geomor

ġeōmor (canonical)
ġeōmor (masculine nominative singular)
ġeōmoru (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmru (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmoro (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmro (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmor (neuter nominative singular)
ġeōmorne (accusative masculine singular)
ġeōmore (accusative feminine singular)
ġeōmre (accusative feminine singular)
ġeōmor (accusative neuter singular)
ġeōmores (genitive masculine singular)
ġeōmres (genitive masculine singular)
ġeōmorre (feminine genitive singular)
ġeōmores (genitive neuter singular)
ġeōmres (genitive neuter singular)
ġeōmorum (dative masculine singular)
ġeōmrum (dative masculine singular)
ġeōmorre (dative feminine singular)
ġeōmorum (dative neuter singular)
ġeōmrum (dative neuter singular)
ġeōmore (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeōmre (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeōmorre (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeōmore (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeōmre (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeōmore (masculine nominative plural)
ġeōmre (masculine nominative plural)
ġeōmora (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmra (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmore (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmre (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmoru (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmru (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmoro (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmro (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmore (accusative masculine plural)
ġeōmre (accusative masculine plural)
ġeōmora (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmra (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmore (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmre (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmoru (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmru (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmoro (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmro (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmorra (genitive masculine plural)
ġeōmorra (feminine genitive plural)
ġeōmorra (genitive neuter plural)
ġeōmorum (dative masculine plural)
ġeōmrum (dative masculine plural)
ġeōmorum (dative feminine plural)
ġeōmrum (dative feminine plural)
ġeōmorum (dative neuter plural)
ġeōmrum (dative neuter plural)
ġeōmorum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeōmrum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeōmorum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeōmrum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeōmorum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġeōmrum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġeōmora (masculine nominative singular)
ġeōmra (masculine nominative singular)
ġeōmore (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmre (feminine nominative singular)
ġeōmore (neuter nominative singular)
ġeōmre (neuter nominative singular)
ġeōmoran (accusative masculine singular)
ġeōmran (accusative masculine singular)
ġeōmoran (accusative feminine singular)
ġeōmran (accusative feminine singular)
ġeōmore (accusative neuter singular)
ġeōmre (accusative neuter singular)
ġeōmoran (genitive masculine singular)
ġeōmran (genitive masculine singular)
ġeōmoran (feminine genitive singular)
ġeōmran (feminine genitive singular)
ġeōmoran (genitive neuter singular)
ġeōmran (genitive neuter singular)
ġeōmoran (dative masculine singular)
ġeōmran (dative masculine singular)
ġeōmoran (dative feminine singular)
ġeōmran (dative feminine singular)
ġeōmoran (dative neuter singular)
ġeōmran (dative neuter singular)
ġeōmoran (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeōmran (instrumental masculine singular)
ġeōmoran (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeōmran (feminine instrumental singular)
ġeōmoran (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeōmran (instrumental neuter singular)
ġeōmoran (masculine nominative plural)
ġeōmran (masculine nominative plural)
ġeōmoran (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmran (feminine nominative plural)
ġeōmoran (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmran (neuter nominative plural)
ġeōmoran (accusative masculine plural)
ġeōmran (accusative masculine plural)
ġeōmoran (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmran (accusative feminine plural)
ġeōmoran (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmran (accusative neuter plural)
ġeōmorra (genitive masculine plural)
ġeōmorena (genitive masculine plural)
ġeōmrena (genitive masculine plural)
ġeōmorra (feminine genitive plural)
ġeōmorena (feminine genitive plural)
ġeōmrena (feminine genitive plural)
ġeōmorra (genitive neuter plural)
ġeōmorena (genitive neuter plural)
ġeōmrena (genitive neuter plural)
ġeōmorum (dative masculine plural)
ġeōmrum (dative masculine plural)
ġeōmorum (dative feminine plural)
ġeōmrum (dative feminine plural)
ġeōmorum (dative neuter plural)
ġeōmrum (dative neuter plural)
ġeōmorum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeōmrum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġeōmorum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeōmrum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġeōmorum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġeōmrum (instrumental neuter plural)

Middle English: ȝeomere, yomer

English: yamer, yaumer, yammer

Scots: ȝamerly, ȝammerly

From Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Cognate with Old Saxon jāmar, Old High German jāmar (German substantive Jammer (“misery”)). More at yammer.

der

He ðær ana sæt, geoðum geomor.


winnan

winnan (infinitive)
winnenne (infinitive)
winne (first-person present singular)
wann (first-person past singular)
winst (present second-person singular)
wunne (past second-person singular)
winþ (present singular third-person)
wann (past singular third-person)
winnaþ (plural present)
wunnon (past plural)
winne (present singular)
wunne (past singular)
winnen (plural present)
wunnen (past plural)
winn (imperative past present singular)
winnaþ (imperative past plural present)
winnende (imperative present)
wunnen (imperative past)
ġewunnen (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: winnen
English: win
Scots: win

From Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną.

A ic wite wonn minra wræcsiþa.

I always suffered the torment of my exile-journeys. (‘The Wife's Lament’)

Eart þu se Beowulf se þe wið Brecan wunne?

Are you the Beowulf that contested with Breca? (Beowulf l. 506)


dreogan

drēogan (canonical)
drēogan (infinitive)
drēogenne (infinitive)
drēoge (first-person present singular)
drēag (first-person past singular)
drēah (first-person past singular)
drīeġst (present second-person singular)
druge (past second-person singular)
drīeġþ (present singular third-person)
drēag (past singular third-person)
drēah (past singular third-person)
drēogaþ (plural present)
drugon (past plural)
drēoge (present singular)
druge (past singular)
drēogen (plural present)
drugen (past plural)
drēog (imperative past present singular)
drēoh (imperative past present singular)
drēogaþ (imperative past plural present)
drēogende (imperative present)
drogen (imperative past)
ġedrogen (imperative past)

English: dree, drudge

Scots: dree

From Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “do military service”), Old Saxon driogan and Old Norse drýgja (“perform, practise”).

cog

Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wīsan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.

c. 1021, Wulfstan, Winchester Code of Cnut, article 5.1:

Worshiping idols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in any way, either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.

to do, take, perform (a service, duty etc.)


secan

sēċan (canonical)
sēċan (infinitive)
sēċenne (infinitive)
sēċe (first-person present singular)
sōhte (first-person past singular)
sēċest (present second-person singular)
sēcst (present second-person singular)
sōhtest (past second-person singular)
sēċeþ (present singular third-person)
sēcþ (present singular third-person)
sōhte (past singular third-person)
sēċaþ (plural present)
sōhton (past plural)
sēċe (present singular)
sōhte (past singular)
sēċen (plural present)
sōhten (past plural)
sēċ (imperative past present singular)
sēċaþ (imperative past plural present)
sēċende (imperative present)
sōht (imperative past)
ġesōht (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: seken
English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
Scots: seek
Yola: zeek

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“track down, seek out”).
Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhen (German suchen), Old Norse sǿkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō (“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj (“to see, observe, look for”), Old Irish saigid (“seek”).

cog

Hwæt sēcst þū?

Iċ sōhte rǣd æt mīnum fæder.

sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,
hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte
þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse

sought hall-sad a giver of treasure,
where I far or near could find
who in a mead-hall would know my men

to attack (especially by an organized group or a military force)


hyge

hyġe (canonical masculine)
hyġas (nominative plural)
hyġe (nominative singular)
hyġas (nominative plural)
hyġe (accusative singular)
hyġas (accusative plural)
hyġes (genitive singular)
hyġa (genitive plural)
hyġe (dative singular)
hyġum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: hige, huȝe, huiȝe, hiȝe, huie, hiȝ, hie

From Proto-West Germanic *hugi, cognate with Old Saxon hugi, Old High German hugu, hugi, Old Norse hugr, Modern Norwegian hug, Modern Swedish håg, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).

Forþon is mīn hyġe ġeomor.

Therefore my thought is sad. (‘The Wife's Lament’)

ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe.

He has no desire/mind for the harp. (‘The Seafarer’)

(poetic) thought, mind, mood, desire, inclination


miþan

mīþan (canonical)
mīþan (infinitive)
mīþenne (infinitive)
mīþe (first-person present singular)
māþ (first-person past singular)
mīst (present second-person singular)
miþe (past second-person singular)
mīþþ (present singular third-person)
mīþ (present singular third-person)
māþ (past singular third-person)
mīþaþ (plural present)
miþon (past plural)
mīþe (present singular)
miþe (past singular)
mīþen (plural present)
miþen (past plural)
mīþ (imperative past present singular)
mīþaþ (imperative past plural present)
mīþende (imperative present)
miþen (imperative past)
ġemiþen (imperative past)

Middle English: mithen

From Proto-West Germanic *mīþan.
Cognate with Old Saxon mīthan (Middle Low German mîden), Dutch mijden, Old High German mīdan (German meiden).

Cyriacus hygerune ne mað to Gode cleopode.

Cyriacus did not hide his mind's secret, but cried out to God.

Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…

I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…


frymþu

head

frymþu f (nominative plural frymþa or frymþe)

frymþa (nominative plural)
frymþe (nominative plural)


frymþ

frymþ f (nominative plural frymþa or frymþe)

From Proto-Germanic *frumiþō. Equivalent to fruma + -þ


tind

Middle English: tind, tynd

English: tine, tind

From Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Old High German zint, Old Norse tindr, and related to Old High German zinna (German Zinne (“pinnacle”)).

a point or prong on a weapon or implement; a tine


gefea

ġefēa (canonical masculine)
ġefēa (nominative singular)
ġefēan (nominative plural)
ġefēan (accusative singular)
ġefēan (accusative plural)
ġefēan (genitive singular)
ġefēana (genitive plural)
ġefēan (dative singular)
ġefēam (dative plural)
ġefēaum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gafehō. Cognate with Old High German gifeho. Equivalent to ġe- + fēa.


denu

denu (nominative singular)
dena (nominative plural)
dene (nominative plural)
dene (accusative singular)
dena (accusative plural)
dene (accusative plural)
dene (genitive singular)
dena (genitive plural)
dene (dative singular)
denum (dative plural)


gor

gor (nominative singular)
goru (nominative plural)
gor (accusative singular)
goru (accusative plural)
gores (genitive singular)
gora (genitive plural)
gore (dative singular)
gorum (dative plural)

Middle English: gore, gorre, gor

English: gore

Scots: goor, gure

From Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-. Cognate with Old High German gor, Middle (and modern) Dutch goor, Old Norse gor, and outside the Germanic languages with Welsh gôr (“pus”).


gemetan

ġemētan (canonical)
ġemētan (infinitive)
ġemētenne (infinitive)
ġemēte (first-person present singular)
ġemētte (first-person past singular)
ġemētest (present second-person singular)
ġemētst (present second-person singular)
ġemēttest (past second-person singular)
ġemēteþ (present singular third-person)
ġemētt (present singular third-person)
ġemēt (present singular third-person)
ġemētte (past singular third-person)
ġemētaþ (plural present)
ġemētton (past plural)
ġemēte (present singular)
ġemētte (past singular)
ġemēten (plural present)
ġemētten (past plural)
ġemēt (imperative past present singular)
ġemētaþ (imperative past plural present)
ġemētende (imperative present)
ġemēted (imperative past)

From Proto-Germanic *gamōtijaną (compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamōtjan)), equivalent to ġe- + mētan.

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
Farað ardlice, and befrīnað be ðam cilde, and þonne ġē hit ġemētað, cyðað me, þæt ic máge me to him gebiddan.

Go instantly, and inquire concerning the child, and when ye find it, let me know, that I may worship him.


gemetan

ġemetan (canonical)
ġemetan (infinitive)
ġemetenne (infinitive)
ġemete (first-person present singular)
ġemæt (first-person past singular)
ġemitst (present second-person singular)
ġemǣte (past second-person singular)
ġemitt (present singular third-person)
ġemit (present singular third-person)
ġemæt (past singular third-person)
ġemetaþ (plural present)
ġemǣton (past plural)
ġemete (present singular)
ġemǣte (past singular)
ġemeten (plural present)
ġemǣten (past plural)
ġemet (imperative past present singular)
ġemetaþ (imperative past plural present)
ġemetende (imperative present)
ġemeten (imperative past)

From ġe- + metan. Cognate with Old High German gimezzan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gamitan).

to mete, measure, determine the size or quantity


fundian

fundian (infinitive)
fundienne (infinitive)
fundiġe (first-person present singular)
fundode (first-person past singular)
fundast (present second-person singular)
fundodest (past second-person singular)
fundaþ (present singular third-person)
fundode (past singular third-person)
fundiaþ (plural present)
fundodon (past plural)
fundiġe (present singular)
fundode (past singular)
fundiġen (plural present)
fundoden (past plural)
funda (imperative past present singular)
fundiaþ (imperative past plural present)
fundiende (imperative present)
fundod (imperative past)
ġefundod (imperative past)

Middle English: fundien, founden

to set out, depart, direct one's course to

to endeavour to, strive to attain, attempt, try


abeodan

ābēodan (canonical)
ābēodan (infinitive)
ābēodenne (infinitive)
ābēode (first-person present singular)
ābēad (first-person past singular)
ābīetst (present second-person singular)
ābude (past second-person singular)
ābīett (present singular third-person)
ābīet (present singular third-person)
ābēad (past singular third-person)
ābēodaþ (plural present)
ābudon (past plural)
ābēode (present singular)
ābude (past singular)
ābēoden (plural present)
ābuden (past plural)
ābēod (imperative past present singular)
ābēodaþ (imperative past plural present)
ābēodende (imperative present)
āboden (imperative past)

Middle English: abede

sundornytte beheold ymb aldor Dena, eotonweard abead.

He maintained a special service for the Danish leader, on guard for the monster. (Beowulf, ll. 667-8)


of-

desctree

Middle English: of-, offe-, ove-, hove-, ho-, o-, af-, ave-
English: off-
Scots: aff-, af-

From Proto-Germanic *aba- (“away, away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“off, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon af-, Old Norse af-, Gothic 𐌰𐍆- (af-), Old High German ab; and with Latin ab-, Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-).

inh

ofgān

ofmunan

ofġiefan

ofdæle

ofēhtan

ofdrincan

ofclipian


ofgiefan

ofġiefan (canonical)
ofġiefan (infinitive)
ofġiefenne (infinitive)
ofġiefe (first-person present singular)
ofġeaf (first-person past singular)
ofġiefst (present second-person singular)
ofġēafe (past second-person singular)
ofġiefþ (present singular third-person)
ofġeaf (past singular third-person)
ofġiefaþ (plural present)
ofġēafon (past plural)
ofġiefe (present singular)
ofġēafe (past singular)
ofġiefen (plural present)
ofġēafen (past plural)
ofġief (imperative past present singular)
ofġiefaþ (imperative past plural present)
ofġiefende (imperative present)
ofġefen (imperative past)

From Proto-Germanic *abagebaną, equivalent to of- + ġiefan. Cognate with Old Saxon afgevan, Old High German abageban.

þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon,

when I think of all fighters lives,
how they suddenly left halls,


tynan

tȳnan (canonical)
tȳnan (infinitive)
tȳnenne (infinitive)
tȳne (first-person present singular)
tȳnde (first-person past singular)
tȳnest (present second-person singular)
tȳnst (present second-person singular)
tȳndest (past second-person singular)
tȳneþ (present singular third-person)
tȳnþ (present singular third-person)
tȳnde (past singular third-person)
tȳnaþ (plural present)
tȳndon (past plural)
tȳne (present singular)
tȳnde (past singular)
tȳnen (plural present)
tȳnden (past plural)
tȳn (imperative past present singular)
tȳnaþ (imperative past plural present)
tȳnende (imperative present)
tȳned (imperative past)
ġetȳned (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: tynen, tine, tuynen, tunen
English: tine, teen
Yola: tine, theene

From Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan. By surface analysis, tūn + -an. Compare Old Frisian tēna, Old High German zūnen.


wucu

wucu (nominative singular)
wuca (nominative plural)
wuce (nominative plural)
wuce (accusative singular)
wuca (accusative plural)
wuce (accusative plural)
wuce (genitive singular)
wuca (genitive plural)
wuce (dative singular)
wucum (dative plural)


oga

ōga (canonical masculine)
ōga (nominative singular)
ōgan (nominative plural)
ōgan (accusative singular)
ōgan (accusative plural)
ōgan (genitive singular)
ōgena (genitive plural)
ōgan (dative singular)
ōgum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *ōgan, from Proto-Germanic *ōganą (“to be afraid”).


wice

wiċe (canonical feminine)
wiċe (nominative singular)
wican (nominative plural)
wican (accusative singular)
wican (accusative plural)
wican (genitive singular)
wicena (genitive plural)
wican (dative singular)
wicum (dative plural)

Middle English: weke
English: week
Scots: wouk
Yola: wick, wik

From Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. Cognate with Old Frisian wike, Old Saxon wika, Old High German wehha, Old Norse vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō).

for ānre wican

simle ymb þrēo wican

wican æfter wican


sien

sīen (canonical feminine)
sīen (nominative singular)
sīene (nominative plural)
sīena (nominative plural)
sīen (accusative singular)
sīene (accusative singular)
sīene (accusative plural)
sīena (accusative plural)
sīene (genitive singular)
sīena (genitive plural)
sīene (dative singular)
sīenum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”).
Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“perception, vision, sight,”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).


