bæcere

bæcere (nominative singular)
bæceras (nominative plural)
bæcere (accusative singular)
bæceras (accusative plural)
bæceres (genitive singular)
bæcera (genitive plural)
bæcere (dative singular)
bæcerum (dative plural)

Middle English: bakere, backer, backere
English: baker
Scots: bakar, baikar

From Proto-West Germanic *bakārī, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz, corresponding to *bæc + -ere. Cognate with Old Saxon bakkāri, bekkeri, Old High German bekkāri, beckāri (>German Bäcker), Old Norse bakari (Swedish bagare).

baker (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)


roþor

rōþor (canonical neuter)
rōþor (nominative singular)
rōþor (nominative plural)
rōþor (accusative singular)
rōþor (accusative plural)
rōþres (genitive singular)
rōþra (genitive plural)
rōþre (dative singular)
rōþrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: rother, rodder, rothre, ruder, rothyr, rothir, rothar, roþer
English: rudder, rother
Scots: rudder, ruther, ruder

From Proto-West Germanic *rōþr (“rudder”, literally “instrument for rowing”). Cognate with Old Frisian rōther, Old High German ruodar. Equivalent to rōwan (“to row”) + -þor.


broþ

broþ (nominative singular)
broþu (nominative plural)
broþ (accusative singular)
broþu (accusative plural)
broþes (genitive singular)
broþa (genitive plural)
broþe (dative singular)
broþum (dative plural)

Middle English: broth

English: broth
→ Scottish Gaelic: brot

Scots: broth


delf

delf (nominative plural)
delf (nominative singular)
delf (nominative plural)
delf (accusative singular)
delf (accusative plural)
delfes (genitive singular)
delfa (genitive plural)
delfe (dative singular)
delfum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: delf, delfe, delve, dælf
English: delf, delve
Scots: delf, delph

From the verb delfan (“to delve, dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-.


pægel

pæġel (canonical masculine)
pæġel (nominative singular)
pæġlas (nominative plural)
pæġel (accusative singular)
pæġlas (accusative plural)
pæġles (genitive singular)
pæġla (genitive plural)
pæġle (dative singular)
pæġlum (dative plural)

Middle English: payle, paiell, paille, payl
English: pail
Yola: pyle


gicel

ġiċel (canonical masculine)
ġiċel (nominative singular)
ġiċelas (nominative plural)
ġiċel (accusative singular)
ġiċelas (accusative plural)
ġiċeles (genitive singular)
ġiċela (genitive plural)
ġiċele (dative singular)
ġiċelum (dative plural)

Middle English: ikil, ykel, ykle, ychele, ikyl
English: ickle, eckle

From Proto-West Germanic *jikil, *jekul (“icicle”).


bydel

bydel (nominative singular)
bydelas (nominative plural)
bydel (accusative singular)
bydelas (accusative plural)
bydeles (genitive singular)
bydela (genitive plural)
bydele (dative singular)
bydelum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: budel, beodel, bidel, bedel

English: beadle

Scots: bedel, beddel, beddal

From Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“messenger, herald”), from *beudaną (“to stretch out, extend, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to make aware”), equivalent to bod + -el. Akin to Old High German butil (“beadle, court officer”), Old English bēodan (“to announce”). More at bid.


fingerdocce

From finger + *docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (“strength, power”).

der

Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis purpurea#Translingual


myrþra

myrþra (nominative singular)
myrþran (nominative plural)
myrþran (accusative singular)
myrþran (accusative plural)
myrþran (genitive singular)
myrþrena (genitive plural)
myrþran (dative singular)
myrþrum (dative plural)

English: murder

From Proto-West Germanic *murþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *murþrijô (“death, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (“killing”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 (maurþr, “murder”), Old High German mord (“murder”), Old Norse morð (“murder”), Old English morþ (“death, homicide, murder”), Old English morþor (“secret slaying”).


fulwihtian

fulwihtian (infinitive)
fulwihtienne (infinitive)
fulwihtiġe (first-person present singular)
fulwihtode (first-person past singular)
fulwihtast (present second-person singular)
fulwihtodest (past second-person singular)
fulwihtaþ (present singular third-person)
fulwihtode (past singular third-person)
fulwihtiaþ (plural present)
fulwihtodon (past plural)
fulwihtiġe (present singular)
fulwihtode (past singular)
fulwihtiġen (plural present)
fulwihtoden (past plural)
fulwihta (imperative past present singular)
fulwihtiaþ (imperative past plural present)
fulwihtiende (imperative present)
fulwihtod (imperative past)
ġefulwihtod (imperative past)


tacor

tācor (canonical masculine)
tācoras (nominative plural)
tācor (nominative singular)
tācoras (nominative plural)
tācor (accusative singular)
tācoras (accusative plural)
tācores (genitive singular)
tācora (genitive plural)
tācore (dative singular)
tācorum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *taikuraz (“brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“husband's brother”). Akin to Old Frisian tāker (“husband's brother”), Old High German zeihhor, zeihhur, zeihhir (“husband's brother”), Middle High German zeicher (“brother-in-law”).


scoh

sċōh (canonical masculine)
sċōh (nominative singular)
sċōs (nominative plural)
sċōh (accusative singular)
sċōs (accusative plural)
sċōs (genitive singular)
sċōna (genitive plural)
sċō (dative singular)
sċōm (dative plural)
sċōum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: scho, schoo, schowe, sco, sho, shogh, shoo, shouȝ, sso
English: shoe
Scots: shae
Yola: shoone (plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *skōh. Cognate with Old Frisian skōch, Old Saxon skōh.


feax

feax (nominative singular)
feax (nominative plural)
feax (accusative singular)
feax (accusative plural)
feaxes (genitive singular)
feaxa (genitive plural)
feaxe (dative singular)
feaxum (dative plural)

Middle English: fax, fex, væx, vax

English: fax

Scots: fax

⇒ Middle English: fayre fax, fare fax

English: Fairfax

From Proto-West Germanic *fahs (“hair, mane”). Cognate with Old Frisian fax, Old Saxon fahs, Old High German fahs, Old Norse fax.

inh

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Hē hæfde blæc feax, blācne andwlitan, and medmiċele nose þynne.

He had black hair, a pale face, and a small, thin nose.

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
Þā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.

Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Alban, Martyr"
Hē rād ðā on his mule mid mycelre fyrde þurh ǣnne hēahne holt mid hetelīcum ġeþance; þā ġefeng hine ān trēow be ðām fexe sona forþan þe hē wæs sīdfæxede and hē swā hangode, and sē mul arn forð fram þām ārlēasan hlāford and Dauides þeġnas hine þurhðydon.

Then he rode on his mule with a great army through a high wood, with hostile intention; then speedily a tree caught him by the hair, because be was long-haired, and he hanged so, and the mule ran forward from the wicked lord, and David's thanes pierced him through.


cnearr

cnearr (nominative singular)
cnearras (nominative plural)
cnearr (accusative singular)
cnearras (accusative plural)
cnearres (genitive singular)
cnearra (genitive plural)
cnearre (dative singular)
cnearrum (dative plural)

From Old Norse knǫrr (“ship, galley”). Probably related to Old Norse kæna (“little boat”). See also knorr.

(used in reference to Viking vessels) a small ship, galley


hagosteald

hagosteald (nominative singular)
hagostealdas (nominative plural)
hagosteald (accusative singular)
hagostealdas (accusative plural)
hagostealdes (genitive singular)
hagostealda (genitive plural)
hagostealde (dative singular)
hagostealdum (dative plural)

Middle English: hassel, haselle

→? Old Norse: haukstaldar, haukstallar

From Proto-Germanic *hagastaldaz (“unmarried man”, literally “set at the hedge”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *hagą, *hagaz, *hagô (“fence, enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʷh- (“fence, box”) + a derivative of Proto-Germanic *stal- (“to place, set”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelə- (“stem, trunk, base”). Equivalent to haw + *stold. Cognate with Old Saxon hagastald (“servant, young man”), Old High German hagastalt, hagastolt (“mercenary, unwed person”), Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛚᛞᚨᛉ (hagustaldaʀ).

cog

[ˈhɑ.ɣoˌstæ͜ɑɫd]


bæddel

bæddel (nominative singular)
bæddlas (nominative plural)
bæddel (accusative singular)
bæddlas (accusative plural)
bæddles (genitive singular)
bæddla (genitive plural)
bæddle (dative singular)
bæddlum (dative plural)

desctree

⇒ Middle English: badde, bad
English: bad
Scots: bad

Uncertain. Seemingly cognate with Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”). Usually taken to be related to (an unattested Old English root of) Middle English badde (“wicked, wretched, bad”). Possibly related to Old English bædan (“to defile”) (although Fulk questions this, and the very existence of the verb has been called into question) and/or to Old English bædling (although the precise meaning of this word is uncertain and it has sometimes been suggested to derive from bedd instead).


geol

ġēol (canonical)
ġeōl (canonical neuter)
ġēol (nominative singular)
ġēol (nominative plural)
ġēol (accusative singular)
ġēol (accusative plural)
ġēoles (genitive singular)
ġēola (genitive plural)
ġēole (dative singular)
ġēolum (dative plural)
ġeōl (nominative singular)
ġeōl (nominative plural)
ġeōl (accusative singular)
ġeōl (accusative plural)
ġeōles (genitive singular)
ġeōla (genitive plural)
ġeōle (dative singular)
ġeōlum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: yol, yole, ȝeolue, yiol, ȝol, ȝole, Yoil, yolde, ȝoul, ȝowl, ȝoule, Yhole, youle
English: Yule
Scots: Yull

Either inherited from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą or its plural *jeulō, or else borrowed from the Norse cognate jól, from the Proto-Germanic plural.

Danelaw
Mercia
Middle English
Old East Norse
Old West Norse
Wessex


hiwen

hīwen (canonical neuter)
hīwen (nominative singular)
hīwenu (nominative plural)
hīwen (accusative singular)
hīwenu (accusative plural)
hīwenes (genitive singular)
hīwena (genitive plural)
hīwene (dative singular)
hīwenum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *hīw, from Proto-Germanic *hīwą (“husband, wife, spouse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyw-, *ḱeym- (“relative, tribesman”), from *ḱey-.
Cognate with Old Saxon hīwa (“wife”), Old High German hīwun (“servant, spouse, members of the family”), Latin cīvis (“burgher, citizen”). More at city.


domboc

dōmbōc (canonical feminine)
dōmbōc (nominative singular)
dōmbēċ (nominative plural)
dōmbōc (accusative singular)
dōmbēċ (accusative plural)
dōmbēċ (genitive singular)
dōmbōce (genitive singular)
dōmbōca (genitive plural)
dōmbēċ (dative singular)
dōmbōcum (dative plural)

