'bound, wrapped up'

kimbla ‘to truss up’

*kemb-

Icel kimbla; cp. Far kimbil, kimbul, Icel kimbill, Norw kimbel, kimmel

Gaw 958

(1) ‘to cluster’; (2) ‘to clamber’

(1) klambra ‘to clamp or pinch together’

*klamb-r-

(1) Far klombra, Icel klambra, Norw klemb(r)a 

Gaw 801, 1722

'man, fellow'

knapi ‘servant boy, valet of a king or great man’

*knab/ppan-

Icel knapi, knap(u)r, Norw knape, Sw dial knape

Gaw 2136

'to sink (down)'

kefja 'to dip, put under water'

*kwaƀjan-

Icel kefja

Pe 320, 981

‘uttered’ (in the phrase 'layde … þyse wordez' ‘spoke these words; urged’)

leggja 'to lay, place, put (etc.)'

*lagjan-

Far leggja, Icel leggja, Norw leggja, Dan lægge, Sw lägga

Gaw 1480

'to conceal, remain silent'

leyna ‘to hide, conceal’

*laugnjan

Far loyna, Icel leyna, Norw løyna, ODan løne, Dan løne, OSw löna, Sw löna

Gaw 1786, 1863, 2124; Pe 244; Erk 179

'dwellings'

liggja (v.) ' to lie'

*legjan-

Far liggja, Icel liggja, Norw liggja, Dan ligge, Sw ligga

Pe 935

‘to lift, raise; build; extol, excite; make, pronounce’

lyfta ‘to lift, raise’

*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.

'fire of love'

logi 'flame'

*lugōn

Far logi, Icel logi, Norw loge, Dan lue, Sw låga

Cl 707

'below'

lágr (adj.) ‘low’

*lēga-

Far lágur, Icel lágur, Norw låg, Dan lav, Sw låg

Cl 116

'woman, maiden'

mær ‘maid, girl, virgin; daughter (poetic)’

*magw- or *mēg-

Icel mær, Norw møy, Dan mø, Sw mö

Gaw 1795; Pe 435, 780, 961

'honour, reverence; adorn'

cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’ 

*manniska-

Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa

Gaw 153; Cl 118, 141; Erk 258, 269; WA 4492, 4591, 5342

‘courteously, worthily’

mennskr ‘human’

*manniska-

Far menskur, Icel mennskur, OSw mænsker

Gaw 1312, 1983

'dark, obscure, darkness'

myrkr 'dark, murky', cp. myrkr 'darkness'

*merkwa-

Far myrkur, Icel myrkur, Norw myrk, Dan mørk, Sw mörk

Cl 894, 1617; Pat 291; WA 374, 2042, 3851 etc.

‘gentle, submissive, merciful, humble’

mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’

*meuk-

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

Pe 404, 815, 832, etc.; Cl 771, 776, 815; Erk 250; WA 1747

‘humbly, briskly; compassionately, graciously’

mjúkr ‘soft, agile; meek, mild’, cp. mjúkliga 'softly, tenderly'

*meuk-

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

Gaw 756, Cl 783; WA 816, 1686, 1947 etc.

'filth'

mykr, myki 'manure'

*mukjo-

Norw myk, Dan. møg, Sw. dial. mök

Pe 905

'moss, lichen'

mosi 'bog, moorland; moss'

*musa(n)-

Far mosi, Icel mosi, Norw mose, Dan mos, mose, OSw mos, mose, Sw mossa, mosse

Gaw 745

'are not'

cp. eru 'are'

*ne + *ar-

Gaw 2092

'decayed, decomposed'

rotinn 'rotten'

*rut-

Far rotin, Icel rotinn, Norw roten, Dan rådden, Sw rutten, Sw dial rotin

Erk 344

'rain-sluice'

ript 'withdrawal, breach of contract'

*rīfan-

Norw rift, Dan rift, Sw rift

Cl 368

'(piece of ) sackcloth'

sekkr 'sackcloth'

*sakkiz

Far sekkur, Icel sekkur, Norw sekk, Dan sæk, Sw säck

Pat 382

'reconciliation, peace'

sátt (n.) 'settlement, agreement, concord, peace', sætt (n.) 'reconciliation, agreement'; sætta 'to reconcile, make peace'

*saxt- or *sanxt-

Far sætt, Icel sætt, Norw sætt; Icel sætta, ODan sætæ, OSw sätta

Cl 490, 1795

‘silver’

silfr (n.) 'silver'

*siluƀra-

Far silvur, Icel silfur, Norw sylv, ODan sølfver, Dan sølv, Sw silver

Gaw 124, 886; Cl 1406; WA 1565

'spiritually unharmed, the pure'

*skǫðull, cp. skaði (n.) 'harm, damage'

*skaþula-

Erk 278