weþe

wēþe (canonical)
wēþe (masculine nominative singular)
wēþu (feminine nominative singular)
wēþo (feminine nominative singular)
wēþe (neuter nominative singular)
wēþne (accusative masculine singular)
wēþe (accusative feminine singular)
wēþe (accusative neuter singular)
wēþes (genitive masculine singular)
wēþre (feminine genitive singular)
wēþes (genitive neuter singular)
wēþum (dative masculine singular)
wēþre (dative feminine singular)
wēþum (dative neuter singular)
wēþe (instrumental masculine singular)
wēþre (feminine instrumental singular)
wēþe (instrumental neuter singular)
wēþe (masculine nominative plural)
wēþa (feminine nominative plural)
wēþe (feminine nominative plural)
wēþu (neuter nominative plural)
wēþo (neuter nominative plural)
wēþe (accusative masculine plural)
wēþa (accusative feminine plural)
wēþe (accusative feminine plural)
wēþu (accusative neuter plural)
wēþo (accusative neuter plural)
wēþra (genitive masculine plural)
wēþra (feminine genitive plural)
wēþra (genitive neuter plural)
wēþum (dative masculine plural)
wēþum (dative feminine plural)
wēþum (dative neuter plural)
wēþum (instrumental masculine plural)
wēþum (feminine instrumental plural)
wēþum (instrumental neuter plural)
wēþa (masculine nominative singular)
wēþe (feminine nominative singular)
wēþe (neuter nominative singular)
wēþan (accusative masculine singular)
wēþan (accusative feminine singular)
wēþe (accusative neuter singular)
wēþan (genitive masculine singular)
wēþan (feminine genitive singular)
wēþan (genitive neuter singular)
wēþan (dative masculine singular)
wēþan (dative feminine singular)
wēþan (dative neuter singular)
wēþan (instrumental masculine singular)
wēþan (feminine instrumental singular)
wēþan (instrumental neuter singular)
wēþan (masculine nominative plural)
wēþan (feminine nominative plural)
wēþan (neuter nominative plural)
wēþan (accusative masculine plural)
wēþan (accusative feminine plural)
wēþan (accusative neuter plural)
wēþra (genitive masculine plural)
wēþena (genitive masculine plural)
wēþra (feminine genitive plural)
wēþena (feminine genitive plural)
wēþra (genitive neuter plural)
wēþena (genitive neuter plural)
wēþum (dative masculine plural)
wēþum (dative feminine plural)
wēþum (dative neuter plural)
wēþum (instrumental masculine plural)
wēþum (feminine instrumental plural)
wēþum (instrumental neuter plural)


wyrgan

wyrġan (canonical)
wyrġan (infinitive)
wyrġenne (infinitive)
wyrġe (first-person present singular)
wyrġde (first-person past singular)
wyrġest (present second-person singular)
wyrġst (present second-person singular)
wyrġdest (past second-person singular)
wyrġeþ (present singular third-person)
wyrġþ (present singular third-person)
wyrġde (past singular third-person)
wyrġaþ (plural present)
wyrġdon (past plural)
wyrġe (present singular)
wyrġde (past singular)
wyrġen (plural present)
wyrġden (past plural)
wyrġ (imperative past present singular)
wyrġaþ (imperative past plural present)
wyrġende (imperative present)
wyrġed (imperative past)
ġewyrġed (imperative past)

desc

Middle English: werien, worien, wirwen, worowen

English: worry

From Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from *wargaz (“outlaw”) (Old English wearg), or from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Old Frisian wergia, Dutch wurgen, Old High German wurgen (German würgen).


wyrgan

Alternative form of wierġan (“to curse”)


lif

līf (canonical neuter)
līf (nominative singular)
līf (nominative plural)
līf (accusative singular)
līf (accusative plural)
līfes (genitive singular)
līfa (genitive plural)
līfe (dative singular)
līfum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live
English: life
Scots: life, leif
Yola: lief, life


to-

From Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Cognate with Old Frisian ti-, te-, Old Saxon te-, Old High German zi-, zir-, zar-, zur- (German zer-), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐍃- (dis-), and with Latin dis-.

tefeallan, tōfeallan

titwǣman, tōtwǣman

tetorfian, tōtorfian

verbal prefix with a sense of "in pieces, apart, asunder", or with intensive force

tōtalu

tōsprǣċ

used to form substantives from other nouns


giest

ġiest (canonical masculine)
ġiestas (nominative plural)
ġiest (nominative singular)
ġiestas (nominative plural)
ġiest (accusative singular)
ġiestas (accusative plural)
ġiestes (genitive singular)
ġiesta (genitive plural)
ġieste (dative singular)
ġiestum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gasti.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Saxon gast, Middle Dutch gast (Dutch gast), Old High German gast (German Gast), Old Norse gestr (Swedish gäst), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “stranger”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin hostis (“enemy”), Old Church Slavonic ⰳⱁⱄⱅⱐ (gostĭ), гость (gostĭ) (Russian гость (gostʹ)) and Polish gość.


giest

English: yeast

From Proto-West Germanic *jestu. Cognate with Dutch gist, Old Norse jǫstr (Swedish jäst).


þeodcyning

þēodcyning (canonical masculine)
þēodcyning (nominative singular)
þēodcyningas (nominative plural)
þēodcyning (accusative singular)
þēodcyningas (accusative plural)
þēodcyninges (genitive singular)
þēodcyninga (genitive plural)
þēodcyninge (dative singular)
þēodcyningum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *þeudōkuningaz, equivalent to þēod- (“great”) + cyning (“king”) (from þeod). Cognate with Old Saxon thiodkuning and Old Norse þjóðkonungr.


þrymm

þrymm (nominative singular)
þrymmas (nominative plural)
þrymm (accusative singular)
þrymmas (accusative plural)
þrymmes (genitive singular)
þrymma (genitive plural)
þrymme (dative singular)
þrymmum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *þrumi, from Proto-Germanic *þrumjaz, akin to Old Norse þrymr.

[...] þunar byð þragum hludast. Þrymmas syndan Cristes myccle.
Wyrd byð swiðost, winter byð cealdost [...]

… thunder is sometimes loudest. Christ’s glories are great.
Fate is strongest, winter is coldest …


Dene

Dene (nominative plural)
Dene (accusative plural)
Dena (genitive plural)
Denum (dative plural)

Middle English: Dene, Dane

From Proto-West Germanic *Danī, from Proto-Germanic *daniz, cognate with Old Norse danir.


fremman

fremman (infinitive)
fremmenne (infinitive)
fremme (first-person present singular)
fremede (first-person past singular)
fremest (present second-person singular)
fremedest (past second-person singular)
fremeþ (present singular third-person)
fremede (past singular third-person)
fremmaþ (plural present)
fremedon (past plural)
fremme (present singular)
fremede (past singular)
fremmen (plural present)
fremeden (past plural)
freme (imperative past present singular)
fremmaþ (imperative past plural present)
fremmende (imperative present)
fremed (imperative past)
ġefremed (imperative past)

Middle English: fremmen
English: frame
→ Dutch: frame
→ German: framen
Scots: frame

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to perform, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-mo- (“forward, front”). Cognate with Old Frisian frema, Old Saxon fremmian, Old High German fremman, Old Norse fremja (Danish fremme). More at from.

der

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
Godes gelaðung wurðað þisne dæg ðam mæran apostole Paule to wurðmynte, forðam ðe he is gecweden ealra ðeoda láreow: þurh soðfæste lare wæs ðeah-hwæðere his martyrdóm samod mid ðam eadigan Petre gefremmed.

The church of God celebrates this day in honour of the great Apostle Paul, for he is called the teacher of all nations: though his martyrdom, for true doctrine, was accomplished with the blessed Peter's.


þreat

þrēat (canonical masculine)
þrēat (nominative singular)
þrēatas (nominative plural)
þrēat (accusative singular)
þrēatas (accusative plural)
þrēates (genitive singular)
þrēata (genitive plural)
þrēate (dative singular)
þrēatum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: thræt, thrat, threte, thret

English: threat

Scots: thret, threte, threit

violence, force, compulsion, oppression, punishment, retaliation, mistreatment


medusetl

head

medusetl n (nominative plural medusetlu)

medusetlu (nominative plural)
medusetl (nominative singular)
medusetlu (nominative plural)
medusetl (accusative singular)
medusetlu (accusative plural)
medusetles (genitive singular)
medusetla (genitive plural)
medusetle (dative singular)
medusetlum (dative plural)

c. 975–1025, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), published 4th quarter 10th century–2nd half 16th century, page 132r, lines 4–6:

Shield Sheafson often deprived the warriors of many armies of their mead-benches.

Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah.


ofteon

oftēon (canonical)
oftēon (infinitive)
oftēonne (infinitive)
oftēo (first-person present singular)
oftēah (first-person past singular)
oftīehst (present second-person singular)
oftuge (past second-person singular)
oftīehþ (present singular third-person)
oftēah (past singular third-person)
oftēoþ (plural present)
oftugon (past plural)
oftēo (present singular)
oftuge (past singular)
oftēon (plural present)
oftugen (past plural)
oftēoh (imperative past present singular)
oftēoþ (imperative past plural present)
oftēonde (imperative present)
oftogen (imperative past)

Middle English: ten

English: tee

From Proto-West Germanic *abateuhan, from Proto-Germanic *abateuhaną; cognates include Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (aftiuhan). By surface analysis, of- + tēon.

Oft Scyld Scēfing sceaþena þrēatum, manegum mǣgþum medu-setla oftēah.

