elnboga

elnboga (nominative singular)
elnbogan (nominative plural)
elnbogan (accusative singular)
elnbogan (accusative plural)
elnbogan (genitive singular)
elnbogena (genitive plural)
elnbogan (dative singular)
elnbogum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: *elboghe, *elboȝe, elbowe

English: elbow

Scots: elbuck (earlier elbok)

Yola: helbough, helboge

From Proto-Germanic *alinabugô, corresponding to eln + boga. Cognate with Middle Dutch elleboghe (Dutch elleboog), Old High German elinbogo (German Ellenbogen), Old Norse ǫllnbogi.


dic

dīc (canonical)
dīċ (canonical feminine masculine)

Middle English: dich, dych, dike, dyke

English: ditch, dyke

Scots: dyke

From Proto-West Germanic *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Old Norse díki), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.


fæt

fæt (nominative singular)
fatu (nominative plural)
fæt (accusative singular)
fatu (accusative plural)
fætes (genitive singular)
fata (genitive plural)
fæte (dative singular)
fatum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: fat, faat, vat, vaat, fet, vet
English: vat, fat
Scots: fat, vat, vautt
Yola: vaat, vaate

container, vessel; especially a box, jar or cup


flowan

flōwan (canonical)
flōwan (infinitive)
flōwenne (infinitive)
flōwe (first-person present singular)
flēow (first-person past singular)
flēwst (present second-person singular)
flēowe (past second-person singular)
flēwþ (present singular third-person)
flēow (past singular third-person)
flōwaþ (plural present)
flēowon (past plural)
flōwe (present singular)
flēowe (past singular)
flōwen (plural present)
flēowen (past plural)
flōw (imperative past present singular)
flōwaþ (imperative past plural present)
flōwende (imperative present)
flōwen (imperative past)
ġeflōwen (imperative past)

Middle English: flowen, floȝen, flouen, flowe, flue, flwy; flowenn (Ormulum)
English: flow
Scots: flow

From Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.


fæger

ang-adj

fæġer (comparative fæġerra, superlative fæġerost)

fæġer (canonical)
fæġerra (comparative)
fæġerost (superlative)
fæġer (masculine nominative singular)
fæġer (feminine nominative singular)
fæġer (neuter nominative singular)
fæġerne (accusative masculine singular)
fæġere (accusative feminine singular)
fæġer (accusative neuter singular)
fæġeres (genitive masculine singular)
fæġerre (feminine genitive singular)
fæġeres (genitive neuter singular)
fæġerum (dative masculine singular)
fæġerre (dative feminine singular)
fæġerum (dative neuter singular)
fæġere (instrumental masculine singular)
fæġerre (feminine instrumental singular)
fæġere (instrumental neuter singular)
fæġere (masculine nominative plural)
fæġera (feminine nominative plural)
fæġere (feminine nominative plural)
fæġer (neuter nominative plural)
fæġere (accusative masculine plural)
fæġera (accusative feminine plural)
fæġere (accusative feminine plural)
fæġer (accusative neuter plural)
fæġerra (genitive masculine plural)
fæġerra (feminine genitive plural)
fæġerra (genitive neuter plural)
fæġerum (dative masculine plural)
fæġerum (dative feminine plural)
fæġerum (dative neuter plural)
fæġerum (instrumental masculine plural)
fæġerum (feminine instrumental plural)
fæġerum (instrumental neuter plural)
fæġera (masculine nominative singular)
fæġere (feminine nominative singular)
fæġere (neuter nominative singular)
fæġeran (accusative masculine singular)
fæġeran (accusative feminine singular)
fæġere (accusative neuter singular)
fæġeran (genitive masculine singular)
fæġeran (feminine genitive singular)
fæġeran (genitive neuter singular)
fæġeran (dative masculine singular)
fæġeran (dative feminine singular)
fæġeran (dative neuter singular)
fæġeran (instrumental masculine singular)
fæġeran (feminine instrumental singular)
fæġeran (instrumental neuter singular)
fæġeran (masculine nominative plural)
fæġeran (feminine nominative plural)
fæġeran (neuter nominative plural)
fæġeran (accusative masculine plural)
fæġeran (accusative feminine plural)
fæġeran (accusative neuter plural)
fæġerra (genitive masculine plural)
fæġerena (genitive masculine plural)
fæġerra (feminine genitive plural)
fæġerena (feminine genitive plural)
fæġerra (genitive neuter plural)
fæġerena (genitive neuter plural)
fæġerum (dative masculine plural)
fæġerum (dative feminine plural)
fæġerum (dative neuter plural)
fæġerum (instrumental masculine plural)
fæġerum (feminine instrumental plural)
fæġerum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: fayr, fager, fæȝer, feir, fayer
English: fair
Scots: fair, fare, fayr

From Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz.
Cognate with Old Saxon fagar, Old High German fagar, Old Norse fagr, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs).


diacon

Middle English: deken

English: deacon

→ Old Norse: djákni, djákn
Icelandic: djákni
Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
Swedish: djäkne

From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).


cofa

cofa (nominative singular)
cofan (nominative plural)
cofan (accusative singular)
cofan (accusative plural)
cofan (genitive singular)
cofena (genitive plural)
cofan (dative singular)
cofum (dative plural)

Middle English: cove

English: cove

Scots: cove, coif

From Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô.


hearpe

hearpe (nominative singular)
hearpan (nominative plural)
hearpan (accusative singular)
hearpan (accusative plural)
hearpan (genitive singular)
hearpena (genitive plural)
hearpan (dative singular)
hearpum (dative plural)

Middle English: harpe

English: harp

Scots: harpe, herp, hairp


græf

græf (nominative singular)
grafu (nominative plural)
græf (accusative singular)
grafu (accusative plural)
græfes (genitive singular)
grafa (genitive plural)
græfe (dative singular)
grafum (dative plural)

Middle English: grave, grafe

English: grave

From Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Old Frisian gref, Old Saxon graf, Old Dutch graf, Old High German grab, Old Norse grǫf, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba).


hlysnan

hlysnan (infinitive)
hlysnenne (infinitive)
hlysne (first-person present singular)
hlysnde (first-person past singular)
hlysnede (first-person past singular)
hlysnest (present second-person singular)
hlysndest (past second-person singular)
hlysnedest (past second-person singular)
hlysneþ (present singular third-person)
hlysnde (past singular third-person)
hlysnede (past singular third-person)
hlysnaþ (plural present)
hlysndon (past plural)
hlysnedon (past plural)
hlysne (present singular)
hlysnde (past singular)
hlysnede (past singular)
hlysnen (plural present)
hlysnden (past plural)
hlysneden (past plural)
hlysne (imperative past present singular)
hlysnaþ (imperative past plural present)
hlysnende (imperative present)
hlysned (imperative past)
ġehlysned (imperative past)

Middle English: listenen

English: listen

From Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-. Cognate with Middle High German lüsenen (“to listen”).


græg

grǣġ (canonical)
grǣġ (masculine nominative singular)
grǣġ (feminine nominative singular)
grǣġ (neuter nominative singular)
grǣġne (accusative masculine singular)
grǣġe (accusative feminine singular)
grǣġ (accusative neuter singular)
grǣġes (genitive masculine singular)
grǣġre (feminine genitive singular)
grǣġes (genitive neuter singular)
grǣġum (dative masculine singular)
grǣġre (dative feminine singular)
grǣġum (dative neuter singular)
grǣġe (instrumental masculine singular)
grǣġre (feminine instrumental singular)
grǣġe (instrumental neuter singular)
grǣġe (masculine nominative plural)
grǣġa (feminine nominative plural)
grǣġe (feminine nominative plural)
grǣġ (neuter nominative plural)
grǣġe (accusative masculine plural)
grǣġa (accusative feminine plural)
grǣġe (accusative feminine plural)
grǣġ (accusative neuter plural)
grǣġra (genitive masculine plural)
grǣġra (feminine genitive plural)
grǣġra (genitive neuter plural)
grǣġum (dative masculine plural)
grǣġum (dative feminine plural)
grǣġum (dative neuter plural)
grǣġum (instrumental masculine plural)
grǣġum (feminine instrumental plural)
grǣġum (instrumental neuter plural)
grǣġa (masculine nominative singular)
grǣġe (feminine nominative singular)
grǣġe (neuter nominative singular)
grǣġan (accusative masculine singular)
grǣġan (accusative feminine singular)
grǣġe (accusative neuter singular)
grǣġan (genitive masculine singular)
grǣġan (feminine genitive singular)
grǣġan (genitive neuter singular)
grǣġan (dative masculine singular)
grǣġan (dative feminine singular)
grǣġan (dative neuter singular)
grǣġan (instrumental masculine singular)
grǣġan (feminine instrumental singular)
grǣġan (instrumental neuter singular)
grǣġan (masculine nominative plural)
grǣġan (feminine nominative plural)
grǣġan (neuter nominative plural)
grǣġan (accusative masculine plural)
grǣġan (accusative feminine plural)
grǣġan (accusative neuter plural)
grǣġra (genitive masculine plural)
grǣġena (genitive masculine plural)
grǣġra (feminine genitive plural)
grǣġena (feminine genitive plural)
grǣġra (genitive neuter plural)
grǣġena (genitive neuter plural)
grǣġum (dative masculine plural)
grǣġum (dative feminine plural)
grǣġum (dative neuter plural)
grǣġum (instrumental masculine plural)
grǣġum (feminine instrumental plural)
grǣġum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: grey
English: gray, grey
Scots: gray
Yola: gry

From Proto-West Germanic *grāg, a byform of *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.


þusend

desc

Middle English: thusand, thousand, thousend

desctree

English: thousand
→ Hawaiian: kaukani, tausani

Scots: thousand, thoosan, thoosand


endleofan

Middle English: elleven, eleven, elleovene, ellevene, ellevyn, endleve, enleve, enleven
English: eleven
Middle Scots: ane-levin, alevin, ellevin, elevin, levin
Scots: eleiven, eleeven

From Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Cognate with Old Frisian andlova, Old Saxon ellevan, Old High German einlif, Old Norse ellifu.


geolu

ġeolu (canonical)
ġeolu (masculine nominative singular)
ġeolo (masculine nominative singular)
ġeolu (feminine nominative singular)
ġeolo (feminine nominative singular)
ġeolu (neuter nominative singular)
ġeolo (neuter nominative singular)
ġeolone (accusative masculine singular)
ġeolwe (accusative feminine singular)
ġeolu (accusative neuter singular)
ġeolo (accusative neuter singular)
ġeolwes (genitive masculine singular)
ġeolore (feminine genitive singular)
ġeolwes (genitive neuter singular)
ġeolwum (dative masculine singular)
ġeolore (dative feminine singular)
ġeolwum (dative neuter singular)
ġeolwe (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeolore (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeolwe (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeolwe (masculine nominative plural)
ġeolwa (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolwe (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolu (neuter nominative plural)
ġeolo (neuter nominative plural)
ġeolwe (accusative masculine plural)
ġeolwa (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolwe (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolu (accusative neuter plural)
ġeolo (accusative neuter plural)
ġeolora (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolora (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolora (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolwum (dative masculine plural)
ġeolwum (dative feminine plural)
ġeolwum (dative neuter plural)
ġeolwum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeolwum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeolwum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġeolwa (masculine nominative singular)
ġeolwe (feminine nominative singular)
ġeolwe (neuter nominative singular)
ġeolwan (accusative masculine singular)
ġeolwan (accusative feminine singular)
ġeolwe (accusative neuter singular)
ġeolwan (genitive masculine singular)
ġeolwan (feminine genitive singular)
ġeolwan (genitive neuter singular)
ġeolwan (dative masculine singular)
ġeolwan (dative feminine singular)
ġeolwan (dative neuter singular)
ġeolwan (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeolwan (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeolwan (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeolwan (masculine nominative plural)
ġeolwan (feminine nominative plural)
ġeolwan (neuter nominative plural)
ġeolwan (accusative masculine plural)
ġeolwan (accusative feminine plural)
ġeolwan (accusative neuter plural)
ġeolora (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolwena (genitive masculine plural)
ġeolora (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolwena (feminine genitive plural)
ġeolora (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolwena (genitive neuter plural)
ġeolwum (dative masculine plural)
ġeolwum (dative feminine plural)
ġeolwum (dative neuter plural)
ġeolwum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeolwum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeolwum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: ȝelwe, ȝalow, yelow

English: yellow; yeller, yallow, yaller, yullow (dialectal)

Scots: yella, yelly, yallow

From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“shine, glisten”).

der

Him bēoþ þā ēagan ġeolu.


twelf

desctree

Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
English: twelve
Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.