English: doombook


breostcearu

brēostċearu (canonical feminine)
brēostċearu (nominative singular)
brēostċeara (nominative plural)
brēostċeare (nominative plural)
brēostċeare (accusative singular)
brēostċeara (accusative plural)
brēostċeare (accusative plural)
brēostċeare (genitive singular)
brēostċeara (genitive plural)
brēostċeare (dative singular)
brēostċearum (dative plural)


isceald

īsċeald (canonical)
īsċeald (masculine nominative singular)
īsċeald (feminine nominative singular)
īsċeald (neuter nominative singular)
īsċealdne (accusative masculine singular)
īsċealde (accusative feminine singular)
īsċeald (accusative neuter singular)
īsċealdes (genitive masculine singular)
īsċealdre (feminine genitive singular)
īsċealdes (genitive neuter singular)
īsċealdum (dative masculine singular)
īsċealdre (dative feminine singular)
īsċealdum (dative neuter singular)
īsċealde (instrumental masculine singular)
īsċealdre (feminine instrumental singular)
īsċealde (instrumental neuter singular)
īsċealde (masculine nominative plural)
īsċealda (feminine nominative plural)
īsċealde (feminine nominative plural)
īsċeald (neuter nominative plural)
īsċealde (accusative masculine plural)
īsċealda (accusative feminine plural)
īsċealde (accusative feminine plural)
īsċeald (accusative neuter plural)
īsċealdra (genitive masculine plural)
īsċealdra (feminine genitive plural)
īsċealdra (genitive neuter plural)
īsċealdum (dative masculine plural)
īsċealdum (dative feminine plural)
īsċealdum (dative neuter plural)
īsċealdum (instrumental masculine plural)
īsċealdum (feminine instrumental plural)
īsċealdum (instrumental neuter plural)
īsċealda (masculine nominative singular)
īsċealde (feminine nominative singular)
īsċealde (neuter nominative singular)
īsċealdan (accusative masculine singular)
īsċealdan (accusative feminine singular)
īsċealde (accusative neuter singular)
īsċealdan (genitive masculine singular)
īsċealdan (feminine genitive singular)
īsċealdan (genitive neuter singular)
īsċealdan (dative masculine singular)
īsċealdan (dative feminine singular)
īsċealdan (dative neuter singular)
īsċealdan (instrumental masculine singular)
īsċealdan (feminine instrumental singular)
īsċealdan (instrumental neuter singular)
īsċealdan (masculine nominative plural)
īsċealdan (feminine nominative plural)
īsċealdan (neuter nominative plural)
īsċealdan (accusative masculine plural)
īsċealdan (accusative feminine plural)
īsċealdan (accusative neuter plural)
īsċealdra (genitive masculine plural)
īsċealdena (genitive masculine plural)
īsċealdra (feminine genitive plural)
īsċealdena (feminine genitive plural)
īsċealdra (genitive neuter plural)
īsċealdena (genitive neuter plural)
īsċealdum (dative masculine plural)
īsċealdum (dative feminine plural)
īsċealdum (dative neuter plural)
īsċealdum (instrumental masculine plural)
īsċealdum (feminine instrumental plural)
īsċealdum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: *is-cold

English: ice-cold

/ˈiːsˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑld/

[ˈiːsˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd]

Iċ earmċeariġ isċealdne sǣ winter wunade.

In winter I lived, wretched, on the ice-cold sea.


feormeham

feormehām (canonical masculine)
feormehām (nominative singular)
feormehāmas (nominative plural)
feormehām (accusative singular)
feormehāmas (accusative plural)
feormehāmes (genitive singular)
feormehāma (genitive plural)
feormehāme (dative singular)
feormehāmum (dative plural)

From feorme (combining form of feorm, “subsistence”) + hām (“home, village”).

compound

combining form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">feorm</i>


herebeorg

herebeorg (nominative singular)
herebeorga (nominative plural)
herebeorge (nominative plural)
herebeorge (accusative singular)
herebeorga (accusative plural)
herebeorge (accusative plural)
herebeorge (genitive singular)
herebeorga (genitive plural)
herebeorge (dative singular)
herebeorgum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: herberwe
English: harbor (see there for further descendants)
Scots: harbery, harbory, hairbour


hnecca

hnecca (nominative singular)
hneccan (nominative plural)
hneccan (accusative singular)
hneccan (accusative plural)
hneccan (genitive singular)
hneccena (genitive plural)
hneccan (dative singular)
hneccum (dative plural)

Middle English: nekke, nake, nec, necke, nek, neke, nhicke, nykke (Kent)
English: neck
Scots: neck
Yola: neckarès (plural)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.


cracian

cracian (infinitive)
cracienne (infinitive)
craciġe (first-person present singular)
cracode (first-person past singular)
cracast (present second-person singular)
cracodest (past second-person singular)
cracaþ (present singular third-person)
cracode (past singular third-person)
craciaþ (plural present)
cracodon (past plural)
craciġe (present singular)
cracode (past singular)
craciġen (plural present)
cracoden (past plural)
craca (imperative past present singular)
craciaþ (imperative past plural present)
craciende (imperative present)
cracod (imperative past)
ġecracod (imperative past)

Middle English: craken, crakken

English: crake, crack

Scots: crak, crack, craik

⇒ Middle English: charken, cherkin

English: chark

Scots: jarg, chirk, girgand, chork

From Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną.


steorn

steorn (nominative singular)
steorna (nominative plural)
steorne (nominative plural)
steorne (accusative singular)
steorna (accusative plural)
steorne (accusative plural)
steorne (genitive singular)
steorna (genitive plural)
steorne (dative singular)
steornum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *stirniju (“forehead”).


gealdor

ġealdor (canonical neuter)
ġealdor (nominative singular)
ġealdru (nominative plural)
ġealdor (accusative singular)
ġealdru (accusative plural)
ġealdres (genitive singular)
ġealdra (genitive plural)
ġealdre (dative singular)
ġealdrum (dative plural)

Middle English: galder


palent

palent (nominative singular)
palentas (nominative plural)
palent (accusative singular)
palentas (accusative plural)
palentes (genitive singular)
palenta (genitive plural)
palente (dative singular)
palentum (dative plural)


cies

ċīes (canonical)
ċīes (masculine nominative singular)
ċīes (feminine nominative singular)
ċīes (neuter nominative singular)
ċīesne (accusative masculine singular)
ċīese (accusative feminine singular)
ċīes (accusative neuter singular)
ċīeses (genitive masculine singular)
ċīesre (feminine genitive singular)
ċīeses (genitive neuter singular)
ċīesum (dative masculine singular)
ċīesre (dative feminine singular)
ċīesum (dative neuter singular)
ċīese (instrumental masculine singular)
ċīesre (feminine instrumental singular)
ċīese (instrumental neuter singular)
ċīese (masculine nominative plural)
ċīesa (feminine nominative plural)
ċīese (feminine nominative plural)
ċīes (neuter nominative plural)
ċīese (accusative masculine plural)
ċīesa (accusative feminine plural)
ċīese (accusative feminine plural)
ċīes (accusative neuter plural)
ċīesra (genitive masculine plural)
ċīesra (feminine genitive plural)
ċīesra (genitive neuter plural)
ċīesum (dative masculine plural)
ċīesum (dative feminine plural)
ċīesum (dative neuter plural)
ċīesum (instrumental masculine plural)
ċīesum (feminine instrumental plural)
ċīesum (instrumental neuter plural)
ċīesa (masculine nominative singular)
ċīese (feminine nominative singular)
ċīese (neuter nominative singular)
ċīesan (accusative masculine singular)
ċīesan (accusative feminine singular)
ċīese (accusative neuter singular)
ċīesan (genitive masculine singular)
ċīesan (feminine genitive singular)
ċīesan (genitive neuter singular)
ċīesan (dative masculine singular)
ċīesan (dative feminine singular)
ċīesan (dative neuter singular)
ċīesan (instrumental masculine singular)
ċīesan (feminine instrumental singular)
ċīesan (instrumental neuter singular)
ċīesan (masculine nominative plural)
ċīesan (feminine nominative plural)
ċīesan (neuter nominative plural)
ċīesan (accusative masculine plural)
ċīesan (accusative feminine plural)
ċīesan (accusative neuter plural)
ċīesra (genitive masculine plural)
ċīesena (genitive masculine plural)
ċīesra (feminine genitive plural)
ċīesena (feminine genitive plural)
ċīesra (genitive neuter plural)
ċīesena (genitive neuter plural)
ċīesum (dative masculine plural)
ċīesum (dative feminine plural)
ċīesum (dative neuter plural)
ċīesum (instrumental masculine plural)
ċīesum (feminine instrumental plural)
ċīesum (instrumental neuter plural)

desc

Middle English: chis, chys, chyse, chuse, cis (Early Middle English)

⇒ Middle English: choys (merger with the noun)

English: choice

Scots: chois, chose

Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *kiusi.


eolhsand

eolhsand (nominative singular)
eolhsand (nominative plural)
eolhsand (accusative singular)
eolhsand (accusative plural)
eolhsandes (genitive singular)
eolhsanda (genitive plural)
eolhsande (dative singular)
eolhsandum (dative plural)

From eolh (“elk”) + sand (“sand”). More at elk, sand.


belgan

belgan (infinitive)
belgenne (infinitive)
belge (first-person present singular)
bealg (first-person past singular)
bealh (first-person past singular)
bilġst (present second-person singular)
bulge (past second-person singular)
bilġþ (present singular third-person)
bealg (past singular third-person)
bealh (past singular third-person)
belgaþ (plural present)
bulgon (past plural)
belge (present singular)
bulge (past singular)
belgen (plural present)
bulgen (past plural)
belg (imperative past present singular)
belh (imperative past present singular)
belgaþ (imperative past plural present)
belgende (imperative present)
bolgen (imperative past)

Middle English: *belȝen, bellen

English: bell


castenere

castenere (nominative singular)
casteneras (nominative plural)
castenere (accusative singular)
casteneras (accusative plural)
casteneres (genitive singular)
castenera (genitive plural)
castenere (dative singular)
castenerum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *kastanārī, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō, from Proto-Germanic *kasą, *kazą (“vessel, container”). Second element possibly Old English -ere, in same sense as container.
Cognate with Old High German chastanāri (“encloser”), Old High German kasto (“box, case”) (Modern German Kasten), Dutch kast (“cupboard, case”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃 (kas, “vessel, container”), Old Norse ker (“vessel, container”).


anhorn

ānhorn (canonical masculine)
ānhorn (nominative singular)
ānhornas (nominative plural)
ānhorn (accusative singular)
ānhornas (accusative plural)
ānhornes (genitive singular)
ānhorna (genitive plural)
ānhorne (dative singular)
ānhornum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *ainahorn, a calque of Latin ūnicornis. Equivalent to ān + horn.


bretwalda

bretwalda (nominative singular)
bretwaldan (nominative plural)
bretwaldan (accusative singular)
bretwaldan (accusative plural)
bretwaldan (genitive singular)
bretwaldena (genitive plural)
bretwaldan (dative singular)
bretwaldum (dative plural)

First attested in the 9th century, but applied to kings who ruled from the 5th century onward.
From an adjective brytten (“wide”) and walda (“ruler, wielder”).
The original meaning of the title is thus "wide-ruler", but it was reinterpreted, likely at an early period predating its 9th-century attestation, as containing the name Britain and understood in the sense of "ruler of Britain". The title rex Britanniae "king of Britain" is used by Æthelbald of Mercia in 736, who at the same time is also recorded as a bretwalda.


burgræden

burgrǣden (canonical feminine)
burgrǣden (nominative singular)
burgrǣdenna (nominative plural)
burgrǣdenne (nominative plural)
burgrǣdenne (accusative singular)
burgrǣdenna (accusative plural)
burgrǣdenne (accusative plural)
burgrǣdenne (genitive singular)
burgrǣdenna (genitive plural)
burgrǣdenne (dative singular)
burgrǣdennum (dative plural)


undern

Middle English: ondern, undern

English: undern

From Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Influenced in sense by Latin tertia. Cognate with Old Norse undorn.

terce, the third hour of the day (around 9 am)

(in some later use) midday, the sixth hour of the day (12 pm)


cluse

clūse (canonical feminine)
clūse (nominative singular)
clūsan (nominative plural)
clūsan (accusative singular)
clūsan (accusative plural)
clūsan (genitive singular)
clūsena (genitive plural)
clūsan (dative singular)
clūsum (dative plural)

Middle English: cluse, clouse, clowse


burne

burne (nominative singular)
burnan (nominative plural)
burnan (accusative singular)
burnan (accusative plural)
burnan (genitive singular)
burnena (genitive plural)
burnan (dative singular)
burnum (dative plural)

Middle English: burne

English: bourn, burn

Scots: burn

From Proto-Germanic *brunnô (“stream, brook”).

inh

a stream, brook, river, or other running water


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)

desctree

Middle English: nayl, neil, nail, nayle, nayll, neyl, naylle
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.


