love

English: love

Scots: luve, lufe

Yola: loove

Inherited from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō.


qualm

English: qualm (possibly)

Scots: qualm (possibly)

From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.

Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts.


flesh

English: flesh

Scots: flesch

Yola: vleash, vlesh

Inherited from Old English flǣsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).


stroke

English: stroke

Scots: strake, straik, strak

Yola: stroke

From Old English *strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik.

The force of death; the origin or effect of one's demise.


game

q

dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">gam</i>

English: game (see there for further descendants); (dialectal gam)

⇒ Fingallian: gamshoge

Scots: gemme, gem, gyem, game

Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *gamaną
Proto-West Germanic *gaman
Old English gamen
Middle English game
From Old English gamen /gomen, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną, of disputed origin.

etymon

Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:

Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).


doom

English: doom

Middle Scots: dome, dume

Inherited from Old English dōm, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.


flour

English: flower, flour

Scots: flouer, flour, floor

→ Middle Welsh: fflwr

Welsh: fflŵr

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs. More at flower.

Success or achievement in a contest; victoriousness.

An exemplar or example of a trait or behaviour.


seed

English: seed

Scots: seed, seid, sid

Yola: zeade

From Old English sǣd, sēd, from Proto-West Germanic *sād, *sādi, from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz, *sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (compare sowen).


den

English: den

Scots: den

From Old English denn, from Proto-West Germanic *dani. Forms with a final vowel are probably generalised datives.


luxurious

English: luxurious

From Old French luxurios, from Latin luxuriosus; equivalent to luxurie + -ous.

Lusty, lascivious; sexually transgressive.


grave

English: grave

desc

Scots: grave, grawe, graive, graiwe, greawe

From the dative of Old English græf, from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą.


clout

English: clout

Scots: clout, cloot

From Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz. Compare cloud.

A (larger) piece of fabric; a cloth:
A burial shroud.


bale

English: bale (archaic)

Scots: bale

Either from Old English bǣl, Old Norse bál, or a conflation of both; in any case, from Proto-Germanic *bēlą.


couple

English: couple

Scots: couple, kipple

Borrowed from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula.

(rare) Sexual intercourse; the act of sex.


lovely

English: lovely

Scots: luely

Inherited from Old English luflīċ; equivalent to loven (“to love”) + -ly (adjectival suffix).

af

Many a lovely loke on them he cast.

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

Lustful, passionate; romantically or sexually charged.


lovely

English: lovely

Inherited from Old English luflīċe; equivalent to loven (“to love”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Nicely, affectionately, lovingly (in a loving way)

Lustfully, passionately; in a romantically or sexually charged way.


theater

English: theater, theatre

Scots: theatre

/ˌtɛːˈaːtər/

From Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron).

Any stage which plays and performances take place at.


amorous

English: amorous

Scots: amorous

Borrowed from Old French amoros, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus; equivalent to amour + -ous.

Amorous, loving (indicating or related to love or lust)


quiste

From Old English *cwiss, from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz; the consonantism is from influence from quethen.


dette

English: debt

Scots: det, debt

From Old French dete, from Latin dēbita, from the plural of dēbitum.

Something which one is obliged to do (by law, society, or belief):

Sex (i.e. as something which one's partner requires of oneself).


fey

English: fey, fay

Scots: fey

Inherited from Old English fǣġe, from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz.

Marked, fated for, or destined for death; doomed.

Approaching or near one's deathbed; about to pass away.

(rare) Tending to cause or leading to death; dangerous.


beten

enm-verb

beten (third-person singular simple present beteth, present participle betynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bette, past participle bet)

beteth (present singular third-person)
betynge (participle present)
bette (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
bet (participle past)
beten (infinitive)
to beten (infinitive)
bete (infinitive)
bete (first-person present singular)
bette (first-person past singular)
bete (first-person past singular)
betest (present second-person singular)
bettest (past second-person singular)
betest (past second-person singular)
beteth (present singular third-person)
bet (present singular third-person)
bette (past singular third-person)
bete (past singular third-person)
bete (present singular subjunctive)
bette (past singular subjunctive)
bete (past singular subjunctive)
bete (imperative present singular)
beten (plural present)
bete (plural present)
betten (past plural)
bette (past plural)
beten (past plural)
bete (past plural)
beteth (imperative plural present)
bete (imperative plural present)
betynge (participle present)
betende (participle present)
bet (participle past)
ybet (participle past)

English: beet (dialectal, obsolete)

Scots: bete, beit, beet, beat

Inherited from Old English bētan, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną; some forms are remodelled on bet (“better”).


mantel

English: mantle, mantel

Scots: mantle, mantel; manteel

From Anglo-Norman mantel and Old English mentel, both ultimately from Late Latin mantēllum, later form of Latin mantēle.


halter

English: halter

Scots: helter, heltir, hilter

Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā.

(rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.


hore

From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.


delen

delen (infinitive)
to delen (infinitive)
dele (infinitive)
dele (first-person present singular)
delte (first-person past singular)
delde (first-person past singular)
deled (first-person past singular)
delest (present second-person singular)
deltest (past second-person singular)
deldest (past second-person singular)
deledest (past second-person singular)
deleth (present singular third-person)
delte (past singular third-person)
delde (past singular third-person)
deled (past singular third-person)
dele (present singular subjunctive)
delte (past singular subjunctive)
delde (past singular subjunctive)
deled (past singular subjunctive)
dele (imperative present singular)
delen (plural present)
dele (plural present)
delten (past plural)
delte (past plural)
delden (past plural)
delde (past plural)
deleden (past plural)
delede (past plural)
deleth (imperative plural present)
dele (imperative plural present)
delynge (participle present)
delende (participle present)
delt (participle past)
deld (participle past)
deled (participle past)
ydelt (participle past)
ydeld (participle past)

English: deal

Scots: dele, deil

Yola: ee-delt (ppl.)

From Old English dǣlan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną; equivalent to del + -en (infinitival suffix).

To have business with someone; to be involved in a matter:

To copulate or to have sex with someone.


helle

English: hell, Hell

Scots: hell, Hell

From Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.


ende

English: end

Scots: end, ende, hend

Yola: een, eene

From Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos. Cognate to Middle Dutch ende, einde.

And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.

1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 41:

The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal point of something:

The end of one's life; death or passing away.


poudre

English: powder (see there for further descendants)

Scots: pouder, pouther

→ Welsh: powdr, powdwr, pwdr

From Old French poudre, ultimately from Latin pulvis.

The results of the decomposition of one's corpse.


tombe

desctree

English: tomb
→ Irish: tuama
→ Maori: toma

Middle Scots: tumb, towm

From Anglo-Norman tumbe, toumbe, Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “funeral mound”).

der

barrow (hillock with a grave underneath)


hete

English: heat

Scots: hete, heit

Yola: het

Inherited from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄.

Power, intensity, or fervor (e.g. of emotions):


amorously

English: amorously

Middle Scots: amorously


roten

enm-verb

roten (third-person singular simple present roteth, present participle rotynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle roted)

roteth (present singular third-person)
rotynge (participle present)
roted (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
roten (infinitive)
to roten (infinitive)
rote (infinitive)
rote (first-person present singular)
roted (first-person past singular)
rotest (present second-person singular)
rotedest (past second-person singular)
roteth (present singular third-person)
roted (past singular third-person)
rote (present singular subjunctive)
roted (past singular subjunctive)
rote (imperative present singular)
roten (plural present)
rote (plural present)
roteden (past plural)
rotede (past plural)
roteth (imperative plural present)
rote (imperative plural present)
rotynge (participle present)
rotende (participle present)
roted (participle past)
roten (participle past)

English: rot

Scots: rot

Yola: rothed, rotheda, rothyed (adj)

Inherited from Old English rotian, from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną.

To decompose; to make or become rotten or spoiled:

To become toxic or noxious (of gas or liquid)

To putrefy; to become or make infected or gangrenous (in the body).

