her

English: here

Scots: here, her

Yola: haar, here

Inherited from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.


flaxen

English: flaxen

Yola: vlaxen

Inherited from Old English fleaxen; equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”).


top

English: top

→ French: top

→ German: Top

→ Vietnamese: tốp

Scots: tap

From Old English topp, toppa, from Proto-West Germanic *topp.

(rare) The tip or end of something; that which something terminates in.


hemp

English: hemp

Scots: hemp, hempt

From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).


flax

English: flax

Inherited from Old English fleax, from Proto-West Germanic *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *plek-.


yarn

English: yarn

Scots: yairn

From Old English ġearn, from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of garn.


corde

English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)

Scots: cord

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of.


bast

Borrowed from Old French bast (French bât), probably a back-formation from bastard.

Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.


scheren

scheren (infinitive)
to scheren (infinitive)
schere (infinitive)
schern (infinitive)
schere (first-person present singular)
schar (first-person past singular)
scher (first-person past singular)
scherest (present second-person singular)
schere (past second-person singular)
schar (past second-person singular)
scher (past second-person singular)
schereth (present singular third-person)
schar (past singular third-person)
scher (past singular third-person)
schere (present singular subjunctive)
schere (past singular subjunctive)
schere (imperative present singular)
scheren (plural present)
schere (plural present)
schern (plural present)
scheren (past plural)
schere (past plural)
schereth (imperative plural present)
schere (imperative plural present)
scherynge (participle present)
scherende (participle present)
schoren (participle past)
schore (participle past)
schorn (participle past)
yschoren (participle past)
yschore (participle past)

English: shear

Scots: shear

Yola: shaure (preterite)

Inherited from Old English sċieran, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną.

To cut; to slice with a sharp edge:
To shear; to remove hair, fur, or wool:
(rare) To shear or shave fabric.

To cut; to slice with a sharp edge:
To shear; to remove hair, fur, or wool:
To shear or shave fabric.


garn

English: garn (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.


burnet

English: burnet

Scots: burnet

Borrowed from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”).


spinnen

spinnen (infinitive)
to spinnen (infinitive)
spinne (infinitive)
spinne (first-person present singular)
span (first-person past singular)
spinnest (present second-person singular)
spunne (past second-person singular)
spanne (past second-person singular)
span (past second-person singular)
spinneth (present singular third-person)
span (past singular third-person)
spinne (present singular subjunctive)
spunne (past singular subjunctive)
spanne (past singular subjunctive)
spinne (imperative present singular)
spinnen (plural present)
spinne (plural present)
spunnen (past plural)
spunne (past plural)
spannen (past plural)
spanne (past plural)
spinneth (imperative plural present)
spinne (imperative plural present)
spinnynge (participle present)
spinnende (participle present)
spunnen (participle past)
spunne (participle past)

English: spin

Scots: spin

To make fabric or fabric garments out of fibre.


hempen

English: hempen

Scots: hempen

Possibly from an Old English *hænepen; however this word is attested relatively late and was probably formed anew in Middle English. Equivalent to hemp + -en (“made of”).


flees

English: fleece

→ Finnish: fliisi

→ German: Fleece

Scots: fleis

Yola: flaase

From Old English flēos, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus, from Proto-Germanic *fleusaz.

A sheepskin or fleece; the skin of a sheep.


rop

desctree

English: rope, roap, roape
→ Irish: rópa
Tok Pisin: rop

Scots: raip

→ Old French: rap

Inherited from Old English rāp, from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp-.

A cord or string:
(rare) A Franciscan corded belt.

A cord or string:
A Franciscan corded belt.


coton

English: cotton

→ Irish: cotún

Scots: cotton, catton

→ Welsh: cotwm

From Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Compare aketon.


wolle

English: wool

desc

Scots: woll, wol, wow, wo, oull, owll, owl, oo

Yola: wul

Inherited from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.


herde

English: herd

Scots: herd, hird

From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.


lyne

English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)

Yola: leen

From Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”).

inh

Linum usitatissimum
Linum usitatissimum#Translingual

A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.

