Showing 51 to 100 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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askez | n. | ash | 'ashes' |
aska ‘ashes’ |
CC2 | *askōn |
Far øska, Icel aska, Norw oske, Dan aske, ask, Sw aska |
Gaw 2; Cl 626, 736, 1010 etc.; Pat 380; WA 4180 |
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as-tit | adv. | astite, as tite (adv. phr.) | 'at once; in a moment' | tíðr ‘frequent, usual, customary’ | A3*c | *tīða- | Far tíð, Icel tíð, tíður, Norw tid, Dan tid, Sw tid | Gaw 31, 1210; Pe 645; WA 693 | View |
at | adv. | at | ‘to’ (+ infin.) | at ‘to, (in order) to’ | C3c | *at | Icel að, Dan at, Sw åt | WA 636, 872, 1103 | View |
at | conj., pron. | at | ‘that, which’ | at ‘who, which, that’ | CC2c | *þat | Far at, Icel að, Norw at, Dan at, OSw at, Sw att | Pe 536; WA 10, 56, 68 etc. | View |
at | prep. | at | 'at (etc.)' | at 'against, towards, at, to' | CCC3 | *at | Far at, Icel að, Norw ad, åt, Dan ad, Sw åt | Gaw 464, 1006, 1474 | View |
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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aghe | n. | awe | 'awe, reverence, terror; danger' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Erk 234, WA 169, 1459, 2987 etc. | View |
aʒed | adj., v. | awed | 'frightened' | agi ‘(n.) dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- | WA 3635 | View | |
aʒlez | adj. | aweless, awless | 'without fear' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’; cp. agalauss ‘peaceful’ | C1 | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Gaw 2335 | View |
aʒefullest | adj. | awful | 'most formidable' | agi ‘(n.) dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1c | *ag- |
WA 16 | View | |
aghlich | adj., adv. | awly | 'terrible' | agi ‘dread, awe; discipline; enmity’ | C1 | *ag- | Far agi, Icel agi, Norw age, Dan ave, OSw aghi, Sw aga | Gaw 136; Cl 874, 937 | View |
ay | adv. | ay, aye | 'always, ever, in each case' | ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' | A1*c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz | Icel ei, e | Gaw 26, 73, 128 etc.; Pe 44, 56, 101 etc.; Cl 114, 117, 132 etc.; Pat 8, 90, 130 etc.; Erk 278; WA 239, 242, 265, etc. | View |
ayquere | adv. | aywhere | 'everywhere' | ey, ei 'always, eternally, forever' | CC5c | the acc. sg. of *aiwaz | Icel ei, e | Gaw 599, 629, 745, etc.; Cl 228, 965, 1403; WA 781*, 3408 | View |
bagges | n. | bag | 'bags' | baggi 'bag, bundle, pack' | BB2a | Far baggi, Icel baggi, Norw dial bagge, bagg, Sw dial bagge | Pat 158; WA 123 | View | |
bayn | adj., adv. | bain | 'obedient, willing; eagerly' | beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' | A1bc | *baina- | Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein | Gaw 1092, 2158; Pe 807; Cl 1511; Pat 136; Erk 181; WA 323 | View |
barne | n. | bairn | 'child' | barn 'child' | CCC5ac | *ƀarnan | Far barn, Icel barn, Norw barn, Dan barn, Sw barn | Gaw 2320; Pe 426, 712, 1040; Cl 329, 378, 502 etc.; Pat 510; WA 396, 517, 585 etc. | View |
bayted | v. | bait | 'baited (by dogs), fed; provoke' | beita 'to graze, feed; cause to bite; set on; chase, etc.' | A1* | *baitjan- | Far beita, Icel beita, Norw beita, Dan bede, Sw beta | Cl 55; WA 5355 | View |
bale (1) | n. | bale | ‘destruction, death; misery; torment; sorrow' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | CCC5a | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Gaw 2041, 2419; Pe 18, 123, 373 etc.; Cl 276, 980, 1256; Pat 276, 426, 510; WA 396, 1146, 1974, etc. | View |
