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Lexeme Part of Speech Modern English Form Sense ON Etymon Summary Category PGmc Ancestor Other Scandinavian reflexes Occurrences  
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
merke v. mark ‘to be marked out, situated; record, set down; aim (a blow) at, cut; create, make, fashion’ merkja ‘to draw; mark, sign, note, observe; beckon, show; denote, signify’ CC2 *markjan- Far merkja, Icel merkja, Norw merkja, Dan mærke, Sw märka Gaw 1592; Pe 142; Cl 558, 637, 1487 etc., Erk 154; WA 318, 1130, 2636 etc. View
spene v. spen ‘to be fastened, cling; clap; imprison’ spenna ‘to span, clasp’ C1ac *spann-jan-  Far spenna, Icel spenna, Norw spenna, Dan spæde, Sw spänna Gaw 158, 587; Pe 49, 53 View
dased adj., v. dazed ‘to be bewildered, dazed; to be numb’ *dasa, cp. dasaðr ‘exhausted, worn out’, dasast 'to become weary' B1c *das- Icel dasa, Norw dasa, Dan dase, Sw dasa Pe 1085; Cl 1538; Pat 383; WA (D 3044), 3997 View
frayn v. frayne, freyne ‘to ask, inquire (of); make trial of’ fregna ‘to ask; to hear, be informed’ CCC1c *frexnan- Far fregna, Icel fregna, Norw frega, fregna, ODan fregne, OSw fräghna, Sw dial frega Gaw 359, 489, 703 etc.; Pe 129; WA 267, 433, 457 etc. View
frayst v. ‘to ask (for), seek; make trial of, test, examine’ freista ‘to try, test, tempt’  A1ac *fraistō(j)an-  Far freista, froysta, Icel freista, Nor freista, Dan friste, Sw fresta Gaw 279, 324, 391 etc.; Pe 169; Cl 1736; WA 2019, 3366.  View
kest n. cast ‘throwing, stroke; trick; ?fastening; (pl.) speech, utterances, glance, contrivance; purpose' kast ‘throw, turn’ A1 *kas(a)t-  Far kast, Icel kast, Norw kast  Gaw 1295, 2298, 2376 etc.; Pe 1163; Cl 768, 1070; WA 1302, 1395, 1764 etc. View
ker n. carr ‘thicket on marshy ground’ kjarr 'copsewood, brushwood’  A1bc *kerza- Far (name element) kjarr, Icel kjarr, Norw kjarr, kjerr, Dan kær, Sw kärr  Gaw 1421, 1431 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
toriuen v. ‘tear asunder, shatter, break up’ rífa ‘to tear, rend’ B2a *rīfan- Far ríva, Icel rífa, Norw riva, Dan rive, Sw riva Pe 1197; Cl 964; Pat 379 View
dok n. dock ‘tail’ or perhaps ‘trimmed hair (of tail, etc.)’  cp. dokk, dokka 'windlass' B2 *ðukk- Icel dokkur, Norw dokke; Icel dokk, Norw dokka, Sw docka Gaw 193 View
schount v. shunt ‘swerve; flinch; avoid; escape; move vigorously’ (1) skunda ‘to speed, hasten’ DD1c (1) *skunð-; (2)?*skunōjan-  (1) Far skunda, Icel skunda, Norw skunda, Dan skynde, OSw skunda Gaw 1902, 2280; Cl 605; WA 180, 580, 2143 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
sunder adj., n. sunder ‘sunder, separation’ (in the phrase 'in sunder' ‘asunder’) sundr, í sundr  'asundr' CCC4ac *eni + *sunðraz Far sundur, Icel sundur, Norw sunder, sond(er), ODan sundær, syndær, søndær, Dan sønder, OSw sunder, synder, Sw sönder Gaw 1563 View
schunt n. shunt ‘sudden jerk and swerve’ (1) skundi ‘speed’; cp. skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’; (2)  skunda (v.) ‘to speed, hasten’ DD1c (1) *skunð-; (2)?*skunōjan-  (1) Far skundur, Icel skundi, Norw skunde Gaw 2268 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
flaʒt n. flaught ‘stretch of turf’ flag 'sod of turf, place where the turf has been cut out'; fláttr 'flaying' CC1c *flax- or *flaʒ- Icel fláttur, Norw flått; cp. Far flag, Icel flag, Norw dial flag, Sw dial flag, flaga; Norw dial flaga, Dan dial flave, Sw flaga Pe 57 View
wylt v. will ‘strayed, escaped’ villa ‘to bewilder, falsify’ A1*c *welþja- runic Norw wiltiʀ, Far villa, Icel villa, Norw villa, Dan vilde, Sw villa Gaw 1711; WA 2984, 4132 View
