Showing 851 to 900 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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wont | n. | want | ‘lack (of good things)’ |
vanr (adj.) ‘lacking, wanting’ |
C1 | *wan- |
Icel vanur |
Gaw 131 |
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grome | n. | groom | ‘lackey, servant; man’ |
?grómr ‘man’ |
DD1 | (1) *grem- (gram-, grum-); (3) *grō- |
Far gróma, grómutur, Icel gróm |
Gaw 1006, 1127 |
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louyly | adj. | ‘lawful’ |
lǫg (pl.) ‘law; law community, law-district’ |
C3d | *lag- |
Far lóg, Icel lög, Norw log, Dan lov, Sw lag |
Pe 565 |
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felaʒschyp | n. | fellowship | ‘love of fellow men; company; couple’ |
félagi ‘partner, shareholder, fellow, comrade; partner, consort’ |
C4 | *fexu + *lag- + *skapi-z |
Far felag, felagi, Icel félag, Norw felag, ODan felge, Dan fællig, fælle, OSw fælagh |
Gaw 652, 2151; Cl 271, 1764 |
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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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tayt | adj. | ‘merry, lively, agreeable; vigorous, well-grown’ |
teitr ‘glad, cheerful’ |
A1*c | *taita- |
Far teitur, Icel teitur, runic Norw tAitʀ |
Gaw 988, 1377; Cl 871 |
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ʒayned | v. | yain | ‘met, greeted’ |
gegna ‘to meet, pay, discharge, be fitting, signify’ |
CCC3a | *gagnjan- |
Far gegna, Icel gegna, Norw gjegna, Dan gjenne, Sw dial gena |
Gaw 1724 |
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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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stad | adj., v. | stead | ‘placed; put down (in writing); present; standing there’ |
staddr ‘placed, present’ |
A1*c | *staðaða- |
Icel steðja, Norw steda, stede, Dan stede, Sw städa, städja |
Gaw 33, 644, 2137; Cl 90, 806, 983, etc.; Erk 274; WA 465, 499 |
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gayn | adv. | ‘promptly’ |
gegn ‘straight, direct, ready, serviceable, kindly’ |
A1*c | *gagni- |
Icel gegn, Norw gjegn, ODan gjen, Dan dial gjen, Sw dial gen |
Gaw 1621 |
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helde | adv. | ‘readily, likely’ |
heldr ‘more, rather; very; but, on the contrary; soonest, especially’ |
C1c | *xalð-iz- |
Far heldur, Icel heldri, heldur, Norw helder, Dan heller(e), Sw heller, hellre |
Pe 1193 |
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seme | adj., adv. | seem | ‘seemly, fair, excellent; becomingly, fairly' |
sœmr ‘becoming, fit’ |
C1ac | *sōmi- |
Icel sæmur, Norw sømre, Sw dial sym |
Gaw 1085; Pe 190, 1115; Cl 549, 1810 |
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semly | adj., n. | seemly | ‘seemly, fitting; comely, fair’ |
sœmr ‘becoming, fit’; cp. sœmiligr ‘becoming’ |
C1a | *sōmi- |
Icel sæmur, Norw sømre, Sw dial sym |
Gaw 83, 348, 672, etc.; Pe 34, 45, 789; Cl 209, 262, 816 etc.; Erk 84; WA 238, 1281, 2003 etc. |
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serlepes | adj., adv. | ‘separately, in turn; single, individual' |
sér 3 pers. sg. reflex. pron. (dat.) |
A2c | *sē-z |
Far sær, Icel sér, Norw sêr, Dan sær, I sær, runic Sw saʀ, Sw i sär |
Gaw 501; Pe 994 |
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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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syluerin | adj. | silver | ‘silver’ |
silfr (n.) 'silver' |
CC2 | *siluƀra- |
Far silvur, Icel silfur, Norw sylv, ODan sølfver, Dan sølv, Sw silver |
Gaw 124, 886; Cl 1406; WA 1565 |
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skyrtez | n. | skirt | ‘skirts, lower part of flowing garment or covering; flaps of a saddle, saddle-skirts’ |