(rare) To become rusty; to develop a layer of rust.


roten

roteth (present singular third-person)
rotynge (participle present)
roted (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
roten (infinitive)
to roten (infinitive)
rote (infinitive)
rote (first-person present singular)
roted (first-person past singular)
rotest (present second-person singular)
rotedest (past second-person singular)
roteth (present singular third-person)
roted (past singular third-person)
rote (present singular subjunctive)
roted (past singular subjunctive)
rote (imperative present singular)
roten (plural present)
rote (plural present)
roteden (past plural)
rotede (past plural)
roteth (imperative plural present)
rote (imperative plural present)
rotynge (participle present)
rotende (participle present)
roted (participle past)
yroted (participle past)

English: root

Scots: ruit

From rote (“root”) + -en (infinitival suffix).


sellen

enm-verb

sellen (third-person singular simple present selleth, present participle sellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative solde, past participle sold)

selleth (present singular third-person)
sellynge (participle present)
solde (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
sold (participle past)
sellen (infinitive)
to sellen (infinitive)
selle (infinitive)
selle (first-person present singular)
solde (first-person past singular)
selde (first-person past singular)
sellest (present second-person singular)
soldest (past second-person singular)
seldest (past second-person singular)
selleth (present singular third-person)
selth (present singular third-person)
solde (past singular third-person)
selde (past singular third-person)
selle (present singular subjunctive)
solde (past singular subjunctive)
selde (past singular subjunctive)
selle (imperative present singular)
sellen (plural present)
selle (plural present)
solden (past plural)
solde (past plural)
selden (past plural)
selde (past plural)
selleth (imperative plural present)
selle (imperative plural present)
sellynge (participle present)
sellende (participle present)
sold (participle past)
seld (participle past)
ysold (participle past)
yseld (participle past)

English: sell

→ Dutch: sellen

Scots: sell

Inherited from Old English sellan, from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną (“to give”).

To grant; to confer or bestow:
To sacrifice or hand over (one's life)

To sell; to make a sale or transaction:
To market; to put up for sale.

(usually negative) To give up in exchange (outside of an explicit transaction).

(religion) To sell one's soul; to consign one's soul to Hell.


graven

graven (infinitive)
to graven (infinitive)
grave (infinitive)
grave (first-person present singular)
grof (first-person past singular)
graved (first-person past singular)
gravest (present second-person singular)
grove (past second-person singular)
grof (past second-person singular)
gravedest (past second-person singular)
graveth (present singular third-person)
grof (past singular third-person)
graved (past singular third-person)
grave (present singular subjunctive)
grove (past singular subjunctive)
graved (past singular subjunctive)
grave (imperative present singular)
graven (plural present)
grave (plural present)
groven (past plural)
grove (past plural)
graveden (past plural)
gravede (past plural)
graveth (imperative plural present)
grave (imperative plural present)
gravynge (participle present)
gravende (participle present)
graven (participle past)
grave (participle past)
graved (participle past)
ygraven (participle past)
ygrave (participle past)
ygraved (participle past)

English: grave (obsolete)

⇒ English: engrave

Scots: grave

From Old English grafan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

To bury, especially to inhume or entomb.


delven

delven (infinitive)
to delven (infinitive)
delve (infinitive)
delve (first-person present singular)
dalf (first-person past singular)
delved (first-person past singular)
delvest (present second-person singular)
dolve (past second-person singular)
dalf (past second-person singular)
delvedest (past second-person singular)
delveth (present singular third-person)
dalf (past singular third-person)
delved (past singular third-person)
delve (present singular subjunctive)
dolve (past singular subjunctive)
delved (past singular subjunctive)
delve (imperative present singular)
delven (plural present)
delve (plural present)
dolven (past plural)
dolve (past plural)
delveden (past plural)
delvede (past plural)
delveth (imperative plural present)
delve (imperative plural present)
delvynge (participle present)
delvende (participle present)
dolven (participle past)
delved (participle past)
ydolven (participle past)
ydelved (participle past)

English: delve

Scots: delve, dell, del

Yola: del

From Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną.

To entomb; to dig a tomb or prepare a burial.


treden

treden (infinitive)
to treden (infinitive)
trede (infinitive)
trede (first-person present singular)
trad (first-person past singular)
tred (first-person past singular)
tredest (present second-person singular)
trede (past second-person singular)
trade (past second-person singular)
trad (past second-person singular)
tred (past second-person singular)
tredeth (present singular third-person)
trad (past singular third-person)
tred (past singular third-person)
trede (present singular subjunctive)
trede (past singular subjunctive)
trade (past singular subjunctive)
trede (imperative present singular)
treden (plural present)
trede (plural present)
treden (past plural)
trede (past plural)
traden (past plural)
trade (past plural)
tredeth (imperative plural present)
trede (imperative plural present)
tredynge (participle present)
tredende (participle present)
treden (participle past)
trede (participle past)
troden (participle past)
trode (participle past)
ytrode (participle past)
ytrede (participle past)

English: tread

Scots: trad, tred

Yola: trad

From Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

To have sex; to copulate (used of male birds)


quene

English: queen (see there for further descendants)

Scots: queen, wheen

Yola: queen

From Old English cwēn (“woman, wife, queen”) (the final schwa is by analogy with other Old English feminine nouns, such as Etymology 2), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, from a derivative of *gʷḗn (“woman, wife”). Cognates include:
* Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ), Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka)
* Old Prussian genna
* Persian زَن (zan)
* Sanskrit जनि (jani)
* Proto-Slavic *žena

A female divine or holy figure; a female divinity or the Virgin Mary.


dishonestly

English: dishonestly

From dishoneste (“disgraceful”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).


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.

(figuratively) To copulate, have intercourse


monen

monen (infinitive)
to monen (infinitive)
mone (infinitive)
mone (first-person present singular)
moned (first-person past singular)
monde (first-person past singular)
monest (present second-person singular)
monedest (past second-person singular)
mondest (past second-person singular)
moneth (present singular third-person)
moned (past singular third-person)
monde (past singular third-person)
mone (present singular subjunctive)
moned (past singular subjunctive)
monde (past singular subjunctive)
mone (imperative present singular)
monen (plural present)
mone (plural present)
moneden (past plural)
monede (past plural)
monden (past plural)
monde (past plural)
moneth (imperative plural present)
mone (imperative plural present)
monynge (participle present)
monende (participle present)
moned (participle past)

From Old English munan (preterite-present), from Proto-West Germanic *munan, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Doublet of mone (“shall”).

to honour in memory; to remember the deceased


loven

loven (third-person singular simple present loveth, present participle lovende, lovynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loved)

loveth (present singular third-person)
lovende (participle present)
lovynge (participle present)
loved (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
loven (infinitive)
to loven (infinitive)
love (infinitive)
love (first-person present singular)
loved (first-person past singular)
lovest (present second-person singular)
lovedest (past second-person singular)
loveth (present singular third-person)
loved (past singular third-person)
love (present singular subjunctive)
loved (past singular subjunctive)
love (imperative present singular)
loven (plural present)
love (plural present)
loveden (past plural)
lovede (past plural)
loveth (imperative plural present)
love (imperative plural present)
lovynge (participle present)
lovende (participle present)
loved (participle past)
yloved (participle past)

English: love

Scots: luve

Inherited from Old English lufian, from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn; equivalent to love (“love”) + -en (infinitival suffix).

af

(euphemistic) To make love; to have sexual intercourse with.


sterven

sterven (infinitive)
to sterven (infinitive)
sterve (infinitive)
sterve (first-person present singular)
starf (first-person past singular)
stervest (present second-person singular)
storve (past second-person singular)
sturve (past second-person singular)
starf (past second-person singular)
sterveth (present singular third-person)
starf (past singular third-person)
sterve (present singular subjunctive)
storve (past singular subjunctive)
sturve (past singular subjunctive)
sterve (imperative present singular)
sterven (plural present)
sterve (plural present)
storven (past plural)
storve (past plural)
sturven (past plural)
sturve (past plural)
sterveth (imperative plural present)
sterve (imperative plural present)
stervynge (participle present)
stervende (participle present)
storven (participle past)
storve (participle past)
ystorven (participle past)
ystorve (participle past)

English: starve

Scots: sterve

From Old English steorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *sterban, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną.


limbus

English: limbus

Scots: lymbus (obsolete)

(Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)


quellen

enm-verb

quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)

quelleth (present singular third-person)
quellende (participle present)
quellynge (participle present)
quelled (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
quellen (infinitive)
to quellen (infinitive)
quelle (infinitive)
quelle (first-person present singular)
quelled (first-person past singular)
quelde (first-person past singular)
quellest (present second-person singular)
quelledest (past second-person singular)
queldest (past second-person singular)
quelleth (present singular third-person)
quelled (past singular third-person)
quelde (past singular third-person)
quelle (present singular subjunctive)
quelled (past singular subjunctive)
quelde (past singular subjunctive)
quelle (imperative present singular)
quellen (plural present)
quelle (plural present)
quelleden (past plural)
quellede (past plural)
quelden (past plural)
quelde (past plural)
quelleth (imperative plural present)
quelle (imperative plural present)
quellynge (participle present)
quellende (participle present)
quelled (participle past)
queld (participle past)
yquelled (participle past)
yqueld (participle past)

English: quell

Scots: quell, quel

From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.


reven

reven (third-person singular simple present reveth, present participle revynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative refte, past participle reft)

reveth (present singular third-person)
revynge (participle present)
refte (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
reft (participle past)
reven (infinitive)
to reven (infinitive)
reve (infinitive)
reve (first-person present singular)
reved (first-person past singular)
refte (first-person past singular)
revest (present second-person singular)
revedest (past second-person singular)
reftest (past second-person singular)
reveth (present singular third-person)
reved (past singular third-person)
refte (past singular third-person)
reve (present singular subjunctive)
reved (past singular subjunctive)
refte (past singular subjunctive)
reve (imperative present singular)
reven (plural present)
reve (plural present)
reveden (past plural)
revede (past plural)
reften (past plural)
refte (past plural)
reveth (imperative plural present)
reve (imperative plural present)
revynge (participle present)
revende (participle present)
reved (participle past)
reft (participle past)
yreved (participle past)
yreft (participle past)

English: reave (archaic)

Scots: reve, refe, reif

Inherited from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of robben.

