tang

tang (nominative singular)
tanga (nominative plural)
tange (nominative plural)
tange (accusative singular)
tanga (accusative plural)
tange (accusative plural)
tange (genitive singular)
tanga (genitive plural)
tange (dative singular)
tangum (dative plural)
tange (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”)


ecg

eċġ (canonical feminine)
eċġ (nominative singular)
eċġa (nominative plural)
eċġe (nominative plural)
eċġe (accusative singular)
eċġa (accusative plural)
eċġe (accusative plural)
eċġe (genitive singular)
eċġa (genitive plural)
eċġe (dative singular)
eċġum (dative plural)

Middle English: egge

English: edge

Scots: ege, egge

Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.


tol

tōl (canonical neuter)
tōl (nominative singular)
tōl (nominative plural)
tōl (accusative singular)
tōl (accusative plural)
tōles (genitive singular)
tōla (genitive plural)
tōle (dative singular)
tōlum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: tool, tole, tol, toole
English: tool
Scots: tuil

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”).


æx

æx (nominative singular)
æxe (nominative plural)
æxa (nominative plural)
æx (accusative singular)
æxe (accusative singular)
æxe (accusative plural)
æxa (accusative plural)
æxe (genitive singular)
æxa (genitive plural)
æxe (dative singular)
æxum (dative plural)
æces (alternative)
acas (alternative)
eax (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: ax, axe, ex, exe, æxæ, æxe
English: axe, ax
Scots: aix

From earlier *æces ← *ækysi ← *akusi, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī. Cognate with Old Frisian axa, Old Saxon akus, Old High German accus, Old Norse øx, and Gothic 𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌹 (aqizi).


cæg

cǣġ (canonical feminine)
cǣġ (nominative singular)
cǣġa (nominative plural)
cǣġe (nominative plural)
cǣġe (accusative singular)
cǣġa (accusative plural)
cǣġe (accusative plural)
cǣġe (genitive singular)
cǣġa (genitive plural)
cǣġe (dative singular)
cǣġum (dative plural)
cǣġe (alternative)

Middle English: keye, kaye, keiȝe

English: key

Scots: key, kay

[…] Saturn had […] the keys of some books […]

The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn […] Saturnus sumra hæfde […] bōca cǣġa […]


cweorn

cweorn (nominative singular)
cweorna (nominative plural)
cweorne (nominative plural)
cweorne (accusative singular)
cweorna (accusative plural)
cweorne (accusative plural)
cweorne (genitive singular)
cweorna (genitive plural)
cweorne (dative singular)
cweornum (dative plural)

Middle English: querne, quern, queerne, quyerne, quyrne, qwerne, cwerne (Early Middle English), qwhern, qweryn, whern (Northern)
English: quern, kern, curn, quirn
Scots: querne, quern, queirn, queern
Yola: querne

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kwernu, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō.


sicol

sicol (nominative singular)
sicolas (nominative plural)
sicol (accusative singular)
sicolas (accusative plural)
sicoles (genitive singular)
sicola (genitive plural)
sicole (dative singular)
sicolum (dative plural)
sicul (alternative)
siċel (alternative)
siocol (alternative Kentish)

desc

Middle English: sikel, sekell, sikil, sykel

English: sickle

Scots: sikil, sicle, sickle


becca

becca (nominative singular)
beccan (nominative plural)
beccan (accusative singular)
beccan (accusative plural)
beccan (genitive singular)
beccena (genitive plural)
beccan (dative singular)
beccum (dative plural)

Middle English: bekke, bek

English: beck (dialectal)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *bekkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“hook; to bend, curve”).


cnif

cnīf (canonical masculine)
cnīf (nominative singular)
cnīfas (nominative plural)
cnīf (accusative singular)
cnīfas (accusative plural)
cnīfes (genitive singular)
cnīfa (genitive plural)
cnīfe (dative singular)
cnīfum (dative plural)