Shild Sheving often bested his many various enemies in battle.


egesian

eġesian (canonical)
eġesian (infinitive)
eġesienne (infinitive)
eġesiġe (first-person present singular)
eġesode (first-person past singular)
eġesast (present second-person singular)
eġesodest (past second-person singular)
eġesaþ (present singular third-person)
eġesode (past singular third-person)
eġesiaþ (plural present)
eġesodon (past plural)
eġesiġe (present singular)
eġesode (past singular)
eġesiġen (plural present)
eġesoden (past plural)
eġesa (imperative past present singular)
eġesiaþ (imperative past plural present)
eġesiende (imperative present)
eġesod (imperative past)
ġeeġesod (imperative past)

From Proto-West Germanic *agisōn. Equivalent to eġe + -sian.


hloh

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of hlehhan


frofor

frōfor (canonical feminine)
frōfra (nominative plural)
frōfor (nominative singular)
frōfra (nominative plural)
frōfre (nominative plural)
frōfre (accusative singular)
frōfra (accusative plural)
frōfre (accusative plural)
frōfre (genitive singular)
frōfra (genitive plural)
frōfre (dative singular)
frōfrum (dative plural)

Middle English: frovre, frother

English: frover, frother

Frōfre ne wēne, þæt mē ġēoc cyme gūðġewinnes, ǣr iċ mid yldum eal forweorðe…

I don't expect any consolation that I'll get help of warbattle before I would be completely perished with men…


feasceaft

fēasċeaft (canonical)
fēasċeaft (masculine nominative singular)
fēasċeaft (feminine nominative singular)
fēasċeaft (neuter nominative singular)
fēasċeaftne (accusative masculine singular)
fēasċeafte (accusative feminine singular)
fēasċeaft (accusative neuter singular)
fēasċeaftes (genitive masculine singular)
fēasċeaftre (feminine genitive singular)
fēasċeaftes (genitive neuter singular)
fēasċeaftum (dative masculine singular)
fēasċeaftre (dative feminine singular)
fēasċeaftum (dative neuter singular)
fēasċeafte (instrumental masculine singular)
fēasċeaftre (feminine instrumental singular)
fēasċeafte (instrumental neuter singular)
fēasċeafte (masculine nominative plural)
fēasċeafta (feminine nominative plural)
fēasċeafte (feminine nominative plural)
fēasċeaft (neuter nominative plural)
fēasċeafte (accusative masculine plural)
fēasċeafta (accusative feminine plural)
fēasċeafte (accusative feminine plural)
fēasċeaft (accusative neuter plural)
fēasċeaftra (genitive masculine plural)
fēasċeaftra (feminine genitive plural)
fēasċeaftra (genitive neuter plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative masculine plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative feminine plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative neuter plural)
fēasċeaftum (instrumental masculine plural)
fēasċeaftum (feminine instrumental plural)
fēasċeaftum (instrumental neuter plural)
fēasċeafta (masculine nominative singular)
fēasċeafte (feminine nominative singular)
fēasċeafte (neuter nominative singular)
fēasċeaftan (accusative masculine singular)
fēasċeaftan (accusative feminine singular)
fēasċeafte (accusative neuter singular)
fēasċeaftan (genitive masculine singular)
fēasċeaftan (feminine genitive singular)
fēasċeaftan (genitive neuter singular)
fēasċeaftan (dative masculine singular)
fēasċeaftan (dative feminine singular)
fēasċeaftan (dative neuter singular)
fēasċeaftan (instrumental masculine singular)
fēasċeaftan (feminine instrumental singular)
fēasċeaftan (instrumental neuter singular)
fēasċeaftan (masculine nominative plural)
fēasċeaftan (feminine nominative plural)
fēasċeaftan (neuter nominative plural)
fēasċeaftan (accusative masculine plural)
fēasċeaftan (accusative feminine plural)
fēasċeaftan (accusative neuter plural)
fēasċeaftra (genitive masculine plural)
fēasċeaftena (genitive masculine plural)
fēasċeaftra (feminine genitive plural)
fēasċeaftena (feminine genitive plural)
fēasċeaftra (genitive neuter plural)
fēasċeaftena (genitive neuter plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative masculine plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative feminine plural)
fēasċeaftum (dative neuter plural)
fēasċeaftum (instrumental masculine plural)
fēasċeaftum (feminine instrumental plural)
fēasċeaftum (instrumental neuter plural)

/ˈfæ͜ɑːˌʃæ͜ɑft/

(poetic) Having few things; poor, naked, destitute, miserable


oþ

fram þām ēagþyrle ōþ þone weall

þrītiġ ōþ fīftiġ wildra swīna

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
...ac hi þurhwunodon swa þeah on þam gewinne oð deað.

...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Hē behȳdde þæt sweord ōþ þā hiltan.

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 32:24

An angel wrestled with him until morning.

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39

In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.

On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.

(with accusative) until, as far as, up to, down to

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
Eft he cwæð, "Ic beo mid eow eallum dagum, ōð þisre worulde geendunge," seðe lyfað and rixað mid þam Ælmihtigan Fæder and ðam Halgum Gaste á on ecnysse. Amen.

Again he said, "I will be with you on all days, until the ending of this world," who liveth and reigneth with the Almighty Father and the Holy Ghost ever to eternity. Amen.


oþ

late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Festival of Saint Peter the Apostle"
Hīe ēodon forþ ōþ þæt hīe cōmon tō ānum wīċe.

They kept walking until they came to a street.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
Sege us nu hwǣr se ealda hord sy þe þu digelice fundest and hine eall oþ nu bedyrndest...

Tell us now where the old treasure is which thou hast secretly found, and concealed it all until now?


hyran

hȳran (canonical)
hȳran (infinitive)
hȳrenne (infinitive)
hȳre (first-person present singular)
hȳrde (first-person past singular)
hȳrest (present second-person singular)
hȳrst (present second-person singular)
hȳrdest (past second-person singular)
hȳreþ (present singular third-person)
hȳrþ (present singular third-person)
hȳrde (past singular third-person)
hȳraþ (plural present)
hȳrdon (past plural)
hȳre (present singular)
hȳrde (past singular)
hȳren (plural present)
hȳrden (past plural)
hȳr (imperative past present singular)
hȳraþ (imperative past plural present)
hȳrende (imperative present)
hȳred (imperative past)
ġehȳred (imperative past)


hranrad

hranrād (canonical feminine)
hranrād (nominative singular)
hranrāda (nominative plural)
hranrāde (nominative plural)
hranrāde (accusative singular)
hranrāda (accusative plural)
hranrāde (accusative plural)
hranrāde (genitive singular)
hranrāda (genitive plural)
hranrāde (dative singular)
hranrādum (dative plural)

[ˈr̥ɑnˌrɑːd]

Kenning of hran (“whale”) + rād (“road”).


gombe

gombe (nominative singular)
gomban (nominative plural)
gomban (accusative singular)
gomban (accusative plural)
gomban (genitive singular)
gombena (genitive plural)
gomban (dative singular)
gombum (dative plural)

Unknown, but possibly borrowed from a Celtic language. See gombeen, from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”). If so, cognate to Latin cambiō from cambium borrowed from Gaulish cambion, whence change and exchange.


þeon

þēon (canonical)
þēon (infinitive)
þēonne (infinitive)
þēo (first-person present singular)
þāh (first-person past singular)
þēah (first-person past singular)
þīehst (present second-person singular)
þige (past second-person singular)
þunge (past second-person singular)
þuge (past second-person singular)
þīehþ (present singular third-person)
þāh (past singular third-person)
þēah (past singular third-person)
þēoþ (plural present)
þigon (past plural)
þungon (past plural)
þugon (past plural)
þēo (present singular)
þige (past singular)
þunge (past singular)
þuge (past singular)
þēon (plural present)
þigen (past plural)
þungen (past plural)
þugen (past plural)
þēoh (imperative past present singular)
þēoþ (imperative past plural present)
þēonde (imperative present)
þiġen (imperative past)
ġeþiġen (imperative past)
þungen (imperative past)
ġeþungen (imperative past)
þogen (imperative past)
ġeþogen (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: theen, ðen, the, thee, theo, theon, theyn, þe, þeen, þene
English: thee (obsolete or dialectal)
Scots: thee, the

From an earlier (unattested) form *þīhan, from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk-. Cognate with Old Saxon thīhan, Old Dutch thīon (Dutch gedijen), Old High German dīhan (German gedeihen), Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þeihan).


þeon

þēon (canonical)
þēon (infinitive)
þēonne (infinitive)
þēo (first-person present singular)
þēode (first-person past singular)
þēost (present second-person singular)
þēodest (past second-person singular)
þēoþ (present singular third-person)
þēode (past singular third-person)
þēoþ (plural present)
þēodon (past plural)
þēo (present singular)
þēode (past singular)
þēon (plural present)
þēoden (past plural)
þēo (imperative past present singular)
þēoþ (imperative past plural present)
þēonde (imperative present)
þēod (imperative past)
ġeþēod (imperative past)

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhaną, *þūhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old High German dūhen (“to press, press down”), Middle Dutch duwen, douwen (“to push, press, force”).