eorþfæt

eorþfæt (nominative singular)
eorþfatu (nominative plural)
eorþfæt (accusative singular)
eorþfatu (accusative plural)
eorþfætes (genitive singular)
eorþfata (genitive plural)
eorþfæte (dative singular)
eorþfatum (dative plural)


lichama

līchama (canonical masculine)
līchama (nominative singular)
līchaman (nominative plural)
līchaman (accusative singular)
līchaman (accusative plural)
līchaman (genitive singular)
līchamena (genitive plural)
līchaman (dative singular)
līchamum (dative plural)

Middle English: likame

English: likam

From Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, equivalent to līċ + hama. More details at English likam.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?


deaw

dēaw (canonical masculine neuter)
dēaw (nominative singular)
dēawas (nominative plural)
dēaw (accusative singular)
dēawas (accusative plural)
dēawes (genitive singular)
dēawa (genitive plural)
dēawe (dative singular)
dēawum (dative plural)
dēaw (nominative singular)
dēaw (nominative plural)
dēaw (accusative singular)
dēaw (accusative plural)
dēawes (genitive singular)
dēawa (genitive plural)
dēawe (dative singular)
dēawum (dative plural)

Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ, dæw (Ormulum)
English: dew
Scots: dew, deow, dyow
Yola: dhew

From Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dau, dou (“dew”), Old Frisian dāw (“dew”), Old Saxon dau (“dew”), Old High German tou (“dew”).


lungen

lungen (nominative singular)
lungenna (nominative plural)
lungenne (nominative plural)
lungenne (accusative singular)
lungenna (accusative plural)
lungenne (accusative plural)
lungenne (genitive singular)
lungenna (genitive plural)
lungenne (dative singular)
lungennum (dative plural)

Middle English: lunge

English: lung

From Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an extension of Proto-Germanic *lungô, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Cognate with Old Frisian lungen, Old Saxon lungannia, Old High German lunganna.


dox

dox (masculine nominative singular)
dox (feminine nominative singular)
dox (neuter nominative singular)
doxne (accusative masculine singular)
doxe (accusative feminine singular)
dox (accusative neuter singular)
doxes (genitive masculine singular)
doxre (feminine genitive singular)
doxes (genitive neuter singular)
doxum (dative masculine singular)
doxre (dative feminine singular)
doxum (dative neuter singular)
doxe (instrumental masculine singular)
doxre (feminine instrumental singular)
doxe (instrumental neuter singular)
doxe (masculine nominative plural)
doxa (feminine nominative plural)
doxe (feminine nominative plural)
dox (neuter nominative plural)
doxe (accusative masculine plural)
doxa (accusative feminine plural)
doxe (accusative feminine plural)
dox (accusative neuter plural)
doxra (genitive masculine plural)
doxra (feminine genitive plural)
doxra (genitive neuter plural)
doxum (dative masculine plural)
doxum (dative feminine plural)
doxum (dative neuter plural)
doxum (instrumental masculine plural)
doxum (feminine instrumental plural)
doxum (instrumental neuter plural)
doxa (masculine nominative singular)
doxe (feminine nominative singular)
doxe (neuter nominative singular)
doxan (accusative masculine singular)
doxan (accusative feminine singular)
doxe (accusative neuter singular)
doxan (genitive masculine singular)
doxan (feminine genitive singular)
doxan (genitive neuter singular)
doxan (dative masculine singular)
doxan (dative feminine singular)
doxan (dative neuter singular)
doxan (instrumental masculine singular)
doxan (feminine instrumental singular)
doxan (instrumental neuter singular)
doxan (masculine nominative plural)
doxan (feminine nominative plural)
doxan (neuter nominative plural)
doxan (accusative masculine plural)
doxan (accusative feminine plural)
doxan (accusative neuter plural)
doxra (genitive masculine plural)
doxena (genitive masculine plural)
doxra (feminine genitive plural)
doxena (feminine genitive plural)
doxra (genitive neuter plural)
doxena (genitive neuter plural)
doxum (dative masculine plural)
doxum (dative feminine plural)
doxum (dative neuter plural)
doxum (instrumental masculine plural)
doxum (feminine instrumental plural)
doxum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: dosk

English: dusk

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”).


bosm

bōsm (canonical masculine)
bōsm (nominative singular)
bōsmas (nominative plural)
bōsm (accusative singular)
bōsmas (accusative plural)
bōsmes (genitive singular)
bōsma (genitive plural)
bōsme (dative singular)
bōsmum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: bosom, bosum, bosem
English: bosom
Scots: bosum, bosome

Ðu wuldres þrym bosme gebære.

You bear the majesty of Glory on your breast.


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)

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


heoru

heorwas (nominative plural)
heoru (nominative singular)
heorwas (nominative plural)
heoru (accusative singular)
heorwas (accusative plural)
heorwes (genitive singular)
heorwa (genitive plural)
heorwe (dative singular)
heorwum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *heru, from Proto-Germanic *heruz. Cognate with Old Norse hjǫrr (“sword”).


batweard

bātweard (canonical masculine)
bātweard (nominative singular)
bātweardas (nominative plural)
bātweard (accusative singular)
bātweardas (accusative plural)
bātweardes (genitive singular)
bātwearda (genitive plural)
bātwearde (dative singular)
bātweardum (dative plural)

/ˈbɑːtˌwæ͜ɑrd/

[ˈbɑːtˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]

From bāt (“boat, ship, vessel”) + weard (“ward, guardian, keeper”).

compound

Beowulf, lines 1900-1901

He gave the ship's watchman a bound gold sword.

He þæm batwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde.

ship's watchman; keeper or commander of a ship


earmhread

/ˈæ͜ɑrmˌxræ͜ɑːd/

[ˈæ͜ɑrˠmˌr̥æ͜ɑːd]


byrla

byrla (nominative singular)
byrlan (nominative plural)
byrlan (accusative singular)
byrlan (accusative plural)
byrlan (genitive singular)
byrlena (genitive plural)
byrlan (dative singular)
byrlum (dative plural)

From *byril + -a, from Proto-West Germanic *biril. Cognate with Old High German biril (“a large basket, pot”). More at barrel.


ece

eċe (canonical masculine)
eċe (nominative singular)
eċas (nominative plural)
eċe (accusative singular)
eċas (accusative plural)
eċes (genitive singular)
eċa (genitive plural)
eċe (dative singular)
eċum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: ache, ake, eche
English: ache
Scots: ake

From Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic *akiz (“ache, pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (“fault, guilt, sin”).


ciese

ċīese (canonical masculine)
ċīese (nominative singular)
ċīesas (nominative plural)
ċīese (accusative singular)
ċīesas (accusative plural)
ċīeses (genitive singular)
ċīesa (genitive plural)
ċīese (dative singular)
ċīesum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: chese, cheese, chesse, cheys, chiese, chise, cæse, ceose, cuse, cyse (Early Middle English)
English: cheese (see there for further descendants)
Scots: cheese

From Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.


Orfeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).


tungolcræft

tungolcræft (nominative singular)
tungolcræft (accusative singular)
tungolcræftes (genitive singular)
tungolcræfte (dative singular)

Middle English: tungolcraft


dunn

dunn (masculine nominative singular)
dunn (feminine nominative singular)
dunn (neuter nominative singular)
dunne (accusative masculine singular)
dunne (accusative feminine singular)
dunn (accusative neuter singular)
dunnes (genitive masculine singular)
dunre (feminine genitive singular)
dunnes (genitive neuter singular)
dunnum (dative masculine singular)
dunre (dative feminine singular)
dunnum (dative neuter singular)
dunne (instrumental masculine singular)
dunre (feminine instrumental singular)
dunne (instrumental neuter singular)
dunne (masculine nominative plural)
dunna (feminine nominative plural)
dunne (feminine nominative plural)
dunn (neuter nominative plural)
dunne (accusative masculine plural)
dunna (accusative feminine plural)
dunne (accusative feminine plural)
dunn (accusative neuter plural)
dunra (genitive masculine plural)
dunra (feminine genitive plural)
dunra (genitive neuter plural)
dunnum (dative masculine plural)
dunnum (dative feminine plural)
dunnum (dative neuter plural)
dunnum (instrumental masculine plural)
dunnum (feminine instrumental plural)
dunnum (instrumental neuter plural)
dunna (masculine nominative singular)
dunne (feminine nominative singular)
dunne (neuter nominative singular)
dunnan (accusative masculine singular)
dunnan (accusative feminine singular)
dunne (accusative neuter singular)
dunnan (genitive masculine singular)
dunnan (feminine genitive singular)
dunnan (genitive neuter singular)
dunnan (dative masculine singular)
dunnan (dative feminine singular)
dunnan (dative neuter singular)
dunnan (instrumental masculine singular)
dunnan (feminine instrumental singular)
dunnan (instrumental neuter singular)
dunnan (masculine nominative plural)
dunnan (feminine nominative plural)
dunnan (neuter nominative plural)
dunnan (accusative masculine plural)
dunnan (accusative feminine plural)
dunnan (accusative neuter plural)
dunra (genitive masculine plural)
dunnena (genitive masculine plural)
dunra (feminine genitive plural)
dunnena (feminine genitive plural)
dunra (genitive neuter plural)
dunnena (genitive neuter plural)
dunnum (dative masculine plural)
dunnum (dative feminine plural)
dunnum (dative neuter plural)
dunnum (instrumental masculine plural)
dunnum (feminine instrumental plural)
dunnum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: dunne, donne

Scots: dune, din

English: dun

From Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown; yellow”). Cognate with Old Saxon dunn, dun (“brown, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard”), Old Saxon dosan (“brown”), Old High German tusin (“ash-grey, dull brown”). Compare also Old Irish donn (“brown”).


ciele

ċiele (canonical masculine)
ċiele (nominative singular)
ċielas (nominative plural)
ċiele (accusative singular)
ċielas (accusative plural)
ċieles (genitive singular)
ċiela (genitive plural)
ċiele (dative singular)
ċielum (dative plural)

Middle English: chele, chile

English: chill (see there for further descendants)

Scots: chill

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz.


clea

clēa (canonical feminine)
clēa (nominative singular)
clēa (nominative plural)
clawe (accusative singular)
clēa (accusative plural)
clawe (genitive singular)
clawa (genitive plural)
clawe (dative singular)
clēam (dative plural)

Middle English: cle

English: cley

From Proto-West Germanic *klau, a variant of *klawu.


ierre

ierre (nominative singular)
ierru (nominative plural)
ierre (accusative singular)
ierru (accusative plural)
ierres (genitive singular)
ierra (genitive plural)
ierre (dative singular)
ierrum (dative plural)

Godes yrre bær


ierre

ierre (masculine nominative singular)
ierru (feminine nominative singular)
ierro (feminine nominative singular)
ierre (neuter nominative singular)
ierne (accusative masculine singular)
ierre (accusative feminine singular)
ierre (accusative neuter singular)
ierres (genitive masculine singular)
ierre (feminine genitive singular)
ierres (genitive neuter singular)
ierrum (dative masculine singular)
ierre (dative feminine singular)
ierrum (dative neuter singular)
ierre (instrumental masculine singular)
ierre (feminine instrumental singular)
ierre (instrumental neuter singular)
ierre (masculine nominative plural)
ierra (feminine nominative plural)
ierre (feminine nominative plural)
ierru (neuter nominative plural)
ierro (neuter nominative plural)
ierre (accusative masculine plural)
ierra (accusative feminine plural)
ierre (accusative feminine plural)
ierru (accusative neuter plural)
ierro (accusative neuter plural)
ierra (genitive masculine plural)
ierra (feminine genitive plural)
ierra (genitive neuter plural)
ierrum (dative masculine plural)
ierrum (dative feminine plural)
ierrum (dative neuter plural)
ierrum (instrumental masculine plural)
ierrum (feminine instrumental plural)
ierrum (instrumental neuter plural)
ierra (masculine nominative singular)
ierre (feminine nominative singular)
ierre (neuter nominative singular)
ierran (accusative masculine singular)
ierran (accusative feminine singular)
ierre (accusative neuter singular)
ierran (genitive masculine singular)
ierran (feminine genitive singular)
ierran (genitive neuter singular)
ierran (dative masculine singular)
ierran (dative feminine singular)
ierran (dative neuter singular)
ierran (instrumental masculine singular)
ierran (feminine instrumental singular)
ierran (instrumental neuter singular)
ierran (masculine nominative plural)
ierran (feminine nominative plural)
ierran (neuter nominative plural)
ierran (accusative masculine plural)
ierran (accusative feminine plural)
ierran (accusative neuter plural)
ierra (genitive masculine plural)
ierrena (genitive masculine plural)
ierra (feminine genitive plural)
ierrena (feminine genitive plural)
ierra (genitive neuter plural)
ierrena (genitive neuter plural)
ierrum (dative masculine plural)
ierrum (dative feminine plural)
ierrum (dative neuter plural)
ierrum (instrumental masculine plural)
ierrum (feminine instrumental plural)
ierrum (instrumental neuter plural)