Middle English: knyf, knif

Scots: knyfe, knife

English: knife

Sranan Tongo: nefi

Yola: kunnife

→ French: canif

This word is the expected reflex of Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”), but it is not attested until the 11th century and earlier Old English instead used seax and meteseax (cognate with German Messer), so some suspect that cnīf was borrowed from or reinforced by Old Norse knífr. Cognate with Middle Low German knīf, Middle Dutch cnijf (Dutch knijf), German Kneif.


slecg

sleċġ (canonical feminine)
sleċġ (nominative singular)
sleċġa (nominative plural)
sleċġe (nominative plural)
sleċġe (accusative singular)
sleċġa (accusative plural)
sleċġe (accusative plural)
sleċġe (genitive singular)
sleċġa (genitive plural)
sleċġe (dative singular)
sleċġum (dative plural)
slegc (alternative)
sliċċ (alternative)
sliċ (alternative)

Middle English: slegge

Scots: sleg

English: sledge

From Proto-Germanic *slagjō, *slagjǭ. Compare Old Norse sleggja (“sledgehammer”).


nægl

næġl (canonical masculine)
næġl (nominative singular)
næglas (nominative plural)
næġl (accusative singular)
næglas (accusative plural)
næġles (genitive singular)
nægla (genitive plural)
næġle (dative singular)
næglum (dative plural)
næġel (alternative)
neġl (alternative)
neġel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: nayl, nail, nayle, nayll, neil, neyl, naylle, næȝl, næil (Early Middle English)
English: nail
Scots: nail, nale
Yola: niel

From Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
⁊ hæfdon ġeleornad mā cræfta hū hīe þā elpendas beswīcan mehton, mid þǣm þæt hīe nāmon trēowu, ⁊ slōgon on oþerne ende moniġe sċearpe īsene næġlas, ⁊ hīe mid flexe bewundon, ⁊ onbǣrndon hit, ⁊ beþyddan hit þonne on þone elpend hindan...

And they had learned more tricks through which they could ensnare the elephants; they took stakes and drove into the other end many sharp iron nails, and wrapped them in flax, and set them on fire, and then thrust them into the elephant from behind...

Hē næġlede næġl on þone weall.


meteseax

meteseax (nominative singular)
meteseax (nominative plural)
meteseax (accusative singular)
meteseax (accusative plural)
meteseaxes (genitive singular)
meteseaxa (genitive plural)
meteseaxe (dative singular)
meteseaxum (dative plural)
metseax (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”). Equivalent to mete + seax.


crycc

cryċċ (canonical feminine)
cryċċ (nominative singular)
cryċċa (nominative plural)
cryċċe (nominative plural)
cryċċe (accusative singular)
cryċċa (accusative plural)
cryċċe (accusative plural)
cryċċe (genitive singular)
cryċċa (genitive plural)
cryċċe (dative singular)
cryċċum (dative plural)
criċċ (alternative)
cryċ (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: crucche, croch, croche, crouch, cruche
English: crutch
Scots: crutch

From Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”).
Cognate with Old Saxon krukka, Old Dutch *krukka, Old High German krucka.

inh

late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Hē ārās þā on morgen and mid twām cryċċum crēap him tō Wintanċeastre.

He got up in the morning and hobbled on two crutches to Winchester.


distæf

distæf (nominative singular)
distæfas (nominative plural)
distæf (accusative singular)
distæfas (accusative plural)
distæfes (genitive singular)
distæfa (genitive plural)
distæfe (dative singular)
distæfum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: distaf, distaffe, distaff, distafe, distæf, dysestafe
English: distaff


pinungtol

pīnungtōl (canonical neuter)
pīnungtōl (nominative singular)
pīnungtōl (nominative plural)
pīnungtōl (accusative singular)
pīnungtōl (accusative plural)
pīnungtōles (genitive singular)
pīnungtōla (genitive plural)
pīnungtōle (dative singular)
pīnungtōlum (dative plural)