æghwilc

ǣġhwilċ (canonical)
ǣġhwilċ (masculine nominative singular)
ǣġhwilċ (feminine nominative singular)
ǣġhwilċ (neuter nominative singular)
ǣġhwilcne (accusative masculine singular)
ǣġhwilċe (accusative feminine singular)
ǣġhwilċ (accusative neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċes (genitive masculine singular)
ǣġhwilcre (feminine genitive singular)
ǣġhwilċes (genitive neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċum (dative masculine singular)
ǣġhwilcre (dative feminine singular)
ǣġhwilċum (dative neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċe (instrumental masculine singular)
ǣġhwilcre (feminine instrumental singular)
ǣġhwilċe (instrumental neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċe (masculine nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċa (feminine nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċe (feminine nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċ (neuter nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċe (accusative masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċa (accusative feminine plural)
ǣġhwilċe (accusative feminine plural)
ǣġhwilċ (accusative neuter plural)
ǣġhwilcra (genitive masculine plural)
ǣġhwilcra (feminine genitive plural)
ǣġhwilcra (genitive neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative feminine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċum (instrumental masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (feminine instrumental plural)
ǣġhwilċum (instrumental neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċa (masculine nominative singular)
ǣġhwilċe (feminine nominative singular)
ǣġhwilċe (neuter nominative singular)
ǣġhwilċan (accusative masculine singular)
ǣġhwilċan (accusative feminine singular)
ǣġhwilċe (accusative neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċan (genitive masculine singular)
ǣġhwilċan (feminine genitive singular)
ǣġhwilċan (genitive neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċan (dative masculine singular)
ǣġhwilċan (dative feminine singular)
ǣġhwilċan (dative neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċan (instrumental masculine singular)
ǣġhwilċan (feminine instrumental singular)
ǣġhwilċan (instrumental neuter singular)
ǣġhwilċan (masculine nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċan (feminine nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċan (neuter nominative plural)
ǣġhwilċan (accusative masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċan (accusative feminine plural)
ǣġhwilċan (accusative neuter plural)
ǣġhwilcra (genitive masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċena (genitive masculine plural)
ǣġhwilcra (feminine genitive plural)
ǣġhwilċena (feminine genitive plural)
ǣġhwilcra (genitive neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċena (genitive neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative feminine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (dative neuter plural)
ǣġhwilċum (instrumental masculine plural)
ǣġhwilċum (feminine instrumental plural)
ǣġhwilċum (instrumental neuter plural)

[ˈæːj.ʍiɫt͡ʃ]


æghwilc

[ˈæːj.ʍiɫt͡ʃ]


tur

tūr (canonical masculine)
tūr (nominative singular)
tūras (nominative plural)
tūr (accusative singular)
tūras (accusative plural)
tūres (genitive singular)
tūra (genitive plural)
tūre (dative singular)
tūrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: tour, thour, tor, tore, toure, towere, towour, tur
English: tower (see there for further descendants)
Scots: tour, towr
Yola: toweare


eafora

eaforan (nominative plural)
eafora (nominative singular)
eaforan (nominative plural)
eaforan (accusative singular)
eaforan (accusative plural)
eaforan (genitive singular)
eaforena (genitive plural)
eaforan (dative singular)
eaforum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *aferô (“offspring; descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *abar, *abur (“after; behind”).


gyldan

ġyldan (canonical)
ġyldan (infinitive)
ġyldenne (infinitive)
ġylde (first-person present singular)
ġeald (first-person past singular)
ġylst (present second-person singular)
ġyltst (present second-person singular)
gulde (past second-person singular)
ġylt (present singular third-person)
ġeald (past singular third-person)
ġyldaþ (plural present)
guldon (past plural)
ġylde (present singular)
gulde (past singular)
ġylden (plural present)
gulden (past plural)
ġyld (imperative past present singular)
ġyldaþ (imperative past plural present)
ġyldende (imperative present)
golden (imperative past)
ġegolden (imperative past)


druh

druh (nominative singular)
druhas (nominative plural)
druh (accusative singular)
druhas (accusative plural)
druhes (genitive singular)
druha (genitive plural)
druhe (dative singular)
druhum (dative plural)


findan

findan (infinitive)
findenne (infinitive)
finde (first-person present singular)
fand (first-person past singular)
finst (present second-person singular)
fintst (present second-person singular)
funde (past second-person singular)
fint (present singular third-person)
fand (past singular third-person)
findaþ (plural present)
fundon (past plural)
finde (present singular)
funde (past singular)
finden (plural present)
funden (past plural)
find (imperative past present singular)
findaþ (imperative past plural present)
findende (imperative present)
funden (imperative past)
ġefunden (imperative past)

Middle English: finden

English: find

Scots: find, fynd

From Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

der

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Ġef ðē þurh trēowa findon þā ðe þē findon, sile mē þā trēowa. Ġȳt ġyf ðē þurh ōðerne creft hwilcne findan þā ðe þē findan, forġyf mē þone creft. Ġyf þē þurh wȳsdōm findon þā ðe þē findon, forġyf mē þonne wȳsdōm...

If it is by faith that they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that faith. If by any other power they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that power. If by wisdom they find Thee who find Thee, then give me wisdom.


lim

limu (nominative plural)
lim (nominative singular)
limu (nominative plural)
lim (accusative singular)
limu (accusative plural)
limes (genitive singular)
lima (genitive plural)
lime (dative singular)
limum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: lyme, leme, lim, lime, lym, limæ, leome (Early Middle English)
English: limb
Scots: limb, lim
Yola: lemethès

From Proto-West Germanic *limu, probably related to *liþu- (whence liþ). Cognate with Old Norse limr.

limb, bodily member; branch (of tree etc)


lim

līm (canonical masculine)
līm (nominative singular)
līmas (nominative plural)
līm (accusative singular)
līmas (accusative plural)
līmes (genitive singular)
līma (genitive plural)
līme (dative singular)
līmum (dative plural)

Middle English: lym, lim, lime, lyme
English: lime

From Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-. Cognate with Middle Dutch līm (Dutch lijm), Old High German līm (German Leim), Old Norse lím (Swedish lim). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin līmus (“mud”).


bearm

bearm (nominative singular)
bearmas (nominative plural)
bearm (accusative singular)
bearmas (accusative plural)
bearmes (genitive singular)
bearma (genitive plural)
bearme (dative singular)
bearmum (dative plural)

Middle English: barm, barme, bearm, berm, berme
English: barm
Scots: berme, berm, barm

From Proto-Germanic *barmaz. Cognate with Old Norse baðmr (Danish barm, Swedish barm), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (barms), Old High German barm, Old Saxon barm.


forgiefan

forġiefan (canonical)
forġiefan (infinitive)
forġiefenne (infinitive)
forġiefe (first-person present singular)
forġeaf (first-person past singular)
forġiefst (present second-person singular)
forġēafe (past second-person singular)
forġiefþ (present singular third-person)
forġeaf (past singular third-person)
forġiefaþ (plural present)
forġēafon (past plural)
forġiefe (present singular)
forġēafe (past singular)
forġiefen (plural present)
forġēafen (past plural)
forġief (imperative past present singular)
forġiefaþ (imperative past plural present)
forġiefende (imperative present)
forgifen (imperative past)

desc

Middle English: foryiven, foryeven, foryive, forȝive, forȝiven, forgiven (influenced by given)

⇒ Middle English: forgiven (influenced by given)

English: forgive

Scots: forgie, firgee, forgae

From Proto-Germanic *fragebaną, corresponding to for- + ġiefan. Cognate with Old Saxon fargevan, Middle Dutch vergeven (Dutch vergeven), Old High German fargeban (German vergeben), Old Norse fyrgefa (Icelandic fyrirgefa), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (fragiban).

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Ġȳt ġyf ðē þurh ōðerne creft hwilcne findan þā ðe þē findan, forġyf nē þone creft. Ġyf þē þurh wȳsdōm findon þā ðe þē findon, forġyf mē þonne wȳsdōm...

If by any other power they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that power. If by wisdom they find Thee who find Thee, then give me wisdom.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
...and forġeaf sumne hām tō þǣre hālgan stōwe...

...and gave certain property to the holy place...

to give (+dative a person) (+accusative for something)

to forgive (+dative a person) (+accusative for something)


wealdan

wealdan (infinitive)
wealdenne (infinitive)
wealde (first-person present singular)
wēold (first-person past singular)
wielst (present second-person singular)
wieltst (present second-person singular)
wēolde (past second-person singular)
wielt (present singular third-person)
wēold (past singular third-person)
wealdaþ (plural present)
wēoldon (past plural)
wealde (present singular)
wēolde (past singular)
wealden (plural present)
wēolden (past plural)
weald (imperative past present singular)
wealdaþ (imperative past plural present)
wealdende (imperative present)
wealden (imperative past)
ġewealden (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: welden, weld, welde, weldon, wielde, wild, wilde, wold, wolde, wolden, weld, welde, weild, weilde, veild (northwest Midlands), weild, weilde, veild, wald, walde (Northern), walden, wælden (early southwest Midlands), wald, walde, wealde, wealden, uelden (Early Middle English)
English: wield, English: wald
Scots: wield, Scots: wald

[ˈwæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn]

From Proto-West Germanic *waldan. Cognate with Old Saxon waldan, Old High German waltan (German walten), Old Norse valda (Swedish vålla), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (waldan).

c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
Abbod þe þæs wierðe sīe þæt hē mynstres wealde, hē sċeal ā ġemunan hwæt hē ġecweden is and þæs ealdorsċipes naman mid dǣdum ġefyllan.

