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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
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
lete (as) v. let ‘to behave (as if); utter’ láta 'to put, place, suffer, grant; to leave off; to let, cause, make (etc.) CC3ac *lētan- Far lata, láta, Icel láta, Norw låta, Dan lade, Sw låta Gaw 1190, 1201, 1206 etc.; WA 491, 2557, 4470 View
seme v. seem ‘to beseem, suit, seem fitting; seem, appear’  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 73, 201, 235 etc.; Pe 760; Cl 117, 416, 793; Erk 98; WA 70, 635, 716 etc. View
britten v. britten ‘to break up, destroy; cut (up)’ brjóta ‘to break, damage, wreck (etc.)', brytja ‘to chop into pieces, quarter; cut into portions and serve’ CC3c *ƀrut- Far bróta, Icel brjóta, Norw brjota, Dan bryde, Sw bryta; Far brytja, Icel brytja, Norw brytja Gaw 2, 680, 1339 etc.; WA 1307, 1328, 2479 etc. View
wayne v. wain ‘to bring, send; urge, challenge’  vegna ‘to proceed’ CCC5c *weg- Far vignast, Icel vegna Gaw 264, 984, 2456 etc.; Pe 131, 249; Cl 1504, 1616, 1701; Pat 467 View
lawid v. lowe ‘to burn (with passion), to be shining, brilliant’ loga ‘to burn with a flame’ B2ac *lug-, *lux- Far loga, Icel loga, Norw loga, Dan lue, Sw låga Gaw 679, 868; WA 226 View
brenne v. burn ‘to burn; broil; (pp.) refined, bright’ brenna 'to burn (intrans. and trans.)' C2c *ƀrennan- or *ƀrannjan- Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, Dan brænde, Sw brinna; Far brenna, Icel brenna, Norw brenna, ODan brænnæ, Dan brænde, OSw bränna, Sw bränna Gaw 2, 195, 832, etc.; Pe 989; Cl 509, 916, 1012; Pat 472, 477; WA 276, 1713, 2639 etc. View
calle v. call ‘to call, shout, cry out (intr.), crave, beg; call, name, summon (tr.)’ kalla ‘to call, cry, shout; send for; say; claim; name’ C1a *kall- or *kalz-  Far kalla, Icel kalla, Norw kalla, Dan kalde, Sw kalla Gaw 456, 664, 807, etc.; Pe 173, 182, 273, etc.; Cl 8, 162, 258, etc.; Pat 26, 131, 281, etc.; Erk 16; WA 229, 431, 559, etc. View
warp v. warp ‘to cast; say, speak, utter; drive, put' varpa ‘to throw, cast’ CC1c *werpan- or *warpan- Far varpa, Icel varpa, Norw varpa Gaw 224, 1423, 2025 etc.; Pe 879; Cl 152, 213, 444; Pat 356; Erk 321; WA *725* View
wale v. wale ‘to choose; take; pick out, perceive, distinguish; find, gather’ val 'choice', vǫl 'choice' B2ac *wal- Far val, Icel val, Norw val, ODan val, Dan valg, Sw val; Far velja, Icel velja, Norw velja, Dan vælge, Sw välja Gaw 398, 1238, 1276; Pe 1000, 1007; Cl 921, 1734; Pat 511; Erk 64; WA 759*, 806*, 1014, etc, View
craue v. crave ‘to claim, ask for, crave, beg’ krefja ‘to crave, demand, call on one’ BB1 *kraƀ- (prob.*kraƀo(j)an-) Far krevja, Icel krefja, Norw krevja, Dan kræve, Sw kräva Gaw 277, 283, 812 etc.; Pe 663; Cl 801; WA 887, 4326, 4442 etc. View
haspe v. hasp ‘to clasp, fasten’ cp. hespa (n.) ‘wisp or skein of wool; hasp, fastening’ CCC2 *xasp- Far hespa, Icel hespa, Norw hespe, hespa, Dan haspe, Sw hasp Gaw 281, 590, 607, etc.; Cl 419; Pat 381 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
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
breue v. breve ‘to declare, announce; write down’ bréfa ‘to set down in writing, report, make a précis; document’ FCCC3c Icel bréfa Gaw 465, 1393, 1436 etc.; Pe 755; Cl 197; Erk 103; WA 35, 208, 256 etc. View
mynne v. min ‘to declare; exhort; remember, think of; record, mention; go’ minna ‘to remind’  D1c (1) *menþ-; (2) *mun- Far minna, minnast, Icel minna, minnast, Norw minna, minnast, Dan minde, mides, Sw minna, minnas Gaw 141, 982, 995 etc.; Pe 583; Cl 25, 436, 771; Erk 104; WA 245, 565, 583 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