To eliminate or terminate; to render unusable.


crucifier

English: crucifier

From crucifien + -er; compare Old French crucefieor.


saven

saven (third-person singular simple present saveth, present participle savynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle saved)

saveth (present singular third-person)
savynge (participle present)
saved (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
saven (infinitive)
to saven (infinitive)
save (infinitive)
save (first-person present singular)
saved (first-person past singular)
savest (present second-person singular)
savedest (past second-person singular)
saveth (present singular third-person)
saved (past singular third-person)
save (present singular subjunctive)
saved (past singular subjunctive)
save (imperative present singular)
saven (plural present)
save (plural present)
saveden (past plural)
savede (past plural)
saveth (imperative plural present)
save (imperative plural present)
savynge (participle present)
savende (participle present)
saved (participle past)
ysaved (participle past)

English: save

Geordie English: syev

Scots: safe, sauf

Borrowed from Old French salver, sauver, from Latin salvō, salvāre; equivalent to sauf (“safe”) + -en (infinitival suffix).

af

(transitive, intransitive) To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):

To rescue from danger or death, or effort.


ters

English: tarse

Scots: tars, ters

From Old English teors, from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”).


matrone

→ English: matron

→ Scots: matron

From Old French matrone, from Latin matrona.

(rare) Such a woman who can examine a man too see whether he is virile.


gamen

gamen (infinitive)
to gamen (infinitive)
game (infinitive)
game (first-person present singular)
gamed (first-person past singular)
gamest (present second-person singular)
gamedest (past second-person singular)
gameth (present singular third-person)
gamed (past singular third-person)
game (present singular subjunctive)
gamed (past singular subjunctive)
game (imperative present singular)
gamen (plural present)
game (plural present)
gameden (past plural)
gamede (past plural)
gameth (imperative plural present)
game (imperative plural present)
gamynge (participle present)
gamende (participle present)
gamed (participle past)
ygamed (participle past)

English: gammon, game

Scots: gamin, gammyn, gamyn, game

Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.


fole

English: fool

Geordie English: fuil, feul

Scots: fule, fuil

→ Welsh: ffôl

Borrowed from Old French fol, from Latin follis.

(rare) Someone who is incapacitated or shocked; someone whose idiocy is temporary.


fole

Scots: fule, fuil


riden

riden (infinitive)
to riden (infinitive)
ride (infinitive)
ride (first-person present singular)
rod (first-person past singular)
ridest (present second-person singular)
rode (past second-person singular)
ride (past second-person singular)
rede (past second-person singular)
rod (past second-person singular)
rideth (present singular third-person)
rod (past singular third-person)
ride (present singular subjunctive)
rode (past singular subjunctive)
ride (past singular subjunctive)
rede (past singular subjunctive)
ride (imperative present singular)
riden (plural present)
ride (plural present)
roden (past plural)
rode (past plural)
riden (past plural)
ride (past plural)
reden (past plural)
rede (past plural)
rideth (imperative plural present)
ride (imperative plural present)
ridynge (participle present)
ridende (participle present)
riden (participle past)
yriden (participle past)
ride (participle past)
yride (participle past)
reden (participle past)
yreden (participle past)
rede (participle past)
yrede (participle past)

English: ride

Scots: ride, ryde

From Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.
Cognates include Middle Dutch riden, Middle Low German riden, and Old Swedish rīþa.

To ride on a mount; to move on an animal:

To joust or tilt; to participate in jousting.

(rare, Late Middle English) To sit on a stool or beam; to mount something as if it was a horse.


enden

enden (infinitive)
to enden (infinitive)
ende (infinitive)
ende (first-person present singular)
ended (first-person past singular)
endest (present second-person singular)
endedest (past second-person singular)
endeth (present singular third-person)
ended (past singular third-person)
ende (present singular subjunctive)
ended (past singular subjunctive)
ende (imperative present singular)
enden (plural present)
ende (plural present)
endeden (past plural)
endede (past plural)
endeth (imperative plural present)
ende (imperative plural present)
endynge (participle present)
endende (participle present)
ended (participle past)
yended (participle past)

English: end

Scots: ende, end

From Old English endian; equivalent to ende + -en (infinitival suffix).

To come to an end, stop, or termination (usually of an era or event)


cunte

English: cunt

Scots: cunt

From Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

Þe maide þat ȝeuit hirſilf alle. / Oþir to fre man, oþir to þralle. / Ar ringe be ſet an honde. / And pleiit with þe croke and wiþ þe balle. / And mekit gret þat erſt was ſmalle. / Þe wedding got to ſconde. / Ȝeue þi cunte to cunni[n]g / and craue affetir weddin[g] quod hendi[ng].

a. 1300, Hending, The Proverbs of Hending, stanza 42, page 479v-r:

The woman that gives herself totally / either to a freeman or a serf / before a ring is set on her hand / and who plays with the twig and berries / and makes great that once was small / [Her] wedding becomes shameful. / "Give your vagina with cunning / and make your requests after the wedding" said Hending.


honeste

English: honesty

Scots: honesty

From Old French honeste, honestete, oneste, from Latin honestās, honestātem; equivalent to honeste (“good”) + -te.

respect, decency, honour:
integrity, virtue


wasten

enm-verb

wasten (third-person singular simple present wasteth, present participle wastende, wastynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wasted)

wasteth (present singular third-person)
wastende (participle present)
wastynge (participle present)
wasted (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
wasten (infinitive)
to wasten (infinitive)
waste (infinitive)
waste (first-person present singular)
wasted (first-person past singular)
wastest (present second-person singular)
wastedest (past second-person singular)
wasteth (present singular third-person)
wasted (past singular third-person)
waste (present singular subjunctive)
wasted (past singular subjunctive)
waste (imperative present singular)
wasten (plural present)
waste (plural present)
wasteden (past plural)
wastede (past plural)
wasteth (imperative plural present)
waste (imperative plural present)
wastynge (participle present)
wastende (participle present)
wasted (participle past)

English: waste

Scots: waste

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman waster (Parisien guaster), from Latin vāstō, with influence from Frankish *wōstijan; equivalent to wast (“desolate”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare westen (“to devastate”).

af

To ruin or damage; to cause damage to:
To eat at; to cause to decay or shrink.

To destroy; to utterly consume or eliminate:

To break up; to cause to dissolve or disintegrate.

To cleanse; to make something evanesce or evacuate.

(figuratively, religion) To eliminate sin.

To kill or murder; to cause someone's death.


gest

English: guest

Scots: guest

From a conflation of Old Norse gestr and Old English ġiest; both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Germanic *gʰóstis. Doublet of host.

A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's residence.


tomben

enm-verb

tomben (third-person singular simple present tombeth, present participle tombende, tombynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tombed)

tombeth (present singular third-person)
tombende (participle present)
tombynge (participle present)
tombed (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
tomben (infinitive)
to tomben (infinitive)
tombe (infinitive)
tombe (first-person present singular)
tombed (first-person past singular)
tombest (present second-person singular)
tombedest (past second-person singular)
tombeth (present singular third-person)
tombed (past singular third-person)
tombe (present singular subjunctive)
tombed (past singular subjunctive)
tombe (imperative present singular)
tomben (plural present)
tombe (plural present)
tombeden (past plural)
tombede (past plural)
tombeth (imperative plural present)
tombe (imperative plural present)
tombynge (participle present)
tombende (participle present)
tombed (participle past)
ytombed (participle past)

English: tomb

From tombe (“tomb”) + -en (infinitival suffix).


schaft

English: shaft

Scots: schaft, shaft

Inherited from Old English sċeaft (“shaft”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

inh+

A weapon's shaft; the body of a polearm.


deeth

English: death

Scots: deith, daith

From Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.


juggement

English: judgment


dedly

English: deadly

Scots: deidly

From Old English dēadlīċ; equivalent to deed + -ly.


deyen

English: die, dye
→ Vietnamese: đai

Geordie English: dee

Scots: de, dee, dey

Yola: dee

From Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną.