balefull | adj. | baleful | 'malignant' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | CCC5a | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Cl 979; WA 4858 | View |
balefully | adv. | balefully | 'sadly' | bǫl ‘misfortune, woe, malice’ | *balwan | Far bøl, Icel böl | Erk 311; WA 155 | View | |
balʒ | adj. | balgh | ‘swelling with round, smooth surface; rounded’ | bali 'a soft grassy bank, especially sloping down to the shore’ | DD1c | (1) *balg-; (2) *bal- | Icel bali, Norw bal | Gaw 967, 2032, 2172; WA 4923 | View |
balteres | adj., v. | balter | 'roll around; hobble' |
B2c | *balt- ( ~ *bult-) |
Norw dial bolta, baltra, Sw bulta, bultra, ODan bolte, Dan baltre, boltre |
Cl 103; Pat 459 |
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banned | adj., v. | ban | 'curse, (pp.) accursed' | banna 'forbid, prevent, curse' | CC3c | *ƀannan- | Far banna, Icel banna, Norw banna, Dan bande, Sw banna | Cl 468, 885; WA 157 | View |
bonk | n. | bank | ‘hillside, slope; shore, bank, coast’ | bakki ‘bank (of river, lake), shore; slope, escarpment; edge (etc.)’ | C1abc | *bank-ōn | Far bakki, Icel bakki, Norw bakke, banke, ODan bakkæ, bakke, banke, Dan bakke, Sw backe, Sw dial bank | Gaw 14, 511, 700, etc.; Pe 102, 106, 196 etc.; Cl 86, 363, 379 etc.; Erk 32; WA 2441, 4189, 5243 | View |
baret | n. | barrat | ‘strife, fighting; trouble, sorrow, pain’ | barátta ‘hitting, beating, violent attack; fight, battle’ | FCCC3bc | Icel barátta | Gaw 21, 353, 752 etc.; WA 527, *4503, 4620 | View | |
berʒ | n. | barrow | 'mound' |
berg, bjarg (neut.) ‘hill, cliff, prominence in the landscape, crag, cliff-face; boulder, rock; (as material) rock, stone, rocky ground, foundation of rock’ |
CCC5a | *ƀerʒa- |
Far berg, bjarg, bjørg, Icel berg, bjarg, Norw berg, björg, ODan bjærg, Dan bjerg, OSw biärgh, Sw berg |
Gaw 2172, 2178 |
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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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bekyr | n. | beaker | 'beaker, (large) cup' |
bikarr 'beaker' |
B2c |
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Far bikar, Icel bikar, Norw bikar, OSw bikar(e) |
Cl 1474 |
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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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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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bene | adj. | bein | 'pleasing, fair; (comp.) better' | beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating' | DD1c | (1)*baina-; (3) *bōni- | Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein | Gaw 2475; Pe 110; Pat 418; WA 1715 | View |
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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beseke | v. | beseek | 'beseech' | sœkja 'seek, visit, advance, catch' | CC2c | *sōkjan- | Far søkja, Icel sækja, Norw søkja, Dan søge, Sw söka | WA 311, 801*, 1075 etc. | View |
biseme | v. | beseem | ‘to befit, become, suit’ | sóma ‘to beseem, become, befit’; sœma ‘to honour’ | C3 | *sōmi- | Icel sóma; Far, søma, Icel sæma, Norw søma, ODan søme, Dan sømme, OSw söma, syma | Gaw 622, 1612, 2035, etc.; Pe 310; WA 439, 2944 | View |
big | adj. | big | 'strong; sharp; big, great, mighty' | 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 554, 2101; Pe 102, 374; Cl 43, 229, 1183 etc.; Pat 302; WA 915, 1808, 1295 etc. | View |
