Showing 301 to 350 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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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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stayned | v. | stain | 'coloured' |
(2) steina 'to stain, colour, paint' |
D1 | (2) *stain- |
Far steina, Icel steina, Norw steina, Dan stene, OSw stena |
Gaw 170 |
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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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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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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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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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rape | n. | (1) rap; (3) ?rape | (1) 'blow'; (2) 'fall, ruin'; (3) 'treachery' |
(2) hrapa ‘to fall, tumble down; rush headlong, hurry’ |
D2 | (2) *xrapōjan- |
(1) Norw rapp, Dan rap, Sw rapp; (2) Far rapa, Icel hrapa, Norw rapa, OSw rapa; cp. Icel hrap, Norw rap |
Cl 233 |
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snitered | v. | snitter | ?‘came shivering down’ |
(2) cp. snið (n.) ‘slice’ |
DD1c | (2) *snitt- |
(1) Norw dial snitra; (2) Far snið, Icel snið, Norw snid, ODan snid, sned, MSw snidh, Sw dial sned |
Gaw 2003 |
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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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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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taysed | v. | teise | 'harassed, driven' |
D1c | (1a) *taisjan-; (2) *taisjan- |
(2) Dan dial tǣse, tēse, Sw dial tēsa |
Gaw 1169 |
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rimed | v. | rime | Reflex., in phrase rimed hym: (1) ‘cleared his throat’; (2) ‘drew himself up’ |
(1b) rymja ‘to roar, cry out with a hoarse voice’ |
DD2 | (1a) and (2) *rūmjan- |
(1a) Dan rømme sig, ODan rym(m)æ, Norw rømme, OSw ryma; (1b) Far rymja, ryma, Icel rymja, OSw rymia |
Gaw 308 |
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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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werle | n. | (1a) ?'circlet, circular ornament'; (1b) 'circle, ring (of hair)'; (2) 'attire, covering' |
hvirfill 'circle, ring, crown of the head' |
D2 | (1a) *xwarƀilaz; (1b) *xwerƀilaz; (2) *was(j)an- |
Far hvir(v)il, Icel hvirfill, Norw kvirvel, kvervil, Dan hvirvel, Sw (h)virvel |
Pe 209 |
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*sparred | v. | (1) spar; (2) speed | (1) (*sparred) ‘sprang’; (2) (*sped(e) (him)) ‘hastened’ |
(1a) sparra 'to stretch out (the legs)’, sperrask ‘to struggle (by putting the feet out)’; (1b) sparra ‘to raise the spars in a house; to stretch out the legs like rafters’, sperrask ‘to struggle by putting the feet out like spars’ |
DD2 | (1a) *sparrjan-; (1b) *sparr-; (2) *spōdi- |
(1a) Far sperra, Icel sperra, Norw sperra, Dan spærre, Sw spärra |
Gaw 1444 |
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*barne | n. | (1) bairn | (1) ‘child’; (2) ‘warrior, knight, man’. |
(1) barn 'child' |
DD2 | (1)*ƀarnan; (2) *ƀernuz |
(1) Far barn, Icel barn, Norw barn, Dan barn, Sw barn |
Gaw 2320 |
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rokked | v. | rock | ‘burnished, made clean by rolling under pressure’ |
(2) hrukka ‘wrinkle’ |
DD1 | (1)*ruk(k)-; (2) *xrunkwōn |
(1) ?Icel rokka, Norw rokke, Dan rokke, Sw dial rocka, rucka (2) Far rukka, Icel hrukka, Norw rukke, Dan rynke, OSw runkia, Sw rynka |
Gaw 2018 |
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bigly | adv. | bigly | ‘mightily, strongly, firmly’ |
byggva (byggja) 'to settle, inhabit' |
D1c | (1)*big-; (2) *bug- or *bugg- |
(1) Far byggja, Icel byggja, Norw byggja, Dan bygge, Sw bygga; (2) Norw dial bugge, bugga |
Gaw 1141, 1162, 1584; Pat 321; WA 423, 1138, 1371 |
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bene | adv. | bein | 'pleasantly, beautifully' |
cp. beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' |
DD1c | (1)*baina-; (3) *bōni- |
cp. Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein |
Gaw 2402; Pe 198 |
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vnbene | adj. | unbene | ‘inhospitable, dreary’ |
beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' |
DD1c | (1)*baina-; (3) *bōni- |
Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein |
Gaw 710 |
