bread

brēad (canonical neuter)
brēad (nominative singular)
brēadru (nominative plural)
brēad (accusative singular)
brēadru (accusative plural)
brēades (genitive singular)
brēada (genitive plural)
brēade (dative singular)
brēadum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: bred, bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid, bread, bræd, bryad, bryead
English: bread
Geordie English: breed
Scots: breid
Yola: breed

From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Broot, Brot), Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse brauð and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd).


dag

dāg (canonical masculine)
dāg (nominative singular)
dāgas (nominative plural)
dāg (accusative singular)
dāgas (accusative plural)
dāges (genitive singular)
dāga (genitive plural)
dāge (dative singular)
dāgum (dative plural)

Middle English: dogh, dagh, doghe, doghȝe, doȝ, doughe, douȝ, douȝh, douw, dow, dowgh, dowhȝ
English: dough (dialectal duff)
Scots: daich, dauch
Yola: dhoaugh, doaugh, doaug

From Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, mold”). Compare Old High German teig (German Teig), Old Norse deig (Danish dej, Swedish deg), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs).


æced

æċed (canonical neuter)
æċed (nominative singular)
æċed (accusative singular)
æċedes (genitive singular)
æċede (dative singular)

From Proto-West Germanic *aket, from Latin acētum. Compare Old Saxon ecid, West Frisian jittik, Old High German ezzih (German Essig), Old Norse edik (Danish eddike, Swedish ättika).


spic

spiċ (canonical neuter)
spiċ (nominative singular)
spiċ (accusative singular)
spiċes (genitive singular)
spiċe (dative singular)

desc

Middle English: spik, spyk, spike, spich

Scots: spick, spect

English: speck

From Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Dutch spek, German Speck, and Icelandic spik.


hlaf

hlāf (canonical masculine)
hlāf (nominative singular)
hlāfas (nominative plural)
hlāf (accusative singular)
hlāfas (accusative plural)
hlāfes (genitive singular)
hlāfa (genitive plural)
hlāfe (dative singular)
hlāfum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: lof, lofe, loff, loof, looffe, love, hlaf, laf (Early Middle English)
English: loaf
→ Bengali: লোফ (lōph)
→ Marshallese: ļoob
→ Norwegian Bokmål: loff
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: loff
→ Scottish Gaelic: lofa
Scots: laif

From Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, which see for cognates.

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:9-13

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Fæder ūre, þū þe eart in heofenum, sī þīn nama ġehālgod. Tōbecume þīn rīċe. Ġeweorþe þīn willa on eorþan, swā swā on heofenum. Ūrne dæġhwāmlīċan hlāf syle ūs tōdæġ. And forġȳf ūs ūre ġyltas, swā swā wē forġȳfaþ ūrum ġyltendum. And ne ġelǣde þū ūs on costnunge, ac alȳs ūs of yfle: sōþlīċe.


mearh

mēaras (nominative plural)
mearh (nominative singular)
mēaras (nominative plural)
mearh (accusative singular)
mēaras (accusative plural)
mēares (genitive singular)
mēara (genitive plural)
mēare (dative singular)
mēarum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *marh.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian mar (“horse”), merie (“mare”) (West Frisian merje (“mare”)), Old Saxon merge, meriha (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Old High German marah (“horse”), meriha (“mare”) (German Mähre (“mare”)), Old Norse marr (“horse”) (Icelandic mar), merr (“mare”) (Swedish märr (“mare”)), Gothic *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (*marhs). Beyond Germanic, cognate to Irish marc and Welsh march (“horse”).

Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wære.

Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.


butere

butere (nominative singular)
buteran (nominative plural)
buteran (accusative singular)
buteran (accusative plural)
buteran (genitive singular)
buterena (genitive plural)
buteran (dative singular)
buterum (dative plural)

Middle English: buter, buttyr, butter, botyr, buttir, butre, buttur, buttur, boter, buttre, butera, butere
English: butter (see there for further descendants)
Scots: butter, buter
Yola: buthther, buththere


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)

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.


lufestice

head

lufestiċe f (nominative plural lufestiċas)

lufestiċe (canonical feminine)
lufestiċas (nominative plural)
lufestiċe (nominative singular)
lufestiċas (nominative plural)
lufestiċe (accusative singular)
lufestiċas (accusative plural)
lufestiċes (genitive singular)
lufestiċa (genitive plural)
lufestiċe (dative singular)
lufestiċum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: lufestice, lubestice, luvestiche, luvestike

From Proto-West Germanic *lubistikō, *lubistik, from Latin levisticum (“lovage”), with folk-etymological alteration after lufu (“love”) and stiċe (“stitch”): literally “love-stitch”.


leow

lēow (canonical neuter)
lēow (nominative singular)
lēower (nominative plural)
lēowera (nominative plural)
lēow (accusative singular)
lēower (accusative plural)
lēowera (accusative plural)
lēowes (genitive singular)
lēowa (genitive plural)
lēowe (dative singular)
lēowum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *lahw, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz. Cognate with Old Norse lær (“thigh”), Middle High German geliune (“frame, build, physique”).


calwer

calwer (nominative singular)
calweras (nominative plural)
calwer (accusative singular)
calweras (accusative plural)
calweres (genitive singular)
calwera (genitive plural)
calwere (dative singular)
calwerum (dative plural)

desctree

⇒ Middle English: calver, calvar, calvur
English: calver
Scots: caller

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (see sigor, salor or telgor for similar examples), or Proto-Germanic *kalwaraz, possibly from a metathetic form of *glew- (“to ball up; clump; stick”).


gehæcca

ġehæcca (canonical)
ġehæċċa (canonical masculine)
ġehæcca (nominative singular)
ġehæccan (nominative plural)
ġehæccan (accusative singular)
ġehæccan (accusative plural)
ġehæccan (genitive singular)
ġehæccena (genitive plural)
ġehæccan (dative singular)
ġehæccum (dative plural)
ġehæċċa (nominative singular)
ġehæċċan (nominative plural)
ġehæċċan (accusative singular)
ġehæċċan (accusative plural)
ġehæċċan (genitive singular)
ġehæċċena (genitive plural)
ġehæċċan (dative singular)
ġehæċċum (dative plural)

ang-decl-noun-n-m

Declension of ġehæċċa

ang-decl-noun

Declension of ġehæċċa

From *ġehæcc + -a. Alternatively derived from ġe- + *hæċċan (“to hack”).

Dictionary of Old English: A to Le
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University of Toronto
w:University of Toronto


morgenmete

morgenmete (nominative singular)
morgenmetas (nominative plural)
morgenmete (accusative singular)
morgenmetas (accusative plural)
morgenmetes (genitive singular)
morgenmeta (genitive plural)
morgenmete (dative singular)
morgenmetum (dative plural)

Equivalent to morgen (“morning”) + mete (“food”).


æfenmete

From ǣfen (“evening”) + mete (“food, act of dining”)


wuduhunig

From wudu (“wood, forest”) + huniġ (“honey”)

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 3:4

And his food was locusts and wild honey.

And hys mete wæs gærstapan and wuduhuniġ


nonmete

nōnmete (canonical masculine)
nōnmete (nominative singular)
nōnmetas (nominative plural)
nōnmete (accusative singular)
nōnmetas (accusative plural)
nōnmetes (genitive singular)
nōnmeta (genitive plural)
nōnmete (dative singular)
nōnmetum (dative plural)

English: noonmeat


oxan tægl

English: oxtail


gereord

ġereord (canonical feminine neuter)
ġereord (nominative singular)
ġereorda (nominative plural)
ġereorde (nominative plural)
ġereorde (accusative singular)
ġereorda (accusative plural)
ġereorde (accusative plural)
ġereorde (genitive singular)
ġereorda (genitive plural)
ġereorde (dative singular)
ġereordum (dative plural)
ġereord (nominative singular)
ġereord (nominative plural)
ġereord (accusative singular)
ġereord (accusative plural)
ġereordes (genitive singular)
ġereorda (genitive plural)
ġereorde (dative singular)
ġereordum (dative plural)

"Ælfric's Lives of Saints", XXVI Of Saint Oswold, lines 64-66

It befell then that the faithful king explained to his counsellors in their own language the bishop's preaching with glad mind.

