nap

English: nap

Scots: nap

Yola: nappe


mat

From Old French mat (“defeated, tired”), from Late Latin mattus. Compare modern English matte.


waken

waken (infinitive)
to waken (infinitive)
wake (infinitive)
wake (first-person present singular)
wook (first-person past singular)
wakest (present second-person singular)
woke (past second-person singular)
wook (past second-person singular)
waketh (present singular third-person)
wook (past singular third-person)
wake (present singular subjunctive)
woke (past singular subjunctive)
wake (imperative present singular)
waken (plural present)
wake (plural present)
woken (past plural)
woke (past plural)
waketh (imperative plural present)
wake (imperative plural present)
wakynge (participle present)
wakende (participle present)
waken (participle past)
wake (participle past)

English: wake

Scots: wake

From Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.


cubicle

English: cubicle

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”).


couche

English: couch

Scots: cooch, cootch

→ Welsh: cwtsh
→ English: cwtch

From Old French couche, from couchier (whence couchen).

(rare) A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in.


remen

remen (infinitive)
to remen (infinitive)
reme (infinitive)
reme (first-person present singular)
remed (first-person past singular)
remest (present second-person singular)
remedest (past second-person singular)
remeth (present singular third-person)
remed (past singular third-person)
reme (present singular subjunctive)
remed (past singular subjunctive)
reme (imperative present singular)
remen (plural present)
reme (plural present)
remeden (past plural)
remede (past plural)
remeth (imperative plural present)
reme (imperative plural present)
remynge (participle present)
remende (participle present)
remed (participle past)
yremed (participle past)

Unknown; Potentially from an Old English *rǣman, (see Old English ārǣman) from an otherwise unattested Proto-Germanic *raimijaną.

To extend; to arise or awaken from one's rest.


waknen

waknen (infinitive)
to waknen (infinitive)
wakne (infinitive)
wakne (first-person present singular)
wakned (first-person past singular)
waknest (present second-person singular)
waknedest (past second-person singular)
wakneth (present singular third-person)
wakned (past singular third-person)
wakne (present singular subjunctive)
wakned (past singular subjunctive)
wakne (imperative present singular)
waknen (plural present)
wakne (plural present)
wakneden (past plural)
waknede (past plural)
wakneth (imperative plural present)
wakne (imperative plural present)
waknynge (participle present)
waknende (participle present)
wakned (participle past)
ywakned (participle past)

English: waken

Scots: wakin, waikin, walkin

From Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.


slepen

enm-verb

slepen (third-person singular simple present slepeth, present participle slepende, slepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sleped)

slepeth (present singular third-person)
slepende (participle present)
slepynge (participle present)
sleped (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
slepen (infinitive)
to slepen (infinitive)
slepe (infinitive)
slepe (first-person present singular)
slep (first-person past singular)
slepte (first-person past singular)
sleped (first-person past singular)
slepest (present second-person singular)
slepe (past second-person singular)
slep (past second-person singular)
sleptest (past second-person singular)
slepedest (past second-person singular)
slepeth (present singular third-person)
slepth (present singular third-person)
slep (past singular third-person)
slepte (past singular third-person)
sleped (past singular third-person)
slepe (present singular subjunctive)
slepe (past singular subjunctive)
slepte (past singular subjunctive)
sleped (past singular subjunctive)
slepe (imperative present singular)
slepen (plural present)
slepe (plural present)
slepen (past plural)
slepe (past plural)
slepten (past plural)
slepte (past plural)
slepeden (past plural)
slepede (past plural)
slepeth (imperative plural present)
slepe (imperative plural present)
slepynge (participle present)
slepende (participle present)
slepen (participle past)
yslepen (participle past)
slepe (participle past)
yslepe (participle past)
slept (participle past)
yslept (participle past)
sleped (participle past)
ysleped (participle past)

English: sleep

Sranan Tongo: sribi

Scots: sleep, sleip, slepe

From Old English slǣpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.

To sleep; to be sleeping:
To fall asleep; to go to sleep.

To sleep; to be sleeping:
To cause to sleep; to make sleep.

Iudaſ go þou on þe roc heie upon the ſton / lei þin heued i my barm, ſlep þou þe anon

c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 15-16; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:

"Judas, get up on the rock, high on the stone, / rest your head on my lap and fall asleep right away!"

For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […]

c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v

For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]

And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al the nyght with open iye

1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto, lines 9-10:

And small birds make melodies, / sleeping all night with an open eye.


sweven

English: sweven

Scots: sweven, swevyn

From Old English swefn, from Proto-West Germanic *swefn, from Proto-Germanic *swefnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Some forms influenced by Old Norse söfn, an alternative form of svefn.

