hell

hell (nominative singular)
hella (nominative plural)
helle (nominative plural)
helle (accusative singular)
hella (accusative plural)
helle (accusative plural)
helle (genitive singular)
hella (genitive plural)
helle (dative singular)
hellum (dative plural)
hel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: helle, hel, hell, hælle
English: hell, Hell
Scots: hell, Hell

From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).
Compare German hell (“light”).


giefu

ġiefu (canonical feminine)
ġiefu (nominative singular)
ġiefa (nominative plural)
ġiefe (nominative plural)
ġiefe (accusative singular)
ġiefa (accusative plural)
ġiefe (accusative plural)
ġiefe (genitive singular)
ġiefa (genitive plural)
ġiefena (genitive plural)
ġiefe (dative singular)
ġiefum (dative plural)
ġifu (alternative)
ġyfu (alternative)
ġeofu (alternative)

desc

Middle English: gife, ȝyfe, ȝef, ȝif, yeve

From Proto-West Germanic *gebu, from Proto-Germanic *gebō. Cognates include Old Frisian jeve, Old Saxon geva, Old High German geba, Old Norse gjǫf, and Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (giba).


lufu

lufu (nominative singular)
lufa (nominative plural)
lufe (nominative plural)
lufe (accusative singular)
lufa (accusative plural)
lufe (accusative plural)
lufe (genitive singular)
lufa (genitive plural)
lufe (dative singular)
lufum (dative plural)
lufe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: love
English: love
Scots: luve, lufe
Yola: loove

From Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō. Cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic *𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*lubō).

Sēo sōðe lufu nǣfre ne ātēoraþ.


lufian

lufian (infinitive)
lufienne (infinitive)
lufiġe (first-person present singular)
lufode (first-person past singular)
lufast (present second-person singular)
lufodest (past second-person singular)
lufaþ (present singular third-person)
lufode (past singular third-person)
lufiaþ (plural present)
lufodon (past plural)
lufiġe (present singular)
lufode (past singular)
lufiġen (plural present)
lufoden (past plural)
lufa (imperative past present singular)
lufiaþ (imperative past plural present)
lufiende (imperative present)
lufod (imperative past)
ġelufod (imperative past)
lufiġean (alternative)

Middle English: loven, lofe, love, lovye, lovyen, lowen, lufe, lufen, luffe, luve, loviȝe, lovin, lufian, lufiæn, lufiȝe, lufiȝen, luvan, luven, luvie, luvien, luviȝe, luviȝen, luvyen (Early Middle English), lufenn (Ormulum)
English: love
Scots: luve

From Proto-West Germanic *lubōn, derived from the noun *lubu (“love”). Equivalent to lufu + -ian. Cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn.

Ġif þū wille bēon ġelufod, lufa.

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Second Sunday After Easter"
Sē Hǣlend cwæþ be him, "Iċ eom gōd hierde, and iċ oncnāwe mīn sċēap, and hīe oncnāwaþ mē." Þæt is, "Iċ lufiġe hīe, and hīe lufiaþ mē."

Jesus said about himself, "I'm a good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and they know me." That is, "I love them, and they love me."

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:5

When you pray, don't be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people will see them.

Þonne ġē ēow ġebidden, ne bēoþ ġē swelċe līċetteras. Þā lufiaþ þæt hīe ġebidden hīe standende on ġesamnungum and strǣta hyrnum þæt menn hīe ġesēon.

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 21:17

Peter felt hurt because he asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" And he told him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."

Þā wæs Petrus sāriġ for þām þe hē cwæþ þriddan sīðe tō him, "Lufast þū me?" And hē cwæþ tō him, "Dryhten, þū wāst eall þing; þū wāst þæt iċ þē lufiġe."


