tordwifel

tordwifel (nominative singular)
tordwifelas (nominative plural)
tordwifel (accusative singular)
tordwifelas (accusative plural)
tordwifeles (genitive singular)
tordwifela (genitive plural)
tordwifele (dative singular)
tordwifelum (dative plural)

Middle English: *tordwevel

English: turd weevil

From Proto-West Germanic *tordawibil, from Proto-Germanic *turdawibilaz. Cognate with Old Norse torðvifill. Equivalent to tord (“turd”) + wifel (“beetle”).


sæsnægl

sǣsnæġl (canonical masculine)
sǣsnæġl (nominative singular)
sǣsnæġlas (nominative plural)
sǣsnæġl (accusative singular)
sǣsnæġlas (accusative plural)
sǣsnæġles (genitive singular)
sǣsnæġla (genitive plural)
sǣsnæġle (dative singular)
sǣsnæġlum (dative plural)

Middle English: *se-snail

English: seasnail, sea snail


scep

sċēp (canonical neuter)
sċēp (nominative singular)
sċēp (nominative plural)
sċēp (accusative singular)
sċēp (accusative plural)
sċēpes (genitive singular)
sċēpa (genitive plural)
sċēpe (dative singular)
sċēpum (dative plural)


hreremus

hrēremūs (canonical feminine)
hrēremūs (nominative singular)
hrēremȳs (nominative plural)
hrēremūs (accusative singular)
hrēremȳs (accusative plural)
hrēremȳs (genitive singular)
hrēremūse (genitive singular)
hrēremūsa (genitive plural)
hrēremȳs (dative singular)
hrēremūsum (dative plural)

Middle English: reremous

English: reremouse, rearmouse

From hrēran (“to whisk, stir”) + mūs (“mouse”).


fifalde

fīfalde (canonical feminine)
fīfalde (nominative singular)
fīfaldan (nominative plural)
fīfaldan (accusative singular)
fīfaldan (accusative plural)
fīfaldan (genitive singular)
fīfaldena (genitive plural)
fīfaldan (dative singular)
fīfaldum (dative plural)


hælftre

hælftre (nominative singular)
hælftra (nominative plural)
hælftre (nominative plural)
hælftre (accusative singular)
hælftra (accusative plural)
hælftre (accusative plural)
hælftre (genitive singular)
hælftra (genitive plural)
hælftre (dative singular)
hælftrum (dative plural)
hælftre (nominative singular)
hælftras (nominative plural)
hælftre (accusative singular)
hælftras (accusative plural)
hælftres (genitive singular)
hælftra (genitive plural)
hælftre (dative singular)
hælftrum (dative plural)
hælftre (nominative singular)
hælftru (nominative plural)
hælftre (accusative singular)
hælftru (accusative plural)
hælftres (genitive singular)
hælftra (genitive plural)
hælftre (dative singular)
hælftrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: halter, helter, heltre, heltere, helfter, heltyr, haltre, haltur, heltrer
English: halter
Scots: helter, heltir, hilter


dopfugol

dopfugol (nominative singular)
dopfuglas (nominative plural)
dopfugol (accusative singular)
dopfuglas (accusative plural)
dopfugles (genitive singular)
dopfugla (genitive plural)
dopfugle (dative singular)
dopfuglum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *dopfugl (“dipping bird”), related to *daupijan, *fugl. Compare Old Saxon dopfugul (“loon”). Compare also Old High German tūhfogal (“diving bird, dabchick”), Old English fugoldoppe (“dipping bird”).

cog

A dipping-fowl or other such type of waterfowl; moorhen; gull.


cæfester

Borrowed from Latin capistrum, from capi(ō) (“seize”) + -trum.


nihthroc

nihthrōc (canonical masculine)
nihthrōc (nominative singular)
nihthrōcas (nominative plural)
nihthrōc (accusative singular)
nihthrōcas (accusative plural)
nihthrōces (genitive singular)
nihthrōca (genitive plural)
nihthrōce (dative singular)
nihthrōcum (dative plural)


hacod

Middle English: *haket

English: haked

From Proto-West Germanic *hakud, *hakid (“pike”).


hornfisc

hornfisċ (canonical masculine)
hornfisċ (nominative singular)
hornfiscas (nominative plural)
hornfisċ (accusative singular)
hornfiscas (accusative plural)
hornfisċes (genitive singular)
hornfisca (genitive plural)
hornfisċe (dative singular)
hornfiscum (dative plural)