The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.


teere

Alternative form of teer (“good quality”)


teere

Alternative form of teren (“to ruin by removing or splitting”)


ropen

ropen (infinitive)
to ropen (infinitive)
rope (infinitive)
rope (first-person present singular)
roped (first-person past singular)
ropest (present second-person singular)
ropedest (past second-person singular)
ropeth (present singular third-person)
roped (past singular third-person)
rope (present singular subjunctive)
roped (past singular subjunctive)
rope (imperative present singular)
ropen (plural present)
rope (plural present)
ropeden (past plural)
ropede (past plural)
ropeth (imperative plural present)
rope (imperative plural present)
ropynge (participle present)
ropende (participle present)
roped (participle past)

English: roop, roup

Scots: roup; croup

→ English: croup

→ Dutch: kroep

→ French: croup

From Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną; equivalent to rop (“call”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Forms in /ɔu̯/ are influenced by Old Norse raupa.


hery

English: hairy

Scots: hairy

hairy, furry; covered with hair, fur or wool.

(rare) Resembling hair; thin and minuscule.


twyn

English: twine

Scots: twine

From Old English twīn, from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn; ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (compare two).


thred

English: thread

Scots: threid

Yola: dreade

From Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz.


clewe

English: clew, clue

Scots: clew, cloo, clue

From Old English clīewen, from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną, *klewô.

A clew (“lump or sphere of thread or yarn”).


gossomer

English: gossamer

From goos + somer. See English gossamer for more.


kembestere

English: kempster, kembster (historical)

Middle Scots: kemstar

A kembster; one (usually female) who combs wool.


kemben

enm-verb

kemben (third-person singular simple present kembeth, present participle kembynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative kempte, past participle kempt)

kembeth (present singular third-person)
kembynge (participle present)
kempte (first-person indicative past singular third-person)
kempt (participle past)
kemben (infinitive)
to kemben (infinitive)
kembe (infinitive)
kembe (first-person present singular)
kembed (first-person past singular)
kempte (first-person past singular)
kembest (present second-person singular)
kembedest (past second-person singular)
kemptest (past second-person singular)
kembeth (present singular third-person)
kembed (past singular third-person)
kempte (past singular third-person)
kembe (present singular subjunctive)
kembed (past singular subjunctive)
kempte (past singular subjunctive)
kembe (imperative present singular)
kemben (plural present)
kembe (plural present)
kembeden (past plural)
kembede (past plural)
kempten (past plural)
kempte (past plural)
kembeth (imperative plural present)
kembe (imperative plural present)
kembynge (participle present)
kembende (participle present)
kembed (participle past)
kempt (participle past)
ykembed (participle past)
ykempt (participle past)

English: kemb (obsolete except for kempt, unkempt), comb (remodelled on the noun)

Scots: kem, keme

Yola: khimed (preterite)

From Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną.

But first he cheweth greyn and lycorys / To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.

a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690–3691:

Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.

To comb or brush one's hair; to use a comb.


knyttynge

English: knitting

Yola: nitheen

Something which joins, unifies, links, or connects.


knytten

knytten (infinitive)
to knytten (infinitive)
knytte (infinitive)
knytte (first-person present singular)
knytte (first-person past singular)
knytted (first-person past singular)
knyttest (present second-person singular)
knyttest (past second-person singular)
knyttedest (past second-person singular)
knytteth (present singular third-person)
knytte (past singular third-person)
knytted (past singular third-person)
knytte (present singular subjunctive)
knytte (past singular subjunctive)
knytted (past singular subjunctive)
knytte (imperative present singular)
knytten (plural present)
knytte (plural present)
knytten (past plural)
knytte (past plural)
knytteden (past plural)
knyttede (past plural)
knytteth (imperative plural present)
knytte (imperative plural present)
knyttynge (participle present)
knyttende (participle present)
knyt (participle past)
knytted (participle past)
yknyt (participle past)
yknytted (participle past)

English: knit

Scots: knit, knyt

From Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.

To enter into or begin an endeavour, activity, or pursuit:

To work out an argument or treatise out of words or ideas.


twynen

twynen (infinitive)
to twynen (infinitive)
twyne (infinitive)
twyne (first-person present singular)
twyned (first-person past singular)
twynest (present second-person singular)
twynedest (past second-person singular)
twyneth (present singular third-person)
twyned (past singular third-person)
twyne (present singular subjunctive)
twyned (past singular subjunctive)
twyne (imperative present singular)
twynen (plural present)
twyne (plural present)
twyneden (past plural)
twynede (past plural)
twyneth (imperative plural present)
twyne (imperative plural present)
twynynge (participle present)
twynende (participle present)
twyned (participle past)

English: twine

Scots: twine

Either from a putative Old English *twīnian or newly formed from twyn + -en (infinitival suffix).

(by extension, rare) To twist; to mingle.