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


hellegeat

helleġeat (canonical neuter)
hellegatu (alternative)
hellegata (alternative)
hellegate (alternative)
hellegætu (alternative)


lufestre

lufestre (nominative singular)
lufestran (nominative plural)
lufestran (accusative singular)
lufestran (accusative plural)
lufestran (genitive singular)
lufestrena (genitive plural)
lufestran (dative singular)
lufestrum (dative plural)
lufiestre (alternative)


heofonrice

heofonrīċe (canonical neuter)
heofonrīċe (nominative singular)
heofonrīċe (accusative singular)
heofonrīċes (genitive singular)
heofonrīċe (dative singular)
hefenrīċe (alternative)
hefonrīċe (alternative)
heofenrīċe (alternative)
hefenerīċe (alternative)
heofenerīċe (alternative)
heofonerīċe (alternative)
heofonarīċe (alternative)

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Middle English: heveneriche, hevene riche, hevene-riche, hevene-ryche, heven riche, hevenryche, heven-ryche, heveryche, hevynryche, heofennriche, heofenrice, heoveriche, hevenrice, heveriche (Early Middle English), heveneryke, heven rike, hevenryke, heven-ryke, hevin-rike, heyven-rike (Northern)

→? Old Saxon: hevanrīki, hebanrīki, hebenrīki, heƀanrīki (calque)

Equivalent to heofon + rīċe, possibly as a calque of Latin regnum caelōrum. Cognate with Old Saxon hevanrīki, Old High German himilrīhhi (German Himmelreich), Old Norse himinnrīki (Danish himmerige).


froforgast

frōforgāst (canonical masculine)
frōforgāst (nominative singular)
frōforgāstas (nominative plural)
frōforgāst (accusative singular)
frōforgāstas (accusative plural)
frōforgāstes (genitive singular)
frōforgāsta (genitive plural)
frōforgāste (dative singular)
frōforgāstum (dative plural)
frōfergāst (alternative)
frōfergǣst (alternative)
frōforgǣst (alternative)


heahgast

hēahgāst (canonical masculine)
hēahgāst (nominative singular)
hēahgāstas (nominative plural)
hēahgāst (accusative singular)
hēahgāstas (accusative plural)
hēahgāstes (genitive singular)
hēahgāsta (genitive plural)
hēahgāste (dative singular)
hēahgāstum (dative plural)
hēahgǣst (alternative)

/ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌɡɑːst/

[ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌɡɑːst]


heahfæder

hēahfæder (canonical masculine)
hēahfæder (nominative singular)
hēahfæderas (nominative plural)
hēahfæder (accusative singular)
hēahfæderas (accusative plural)
hēahfæderes (genitive singular)
hēahfædera (genitive plural)
hēahfædere (dative singular)
hēahfæderum (dative plural)

Middle English: heahfeder, hehfader

English: highfather (possibly)


gastsunu

gāstsunu (canonical masculine)
gāstsunu (nominative singular)
gāstsuna (nominative plural)
gāstsunu (accusative singular)
gāstsuna (accusative plural)
gāstsuna (genitive singular)
gāstsuna (genitive plural)
gāstsuna (dative singular)
gāstsunum (dative plural)
gǣstsunu (alternative)


lufiend

lufiend (nominative singular)
lufiend (nominative plural)
lufiende (nominative plural)
lufiendas (nominative plural)
lufiend (accusative singular)
lufiend (accusative plural)
lufiende (accusative plural)
lufiendas (accusative plural)
lufiendes (genitive singular)
lufiendra (genitive plural)
lufiende (dative singular)
lufiendum (dative plural)
lufiġend (alternative)

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
Ic hæbbe oðerne lufiend...

c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Amans Deum (“lufiende God”) is dǣlnimend, and amans Deī (“Godes lufiend”) is nama.

Amans Deum (“loving God“) is a participle, and amans Dei (“God's lover“) is a noun.


philosoph

philosoph (nominative singular)
philosophas (nominative plural)
philosoph (accusative singular)
philosophas (accusative plural)
philosophes (genitive singular)
philosopha (genitive plural)
philosophe (dative singular)
philosophum (dative plural)

From Ancient Greek φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos).