skyrta ‘shirt, kind of kirtle’ |
A1*c | *skurtjōn |
Far skjúrta, Icel skyrta, Norw skyrta, skjurta, ODan skyrtæ, skiortæ, Dan skjorte, OSw skyrta, skjurta, Sw skjorta |
Gaw 171, 601, 865; WA 1533 |
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dylle | adj. | dull | ‘slow’ |
dul, dulr (n.) ‘delusion, concealment, disguise’; cp. dylja (v.) ‘to keep in ignorance, conceal’, údulðr ‘not unaware, knowing’ |
CCC5c | *dulj- |
Far duli, dulur, Icel dul, Norw dul, OSw dul |
Pe 680 |
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fnast | v. | fnast | ‘snorted, panted’ |
fnasa 'to sneeze, snort, snort in rage' |
CCC3c | *fnēst- |
Icel fnasa, fnása, Dan fnase |
Gaw 1587, 1702 |
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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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sprit | v. | sprit | ‘sprang, started’ |
(3) spretta ‘to make spring up, unloose; rip up’; (4) sprita ‘to sprawl |
DD1c | (2) *sprutjan-; (3) *sprantjan-; (4) *sprīð- |
(3) Far spretta, Icel spretta, Norw spretta, Dan sprætte, Sw spritta, sprätta, Sw dial sprinta; (4) Far sprita, Icel sprita, Norw sprita |
Gaw 2316 |
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hemely | adv. | ‘suitably, neatly’ |
heimolliga, heimulliga (later heimugliga) ‘privately, intimately; duly, with full title to possession’ |
CCC1a | *xaimaz |
cp. Icel heimileg(u)r, Norw heimeleg, Dan hemmelig, Sw heimlig |
Gaw 1852 |
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ware (1) | v. | ware | ‘to deal, deliver; spend, employ’ |
verja ‘to invest money, lay out; exert oneself’ |
CC3c | *warō(n) |
Far verja, Icel verja, Norw verja, Dan værge, OSw värja, Sw värja |
Gaw 402, 1235, 2344 |
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lyfte | v. | lift | ‘to lift, raise; build; extol, excite; make, pronounce’ |
lyfta ‘to lift, raise’ |
C1ac | *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. |
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ouertake | v. | overtake | ‘to overtake; ?to regain’ |
taka ‘to take’, cp. yfirtak (n.) ‘an overtaking, surpassing |
B2 | *tak- |
Far taka, Icel taka, Norw taka, Dan tage, OSw taka, tagha, Sw taga |
Gaw 2387; Pat 127 |
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scrape | v. | scrape | ‘to scrape, paw the ground’ |
skrapa ‘to scrape, clatter; scratch’ |
CC2 | *skrapō(j)an- |
Icel skrapa, Norw skrapa, Dan skrabe, Sw skrapa |
Gaw 1571; Cl 1546 |
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wont | v. | want | ‘to want, lack, fall short of (impers.)’ |
vanta, ‘to want, lack’ |
C1 | *wanaton- |
Far vanta, Icel vanta, Norw vanta, ODan vante, Dan dial vante |
Gaw 987, 1062, 2366; Pe 215; Cl 13, 739; Erk 208; WA 809*, 996, 1854 etc. |
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chaffer | n. | chaffer | ‘trade, merchandise’ |
kaupfǫr ‘trading journey’ |
CCC4 | *kaupaz + *farō |
Gaw 1647, 1939 |
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wrang | adv. | wrong | ‘unjustly, wrongly’ |
vrangr, rangr (adj.) ‘awry, not straight; wrong, unjust, unrighteous’ |
C1 | *wrang- |
Far rangur, Icel rangr, Norw vrang, rang, Dan vrang, Sw vrång |
Pe 488, 614; Cl 891 |
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vnþryuande | adj. | unthriving | ‘unworthy, ignoble’ |
þrífa-sk ‘to thrive’ |
B1c | *þrīfan- |
Far tríva, trívast, Icel þrífa, þrívast, Norw triva, Dan trives, MSw thriva |
Gaw 1499 |
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alofte | adv., prep. | aloft | ‘up, above, at the top, on; on horseback’ |
loft ‘air, atmosphere, sky, heaven; space; loft, upper room; balcony’ |