⁊ it ſchal be in þe laſte daies þe loꝛd ſeiþ · Y ſchal helde out my ſpirit on ech fleiſch · ⁊ ȝoure ſones and ȝoure douȝtris ſchulen p[ꝛo]pheſie ⁊ ȝoure ȝonge men ſchulen ſe viſioūs. ⁊ ȝoure eldris ſchulen dꝛeme ſweuenes

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Dedis of Apoſtlis 2:17, page 91v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010

"And it'll be in the last days, (when) the Lord says: "I'll hold out my Spirit on all the people; your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams […]


sweven

sweven (infinitive)
to sweven (infinitive)
sweve (infinitive)
sweve (first-person present singular)
sweved (first-person past singular)
swevest (present second-person singular)
swevedest (past second-person singular)
sweveth (present singular third-person)
sweved (past singular third-person)
sweve (present singular subjunctive)
sweved (past singular subjunctive)
sweve (imperative present singular)
sweven (plural present)
sweve (plural present)
sweveden (past plural)
swevede (past plural)
sweveth (imperative plural present)
sweve (imperative plural present)
swevynge (participle present)
swevende (participle present)
sweved (participle past)
ysweved (participle past)

From Old English swefan, from Proto-West Germanic *swefan, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną.


slepe

English: sleep

Scots: slepe, sleip

Yola: slepe


schonden

schonden (infinitive)
to schonden (infinitive)
schonde (infinitive)
schonde (first-person present singular)
schonded (first-person past singular)
schondest (present second-person singular)
schondedest (past second-person singular)
schondeth (present singular third-person)
schonded (past singular third-person)
schonde (present singular subjunctive)
schonded (past singular subjunctive)
schonde (imperative present singular)
schonden (plural present)
schonde (plural present)
schondeden (past plural)
schondede (past plural)
schondeth (imperative plural present)
schonde (imperative plural present)
schondynge (participle present)
schondende (participle present)
schonded (participle past)
yschonded (participle past)

From schonde + -en (infinitival suffix).


nappen

nappen (infinitive)
to nappen (infinitive)
nappe (infinitive)
nappe (first-person present singular)
napped (first-person past singular)
nappest (present second-person singular)
nappedest (past second-person singular)
nappeth (present singular third-person)
napped (past singular third-person)
nappe (present singular subjunctive)
napped (past singular subjunctive)
nappe (imperative present singular)
nappen (plural present)
nappe (plural present)
nappeden (past plural)
nappede (past plural)
nappeth (imperative plural present)
nappe (imperative plural present)
nappynge (participle present)
nappende (participle present)
napped (participle past)
ynapped (participle past)

English: nap

Scots: nap

Inherited from Old English hnappian, from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn, of unknown origin.


drem

English: dream

Scots: dreme

From Old English drēam, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Some senses are probably a semantic loan from Old Norse draumr, displacing sweven (from Old English swefn).

As a dꝛeem fleynge awei he ſchal not be foundun he ſchal paſſe as a nyȝtis ſiȝt

a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Job 20:8”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

Like a dream going away, he won't be found; he'll disappear like a night's vision.


snoren

snoren (third-person singular simple present snoreth, present participle snorende, snorynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle snored)

snoreth (present singular third-person)
snorende (participle present)
snorynge (participle present)
snored (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
snoren (infinitive)
to snoren (infinitive)
snore (infinitive)
snore (first-person present singular)
snored (first-person past singular)
snorest (present second-person singular)
snoredest (past second-person singular)
snoreth (present singular third-person)
snored (past singular third-person)
snore (present singular subjunctive)
snored (past singular subjunctive)
snore (imperative present singular)
snoren (plural present)
snore (plural present)
snoreden (past plural)
snorede (past plural)
snoreth (imperative plural present)
snore (imperative plural present)
snorynge (participle present)
snorende (participle present)
snored (participle past)
ysnored (participle past)

English: snore

Scots: snore

From earlier fnoren, from the noun snore, *fnore, from Old English fnora.


slepeles

English: sleepless

From Old English slǣplēas; equivalent to slepe + -les.


couchen

couchen (infinitive)
to couchen (infinitive)
couche (infinitive)
couche (first-person present singular)
couched (first-person past singular)
couchest (present second-person singular)
couchedest (past second-person singular)
coucheth (present singular third-person)
couched (past singular third-person)
couche (present singular subjunctive)
couched (past singular subjunctive)
couche (imperative present singular)
couchen (plural present)
couche (plural present)
coucheden (past plural)
couchede (past plural)
coucheth (imperative plural present)
couche (imperative plural present)
couchynge (participle present)
couchende (participle present)
couched (participle past)
ycouched (participle past)

English: couch

Scots: cooch, cootch

From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre; equivalent to couche + -en (infinitival suffix).

To organise; to place in specific positions.


nappynge

English: napping

Inherited from Old English hnappung; equivalent to nappen + -ing.


visioun

English: vision

Scots: veesion

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Latin vīsiōnem, accusative singular of vīsiō.

A vision; an illusory image, apparition or mirage.


avisioun

English: avision (obsolete)

Scots: avisioun (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old French avision; equivalent to a- + visioun.