English: hornfish


spearhafoc

spearhafoc (nominative singular)
spearhafocas (nominative plural)
spearhafoc (accusative singular)
spearhafocas (accusative plural)
spearhafoces (genitive singular)
spearhafoca (genitive plural)
spearhafoce (dative singular)
spearhafocum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: sparhauk, sparehauk, sparrehawk, sparhauke, sparhawke, sperehauke, spere-hawke, sperhauk, sperhauke, sperhawke
English: sparhawk; sparrowhawk
Scots: sparhalk, sparhauke, sperhawke, sperhalk
→ Scottish Gaelic: speireag

From Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, from Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, equivalent to spearwa (“sparrow”) + hafoc (“hawk”). Cognate with Old Norse sparrhaukr.


stangiella

From stān (“stone”) + ġiellan (“to yell”)


stanbucca

stānbucca (canonical masculine)
stānbucca (nominative singular)
stānbuccan (nominative plural)
stānbuccan (accusative singular)
stānbuccan (accusative plural)
stānbuccan (genitive singular)
stānbuccena (genitive plural)
stānbuccan (dative singular)
stānbuccum (dative plural)

From stān (“stone”) + bucca (“he-goat”). Cognate with Dutch steenbok


eafisc

ēafisċ (canonical masculine)
ēafisċ (nominative singular)
ēafiscas (nominative plural)
ēafisċ (accusative singular)
ēafiscas (accusative plural)
ēafisċes (genitive singular)
ēafisca (genitive plural)
ēafisċe (dative singular)
ēafiscum (dative plural)


anawyrm

anawyrm (nominative singular)
anawyrmas (nominative plural)
anawyrm (accusative singular)
anawyrmas (accusative plural)
anawyrmes (genitive singular)
anawyrma (genitive plural)
anawyrme (dative singular)
anawyrmum (dative plural)


moldwyrm

moldwyrm (nominative singular)
moldwyrmas (nominative plural)
moldwyrm (accusative singular)
moldwyrmas (accusative plural)
moldwyrmes (genitive singular)
moldwyrma (genitive plural)
moldwyrme (dative singular)
moldwyrmum (dative plural)

From molde (“earth, ground”) + wyrm (“worm”)


cawelwyrm

cawelwyrm (nominative singular)
cawelwyrmas (nominative plural)
cawelwyrm (accusative singular)
cawelwyrmas (accusative plural)
cawelwyrmes (genitive singular)
cawelwyrma (genitive plural)
cawelwyrme (dative singular)
cawelwyrmum (dative plural)


leafwyrm

lēafwyrm (canonical masculine)
lēafwyrm (nominative singular)
lēafwyrmas (nominative plural)
lēafwyrm (accusative singular)
lēafwyrmas (accusative plural)
lēafwyrmes (genitive singular)
lēafwyrma (genitive plural)
lēafwyrme (dative singular)
lēafwyrmum (dative plural)


ficwyrm

fīcwyrm (canonical masculine)
fīcwyrm (nominative singular)
fīcwyrmas (nominative plural)
fīcwyrm (accusative singular)
fīcwyrmas (accusative plural)
fīcwyrmes (genitive singular)
fīcwyrma (genitive plural)
fīcwyrme (dative singular)
fīcwyrmum (dative plural)

From fīc (“hemorrhoids”) + wyrm (“worm”)


stearn

From Proto-Germanic *staraz, compare the modern starling.


merenædre

merenǣdre (canonical masculine)
merenǣdre (nominative singular)
merenǣdran (nominative plural)
merenǣdran (accusative singular)
merenǣdran (accusative plural)
merenǣdran (genitive singular)
merenǣdrena (genitive plural)
merenǣdran (dative singular)
merenǣdrum (dative plural)


merenæddra

merenǣddra (canonical masculine)
merenǣddra (nominative singular)
merenǣddran (nominative plural)
merenǣddran (accusative singular)
merenǣddran (accusative plural)
merenǣddran (genitive singular)
merenǣddrena (genitive plural)
merenǣddran (dative singular)
merenǣddrum (dative plural)


fyxe

fyxe (nominative singular)
fyxan (nominative plural)
fyxan (accusative singular)
fyxan (accusative plural)
fyxan (genitive singular)
fyxena (genitive plural)
fyxan (dative singular)
fyxum (dative plural)

Middle English: fixen, ffixen
English: vixen

From Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī.