þri

þrī (canonical)
þrī (masculine nominative plural)
þrēo (feminine nominative plural)
þrēo (neuter nominative plural)
þrī (accusative masculine plural)
þrēo (accusative feminine plural)
þrēo (accusative neuter plural)
þrēora (genitive masculine plural)
þrēora (feminine genitive plural)
þrēora (genitive neuter plural)
þrim (dative masculine plural)
þrim (dative feminine plural)
þrim (dative neuter plural)
þrim (instrumental masculine plural)
þrim (feminine instrumental plural)
þrim (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: thre, threo, thri, thrie, þre, þreo
English: three
Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
Yola: dhree, dhrie, dree

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Cognate with Old High German drī, French trois, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Russian три (tri).


þridda

From Proto-Germanic *þridjô, related to the cardinal numeral þrī.


bonda

bonda (nominative singular)
bondan (nominative plural)
bondan (accusative singular)
bondan (accusative plural)
bondan (genitive singular)
bondena (genitive plural)
bondan (dative singular)
bondum (dative plural)

Middle English: bonde

English: bond

⇒ Medieval Latin: bondagium

→ Middle English: bondage

English: bondage

Scots: bondage

From Old Norse bóndi (“farmer; husband”, literally “dweller”).


glæd

ang-adj

glæd (comparative glædra, superlative gladost)

glædra (comparative)
gladost (superlative)
glæd (masculine nominative singular)
gladu (feminine nominative singular)
glado (feminine nominative singular)
glæd (neuter nominative singular)
glædne (accusative masculine singular)
glade (accusative feminine singular)
glæd (accusative neuter singular)
glades (genitive masculine singular)
glædre (feminine genitive singular)
glades (genitive neuter singular)
gladum (dative masculine singular)
glædre (dative feminine singular)
gladum (dative neuter singular)
glade (instrumental masculine singular)
glædre (feminine instrumental singular)
glade (instrumental neuter singular)
glade (masculine nominative plural)
glada (feminine nominative plural)
glade (feminine nominative plural)
gladu (neuter nominative plural)
glado (neuter nominative plural)
glade (accusative masculine plural)
glada (accusative feminine plural)
glade (accusative feminine plural)
gladu (accusative neuter plural)
glado (accusative neuter plural)
glædra (genitive masculine plural)
glædra (feminine genitive plural)
glædra (genitive neuter plural)
gladum (dative masculine plural)
gladum (dative feminine plural)
gladum (dative neuter plural)
gladum (instrumental masculine plural)
gladum (feminine instrumental plural)
gladum (instrumental neuter plural)
glada (masculine nominative singular)
glade (feminine nominative singular)
glade (neuter nominative singular)
gladan (accusative masculine singular)
gladan (accusative feminine singular)
glade (accusative neuter singular)
gladan (genitive masculine singular)
gladan (feminine genitive singular)
gladan (genitive neuter singular)
gladan (dative masculine singular)
gladan (dative feminine singular)
gladan (dative neuter singular)
gladan (instrumental masculine singular)
gladan (feminine instrumental singular)
gladan (instrumental neuter singular)
gladan (masculine nominative plural)
gladan (feminine nominative plural)
gladan (neuter nominative plural)
gladan (accusative masculine plural)
gladan (accusative feminine plural)
gladan (accusative neuter plural)
glædra (genitive masculine plural)
gladena (genitive masculine plural)
glædra (feminine genitive plural)
gladena (feminine genitive plural)
glædra (genitive neuter plural)
gladena (genitive neuter plural)
gladum (dative masculine plural)
gladum (dative feminine plural)
gladum (dative neuter plural)
gladum (instrumental masculine plural)
gladum (feminine instrumental plural)
gladum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: glad, glade, gladde, glaid, gled
English: glad
Scots: gled, glaid
Yola: glaude

⇒ Middle English: glade, glode, glede
English: glade
Yola: gladès

From Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladh-, from Proto-Indo-European *g̑ʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old Saxon glad (“glad, happy”), Old High German glat (“smooth”) (German glatt (“smooth”)), Old Norse glaðr (“smooth; happy”) (Swedish glad).


teoþa

From Proto-West Germanic *tehunþō, alternative form of *tehundō, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô.


eahtoþa

eahtoþa (masculine nominative singular)
eahtoþe (feminine nominative singular)
eahtoþe (neuter nominative singular)
eahtoþan (accusative masculine singular)
eahtoþan (accusative feminine singular)
eahtoþe (accusative neuter singular)
eahtoþan (genitive masculine singular)
eahtoþan (feminine genitive singular)
eahtoþan (genitive neuter singular)
eahtoþan (dative masculine singular)
eahtoþan (dative feminine singular)
eahtoþan (dative neuter singular)
eahtoþan (instrumental masculine singular)
eahtoþan (feminine instrumental singular)
eahtoþan (instrumental neuter singular)
eahtoþan (masculine nominative plural)
eahtoþan (feminine nominative plural)
eahtoþan (neuter nominative plural)
eahtoþan (accusative masculine plural)
eahtoþan (accusative feminine plural)
eahtoþan (accusative neuter plural)
eahtoþra (genitive masculine plural)
eahtoþena (genitive masculine plural)
eahtoþra (feminine genitive plural)
eahtoþena (feminine genitive plural)
eahtoþra (genitive neuter plural)
eahtoþena (genitive neuter plural)
eahtoþum (dative masculine plural)
eahtoþum (dative feminine plural)
eahtoþum (dative neuter plural)
eahtoþum (instrumental masculine plural)
eahtoþum (feminine instrumental plural)
eahtoþum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: eiȝtthe, eahtuðe, ehtuðe, egteðe; eyghte, aght, eiȝteþe, eyteth, eghte, aiȝtede, eighthe, eghþe, eytþe, eȝte, eytiþ, eiȝtþe
English: eighth
Scots: echt


nigoþa

From Proto-West Germanic *nigunþō, alternative form of *nigundō, *neundō, from Proto-Germanic *newundô.

Hāliġmōnaþ is sē nigoþa mōnaþ on ġēare.

September is the ninth month of the year.


hreow

hrēow (canonical feminine)
hrēow (nominative singular)
hrēowa (nominative plural)
hrēowe (nominative plural)
hrēowe (accusative singular)
hrēowa (accusative plural)
hrēowe (accusative plural)
hrēowe (genitive singular)
hrēowa (genitive plural)
hrēowe (dative singular)
hrēowum (dative plural)

Middle English: rewe
English: rue (archaic)
Scots: rew, rue


hreow

hrēow (canonical)
hrēow (masculine nominative singular)
hrēow (feminine nominative singular)
hrēow (neuter nominative singular)
hrēowne (accusative masculine singular)
hrēowe (accusative feminine singular)
hrēow (accusative neuter singular)
hrēowes (genitive masculine singular)
hrēowre (feminine genitive singular)
hrēowes (genitive neuter singular)
hrēowum (dative masculine singular)
hrēowre (dative feminine singular)
hrēowum (dative neuter singular)
hrēowe (instrumental masculine singular)
hrēowre (feminine instrumental singular)
hrēowe (instrumental neuter singular)
hrēowe (masculine nominative plural)
hrēowa (feminine nominative plural)
hrēowe (feminine nominative plural)
hrēow (neuter nominative plural)
hrēowe (accusative masculine plural)
hrēowa (accusative feminine plural)
hrēowe (accusative feminine plural)
hrēow (accusative neuter plural)
hrēowra (genitive masculine plural)
hrēowra (feminine genitive plural)
hrēowra (genitive neuter plural)
hrēowum (dative masculine plural)
hrēowum (dative feminine plural)
hrēowum (dative neuter plural)
hrēowum (instrumental masculine plural)
hrēowum (feminine instrumental plural)
hrēowum (instrumental neuter plural)
hrēowa (masculine nominative singular)
hrēowe (feminine nominative singular)
hrēowe (neuter nominative singular)
hrēowan (accusative masculine singular)
hrēowan (accusative feminine singular)
hrēowe (accusative neuter singular)
hrēowan (genitive masculine singular)
hrēowan (feminine genitive singular)
hrēowan (genitive neuter singular)
hrēowan (dative masculine singular)
hrēowan (dative feminine singular)
hrēowan (dative neuter singular)
hrēowan (instrumental masculine singular)
hrēowan (feminine instrumental singular)
hrēowan (instrumental neuter singular)
hrēowan (masculine nominative plural)
hrēowan (feminine nominative plural)
hrēowan (neuter nominative plural)
hrēowan (accusative masculine plural)
hrēowan (accusative feminine plural)
hrēowan (accusative neuter plural)
hrēowra (genitive masculine plural)
hrēowena (genitive masculine plural)
hrēowra (feminine genitive plural)
hrēowena (feminine genitive plural)
hrēowra (genitive neuter plural)
hrēowena (genitive neuter plural)
hrēowum (dative masculine plural)
hrēowum (dative feminine plural)
hrēowum (dative neuter plural)
hrēowum (instrumental masculine plural)
hrēowum (feminine instrumental plural)
hrēowum (instrumental neuter plural)


seofoþa

From Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, alternative form of *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.


feorþa

From earlier fēowerþa, from the cardinal numeral fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō. Compare Old Frisian fiārda, Old Saxon fiortho, Old High German fiordo, Old Norse fjórði.


feorþa

fēorþa (canonical)
fēorþa (masculine nominative singular)
fēorþe (feminine nominative singular)
fēorþe (neuter nominative singular)
fēorþan (accusative masculine singular)
fēorþan (accusative feminine singular)
fēorþe (accusative neuter singular)
fēorþan (genitive masculine singular)
fēorþan (feminine genitive singular)
fēorþan (genitive neuter singular)
fēorþan (dative masculine singular)
fēorþan (dative feminine singular)
fēorþan (dative neuter singular)
fēorþan (instrumental masculine singular)
fēorþan (feminine instrumental singular)
fēorþan (instrumental neuter singular)
fēorþan (masculine nominative plural)
fēorþan (feminine nominative plural)
fēorþan (neuter nominative plural)
fēorþan (accusative masculine plural)
fēorþan (accusative feminine plural)
fēorþan (accusative neuter plural)
fēorþra (genitive masculine plural)
fēorþena (genitive masculine plural)
fēorþra (feminine genitive plural)
fēorþena (feminine genitive plural)
fēorþra (genitive neuter plural)
fēorþena (genitive neuter plural)
fēorþum (dative masculine plural)
fēorþum (dative feminine plural)
fēorþum (dative neuter plural)
fēorþum (instrumental masculine plural)
fēorþum (feminine instrumental plural)
fēorþum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIIIᵗʰ
English: fourth
Scots: fourt
Yola: vourthe


lencten

lencten (nominative singular)
lenctenas (nominative plural)
lencten (accusative singular)
lenctenas (accusative plural)
lenctenes (genitive singular)
lenctena (genitive plural)
lenctene (dative singular)
lenctenum (dative plural)

Middle English: lenten, leinten, lentren, lente, leinte
English: Lent, Lenten
Scots: Lentrin, Lentern


mægden

mæġden (canonical neuter)
mæġden (nominative singular)
mæġdenu (nominative plural)
mæġden (accusative singular)
mæġdenu (accusative plural)
mæġdenes (genitive singular)
mæġdena (genitive plural)
mæġdene (dative singular)
mæġdenum (dative plural)

Middle English: mayden, maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane; mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English)
English: maiden
Scots: maidin
Yola: mydhen

→ Middle Irish: maigden (see there for further descendants)


twentig

Middle English: twenty
English: twenty
Tok Pisin: twenti
Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
Yola: dwanty

From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon twentig, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.