gopnyng n. gape ‘staring’ (1) gapa ‘to gape, open the mouth wide’; (2) cp. gopi ‘a vain person' D2 (1) *gap-; (2) *gup-; (1) Far gapa, Icel gapa, Norw gapa, Dan gape, Sw gapa Gaw 2461 View
galle n. gall ‘spot of impurity, filth, impurity’ galli ‘defect, flaw’ CC3c *gall- Icel galli, Dan galle, OSw galle Pe 189, 915, 1060; Cl 1022, 1525; Pat 285 View
slentyng n. ‘slanting flight, shooting’, or perhaps ‘sleet’? cp. sletta (v.) ‘to slap, dab’ BB2 *slent- or *slant- Far sletta, Icel sletta, Norw sletta; Norw sletta, Norw dial slinta, Dan slente, Sw slinta; Far slettingur , Icel slettingur  Gaw 1160 View
haʒer adj. ‘skilful, well-wrought, fit, ready’ hagr ‘handy, skilful’  A2*c *xag-az Far hagur, Icel hagur, Norw hag, MSw hagher Gaw 352, 1738 View
drowpys v. droops ‘sinks’ drúpa 'droop' CCC5 *đrūpōjan- Icel drúpa, Norw drupa WA 734* View
silk adj., n. silk ‘silk, piece of silk’ silki 'silk' CC2 Far silki, Icel silki, Norw silke, Dan silke, Sw silke Gaw 159, 164, 589 etc.; Cl 790; WA 2401, 4016, 4339 etc. View
sere adj. sere ‘separate, individual; various, several’ 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 124, 761, 822, etc.; Cl 336, 358, 507, etc.; Pat 12; WA 86, 570, 1083 View
sake n. sake ‘sake’ (in the phrase 'for (…) sake' ‘for (someone’s) sake’) sǫk 'charge, offence; suit; effect; cause'; fyrir (…) sakir 'for the sake of (someone or thing)' CC4a *sak- Far søk, Icel sǫk, Norw sak, sok, Dan sag, Sw sak Gaw 537, 997, 1862 etc.; Pe 940; Cl 922; Pat 172; Erk 239; WA 5, 1813, 2022 etc. View
boun adj. bound ‘ready; bound, setting out; arranged, fixed’ búinn ‘ready, prepared, finished, willing, favourably disposed (towards sth.), obedient, submissive’ C3c *bō(w)an or *bū(w)an- Icel búinn, Norw buen Gaw 548, 852, 1311 etc.; Pe 534, 992, 1103; Erk 181; WA 323, 534, 870 etc. View
grayþely adv. gradely ‘readily, promptly, at once; truly; aptly; duly, as was right; pleasantly’ greiðr ‘ready, free’, cp. greiðiliga, greiðliga, 'readily, promptly'  A1*c *ga-raið-a Far greiður, Icel greiður, Norw greid, Sw dial grei, gre Gaw 417, 876, 1006 etc.; Pe 499; Cl 341; Pat 240, 286; WA 201, 756 View
wel-haled adj., v. well-haled ‘pulled up properly, drawn tight’ hala ‘to haul, pull’  BBB2a *xalōjan- Far hála, Icel hala, Norw hala, Dan hale Gaw 157 View
grouelyng adv. grovelling ‘prostrate’ grúfa (n.) ‘position of being face-downwards’, in phrase á grúfu 'bent over, in a grovelling position’ B2 *grūƀ- Far á grúgva, Norw gruv Pe 1120 View
gayn prep. ‘opposite’ (í) gegn 'in opposition, against, in return' A1*c *gagni- Far (í)gegn, Icel gegn, Dan igen, OSw gen Pe 138 View
grouelings adv. grovellings ‘on all fours’ grúfa (n.) ‘position of being face-downwards’, in phrase á grúfu 'bent over, in a grovelling position’ B2c *grūƀ- Far á grúgva, Norw gruv WA 5276 View
lakked v. lacked ‘offended against; found fault with; (impers.) were at fault; is absent’ cp. lakr (adj.) 'lacking, defective', mállaki (n.) ‘defect of the speech organs’ BBB2a *lak- cp. Far lakur, Icel lakur, Norw ilak, ODan illake, Sw elak Gaw 1250, 2366; Cl 723; WA 4811 View
snayped v. snape ‘nipped cruelly’ sneypa ‘to outrage, dishonour, disgrace’  A1c *snaupjan-  Icel sneypa, Norw snøypa, OSw snöpa, Sw snöpa Gaw 2003; WA 3633, 3995 View
cost n. cost ‘nature, quality; terms; manners, ways, disposition; condition, plight’ kostr ‘condition, choice, opportunity (etc.)’ C1ac *kust-iz or *kust-uz Far kostur, Icel kostur, Norw kost, ODan kost, Dan kost, OSw koster Gaw 546, 750, 944, etc.; Cl 1024, 1478 View
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