14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
That þou ne schuldest deyen of myn honde
So that you should not die of my hand


choken

choken (infinitive)
to choken (infinitive)
choke (first-person present singular)
choked (first-person past singular)
chokest (present second-person singular)
chokedest (past second-person singular)
choketh (present singular third-person)
choked (past singular third-person)
choke (present singular subjunctive)
choked (past singular subjunctive)
choke (imperative present singular)
choken (plural present)
choke (plural present)
chokeden (past plural)
chokede (past plural)
choketh (imperative plural present)
choke (imperative plural present)
chokynge (participle present)
chokende (participle present)
choked (participle past)

English: choke

Scots: choke

To asphyxiate or strangle (to cause to choke).


ston

enm-noun

ston (plural stones or ston or (early, rare) stonen)

stones (plural)
ston (plural)
stonen (plural rare)

English: stone (see there for further descendants)

Geordie English: styen

Scots: stane

Yola: sthoan

→ Anglo-Norman: ston

Inherited from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

A solid mass resembling stone, especially:


undedlynesse

→ English: undeadliness

From Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”). By surface analysis, undedly + -nesse.

inh

/ foꝛ it bihoueþ þis coꝛruptible þing to cloþe, vncoꝛrupcioun .· ⁊ þis dedli þing to putte awei vndedlyneſſe

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 15:53, page 67v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010

[…] , because it's necessary that the perishable one wears imperishability and the mortal one puts on immortality.


synne

(chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)


luxurie

English: luxury

From Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria.


surveyour

English: surveyor

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman surveour; equivalent to surveyen + -our.

An overseer, superintendent, or supervisor:

A government officer or supervisor, especially of customs.


drenchen

drenchen (infinitive)
to drenchen (infinitive)
drenche (infinitive)
drenche (first-person present singular)
dreynte (first-person past singular)
drenched (first-person past singular)
drenchest (present second-person singular)
dreyntest (past second-person singular)
drenchedest (past second-person singular)
drencheth (present singular third-person)
dreynte (past singular third-person)
drenched (past singular third-person)
drenche (present singular subjunctive)
dreynte (past singular subjunctive)
drenched (past singular subjunctive)
drenche (imperative present singular)
drenchen (plural present)
drenche (plural present)
dreynten (past plural)
dreynte (past plural)
drencheden (past plural)
drenchede (past plural)
drencheth (imperative plural present)
drenche (imperative plural present)
drenchynge (participle present)
drenchende (participle present)
dreynt (participle past)
drenched (participle past)
ydreynt (participle past)
ydrenched (participle past)

English: drench

Scots: drynch

From Old English drenċan and ġedrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to cause to drink, drench”).

(transitive, intransitive) To submerge; to place underwater:

(transitive) To end one's life via drowning.

To submerge; to place underwater:
To end one's life via drowning.


savacioun

English: salvation

Scots: salvation

Borrowed from Old French salvacion, sauvacion, from Late Latin salvātiō, salvātiōnem; equivalent to saven + -acioun.

(medicine, rare) Medical remediation; the restoration of health.


companye

desctree

English: company
→ Hindi: कंपनी (kampnī)
→ Hokkien: 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê)
→ Malay: kompeni
→ Scottish Gaelic: companaidh
→ Swahili: kampuni

Scots: company

Welsh: cwmni

Copulation; sexual activity or intercourse.


felaweshipe

English: fellowship

Equivalent to felawe + -schipe; either a new ME formation or adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr.


drepen

drepen (infinitive)
to drepen (infinitive)
drepe (infinitive)
drepe (first-person present singular)
drap (first-person past singular)
dreped (first-person past singular)
drepest (present second-person singular)
drape (past second-person singular)
drap (past second-person singular)
drepedest (past second-person singular)
drepeth (present singular third-person)
drap (past singular third-person)
dreped (past singular third-person)
drepe (present singular subjunctive)
drape (past singular subjunctive)
dreped (past singular subjunctive)
drepe (imperative present singular)
drepen (plural present)
drepe (plural present)
drapen (past plural)
drape (past plural)
drepeden (past plural)
drepede (past plural)
drepeth (imperative plural present)
drepe (imperative plural present)
drepynge (participle present)
drepende (participle present)
dropen (participle past)
drope (participle past)
dreped (participle past)

>? English: drib, drub

>? Scots: drib, drub

From Old English drepan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną.


purgatorie

English: Purgatory

Borrowed from Old French purgatore, purgatoire, from Medieval Latin purgātōrium; equivalent to purgen + -atorie.

St Patrick's Purgatory (cave in Ireland)


swellen

swellen (infinitive)
to swellen (infinitive)
swelle (infinitive)
swelle (first-person present singular)
swal (first-person past singular)
swelled (first-person past singular)
swellest (present second-person singular)
swolle (past second-person singular)
swal (past second-person singular)
swelledest (past second-person singular)
swelleth (present singular third-person)
swal (past singular third-person)
swelled (past singular third-person)
swelle (present singular subjunctive)
swolle (past singular subjunctive)
swelled (past singular subjunctive)
swelle (imperative present singular)
swellen (plural present)
swelle (plural present)
swollen (past plural)
swolle (past plural)
swelleden (past plural)
swellede (past plural)
swelleth (imperative plural present)
swelle (imperative plural present)
swellynge (participle present)
swellende (participle present)
swollen (participle past)
swolle (participle past)
swelled (participle past)
yswolle (participle past)

English: swell

Scots: swell, swall

From Old English swellan, from Proto-West Germanic *swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną.

To swell; to grow or become bigger or stronger:


stingen

stingen (infinitive)
to stingen (infinitive)
stinge (infinitive)
stinge (first-person present singular)
stang (first-person past singular)
stingest (present second-person singular)
stunge (past second-person singular)
stang (past second-person singular)
stingeth (present singular third-person)
stang (past singular third-person)
stinge (present singular subjunctive)
stunge (past singular subjunctive)
stinge (imperative present singular)
stingen (plural present)
stinge (plural present)
stungen (past plural)
stunge (past plural)
stingeth (imperative plural present)
stinge (imperative plural present)
stingynge (participle present)
stingende (participle present)
stungen (participle past)
stunge (participle past)
ystungen (participle past)
ystunge (participle past)

English: sting

Scots: sting

From Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą.


swelten

swelten (infinitive)
to swelten (infinitive)
swelte (infinitive)
swelte (first-person present singular)
swalt (first-person past singular)
swelte (first-person past singular)
swelted (first-person past singular)
sweltest (present second-person singular)
swolte (past second-person singular)
swalt (past second-person singular)
sweltest (past second-person singular)
sweltedest (past second-person singular)
swelteth (present singular third-person)
swelt (present singular third-person)
swalt (past singular third-person)
swelte (past singular third-person)
swelted (past singular third-person)
swelte (present singular subjunctive)
swolte (past singular subjunctive)
swelte (past singular subjunctive)
swelted (past singular subjunctive)
swelte (imperative present singular)
swelten (plural present)
swelte (plural present)
swolten (past plural)
swolte (past plural)
swelten (past plural)
swelte (past plural)
swelteden (past plural)
sweltede (past plural)
swelteth (imperative plural present)
swelte (imperative plural present)
sweltynge (participle present)
sweltende (participle present)
swolten (participle past)
swolte (participle past)
swelt (participle past)
swelted (participle past)

English: swelt

Scots: swelt, swalt

From Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.


fukken

*fukken (infinitive)
to *fukken (infinitive)
fukke (infinitive)
fukke (first-person present singular)
fukked (first-person past singular)
fukkest (present second-person singular)
fukkedest (past second-person singular)
fukketh (present singular third-person)
fukked (past singular third-person)
fukke (present singular subjunctive)
fukked (past singular subjunctive)
fukke (imperative present singular)
fukken (plural present)
fukke (plural present)
fukkeden (past plural)
fukkede (past plural)
fukketh (imperative plural present)
fukke (imperative plural present)
fukkynge (participle present)
fukkende (participle present)
fukked (participle past)
yfukked (participle past)

English: fuck (see there for further descendants)

Early Scots: *fuken

Middle Scots: fuk

Scots: fuck, fuk

Geordie English: fook

Of Germanic origin: Either from Old English *fuccian or from Old Norse *fukka, both from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to smite; copulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-

der

Roger Fuckebythenavele

1310 December 8, court document from Cheshire, England:

Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk.[…]Fratres cum knyvys goth about and txxkxzv nfookt xxzxkt.