Tō twām and twēntiġum dō endleofan; þonne beoþ þǣr þrēo and þrītiġ.


myrgþ

Middle English: myrthe, merth, merthe, merþe, mirthe, mirth, murhthe, murþe, myrth, myrþe; merhð, mirhð, mureȝþ, murehþ, murcð, murȝþ, murhd, murhð, muruhð (Early Middle English)
English: mirth
Scots: mirth


oþer

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz. Cognate with Old High German andar, Old Norse annarr.


grene

grēne (canonical)
grēne (masculine nominative singular)
grēnu (feminine nominative singular)
grēno (feminine nominative singular)
grēne (neuter nominative singular)
grēnne (accusative masculine singular)
grēne (accusative feminine singular)
grēne (accusative neuter singular)
grēnes (genitive masculine singular)
grēnre (feminine genitive singular)
grēnes (genitive neuter singular)
grēnum (dative masculine singular)
grēnre (dative feminine singular)
grēnum (dative neuter singular)
grēne (instrumental masculine singular)
grēnre (feminine instrumental singular)
grēne (instrumental neuter singular)
grēne (masculine nominative plural)
grēna (feminine nominative plural)
grēne (feminine nominative plural)
grēnu (neuter nominative plural)
grēno (neuter nominative plural)
grēne (accusative masculine plural)
grēna (accusative feminine plural)
grēne (accusative feminine plural)
grēnu (accusative neuter plural)
grēno (accusative neuter plural)
grēnra (genitive masculine plural)
grēnra (feminine genitive plural)
grēnra (genitive neuter plural)
grēnum (dative masculine plural)
grēnum (dative feminine plural)
grēnum (dative neuter plural)
grēnum (instrumental masculine plural)
grēnum (feminine instrumental plural)
grēnum (instrumental neuter plural)
grēna (masculine nominative singular)
grēne (feminine nominative singular)
grēne (neuter nominative singular)
grēnan (accusative masculine singular)
grēnan (accusative feminine singular)
grēne (accusative neuter singular)
grēnan (genitive masculine singular)
grēnan (feminine genitive singular)
grēnan (genitive neuter singular)
grēnan (dative masculine singular)
grēnan (dative feminine singular)
grēnan (dative neuter singular)
grēnan (instrumental masculine singular)
grēnan (feminine instrumental singular)
grēnan (instrumental neuter singular)
grēnan (masculine nominative plural)
grēnan (feminine nominative plural)
grēnan (neuter nominative plural)
grēnan (accusative masculine plural)
grēnan (accusative feminine plural)
grēnan (accusative neuter plural)
grēnra (genitive masculine plural)
grēnena (genitive masculine plural)
grēnra (feminine genitive plural)
grēnena (feminine genitive plural)
grēnra (genitive neuter plural)
grēnena (genitive neuter plural)
grēnum (dative masculine plural)
grēnum (dative feminine plural)
grēnum (dative neuter plural)
grēnum (instrumental masculine plural)
grēnum (feminine instrumental plural)
grēnum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: grene, greene
English: green (see there for further descendants)
Scots: green
Yola: green

From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with Old Frisian grēne, Old Saxon grōni, Old High German gruoni, Old Norse grœnn.


munuc

munucas (nominative plural)
munuc (nominative singular)
munucas (nominative plural)
munuc (accusative singular)
munucas (accusative plural)
munuces (genitive singular)
munuca (genitive plural)
munuce (dative singular)
munucum (dative plural)

Middle English: monk, monke
English: monk
Scots: monk, munk, mounk

→ Old Norse: munkr

Danish: munk

Icelandic: munkur

Faroese: munkur

Norwegian: munk

Old Swedish: munker, munk

Swedish: munk
→ Finnish: munkki

→ Estonian: munk

→ Latvian: mūks

→ Võro: muuk

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Þā ġecwæþð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...

Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...


læce

lǣċe (canonical masculine)
lǣċe (nominative singular)
lǣċas (nominative plural)
lǣċe (accusative singular)
lǣċas (accusative plural)
lǣċes (genitive singular)
lǣċa (genitive plural)
lǣċe (dative singular)
lǣċum (dative plural)

Middle English: leche

English: leech (archaic)

From Proto-West Germanic *lākī, from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian lētza, Old Saxon lāki, Old High German lāhhi, Old Norse *lækir, Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis).

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Hine man sċeal lǣdan tō þām lǣċe.


læce

Middle English: leche

English: leech

Probably assimilated to Etymology 1 above, by popular etymology, though its use probably predated the term for a doctor.
Of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from a Germanic base meaning "to pluck, tear" (compare Old High German liochan (“to tear”)), evolving into "suck," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (“to break, tear”), see also Ancient Greek λευγαλέος (leugaléos), λυγρός (lugrós), Sanskrit रुजति (rujati, “to break open, shatter, injure, cause pain”), Latvian lauzt (“to break, fracture”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch lake, leke (modern Dutch laak).


preost

prēost (canonical masculine)
prēost (nominative singular)
prēostas (nominative plural)
prēost (accusative singular)
prēostas (accusative plural)
prēostes (genitive singular)
prēosta (genitive plural)
prēoste (dative singular)
prēostum (dative plural)

Middle English: prest, preest

English: priest

Scots: preest, priest

Old Norse: prestr

Danish: præst

→ Greenlandic: palasi

Faroese: prestur

Icelandic: prestur

Norwegian Bokmål: prest

Norwegian Nynorsk: prest

Swedish: präst

From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).


hyd

hȳd (canonical feminine)
hȳd (nominative singular)
hȳde (nominative plural)
hȳda (nominative plural)
hȳd (accusative singular)
hȳde (accusative singular)
hȳde (accusative plural)
hȳda (accusative plural)
hȳde (genitive singular)
hȳda (genitive plural)
hȳde (dative singular)
hȳdum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: hyde, hyd, hide, hid; hude, huyde, huide (Southern, Southwestern)
English: hide
Scots: hide, hyde

From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.
Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).


norþ

norþ (masculine nominative singular)
norþ (feminine nominative singular)
norþ (neuter nominative singular)
norþne (accusative masculine singular)
norþe (accusative feminine singular)
norþ (accusative neuter singular)
norþes (genitive masculine singular)
norþre (feminine genitive singular)
norþes (genitive neuter singular)
norþum (dative masculine singular)
norþre (dative feminine singular)
norþum (dative neuter singular)
norþe (instrumental masculine singular)
norþre (feminine instrumental singular)
norþe (instrumental neuter singular)
norþe (masculine nominative plural)
norþa (feminine nominative plural)
norþe (feminine nominative plural)
norþ (neuter nominative plural)
norþe (accusative masculine plural)
norþa (accusative feminine plural)
norþe (accusative feminine plural)
norþ (accusative neuter plural)
norþra (genitive masculine plural)
norþra (feminine genitive plural)
norþra (genitive neuter plural)
norþum (dative masculine plural)
norþum (dative feminine plural)
norþum (dative neuter plural)
norþum (instrumental masculine plural)
norþum (feminine instrumental plural)
norþum (instrumental neuter plural)
norþa (masculine nominative singular)
norþe (feminine nominative singular)
norþe (neuter nominative singular)
norþan (accusative masculine singular)
norþan (accusative feminine singular)
norþe (accusative neuter singular)
norþan (genitive masculine singular)
norþan (feminine genitive singular)
norþan (genitive neuter singular)
norþan (dative masculine singular)
norþan (dative feminine singular)
norþan (dative neuter singular)
norþan (instrumental masculine singular)
norþan (feminine instrumental singular)
norþan (instrumental neuter singular)
norþan (masculine nominative plural)
norþan (feminine nominative plural)
norþan (neuter nominative plural)
norþan (accusative masculine plural)
norþan (accusative feminine plural)
norþan (accusative neuter plural)
norþra (genitive masculine plural)
norþena (genitive masculine plural)
norþra (feminine genitive plural)
norþena (feminine genitive plural)
norþra (genitive neuter plural)
norþena (genitive neuter plural)
norþum (dative masculine plural)
norþum (dative feminine plural)
norþum (dative neuter plural)
norþum (instrumental masculine plural)
norþum (feminine instrumental plural)
norþum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: north, norþ, northe, norþe, norrþ
English: north
Scots: north
Yola: nordh, noardth

→ Old French: nort (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-West Germanic *norþr (compare Old High German nord, Old Norse norðr).


reord

reord (nominative singular)
reorda (nominative plural)
reorde (nominative plural)
reorde (accusative singular)
reorda (accusative plural)
reorde (accusative plural)
reorde (genitive singular)
reorda (genitive plural)
reorde (dative singular)
reordum (dative plural)

Middle English: rerd, rerde, reryd, rearde, rewerd, rurde, rorde, reorde, ruerde
English: reard
Scots: reird, rerde, rerd

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *raʀdu (“voice, language, speech, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *razdō.


scinu

sċinu (canonical feminine)
sċinu (nominative singular)
sċina (nominative plural)
sċine (nominative plural)
sċine (accusative singular)
sċina (accusative plural)
sċine (accusative plural)
sċine (genitive singular)
sċina (genitive plural)
sċine (dative singular)
sċinum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: schyne, schen, schin, schine, schyn, schynne, scine, shine, shyn, shzine
English: shin
Scots: shin, schin

From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with Old Saxon skina, Middle Dutch schene (Dutch scheen), Old High German scina (German Schiene (“rail, rack, skid, frame”)).


hwit

ang-adj

hwīt (comparative hwītra, superlative hwīttost)

hwīt (canonical)
hwītra (comparative)
hwīttost (superlative)
hwīt (masculine nominative singular)
hwīt (feminine nominative singular)
hwīt (neuter nominative singular)
hwītne (accusative masculine singular)
hwīte (accusative feminine singular)
hwīt (accusative neuter singular)
hwītes (genitive masculine singular)
hwītre (feminine genitive singular)
hwītes (genitive neuter singular)
hwītum (dative masculine singular)
hwītre (dative feminine singular)
hwītum (dative neuter singular)
hwīte (instrumental masculine singular)
hwītre (feminine instrumental singular)
hwīte (instrumental neuter singular)
hwīte (masculine nominative plural)
hwīta (feminine nominative plural)
hwīte (feminine nominative plural)
hwīt (neuter nominative plural)
hwīte (accusative masculine plural)
hwīta (accusative feminine plural)
hwīte (accusative feminine plural)
hwīt (accusative neuter plural)
hwītra (genitive masculine plural)
hwītra (feminine genitive plural)
hwītra (genitive neuter plural)
hwītum (dative masculine plural)
hwītum (dative feminine plural)
hwītum (dative neuter plural)
hwītum (instrumental masculine plural)
hwītum (feminine instrumental plural)
hwītum (instrumental neuter plural)
hwīta (masculine nominative singular)
hwīte (feminine nominative singular)
hwīte (neuter nominative singular)
hwītan (accusative masculine singular)
hwītan (accusative feminine singular)
hwīte (accusative neuter singular)
hwītan (genitive masculine singular)
hwītan (feminine genitive singular)
hwītan (genitive neuter singular)
hwītan (dative masculine singular)
hwītan (dative feminine singular)
hwītan (dative neuter singular)
hwītan (instrumental masculine singular)
hwītan (feminine instrumental singular)
hwītan (instrumental neuter singular)
hwītan (masculine nominative plural)
hwītan (feminine nominative plural)
hwītan (neuter nominative plural)
hwītan (accusative masculine plural)
hwītan (accusative feminine plural)
hwītan (accusative neuter plural)
hwītra (genitive masculine plural)
hwītena (genitive masculine plural)
hwītra (feminine genitive plural)
hwītena (feminine genitive plural)
hwītra (genitive neuter plural)
hwītena (genitive neuter plural)
hwītum (dative masculine plural)
hwītum (dative feminine plural)
hwītum (dative neuter plural)
hwītum (instrumental masculine plural)
hwītum (feminine instrumental plural)
hwītum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: whit, hwit, white, whyte, whitt, whytt, whyt, whiȝt, qwyght, ȝwijt, wyghte, whiyt, whijt
English: white (see there for further descendants)
Scots: quhite, fyte, fite, whyte, white
Yola: whit

From Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.


sceafa

Scēafa (canonical masculine)
Scēafa (nominative singular)
Scēafan (nominative plural)
Scēafan (accusative singular)
Scēafan (accusative plural)
Scēafan (genitive singular)
Scēafena (genitive plural)
Scēafan (dative singular)
Scēafum (dative plural)


þritig

Middle English: thritty, thirtie, thriti, thritte, thrittie, þritiȝ
English: thirty
Yola: dhirtee


sixtig

Middle English: sixty, cexty, sexti, sexty, sixti, syxty, zixti; sextiȝ, sixtiȝ
English: sixty
Scots: sexty, saxty


fiftig

Middle English: fifty, fifftiȝ, fifte, fifti, fyffty, fyfty
English: fifty
Scots: fifty, fyfty


hætt

hætt (nominative singular)
hættas (nominative plural)
hætt (accusative singular)
hættas (accusative plural)
hættes (genitive singular)
hætta (genitive plural)
hætte (dative singular)
hættum (dative plural)

Middle English: hat

English: hat

Scots: hat

→ Irish: hata

→ Welsh: het

From Proto-West Germanic *hattu, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz, whence also Old Norse hattr.

late 9th century, Old English adaptation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Rōmāne hæfdon þā nīewlīċe ġesett þæt þā þe hætt beran mōston, þonne hīe hwelċ folc oferwunnen hæfdon, þæt þā mōston ǣġðer habban ġe feorh ġe frēodōm.