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *irzijaz. Cognate with Old High German irri (German irre (“crazy, insane, mad”)).


slah

slāh (canonical feminine)
slāh (nominative singular)
slān (nominative plural)
slān (accusative singular)
slān (accusative plural)
slān (genitive singular)
slāna (genitive plural)
slān (dative singular)
slāum (dative plural)
slām (dative plural)

Middle English: sla, slo

English: sloe

Scots: slae

From Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ.


wigan

wīgan (canonical)
wīgan (infinitive)
wīgenne (infinitive)
wīge (first-person present singular)
wāg (first-person past singular)
wāh (first-person past singular)
wīġst (present second-person singular)
wige (past second-person singular)
wīġþ (present singular third-person)
wāg (past singular third-person)
wāh (past singular third-person)
wīgaþ (plural present)
wigon (past plural)
wīge (present singular)
wige (past singular)
wīgen (plural present)
wigen (past plural)
wīġ (imperative past present singular)
wīgaþ (imperative past plural present)
wīgende (imperative present)
wiġen (imperative past)
ġewiġen (imperative past)

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgan, from Proto-Germanic *wiganą. Cognate with Old High German wīgan, Old Norse vega.

wiga

a fighter, warrior; a man ennobled by his doggedness


wiln

wīln (canonical feminine)
wīlna (nominative plural)
wīln (nominative singular)
wīlna (nominative plural)
wīlne (nominative plural)
wīlne (accusative singular)
wīlna (accusative plural)
wīlne (accusative plural)
wīlne (genitive singular)
wīlna (genitive plural)
wīlne (dative singular)
wīlnum (dative plural)

A contraction of *wīelen; equivalent to wealh (“Welsh person, slave”) + -en (feminine suffix).

af

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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Abba

Abba (nominative singular)
Abban (accusative singular)
Abban (genitive singular)
Abban (dative singular)


Iudas

Iūdas (canonical masculine)
Iūdas (nominative singular)
Iūdas (accusative singular)
Iūdes (genitive singular)
Iūde (dative singular)

From Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).


Dauid

English: David

From Latin David, from Koine Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ).


galdre

galdre (nominative singular)
galdras (nominative plural)
galdre (accusative singular)
galdras (accusative plural)
galdres (genitive singular)
galdra (genitive plural)
galdre (dative singular)
galdrum (dative plural)

From galdor (“enchantment”) + -ere (“agent suffix”).


tæppere

tæppere (nominative singular)
tæpperas (nominative plural)
tæppere (accusative singular)
tæpperas (accusative plural)
tæpperes (genitive singular)
tæppera (genitive plural)
tæppere (dative singular)
tæpperum (dative plural)

English: tapper


eorcnanstan

eorcnanstān (canonical masculine)
eorcnanstān (nominative singular)
eorcnanstānas (nominative plural)
eorcnanstān (accusative singular)
eorcnanstānas (accusative plural)
eorcnanstānes (genitive singular)
eorcnanstāna (genitive plural)
eorcnanstāne (dative singular)
eorcnanstānum (dative plural)

→ English: arkenstone (Tolkien)

Compound of eorcnan (“special, noble”) + stān (“stone”). Cognate with Old Norse jarknasteinn, which is generally regarded as a loan from Old English.
Translates margarita in 9th century biblical glosses but is used generically as "precious stone, gem" in Beowulf (line 1208) and The Ruin (v. 36).


bleoread

blēorēad (canonical)
blēorēad (masculine nominative singular)
blēorēad (feminine nominative singular)
blēorēad (neuter nominative singular)
blēorēadne (accusative masculine singular)
blēorēade (accusative feminine singular)
blēorēad (accusative neuter singular)
blēorēades (genitive masculine singular)
blēorēadre (feminine genitive singular)
blēorēades (genitive neuter singular)
blēorēadum (dative masculine singular)
blēorēadre (dative feminine singular)
blēorēadum (dative neuter singular)
blēorēade (instrumental masculine singular)
blēorēadre (feminine instrumental singular)
blēorēade (instrumental neuter singular)
blēorēade (masculine nominative plural)
blēorēada (feminine nominative plural)
blēorēade (feminine nominative plural)
blēorēad (neuter nominative plural)
blēorēade (accusative masculine plural)
blēorēada (accusative feminine plural)
blēorēade (accusative feminine plural)
blēorēad (accusative neuter plural)
blēorēadra (genitive masculine plural)
blēorēadra (feminine genitive plural)
blēorēadra (genitive neuter plural)
blēorēadum (dative masculine plural)
blēorēadum (dative feminine plural)
blēorēadum (dative neuter plural)
blēorēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
blēorēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
blēorēadum (instrumental neuter plural)
blēorēada (masculine nominative singular)
blēorēade (feminine nominative singular)
blēorēade (neuter nominative singular)
blēorēadan (accusative masculine singular)
blēorēadan (accusative feminine singular)
blēorēade (accusative neuter singular)
blēorēadan (genitive masculine singular)
blēorēadan (feminine genitive singular)
blēorēadan (genitive neuter singular)
blēorēadan (dative masculine singular)
blēorēadan (dative feminine singular)
blēorēadan (dative neuter singular)
blēorēadan (instrumental masculine singular)
blēorēadan (feminine instrumental singular)
blēorēadan (instrumental neuter singular)
blēorēadan (masculine nominative plural)
blēorēadan (feminine nominative plural)
blēorēadan (neuter nominative plural)
blēorēadan (accusative masculine plural)
blēorēadan (accusative feminine plural)
blēorēadan (accusative neuter plural)
blēorēadra (genitive masculine plural)
blēorēadena (genitive masculine plural)
blēorēadra (feminine genitive plural)
blēorēadena (feminine genitive plural)
blēorēadra (genitive neuter plural)
blēorēadena (genitive neuter plural)
blēorēadum (dative masculine plural)
blēorēadum (dative feminine plural)
blēorēadum (dative neuter plural)
blēorēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
blēorēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
blēorēadum (instrumental neuter plural)

/ˈble͜oːˌræ͜ɑːd/


breahtm

breahtm (nominative singular)
breahtmas (nominative plural)
breahtm (accusative singular)
breahtmas (accusative plural)
breahtmes (genitive singular)
breahtma (genitive plural)
breahtme (dative singular)
breahtmum (dative plural)

a noise; tumult; clamour; revelry, music; sound; cry


Engle

Engle (nominative plural)
Engle (accusative plural)
Engla (genitive plural)
Englum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *Anglī. The name is possibly derived from angol (“fishhook”), from Proto-Germanic *angulaz, referring to either the Angles' habitat on the Jutland coast, shaped like a fishhook, or the Angles' probable occupation as fishermen.


Tata

English: Tate

From Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”)


lanu

lanu (nominative singular)
lana (nominative plural)
lane (nominative plural)
lane (accusative singular)
lana (accusative plural)
lane (accusative plural)
lane (genitive singular)
lana (genitive plural)
lane (dative singular)
lanum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: lane, lone
English: lane (dialectal loan)
⇒ English: lonnen, loanen, lonnin
→ Middle Scots: lane
→ Welsh: lôn
Scots: lone, loan
Yola: laane
→ Irish: lána

From Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Old Frisian lane, lone, lona, Old Saxon lana, Old Norse lǫn.


hellewite

hellewīte (canonical neuter)
hellewīte (nominative singular)
hellewītu (nominative plural)
hellewīte (accusative singular)
hellewītu (accusative plural)
hellewītes (genitive singular)
hellewīta (genitive plural)
hellewīte (dative singular)
hellewītum (dative plural)

Middle English: hellewite, helle wite

From Proto-West Germanic *halljuwītī, from Proto-Germanic *haljōwītiją. Equivalent to hell (“hell”) + wīte (“punishment”).

the torments of hell; eternal punishment, hellfire


brydguma

brȳdguma (canonical masculine)
brȳdguma (nominative singular)
brȳdguman (nominative plural)
brȳdguman (accusative singular)
brȳdguman (accusative plural)
brȳdguman (genitive singular)
brȳdgumena (genitive plural)
brȳdguman (dative singular)
brȳdgumum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: bridegome, bredgome, bridegoome, bridgom, bridgume, brudgume, brydegome, bryd-gome, brydgrome
English: bridegroom
Scots: bridegreem
Yola: breedegroom

Compound of brȳd + guma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō. Cognates include Old Frisian brēdgoma, Old Saxon brūdigomo, Old High German brūtigomo, and Old Norse brúðgumi.


þreotiene

Middle English: thrittene, thirttene

English: thirteen

Scots: thirteen, thritteen

Yola: dhurteen

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Cognate with Old Frisian thretīne, Old Saxon thriutein, Old High German drīzehan, Old Norse þrettán.


feowertiene

Middle English: fourtene

English: fourteen

Scots: fowerteen

Yola: vourteen

From Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with Old Frisian fiūwertīne, Old Saxon fiuwartein, Old High German fiorzehan, Old Norse fjórtán, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwōrtaihun).

cog

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽


fiftiene

Middle English: fiftene

English: fifteen

Yola: vifteen

From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with Old Frisian fīftīne, Old Saxon fīftein, Old High German fimfzehan, Old Norse fimmtán, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).


seofontiene

Middle English: seventene

English: seventeen

Scots: seiventeen

From Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Old High German sibunzehan, Old Norse sjaután, Gothic *𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (*sibuntaihun).

*𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽


eahtatiene

desctree

Middle English: eightetene, auhtene, awghtene, ehtetene, eightene, eiȝtene, eiȝtetene, eyghtene, eyȝtene, eyȝteteene
English: eighteen
Scots: aughteen, auchteen, aichteen
Yola: ayghteen

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with Old High German ahtozehan, Old Norse átján, Gothic *𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (*ahtautaihun).

cog

*𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽


nigontiene

Middle English: nynetene, ninetene

Scots: nineteen

English: nineteen

Yola: neenteen

From Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Old Frisian niguntīne, Old High German niunzehan, Old Norse nítján, Gothic *𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (*niuntaihun).