They [the friars] are not in heaven, since they fuck the wives of Ely [in Cambridgeshire]. […] Friars with knives go about and swive (have sex with) men’s wives.

Non sunt in coeli, quia fvccant vvivys of heli. […] Fratres cum knyvys goth about and svvivyt mennis vvyvis.


slyngen

slyngen (infinitive)
to slyngen (infinitive)
slynge (infinitive)
slynge (first-person present singular)
slang (first-person past singular)
slyngest (present second-person singular)
slunge (past second-person singular)
slang (past second-person singular)
slyngeth (present singular third-person)
slang (past singular third-person)
slynge (present singular subjunctive)
slunge (past singular subjunctive)
slynge (imperative present singular)
slyngen (plural present)
slynge (plural present)
slungen (past plural)
slunge (past plural)
slange (past plural)
slyngeth (imperative plural present)
slynge (imperative plural present)
slyngynge (participle present)
slyngende (participle present)
slungen (participle past)
slunge (participle past)
yslunge (participle past)

English: sling

Scots: sling, slung

Borrowed from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną.

(rare) To launch, hurl or sling oneself.


horsen

horsen (infinitive)
to horsen (infinitive)
horse (infinitive)
horse (first-person present singular)
horsed (first-person past singular)
horsest (present second-person singular)
horsedest (past second-person singular)
horseth (present singular third-person)
horsed (past singular third-person)
horse (present singular subjunctive)
horsed (past singular subjunctive)
horse (imperative present singular)
horsen (plural present)
horse (plural present)
horseden (past plural)
horsede (past plural)
horseth (imperative plural present)
horse (imperative plural present)
horsynge (participle present)
horsende (participle present)
horsed (participle past)
yhorsed (participle past)

English: horse

From Old English horsian; equivalent to hors + -en (infinitive suffix).


delite

English: delight (influenced by light)

Scots: delicht, delite (influenced by licht)

Yola: deligkt (influenced by lhygt)

From Old French delit, from the verb deliter.

A behaviour that induces delightfulness; a delight or pleasure:

Copulation; sexual intercourse or congress.


quelen

quelen (infinitive)
to quelen (infinitive)
quele (infinitive)
quele (first-person present singular)
qual (first-person past singular)
quel (first-person past singular)
quelest (present second-person singular)
quele (past second-person singular)
quale (past second-person singular)
qual (past second-person singular)
quel (past second-person singular)
queleth (present singular third-person)
qual (past singular third-person)
quel (past singular third-person)
quele (present singular subjunctive)
quele (past singular subjunctive)
quale (past singular subjunctive)
quele (imperative present singular)
quelen (plural present)
quele (plural present)
quelen (past plural)
quele (past plural)
qualen (past plural)
quale (past plural)
queleth (imperative plural present)
quele (imperative plural present)
quelynge (participle present)
quelende (participle present)
quolen (participle past)
quole (participle past)
yquolen (participle past)
yquole (participle past)

English: (dialectal) queal

Inherited from Old English cwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną. Doublet of quaylen.


cleven

cleven (infinitive)
to cleven (infinitive)
cleve (infinitive)
cleve (first-person present singular)
clef (first-person past singular)
claf (first-person past singular)
clefte (first-person past singular)
cleved (first-person past singular)
clevest (present second-person singular)
clove (past second-person singular)
clef (past second-person singular)
claf (past second-person singular)
cleftest (past second-person singular)
clevedest (past second-person singular)
cleveth (present singular third-person)
clef (past singular third-person)
claf (past singular third-person)
clefte (past singular third-person)
cleved (past singular third-person)
cleve (present singular subjunctive)
clove (past singular subjunctive)
clefte (past singular subjunctive)
cleved (past singular subjunctive)
cleve (imperative present singular)
cleven (plural present)
cleve (plural present)
cloven (past plural)
clove (past plural)
cleften (past plural)
clefte (past plural)
cleveden (past plural)
clevede (past plural)
cleveth (imperative plural present)
cleve (imperative plural present)
clevynge (participle present)
clevende (participle present)
cloven (participle past)
clove (participle past)
cleft (participle past)
cleved (participle past)
ycloven (participle past)
yclove (participle past)

English: cleave

Scots: cleave

From Old English clēofan, from Proto-West Germanic *kleuban, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną.

To stab someone mortally (by striking at their heart)


folye

English: folly

Scots: folly

From Old French folie; equivalent to fole (“fool”) + -ie.

Folly, idiocy, stupidness; stupid behaviour.

Sexual misconduct or impropriety; lewdness.


spicen

spicen (infinitive)
to spicen (infinitive)
spice (infinitive)
spice (first-person present singular)
spiced (first-person past singular)
spicest (present second-person singular)
spicedest (past second-person singular)
spiceth (present singular third-person)
spiced (past singular third-person)
spice (present singular subjunctive)
spiced (past singular subjunctive)
spice (imperative present singular)
spicen (plural present)
spice (plural present)
spiceden (past plural)
spicede (past plural)
spiceth (imperative plural present)
spice (imperative plural present)
spicynge (participle present)
spicende (participle present)
spiced (participle past)
yspiced (participle past)

English: spice

Scots: spice

(rare) To perform embalmment with spices.


graveston

English: gravestone


ballok

English: ballock, bollock

Scots: ballok

From Old English bealluc; equivalent to ball + -ok.


berien

berien (infinitive)
to berien (infinitive)
berie (infinitive)
berie (first-person present singular)
beried (first-person past singular)
beriest (present second-person singular)
beriedest (past second-person singular)
berieth (present singular third-person)
beried (past singular third-person)
berie (present singular subjunctive)
beried (past singular subjunctive)
berie (imperative present singular)
berien (plural present)
berie (plural present)
berieden (past plural)
beriede (past plural)
berieth (imperative plural present)
berie (imperative plural present)
beriynge (participle present)
beriende (participle present)
beried (participle past)
yberied (participle past)

English: bury

Scots: buiry

From Old English byrġan, byriġan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną. Doublet of bargaynen.


beriel

English: burial

Scots: buirial

From Old English byrġels; equivalent to berien + -els.

A sepulchre; a place where one is entombed.


berier

English: burier


buryinge

English: burying

Scots: buiryin

A burial or burying; the process of preparing a grave.

A gravesite or graveyard; the location where one is buried.


burynes

English: buriness (obsolete)

From Old English byriġnes; equivalent berien + -ness.


pleyen

pleyen (infinitive)
to pleyen (infinitive)
pleye (infinitive)
pleye (first-person present singular)
pleyed (first-person past singular)
pleyest (present second-person singular)
pleyedest (past second-person singular)
pleyeth (present singular third-person)
pleyed (past singular third-person)
pleye (present singular subjunctive)
pleyed (past singular subjunctive)
pleye (imperative present singular)
pleyen (plural present)
pleye (plural present)
pleyeden (past plural)
pleyede (past plural)
pleyeth (imperative plural present)
pleye (imperative plural present)
pleyynge (participle present)
pleyende (participle present)
pleyed (participle past)
ypleyed (participle past)

English: play, plaw

Scots: play

From a conflation of Old English pleġan and pleġian, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan and *plegōn. Equivalent to pleye + -en (infinitival suffix).

To entertain; to play or engage in recreation or sports:


biqueste

English: bequest

Scots: bequeyst

bi- + quiste; see more at English bequest

(Late Middle English) One's will and testament.


venerien

Either from Old French venerien or from Latin Venerius. The nominal use derives from the astrological understanding of Venus as the source of erotic influence.

One who is engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship; a lover.


venerien

Venerian

(astronomy, astrology, sometimes capitalized, see Venerien) Pertaining to or under the influence of the planet Venus.


bireven

bireven (infinitive)
to bireven (infinitive)
bireve (infinitive)
bireve (first-person present singular)
bireved (first-person past singular)
birefte (first-person past singular)
birevest (present second-person singular)
birevedest (past second-person singular)
bireftest (past second-person singular)
bireveth (present singular third-person)
bireved (past singular third-person)
birefte (past singular third-person)
bireve (present singular subjunctive)
bireved (past singular subjunctive)
birefte (past singular subjunctive)
bireve (imperative present singular)
bireven (plural present)
bireve (plural present)
bireveden (past plural)
birevede (past plural)
bireften (past plural)
birefte (past plural)
bireveth (imperative plural present)
bireve (imperative plural present)
birevynge (participle present)
birevende (participle present)
bireved (participle past)
bireft (participle past)

English: bereave

Scots: bereve, bereif

From Old English berēafian, from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną; equivalent to bi- + reven.


bleden

bleden (infinitive)
to bleden (infinitive)
blede (infinitive)
blede (first-person present singular)
bledde (first-person past singular)
bledest (present second-person singular)
bleddest (past second-person singular)
bledeth (present singular third-person)
bledde (past singular third-person)
blede (present singular subjunctive)
bledde (past singular subjunctive)
blede (imperative present singular)
bleden (plural present)
blede (plural present)
bledden (past plural)
bledde (past plural)
bledeth (imperative plural present)
blede (imperative plural present)
bledynge (participle present)
bledende (participle present)
bled (participle past)
ybled (participle past)

English: bleed

Scots: blede, bleid

From Old English blēdan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną.