The Romans had recently passed a law that whenever they conquered a people, anyone who was allowed to wear a hat could keep both their life and their freedom.


smiþ

smiþ (nominative singular)
smiþas (nominative plural)
smiþ (accusative singular)
smiþas (accusative plural)
smiþes (genitive singular)
smiþa (genitive plural)
smiþe (dative singular)
smiþum (dative plural)

Middle English: smyth

English: smith

Scots: smith, smyth

…ac mec hnossiað homera lāfa, heardecg heoroscearp, hondweorc smiþa bītað in burgum;

…but remains of hammers strike me, harsh edge of sharp sword, handiworks of smiths bite in boroughs;


sarig

sāriġ (canonical)
sāriġ (masculine nominative singular)
sāriġu (feminine nominative singular)
sārġu (feminine nominative singular)
sāriġo (feminine nominative singular)
sārġo (feminine nominative singular)
sāriġ (neuter nominative singular)
sāriġne (accusative masculine singular)
sāriġe (accusative feminine singular)
sārġe (accusative feminine singular)
sāriġ (accusative neuter singular)
sāriġes (genitive masculine singular)
sārġes (genitive masculine singular)
sāriġre (feminine genitive singular)
sāriġes (genitive neuter singular)
sārġes (genitive neuter singular)
sāriġum (dative masculine singular)
sārġum (dative masculine singular)
sāriġre (dative feminine singular)
sāriġum (dative neuter singular)
sārġum (dative neuter singular)
sāriġe (instrumental masculine singular)
sārġe (instrumental masculine singular)
sāriġre (feminine instrumental singular)
sāriġe (instrumental neuter singular)
sārġe (instrumental neuter singular)
sāriġe (masculine nominative plural)
sārġe (masculine nominative plural)
sāriġa (feminine nominative plural)
sārġa (feminine nominative plural)
sāriġe (feminine nominative plural)
sārġe (feminine nominative plural)
sāriġu (neuter nominative plural)
sārġu (neuter nominative plural)
sāriġo (neuter nominative plural)
sārġo (neuter nominative plural)
sāriġe (accusative masculine plural)
sārġe (accusative masculine plural)
sāriġa (accusative feminine plural)
sārġa (accusative feminine plural)
sāriġe (accusative feminine plural)
sārġe (accusative feminine plural)
sāriġu (accusative neuter plural)
sārġu (accusative neuter plural)
sāriġo (accusative neuter plural)
sārġo (accusative neuter plural)
sāriġra (genitive masculine plural)
sāriġra (feminine genitive plural)
sāriġra (genitive neuter plural)
sāriġum (dative masculine plural)
sārġum (dative masculine plural)
sāriġum (dative feminine plural)
sārġum (dative feminine plural)
sāriġum (dative neuter plural)
sārġum (dative neuter plural)
sāriġum (instrumental masculine plural)
sārġum (instrumental masculine plural)
sāriġum (feminine instrumental plural)
sārġum (feminine instrumental plural)
sāriġum (instrumental neuter plural)
sārġum (instrumental neuter plural)
sāriġa (masculine nominative singular)
sārġa (masculine nominative singular)
sāriġe (feminine nominative singular)
sārġe (feminine nominative singular)
sāriġe (neuter nominative singular)
sārġe (neuter nominative singular)
sāriġan (accusative masculine singular)
sārġan (accusative masculine singular)
sāriġan (accusative feminine singular)
sārġan (accusative feminine singular)
sāriġe (accusative neuter singular)
sārġe (accusative neuter singular)
sāriġan (genitive masculine singular)
sārġan (genitive masculine singular)
sāriġan (feminine genitive singular)
sārġan (feminine genitive singular)
sāriġan (genitive neuter singular)
sārġan (genitive neuter singular)
sāriġan (dative masculine singular)
sārġan (dative masculine singular)
sāriġan (dative feminine singular)
sārġan (dative feminine singular)
sāriġan (dative neuter singular)
sārġan (dative neuter singular)
sāriġan (instrumental masculine singular)
sārġan (instrumental masculine singular)
sāriġan (feminine instrumental singular)
sārġan (feminine instrumental singular)
sāriġan (instrumental neuter singular)
sārġan (instrumental neuter singular)
sāriġan (masculine nominative plural)
sārġan (masculine nominative plural)
sāriġan (feminine nominative plural)
sārġan (feminine nominative plural)
sāriġan (neuter nominative plural)
sārġan (neuter nominative plural)
sāriġan (accusative masculine plural)
sārġan (accusative masculine plural)
sāriġan (accusative feminine plural)
sārġan (accusative feminine plural)
sāriġan (accusative neuter plural)
sārġan (accusative neuter plural)
sāriġra (genitive masculine plural)
sāriġena (genitive masculine plural)
sārġena (genitive masculine plural)
sāriġra (feminine genitive plural)
sāriġena (feminine genitive plural)
sārġena (feminine genitive plural)
sāriġra (genitive neuter plural)
sāriġena (genitive neuter plural)
sārġena (genitive neuter plural)
sāriġum (dative masculine plural)
sārġum (dative masculine plural)
sāriġum (dative feminine plural)
sārġum (dative feminine plural)
sāriġum (dative neuter plural)
sārġum (dative neuter plural)
sāriġum (instrumental masculine plural)
sārġum (instrumental masculine plural)
sāriġum (feminine instrumental plural)
sārġum (feminine instrumental plural)
sāriġum (instrumental neuter plural)
sārġum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: sory, sari, sary, soory, sori, sorry; sariȝ, særi (Early Middle English)
English: sorry (see there for further descendants)
Scots: sairy
Yola: ingsaury


niht

niht (nominative singular)
niht (nominative plural)
niht (accusative singular)
niht (accusative plural)
niht (genitive singular)
nihtes (genitive singular)
nihta (genitive plural)
niht (dative singular)
nihte (dative singular)
nihtum (dative plural)

Middle English: nyght, naht, night, nighte, niȝt, niht, nyghte, nyȝt, nyȝte, nyhte
English: night
Geordie English: neet
Scots: nicht, neicht
Yola: neeght, nieght, nyeght

From Proto-West Germanic *nahti, inflected form of *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (the alternative forms næht, neaht directly continue Proto-West Germanic *naht).
Cognate with Old Frisian nacht, Old Saxon naht, Old High German naht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts); also with Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Latin nox, Russian ночь (nočʹ).

for tīen nihtum


sæ

sǣ (canonical feminine)
sǣ (nominative singular)
sǣ (nominative plural)
sǣ (accusative singular)
sǣ (accusative plural)
sǣ (genitive singular)
sǣ (genitive plural)
sǣ (dative singular)
sǣm (dative plural)
sǣwum (dative plural)
sǣ (nominative singular)
sǣs (nominative plural)
sǣ (accusative singular)
sǣs (accusative plural)
sǣs (genitive singular)
sǣ (genitive plural)
sǣ (dative singular)
sǣm (dative plural)
sǣwum (dative plural)

ang-decl-noun

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

desctree

Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
English: sea
Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
Yola: zea, zee


drync

drynċ (canonical masculine)
drynċ (nominative singular)
drynċas (nominative plural)
drynċ (accusative singular)
drynċas (accusative plural)
drynċes (genitive singular)
drynċa (genitive plural)
drynċe (dative singular)
drynċum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: drinche, drink, drinke, drunch

English: drink (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, whence also Old High German trunch, Old Norse drykkr.


stefn

stefn (nominative singular)
stefna (nominative plural)
stefne (nominative plural)
stefne (accusative singular)
stefna (accusative plural)
stefne (accusative plural)
stefne (genitive singular)
stefna (genitive plural)
stefne (dative singular)
stefnum (dative plural)

Middle English: steven

English: steven

From Proto-Germanic *stebnō. Cognate with Old Frisian stifne, Old Saxon stemna, Old High German stimna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌱𐌽𐌰 (stibna).

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:3

A voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

Clipiendu stefn on þǣre wēstenne: "Ġeġearwiaþ Dryhtnes weġ, dōþ ryhte his sīþas.


sumor

sumor (nominative singular)
sumoras (nominative plural)
sumor (accusative singular)
sumoras (accusative plural)
sumores (genitive singular)
sumora (genitive plural)
sumore (dative singular)
sumorum (dative plural)

Middle English: sumer, somer

English: summer

Scots: somer, sumer, simmer, simer

Yola: zimmer, zummer

From Proto-West Germanic *sumar, see also Old Saxon sumar, Old High German sumar, Old Norse sumar.


suþ

sūþ (canonical)
sūþ (masculine nominative singular)
sūþ (feminine nominative singular)
sūþ (neuter nominative singular)
sūþne (accusative masculine singular)
sūþe (accusative feminine singular)
sūþ (accusative neuter singular)
sūþes (genitive masculine singular)
sūþre (feminine genitive singular)
sūþes (genitive neuter singular)
sūþum (dative masculine singular)
sūþre (dative feminine singular)
sūþum (dative neuter singular)
sūþe (instrumental masculine singular)
sūþre (feminine instrumental singular)
sūþe (instrumental neuter singular)
sūþe (masculine nominative plural)
sūþa (feminine nominative plural)
sūþe (feminine nominative plural)
sūþ (neuter nominative plural)
sūþe (accusative masculine plural)
sūþa (accusative feminine plural)
sūþe (accusative feminine plural)
sūþ (accusative neuter plural)
sūþra (genitive masculine plural)
sūþra (feminine genitive plural)
sūþra (genitive neuter plural)
sūþum (dative masculine plural)
sūþum (dative feminine plural)
sūþum (dative neuter plural)
sūþum (instrumental masculine plural)
sūþum (feminine instrumental plural)
sūþum (instrumental neuter plural)
sūþa (masculine nominative singular)
sūþe (feminine nominative singular)
sūþe (neuter nominative singular)
sūþan (accusative masculine singular)
sūþan (accusative feminine singular)
sūþe (accusative neuter singular)
sūþan (genitive masculine singular)
sūþan (feminine genitive singular)
sūþan (genitive neuter singular)
sūþan (dative masculine singular)
sūþan (dative feminine singular)
sūþan (dative neuter singular)
sūþan (instrumental masculine singular)
sūþan (feminine instrumental singular)
sūþan (instrumental neuter singular)
sūþan (masculine nominative plural)
sūþan (feminine nominative plural)
sūþan (neuter nominative plural)
sūþan (accusative masculine plural)
sūþan (accusative feminine plural)
sūþan (accusative neuter plural)
sūþra (genitive masculine plural)
sūþena (genitive masculine plural)
sūþra (feminine genitive plural)
sūþena (feminine genitive plural)
sūþra (genitive neuter plural)
sūþena (genitive neuter plural)
sūþum (dative masculine plural)
sūþum (dative feminine plural)
sūþum (dative neuter plural)
sūþum (instrumental masculine plural)
sūþum (feminine instrumental plural)
sūþum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: south, souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht; zouth (Kent)
English: south
Scots: sooth
Yola: zouth

→ Old French: sud, su

Middle French: sud

French: sud

From Proto-West Germanic *sunþ, *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old High German sunt, Old Norse suðr.


sierce

sierċe (canonical feminine)
sierċe (nominative singular)
sierċan (nominative plural)
sierċan (accusative singular)
sierċan (accusative plural)
sierċan (genitive singular)
sierċena (genitive plural)
sierċan (dative singular)
sierċum (dative plural)

Middle English: serk, serke, sark (through the Anglian variant)

Scots: serk, sark

English: sark

From Proto-West Germanic *sarki; related to Old Norse serkr.


penning

penning (nominative singular)
penningas (nominative plural)
penning (accusative singular)
penningas (accusative plural)
penninges (genitive singular)
penninga (genitive plural)
penninge (dative singular)
penningum (dative plural)

Middle English: peny, pani, paniȝe, peni, penie, pening
English: penny, pence (see there for further descendants)
Scots: penny

→ Old Irish: pinginn, penginn (possibly from Old Norse)

Irish: pingin

→ Old Spanish:

Spanish: penique


spere

speru (nominative plural)
spere (nominative singular)
speru (nominative plural)
spere (accusative singular)
speru (accusative plural)
speres (genitive singular)
spera (genitive plural)
spere (dative singular)
sperum (dative plural)

Middle English: spere, spear

English: spear

From Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old High German sper (German Speer), Old Norse spjǫr.


hrycg

hryċġ (canonical masculine)
hryċġ (nominative singular)
hryċġas (nominative plural)
hryċġ (accusative singular)
hryċġas (accusative plural)
hryċġes (genitive singular)
hryċġa (genitive plural)
hryċġe (dative singular)
hryċġum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: rig, rigge, rug, ryg, rygge

Scots: rig

English: ridge, rig (Northern)

From Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old High German rucki, Old Norse hryggr.


