan thwær, Dan tvær, OS þvær, þvar

Gaw 194
 

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vnhap (2) n., v. unhap

(1) (n.) ‘misfortune’; (2) (v., infin.) ‘to unfasten’

(1) óhapp ‘bad fortune’

DD2

(1) *xap(p)-; (2) *haf-, *hasp-, or *haft-

(1) Far happ, Icel happ, Norw happ, Sw dial happ; (2) Far hefta, Icel hefta, Norw hefta, Dan hefte, Sw häfta 

Gaw 2511

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wande n. wand

(1) ‘branch’ (under ~ ‘in the wood’);  (2) ‘difficulty, hesitation’ (under ~ ‘under difficulty, in hesitation’)

(1) vǫndr ‘wand, switch’; (2) vandi ‘a difficulty, difficult task; obligation, duty’

D2

(1) *wanðuz; (2) *wanð-

(1) Far vond, Icel vöndur, Norw vond, Dan vånd, OSw vander, Sw dial vann; (2) Far vandi, Icel vandi, Norw vande, ODan wandæ, Dan vånde, Sw vånda, Sw dial vånde

Gaw 1161

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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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knokke n. knock

'knock, blow'

knoka (v.) ‘to knock, thump’

CCC2a

*knok- or *knuk-

Gaw 2379

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blom n. bloom

'flower, bloom; perfection'

blómi (m.), blóm (neut.) ‘flower, flowing plant’

C3ac

*ƀlom-

Far blómi, Icel blómi, Norw blome, Dan blomme, Sw blomma; Far blóma (f.), Icel blóm, Norw blom

Pe 27, 578; Cl 1042, 1467

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blose n.

(1) ?’rough uncouth person’; (2) 'ugly sight'; (3) and (4) ?’flame’

(3) blossi ‘flame’; cp. blys ‘torch’

DD2

(3) *ƀlus- or ƀlūs-; (4) blās-

(3) Icel blossi, Norw bluss, Dan blus, OSw blus, blos; cp. Icel blys

Pe 911

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reget n., v.

(1) (v.) ‘get again, redeem’, ?(2) (n.) ‘that which is given up’ (3) (*refet) (v.) ‘refresh’

(1) geta 'get, engender'

DD2

(1) *getan-

(1) Far gita, Icel geta, Norw gita, gjeta, Dan gide, OSw gita, gæta, Sw gitta, Sw dial gäta

Pe 1064

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mekeness n. meekness

‘meekness, humility’

mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’

B1

*meuk-

Far mjúkr, Icel mjúkr, Norw mjuk, Dan myg, Sw mjuk

Pe 406; Pat 15, 32; WA 3286

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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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clypper n.

‘shearer’

klippa (v.) 'to clip'

B2c

?*klipp-

Far klippa, Norw klippa, Dan klippe, Sw klippa, Sw dial klöppa, Shetl klipp

Pe 802

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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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derþe n. dearth

‘splendour’

dýrð ‘glory, splendour’

CC1c

*deuriþ-

Far dýrd, Icel dýrð, Sw dyrd

Pe 99

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flake n.

(1) ‘spot, blemish’; (2) ‘fold’

(1i) flekkr ‘fleck, spot’; (1ii) flagna ‘to flake or chip off’; (2) flaki ‘hurdle’

DD2

(1i) *flekk-az; (1ii) *flak-; (2) *flak-

(1i) Far flekkur, Icel flekkur, Norw flekk, ODan flek, Sw fläck; (1ii) Icel flagna, Norw flagna, Sw flagna; (2) Far flaki, Icel flaki, fleki, Norw flake, Dan dial flage, Sw dial flake

Pe 947

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flaʒt n. flaught ‘stretch of turf’ flag 'sod of turf, place where the turf has been cut out'; fláttr 'flaying' CC1c *flax- or *flaʒ- Icel fláttur, Norw flått; cp. Far flag, Icel flag, Norw dial flag, Sw dial flag, flaga; Norw dial flaga, Dan dial flave, Sw flaga Pe 57 View
blyþe n.

'mercy'

blíða 'gentleness, kindness, friendliness'

CC1c

*ƀlīþ-

Pe 354

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golf n.

(1) 'deep pool of water'; (2) 'a space underground (as source of a stream)'

(2) golf 'floor, room, compartment'

DD2


 

Far gólv, Icel gólf, Norw dial golv, Dan gulv, Sw golv

Pe 608

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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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mokke n. muck

'filth'

mykr, myki 'manure'

B1

*mukjo-

Norw myk, Dan. møg, Sw. dial. mök

Pe 905

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lyste n.

'desire, joy'

lyst ‘lust, desire’, lysta v. 'one desires, wishes (impers.)'

CC2

 *lust-i- or *lustjan-

Far lyst, Icel lyst, Norw lyst, Dan lyst, MSw lyst, lust, Sw lust; Far lysta, Icel lysta, Norw lysta, Dan lyste, Sw lysta

?Gaw 1719; Pe 173, 467, 908; Cl 843

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syt n.

'grief, sorrow, evil'

A1c

*suxt-

Norw syt

Pe 663; Cl 566, 1257; Pat 5, 517; WA 182, 546

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sterneʒ n. starn, stern

'stars'

stjarna 'star'

B2c

*sternōn

Far stjørna, Icel stjarna, Norw stjerna, Dan stjerne, Sw. stiärna

Pe 115; Pat 149; WA 28, 127, 282, etc.

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slente n. slent

'slope'

cp. sletta (v.) ‘to slap, dab’

BB2c

*slent- or *slant-

Far sletta, Icel sletta, Norw sletta; Norw sletta, Norw dial slinta, Dan slente, Sw slinta; cp. Norw slent, Sw slänt

Pe 141

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tom n.

'leisure, time, opportunity, delay, pause, interval'

tóm 'emptiness; (metaphorically) leisure'

C1c

*tōm-

Pe 134, 585; Cl 1153; Pat 135; Erk 313

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waweʒ n.

'waves'

vágr 'wave, sea'

CC2a

*wēg-az

Far vágur, Icel vogur, Norw våg, Dan vove, Sw dial våg

Pe 287; Cl 382, 404; Pat 142; WA 26, 1153, 1309, etc.

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*here n. (1) hire

'payment'

(2) eyrir 'ounce, money'

DD2

(1) *xūrja-; (2) *auri-

Far oyri, Icel eyrir, Norw ørre, Dan øre, Sw öre

Pe 616

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