Ærest on merce Cumb ðonne on grenan pytt ðonne on ðone torr æt mercecumbes æwielme ðonne on ðene waldes stan ðonne on ðone dic ðær esne ðone weg fordealf ðonon of dune on ðæs wælles heafod ðonne ðær of dune on broc oð tiddesford ðonne up on broc oð heottes dic to ðære flodan from ðære flodan of dūne ðær fyxan dic to broce gæð ⁊ ðonne of dune on broc oð sǣ.

847, Æthelwulf, Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, published 1840:


þunorbodu

The first element is from þunor (“thunder”)

Sparus aurata
Sparus aurata#Translingual

(zoology) gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)


flæscwyrm

flǣsċwyrm (canonical masculine)
flǣsċwyrm (nominative singular)
flǣsċwyrmas (nominative plural)
flǣsċwyrm (accusative singular)
flǣsċwyrmas (accusative plural)
flǣsċwyrmes (genitive singular)
flǣsċwyrma (genitive plural)
flǣsċwyrme (dative singular)
flǣsċwyrmum (dative plural)


tadige

Middle English: tode, toode, tade, tadde, toade
English: toad
Scots: tade, taid, taed, ted


sucga

a kind of bird, potentially the whitethroat


hægsugga

hæġsugga (canonical masculine)
hæġsugga (nominative singular)
hæġsuggan (nominative plural)
hæġsuggan (accusative singular)
hæġsuggan (accusative plural)
hæġsuggan (genitive singular)
hæġsuggena (genitive plural)
hæġsuggan (dative singular)
hæġsuggum (dative plural)

From hæġ (“fence”) + sugga (“a kind of bird”)


stæþswealwe

stæþswealwe (nominative singular)
stæþswealwan (nominative plural)
stæþswealwan (accusative singular)
stæþswealwan (accusative plural)
stæþswealwan (genitive singular)
stæþswealwena (genitive plural)
stæþswealwan (dative singular)
stæþswealwum (dative plural)

From stæþ (“shore”) + swealwe (“swallow”)


sisemus

sisemūs (nominative singular)
sisemȳs (nominative plural)
sisemūs (accusative singular)
sisemȳs (accusative plural)
sisemȳs (genitive singular)
sisemūse (genitive singular)
sisemūsa (genitive plural)
sisemȳs (dative singular)
sisemūsum (dative plural)

The mūs element is from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s; the sise element is uncertain.


scearnwifel

dung beetle (beetles of the family Scarabaeidae)


sceapheord

sċēapheord (canonical feminine)
sċēapheord (nominative singular)
sċēapheorda (nominative plural)
sċēapheorde (nominative plural)
sċēapheorde (accusative singular)
sċēapheorda (accusative plural)
sċēapheorde (accusative plural)
sċēapheorde (genitive singular)
sċēapheorda (genitive plural)
sċēapheorde (dative singular)
sċēapheordum (dative plural)

/ˈʃæ͜ɑːpˌxe͜ord/

[ˈʃæ͜ɑːpˌhe͜orˠd]


sæcocc

sǣcocc (canonical masculine)
sǣcocc (nominative singular)
sǣcoccas (nominative plural)
sǣcocc (accusative singular)
sǣcoccas (accusative plural)
sǣcocces (genitive singular)
sǣcocca (genitive plural)
sǣcocce (dative singular)
sǣcoccum (dative plural)


fugolcynn

fugolcynn (nominative singular)
fugolcynn (accusative singular)
fugolcynnes (genitive singular)
fugolcynne (dative singular)

From fugol (“bird”) + cynn (“kind, kin, race”)


sadolboga

sadolboga (nominative singular)
sadolbogan (nominative plural)
sadolbogan (accusative singular)
sadolbogan (accusative plural)
sadolbogan (genitive singular)
sadolbogena (genitive plural)
sadolbogan (dative singular)
sadolbogum (dative plural)