To pass away (especially from blood loss caused by injury)


braynen

braynen (infinitive)
to braynen (infinitive)
brayne (infinitive)
brayne (first-person present singular)
brayned (first-person past singular)
braynest (present second-person singular)
braynedest (past second-person singular)
brayneth (present singular third-person)
brayned (past singular third-person)
brayne (present singular subjunctive)
brayned (past singular subjunctive)
brayne (imperative present singular)
braynen (plural present)
brayne (plural present)
brayneden (past plural)
braynede (past plural)
brayneth (imperative plural present)
brayne (imperative plural present)
braynynge (participle present)
braynende (participle present)
brayned (participle past)
ybrayned (participle past)

English: brain

Scots: brane, brain

To fatally wound via a hit on the brain.


delvynge

English: delving

Scots: delving, dellin

Yola: delleen, dellen

Inherited from Old English delfung; equivalent to delven + -ing.


asshe

enm-noun

asshe (plural asshen or asshes or asshe or asken)

asshen (plural)
asshes (plural)
asshe (plural)
asken (plural)

English: ash

Scots: ess, asch, ais, as, askis

Yola: ashen, oaskean (plural)

From Old English æsce, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

(figuratively) Death, mortality; the end of one's life.


spicerie

English: spicery

Scots: spicerie

From Old French espicerie; equivalent to spicer + -ie or spice + -erie.

A spice or spices; ground substances used as flavouring:

Spices used for the embalmment dead bodies.

A branch of a wealthy estate ensuring the provision or victualling of food.


ȝerde

English: yard, yerd

Scots: yaird, yeard, yird

Inherited from Old English ġerd, from Proto-West Germanic *gaʀdi, from Proto-Germanic *gazdijō. related to Polish żerdź from Proto-Slavic *žьrdь ("perch, pole, ricker").

One's penis or phallus; the main sexual organ of a male.


journe

English: journey

Scots: jurney

Borrowed from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.

An endeavour or enterprise; an attempt at something:

(figurative) Mortality; the final event of one's life.


ende-day

English: end-day (obsolete)

Scots: end-day (obsolete)

From Old English endedæġ; equivalent to ende + day.


endyng

English: ending

Scots: endin

Yola: endeen

From Old English endung, ġeendung; equivalent to ende + -ing.

An ending, termination, or conclusion.
The end of one's life; death or dying.

(Christianity) The end of the current world; the biblical Apocalypse.

The ending point of a literary creation or work.

An ending, termination, or conclusion.
A grammatical ending; a suffix.


endyng day

The day which one dies on; one's deathday.


delare

English: dealer

From Old English dǣlere; equivalent to delen + -er.

A distributor or splitter; one who parts or gives out.


delynge

English: dealing

From Old English dǣlung; equivalent to delen + -ing.

(rare) Intercourse; copulation; having sex.


crepen

crepen (infinitive)
to crepen (infinitive)
crepe (infinitive)
crepe (first-person present singular)
crep (first-person past singular)
crop (first-person past singular)
crepte (first-person past singular)
creped (first-person past singular)
crepest (present second-person singular)
crope (past second-person singular)
crepe (past second-person singular)
crep (past second-person singular)
crop (past second-person singular)
creptest (past second-person singular)
crepedest (past second-person singular)
crepeth (present singular third-person)
crep (past singular third-person)
crop (past singular third-person)
crepte (past singular third-person)
creped (past singular third-person)
crepe (present singular subjunctive)
crope (past singular subjunctive)
crepe (past singular subjunctive)
crepte (past singular subjunctive)
creped (past singular subjunctive)
crepe (imperative present singular)
crepen (plural present)
crepe (plural present)
cropen (past plural)
crope (past plural)
crepen (past plural)
crepe (past plural)
crepten (past plural)
crepte (past plural)
crepeden (past plural)
crepede (past plural)
crepeth (imperative plural present)
crepe (imperative plural present)
crepynge (participle present)
crepende (participle present)
cropen (participle past)
crope (participle past)
crept (participle past)
creped (participle past)
ycrope (participle past)

English: creep

Scots: crepe, creip

From Old English crēopan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kreupaną
Proto-West Germanic *kreupan
Old English crēopan
Middle English crepen

etymon

To enter or depart; to experience the start or end of life.


assayen

assayen (infinitive)
to assayen (infinitive)
assaye (infinitive)
assaye (first-person present singular)
assayed (first-person past singular)
assayest (present second-person singular)
assayedest (past second-person singular)
assayeth (present singular third-person)
assayed (past singular third-person)
assaye (present singular subjunctive)
assayed (past singular subjunctive)
assaye (imperative present singular)
assayen (plural present)
assaye (plural present)
assayeden (past plural)
assayede (past plural)
assayeth (imperative plural present)
assaye (imperative plural present)
assayynge (participle present)
assayende (participle present)
assayed (participle past)
yassayed (participle past)

English: assay, say

Scots: say, sey

From Anglo-Norman assaier; equivalent to assay + -en (infinitival suffix).

To copulate, have sexual relations with, or have coitus.


assailen

assailen (infinitive)
to assailen (infinitive)
assaile (infinitive)
assaile (first-person present singular)
assailed (first-person past singular)
assailest (present second-person singular)
assailedest (past second-person singular)
assaileth (present singular third-person)
assailed (past singular third-person)
assaile (present singular subjunctive)
assailed (past singular subjunctive)
assaile (imperative present singular)
assailen (plural present)
assaile (plural present)
assaileden (past plural)
assailede (past plural)
assaileth (imperative plural present)
assaile (imperative plural present)
assailynge (participle present)
assailende (participle present)
assailed (participle past)
yassailed (participle past)

English: assail

Scots: assail, assailzie

From Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre; equivalent to assaile + -en (infinitival suffix).

To bother, hurt, or injure (used often of malign forces)

(rare) To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals).


sliden

sliden (infinitive)
to sliden (infinitive)
slide (infinitive)
slide (first-person present singular)
slod (first-person past singular)
slidest (present second-person singular)
slide (past second-person singular)
slode (past second-person singular)
slod (past second-person singular)
slideth (present singular third-person)
slit (present singular third-person)
slod (past singular third-person)
slide (present singular subjunctive)
slide (past singular subjunctive)
slode (past singular subjunctive)
slide (imperative present singular)
sliden (plural present)
slide (plural present)
sliden (past plural)
slide (past plural)
sloden (past plural)
slode (past plural)
slideth (imperative plural present)
slide (imperative plural present)
slidynge (participle present)
slidende (participle present)
sliden (participle past)
slide (participle past)
ysliden (participle past)
yslide (participle past)

English: slide

→ Japanese: スライド (suraido)

Scots: slide

From Old English slīdan. Cognates include Middle Dutch slīden, Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten, and Sanskrit स्रेधति (sredhati).

To move, especially in an inconspicuous or noiseless way:


counte

English: county

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman counté, from Latin comitātus; equivalent to counte (“count”) + -te.