Port

a male given name attributed to one of the Saxon invaders of Britain, apparently in an inference from Portesmūþa.


weler

weler (nominative singular)
weleras (nominative plural)
weler (accusative singular)
weleras (accusative plural)
weleres (genitive singular)
welera (genitive plural)
welere (dative singular)
welerum (dative plural)
weler (nominative singular)
welera (nominative plural)
welere (nominative plural)
welere (accusative singular)
welera (accusative plural)
welere (accusative plural)
welere (genitive singular)
welera (genitive plural)
welere (dative singular)
welerum (dative plural)

From a metathetic alteration of Proto-Germanic *werulō, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *weruz (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“high, raised area, tuber, lump, blister”).

inh

God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþyrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis":

God made us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.


nowend

nōwend (canonical masculine)
nōwend (nominative singular)
nōwend (nominative plural)
nōwende (nominative plural)
nōwendas (nominative plural)
nōwend (accusative singular)
nōwend (accusative plural)
nōwende (accusative plural)
nōwendas (accusative plural)
nōwendes (genitive singular)
nōwendra (genitive plural)
nōwende (dative singular)
nōwendum (dative plural)

From *nō, *nōw (“ship”) + -end (agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *nō (“ship”).


spane

spane (nominative singular)
spanan (nominative plural)
spanan (accusative singular)
spanan (accusative plural)
spanan (genitive singular)
spanena (genitive plural)
spanan (dative singular)
spanum (dative plural)

Middle English: *spane, *spene

English: spene, speen (dialectal)

From Proto-Germanic *spanô, *spenô. See English spean.


hasu

hasu (masculine nominative singular)
haso (masculine nominative singular)
hasu (feminine nominative singular)
haso (feminine nominative singular)
hasu (neuter nominative singular)
haso (neuter nominative singular)
hasone (accusative masculine singular)
haswe (accusative feminine singular)
hasu (accusative neuter singular)
haso (accusative neuter singular)
haswes (genitive masculine singular)
hasore (feminine genitive singular)
haswes (genitive neuter singular)
haswum (dative masculine singular)
hasore (dative feminine singular)
haswum (dative neuter singular)
haswe (instrumental masculine singular)
hasore (feminine instrumental singular)
haswe (instrumental neuter singular)
haswe (masculine nominative plural)
haswa (feminine nominative plural)
haswe (feminine nominative plural)
hasu (neuter nominative plural)
haso (neuter nominative plural)
haswe (accusative masculine plural)
haswa (accusative feminine plural)
haswe (accusative feminine plural)
hasu (accusative neuter plural)
haso (accusative neuter plural)
hasora (genitive masculine plural)
hasora (feminine genitive plural)
hasora (genitive neuter plural)
haswum (dative masculine plural)
haswum (dative feminine plural)
haswum (dative neuter plural)
haswum (instrumental masculine plural)
haswum (feminine instrumental plural)
haswum (instrumental neuter plural)
haswa (masculine nominative singular)
haswe (feminine nominative singular)
haswe (neuter nominative singular)
haswan (accusative masculine singular)
haswan (accusative feminine singular)
haswe (accusative neuter singular)
haswan (genitive masculine singular)
haswan (feminine genitive singular)
haswan (genitive neuter singular)
haswan (dative masculine singular)
haswan (dative feminine singular)
haswan (dative neuter singular)
haswan (instrumental masculine singular)
haswan (feminine instrumental singular)
haswan (instrumental neuter singular)
haswan (masculine nominative plural)
haswan (feminine nominative plural)
haswan (neuter nominative plural)
haswan (accusative masculine plural)
haswan (accusative feminine plural)
haswan (accusative neuter plural)
hasora (genitive masculine plural)
haswena (genitive masculine plural)
hasora (feminine genitive plural)
haswena (feminine genitive plural)
hasora (genitive neuter plural)
haswena (genitive neuter plural)
haswum (dative masculine plural)
haswum (dative feminine plural)
haswum (dative neuter plural)
haswum (instrumental masculine plural)
haswum (feminine instrumental plural)
haswum (instrumental neuter plural)

⇒ Middle English: haswed

…Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song, þǣr iċ glado sitte.

…Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.


canc

Middle English: *cank, cang

English: cank (dialectal)

⇒? Scots: kang

From Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).


geoluread

ġeolurēad (canonical)
ġeolurēad (masculine nominative singular)
ġeolurēad (feminine nominative singular)
ġeolurēad (neuter nominative singular)
ġeolurēadne (accusative masculine singular)
ġeolurēade (accusative feminine singular)
ġeolurēad (accusative neuter singular)
ġeolurēades (genitive masculine singular)
ġeolurēadre (feminine genitive singular)
ġeolurēades (genitive neuter singular)
ġeolurēadum (dative masculine singular)
ġeolurēadre (dative feminine singular)
ġeolurēadum (dative neuter singular)
ġeolurēade (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeolurēadre (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeolurēade (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeolurēade (masculine nominative plural)
ġeolurēada (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolurēade (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolurēad (neuter nominative plural)
ġeolurēade (accusative masculine plural)
ġeolurēada (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolurēade (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolurēad (accusative neuter plural)
ġeolurēadra (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolurēadra (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolurēadra (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative masculine plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative feminine plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative neuter plural)
ġeolurēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeolurēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeolurēadum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġeolurēada (masculine nominative singular)
ġeolurēade (feminine nominative singular)
ġeolurēade (neuter nominative singular)
ġeolurēadan (accusative masculine singular)
ġeolurēadan (accusative feminine singular)
ġeolurēade (accusative neuter singular)
ġeolurēadan (genitive masculine singular)
ġeolurēadan (feminine genitive singular)
ġeolurēadan (genitive neuter singular)
ġeolurēadan (dative masculine singular)
ġeolurēadan (dative feminine singular)
ġeolurēadan (dative neuter singular)
ġeolurēadan (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeolurēadan (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeolurēadan (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeolurēadan (masculine nominative plural)
ġeolurēadan (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolurēadan (neuter nominative plural)
ġeolurēadan (accusative masculine plural)
ġeolurēadan (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolurēadan (accusative neuter plural)
ġeolurēadra (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolurēadena (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolurēadra (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolurēadena (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolurēadra (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolurēadena (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative masculine plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative feminine plural)
ġeolurēadum (dative neuter plural)
ġeolurēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeolurēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeolurēadum (instrumental neuter plural)

English: yellow-red

the color orange (literally "yellow-red")


molda

desctree

Middle English: molde
English: mold, mould

From Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ.


meteþegn

meteþeġn (canonical masculine)
meteþeġn (nominative singular)
meteþeġnas (nominative plural)
meteþeġn (accusative singular)
meteþeġnas (accusative plural)
meteþeġnes (genitive singular)
meteþeġna (genitive plural)
meteþeġne (dative singular)
meteþeġnum (dative plural)

a food-officer; one whose duty is to look after food; sewer


ceafl

ċeafl (canonical masculine)
ceafl (nominative singular)
ceaflas (nominative plural)
ceafl (accusative singular)
ceaflas (accusative plural)
ceafles (genitive singular)
ceafla (genitive plural)
ceafle (dative singular)
ceaflum (dative plural)

Middle English: chavel, chevel, chaule, chawel, chavyl, chawil, chawyl, chavalle, chaul, chewil, chefle, chafle (Early Middle English), jawe, jawle (influenced by the syn. joue)
English: jowl, chavel
Scots: chowl, chow, chew
Yola: choule

From Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”).

inh

late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
Mīn hēafod hē hæfþ mid his ċeaflum befangen.


neora

nēora (canonical masculine)
nēora (nominative singular)
nēoran (nominative plural)
nēoran (accusative singular)
nēoran (accusative plural)
nēoran (genitive singular)
nēorena (genitive plural)
nēoran (dative singular)
nēorum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: nēre, neere
Scots: neer, nere, neir

⇒ Middle English: kidenēre, kidnēre

English: kidney

From Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney, testicle”).


wyrmread

wyrmrēad (canonical)
wyrmrēad (masculine nominative singular)
wyrmrēad (feminine nominative singular)
wyrmrēad (neuter nominative singular)
wyrmrēadne (accusative masculine singular)
wyrmrēade (accusative feminine singular)
wyrmrēad (accusative neuter singular)
wyrmrēades (genitive masculine singular)
wyrmrēadre (feminine genitive singular)
wyrmrēades (genitive neuter singular)
wyrmrēadum (dative masculine singular)
wyrmrēadre (dative feminine singular)
wyrmrēadum (dative neuter singular)
wyrmrēade (instrumental masculine singular)
wyrmrēadre (feminine instrumental singular)
wyrmrēade (instrumental neuter singular)
wyrmrēade (masculine nominative plural)
wyrmrēada (feminine nominative plural)
wyrmrēade (feminine nominative plural)
wyrmrēad (neuter nominative plural)
wyrmrēade (accusative masculine plural)
wyrmrēada (accusative feminine plural)
wyrmrēade (accusative feminine plural)
wyrmrēad (accusative neuter plural)
wyrmrēadra (genitive masculine plural)
wyrmrēadra (feminine genitive plural)
wyrmrēadra (genitive neuter plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative masculine plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative feminine plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative neuter plural)
wyrmrēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
wyrmrēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
wyrmrēadum (instrumental neuter plural)
wyrmrēada (masculine nominative singular)
wyrmrēade (feminine nominative singular)
wyrmrēade (neuter nominative singular)
wyrmrēadan (accusative masculine singular)
wyrmrēadan (accusative feminine singular)
wyrmrēade (accusative neuter singular)
wyrmrēadan (genitive masculine singular)
wyrmrēadan (feminine genitive singular)
wyrmrēadan (genitive neuter singular)
wyrmrēadan (dative masculine singular)
wyrmrēadan (dative feminine singular)
wyrmrēadan (dative neuter singular)
wyrmrēadan (instrumental masculine singular)
wyrmrēadan (feminine instrumental singular)
wyrmrēadan (instrumental neuter singular)
wyrmrēadan (masculine nominative plural)
wyrmrēadan (feminine nominative plural)
wyrmrēadan (neuter nominative plural)
wyrmrēadan (accusative masculine plural)
wyrmrēadan (accusative feminine plural)
wyrmrēadan (accusative neuter plural)
wyrmrēadra (genitive masculine plural)
wyrmrēadena (genitive masculine plural)
wyrmrēadra (feminine genitive plural)
wyrmrēadena (feminine genitive plural)
wyrmrēadra (genitive neuter plural)
wyrmrēadena (genitive neuter plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative masculine plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative feminine plural)
wyrmrēadum (dative neuter plural)
wyrmrēadum (instrumental masculine plural)
wyrmrēadum (feminine instrumental plural)
wyrmrēadum (instrumental neuter plural)


Cædmon

From Old Welsh *Cadṽan, from Proto-Brythonic *Katumandos, from *kad (“battle”).


bealluc

bealluc (nominative singular)
beallucas (nominative plural)
bealluc (accusative singular)
beallucas (accusative plural)
bealluces (genitive singular)
bealluca (genitive plural)
bealluce (dative singular)
beallucum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: ballok, ballock, balok, balock, balloq, balloc
English: ballock, bollock
Scots: ballok

[ˈbæ͜ɑɫ.ɫuk]


gefædera

head

ġefædera m (nominative plural ġefæderan)

ġefædera (canonical masculine)
ġefæderan (nominative plural)
ġefædera (nominative singular)
ġefæderan (nominative plural)
ġefæderan (accusative singular)
ġefæderan (accusative plural)
ġefæderan (genitive singular)
ġefæderena (genitive plural)
ġefæderan (dative singular)
ġefæderum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gafadurjō, equivalent to ġe- + fædera. Akin to Low Low German Gevadder, Gevader, Old High German gifatero (German Gevatter), Middle Dutch gevadere (Dutch gevader).


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)

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, Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌾𐌰 (krukkja).

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.