English: saddle bow


hyrnetu

hyrnetu (nominative singular)
hyrneta (nominative plural)
hyrnete (nominative plural)
hyrnete (accusative singular)
hyrneta (accusative plural)
hyrnete (accusative plural)
hyrnete (genitive singular)
hyrneta (genitive plural)
hyrnete (dative singular)
hyrnetum (dative plural)

Middle English: hernet

English: hornet

Scots: hornet

From Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu (“hornet”)


cloccian

cloccian (infinitive)
cloccienne (infinitive)
clocciġe (first-person present singular)
cloccode (first-person past singular)
cloccast (present second-person singular)
cloccodest (past second-person singular)
cloccaþ (present singular third-person)
cloccode (past singular third-person)
clocciaþ (plural present)
cloccodon (past plural)
clocciġe (present singular)
cloccode (past singular)
clocciġen (plural present)
cloccoden (past plural)
clocca (imperative past present singular)
clocciaþ (imperative past plural present)
clocciende (imperative present)
cloccod (imperative past)
ġecloccod (imperative past)

From Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn (“to cluck”)


wiehtel

wiehtel (nominative singular)
wiehtela (nominative plural)
wiehtele (nominative plural)
wiehtele (accusative singular)
wiehtela (accusative plural)
wiehtele (accusative plural)
wiehtele (genitive singular)
wiehtela (genitive plural)
wiehtele (dative singular)
wiehtelum (dative plural)


wuduhenn

wuduhenn (nominative singular)
wuduhenna (nominative plural)
wuduhenne (nominative plural)
wuduhenne (accusative singular)
wuduhenna (accusative plural)
wuduhenne (accusative plural)
wuduhenne (genitive singular)
wuduhenna (genitive plural)
wuduhenne (dative singular)
wuduhennum (dative plural)

Middle English: *wodehen, wodhen

English: woodhen


fennyce

fennȳċe (canonical feminine masculine)
fennȳċe (nominative singular)
fennȳċan (nominative plural)
fennȳċean (nominative plural)
fennȳċan (accusative singular)
fennȳċean (accusative singular)
fennȳċan (accusative plural)
fennȳċean (accusative plural)
fennȳċan (genitive singular)
fennȳċean (genitive singular)
fennȳċena (genitive plural)
fennȳċan (dative singular)
fennȳċean (dative singular)
fennȳċum (dative plural)
fennȳċeum (dative plural)
fennȳċe (nominative singular)
fennȳċas (nominative plural)
fennȳċeas (nominative plural)
fennȳċe (accusative singular)
fennȳċas (accusative plural)
fennȳċeas (accusative plural)
fennȳċes (genitive singular)
fennȳċa (genitive plural)
fennȳċea (genitive plural)
fennȳċe (dative singular)
fennȳċum (dative plural)
fennȳċeum (dative plural)


hleapewince

English: lapwing

From hlēapan (“to leap”) + wincian (“to wink”)


hicemase

hicemāse (canonical feminine)
hicemāse (nominative singular)
hicemāsan (nominative plural)
hicemāsan (accusative singular)
hicemāsan (accusative plural)
hicemāsan (genitive singular)
hicemāsena (genitive plural)
hicemāsan (dative singular)
hicemāsum (dative plural)

Middle English: hekemose


higera

higera (nominative singular)
higeran (nominative plural)
higeran (accusative singular)
higeran (accusative plural)
higeran (genitive singular)
higerena (genitive plural)
higeran (dative singular)
higerum (dative plural)

gl

Middle English: heghwalle, hygh-whele, eywal (partially, contributing the first component)

desc

English: (dialectal) haihow, heighaw, high hoe, haho (“woodpecker”)

From Proto-West Germanic *higurō (“a type of bird, jay”).


nefugol

nēfugol (canonical neuter)
nēfugol (nominative singular)
nēfuglas (nominative plural)
nēfugol (accusative singular)
nēfuglas (accusative plural)
nēfugles (genitive singular)
nēfugla (genitive plural)
nēfugle (dative singular)
nēfuglum (dative plural)


wæterbucca

wæterbucca (nominative singular)
wæterbuccan (nominative plural)
wæterbuccan (accusative singular)
wæterbuccan (accusative plural)
wæterbuccan (genitive singular)
wæterbuccena (genitive plural)
wæterbuccan (dative singular)
wæterbuccum (dative plural)