þeoh

þēoh (canonical neuter)
þēoh (nominative singular)
þēoh (nominative plural)
þēoh (accusative singular)
þēoh (accusative plural)
þēos (genitive singular)
þēona (genitive plural)
þēo (dative singular)
þēom (dative plural)
þēoum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: þigh
English: thigh
Scots: thee

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to his servant, "Put your hand under my thigh."

And Abrāhām cwæþ tō his þēowe, "Sete þīne hand under mīn þēoh."


ærdæg

ǣrdæġ (canonical masculine)
ǣrdagas (nominative plural)

the early part of the day; dawn, early morning


tigele

tigele (nominative singular)
tigelan (nominative plural)
tigelan (accusative singular)
tigelan (accusative plural)
tigelan (genitive singular)
tigelena (genitive plural)
tigelan (dative singular)
tigelum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: tigel, tighele, teghell, teȝele, tiȝel, tyle, tile

English: tile (see there for further descendants)

Scots: tyl, tild


cinn

ċinn (canonical neuter)
ċinn (nominative singular)
ċinn (nominative plural)
ċinn (accusative singular)
ċinn (accusative plural)
ċinnes (genitive singular)
ċinna (genitive plural)
ċinne (dative singular)
ċinnum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: chyn, chin, chinne, chynne, shyne, schyn
English: chin
Scots: chin, chyn

From Proto-West Germanic *kinnu (“chin”).
Compare Old Frisian zin, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German kinni, Old Norse kinn, Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) and Latin gena, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Welsh gen, Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).


wifmann

wīfmann (canonical masculine)
wīfmann (nominative singular)
wīfmenn (nominative plural)
wīfmann (accusative singular)
wīfmenn (accusative plural)
wīfmannes (genitive singular)
wīfmanna (genitive plural)
wīfmenn (dative singular)
wīfmannum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: womman, wimman, wifmanne

Scots: weman, woman

English: woman

From wīf + mann, literally “female person”. Compare wǣpnedmann (“man, a male”, literally “male person”), which wīfmann was often used alongside; cf. Icelandic karlmaður and kvenmaður.


pund

Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound

English: pound

Northumbrian: pund

→ Middle Irish: punt

Irish: punt

Manx: punt

Scots: pund, poond

From Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, from Latin pondus.


þuma

þūma (canonical masculine)
þūma (nominative singular)
þūman (nominative plural)
þūman (accusative singular)
þūman (accusative plural)
þūman (genitive singular)
þūmena (genitive plural)
þūman (dative singular)
þūmum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: thombe
English: thumb
Scots: thoum
Yola: thoome, thoume

From Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
Cognate with Old Frisian thūma (West Frisian tomme), Old Saxon thūmo (Low German Dumen or Duum), Dutch duim, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; and also with Latin tumēre (“to swell”), through the Indo-European root.


ærgod

ǣrgōd (canonical)
ǣrgōd (masculine nominative singular)
ǣrgōd (feminine nominative singular)
ǣrgōd (neuter nominative singular)
ǣrgōdne (accusative masculine singular)
ǣrgōde (accusative feminine singular)
ǣrgōd (accusative neuter singular)
ǣrgōdes (genitive masculine singular)
ǣrgōdre (feminine genitive singular)
ǣrgōdes (genitive neuter singular)
ǣrgōdum (dative masculine singular)
ǣrgōdre (dative feminine singular)
ǣrgōdum (dative neuter singular)
ǣrgōde (instrumental masculine singular)
ǣrgōdre (feminine instrumental singular)
ǣrgōde (instrumental neuter singular)
ǣrgōde (masculine nominative plural)
ǣrgōda (feminine nominative plural)
ǣrgōde (feminine nominative plural)
ǣrgōd (neuter nominative plural)
ǣrgōde (accusative masculine plural)
ǣrgōda (accusative feminine plural)
ǣrgōde (accusative feminine plural)
ǣrgōd (accusative neuter plural)
ǣrgōdra (genitive masculine plural)
ǣrgōdra (feminine genitive plural)
ǣrgōdra (genitive neuter plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative masculine plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative feminine plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative neuter plural)
ǣrgōdum (instrumental masculine plural)
ǣrgōdum (feminine instrumental plural)
ǣrgōdum (instrumental neuter plural)
ǣrgōda (masculine nominative singular)
ǣrgōde (feminine nominative singular)
ǣrgōde (neuter nominative singular)
ǣrgōdan (accusative masculine singular)
ǣrgōdan (accusative feminine singular)
ǣrgōde (accusative neuter singular)
ǣrgōdan (genitive masculine singular)
ǣrgōdan (feminine genitive singular)
ǣrgōdan (genitive neuter singular)
ǣrgōdan (dative masculine singular)
ǣrgōdan (dative feminine singular)
ǣrgōdan (dative neuter singular)
ǣrgōdan (instrumental masculine singular)
ǣrgōdan (feminine instrumental singular)
ǣrgōdan (instrumental neuter singular)
ǣrgōdan (masculine nominative plural)
ǣrgōdan (feminine nominative plural)
ǣrgōdan (neuter nominative plural)
ǣrgōdan (accusative masculine plural)
ǣrgōdan (accusative feminine plural)
ǣrgōdan (accusative neuter plural)
ǣrgōdra (genitive masculine plural)
ǣrgōdena (genitive masculine plural)
ǣrgōdra (feminine genitive plural)
ǣrgōdena (feminine genitive plural)
ǣrgōdra (genitive neuter plural)
ǣrgōdena (genitive neuter plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative masculine plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative feminine plural)
ǣrgōdum (dative neuter plural)
ǣrgōdum (instrumental masculine plural)
ǣrgōdum (feminine instrumental plural)
ǣrgōdum (instrumental neuter plural)

(poetic) good of old, good from olden days; good before other men (precise meaning uncertain)


segl

seġl (canonical masculine neuter)
seġl (nominative singular)
seġlu (nominative plural)
seġl (accusative singular)
seġlu (accusative plural)
seġles (genitive singular)
seġla (genitive plural)
seġle (dative singular)
seġlum (dative plural)
seġl (nominative singular)
seġlas (nominative plural)
seġl (accusative singular)
seġlas (accusative plural)
seġles (genitive singular)
seġla (genitive plural)
seġle (dative singular)
seġlum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: seyl, seil, sayle, saile

Scots: sail, saill, sale

English: sail

From Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Related to Old Frisian seil, Old Saxon segal, Old Dutch segil, Old High German segal, Old Norse segl.


wearm

wearm (masculine nominative singular)
wearm (feminine nominative singular)
wearm (neuter nominative singular)
wearmne (accusative masculine singular)
wearme (accusative feminine singular)
wearm (accusative neuter singular)
wearmes (genitive masculine singular)
wearmre (feminine genitive singular)
wearmes (genitive neuter singular)
wearmum (dative masculine singular)
wearmre (dative feminine singular)
wearmum (dative neuter singular)
wearme (instrumental masculine singular)
wearmre (feminine instrumental singular)
wearme (instrumental neuter singular)
wearme (masculine nominative plural)
wearma (feminine nominative plural)
wearme (feminine nominative plural)
wearm (neuter nominative plural)
wearme (accusative masculine plural)
wearma (accusative feminine plural)
wearme (accusative feminine plural)
wearm (accusative neuter plural)
wearmra (genitive masculine plural)
wearmra (feminine genitive plural)
wearmra (genitive neuter plural)
wearmum (dative masculine plural)
wearmum (dative feminine plural)
wearmum (dative neuter plural)
wearmum (instrumental masculine plural)
wearmum (feminine instrumental plural)
wearmum (instrumental neuter plural)
wearma (masculine nominative singular)
wearme (feminine nominative singular)
wearme (neuter nominative singular)
wearman (accusative masculine singular)
wearman (accusative feminine singular)
wearme (accusative neuter singular)
wearman (genitive masculine singular)
wearman (feminine genitive singular)
wearman (genitive neuter singular)
wearman (dative masculine singular)
wearman (dative feminine singular)
wearman (dative neuter singular)
wearman (instrumental masculine singular)
wearman (feminine instrumental singular)
wearman (instrumental neuter singular)
wearman (masculine nominative plural)
wearman (feminine nominative plural)
wearman (neuter nominative plural)
wearman (accusative masculine plural)
wearman (accusative feminine plural)
wearman (accusative neuter plural)
wearmra (genitive masculine plural)
wearmena (genitive masculine plural)
wearmra (feminine genitive plural)
wearmena (feminine genitive plural)
wearmra (genitive neuter plural)
wearmena (genitive neuter plural)
wearmum (dative masculine plural)
wearmum (dative feminine plural)
wearmum (dative neuter plural)
wearmum (instrumental masculine plural)
wearmum (feminine instrumental plural)
wearmum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: warm, warme, werm, wearm
Scots: wairm
English: warm

From Proto-West Germanic *warm.
See also Old Frisian warm (West Frisian waarm), Old Saxon warm (Low German warm), Dutch warm, Old High German warm (German warm), Old Norse varmr (Danish varm, Swedish varm), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms)); also possibly Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus.


wynsum

ang-adj

wynsum (superlative wynsumast or wynsumest)

wynsumast (superlative)
wynsumest (superlative)
wynsum (masculine nominative singular)
wynsumu (feminine nominative singular)
wynsumo (feminine nominative singular)
wynsum (neuter nominative singular)
wynsumne (accusative masculine singular)
wynsume (accusative feminine singular)
wynsum (accusative neuter singular)
wynsumes (genitive masculine singular)
wynsumre (feminine genitive singular)
wynsumes (genitive neuter singular)
wynsumum (dative masculine singular)
wynsumre (dative feminine singular)
wynsumum (dative neuter singular)
wynsume (instrumental masculine singular)
wynsumre (feminine instrumental singular)
wynsume (instrumental neuter singular)
wynsume (masculine nominative plural)
wynsuma (feminine nominative plural)
wynsume (feminine nominative plural)
wynsumu (neuter nominative plural)
wynsumo (neuter nominative plural)
wynsume (accusative masculine plural)
wynsuma (accusative feminine plural)
wynsume (accusative feminine plural)
wynsumu (accusative neuter plural)
wynsumo (accusative neuter plural)
wynsumra (genitive masculine plural)
wynsumra (feminine genitive plural)
wynsumra (genitive neuter plural)
wynsumum (dative masculine plural)
wynsumum (dative feminine plural)
wynsumum (dative neuter plural)
wynsumum (instrumental masculine plural)
wynsumum (feminine instrumental plural)
wynsumum (instrumental neuter plural)
wynsuma (masculine nominative singular)
wynsume (feminine nominative singular)
wynsume (neuter nominative singular)
wynsuman (accusative masculine singular)
wynsuman (accusative feminine singular)
wynsume (accusative neuter singular)
wynsuman (genitive masculine singular)
wynsuman (feminine genitive singular)
wynsuman (genitive neuter singular)
wynsuman (dative masculine singular)
wynsuman (dative feminine singular)
wynsuman (dative neuter singular)
wynsuman (instrumental masculine singular)
wynsuman (feminine instrumental singular)
wynsuman (instrumental neuter singular)
wynsuman (masculine nominative plural)
wynsuman (feminine nominative plural)
wynsuman (neuter nominative plural)
wynsuman (accusative masculine plural)
wynsuman (accusative feminine plural)
wynsuman (accusative neuter plural)
wynsumra (genitive masculine plural)
wynsumena (genitive masculine plural)
wynsumra (feminine genitive plural)
wynsumena (feminine genitive plural)
wynsumra (genitive neuter plural)
wynsumena (genitive neuter plural)
wynsumum (dative masculine plural)
wynsumum (dative feminine plural)
wynsumum (dative neuter plural)
wynsumum (instrumental masculine plural)
wynsumum (feminine instrumental plural)
wynsumum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: wynsom, winsom, winsum, wunsum, wonsom, wonsome, wonsum
English: winsome
Scots: wunsome, winsome

From Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”); equivalent to wynn + -sum.


earendel

From Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz, from *auzi (“dawn”) + *wandilaz (“fluctuating, variable, wandering”), perhaps via the intermediate forms *ēarwendel or *ēarwandel.

also for the personification for the morning star


ealdor

ealdor (nominative singular)
ealdras (nominative plural)
ealdor (accusative singular)
ealdras (accusative plural)
ealdres (genitive singular)
ealdra (genitive plural)
ealdre (dative singular)
ealdrum (dative plural)

Middle English: alder

⇒ Old English: ealdorman

Middle English: alderman, aldermon

English: alderman

From Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldraz.

elder, parent, head of a family; senior man

ealdorapostol

ealdorbiscop

ealdordēma


ieldu

ieldu (nominative singular)
ielda (nominative plural)
ielde (nominative plural)
ielde (accusative singular)
ielda (accusative plural)
ielde (accusative plural)
ielde (genitive singular)
ielda (genitive plural)
ielde (dative singular)
ieldum (dative plural)

Middle English: elde

English: eld

Scots: elde eild

From Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄. Equivalent to eald + -u.


benc

benċ (canonical feminine)
benċ (nominative singular)
benċe (nominative plural)
benċa (nominative plural)
benċ (accusative singular)
benċe (accusative singular)
benċe (accusative plural)
benċa (accusative plural)
benċe (genitive singular)
benċa (genitive plural)
benċe (dative singular)
benċum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche

English: bench (see there for further descendants)

Scots: bink, benk

→ Middle Irish: beinnse

Irish: binse

From Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Cognate with Old Saxon banc (Dutch bank), Old High German banch (German Bank), Old Norse *benkr (Swedish bänk).


æsce

ǣsċe (canonical feminine)
ǣsċe (nominative singular)
ǣsċan (nominative plural)
ǣsċan (accusative singular)
ǣsċan (accusative plural)
ǣsċan (genitive singular)
ǣsċena (genitive plural)
ǣsċan (dative singular)
ǣsċum (dative plural)

Middle English: axe

English: ask


wrang

wrang (nominative singular)
wrangas (nominative plural)
wrang (accusative singular)
wrangas (accusative plural)
wranges (genitive singular)
wranga (genitive plural)
wrange (dative singular)
wrangum (dative plural)

gl

merged with descendant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">wranga</i>

Middle English: wrang, wrong, wrange, wronge (merged with descendant of wranga)

⇒ Middle English: wrangel

From Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, bent, curved”). Compare Alemannic German Rang (“convolution, bend”), Old Norse vröng (“a ship's rib”) (whence Icelandic röng, Old Norwegian vrǫng).


blæst

blǣst (canonical masculine)
blǣst (nominative singular)
blǣstas (nominative plural)
blǣst (accusative singular)
blǣstas (accusative plural)
blǣstes (genitive singular)
blǣsta (genitive plural)
blǣste (dative singular)
blǣstum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: blast, blaste, blæst, blest
English: blast
→ Irish: bleaist
Scots: blast

From Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, burst of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, blow up”).
Cognate with Old High German blāst, Old Norse blástr, Old High German blāsan (“to blow”) (German blasen (“to blow”)), Old English blāwan (“to blow”). More at blow.


ambiht

ambiht (nominative singular)
ambihtas (nominative plural)
ambiht (accusative singular)
ambihtas (accusative plural)
ambihtes (genitive singular)
ambihta (genitive plural)
ambihte (dative singular)
ambihtum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, whence also Old High German ambaht, Old Norse ambátt, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (andbahts). Compare Latin ambactus.


hoh

hōh (canonical masculine)
hōh (nominative singular)
hōs (nominative plural)
hōh (accusative singular)
hōs (accusative plural)
hōs (genitive singular)
hōna (genitive plural)
hō (dative singular)
hōm (dative plural)
hōum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: hough, ho, hoche, hogh, hoȝ, hokke, hoo, houȝ, houe, howe, howghe, howh
English: hough, hoff, hock
Scots: hoch, houch
⇒ Yola: houghany

table
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz.


hoh

desctree

Middle English: hough, ho, hogh, hoghe, how
English: heugh; hoe, hogh, hough, how
Scots: heuch


cnafa

cnafa (nominative singular)
cnafan (nominative plural)
cnafan (accusative singular)
cnafan (accusative plural)
cnafan (genitive singular)
cnafena (genitive plural)
cnafan (dative singular)
cnafum (dative plural)

Middle English: knave, cnave, knafe, cnafe, knaffe, knaue, knawe, knaf, knaw
English: knave
Scots: knave, knafe, knaif


wodnesdæg

wōdnesdæġ (canonical masculine)
wōdnesdæġ (nominative singular)
wōdnesdagas (nominative plural)
wōdnesdæġ (accusative singular)
wōdnesdagas (accusative plural)
wōdnesdæġes (genitive singular)
wōdnesdaga (genitive plural)
wōdnesdæġe (dative singular)
wōdnesdagum (dative plural)

Middle English: Wednesday, Wednesdei, Wodnesdai, Wedonesday, wednesday
English: Wednesday
→ Maori: Wenerei
Scots: Wadensday
Yola: Wennesdei

From Wōdnes (“gen. of Wōden”) + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of Latin diēs Mercuriī.

compound

gen. of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">Wōden</i>


þursdæg

þursdæġ (canonical masculine)
þursdæġ (nominative singular)
þursdagas (nominative plural)
þursdæġ (accusative singular)
þursdagas (accusative plural)
þursdæġes (genitive singular)
þursdaga (genitive plural)
þursdæġe (dative singular)
þursdagum (dative plural)

Middle English: Thursday

English: Thursday

Scots: Fuirsday

Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) + dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day.

compound

genitive of the god's name <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">Þunor</i>


frigedæg

frīġedæġ (canonical masculine)
frīġedæġ (nominative singular)
frīġedagas (nominative plural)
frīġedæġ (accusative singular)
frīġedagas (accusative plural)
frīġedæġes (genitive singular)
frīġedaga (genitive plural)
frīġedæġe (dative singular)
frīġedagum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: Friday, ffryday, Freday, fridai, Fryda, fryday, Vriday, vridei; fridæi, Fridæig, friȝdæi (Early Middle English)
English: Friday
Tok Pisin: Fraide
→ Maori: Paraire
Scots: Friday
Yola: Vreedie, Vridei, vreedei

From Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris (“Friday”, literally “day of Venus”).


lybb

Middle English: libbe

Scots: lib

English: lib (dialectal)

From Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubją (“herb, poison, love potion”). Akin to Old High German luppi, Old Norse lyf.


sicol

sicol (nominative singular)
sicolas (nominative plural)
sicol (accusative singular)
sicolas (accusative plural)
sicoles (genitive singular)
sicola (genitive plural)
sicole (dative singular)
sicolum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: sikel, sekell, sikil, sykel

English: sickle

Scots: sikil, sicle, sickle


scearu

sċearu (canonical feminine)
sċearu (nominative singular)
sċeara (nominative plural)
sċeare (nominative plural)
sċeare (accusative singular)
sċeara (accusative plural)
sċeare (accusative plural)
sċeare (genitive singular)
sċeara (genitive plural)
sċeare (dative singular)
sċearum (dative plural)

Middle English: share

Scots: schare

English: share

From Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“division; share; troop”), whence also Old High German scara, Dutch schaar.

inh

(anatomy) the groin; pubic region; genitals; stomach; bowel


ator

ātor (canonical neuter)
ātru (nominative plural)
ātor (nominative singular)
ātru (nominative plural)
ātor (accusative singular)
ātru (accusative plural)
ātres (genitive singular)
ātra (genitive plural)
ātre (dative singular)
ātrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: atter, attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre; atterr (Ormulum)
English: atter
Scots: atter, etter

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...

Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...


wini

wini (nominative singular)
winas (nominative plural)
wini (accusative singular)
winas (accusative plural)
wines (genitive singular)
wina (genitive plural)
wini (dative singular)
winum (dative plural)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


wea

wēa (canonical masculine)
wēa (nominative singular)
wēan (nominative plural)
wēan (accusative singular)
wēan (accusative plural)
wēan (genitive singular)
wēana (genitive plural)
wēan (dative singular)
wēam (dative plural)
wēaum (dative plural)

Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe


Cain

(biblical) Cain, the brother of Abel and the first murderer


fordon

fordōn (canonical)
fordōn (infinitive)
fordōnne (infinitive)
fordō (first-person present singular)
fordyde (first-person past singular)
fordēst (present second-person singular)
fordydest (past second-person singular)
fordēþ (present singular third-person)
fordyde (past singular third-person)
fordōþ (plural present)
fordydon (past plural)
fordō (present singular)
fordyde (past singular)
fordōn (plural present)
fordyden (past plural)
fordō (imperative past present singular)
fordōþ (imperative past plural present)
fordōnde (imperative present)
fordōn (imperative past)

Middle English: fordon

English: fordo

From Proto-Germanic *fradōną (“to do away with”), equivalent to for- + dōn. Cognate with Old Saxon fardōn.


dreng

drenġ (canonical masculine)
drenġ (nominative singular)
drenġas (nominative plural)
drenġ (accusative singular)
drenġas (accusative plural)
drenġes (genitive singular)
drenġa (genitive plural)
drenġe (dative singular)
drenġum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: dreng, dranch, dring, dringch, ðring
→ Medieval Latin: drengus
→ English: dreng, drenge
>? Scots: dring

From Proto-West Germanic *drangī, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz.


hete

hete (nominative singular)
hetas (nominative plural)
hete (accusative singular)
hetas (accusative plural)
hetes (genitive singular)
heta (genitive plural)
hete (dative singular)
hetum (dative plural)

Middle English: hete, het; hate, ate, haate, hat, hatte (influenced by the verb)
English: hate
Scots: hate, hait, heit

From Proto-West Germanic *hati. Cognate with Old Saxon heti, Old High German haz, Old Norse hatr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis).


teter

English: tetter

From Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”).


þunresdæg

þunresdæġ (canonical masculine)
þunresdæġ (nominative singular)
þunresdagas (nominative plural)
þunresdæġ (accusative singular)
þunresdagas (accusative plural)
þunresdæġes (genitive singular)
þunresdaga (genitive plural)
þunresdæġe (dative singular)
þunresdagum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“Thursday”). Equivalent to Þunres (“Thunor's, Thor's”) + dæġ (“day”).

com

þursdæġ

possibly a contraction or alternatively derived from a North Germanic language


hæle

hæle (nominative singular)
hæleþ (nominative plural)
hæle (accusative singular)
hæleþ (accusative plural)
hæleþ (genitive singular)
hæleþa (genitive plural)
hæleþ (dative singular)
hæleþum (dative plural)
hæleþ (nominative singular)
hæleþas (nominative plural)
hæleþ (accusative singular)
hæleþas (accusative plural)
hæleþes (genitive singular)
hæleþa (genitive plural)
hæleþe (dative singular)
hæleþum (dative plural)

i

conflation with <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">athel</i> (“nobleman”)

Middle English: heleð, haleð, hæleð; hathel (conflation with athel (“nobleman”))

English: health

Middle Scots: hathill

From Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz. Compare cognates: Old Norse halr (“hero, person”), hǫldr (“free-born, prominent yeoman”), also German Held (“hero”).


banhus

bānhūs (canonical neuter)
bānhūs (nominative plural)

From bān (“bone”) + hūs (“house”). Compare sāwelhūs (“body”, literally “soul house”) and feorhhūs (“body”, literally “spirit house”).


brecþ

Þæt wæs wræc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa.