An abbot who is qualified to run a monastery should always remember what he is called and live up to the name of superior by his actions.

to control (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)

to wield (e.g. a sword) (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)

lēt þone bregustōl Bēowulf healdan, / Ġēatum wealdan· þæt wæs gōd cyning.

the throne he let Beowulf hold, / to rule the Geats; that was a good king.

to rule (+ genitive, dative, or accusative)


seolh

sēolas (nominative plural)
seolh (nominative singular)
sēolas (nominative plural)
seolh (accusative singular)
sēolas (accusative plural)
sēoles (genitive singular)
sēola (genitive plural)
sēole (dative singular)
sēolum (dative plural)

English: seal

Scots: selch

⇒ Scots: selkie

→ English: selkie


wuldor

ang-decl-noun

Declension of wuldor (strong a-stem)

wuldor (nominative singular)
wuldor (nominative plural)
wuldru (nominative plural)
wuldor (accusative singular)
wuldor (accusative plural)
wuldru (accusative plural)
wuldres (genitive singular)
wuldra (genitive plural)
wuldre (dative singular)
wuldrum (dative plural)

Middle English: wulder

From Proto-West Germanic *wuldr, from Proto-Germanic *wuldrą (“shine, radiance, glory, splendor”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

inh

Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with glory, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.


cennan

cennan (infinitive)
cennenne (infinitive)
cenne (first-person present singular)
cende (first-person past singular)
cennest (present second-person singular)
censt (present second-person singular)
cendest (past second-person singular)
cenneþ (present singular third-person)
cenþ (present singular third-person)
cende (past singular third-person)
cennaþ (plural present)
cendon (past plural)
cenne (present singular)
cende (past singular)
cennen (plural present)
cenden (past plural)
cenn (imperative past present singular)
cennaþ (imperative past plural present)
cennende (imperative present)
cenned (imperative past)
ġecenned (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: kennen, kenin
English: ken
Scots: ken
Yola: ee-kent (ppl.)

From Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną, causative form of *kunnaną (“to know”).
Cognate with Old Saxon kennian (Dutch kennen), Old Frisian kenna, Old High German chennan (German kennen), Old Norse kenna (Danish kende, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: kjende), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kannjan, “to declare”).

c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
Þeos towritennys wearð aræred fram ðam ealdormen Cyrino, of Sirian lande, þæt ælc man ofer-hēafod sceolde cennan his gebyrde, and his áre on ðære byrig þe hé to gehyrde.

This enrolment was set forth from Cyrenius, the governor of Syria—that every man in general should declare his birth and his possession in the city to which he belonged.


cennan

Middle English: kennen

From Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁éyeti, the causative formation of the root *ǵenh₁-.

to give birth to (a child), to deliver, to bear


hine

Middle English: hine


gewat

first/third-person singular preterite of ġewītan


gewat

first/third-person singular present of ġewitan


lofdæd

head

lofdǣd f (nominative plural lofdǣda or lofdǣde)

lofdǣd (canonical feminine)
lofdǣda (nominative plural)
lofdǣde (nominative plural)
lofdǣd (nominative singular)
lofdǣde (nominative plural)
lofdǣda (nominative plural)
lofdǣd (accusative singular)
lofdǣde (accusative singular)
lofdǣde (accusative plural)
lofdǣda (accusative plural)
lofdǣde (genitive singular)
lofdǣda (genitive plural)
lofdǣde (dative singular)
lofdǣdum (dative plural)

From lof (“praise, song of praise”) + dǣd (“deed, action; event, exploit”).


gesceaphwil

head

ġesċeaphwīl f (nominative plural ġesċeaphwīla or ġesċeaphwīle)

ġesċeaphwīl (canonical feminine)
ġesċeaphwīla (nominative plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (nominative plural)
ġesċeaphwīl (nominative singular)
ġesċeaphwīla (nominative plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (nominative plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (accusative singular)
ġesċeaphwīla (accusative plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (accusative plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (genitive singular)
ġesċeaphwīla (genitive plural)
ġesċeaphwīle (dative singular)
ġesċeaphwīlum (dative plural)

[jeˈʃæ͜ɑpˌʍiːl]

Him ða Scyld gewat / to gescæphwile.

Then Shield passed away at the destined time. (Beowulf l. 26)

(poetic) the fated moment, the destined time (of death)


gelæstan

ġelǣstan (canonical)
ġelǣstan (infinitive)
ġelǣstenne (infinitive)
ġelǣste (first-person present singular)
ġelǣste (first-person past singular)
ġelǣstest (present second-person singular)
ġelǣst (present second-person singular)
ġelǣstest (past second-person singular)
ġelǣsteþ (present singular third-person)
ġelǣst (present singular third-person)
ġelǣste (past singular third-person)
ġelǣstaþ (plural present)
ġelǣston (past plural)
ġelǣste (present singular)
ġelǣste (past singular)
ġelǣsten (plural present)
ġelǣsten (past plural)
ġelǣst (imperative past present singular)
ġelǣstaþ (imperative past plural present)
ġelǣstende (imperative present)
ġelǣsted (imperative past)


ætberan

ætberan (infinitive)
ætberenne (infinitive)
ætbere (first-person present singular)
ætbær (first-person past singular)
ætbirest (present second-person singular)
ætbirst (present second-person singular)
ætbǣre (past second-person singular)
ætbireþ (present singular third-person)
ætbirþ (present singular third-person)
ætbær (past singular third-person)
ætberaþ (plural present)
ætbǣron (past plural)
ætbere (present singular)
ætbǣre (past singular)
ætberen (plural present)
ætbǣren (past plural)
ætber (imperative past present singular)
ætberaþ (imperative past plural present)
ætberende (imperative present)
ætboren (imperative past)

Middle English: atberen


faroþ

faroþ (nominative singular)
faroþas (nominative plural)
faroþ (accusative singular)
faroþas (accusative plural)
faroþes (genitive singular)
faroþa (genitive plural)
faroþe (dative singular)
faroþum (dative plural)
faroþ (nominative singular)
faroþ (nominative plural)
faroþ (accusative singular)
faroþ (accusative plural)
faroþes (genitive singular)
faroþa (genitive plural)
faroþe (dative singular)
faroþum (dative plural)


felahror

felahrōr (canonical)
felahrōr (masculine nominative singular)
felahrōr (feminine nominative singular)
felahrōr (neuter nominative singular)
felahrōrne (accusative masculine singular)
felahrōre (accusative feminine singular)
felahrōr (accusative neuter singular)
felahrōres (genitive masculine singular)
felahrōrre (feminine genitive singular)
felahrōres (genitive neuter singular)
felahrōrum (dative masculine singular)
felahrōrre (dative feminine singular)
felahrōrum (dative neuter singular)
felahrōre (instrumental masculine singular)
felahrōrre (feminine instrumental singular)
felahrōre (instrumental neuter singular)
felahrōre (masculine nominative plural)
felahrōra (feminine nominative plural)
felahrōre (feminine nominative plural)
felahrōr (neuter nominative plural)
felahrōre (accusative masculine plural)
felahrōra (accusative feminine plural)
felahrōre (accusative feminine plural)
felahrōr (accusative neuter plural)
felahrōrra (genitive masculine plural)
felahrōrra (feminine genitive plural)
felahrōrra (genitive neuter plural)
felahrōrum (dative masculine plural)
felahrōrum (dative feminine plural)
felahrōrum (dative neuter plural)
felahrōrum (instrumental masculine plural)
felahrōrum (feminine instrumental plural)
felahrōrum (instrumental neuter plural)
felahrōra (masculine nominative singular)
felahrōre (feminine nominative singular)
felahrōre (neuter nominative singular)
felahrōran (accusative masculine singular)
felahrōran (accusative feminine singular)
felahrōre (accusative neuter singular)
felahrōran (genitive masculine singular)
felahrōran (feminine genitive singular)
felahrōran (genitive neuter singular)
felahrōran (dative masculine singular)
felahrōran (dative feminine singular)
felahrōran (dative neuter singular)
felahrōran (instrumental masculine singular)
felahrōran (feminine instrumental singular)
felahrōran (instrumental neuter singular)
felahrōran (masculine nominative plural)
felahrōran (feminine nominative plural)
felahrōran (neuter nominative plural)
felahrōran (accusative masculine plural)
felahrōran (accusative feminine plural)
felahrōran (accusative neuter plural)
felahrōrra (genitive masculine plural)
felahrōrena (genitive masculine plural)
felahrōrra (feminine genitive plural)
felahrōrena (feminine genitive plural)
felahrōrra (genitive neuter plural)
felahrōrena (genitive neuter plural)
felahrōrum (dative masculine plural)
felahrōrum (dative feminine plural)
felahrōrum (dative neuter plural)
felahrōrum (instrumental masculine plural)
felahrōrum (feminine instrumental plural)
felahrōrum (instrumental neuter plural)

(poetic) very active, having done much, full of exploits


frea

frēa (canonical masculine)
frēa (nominative singular)
frēan (nominative plural)
frēan (accusative singular)
frēan (accusative plural)
frēan (genitive singular)
frēana (genitive plural)
frēan (dative singular)
frēam (dative plural)
frēaum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *frauwjō, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô, from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”).
Cognate with Old Saxon frāho, Old High German frao, frō, Old Norse Freyr, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (frauja), and via Proto-Indo-European with Latin prōvincia (English province).