From wæter (“water”) + bucca (“he-goat”)


truht

desctree

Middle English: troute, trought, troughte, trouȝt, trouhte, trowȝte, trowt, trowte, trowyt, trught, trute, trwght, tryotht
English: trout
Scots: trout, troot

From Late Latin tructa, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs).


scearnwibba

sċearnwibba (canonical masculine)
sċearnwibba (nominative singular)
sċearnwibban (nominative plural)
sċearnwibban (accusative singular)
sċearnwibban (accusative plural)
sċearnwibban (genitive singular)
sċearnwibbena (genitive plural)
sċearnwibban (dative singular)
sċearnwibbum (dative plural)


wilde assa

wilde assa (nominative singular)
wilde assas (nominative plural)
wilde assa (accusative singular)
wilde assas (accusative plural)
wilde asses (genitive singular)
wilde assa (genitive plural)
wilde asse (dative singular)
wilde assum (dative plural)


turtla

turtla (nominative singular)
turtlan (nominative plural)
turtlan (accusative singular)
turtlan (accusative plural)
turtlan (genitive singular)
turtlena (genitive plural)
turtlan (dative singular)
turtlum (dative plural)


goldfinc

goldfinċ (canonical masculine)
goldfinċ (nominative singular)
goldfinċas (nominative plural)
goldfinċ (accusative singular)
goldfinċas (accusative plural)
goldfinċes (genitive singular)
goldfinċa (genitive plural)
goldfinċe (dative singular)
goldfinċum (dative plural)

English: goldfinch


guþfugol

gūþfugol (canonical masculine)
gūþfugol (nominative singular)
gūþfuglas (nominative plural)
gūþfugol (accusative singular)
gūþfuglas (accusative plural)
gūþfugles (genitive singular)
gūþfugla (genitive plural)
gūþfugle (dative singular)
gūþfuglum (dative plural)


guþhafoc

gūþhafoc (canonical masculine)
gūþhafoc (nominative singular)
gūþhafocas (nominative plural)
gūþhafoc (accusative singular)
gūþhafocas (accusative plural)
gūþhafoces (genitive singular)
gūþhafoca (genitive plural)
gūþhafoce (dative singular)
gūþhafocum (dative plural)


atorloppe

ātorloppe (canonical feminine)
ātorloppe (nominative singular)
ātorloppan (nominative plural)
ātorloppan (accusative singular)
ātorloppan (accusative plural)
ātorloppan (genitive singular)
ātorloppena (genitive plural)
ātorloppan (dative singular)
ātorloppum (dative plural)


sceadd

English: shad

When comparing Old Norse skaddr and dialectal Norwegian skadd (“a small whitefish”), unless the languages all borrowed from each other, the [d] that occurs in all three is best explained as a borrowing from some European substrate language.


olfendmere

olfendmere (nominative singular)
olfendmeran (nominative plural)
olfendmeran (accusative singular)
olfendmeran (accusative plural)
olfendmeran (genitive singular)
olfendmerena (genitive plural)
olfendmeran (dative singular)
olfendmerum (dative plural)


sæwiht

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Swylċe ēac þēos eorþe is berende missenlīcra fugela ⁊ sǣwihta ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft fanġene seolas ⁊ hronas and mereswȳn; ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft numene missenlīcra cynna weolcsċylle ⁊ muscule, ⁊ on þām oft ġemette þā betstan meregrotan ǣlces hīwes.

This land also bears various birds and sea creatures, and seals, porpoises, and dolphins are often caught here; and various kinds of mussels and shellfish are often taken, and in them the best pearls of every color are often found.


ræcc

Middle English: rache, racche, rachche, ratche, rech
English: rache, rach, ratch
Scots: rache, rach, ratch


hwilpe

Cognate with Scots whaup and Dutch wulp; possibly related to English yarwhelp.


heardhara

heardhara (nominative singular)
heardharan (nominative plural)
heardharan (accusative singular)
heardharan (accusative plural)
heardharan (genitive singular)
heardharena (genitive plural)
heardharan (dative singular)
heardharum (dative plural)

Middle English: *hardere, *hardre

English: harder

[ˈhæ͜ɑrˠdˌhɑ.rɑ]

Equivalent to heard (“hard”) and a second element either corresponding to hara (“hare”) or connected to Swedish harr (“grayling”); compare Dutch harder.

mullet (fish of the family Mullidae or Mugilidae)