Arius

From Latin Arīus, from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from Ἄρης (Árēs).


purpuren

purpuren (masculine nominative singular)
purpuren (feminine nominative singular)
purpuren (neuter nominative singular)
purpurenne (accusative masculine singular)
purpurene (accusative feminine singular)
purpuren (accusative neuter singular)
purpurenes (genitive masculine singular)
purpurenre (feminine genitive singular)
purpurenes (genitive neuter singular)
purpurenum (dative masculine singular)
purpurenre (dative feminine singular)
purpurenum (dative neuter singular)
purpurene (instrumental masculine singular)
purpurenre (feminine instrumental singular)
purpurene (instrumental neuter singular)
purpurene (masculine nominative plural)
purpurena (feminine nominative plural)
purpurene (feminine nominative plural)
purpuren (neuter nominative plural)
purpurene (accusative masculine plural)
purpurena (accusative feminine plural)
purpurene (accusative feminine plural)
purpuren (accusative neuter plural)
purpurenra (genitive masculine plural)
purpurenra (feminine genitive plural)
purpurenra (genitive neuter plural)
purpurenum (dative masculine plural)
purpurenum (dative feminine plural)
purpurenum (dative neuter plural)
purpurenum (instrumental masculine plural)
purpurenum (feminine instrumental plural)
purpurenum (instrumental neuter plural)
purpurena (masculine nominative singular)
purpurene (feminine nominative singular)
purpurene (neuter nominative singular)
purpurenan (accusative masculine singular)
purpurenan (accusative feminine singular)
purpurene (accusative neuter singular)
purpurenan (genitive masculine singular)
purpurenan (feminine genitive singular)
purpurenan (genitive neuter singular)
purpurenan (dative masculine singular)
purpurenan (dative feminine singular)
purpurenan (dative neuter singular)
purpurenan (instrumental masculine singular)
purpurenan (feminine instrumental singular)
purpurenan (instrumental neuter singular)
purpurenan (masculine nominative plural)
purpurenan (feminine nominative plural)
purpurenan (neuter nominative plural)
purpurenan (accusative masculine plural)
purpurenan (accusative feminine plural)
purpurenan (accusative neuter plural)
purpurenra (genitive masculine plural)
purpurenena (genitive masculine plural)
purpurenra (feminine genitive plural)
purpurenena (feminine genitive plural)
purpurenra (genitive neuter plural)
purpurenena (genitive neuter plural)
purpurenum (dative masculine plural)
purpurenum (dative feminine plural)
purpurenum (dative neuter plural)
purpurenum (instrumental masculine plural)
purpurenum (feminine instrumental plural)
purpurenum (instrumental neuter plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *purpurīn. Equivalent to purple, purpure (“purple”) + -en.


hege

heġe (canonical masculine)
heġe (nominative singular)
heġas (nominative plural)
heġe (accusative singular)
heġas (accusative plural)
heġes (genitive singular)
heġa (genitive plural)
heġe (dative singular)
heġum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: heye (influenced by Old English hæg, ġehæg and Old French haie)
English: hay

From earlier Proto-West Germanic *(ga)hagi, likely a remodelling from Proto-West Germanic *hagiwi, the plural of *hagu, from Proto-Germanic *haguz. Cognate with Old English ġehæg, Old High German gahagi.


Michahel

Michahel (nominative singular)
Michahel (accusative singular)
Michaheles (genitive singular)
Michahele (dative singular)

English: Michael

From Latin Michaēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”)


bæþ

baþu (nominative plural)
bæþ (nominative singular)
baþu (nominative plural)
bæþ (accusative singular)
baþu (accusative plural)
bæþes (genitive singular)
baþa (genitive plural)
bæþe (dative singular)
baþum (dative plural)

Middle English: bath, baþ

English: bath

Scots: bath

→ Welsh: bàth

From Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.


fæcele

From Proto-West Germanic *fakkla, borrowed from Latin facula.


bigenga

bīġenġa (canonical masculine)
bīġenġa (nominative singular)
bīġenġan (nominative plural)
bīġenġan (accusative singular)
bīġenġan (accusative plural)
bīġenġan (genitive singular)
bīġenġena (genitive plural)
bīġenġan (dative singular)
bīġenġum (dative plural)

Middle English: beȝenga, beȝeng

From Proto-West Germanic *bīgangijō, equivalent to bī- + genġa. Cognate with Old High German bigengo.

one who takes care of others; benefactor


beocere

bēocere (canonical masculine)
bēocere (nominative singular)
bēoceras (nominative plural)
bēocere (accusative singular)
bēoceras (accusative plural)
bēoceres (genitive singular)
bēocera (genitive plural)
bēocere (dative singular)
bēocerum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo + *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).


Ælfric

Ælfrīc (canonical masculine)
Ælfrīc (nominative singular)
Ælfrīc (accusative singular)
Ælfrīces (genitive singular)
Ælfrīce (dative singular)

→ English: Ælfric (learned)

→ Latin: Alfrīcus, Ælfrīcus, Elphrīcus

Middle English: Averi, Averie, Elfric

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
Joseph Bosworth
Oxford
Thomas Northcote Toller

ælf (“elf”) + rīc (“a powerful person, ruler”)

compound

Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), Benedictine abbot, student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homily, Biblical commentary, and other genres

Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), Archbishop of Canterbury 995–1005

Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005), disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham and monk


mynet

mynet (nominative singular)
mynet (nominative plural)
mynet (accusative singular)
mynet (accusative plural)
mynetes (genitive singular)
myneta (genitive plural)
mynete (dative singular)
mynetum (dative plural)

Middle English: mynt, munet

English: mint

→ Old Norse: mynt

Old Danish: mynt

Danish: mønt

Icelandic: mynt

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: mynt

Norwegian Nynorsk: mynt

Old Swedish: mynt

Swedish: mynt

→ Finnish: myntti

gylden mynet


hærnflota

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hærnflota m (nominative plural hærnflotan)

hærnflotan (nominative plural)
hærnflota (nominative singular)
hærnflotan (nominative plural)
hærnflotan (accusative singular)
hærnflotan (accusative plural)
hærnflotan (genitive singular)
hærnflotena (genitive plural)
hærnflotan (dative singular)
hærnflotum (dative plural)


bratt

English: brat

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos


fengel

fenġel (canonical masculine)
fenġel (nominative singular)
fenglas (nominative plural)
fenġel (accusative singular)
fenglas (accusative plural)
fengles (genitive singular)
fengla (genitive plural)
fengle (dative singular)
fenglum (dative plural)

Blend of fōn (“to seize”) + þengel (“prince”), as if from Proto-West Germanic *fangil. Compare strenġel.


mætan

mǣtan (canonical)
mǣtan (infinitive)
mǣtenne (infinitive)
mǣteþ (present singular third-person)
mǣtt (present singular third-person)
mǣt (present singular third-person)
mǣtte (past singular third-person)
mǣte (present singular)
mǣtte (past singular)
mǣtende (imperative present)
mǣted (imperative past)
ġemǣted (imperative past)

Middle English: meten

English: met

From an earlier sense meaning "to paint, sculpt, design," from Proto-West Germanic *maitijan (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *maitaną. Doublet of mētan (“to paint, sculpt, design”).

inh

Þonne hē slǣpþ, þonne mǣt hine be þē ānre.

When he sleeps, he only dreams about you.

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:9

Then Joseph remembered the dreams that he'd had at some point before.

Þā ġemunde Iosep þāra swefna þe hine æt sumum ċierre ǣr mǣtte.

(impersonal) to dream (+dative or accusative of person)


Matheus

Mathēus (canonical masculine)
Mathēus (nominative singular)
Mathēus (accusative singular)
Mathēes (genitive singular)
Mathēe (dative singular)


nefene

nefene (nominative singular)
nefenan (nominative plural)
nefenan (accusative singular)
nefenan (accusative plural)
nefenan (genitive singular)
nefenena (genitive plural)
nefenan (dative singular)
nefenum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *nefanā, from Proto-Germanic *nefanǭ, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”). Compare Middle High German nefin, nevin, German Neffin (“niece”).


meowle

mēowle (canonical feminine)
mēowle (nominative singular)
mēowlan (nominative plural)
mēowlan (accusative singular)
mēowlan (accusative plural)
mēowlan (genitive singular)
mēowlena (genitive plural)
mēowlan (dative singular)
mēowlum (dative plural)


Parthe

Parthe (nominative plural)
Parthe (accusative plural)
Partha (genitive plural)
Parthum (dative plural)


healsbeag

healsbēag (canonical masculine)
healsbēag (nominative singular)
healsbēagas (nominative plural)
healsbēag (accusative singular)
healsbēagas (accusative plural)
healsbēages (genitive singular)
healsbēaga (genitive plural)
healsbēage (dative singular)
healsbēagum (dative plural)

/ˈxæ͜ɑlsˌbæ͜ɑːɡ/

[ˈhæ͜ɑɫzˌbæ͜ɑːɣ]

collar or necklace, often made of gold or silver


geposu

ġeposu (canonical feminine)
ġeposu (nominative singular)
ġeposa (nominative plural)
ġepose (nominative plural)
ġepose (accusative singular)
ġeposa (accusative plural)
ġepose (accusative plural)
ġepose (genitive singular)
ġeposa (genitive plural)
ġepose (dative singular)
ġeposum (dative plural)

Middle English: pose

English: pose

As a feminine noun, taken from ġeposu pl (literally “(the) snorts”), plural of ġepos n (“a sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to blow, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Related to Middle Low German pûsten (“to snort”), Middle High German phūsen (“to sneeze, snort”), Old Swedish pýsa (“to snort”).


bisæcc

bīsæcc (canonical feminine)
bīsæcc (nominative singular)
bīsæcca (nominative plural)
bīsæcce (nominative plural)
bīsæcce (accusative singular)
bīsæcca (accusative plural)
bīsæcce (accusative plural)
bīsæcce (genitive singular)
bīsæcca (genitive plural)
bīsæcce (dative singular)
bīsæccum (dative plural)

English: bysack


sweg

swēġ (canonical masculine)
swēġ (nominative singular)
swēġas (nominative plural)
swēġ (accusative singular)
swēġas (accusative plural)
swēġes (genitive singular)
swēġa (genitive plural)
swēġe (dative singular)
swēġum (dative plural)

Middle English: swei, sweȝ

From Proto-West Germanic *swōgi (“sound, noise”). Cognate with Old Norse sœgr (“tumult, noise”) and Latin vāgiō (“cry, wail”). More at sough, swoon.


nihtgenga

nihtgenġa (canonical masculine)
nihtgenġa (nominative singular)
nihtgenġan (nominative plural)
nihtgenġan (accusative singular)
nihtgenġan (accusative plural)
nihtgenġan (genitive singular)
nihtgenġena (genitive plural)
nihtgenġan (dative singular)
nihtgenġum (dative plural)


gielda

ġielda (canonical masculine)
ġielda (nominative singular)
ġieldan (nominative plural)
ġieldan (accusative singular)
ġieldan (accusative plural)
ġieldan (genitive singular)
ġieldena (genitive plural)
ġieldan (dative singular)
ġieldum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *geldō, equivalent to ġieldan + -a.


pohha

pohha (nominative singular)
pohhan (nominative plural)
pohhan (accusative singular)
pohhan (accusative plural)
pohhan (genitive singular)
pohhena (genitive plural)
pohhan (dative singular)
pohhum (dative plural)

Middle English: pogh, pouge

From Proto-West Germanic *pokkō, *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to swell; blow; inflate”). Cognate with Middle High German pfoch (“pouch; purse”), Old Norse poki (“pouch; bag”).


bæcestre

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bæcestre f (nominative plural bæcestran)

bæcestran (nominative plural)
bæcestre (nominative singular)
bæcestran (nominative plural)
bæcestran (accusative singular)
bæcestran (accusative plural)
bæcestran (genitive singular)
bæcestrena (genitive plural)
bæcestran (dative singular)
bæcestrum (dative plural)

Middle English: bakestre, bakster

English: baxter, Baxter


Sigelhearwa

Siġelhearwa (canonical masculine)
Siġelhearwa (nominative singular)
Siġelhearwan (nominative plural)
Siġelhearwan (accusative singular)
Siġelhearwan (accusative plural)
Siġelhearwan (genitive singular)
Siġelhearwena (genitive plural)
Siġelhearwan (dative singular)
Siġelhearwum (dative plural)

From siġel (“sun”) + *hearwa (“worshiper”), a derivative related to herian (“to praise”).


mæsling

mæsling (nominative plural)
mæsling (nominative singular)
mæsling (nominative plural)
mæsling (accusative singular)
mæsling (accusative plural)
mæslinges (genitive singular)
mæslinga (genitive plural)
mæslinge (dative singular)
mæslingum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling, meslin

English: maslin

From earlier *mæssing, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, altered by -ling and an intrusive -t-.


ladmann

lādmann (canonical masculine)
lādmenn (nominative plural)
lādmann (nominative singular)
lādmenn (nominative plural)
lādmann (accusative singular)
lādmenn (accusative plural)
lādmannes (genitive singular)
lādmanna (genitive plural)
lādmenn (dative singular)
lādmannum (dative plural)


hrepung

hrepung (nominative singular)
hrepunga (nominative plural)
hrepunge (nominative plural)
hrepunge (accusative singular)
hrepunga (accusative plural)
hrepunge (accusative plural)
hrepunge (genitive singular)
hrepunga (genitive plural)
hrepunge (dative singular)
hrepungum (dative plural)

Middle English: reopunge, repunge, repung

c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
Ure yfelan geðohtas oððe weorc we sceolan alysan mid fif scyllingum; þæt is we sceolon ure yfelnysse behreowsian mid urum fif andgitum, þæt synd gesihþ, and hlyst, and swæc, and stenc, and hrepung.