A vision; an illusory image, apparition or mirage (especially in one's rest).


weyken

weyken (infinitive)
to weyken (infinitive)
weyke (infinitive)
weyke (first-person present singular)
weyked (first-person past singular)
weykest (present second-person singular)
weykedest (past second-person singular)
weyketh (present singular third-person)
weyked (past singular third-person)
weyke (present singular subjunctive)
weyked (past singular subjunctive)
weyke (imperative present singular)
weyken (plural present)
weyke (plural present)
weykeden (past plural)
weykede (past plural)
weyketh (imperative plural present)
weyke (imperative plural present)
weykynge (participle present)
weykende (participle present)
weyked (participle past)
yweyked (participle past)

English: weak (obsolete), weaken

From weyk + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare woken and Old English wǣcan.

To make tired or exhausted; to overexert.


wacche

English: watch

From Old English wæċċe (“watch”), from wæċċan (“to be awake; to keep watch”), from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (“to awaken, wake up”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“awake; lively; strong”).


dremere

English: dreamer

From drem + -er; compare Old English drēamere (“musician”).

(rare) A person who takes flights of fancy.


dremen

enm-verb

dremen (third-person singular simple present dremeth, present participle dremynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative dremte, past participle dremt)

dremeth (present singular third-person)
dremynge (participle present)
dremte (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
dremt (participle past)
dremen (infinitive)
to dremen (infinitive)
dreme (infinitive)
dreme (first-person present singular)
drempte (first-person past singular)
dremed (first-person past singular)
dremest (present second-person singular)
dremptest (past second-person singular)
dremedest (past second-person singular)
dremeth (present singular third-person)
drempte (past singular third-person)
dremed (past singular third-person)
dreme (present singular subjunctive)
drempte (past singular subjunctive)
dremed (past singular subjunctive)
dreme (imperative present singular)
dremen (plural present)
dreme (plural present)
drempten (past plural)
drempte (past plural)
dremeden (past plural)
dremede (past plural)
dremeth (imperative plural present)
dreme (imperative plural present)
dremynge (participle present)
dremende (participle present)
drempt (participle past)
dremed (participle past)
ydrempt (participle past)
ydremed (participle past)

English: dream

From Old English drēman, Anglian form of drīeman, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną; equivalent to drem + -en (infinitival suffix). Forms with /ɛː/ are influenced by the noun.


swevenyng

English: swevening (obsolete)


swevenen

swevenen (infinitive)
to swevenen (infinitive)
swevene (infinitive)
swevene (first-person present singular)
swevened (first-person past singular)
swevenest (present second-person singular)
swevenedest (past second-person singular)
sweveneth (present singular third-person)
swevened (past singular third-person)
swevene (present singular subjunctive)
swevened (past singular subjunctive)
swevene (imperative present singular)
swevenen (plural present)
swevene (plural present)
sweveneden (past plural)
swevenede (past plural)
sweveneth (imperative plural present)
swevene (imperative plural present)
swevenynge (participle present)
swevenende (participle present)
swevened (participle past)
yswevened (participle past)

From Old English swefnian; equivalent to sweven + -en (infinitival suffix).


saden

saden (infinitive)
to saden (infinitive)
sade (infinitive)
sade (first-person present singular)
saded (first-person past singular)
sadest (present second-person singular)
sadedest (past second-person singular)
sadeth (present singular third-person)
saded (past singular third-person)
sade (present singular subjunctive)
saded (past singular subjunctive)
sade (imperative present singular)
saden (plural present)
sade (plural present)
sadeden (past plural)
sadede (past plural)
sadeth (imperative plural present)
sade (imperative plural present)
sadynge (participle present)
sadende (participle present)
saded (participle past)

English: sade (dialectal)

Scots: sad

From Old English sadian, from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn; equivalent to sad + -en (infinitival suffix).

To solidify; to make solid:
To make secure or firm.


dremynge

English: dreaming

Inherited from Old English drēaming; equivalent to dremen + -ing.

Dreaming; the condition of having a dream.


wynken

wynken (third-person singular simple present wynketh, present participle wynkende, wynkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wynked)

wynketh (present singular third-person)
wynkende (participle present)
wynkynge (participle present)
wynked (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
wynken (infinitive)
to wynken (infinitive)
wynke (infinitive)
wynke (first-person present singular)
wynked (first-person past singular)
wynkest (present second-person singular)
wynkedest (past second-person singular)
wynketh (present singular third-person)
wynked (past singular third-person)
wynke (present singular subjunctive)
wynked (past singular subjunctive)
wynke (imperative present singular)
wynken (plural present)
wynke (plural present)
wynkeden (past plural)
wynkede (past plural)
wynketh (imperative plural present)
wynke (imperative plural present)
wynkynge (participle present)
wynkende (participle present)
wynked (participle past)

English: wink

Scots: wink

From Old English wincian, from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn. Compare wyncen.