busk v. busk ‘to get ready, array, dress, make haste (intrans.); make (trans.); go, betake oneself, drive’ búask, 'to prepare oneself, get oneself ready (to leave), set out, dress oneself’   A2*c *ƀōwwan- + reflexive (acc.) *sek(e) Far búgva, Icel búa, Norw bu(a), Dan bo, Sw bo Gaw 509, 1128, 1136 etc.; Cl 142, 333, 351, etc.; Pat 437 Erk 112; WA 373, 774, 811* etc. View
wynne v. win ‘to get with effort (to), reach (intrans.), attain; come, go; bring’ vinna ‘to work, labour, till, cultivate; work, perform; win, gain; conquer, vanquish; avail; withstand; suffer, undergo’; vinna til ‘to reach (to)' (Zoëga sense 11) CC3ac *wennan- Far vinna, Icel vinna, Norw vinna, Dan vinde, Sw vinna Gaw 461, 1365, 1537 etc.; Pe 32, 107, 517 etc.; Cl 112, 140, 882 etc.; Pat 106, 237; WA 541, 838, 1384 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
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
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
hitte v. hit ‘to hit, smite; fall, drop to; to chance, attain as a result; come upon, find' hitta ‘to hit upon, meet; hit, strike’ B2 ?*hit-atjan or *hiþþijan Far hitta, Icel hitta, Norw hitta, Dan hitte, Sw hitta Gaw 427, 1455, 1459, etc.; Pe 132; Cl 479; Pat 289, 380; WA 445, 512, 839 etc. View
lurke v. lurk ‘to lurk, lie low, make one's way (under cover), ?lie snug’ BB2a *lūr-k-  Icel lurka, Norw lurka, Sw dial. lurka Gaw 1180, 1195; Pe 978; Pat 277; WA 3991 View
gayn v. ‘to profit, be of use; suit' gegna ‘to meet, pay, discharge, be fitting, signify’ A1* *gagnjan- Far gegna, Icel gegna, Norw gjegna, Dan gjenne, Sw dial gena Gaw 584, 1829; Pe 343; Cl 1608; Pat 164, 348; WA 181, 2746 View
ryd v. rid ‘to relieve; separate; clear’ ryðja 'to clear, make room' CCC5 *ruð- Far ryðja, Icel ryðja, Norw rydja, Dan rydde, Sw rödja, röja Gaw 364, 1344, 2246  View
ryue v. rive ‘to rip, cut (open), cleave’ rífa ‘to tear, rend’ B2a *rīfan- Far ríva, Icel rífa, Norw riva, Dan rive, Sw riva Gaw 1341, 2346; Erk 262; WA 638, 1216 View
renne v. run ‘to run, slide, flow, rush (in a torrent); be current; move or change in time, continue; mount up’ rinna 'to run'; renna 'to (make) run' C2c *rennan-, *rannjan- Far renna, Icel renna, Norw renna, Dan rinde, Sw rinna; Far renna, Icel renna, Norw renna, ODan rænnæ, Dan rende, Sw ränna Gaw 66, 310, 731, etc., Pe 26, 523, 646; Cl 391, 527, 797 etc.; Pat 52, 378, 514; Erk 62; WA 1323, 1352, 1513 etc. View
þenk v. think ‘to take heed, remember, be mindful of’ þekkja 'to perceive, recognize, know' CCC2 *þankjan- Far tekkja, Icel þekkja, Norw tekkja, ODan tække, OSw þäkkia Gaw 487, 534, 1680 etc.; Pe 22, 370, 1151; Cl 138, 304, 711 etc.; Pat 294; Erk 225; WA 672, 1121, 2425 etc. View
vndertake v. undertake ‘to take in, perceive, understand; guarantee’ taka ‘to take’  B2 *tak- Far taka, Icel taka, Norw taka, Dan tage, OSw taka, tagha, Sw taga Gaw 1483; WA 1356, 2967 View
fonge v. fang ‘to take, receive, get; welcome, entertain; derive; conquer, capture, etc.’ fanga ‘to fetch, capture’ CCC1ac *fanxan- Far fanga, Icel fanga, Norw fanga, Dan fange, OSw fænga Gaw 391, 646, 816 etc.; Pe 439, 479, 884; Cl 457, 540; WA 1990, 2028, 2059 etc. View
kest v. cast ‘to throw, sprinkle (water), put; lift; offer, make; utter; aim; ponder; speak; scatter; cast out, remove; scheme’ kasta ‘to cast, throw’ A1 *kas(a)tō(j)an-  Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta Gaw 64, 228, 249 etc.; Pe 66, 861, 1122 etc.; Cl 234, 414, 460 etc.; Pat 153, 154, 157, etc.; Erk 83, 317; WA 138, 163, 184 etc.  View
wayue v. waive ‘to wave, swing, agitate; sweep from side to side; offer, show (trans.)’ veifa ‘to wave, vibrate, pull (trans.)’ A1*c *waiƀjan- Icel veifa, Norw veiva, Dan veive, Sw veva Gaw 306, 1032, 1743; Pat 467, 545; WA 945  View