A traditional county or shire of England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.


louten

louten (infinitive)
to louten (infinitive)
loute (infinitive)
loute (first-person present singular)
louted (first-person past singular)
loute (first-person past singular)
let (first-person past singular)
loutest (present second-person singular)
loutedest (past second-person singular)
loutest (past second-person singular)
let (past second-person singular)
louteth (present singular third-person)
louted (past singular third-person)
loute (past singular third-person)
let (past singular third-person)
loute (present singular subjunctive)
louted (past singular subjunctive)
loute (past singular subjunctive)
loute (imperative present singular)
louten (plural present)
loute (plural present)
louteden (past plural)
loutede (past plural)
louten (past plural)
loute (past plural)
louteth (imperative plural present)
loute (imperative plural present)
loutynge (participle present)
loutende (participle present)
louted (participle past)
lout (participle past)
ylouted (participle past)
ylout (participle past)

English: lout (obsolete)

Scots: lout, loot, lowt

From Old English lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

(intransitive) To fall over; to topple (often in the context of death)


couplen

couplen (infinitive)
to couplen (infinitive)
couple (infinitive)
couple (first-person present singular)
coupled (first-person past singular)
couplest (present second-person singular)
coupledest (past second-person singular)
coupleth (present singular third-person)
coupled (past singular third-person)
couple (present singular subjunctive)
coupled (past singular subjunctive)
couple (imperative present singular)
couplen (plural present)
couple (plural present)
coupleden (past plural)
couplede (past plural)
coupleth (imperative plural present)
couple (imperative plural present)
couplynge (participle present)
couplende (participle present)
coupled (participle past)
ycoupled (participle past)

English: couple

Scots: cowpill (obsolete)

From Old French coupler, from Latin cōpulō; equivalent to couple + -en (infinitival suffix).


couplynge

English: coupling


myrthe

English: mirth

Scots: mirth

Inherited from Old English myrgþ, mergþ, mirgþ, miriġþ, from Proto-West Germanic *murgīþu; equivalent to mery + -the (abstract nominal suffix).

(rare, euphemistic) Copulation; the act of having sex


quellere

English: queller

From Old English cwellere; equivalent to quellen + -er.

One entrusted with the duty of execution or torturing; a hangman.


spelunke

English: spelunk, spelunc (obsolete)

Scots: spelunk (obsolete)

From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλῠγξ (spêlŭnx).

(rare) A gravesite; where one is buried.


redempcioun

English: redemption

Scots: redemption

Borrowed from Old French redemption, borrowed itself from Latin redemptio. Doublet of raunsoun.


tredynge

English: treading


gronen

gronen (infinitive)
to gronen (infinitive)
grone (infinitive)
grone (first-person present singular)
groned (first-person past singular)
gronest (present second-person singular)
gronedest (past second-person singular)
groneth (present singular third-person)
groned (past singular third-person)
grone (present singular subjunctive)
groned (past singular subjunctive)
grone (imperative present singular)
gronen (plural present)
grone (plural present)
groneden (past plural)
gronede (past plural)
groneth (imperative plural present)
grone (imperative plural present)
gronynge (participle present)
gronende (participle present)
groned (participle past)
ygroned (participle past)

English: groan

Scots: grane, grain

Inherited from Old English grānian, from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną, a derivative of *grīnaną (which didn't leave any descendants in Middle English).

gloss

(rare) To pass away; to suffer from death.


frendschip

English: friendship

Scots: friendship

From Old English frēondsċipe; equivalent to frend + -schipe.


hordom

English: whoredom

Scots: huredome (obsolete)

From Old Norse hórdómr; equivalent to hore + -dom.

(rare) A specific instance of such behaviour or actions.


horlynge

(derogatory) A lascivious or adulterous person (usually, but not always, male)


disparagen

disparagen (infinitive)
to disparagen (infinitive)
disparage (infinitive)
disparage (first-person present singular)
disparaged (first-person past singular)
disparage (first-person past singular)
disparagest (present second-person singular)
disparagedest (past second-person singular)
disparagest (past second-person singular)
disparageth (present singular third-person)
disparaged (past singular third-person)
disparage (past singular third-person)
disparage (present singular subjunctive)
disparaged (past singular subjunctive)
disparage (past singular subjunctive)
disparage (imperative present singular)
disparagen (plural present)
disparage (plural present)
disparageden (past plural)
disparagede (past plural)
disparagen (past plural)
disparage (past plural)
disparageth (imperative plural present)
disparage (imperative plural present)
disparagynge (participle present)
disparagende (participle present)
disparaged (participle past)
disparage (participle past)
ydisparaged (participle past)

English: disparage (verb)

From Old French disparagier; equivalent to disparage + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare, euphemistic) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman.

(rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing.


manrede

English: manred, mandred (obsolete)

Middle Scots: manred, manrent

→ English: manrent

Inherited from Old English manrǣden (“homage, service”); equivalent to man (“man”) + -rede (“-hood”).

inh+

(rare, Early Middle English) The act of sexual intercourse.


bedfelawe

English: bedfellow

A concubine; a secondary female sexual partner.


felawrede

From felawe + -rede. See fellow and rede.


felawshipen

felawshipen (infinitive)
to felawshipen (infinitive)
felawshipe (infinitive)
felawshipe (first-person present singular)
felawshiped (first-person past singular)
felawshipest (present second-person singular)
felawshipedest (past second-person singular)
felawshipeth (present singular third-person)
felawshiped (past singular third-person)
felawshipe (present singular subjunctive)
felawshiped (past singular subjunctive)
felawshipe (imperative present singular)
felawshipen (plural present)
felawshipe (plural present)
felawshipeden (past plural)
felawshipede (past plural)
felawshipeth (imperative plural present)
felawshipe (imperative plural present)
felawshipynge (participle present)
felawshipende (participle present)
felawshiped (participle past)
yfelawshiped (participle past)

English: fellowship

From felaweshipe + -en (infinitival suffix).

To enter into a companionship, partnership, alliance, or fellowship.

(rare) To cause to enter into a fellowship.


lilie flour

English: lily flower


crucifien

enm-verb

crucifien (third-person singular simple present crucifieth, present participle crucifiende, crucifiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle crucified)

crucifieth (present singular third-person)
crucifiende (participle present)
crucifiynge (participle present)
crucified (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
crucifien (infinitive)
to crucifien (infinitive)
crucifie (first-person present singular)
crucified (first-person past singular)
crucifiest (present second-person singular)
crucifiedest (past second-person singular)
crucifieth (present singular third-person)
crucified (past singular third-person)
crucifie (present singular subjunctive)
crucified (past singular subjunctive)
crucifie (imperative present singular)
crucifien (plural present)
crucifie (plural present)
crucifieden (past plural)
crucifiede (past plural)
crucifieth (imperative plural present)
crucifie (imperative plural present)
crucifiynge (participle present)
crucifiende (participle present)
crucified (participle past)
ycrucified (participle past)

English: crucify

Scots: crucifee

Borrowed from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucificāre, from Latin crucifīgere.

To crucify (to execute by nailing on a cross)


dampnacioun

English: damnation

From Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio; equivalent to dampnen + -acioun.

(religion) damnation (consignment to eternal punishment)


pyntel

English: pintle

Scots: pintle

From Old English pintel, from Proto-Germanic *pint-.


scheder

English: shedder

/ˈʃɛːdər(ə)/


lymbo

English: limbo

From Latin limbō, ablative of limbus, in the expression in limbō (“on the edge”). Compare limbus.

(Late Middle English) limbo (waiting place for souls)


dishoneste

English: dishonesty

From Old French deshoneste (“disgrace”); equivalent to dis- + honeste (“honour, integrity”).


crouche

English: crouch (obsolete)

From Old English crūċ, from Latin crucem. Doublet of cross and croys.
The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.


enbawmen

enbawmen (infinitive)
to enbawmen (infinitive)
enbawme (first-person present singular)
enbawmed (first-person past singular)
enbawmest (present second-person singular)
enbawmedest (past second-person singular)
enbawmeth (present singular third-person)
enbawmed (past singular third-person)
enbawme (present singular subjunctive)
enbawmed (past singular subjunctive)
enbawme (imperative present singular)
enbawmen (plural present)
enbawme (plural present)
enbawmeden (past plural)
enbawmede (past plural)
enbawmeth (imperative plural present)
enbawme (imperative plural present)
enbawmynge (participle present)
enbawmende (participle present)
enbawmed (participle past)

English: embalm

From Middle French embaumer, from Old French embasmer; equivalent to en- + bawmen.


bawmen

bawmen (infinitive)
to bawmen (infinitive)
bawme (infinitive)
bawme (first-person present singular)
bawmed (first-person past singular)
bawmest (present second-person singular)
bawmedest (past second-person singular)
bawmeth (present singular third-person)
bawmed (past singular third-person)
bawme (present singular subjunctive)
bawmed (past singular subjunctive)
bawme (imperative present singular)
bawmen (plural present)
bawme (plural present)
bawmeden (past plural)
bawmede (past plural)
bawmeth (imperative plural present)
bawme (imperative plural present)
bawmynge (participle present)
bawmende (participle present)
bawmed (participle past)
ybawmed (participle past)

English: balm

From bawme (“balm”) + -en (infinitival suffix).


undedly

English: undeadly

From Old English undēadlīċ; equivalent to un- + dedly.


steorve

From Old English steorfa, from Proto-West Germanic *sterbō, from Proto-Germanic *sterbô; compare sterven.


acounte

desctree

English: account
→ Bulgarian: ака́унт (akáunt)
→ Japanese: アカウント (akaunto)
→ Malay: akaun
→ Pohnpeian: akaund
→ Russian: аккаунт (akkaunt)
→ Swahili: akaunti

Scots: accoont, account

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman acounte, aconte, from aconter (see acounten). Equivalent to a- + counte (“computation”).