Hit gelamp þā swā þæt sē ġelēaffulla cyning ġerehte his witan on heora āgenum ġereorde þæs bisċeopes bodunge mid blīþum mōde.


gereord

ġereord (canonical)
ġereord (masculine nominative singular)
ġereord (feminine nominative singular)
ġereord (neuter nominative singular)
ġereordne (accusative masculine singular)
ġereorde (accusative feminine singular)
ġereord (accusative neuter singular)
ġereordes (genitive masculine singular)
ġereordre (feminine genitive singular)
ġereordes (genitive neuter singular)
ġereordum (dative masculine singular)
ġereordre (dative feminine singular)
ġereordum (dative neuter singular)
ġereorde (instrumental masculine singular)
ġereordre (feminine instrumental singular)
ġereorde (instrumental neuter singular)
ġereorde (masculine nominative plural)
ġereorda (feminine nominative plural)
ġereorde (feminine nominative plural)
ġereord (neuter nominative plural)
ġereorde (accusative masculine plural)
ġereorda (accusative feminine plural)
ġereorde (accusative feminine plural)
ġereord (accusative neuter plural)
ġereordra (genitive masculine plural)
ġereordra (feminine genitive plural)
ġereordra (genitive neuter plural)
ġereordum (dative masculine plural)
ġereordum (dative feminine plural)
ġereordum (dative neuter plural)
ġereordum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġereordum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġereordum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġereorda (masculine nominative singular)
ġereorde (feminine nominative singular)
ġereorde (neuter nominative singular)
ġereordan (accusative masculine singular)
ġereordan (accusative feminine singular)
ġereorde (accusative neuter singular)
ġereordan (genitive masculine singular)
ġereordan (feminine genitive singular)
ġereordan (genitive neuter singular)
ġereordan (dative masculine singular)
ġereordan (dative feminine singular)
ġereordan (dative neuter singular)
ġereordan (instrumental masculine singular)
ġereordan (feminine instrumental singular)
ġereordan (instrumental neuter singular)
ġereordan (masculine nominative plural)
ġereordan (feminine nominative plural)
ġereordan (neuter nominative plural)
ġereordan (accusative masculine plural)
ġereordan (accusative feminine plural)
ġereordan (accusative neuter plural)
ġereordra (genitive masculine plural)
ġereordena (genitive masculine plural)
ġereordra (feminine genitive plural)
ġereordena (feminine genitive plural)
ġereordra (genitive neuter plural)
ġereordena (genitive neuter plural)
ġereordum (dative masculine plural)
ġereordum (dative feminine plural)
ġereordum (dative neuter plural)
ġereordum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġereordum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġereordum (instrumental neuter plural)


gereord

ġereord (canonical feminine)
ġereord (nominative singular)
ġereorda (nominative plural)
ġereorde (nominative plural)
ġereorde (accusative singular)
ġereorda (accusative plural)
ġereorde (accusative plural)
ġereorde (genitive singular)
ġereorda (genitive plural)
ġereorde (dative singular)
ġereordum (dative plural)
ġereord (nominative singular)
ġereord (nominative plural)
ġereord (accusative singular)
ġereord (accusative plural)
ġereordes (genitive singular)
ġereorda (genitive plural)
ġereorde (dative singular)
ġereordum (dative plural)

Parallel to Etymology 1. Compare Old Norse greddir (“nourisher”, poetic).


nongereord

a meal occurring after Nones (the ninth hour of the day)