That was great suffering to the lord of the Shieldings, griefs of his heart. (Beowulf ll. 170-1)


lieg

līeġ (canonical masculine)
līeġ (nominative singular)
līeġas (nominative plural)
līeġ (accusative singular)
līeġas (accusative plural)
līeġes (genitive singular)
līeġa (genitive plural)
līeġe (dative singular)
līeġum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *laugi, from Proto-Germanic *laugiz. Cognate with Old High German loug, Old Norse leygr.


haligdom

hāliġdōm (canonical masculine)
hāliġdōm (nominative singular)
hāliġdōmas (nominative plural)
hāliġdōm (accusative singular)
hāliġdōmas (accusative plural)
hāliġdōmes (genitive singular)
hāliġdōma (genitive plural)
hāliġdōme (dative singular)
hāliġdōmum (dative plural)

English: halidom


canne

cannan (nominative plural)
canne (nominative singular)
cannan (nominative plural)
cannan (accusative singular)
cannan (accusative plural)
cannan (genitive singular)
cannena (genitive plural)
cannan (dative singular)
cannum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: canne, cane, kan, can
English: can
Scots: can
→ Scottish Gaelic: cana
Yola: cooan, koan, kon


cwalu

cwalu (nominative singular)
cwala (nominative plural)
cwale (nominative plural)
cwale (accusative singular)
cwala (accusative plural)
cwale (accusative plural)
cwale (genitive singular)
cwala (genitive plural)
cwale (dative singular)
cwalum (dative plural)

Middle English: qual

From Proto-West Germanic *kwalu, from Proto-Germanic *kwalō.


bæl

bǣl (canonical neuter)
bǣl (nominative plural)
bǣl (nominative singular)
bǣl (nominative plural)
bǣl (accusative singular)
bǣl (accusative plural)
bǣles (genitive singular)
bǣla (genitive plural)
bǣle (dative singular)
bǣlum (dative plural)

Middle English: bale (possibly from Old Norse)

English: bale

From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Old Norse bál (whence Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”), Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)). Further Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).


bælfyr

desctree

Middle English: bale-fyre, bale fyre, bale fire, bale-fire, balowe fyre, balowe fyer, bole fur
English: balefire
Scots: balefire

balefire, funeral fire, sacrificial fire


melda

melda (nominative singular)
meldan (nominative plural)
meldan (accusative singular)
meldan (accusative plural)
meldan (genitive singular)
meldena (genitive plural)
meldan (dative singular)
meldum (dative plural)


Æþelbeorht

→ English: Albert


yþlida

ȳþlida (canonical masculine)
ȳþlidan (nominative plural)


bolca

bolca (nominative singular)
bolcan (nominative plural)
bolcan (accusative singular)
bolcan (accusative plural)
bolcan (genitive singular)
bolcena (genitive plural)
bolcan (dative singular)
bolcum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *bolkō, from Proto-Germanic *bulkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, balk”). Cognate with Icelandic búlki. More at bulk.


byrne

byrnan (nominative plural)
byrne (nominative singular)
byrnan (nominative plural)
byrnan (accusative singular)
byrnan (accusative plural)
byrnan (genitive singular)
byrnena (genitive plural)
byrnan (dative singular)
byrnum (dative plural)

Middle English: burne

Earlier *brynne, from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ. Cognate with Old High German brunja (German Brünne), Old Norse brynja (Swedish brynja), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō). Compare Middle English brinie, Scots byrnie, from the Old Norse.


sciphere

sċiphere (canonical masculine)
sċiphere (nominative singular)
sċipherġas (nominative plural)
sċiphere (accusative singular)
sċipherġas (accusative plural)
sċipherġes (genitive singular)
sċipherġa (genitive plural)
sċipherġe (dative singular)
sċipherġum (dative plural)


clæg

clǣġ (canonical masculine)
clǣġ (nominative singular)
clǣġas (nominative plural)
clǣġ (accusative singular)
clǣġas (accusative plural)
clǣġes (genitive singular)
clǣġa (genitive plural)
clǣġe (dative singular)
clǣġum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: cley
English: clay, cley
Scots: cley
Yola: cley

From Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, from Proto-Germanic *kli- (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”).
Cognate with Middle Low German klei (Dutch klei, German Klei). Compare also Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūs (“glue”), Old Church Slavonic глина (glina, “clay”).


hræw

hrǣw (canonical neuter)
hrǣw (nominative singular)
hrǣw (nominative plural)
hrǣw (accusative singular)
hrǣw (accusative plural)
hrǣwes (genitive singular)
hrǣwa (genitive plural)
hrǣwe (dative singular)
hrǣwum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *hraiwą (“body”). Cognate with Old Saxon hrēo, Old High German hrēo, Old Norse hræ.


ancor

ancor (nominative singular)
ancras (nominative plural)
ancor (accusative singular)
ancras (accusative plural)
ancres (genitive singular)
ancra (genitive plural)
ancre (dative singular)
ancrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: anker, ancre, aunkir, ankor, ankur, ankir, ancher, ancour, hanker
English: anchor (see there for further descendants)
Scots: anchor, anker


liffrea

līffrēa (canonical masculine)
līffrēa (nominative singular)
līffrēan (nominative plural)
līffrēan (accusative singular)
līffrēan (accusative plural)
līffrēan (genitive singular)
līffrēana (genitive plural)
līffrēan (dative singular)
līffrēam (dative plural)
līffrēaum (dative plural)

/ˈliːfˌfræ͜ɑː/


Beowulf

Bēowulf (canonical masculine)
Bēowulf (nominative singular)
Bēowulf (accusative singular)
Bēowulfes (genitive singular)
Bēowulfe (dative singular)

Origin uncertain, perhaps from bēo (“bee”) + wulf (“wolf”), literally “bee-hunter”, used as a kenning for “bear” or “woodpecker”. Compare also the alternative form Beadowulf, from beadu (“battle”) + wulf, which may be the original. Probably cognate with Old Norse Bjólfr (from earlier *Bíolfr, *Béolfr).


fenix

fēnix (canonical masculine)
fēnix (nominative singular)
fēnixas (nominative plural)
fēnix (accusative singular)
fēnixas (accusative plural)
fēnixes (genitive singular)
fēnixa (genitive plural)
fēnixe (dative singular)
fēnixum (dative plural)

English: phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”).


culter

desctree

Middle English: culter, colter, coltre, coltur, coulter, cultir, cultour, cultre, cultur, culture, koltre, kulter
English: colter, coulter (obsolete culter)
Scots: couter, cooter

Borrowed from Latin culter, of unclear origin.


heaþuwæd

heaþuwǣd (canonical feminine)
heaþuwǣd (nominative singular)
heaþuwǣda (nominative plural)
heaþuwǣde (nominative plural)
heaþuwǣde (accusative singular)
heaþuwǣda (accusative plural)
heaþuwǣde (accusative plural)
heaþuwǣde (genitive singular)
heaþuwǣda (genitive plural)
heaþuwǣde (dative singular)
heaþuwǣdum (dative plural)

/ˈxæ͜ɑ.θuˌwæːd/

[ˈhæ͜ɑ.ðuˌwæːd]


creda

crēda (canonical masculine)
crēda (nominative singular)
crēdan (nominative plural)
crēdan (accusative singular)
crēdan (accusative plural)
crēdan (genitive singular)
crēdena (genitive plural)
crēdan (dative singular)
crēdum (dative plural)

Middle English: crede
English: creed
Scots: creed

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.


bolle

bolle (nominative singular)
bollan (nominative plural)
bollan (accusative singular)
bollan (accusative plural)
bollan (genitive singular)
bollena (genitive plural)
bollan (dative singular)
bollum (dative plural)

Middle English: bolle

Scots: boll, bol, bow

English: bowl

→ Middle French: bolle

French: bol

→ Greek: μπολ (bol)

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round object, shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Old Frisian bolla (“goblet”), Old Saxon bollo (“goblet”), Old High German bolla (“round vessel, bowl”), Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).


guþbeorn

gūþbeorn (canonical masculine)
gūþbeorn (nominative singular)
gūþbeornas (nominative plural)
gūþbeorn (accusative singular)
gūþbeornas (accusative plural)
gūþbeornes (genitive singular)
gūþbeorna (genitive plural)
gūþbeorne (dative singular)
gūþbeornum (dative plural)

From gūþ (“battle”) + beorn (“warrior”). Equivalent to Old Norse Gunnbjǫrn.


æscholt

æsċholt (canonical neuter)
æsċholt (nominative singular)
æsċholt (nominative plural)
æsċholt (accusative singular)
æsċholt (accusative plural)
æsċholtes (genitive singular)
æsċholta (genitive plural)
æsċholte (dative singular)
æsċholtum (dative plural)


heals

heals (nominative singular)
healsas (nominative plural)
heals (accusative singular)
healsas (accusative plural)
healses (genitive singular)
healsa (genitive plural)
healse (dative singular)
healsum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: hals
English: halse, hawse
Scots: hause

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (“neck”), earlier collus.


blodwite

blōdwīte (canonical neuter)
blōdwītu (nominative plural)

English: bloodwite


eaxl

eaxl (nominative singular)
eaxla (nominative plural)
eaxle (nominative plural)
eaxle (accusative singular)
eaxla (accusative plural)
eaxle (accusative plural)
eaxle (genitive singular)
eaxla (genitive plural)
eaxle (dative singular)
eaxlum (dative plural)

Middle English: axel, axle, eaxle, æxle, exle
English: axle (obsolete)
Scots: aixle, exle

From Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō.


heden

heden (nominative singular)
hednas (nominative plural)
heden (accusative singular)
hednas (accusative plural)
hednes (genitive singular)
hedna (genitive plural)
hedne (dative singular)
hednum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *hadinaz, *hidanaz (compare *hōdaz (“hood”)), cognate with Old Norse héðinn.


heaþurinc

heaþurinc (nominative singular)
heaþurincas (nominative plural)
heaþurinc (accusative singular)
heaþurincas (accusative plural)
heaþurinces (genitive singular)
heaþurinca (genitive plural)
heaþurince (dative singular)
heaþurincum (dative plural)


sæliþend

sǣlīþend (canonical masculine)
sǣlīþend (nominative singular)
sǣlīþend (nominative plural)
sǣlīþende (nominative plural)
sǣlīþendas (nominative plural)
sǣlīþend (accusative singular)
sǣlīþend (accusative plural)
sǣlīþende (accusative plural)
sǣlīþendas (accusative plural)
sǣlīþendes (genitive singular)
sǣlīþendra (genitive plural)
sǣlīþende (dative singular)
sǣlīþendum (dative plural)


heaþu

heaþu (nominative singular)
heaþa (nominative plural)
heaþu (accusative singular)
heaþa (accusative plural)
heaþa (genitive singular)
heaþa (genitive plural)
heaþa (dative singular)
heaþum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *haþu, from Proto-Germanic *haþuz.

(poetic) war, battle (attested only in compounds)


hildebord

hildebord (nominative singular)
hildebord (nominative plural)
hildebord (accusative singular)
hildebord (accusative plural)
hildebordes (genitive singular)
hildeborda (genitive plural)
hildeborde (dative singular)
hildebordum (dative plural)


heregrima

heregrīma (canonical masculine)
heregrīma (nominative singular)
heregrīman (nominative plural)
heregrīman (accusative singular)
heregrīman (accusative plural)
heregrīman (genitive singular)
heregrīmena (genitive plural)
heregrīman (dative singular)
heregrīmum (dative plural)


Paulus

Paulus (nominative singular)
Paulus (accusative singular)
Paules (genitive singular)
Paule (dative singular)

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).


stott

stott (nominative singular)
stottas (nominative plural)
stott (accusative singular)
stottas (accusative plural)
stottes (genitive singular)
stotta (genitive plural)
stotte (dative singular)
stottum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: stott (“horse; bullock, steer”), stot, stote

English: stot

Scots: stot, stoit

→ Medieval Latin: stottus m, stotta f (“heifer”) (Anglo-Latin)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt (“castrated animal, gelding”), from Proto-Germanic *stuttijan (“to mutilate, cut off, castrate”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *steutaz, *stūtaz (“something clipped or docked, stump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to bump, push, hit”). Compare Old Norse stútr (“a young ox, bull”) (whence Danish stud (“bullock, steer”)).