(specifically) One's explanation at the Last Judgement.


stranglen

enm-verb

stranglen (third-person singular simple present strangleth, present participle stranglende, stranglynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle strangled)

strangleth (present singular third-person)
stranglende (participle present)
stranglynge (participle present)
strangled (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
stranglen (infinitive)
to stranglen (infinitive)
strangle (infinitive)
strangle (first-person present singular)
strangled (first-person past singular)
stranglest (present second-person singular)
strangledest (past second-person singular)
strangleth (present singular third-person)
strangled (past singular third-person)
strangle (present singular subjunctive)
strangled (past singular subjunctive)
strangle (imperative present singular)
stranglen (plural present)
strangle (plural present)
strangleden (past plural)
stranglede (past plural)
strangleth (imperative plural present)
strangle (imperative plural present)
stranglynge (participle present)
stranglende (participle present)
strangled (participle past)
ystrangled (participle past)

English: strangle (estrangle)

From Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre; compare astranglen.

To strangle or choke (usually at the throat):


astranglen

astranglen (infinitive)
to astranglen (infinitive)
astrangle (infinitive)
astrangle (first-person present singular)
astrangled (first-person past singular)
astranglest (present second-person singular)
astrangledest (past second-person singular)
astrangleth (present singular third-person)
astrangled (past singular third-person)
astrangle (present singular subjunctive)
astrangled (past singular subjunctive)
astrangle (imperative present singular)
astranglen (plural present)
astrangle (plural present)
astrangleden (past plural)
astranglede (past plural)
astrangleth (imperative plural present)
astrangle (imperative plural present)
astranglynge (participle present)
astranglende (participle present)
astrangled (participle past)

A remodelling of Old French estrangler (from Latin strangulō, strangulāre) as a- + stranglen.


acheken

acheken (infinitive)
to acheken (infinitive)
acheke (infinitive)
acheke (first-person present singular)
acheked (first-person past singular)
achekest (present second-person singular)
achekedest (past second-person singular)
acheketh (present singular third-person)
acheked (past singular third-person)
acheke (present singular subjunctive)
acheked (past singular subjunctive)
acheke (imperative present singular)
acheken (plural present)
acheke (plural present)
achekeden (past plural)
achekede (past plural)
acheketh (imperative plural present)
acheke (imperative plural present)
achekynge (participle present)
achekende (participle present)
acheked (participle past)

desctree

⇒ Middle English: choken, cheke, chekyn
English: choke
Scots: choke

/aˈt͡ʃɛːkən/

/aˈt͡ʃɔːkən/

From Old English āċēocian; equivalent to a- + cheke + -en (infinitival suffix).


resolucioun

English: resolution

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman resolucion or its etymon Latin resolūtiō, resolūtiōnem; equivalent to re- + solucioun. Compare resolven.

(figuratively) Death (as the parting of body and soul)

Decomposition, dissolution, splitting:
Death (as the parting of body and soul)

(medicine) The decomposition of humours or the ability to cause it.


dissolven

dissolven (infinitive)
to dissolven (infinitive)
dissolve (infinitive)
dissolve (first-person present singular)
dissolved (first-person past singular)
dissolvest (present second-person singular)
dissolvedest (past second-person singular)
dissolveth (present singular third-person)
dissolved (past singular third-person)
dissolve (present singular subjunctive)
dissolved (past singular subjunctive)
dissolve (imperative present singular)
dissolven (plural present)
dissolve (plural present)
dissolveden (past plural)
dissolvede (past plural)
dissolveth (imperative plural present)
dissolve (imperative plural present)
dissolvynge (participle present)
dissolvende (participle present)
dissolved (participle past)

English: dissolve

Borrowed from Latin dissolvō, dissolvere; equivalent to dis- + solven. Compare dissolucioun.

To unbind (usually the soul from the body)


manquellere

English: manqueller

From man (“man, person”) + quellere (“killer”).

af

(Christianity, figurative) One who leads others towards eternal damnation.


biquethen

biquethen (infinitive)
to biquethen (infinitive)
biquethe (infinitive)
biquethe (first-person present singular)
biquath (first-person past singular)
biquethest (present second-person singular)
biquethe (past second-person singular)
biquath (past second-person singular)
biquetheth (present singular third-person)
biquath (past singular third-person)
biquethe (present singular subjunctive)
biquethe (past singular subjunctive)
biquethe (imperative present singular)
biquethen (plural present)
biquethe (plural present)
biquethen (past plural)
biquethe (past plural)
biquetheth (imperative plural present)
biquethe (imperative plural present)
biquethynge (participle present)
biquethende (participle present)
biquethen (participle past)
biquethe (participle past)

English: bequeath

Inherited from Old English becweþan; equivalent to bi- + quethen.

To set apart oneself for another or another's sake.


savete

English: safety

Scots: safety, sauftie, safity

Borrowed from Old French sauvete, salvete, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem; equivalent to saven + -te.

Salvation; deliverance from eternal doom.


lovere

(poetic, chiefly Northern) A praiser or eulogist; one who praises something.


lovynge

English: loving

Scots: luvin

Inherited from Old English lufung; equivalent to loven (“to love”) + -ing.

(Christianity) Devotion to or adoration of God.

A feeling of love or care:
Devotion to or adoration of God.


fryen

enm-verb

fryen (third-person singular simple present fryeth, present participle fryinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fryed)

fryeth (present singular third-person)
fryinge (participle present)
fryed (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
fryen (infinitive)
to fryen (infinitive)
frye (infinitive)
frye (first-person present singular)
fryed (first-person past singular)
fryest (present second-person singular)
fryedest (past second-person singular)
fryeth (present singular third-person)
fryed (past singular third-person)
frye (present singular subjunctive)
fryed (past singular subjunctive)
frye (imperative present singular)
fryen (plural present)
frye (plural present)
fryeden (past plural)
fryede (past plural)
fryeth (imperative plural present)
frye (imperative plural present)
fryinge (participle present)
fryende (participle present)
fryed (participle past)
yfryed (participle past)

English: fry

Scots: fry

→ Irish: priáil

Borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)-g-; compare fryture (“fritter”).


hevene

English: heaven, Heaven

Scots: heiven, Heiven

Yola: heaaven, heoven

Inherited from Old English heofon, from Proto-West Germanic *hebun.
Forms without a final vowel are from the Old English a-stem variant, while forms with one continue weak (n-stem) heofone or are generalised from the Old English ō-stem accusative or the genitive or dative of both variants.

Venus...Doun fro the heven gan descende.

c. 1379, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame, section 164:

Thei make sweete cakis to the quen of heuene [Astarte]

c. 1382, Wycliffe's Bible, Jeremiah 7:18

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Heaven; a divine realm or positive afterlife.


synnere

English: sinner

Scots: sinner

From synnen + -er, replacing earlier synful (“sinner”).

A sinner; one who commits sins, especially sexual ones.


synnen

synnen (third-person singular simple present synneth, present participle synnende, synnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle synned)

synneth (present singular third-person)
synnende (participle present)
synnynge (participle present)
synned (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
synnen (infinitive)
to synnen (infinitive)
synne (infinitive)
synne (first-person present singular)
synned (first-person past singular)
synnest (present second-person singular)
synnedest (past second-person singular)
synneth (present singular third-person)
synned (past singular third-person)
synne (present singular subjunctive)
synned (past singular subjunctive)
synne (imperative present singular)
synnen (plural present)
synne (plural present)
synneden (past plural)
synnede (past plural)
synneth (imperative plural present)
synne (imperative plural present)
synnynge (participle present)
synnende (participle present)
synned (participle past)
ysynned (participle past)

English: sin

Scots: sin

From Old English syngian; by the late ME period, usually remodelled on synne + -en (infinitival suffix).

To sin; to commit sins, especially of a sexual nature.


lyfles

English: lifeless

Inherited from Old English līflēas; by surface analysis, lyf + -les.

(uncommon) Lacking life; lifeless, dead.


caroyne

English: carrion

Scots: carrion

Borrowed from Old Northern French caroigne, carogne, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. Variants with /æi̯/ probably represent the initial stage of vowel reduction; compare Boleyne, Coleyne, variants of Boloyne (“Boulogne”), Coloyne (“Cologne”).