freondlufu

frēondlufu (canonical feminine)
frēondlufu (nominative singular)
frēondlufa (nominative plural)
frēondlufe (nominative plural)
frēondlufe (accusative singular)
frēondlufa (accusative plural)
frēondlufe (accusative plural)
frēondlufe (genitive singular)
frēondlufa (genitive plural)
frēondlufe (dative singular)
frēondlufum (dative plural)

love between or for friends: platonic love


siblufu

siblufu (nominative singular)
siblufa (nominative plural)
siblufe (nominative plural)
siblufe (accusative singular)
siblufa (accusative plural)
siblufe (accusative plural)
siblufe (genitive singular)
siblufa (genitive plural)
siblufe (dative singular)
siblufum (dative plural)


broþorlufu

brōþorlufu (canonical feminine)
brōþorlufu (nominative singular)
brōþorlufa (nominative plural)
brōþorlufe (nominative plural)
brōþorlufe (accusative singular)
brōþorlufa (accusative plural)
brōþorlufe (accusative plural)
brōþorlufe (genitive singular)
brōþorlufa (genitive plural)
brōþorlufe (dative singular)
brōþorlufum (dative plural)


bearnlufu

bearnlufu (nominative singular)
bearnlufa (nominative plural)
bearnlufe (nominative plural)
bearnlufe (accusative singular)
bearnlufa (accusative plural)
bearnlufe (accusative plural)
bearnlufe (genitive singular)
bearnlufa (genitive plural)
bearnlufe (dative singular)
bearnlufum (dative plural)
bearnlufe (alternative)


feohlufu

feohlufu (nominative singular)
feohlufa (nominative plural)
feohlufe (nominative plural)
feohlufe (accusative singular)
feohlufa (accusative plural)
feohlufe (accusative plural)
feohlufe (genitive singular)
feohlufa (genitive plural)
feohlufe (dative singular)
feohlufum (dative plural)


hellcund

hellcund (masculine nominative singular)
hellcund (feminine nominative singular)
hellcund (neuter nominative singular)
hellcundne (accusative masculine singular)
hellcunde (accusative feminine singular)
hellcund (accusative neuter singular)
hellcundes (genitive masculine singular)
hellcundre (feminine genitive singular)
hellcundes (genitive neuter singular)
hellcundum (dative masculine singular)
hellcundre (dative feminine singular)
hellcundum (dative neuter singular)
hellcunde (instrumental masculine singular)
hellcundre (feminine instrumental singular)
hellcunde (instrumental neuter singular)
hellcunde (masculine nominative plural)
hellcunda (feminine nominative plural)
hellcunde (feminine nominative plural)
hellcund (neuter nominative plural)
hellcunde (accusative masculine plural)
hellcunda (accusative feminine plural)
hellcunde (accusative feminine plural)
hellcund (accusative neuter plural)
hellcundra (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundra (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundra (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundum (dative masculine plural)
hellcundum (dative feminine plural)
hellcundum (dative neuter plural)
hellcundum (instrumental masculine plural)
hellcundum (feminine instrumental plural)
hellcundum (instrumental neuter plural)
hellcunda (masculine nominative singular)
hellcunde (feminine nominative singular)
hellcunde (neuter nominative singular)
hellcundan (accusative masculine singular)
hellcundan (accusative feminine singular)
hellcunde (accusative neuter singular)
hellcundan (genitive masculine singular)
hellcundan (feminine genitive singular)
hellcundan (genitive neuter singular)
hellcundan (dative masculine singular)
hellcundan (dative feminine singular)
hellcundan (dative neuter singular)
hellcundan (instrumental masculine singular)
hellcundan (feminine instrumental singular)
hellcundan (instrumental neuter singular)
hellcundan (masculine nominative plural)
hellcundan (feminine nominative plural)
hellcundan (neuter nominative plural)
hellcundan (accusative masculine plural)
hellcundan (accusative feminine plural)
hellcundan (accusative neuter plural)
hellcundra (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundena (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundra (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundena (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundra (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundena (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundum (dative masculine plural)
hellcundum (dative feminine plural)
hellcundum (dative neuter plural)
hellcundum (instrumental masculine plural)
hellcundum (feminine instrumental plural)
hellcundum (instrumental neuter plural)
helcund (alternative)


lufræden

desctree

Middle English: loverede, loveraden, loveradene, love-rede, lovereden, lufredene, lufredyn (Northern)
Middle Scots: luferent, lufrent, luferand, lufferand, luifrent


lufung

lufung (nominative singular)
lufunge (accusative singular)
lufunge (genitive singular)
lufunge (dative singular)

Middle English: lovynge, luffenge, lofynge, loovyng, lovengge, lovyng, lufinge, lufing (Northern)
English: loving
Scots: luvin