Ing

Ing (nominative singular)
Ing (accusative singular)
Inga (genitive singular)
Inga (dative singular)

8th or 9th century, Unknown, Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem

Ing was first among the Eastern Danes seen by men, until he soon afterwards departed over the ways, a wain followed after. Thus bold men named this hero.

Ing wæs ǣrest mid Ēastdenum ġesewen seċġum, oþ hē sīþþan ēast ofer wæġ ġewāt, wæn after rann; þus Heardingas þone hæle nemdon.


drepe

drepe (nominative singular)
drepas (nominative plural)
drepe (accusative singular)
drepas (accusative plural)
drepes (genitive singular)
drepa (genitive plural)
drepe (dative singular)
drepum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“strike, blow, deathblow”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, slay, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to crush, grind, kill”).
Akin to Old Norse drep (“blow, deathblow”), Old Norse dráp (“deathblow”), Middle High German tref (“a strike, hit”), Old English drepan (“to kill”).


stoppa

stoppa (nominative singular)
stoppan (nominative plural)
stoppan (accusative singular)
stoppan (accusative plural)
stoppan (genitive singular)
stoppena (genitive plural)
stoppan (dative singular)
stoppum (dative plural)

Middle English: stoppe

From Proto-West Germanic *stoppō. Cognate with Old Saxon stoppo. Equivalent to *stoppian + -a, literally “stopper”.


Petrus

Petrus (nominative singular)
Petrus (accusative singular)
Petres (genitive singular)
Petre (dative singular)

desctree

Middle English: Peter, petir, Petir, petur, petre, peiter
English: Peter
Scots: Peter
Yola: Beedher, Peedher, Peether

From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).


biscop

bisċop (canonical masculine)
bisċop (nominative singular)
bisċopas (nominative plural)
bisċop (accusative singular)
bisċopas (accusative plural)
bisċopes (genitive singular)
bisċopa (genitive plural)
bisċope (dative singular)
bisċopum (dative plural)

Middle English: bischop, bisschop, bisshop, byschop, bishup, busshop, bushop, busschop, bysshop, bissop, biscop, bisscopp
English: bishop (see there for further descendants)
Scots: bishop

→ Old Norse: biskup
Icelandic: biskup
Faroese: biskupur
Norwegian Bokmål: biskop, Norwegian Bokmål: bisp
Norwegian Nynorsk: biskop, Norwegian Nynorsk: bisp
Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
Swedish: biskop
→ Finnish: piispa
Danish: biskop

from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).


brego

brego (nominative singular)
brega (nominative plural)
brego (accusative singular)
brega (accusative plural)
brega (genitive singular)
brega (genitive plural)
brega (dative singular)
bregum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *breguz, u-stem variant of *bragz (“the first, premier, chief”). The expected outcome for *bragz would be non-existent *bræg. Cognate with Old Norse bragr (“the best, foremost, primary; chief, leader, prince”).


beorsele

bēorsele (canonical masculine)
bēorsele (nominative singular)
bēorselas (nominative plural)
bēorsele (accusative singular)
bēorselas (accusative plural)
bēorseles (genitive singular)
bēorsela (genitive plural)
bēorsele (dative singular)
bēorselum (dative plural)

Gebeotedon beore druncne oret-mecgas, ðæt hie in beor-sele bidan woldon Grendles guðe.

The sons of conflict, drunk on beer, promised that they would wait in the beerhall for Grendel’s attack.
(Beowulf)


brimliþend

brimlīþend (canonical masculine)
brimlīþend (nominative singular)
brimlīþend (nominative plural)
brimlīþende (nominative plural)
brimlīþendas (nominative plural)
brimlīþend (accusative singular)
brimlīþend (accusative plural)
brimlīþende (accusative plural)
brimlīþendas (accusative plural)
brimlīþendes (genitive singular)
brimlīþendra (genitive plural)
brimlīþende (dative singular)
brimlīþendum (dative plural)

From brim + present participle of līþan.


tord

tord (nominative singular)
tord (nominative plural)
tord (accusative singular)
tord (accusative plural)
tordes (genitive singular)
torda (genitive plural)
torde (dative singular)
tordum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: tord, toord, torde
English: turd
Scots: tuird


Romane

Rōmāne (canonical masculine plural)
Rōmāne (nominative plural)
Rōmāne (accusative plural)
Rōmāna (genitive plural)
Rōmānum (dative plural)

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:48


purs

purs (nominative singular)
pursas (nominative plural)
purs (accusative singular)
pursas (accusative plural)
purses (genitive singular)
pursa (genitive plural)
purse (dative singular)
pursum (dative plural)

Middle English: purs, purse

English: purse

Scots: purs, purse

Conflation of Old English burse "bag, pouch" (from Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βῡρσα (būrsa) "hide, leather") and Old English pusa "wallet, bag, scrip" from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”). More at burse, pusa


broga

brōga (canonical masculine)
brōga (nominative singular)
brōgan (nominative plural)
brōgan (accusative singular)
brōgan (accusative plural)
brōgan (genitive singular)
brōgena (genitive plural)
brōgan (dative singular)
brōgum (dative plural)

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Celtic. Compare Old High German bruogo.

hine sē brōga angeat

ðǣr is brōgna hýhst


hengen

hengen (canonical)
henġen (canonical feminine)
hengen (nominative singular)
hengenna (nominative plural)
hengenne (nominative plural)
hengenne (accusative singular)
hengenna (accusative plural)
hengenne (accusative plural)
hengenne (genitive singular)
hengenna (genitive plural)
hengenne (dative singular)
hengennum (dative plural)
henġen (nominative singular)
henġenna (nominative plural)
henġenne (nominative plural)
henġenne (accusative singular)
henġenna (accusative plural)
henġenne (accusative plural)
henġenne (genitive singular)
henġenna (genitive plural)
henġenne (dative singular)
henġennum (dative plural)

Middle English: hengen (hapax)

>? Middle English: henge

English: hinge

Scots: heinȝe, heenge

From Proto-West Germanic *hangini (stem *hangunnj-). Cognate with Old Saxon henginnia, hengenna.


Eadwulf

[ˈæ͜ɑːdˌwuɫf]

From Proto-Germanic *Audawulfaz, equivalent to ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and wulf (“wolf”).


Eadgar

English: Edgar

/ˈæ͜ɑːdˌɡɑːr/

From ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) + gār (“spear”).


Ægen

Shortened form of names including Ǣġenbeald and Ǣġenwulf.


Ægenbeald

Analyzable as agan (“to possess, own”) + beald (“bold, brave”). Latinized as Einboldus.


Ægenwulf

Ǣġenwulf (canonical masculine)
Ægenwulf (nominative singular)
Ægenwulf (accusative singular)
Ægenwulfes (genitive singular)
Ægenwulfe (dative singular)

Analyzable as agan (“to possess, own”) + wulf, similar to Ægenbeald.


Eadburh

[ˈæ͜ɑːdˌburˠx]

From ēad (“happiness, prosperity”) and burh (“city, fortress”).


Eanred

/ˈæ͜ɑːnˌred/


Anlaf

From Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz. Cognate to Old Norse Óláfr.


hamm

hamm (nominative singular)
hamma (nominative plural)
hamme (nominative plural)
hamme (accusative singular)
hamma (accusative plural)
hamme (accusative plural)
hamme (genitive singular)
hamma (genitive plural)
hamme (dative singular)
hammum (dative plural)

Middle English: hamme

English: ham

Scots: hamb, ham

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.


hamm

hamm (nominative singular)
hammas (nominative plural)
hamm (accusative singular)
hammas (accusative plural)
hammes (genitive singular)
hamma (genitive plural)
hamme (dative singular)
hammum (dative plural)

Middle English: hamme

English: -ham (partially)

Either from Proto-Germanic *hammaz, possibly related to *haimaz (“village, estate”); or Proto-Germanic *hamjaz, deverbal of *hamjaną (“pinch, hem in, enclose”), whence Old English *hemman (Modern English hem).
Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low Low German Hamm).

enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river)


Æðelred

a male given name meaning “well-advised”, variant of Æþelred or Æþelrǣd, equivalent to English Ethelred, Aethelred, or Æthelred


Æðelhere

a male given name, Alternative spelling of Æþelhere


Æþelred

From Proto-Germanic *Aþalarēdaz, from *aþalaz (“noble”) + *rēdaz (“counsel”), equivalent to æþele + rǣd. Cognate with Old Norse Aðalráðr.

a male given name meaning “well-advised”, equivalent to English Ethelred, Aethelred, or Æthelred; variant forms Æðelred, Æþelrǣd


Cynferð

a male given name, alternative spelling of Cynferþ


tungol

tunglu (nominative plural)
tungol (nominative singular)
tunglu (nominative plural)
tungol (accusative singular)
tunglu (accusative plural)
tungles (genitive singular)
tungla (genitive plural)
tungle (dative singular)
tunglum (dative plural)

Middle English: tungol

From Proto-Germanic *tunglą (“heavenly body, star, orb”).


drihtlice

head

drihtlīċe m (nominative plural drihtliċan)

drihtlīċe (canonical masculine)
drihtliċan (nominative plural)


dryhten

dryhten (nominative singular)
dryhtnas (nominative plural)
dryhten (accusative singular)
dryhtnas (accusative plural)
dryhtnes (genitive singular)
dryhtna (genitive plural)
dryhtne (dative singular)
dryhtnum (dative plural)

Middle English: drihten, drihte

Scots: drichtin, drichtine

English: drightin, drighten, dright

From Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Cognate with Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, Old High German truhtin, Old Norse dróttinn.


scilling

sċilling (canonical masculine)
sċilling (nominative singular)
sċillingas (nominative plural)
sċilling (accusative singular)
sċillingas (accusative plural)
sċillinges (genitive singular)
sċillinga (genitive plural)
sċillinge (dative singular)
sċillingum (dative plural)


heaþulac

heaþulāc (canonical neuter)
heaþulāc (nominative singular)
heaþulāc (nominative plural)
heaþulāc (accusative singular)
heaþulāc (accusative plural)
heaþulāces (genitive singular)
heaþulāca (genitive plural)
heaþulāce (dative singular)
heaþulācum (dative plural)

/ˈxæ͜ɑ.θuˌlɑːk/

[ˈhæ͜ɑ.ðuˌlɑːk]


sæbat

sǣbāt (canonical masculine)
sǣbāt (nominative singular)
sǣbātas (nominative plural)
sǣbāt (accusative singular)
sǣbātas (accusative plural)
sǣbātes (genitive singular)
sǣbāta (genitive plural)
sǣbāte (dative singular)
sǣbātum (dative plural)

English: seaboat


endedæg

endedæġ (canonical masculine)
endedæġ (nominative singular)
endedagas (nominative plural)
endedæġ (accusative singular)
endedagas (accusative plural)
endedæġes (genitive singular)
endedaga (genitive plural)
endedæġe (dative singular)
endedagum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: ende-day, ende-dai, ende day, enddai, endeday; endedaȝȝ, endedæȝ, ende dei, ande-daiȝe (Early Middle English)
English: end-day (obsolete)
Scots: end-day (obsolete)


apostol

apostol (nominative singular)
apostolas (nominative plural)
apostol (accusative singular)
apostolas (accusative plural)
apostoles (genitive singular)
apostola (genitive plural)
apostole (dative singular)
apostolum (dative plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I set”).


apostata

head

apostata m (nominative plural apostatan)

apostatan (nominative plural)
apostata (nominative singular)
apostatan (nominative plural)
apostatan (accusative singular)
apostatan (accusative plural)
apostatan (genitive singular)
apostatena (genitive plural)
apostatan (dative singular)
apostatum (dative plural)

From Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).


hafela

hafelan (nominative plural)
hafela (nominative singular)
hafelan (nominative plural)
hafelan (accusative singular)
hafelan (accusative plural)
hafelan (genitive singular)
hafelena (genitive plural)
hafelan (dative singular)
hafelum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *habulō. Compare Old Frisian heila and holla (“head”).