Our evil thoughts or actions we should redeem with five shillings; that is, we should repent of our wickedness with our five senses, which are, sight, and hearing, and taste, and smell, and touch.

the sense of touch (one of the five senses)


socn

sōcn (canonical feminine)
sōcn (nominative singular)
sōcne (nominative plural)
sōcna (nominative plural)
sōcn (accusative singular)
sōcne (accusative singular)
sōcne (accusative plural)
sōcna (accusative plural)
sōcne (genitive singular)
sōcna (genitive plural)
sōcne (dative singular)
sōcnum (dative plural)

Middle English: soken

English: soken

→ Medieval Latin: sōca

Old French: soc

desctree

⇒ Old French: socage
→ Middle English: sokage
English: socage

→ Middle English: soke

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“examination; contest; struggle”).

inh

Iċ an heom ealswā ðæt hȳ habben ðrofer saca and sōcna.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Anglo-Saxon law) Frequently used in connection with sacu: the exercise of judicial power; jurisdiction; right of inquisition; right of seeking, taking, or levying fines; revenue


portgerefa

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portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)

portġerēfa (canonical masculine)
portġerēfan (nominative plural)
portġerēfa (nominative singular)
portġerēfan (nominative plural)
portġerēfan (accusative singular)
portġerēfan (accusative plural)
portġerēfan (genitive singular)
portġerēfena (genitive plural)
portġerēfan (dative singular)
portġerēfum (dative plural)

English: portreeve

From port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).

compound

a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England


dægmæl

dæġmǣl (canonical neuter)
dæġmǣl (nominative plural)
dæġmǣl (nominative singular)
dæġmǣl (nominative plural)
dæġmǣl (accusative singular)
dæġmǣl (accusative plural)
dæġmǣles (genitive singular)
dæġmǣla (genitive plural)
dæġmǣle (dative singular)
dæġmǣlum (dative plural)

Þæt dæġmǣl ticcode ġehīerendlīċe.

an instrument for telling the hour of the day; a timekeeper (e.g. clock, sundial, waterclock, etc.)


drycræft

drȳcræft (canonical masculine)
drȳcræft (nominative singular)
drȳcræftas (nominative plural)
drȳcræft (accusative singular)
drȳcræftas (accusative plural)
drȳcræftes (genitive singular)
drȳcræfta (genitive plural)
drȳcræfte (dative singular)
drȳcræftum (dative plural)

Middle English: drycræft

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.

...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.


pipdream

pīpdrēam (canonical masculine)
pīpdrēam (nominative singular)
pīpdrēamas (nominative plural)
pīpdrēam (accusative singular)
pīpdrēamas (accusative plural)
pīpdrēames (genitive singular)
pīpdrēama (genitive plural)
pīpdrēame (dative singular)
pīpdrēamum (dative plural)

the sound of a pipe (musical instrument); pipe music


lareow

lārēow (canonical masculine)
lārēow (nominative singular)
lārēowas (nominative plural)
lārēow (accusative singular)
lārēowas (accusative plural)
lārēowes (genitive singular)
lārēowa (genitive plural)
lārēowe (dative singular)
lārēowum (dative plural)

Middle English: larew

From lār (“teaching; doctrine”) + *ēow, a word or suffix of uncertain origin and meaning, yet apparently found also in Old Saxon lērio, lēreo (“teacher, prophet”).
Some authorities believe the second element to be a corruption of Old English þēow (“servant; minister”), which shows up in later forms of the word, e.g. Old English lārþēaw (for *lārþēow), Middle English lorthew, etc., yet this might be assimilation in retrospect caused by confusion or folk-etymology.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Sē lārēow sċeal bēon eallum mannum efnþrōwiende.

A teacher should be sympathetic to everyone.

c. 9-10th century, Bede, "Preface"
Ǣrest mē wæs fultumiend 7 lārēow se ārwurða abbad Albinus, se wæs wīde ġefaren 7 gelǣred, 7 wæs betst ġelǣred on Angelcynne.

My first assistant and teacher was the venerable abbot Albinus, a man who had travelled much and studied, and was the best scholar in England.


weofod

wēofod (canonical neuter)
wēofod (nominative singular)
wēofodu (nominative plural)
wēofod (accusative singular)
wēofodu (accusative plural)
wēofodes (genitive singular)
wēofoda (genitive plural)
wēofode (dative singular)
wēofodum (dative plural)

Middle English: wēved

From pre-Old English *wīohbēod, equivalent to wēoh (“idol, image”) + bēod (“offering stage, dish”).


sanct

sanctas (nominative plural)
sanct (nominative singular)
sanctas (nominative plural)
sanct (accusative singular)
sanctas (accusative plural)
sanctes (genitive singular)
sancta (genitive plural)
sancte (dative singular)
sanctum (dative plural)

i

through confluence with Old French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">sainte</i>

Middle English: sanct, senct, seinct, sainct, seint, saint (through confluence with Old French sainte)

English: saint

desc

Scots: saunt, sanct, sainct, seinct, seint, saint

Yola: sankt


tunglere

tunglere (nominative singular)
tungleras (nominative plural)
tunglere (accusative singular)
tungleras (accusative plural)
tungleres (genitive singular)
tunglera (genitive plural)
tunglere (dative singular)
tunglerum (dative plural)


heolca

heolca (nominative singular)
heolcan (nominative plural)
heolcan (accusative singular)
heolcan (accusative plural)
heolcan (genitive singular)
heolcena (genitive plural)
heolcan (dative singular)
heolcum (dative plural)

From a metathesis of Proto-West Germanic *hehlā, from Proto-Germanic *hehlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel(h₂)- (“to freeze; cold”). Cognate with Old Norse héla.


gelotendæg

ġelotendæġ (canonical masculine)
ġelotendæġ (nominative singular)
ġelotendagas (nominative plural)
ġelotendæġ (accusative singular)
ġelotendagas (accusative plural)
ġelotendæġes (genitive singular)
ġelotendaga (genitive plural)
ġelotendæġe (dative singular)
ġelotendagum (dative plural)

From past-participle of lūtan (“to lout, to bow, to stoop, to bend”) + dæg (“day”), literally meaning the bowed or declined day.


midniht

midniht (nominative singular)
midda niht (nominative plural)
midde niht (nominative plural)
midde niht (accusative singular)
midda niht (accusative plural)
midde niht (accusative plural)
midre niht (genitive singular)
midra nihta (genitive plural)
midre niht (dative singular)
middum nihtum (dative plural)

Middle English: midnight, mydnyght

English: midnight


middæg

middæġ (canonical masculine)
middæġ (nominative singular)
midde dagas (nominative plural)
midne dæġ (accusative singular)
midde dagas (accusative plural)
middes dæġes (genitive singular)
midra daga (genitive plural)
middum dæġe (dative singular)
middum dagum (dative plural)

Middle English: midday

English: midday

From Proto-Germanic *midjaz dagaz. Equivalent to mid- + dæġ.


todæg

Middle English: today

English: to-day, today

Scots: theday

late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...

But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.


hrif

hrif (nominative singular)
hrifu (nominative plural)
hrif (accusative singular)
hrifu (accusative plural)
hrifes (genitive singular)
hrifa (genitive plural)
hrife (dative singular)
hrifum (dative plural)


scanca

sċanca (canonical masculine)
sċanca (nominative singular)
sċancan (nominative plural)
sċancan (accusative singular)
sċancan (accusative plural)
sċancan (genitive singular)
sċancena (genitive plural)
sċancan (dative singular)
sċancum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke

English: shank

Scots: schank, schanck


sangestre

sangestre (nominative singular)
sangestran (nominative plural)
sangestran (accusative singular)
sangestran (accusative plural)
sangestran (genitive singular)
sangestrena (genitive plural)
sangestran (dative singular)
sangestrum (dative plural)

Middle English: sangester, sangstere

English: songster


Iob

Borrowed from Latin Iōb, Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).

late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Iōb, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.

Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was in all good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.


Æþelwulf

Æþelwulf (nominative singular)
Æþelwulf (accusative singular)
Æþelwulfes (genitive singular)
Æþelwulfe (dative singular)

English: Ethelwolf

From Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz. Equivalent to æþele (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”).


wambadl

wambādl (canonical feminine)
wambādl (nominative singular)
wambādla (nominative plural)
wambādle (nominative plural)
wambādle (accusative singular)
wambādla (accusative plural)
wambādle (accusative plural)
wambādle (genitive singular)
wambādla (genitive plural)
wambādle (dative singular)
wambādlum (dative plural)

From wamb (“stomach”) + ādl (“sickness”).


Moises

From Latin Mōsēs, Mōȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).


furh

furh (nominative singular)
fyrh (nominative plural)
furh (accusative singular)
fyrh (accusative plural)
fyrh (genitive singular)
fūre (genitive singular)
fūra (genitive plural)
fyrh (dative singular)
fūrum (dative plural)

Middle English: forow, furgh

English: furrow

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Old High German furh and Old Norse for.


cnucel

desctree

Middle English: knokel, knokelle, knokill, knokyl, knokylle
English: knuckle
Scots: knockle
Yola: noughel

From Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz.

(anatomy) the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint


gimwyrhta

ġimwyrhta (canonical masculine)
ġimwyrhta (nominative singular)
ġimwyrhtan (nominative plural)
ġimwyrhtan (accusative singular)
ġimwyrhtan (accusative plural)
ġimwyrhtan (genitive singular)
ġimwyrhtena (genitive plural)
ġimwyrhtan (dative singular)
ġimwyrhtum (dative plural)

→ English: gemwright

Iċ ēode tō þām ġimwyrhtan and bohte dīerne hring.

I went to the jeweler and bought an expensive ring.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
Þās ġimwyrhtan seċġaþ þæt hīe nǣfre swā dīerweorðe ġimstānas ne ġemētten.

These jewelers say they've never seen such precious gems.


Dudda

Dudda (nominative singular)
Duddan (nominative plural)
Duddan (accusative singular)
Duddan (accusative plural)
Duddan (genitive singular)
Duddena (genitive plural)
Duddan (dative singular)
Duddum (dative plural)

English: Dudley (from Dudda + lēag)


Esla

Esla (nominative singular)
Eslan (nominative plural)
Eslan (accusative singular)
Eslan (accusative plural)
Eslan (genitive singular)
Eslena (genitive plural)
Eslan (dative singular)
Eslum (dative plural)

Possibly from esl (“shoulder”) (in the genitive). Otherwise, possibly a nickname for Elesa.