bigge | v. | big | 'to settle, found, build, make' | byggva (byggja) 'to settle, inhabit' | A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- | Far byggja, Icel byggja, Norw byggja, Dan bygge, Sw bygga | Gaw 9, 20; Cl 1666; Pat 124, Erk 37, 207; WA 1366, 2215, 2256 etc. | View |
bygyng | n. | bigging | ‘dwelling, home’ | bygging 'leasing, habitation, tenancy' | A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- | Icel bygging | Pe 932, *935; Cl 378, 811; WA 2697, *4431 | View |
bygly | adj. | bigly | ‘inhabitable, pleasant’ |
byggiligr 'habitable' |
A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- |
Pe 963 |
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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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bignes | n. | bigness | 'greatness, arrogance' | byggva (byggja) 'to settle, inhabit' | D1 | (1)*big-; (2)*bug- or *bugg- | WA 105, 1018 | View | |
benke | n. | bink | 'bench' | bekkr 'bench' | CC2ac | *ƀanki- | Far bekkur, bonkur, Icel bekkur, Norw bekk, Dan bænk, Sw bänk | WA 625, 2927, 4236 etc. | View |
burde | v. | bir | ‘(it) behoved (impers.); had to, might, should be’ | byrja ‘to belong to, be (someone’s) due; (impers.) be (someone’s) due, be fitting for (someone), be appropriate for (someone)’ | CCC5ac | *burjan- or *buriz | Far byrja, Icel byrja, Norw byrja, OSw byria, böria, Sw börja | Gaw 2278, 2428; Pe 316; Pat 117, 507; Erk 260; WA 510, 776*, 1966 etc. | View |
bur | n. | birr | ‘gale; onslaught, blow, shock; strength; violence’ | byrr ‘wind strong enough to fill the sails, good breeze, favourable wind, wind (at sea)’ | CC3c | *ƀuriz | Far byrur, Icel byr, Norw byr, Dan bør, Sw dial byr | Gaw 290, 374, 548, etc.; Pe 176, 1158; Cl 32; Pat 7, 148; WA 711 | View |
burþe | n. | birth | 'birth; child' | burðr ‘burden (on account of pregnancy), foetus, offspring, being; delivery, birth’, byrð ‘birth, ancestry’ | CC2a | *burþ- | Far burður, Icel burður, Norw bur(d), Dan byrd, Sw börd | Gaw 922; Pe 1041; WA 256, 289, 439 etc. | View |
bit | n. | bit | ‘blade, cutting edge’ |
bit ‘biting, bit, wound after a bite, (insect) bite; grazing, pasture; (of a weapon) ability to bite/cut, sharpness’ |
CC3 | *ƀīt- |
Far bit, Icel bit, Norw bit, ODan bid, Dan bid, Sw bett |
Gaw 212, 426, 2224 etc. |
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blo | adj. | blae | ‘dark, dusky, livid, grey’ |
blár ‘blue, blue-black, black’ |
A1* | *ƀlēwa- |
Far bláur, Icel blár, Norw blå, Dan blå, Sw blå |
Pe 83, 875; Cl 1017; Pat 134, 138, 221; Erk 290; WA 559 |
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blande (1) | v. | bland | 'adorned' | blanda ‘to mix (together)’ | CCC1c | *blandan- | Far blanda, Icel blanda, Norw, blanda, Dan blande, Sw blanda | Gaw 1931 | View |
blande (2) | n. | bland | ‘mingling’ (in the phrase 'in blande' ‘(mingled) together; among' (adv., prep.) | bland ‘mixture’ (literal or figurative) | CC4c | *bland- | Icel bland | Gaw 1205; Cl 885; WA 160, 2786, 3723 etc. | View |
blende | v. | blend | ‘mingled; streamed together; set amidst, steep; imbue’ | blanda ‘to ‘mix (together) | CCC1c | *blandan- | Far blanda, Icel blanda, Norw, blanda, Dan blande, Sw blanda | Gaw 1361, 1610, 2371; Pe 385, 1016; Cl 967, 1788; Pat 227; WA 105 | View |
blenk | v. | blenk | 'to look; gleam' |
blekkja ‘to deceive, betray, seduce’; cp. blakkr (adj.) ‘pale, dark’ |
CC2c | *ƀlankjan- |
Icel blekkja, Norw blekkja |
Gaw 799, 2315; WA 5607 |
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