at adv. at ‘to’ (+ infin.) at ‘to, (in order) to’ C3c *at Icel að, Dan at, Sw åt WA 636, 872, 1103 View
droupyng n. drooping ‘torpor, troubled sleep’ drúpa ‘to droop, hang one’s head’ BBB2ac *ðrūp-  Far drýpa, Icel drúpa, Norw drupa Gaw 1748, 1750 View
twelmonyth adv., n. twelvemonth ‘twelvemonth, year’  tolf-mánuðr ‘a twelve-month’ CCC4 *twalifa- + *mēnōþ- Gaw 298, 383, 2243; WA 5429 View
dreʒly adv. dreely, dreighly ‘unceasingly, strongly, utterly, gravely’ drjúgr 'abundant, sufficient, lasting; supportive staunch, persistent (etc.)' CC3ac *dreug- Far dr(j)úgvur, Icel drjúgur, Norw drjug, Sw dryg Gaw 1026; Pe 125, 223; Cl 74, 344, 476; Pat 235 View
vpon adv., prep. upon ‘upon, on, (etc.)’ upp á 'upon, on' CCC4c *upp + *ana Norw paa, Dan paa, MSw up a, op a, uppa, oppa, etc.; Sw. på Gaw 9, 37, 47, etc.; Cl 141, 268, 416, etc.; Pat 12, 134, 138, etc.; Erk 76, 92, 125, etc.; WA 31, 42, 158, etc. View
lofte n. loft ‘upper room; high place; air’ loft ‘air, atmosphere, sky, heaven; space; loft, upper room; balcony’ C1b *luft-a-n Far loft, luft, Icel loft, lopt, Norw loft, luft, Dan loft, luft, Sw loft, luft Gaw 788, 1096, 1676 etc.; Cl 206, 318, 692 etc.; Pat 237, 449; Erk 81; WA 196, 221, 385 etc. View
ille adj. ill ‘vile, unbecoming, bad; vicious’ illr ‘ill, evil, bad’ B1c ?*elhila-  Far illur, Icel illur, íllur, Norw ill, ODan ild, OSw ilder, Sw ill Cl 272, 864; Pat 8, 203; WA *3593 View
heter adj. ‘violent, cruel, fierce; speedy’ hatr 'hatred'; hatrliga ‘hatefully’ CCC1ac *xat- Far hatur, Icel hatur, Norw hat, Dan had, OSw hat Pat 373, WA 490, 520, 615 etc. View
sene adj., v. seen ‘visible, plain, clear; seen’ sýnn ‘visible, clear, evident; sightly’ CCC1a *segwni- or *sexwan- Icel sýnn, sýn, Norw syn, OSw syn Gaw 148, 197, 239, etc.; Pe 164, 194, 787, etc.; Cl 1169; Erk 100; WA 62, 1551, 2956 etc. View
wylle adj. will ‘wandering, perplexing; at a loss’ villr ‘wild; bewildered, erring, astray’ A1*c *welþja- Far villur, Icel villur, Norw vill, ODan willær, wild(ær), Dan vild, OSw vildær, Sw vill, vild Gaw 2084; WA 1272; Pat 473 View
irked v. irk ‘wearied, irked (impers.)’ yrkja ‘to work, till, cultivate; make verses, compose; (reflex.) take effect’ DD1c (1) *wurkjan- runic Norw worahto, orte, runic Dan w[u]r[t]a, runic Sw wurte, urti, Far yrkja, Icel yrkja, Norw yrkja, Dan dial. ørke, OSw yrkia, Sw yrka Gaw 1573 View
waltered v. walter ‘weltered, rolled in streams’ valtr (adj.) ‘reeling, easily upset’ CCC1a *walt- Icel valtur; Far valtra, voltra, Icel valtra, voltra, Norw valtra, voltra, Dan valtre, Sw vältra, Sw dial valtra Gaw 684; Cl 415, 1027; Pat 142, 247,263, etc. View
wheþen adv. whethen ‘whence; from wherever’ hvaðan ‘whence’ B1c ?*xwan- or *xwað- Far hvaðan(i), Icel hvaðan, Norw kvadan, ODan hveden, Sw vadan Gaw 461, 871; WA 4192, 5216 View
wharred v. whar ‘whirred’ hverfa ‘to turn’ and hvirfla ‘to whirl’ BB1c Dan hvirre, Sw dial hvirra Gaw 2203 View
ferly adv. ferly ‘wondrously, exceedingly’  ferligr ‘monstrous’; cp. ferliga 'monstrously' DD1c (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 388, 741, 1694; Cl 269, 960, 975; Erk 46; WA 380, 513, 3189 etc. View
ferlyly adv. ferlily ‘wondrously, exceedingly; of marvellous things’  ferligr ‘monstrous’ DD1c (1) *fēr-; (2) *fera; (3) *fer(e)r- Gaw 796, 2494; Cl 962; WA *457 View
stem v. stem (1) 'aim, attempt, consider' (2) 'intend, purpose, consider' (1) stefna, stemna ‘to stand in a certain direction, aim at; to give notice to one, summon; cite (a case); call together (of a meeting)’.  DD2 (1) *steƀnō or *staƀnjōn (1) Far stevna, Icel stefna, Norw stemna, Dan stævne, Sw stämma WA 2480 View
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