Bebbe

Bebbe (nominative singular)
Bebban (nominative plural)
Bebban (accusative singular)
Bebban (accusative plural)
Bebban (genitive singular)
Bebbena (genitive plural)
Bebban (dative singular)
Bebbum (dative plural)

a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth


Ædre

Ǣdre (canonical feminine)
Ǣdre (nominative singular)
Ǣdran (nominative plural)
Ǣdran (accusative singular)
Ǣdran (accusative plural)
Ǣdran (genitive singular)
Ǣdrena (genitive plural)
Ǣdran (dative singular)
Ǣdrum (dative plural)


Ealhswiþ

Ealhswīþ (canonical feminine)
Ealhswīþ (nominative singular)
Ealhswīþe (nominative plural)
Ealhswīþa (nominative plural)
Ealhswīþ (accusative singular)
Ealhswīþe (accusative singular)
Ealhswīþe (accusative plural)
Ealhswīþa (accusative plural)
Ealhswīþe (genitive singular)
Ealhswīþa (genitive plural)
Ealhswīþe (dative singular)
Ealhswīþum (dative plural)

English: Elswith, Elswyth

[ˈæ͜ɑɫx.swiːθ]


sumer

sumer (nominative singular)
sumeras (nominative plural)
sumer (accusative singular)
sumeras (accusative plural)
sumeres (genitive singular)
sumera (genitive plural)
sumere (dative singular)
sumera (dative singular)
sumerum (dative plural)


Iacob

Iācōb (canonical masculine)
Iācōb (nominative singular)
Iācōb (accusative singular)
Iācōbes (genitive singular)
Iācōbe (dative singular)

Middle English: Iacob
⇒ English: Jacob
⇒ English: Jakob, Jaycob, Jaykob
⇒ English: Jake, Jack, Jay (diminutive)
⇒ English: Jeb (diminutive)
⇒ English: Coby, Koby, Kobe (diminutive)
→ Hawaiian: Iakobo, Iakoba, Iakopo, Iakopa
→ Maori: Hakopa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqóv, “he will/shall heel”).

der

Jacob (father of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible)


moraþ

mōraþ (canonical neuter)
mōraþ (nominative singular)
mōraþ (nominative plural)
mōraþ (accusative singular)
mōraþ (accusative plural)
mōraþes (genitive singular)
mōraþa (genitive plural)
mōraþe (dative singular)
mōraþum (dative plural)


heafola

heafolan (nominative plural)
heafola (nominative singular)
heafolan (nominative plural)
heafolan (accusative singular)
heafolan (accusative plural)
heafolan (genitive singular)
heafolena (genitive plural)
heafolan (dative singular)
heafolum (dative plural)

Apparently from Proto-West Germanic *habulō. Compare Old Frisian heila, holla (“head”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, “skull; forehead”).


hæmedlac

hǣmedlāc (canonical neuter)
hǣmedlāc (nominative singular)
hǣmedlāc (nominative plural)
hǣmedlāc (accusative singular)
hǣmedlāc (accusative plural)
hǣmedlāces (genitive singular)
hǣmedlāca (genitive plural)
hǣmedlāce (dative singular)
hǣmedlācum (dative plural)

From hǣmed (“cohabitation; sexual intercourse”) + -lāc (suffix denoting activity or process).


draca

draca (nominative singular)
dracan (nominative plural)
dracan (accusative singular)
dracan (accusative plural)
dracan (genitive singular)
dracena (genitive plural)
dracan (dative singular)
dracum (dative plural)

Middle English: drake
English: drake

dracan ācwellan


slege

sleġe (canonical masculine)
sleġe (nominative singular)
sleġas (nominative plural)
sleġe (accusative singular)
sleġas (accusative plural)
sleġes (genitive singular)
sleġa (genitive plural)
sleġe (dative singular)
sleġum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: slay, sleye, slaye
English: sley

From Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.

c. 996, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"
Hē is ġelǣded tō sleġe swā swā sċēap.


hundteontig

Middle English: hunteoniȝ, hunteniȝ

From the prefix hund- + *tēontiġ, a combination of an archaic form of tīen (“ten”) and -tiġ (“-ty”).


hundteontigoþa

From hundtēontiġ (“hundred”) + -oþa (“-th”).


hosan

hosan (nominative plural)
hosan (accusative plural)
hosena (genitive plural)
hosum (dative plural)

→ Old Cornish: hos

→ Welsh: hosan

c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
Hīe habbaþ sīde earmellan and pohhode hosan.


selfcwala

selfcwala (nominative singular)
selfcwalan (nominative plural)
selfcwalan (accusative singular)
selfcwalan (accusative plural)
selfcwalan (genitive singular)
selfcwalena (genitive plural)
selfcwalan (dative singular)
selfcwalum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: seolf-cwale, seolf cwale

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Eight Vices and Twelve Abuses"
Ēaðe mæġ sē mann findan hū hē hine selfne āmierre, ac wē sċulon witan þæt nān selfcwala, þæt is āgenslaga, ne becymþ tō Godes rīċe.

Anyone can easily find a way to destroy themselves, but we should know that no suicide, that is [synonym], makes it into the Kingdom of God.


scolere

scōlere (canonical masculine)
scōleras (nominative plural)
scōlere (nominative singular)
scōleras (nominative plural)
scōlere (accusative singular)
scōleras (accusative plural)
scōleres (genitive singular)
scōlera (genitive plural)
scōlere (dative singular)
scōlerum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: scolere, scolare, scollere, scolier, skolere, scholer
English: scholar
Scots: scolar, scoolar
Yola: scholleare

Borrowed from Late Latin scholāris, analysed to be equivalent with scōl + -ere.


cofgod

cōfgod (canonical masculine)
cōfgodas (nominative plural)
cōfgod (nominative singular)
cōfgodas (nominative plural)
cōfgod (accusative singular)
cōfgodas (accusative plural)
cōfgodes (genitive singular)
cōfgoda (genitive plural)
cōfgode (dative singular)
cōfgodum (dative plural)

From cōfa (“chamber, inner room”) + god (“god”).


husl

hūsl (canonical neuter)
hūsl (nominative singular)
hūsl (nominative plural)
hūsl (accusative singular)
hūsl (accusative plural)
hūsles (genitive singular)
hūsla (genitive plural)
hūsle (dative singular)
hūslum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: housel, hoosyl, hosel, hosil, hosill, hosol, housil, housul, housyl, housyll, howsel, howsell, howsill, husel, husell, husul
English: housel (archaic)
Scots: hoozle, ouzle (obsolete)

From Proto-West Germanic *hunsl, from Proto-Germanic *hunslą (“offering, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”). Cognate with Old Norse húsl (“Eucharist”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻 (hunsl, “offering, sacrifice”), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”).

cog

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Pastoral Letter for Wulfsige"
Þæt hūsl is Cristes līchama, nā līchamlīċe ac gāstlīċe.

The Eucharist is the body of Christ, not physically but spiritually.

(religion, originally) offering, sacrifice


godwebben

godwebben (masculine nominative singular)
godwebbenu (feminine nominative singular)
godwebnu (feminine nominative singular)
godwebbeno (feminine nominative singular)
godwebno (feminine nominative singular)
godwebben (neuter nominative singular)
godwebbenne (accusative masculine singular)
godwebbene (accusative feminine singular)
godwebne (accusative feminine singular)
godwebben (accusative neuter singular)
godwebbenes (genitive masculine singular)
godwebnes (genitive masculine singular)
godwebbenre (feminine genitive singular)
godwebbenes (genitive neuter singular)
godwebnes (genitive neuter singular)
godwebbenum (dative masculine singular)
godwebnum (dative masculine singular)
godwebbenre (dative feminine singular)
godwebbenum (dative neuter singular)
godwebnum (dative neuter singular)
godwebbene (instrumental masculine singular)
godwebne (instrumental masculine singular)
godwebbenre (feminine instrumental singular)
godwebbene (instrumental neuter singular)
godwebne (instrumental neuter singular)
godwebbene (masculine nominative plural)
godwebne (masculine nominative plural)
godwebbena (feminine nominative plural)
godwebna (feminine nominative plural)
godwebbene (feminine nominative plural)
godwebne (feminine nominative plural)
godwebbenu (neuter nominative plural)
godwebnu (neuter nominative plural)
godwebbeno (neuter nominative plural)
godwebno (neuter nominative plural)
godwebbene (accusative masculine plural)
godwebne (accusative masculine plural)
godwebbena (accusative feminine plural)
godwebna (accusative feminine plural)
godwebbene (accusative feminine plural)
godwebne (accusative feminine plural)
godwebbenu (accusative neuter plural)
godwebnu (accusative neuter plural)
godwebbeno (accusative neuter plural)
godwebno (accusative neuter plural)
godwebbenra (genitive masculine plural)
godwebbenra (feminine genitive plural)
godwebbenra (genitive neuter plural)
godwebbenum (dative masculine plural)
godwebnum (dative masculine plural)
godwebbenum (dative feminine plural)
godwebnum (dative feminine plural)
godwebbenum (dative neuter plural)
godwebnum (dative neuter plural)
godwebbenum (instrumental masculine plural)
godwebnum (instrumental masculine plural)
godwebbenum (feminine instrumental plural)
godwebnum (feminine instrumental plural)
godwebbenum (instrumental neuter plural)
godwebnum (instrumental neuter plural)
godwebbena (masculine nominative singular)
godwebna (masculine nominative singular)
godwebbene (feminine nominative singular)
godwebne (feminine nominative singular)
godwebbene (neuter nominative singular)
godwebne (neuter nominative singular)
godwebbenan (accusative masculine singular)
godwebnan (accusative masculine singular)
godwebbenan (accusative feminine singular)
godwebnan (accusative feminine singular)
godwebbene (accusative neuter singular)
godwebne (accusative neuter singular)
godwebbenan (genitive masculine singular)
godwebnan (genitive masculine singular)
godwebbenan (feminine genitive singular)
godwebnan (feminine genitive singular)
godwebbenan (genitive neuter singular)
godwebnan (genitive neuter singular)
godwebbenan (dative masculine singular)
godwebnan (dative masculine singular)
godwebbenan (dative feminine singular)
godwebnan (dative feminine singular)
godwebbenan (dative neuter singular)
godwebnan (dative neuter singular)
godwebbenan (instrumental masculine singular)
godwebnan (instrumental masculine singular)
godwebbenan (feminine instrumental singular)
godwebnan (feminine instrumental singular)
godwebbenan (instrumental neuter singular)
godwebnan (instrumental neuter singular)
godwebbenan (masculine nominative plural)
godwebnan (masculine nominative plural)
godwebbenan (feminine nominative plural)
godwebnan (feminine nominative plural)
godwebbenan (neuter nominative plural)
godwebnan (neuter nominative plural)
godwebbenan (accusative masculine plural)
godwebnan (accusative masculine plural)
godwebbenan (accusative feminine plural)
godwebnan (accusative feminine plural)
godwebbenan (accusative neuter plural)
godwebnan (accusative neuter plural)
godwebbenra (genitive masculine plural)
godwebbenena (genitive masculine plural)
godwebnena (genitive masculine plural)
godwebbenra (feminine genitive plural)
godwebbenena (feminine genitive plural)
godwebnena (feminine genitive plural)
godwebbenra (genitive neuter plural)
godwebbenena (genitive neuter plural)
godwebnena (genitive neuter plural)
godwebbenum (dative masculine plural)
godwebnum (dative masculine plural)
godwebbenum (dative feminine plural)
godwebnum (dative feminine plural)
godwebbenum (dative neuter plural)
godwebnum (dative neuter plural)
godwebbenum (instrumental masculine plural)
godwebnum (instrumental masculine plural)
godwebbenum (feminine instrumental plural)
godwebnum (feminine instrumental plural)
godwebbenum (instrumental neuter plural)
godwebnum (instrumental neuter plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *godawabbjīn, equivalent to godwebb + -en. Cognate with Old High German gotaweppin.


Waldhere

From Proto-West Germanic *Waldahari, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz, from *waldą (“might, power, authority”) + *harjaz (“army leader, commander, warrior”). Cognate to Old Northern French Waltier and Old High German Waltheri.

a male given name, equivalent to English Walter


hellruna

head

hellrūna m (nominative plural hellrūnan)

hellrūna (canonical masculine)
hellrūnan (nominative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *haljōrūnô, equivalent to hell (“underworld; hell”) + rūna (“consulter; counsellor”). Cognate with Old High German hellirūna (“necromancy”).

cog

one skilled in the mysteries of hell; a sorcerer; necromancer