C1 | *luft-a-n |
Far loft, luft, Icel loft, lopt, Norw loft, luft, Dan loft, luft, Sw loft, luft |
Gaw 194, 435, 572 etc.; Cl 1183; Pat 447; Erk 49; WA 858 |
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nayte | v. | nait | ‘use; exert; name, mention, repeat, recite’ |
neyta ‘to use, enjoy, consume’ |
A1ac | *nautjan- |
Icel neyta, Norw nøyta, ODan nøde, OSw nøta, Sw nöta, Gotl noyta |
Gaw 65; Cl 531; Erk 119; WA 2468, 2518, 2968 etc. |
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layde | v. | lay | ‘uttered’ (in the phrase 'layde … þyse wordez' ‘spoke these words; urged’) |
leggja 'to lay, place, put (etc.)' |
CCC4c | *lagjan- |
Far leggja, Icel leggja, Norw leggja, Dan lægge, Sw lägga |
Gaw 1480 |
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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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hetes | n. | ‘vows, assurances of knightly service’ |
cp. heita (v.) ‘to call, name, promise’ |
CCC2c | *hait- |
Gaw 1525 |
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wandez | n. | wand | ‘wand, magic wand, staff; stave’s’ |
vǫndr ‘wand, switch’ |
C1c | *wanðuz |
Far vond, Icel vöndur, Norw vond, Dan vånd, OSw vander, Sw dial vann |
Gaw 215; WA 57 |
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greme | n. | greme | ‘wrath, resentment; grief; mortification; hurt’ |
gremi ‘wrath, anger’ |
CC1ac | *grama- or *gramjan- |
Far gremi, Icel gremi, Norw gremme |
Gaw 312, 1507, 2251, etc.; Pe 465; Cl 16, 947; WA 4157 |
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blayke | adj. | ‘yellow’ |
bleikr ‘pale, wan, ?bleached’ |
A1* | *ƀlaika- |
Far bleikur, Icel bleikur, Norw bleik, Dan bleg, Sw blek, Shetl bleg |
Pe 27 |
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spakest | adj., n. | spack | 'cleverest (one)' |
spakr (adj.) 'gentle, wise' |
B1 | Far spakur, Icel spakur, Norw spak, ODan spak, Dan spag, OSw skaper, Sw spak |
Pat 169 |
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bygly | adj. | bigly | ‘inhabitable, pleasant’ |
byggiligr 'habitable' |
A1*bc | *ƀewwjan- or *ƀuwwjan- |
Pe 963 |
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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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autly | adj., adv. | (1) 'courageously, manfully'; (2) 'lacking' |
(2) auðr 'empty, void, desolate' |
DD2 | (1) *aiwin + *wextiz; (2) *auþaz |
(2) Far eyður, Icel auður, Norw aud |
Cl 795 |
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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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golf | n. | (1) 'deep pool of water'; (2) 'a space underground (as source of a stream)' |
(2) golf 'floor, room, compartment' |
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Far gólv, Icel gólf, Norw dial golv, Dan gulv, Sw golv |
Pe 608 |
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*fere | n. | (1) 'fortune, rank, dignity'; (2) 'company' |
færi 'capacity, ability, means, possibility' |
DD2 | ?*fōr-i- |
(1) Far føri, Icel færi, Norw føre, Dan føre, Sw fōre |
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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fordolked | adv. | (1) 'grievously wounded'; (2) 'made dull, stupified'; (3) 'despoiled, robbed' |
(3) cp. dokk, dokka 'windlass' |
DD2 | (1) *dulʒ-; (2) *dul-; (3) *dukk- |
(3) Icel dokkur, Norw dokke; Icel dokk, Norw dokka, Sw docka |
Pe 11 |
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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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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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