plantsticca

plantsticca (nominative singular)
plantsticcan (nominative plural)
plantsticcan (accusative singular)
plantsticcan (accusative plural)
plantsticcan (genitive singular)
plantsticcena (genitive plural)
plantsticcan (dative singular)
plantsticcum (dative plural)


getawa

ġetawa (canonical feminine)
ġetawa (nominative plural)
ġetawa (accusative plural)
ġetawa (genitive plural)
ġetawum (dative plural)
ġeatwe (alternative)
ġetawu (alternative)
ġetēa (alternative)


handæx

handæx (nominative singular)
handæxe (nominative plural)
handæxa (nominative plural)
handæx (accusative singular)
handæxe (accusative singular)
handæxe (accusative plural)
handæxa (accusative plural)
handæxe (genitive singular)
handæxa (genitive plural)
handæxe (dative singular)
handæxum (dative plural)

English: hand axe

From Proto-Germanic *handakwisī. Cognate with Old Norse handøx. Equivalent to hand + æx.


scierseax

sċierseax (canonical neuter)
sċierseax (nominative singular)
sċierseax (nominative plural)
sċierseax (accusative singular)
sċierseax (accusative plural)
sċierseaxes (genitive singular)
sċierseaxa (genitive plural)
sċierseaxe (dative singular)
sċierseaxum (dative plural)
sċearseax (alternative)
sċearsex (alternative)
sċersæx (alternative)
sċirseax (alternative)
sċyrseax (alternative)


æderseax

ǣderseax (canonical neuter)
ǣderseax (nominative singular)
ǣderseax (nominative plural)
ǣderseax (accusative singular)
ǣderseax (accusative plural)
ǣderseaxes (genitive singular)
ǣderseaxa (genitive plural)
ǣderseaxe (dative singular)
ǣderseaxum (dative plural)
ǣdreseax (alternative)


hlædel

From Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”)


brandisen

brandīsen (canonical neuter)
brandīren (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: brandire, branderne, brandirne, brandyrne, brandyrun, brandyryn, brendiren
English: brander, brandiron (obsolete)
Scots: brander
Yola: brandeyrons, brand-eyrons (plural)

By surface analysis, brand (“brand”) + īsen, īsern (“iron”)


ripisern

rīpīsern (canonical neuter)
rīpīsern (nominative singular)
rīpīsern (nominative plural)
rīpīsern (accusative singular)
rīpīsern (accusative plural)
rīpīsernes (genitive singular)
rīpīserna (genitive plural)
rīpīserne (dative singular)
rīpīsernum (dative plural)


hridder

From Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey-


bietel

bīetel (nominative singular)
bīetlas (nominative plural)
bīetel (accusative singular)
bīetlas (accusative plural)
bīetles (genitive singular)
bīetla (genitive plural)
bīetle (dative singular)
bīetlum (dative plural)
bȳtel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: betel, betell, beetel
English: beetle
⇒ Yola: balbeedhel


anfilt

Middle English: anvelt, andefeld, anefeld, anevelte, anfeeld, anfelde, anvyll, anvyld, anvylt, unfelde
English: anvil


flytme

flȳtme (canonical feminine)
flȳtme (nominative singular)
flȳtman (nominative plural)
flȳtman (accusative singular)
flȳtman (accusative plural)
flȳtman (genitive singular)
flȳtmena (genitive plural)
flȳtman (dative singular)
flȳtmum (dative plural)

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon)


heardheaw

/ˈxæ͜ɑrdˌxæ͜ɑːw/

[ˈhæ͜ɑrˠdˌhæ͜ɑːw]

By surface analysis, heard (“hard”) + hēawan (“to hew”)


rihtebred

square (instrument for creating right angles)


slic

sliċ (canonical neuter)
sliċċ (alternative)

From the same source as slean (“to hit”), both related to or derived from Proto-West Germanic *slahan (“to strike”).