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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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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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outsprent | v. | sprent | ‘gushed forth’ |
(1) spretta ‘to make spring up, unloose; rip up’ |
DD1c | (1) *sprant-jan-; (2) *sprang-jan- |
(1) Far spretta, Icel spretta, Norw spretta, Dan sprætte, Sw sprätta |
Pe 1137 |
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rottok | n. | rottack | 'decayed, musty substance' |
DD1c | (1) *rut-; (2) *xrut- or *rut- |
(2) Far rot, Icel rot, Norw rot, Dan råd, Sw dial råt, rått |
Erk 344 |
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roþum | adj., n. | (2) rotten | (1) 'redness'; (2) 'rottenness' |
(1a) roðna (v.) 'redden'; (1b) roþmi (n.) 'redness'; (2) rotinn (adj.) 'rotten' |
D2 | (1) *rod-; (2) *rut- |
(1a) Far rodna, Icel roðna, Norw rodna, Sw rodna, Sw dial rudna; (1b) Dan rødme, OSw rodme, rudhme; (2) Far rotin, Icel rotinn, Norw roten, Dan rådden, Sw rutten, Sw dial rotin |
Cl 1009 |
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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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quethe | n. | (1) queath | (1) ‘utterance’; (2) ‘advance’ |
kviðr ‘saw, saying, speech, word’; kvæði ‘poem, song’ |
CCC1 | (1) *kweþ-; (2) *kwak- |
(1) Far kvæði, Icel kviður, kvæði, Norw kvæde, ODan kvæde, Sw kväde |
Gaw 1150 |
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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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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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ferlyle | adj. | 'marvellous' |
ferligr ‘monstrous’ |
DD1c | (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- |
Cl 1460 |
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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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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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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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*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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whateʒ | n., v. | (1) 'fortunes'; (2) 'runs'; (3) 'was' |
(2) hvata 'to hasten, speed' |
DD2 | (1) *xwat-; (2) *xwata- |
(2) hvata |
Pe 1041 |
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rok | n. | (1) 'crowd, company'; (2) 'castle' |
(1) cp. hrúga 'heap, pile; bundle, clump' |
D2 | (1) *xrūk- |
(1) Icel hrúka, Norw ruke, Sw dial ruka |
Cl 1514 |
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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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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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vphalt | adj., v. | uphold | (1) ‘lifted up’; (2) ‘raised, i.e. high’ |
(2) halla ‘to lean, turn, sway, swerve’ (or hala 'pull') |
DD2 | (1) *xaldan-; (2) *xalþōjan- or *xalōjan- |
(2) Far halla, Icel halla; Far hála, Icel hala, Norw hala, Dan hale |
Gaw 2079 |
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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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wyly | adj. | wily | 'wily' |
(4) vél (n.) ‘wile, device, trick’ |
DD1 | (1) *wīl-; (2) wīgel-; (4) ?*wihl |
(4) Far væl, Icel vél, Norw vēl, MSw väl |
Gaw 1728, 1905 |
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biwyled | v. | 'deluded' |
(4) vél (n.) ‘wile, device, trick’, cp. véla ‘to defraud, trick’ |
DD1 | (1) *wīl-; (2) wīgel-; (4) ?*wihl |
(4) Far væl, Icel vél, Norw vēl, MSw väl |
Gaw 2425 |
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atwappe | v. | atwape, atwappe | 'escaped' |
vappa ‘to waddle’ |
DD1c | (1) *wap- |
(1) Far vappa, Icel vappa, Dan dial vappe, Sw dial vapp |
Gaw 1167; Cl 1205 |
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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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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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trantes | v. | trant | 'practices cunning, dodges' |
DD1c | (1) *trand-; (3) *tranata- |
(2) Dan dial trante, Sw dial tranta; (3) Icel tranta, Norw tranta |
Gaw 1707 |
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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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teueled | v. | tevel, tavel | 'laboured' |
(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 |
Cl 1189 |
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