10th century, Genesis B, line 655

Adam, my husband, this fruit is so sweet


frætwe

Possibly contracted from for- + geatwe, a metathetical variant of getawa, with a sense of treasure being made and prepared. From Proto-Germanic *fratawō, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-.

Ða wæstmas, foldan frætwe.


leof

ang-adj

lēof (comparative lēofra, superlative lēofest or lēofost or lēofast)

lēof (canonical)
lēofra (comparative)
lēofest (superlative)
lēofost (superlative)
lēofast (superlative)
lēof (masculine nominative singular)
lēof (feminine nominative singular)
lēof (neuter nominative singular)
lēofne (accusative masculine singular)
lēofe (accusative feminine singular)
lēof (accusative neuter singular)
lēofes (genitive masculine singular)
lēofre (feminine genitive singular)
lēofes (genitive neuter singular)
lēofum (dative masculine singular)
lēofre (dative feminine singular)
lēofum (dative neuter singular)
lēofe (instrumental masculine singular)
lēofre (feminine instrumental singular)
lēofe (instrumental neuter singular)
lēofe (masculine nominative plural)
lēofa (feminine nominative plural)
lēofe (feminine nominative plural)
lēof (neuter nominative plural)
lēofe (accusative masculine plural)
lēofa (accusative feminine plural)
lēofe (accusative feminine plural)
lēof (accusative neuter plural)
lēofra (genitive masculine plural)
lēofra (feminine genitive plural)
lēofra (genitive neuter plural)
lēofum (dative masculine plural)
lēofum (dative feminine plural)
lēofum (dative neuter plural)
lēofum (instrumental masculine plural)
lēofum (feminine instrumental plural)
lēofum (instrumental neuter plural)
lēofa (masculine nominative singular)
lēofe (feminine nominative singular)
lēofe (neuter nominative singular)
lēofan (accusative masculine singular)
lēofan (accusative feminine singular)
lēofe (accusative neuter singular)
lēofan (genitive masculine singular)
lēofan (feminine genitive singular)
lēofan (genitive neuter singular)
lēofan (dative masculine singular)
lēofan (dative feminine singular)
lēofan (dative neuter singular)
lēofan (instrumental masculine singular)
lēofan (feminine instrumental singular)
lēofan (instrumental neuter singular)
lēofan (masculine nominative plural)
lēofan (feminine nominative plural)
lēofan (neuter nominative plural)
lēofan (accusative masculine plural)
lēofan (accusative feminine plural)
lēofan (accusative neuter plural)
lēofra (genitive masculine plural)
lēofena (genitive masculine plural)
lēofra (feminine genitive plural)
lēofena (feminine genitive plural)
lēofra (genitive neuter plural)
lēofena (genitive neuter plural)
lēofum (dative masculine plural)
lēofum (dative feminine plural)
lēofum (dative neuter plural)
lēofum (instrumental masculine plural)
lēofum (feminine instrumental plural)
lēofum (instrumental neuter plural)

From Proto-Germanic *leubaz (“dear, beloved”). Cognate with Old Frisian liāf, Old Saxon liof, Old High German liob, Old Norse ljúfr, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs). Non-Germanic cognates include Polish luby (“dear, beloved”). Related to lufu (“love”).

inh

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.

Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.


leof

desctree

Middle English: lef, leve, lefe, leffe, life, live, luf (Southern or West Midlands)
English: lief; ⇒ livelong
Scots: lief, lee
⇒ Yola: liveer

as a form of address, sir, can be applied to one or more people, regardless of gender.


feorweg

feorweġ (canonical masculine)
feorweġ (nominative singular)
feorweġas (nominative plural)
feorweġ (accusative singular)
feorweġas (accusative plural)
feorweġes (genitive singular)
feorweġa (genitive plural)
feorweġe (dative singular)
feorweġum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: fur wei, ferre weye, fer way

From feorr (“far”) + weġ (“way”). Compare German Fernweg (“a long distance”).

a way or path leading to a distant destination; a long way or journey


hulu

hulu (nominative singular)
hula (nominative plural)
hule (nominative plural)
hule (accusative singular)
hula (accusative plural)
hule (accusative plural)
hule (genitive singular)
hula (genitive plural)
hule (dative singular)
hulum (dative plural)

Ultimately from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). From the same root as helan (“to hide, conceal”).


walu

walu (nominative singular)
wala (nominative plural)
wale (nominative plural)
wale (accusative singular)
wala (accusative plural)
wale (accusative plural)
wale (genitive singular)
wala (genitive plural)
wale (dative singular)
walum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: wale, wælh
English: wale, weal
Scots: wale, wail

From Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz.


waru

waru (nominative singular)
wara (nominative plural)
ware (nominative plural)
ware (accusative singular)
wara (accusative plural)
ware (accusative plural)
ware (genitive singular)
wara (genitive plural)
ware (dative singular)
warum (dative plural)

Middle English: ware

English: ware, -ware

Scots: ware, war, wair

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, *waʀu, from Proto-Germanic *warō, *wazō (“ware”), of uncertain origin.

unc

uncertain


waru

Middle English: ware

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“heed, attention, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *wor-. Cognate with Old Saxon wara, Old High German wara. Compare also Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (warei).


waru

Middle English: ware

From Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“protection”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend”).


burna

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

Middle English: burne, bourne

English: bourn, burn

Scots: burn

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


sweostor

sweostor (nominative singular)
ġesweostor (nominative plural)
ġesweostra (nominative plural)
ġesweostru (nominative plural)
sweostor (accusative singular)
ġesweostor (accusative plural)
ġesweostra (accusative plural)
ġesweostru (accusative plural)
sweostor (genitive singular)
ġesweostra (genitive plural)
sweostor (dative singular)
ġesweostrum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster (Early Middle English), sussterr (Ormulum), zoster (Kent) (some forms influenced by Old Norse)
English: sister
→ Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)
→ Japanese: シスター (shisutā)
→ Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)
Scots: sister, syster
Yola: zister

From Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Old Frisian swester, Old Saxon swestar, Old High German swestar, Old Norse systir.


lytel

ang-adj

lȳtel (comparative lǣssa, superlative lǣst)

lȳtel (canonical)
lǣssa (comparative)
lǣst (superlative)
lȳtel (masculine nominative singular)
lȳtelu (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtlu (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtelo (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtlo (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtel (neuter nominative singular)
lȳtelne (accusative masculine singular)
lȳtele (accusative feminine singular)
lȳtle (accusative feminine singular)
lȳtel (accusative neuter singular)
lȳteles (genitive masculine singular)
lȳtles (genitive masculine singular)
lȳtelre (feminine genitive singular)
lȳteles (genitive neuter singular)
lȳtles (genitive neuter singular)
lȳtelum (dative masculine singular)
lȳtlum (dative masculine singular)
lȳtelre (dative feminine singular)
lȳtelum (dative neuter singular)
lȳtlum (dative neuter singular)
lȳtele (instrumental masculine singular)
lȳtle (instrumental masculine singular)
lȳtelre (feminine instrumental singular)
lȳtele (instrumental neuter singular)
lȳtle (instrumental neuter singular)
lȳtele (masculine nominative plural)
lȳtle (masculine nominative plural)
lȳtela (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtla (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtele (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtle (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtelu (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtlu (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtelo (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtlo (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtele (accusative masculine plural)
lȳtle (accusative masculine plural)
lȳtela (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtla (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtele (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtle (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtelu (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtlu (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtelo (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtlo (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtelra (genitive masculine plural)
lȳtelra (feminine genitive plural)
lȳtelra (genitive neuter plural)
lȳtelum (dative masculine plural)
lȳtlum (dative masculine plural)
lȳtelum (dative feminine plural)
lȳtlum (dative feminine plural)
lȳtelum (dative neuter plural)
lȳtlum (dative neuter plural)
lȳtelum (instrumental masculine plural)
lȳtlum (instrumental masculine plural)
lȳtelum (feminine instrumental plural)
lȳtlum (feminine instrumental plural)
lȳtelum (instrumental neuter plural)
lȳtlum (instrumental neuter plural)
lȳtela (masculine nominative singular)
lȳtla (masculine nominative singular)
lȳtele (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtle (feminine nominative singular)
lȳtele (neuter nominative singular)
lȳtle (neuter nominative singular)
lȳtelan (accusative masculine singular)
lȳtlan (accusative masculine singular)
lȳtelan (accusative feminine singular)
lȳtlan (accusative feminine singular)
lȳtele (accusative neuter singular)
lȳtle (accusative neuter singular)
lȳtelan (genitive masculine singular)
lȳtlan (genitive masculine singular)
lȳtelan (feminine genitive singular)
lȳtlan (feminine genitive singular)
lȳtelan (genitive neuter singular)
lȳtlan (genitive neuter singular)
lȳtelan (dative masculine singular)
lȳtlan (dative masculine singular)
lȳtelan (dative feminine singular)
lȳtlan (dative feminine singular)
lȳtelan (dative neuter singular)
lȳtlan (dative neuter singular)
lȳtelan (instrumental masculine singular)
lȳtlan (instrumental masculine singular)
lȳtelan (feminine instrumental singular)
lȳtlan (feminine instrumental singular)
lȳtelan (instrumental neuter singular)
lȳtlan (instrumental neuter singular)
lȳtelan (masculine nominative plural)
lȳtlan (masculine nominative plural)
lȳtelan (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtlan (feminine nominative plural)
lȳtelan (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtlan (neuter nominative plural)
lȳtelan (accusative masculine plural)
lȳtlan (accusative masculine plural)
lȳtelan (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtlan (accusative feminine plural)
lȳtelan (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtlan (accusative neuter plural)
lȳtelra (genitive masculine plural)
lȳtelena (genitive masculine plural)
lȳtlena (genitive masculine plural)
lȳtelra (feminine genitive plural)
lȳtelena (feminine genitive plural)
lȳtlena (feminine genitive plural)
lȳtelra (genitive neuter plural)
lȳtelena (genitive neuter plural)
lȳtlena (genitive neuter plural)
lȳtelum (dative masculine plural)
lȳtlum (dative masculine plural)
lȳtelum (dative feminine plural)
lȳtlum (dative feminine plural)
lȳtelum (dative neuter plural)
lȳtlum (dative neuter plural)
lȳtelum (instrumental masculine plural)
lȳtlum (instrumental masculine plural)
lȳtelum (feminine instrumental plural)
lȳtlum (feminine instrumental plural)
lȳtelum (instrumental neuter plural)
lȳtlum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: litel, lutel, lutil, lytel, litell
English: little
Scots: lytil, litil
Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea

From Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.

Ūre ealde hūs wæs lǣsse þonne þæt nīewe.

Our old house was smaller than the new one.


lof

lof (nominative singular)
lofu (nominative plural)
lof (accusative singular)
lofu (accusative plural)
lofes (genitive singular)
lofa (genitive plural)
lofe (dative singular)
lofum (dative plural)

Middle English: lof, lofe, love

English: lofe

Scots: lof, loif, lowe, loff

From Proto-West Germanic *lob.
Cognate with Old Saxon lof, Dutch lof, Old High German lob (German Lob), Old Norse lof (Swedish lov). Related to lēof, lufu, lofian.


lof

lōf (canonical masculine)
lōfas (nominative plural)
lōf (nominative singular)
lōfas (nominative plural)
lōf (accusative singular)
lōfas (accusative plural)
lōfes (genitive singular)
lōfa (genitive plural)
lōfe (dative singular)
lōfum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: lofe, loofe, love, loove

English: loof

Scots: lufe, luif

From Proto-West Germanic *lōfō, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô. Cognate with Icelandic lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa).

Hæfde sigora weard on þam wangstede wǣre betolden lēofne lēodfruman mid lōfe sīnum […]

(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):


rotan

weak accusative masculine/feminine singular

weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular

weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural


hlæst

hlæst (nominative singular)
hlæst (nominative plural)
hlæst (accusative singular)
hlæst (accusative plural)
hlæstes (genitive singular)
hlæsta (genitive plural)
hlæste (dative singular)
hlæstum (dative plural)

Middle English: last

English: last

Scots: last

→ Middle French: last (south-western dialects)

→ Medieval Latin: lastum, lestum

⇒ Medieval Latin: lastagium, lestagium

Old French: lastage (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-Germanic *hlastuz, cognate with Old Frisian hlest and Old High German hlast. Related to hladan.


wæcnan

wæcnan (infinitive)
wæcnenne (infinitive)
wæcne (first-person present singular)
wæcnde (first-person past singular)
wæcnede (first-person past singular)
wæcnest (present second-person singular)
wæcndest (past second-person singular)
wæcnedest (past second-person singular)
wæcneþ (present singular third-person)
wæcnde (past singular third-person)
wæcnede (past singular third-person)
wæcnaþ (plural present)
wæcndon (past plural)
wæcnedon (past plural)
wæcne (present singular)
wæcnde (past singular)
wæcnede (past singular)
wæcnen (plural present)
wæcnden (past plural)
wæcneden (past plural)
wæcne (imperative past present singular)
wæcnaþ (imperative past plural present)
wæcnende (imperative present)
wæcned (imperative past)
ġewæcned (imperative past)

Middle English: waknen

English: waken

From Proto-Germanic *waknaną (“to awaken”). Cognate with Old Norse vakna ( > Danish vågne), German wachen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gawaknan). Compare wacan, wacian.

(transitive, intransitive) to wake up; to arise, come into being


metan

metan (infinitive)
metenne (infinitive)
mete (first-person present singular)
mæt (first-person past singular)
mitst (present second-person singular)
mǣte (past second-person singular)
mitt (present singular third-person)
mit (present singular third-person)
mæt (past singular third-person)
metaþ (plural present)
mǣton (past plural)
mete (present singular)
mǣte (past singular)
meten (plural present)
mǣten (past plural)
met (imperative past present singular)
metaþ (imperative past plural present)
metende (imperative present)
meten (imperative past)
ġemeten (imperative past)

Middle English: meten

Scots: mete, meit

English: mete

From Proto-West Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic *metaną.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Lōca nu þæt þū ofergemet ne wilnige, nū ðū hī tōgædere metest. Woldest þū cunnan God swā swā Alipius?

Look to it now that thy desire be not beyond measure, now that thou comparest them together. Wouldst thou know God just as thou dost Alypius?

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Hit nis nā tō metenne, þæt ġeendodlīċe wiþ þæt unġeendodlīċe.

It's not comparable, the finite with the infinite.

to compare (to something = wiþ + accusative or tō + dative)


metan

mētan (canonical)
mētan (infinitive)
mētenne (infinitive)
mēte (first-person present singular)
mētte (first-person past singular)
mētest (present second-person singular)
mētst (present second-person singular)
mēttest (past second-person singular)
mēteþ (present singular third-person)
mētt (present singular third-person)
mēt (present singular third-person)
mētte (past singular third-person)
mētaþ (plural present)
mētton (past plural)
mēte (present singular)
mētte (past singular)
mēten (plural present)
mētten (past plural)
mēt (imperative past present singular)
mētaþ (imperative past plural present)
mētende (imperative present)
mēted (imperative past)
ġemēted (imperative past)

Middle English: meten

English: meet

Scots: mete, meit

From Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną.


metan

Middle English: meten (“to sculpt, design; paint”)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *maitijan (“to sculpt”), from Proto-Germanic *maitijaną, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”). Compare Old High German meizan (“to hew, cut, chisel”), Old Norse meita (“to cut”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan, “to cut”). Doublet of mǣtan (“to appear in a dream”).


gefræge

ġefrǣġe (canonical)
ġefrǣgost (superlative)
ġefrǣġe (masculine nominative singular)
ġefrǣġu (feminine nominative singular)
ġefrǣġo (feminine nominative singular)
ġefrǣġe (neuter nominative singular)
ġefrǣġne (accusative masculine singular)
ġefrǣġe (accusative feminine singular)
ġefrǣġe (accusative neuter singular)
ġefrǣġes (genitive masculine singular)
ġefrǣġre (feminine genitive singular)
ġefrǣġes (genitive neuter singular)
ġefrǣġum (dative masculine singular)
ġefrǣġre (dative feminine singular)
ġefrǣġum (dative neuter singular)
ġefrǣġe (instrumental masculine singular)
ġefrǣġre (feminine instrumental singular)
ġefrǣġe (instrumental neuter singular)
ġefrǣġe (masculine nominative plural)
ġefrǣġa (feminine nominative plural)
ġefrǣġe (feminine nominative plural)
ġefrǣġu (neuter nominative plural)
ġefrǣġo (neuter nominative plural)
ġefrǣġe (accusative masculine plural)
ġefrǣġa (accusative feminine plural)
ġefrǣġe (accusative feminine plural)
ġefrǣġu (accusative neuter plural)
ġefrǣġo (accusative neuter plural)
ġefrǣġra (genitive masculine plural)
ġefrǣġra (feminine genitive plural)
ġefrǣġra (genitive neuter plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative masculine plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative feminine plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative neuter plural)
ġefrǣġum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġefrǣġum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġefrǣġum (instrumental neuter plural)
ġefrǣġa (masculine nominative singular)
ġefrǣġe (feminine nominative singular)
ġefrǣġe (neuter nominative singular)
ġefrǣġan (accusative masculine singular)
ġefrǣġan (accusative feminine singular)
ġefrǣġe (accusative neuter singular)
ġefrǣġan (genitive masculine singular)
ġefrǣġan (feminine genitive singular)
ġefrǣġan (genitive neuter singular)
ġefrǣġan (dative masculine singular)
ġefrǣġan (dative feminine singular)
ġefrǣġan (dative neuter singular)
ġefrǣġan (instrumental masculine singular)
ġefrǣġan (feminine instrumental singular)
ġefrǣġan (instrumental neuter singular)
ġefrǣġan (masculine nominative plural)
ġefrǣġan (feminine nominative plural)
ġefrǣġan (neuter nominative plural)
ġefrǣġan (accusative masculine plural)
ġefrǣġan (accusative feminine plural)
ġefrǣġan (accusative neuter plural)
ġefrǣġra (genitive masculine plural)
ġefrǣġena (genitive masculine plural)
ġefrǣġra (feminine genitive plural)
ġefrǣġena (feminine genitive plural)
ġefrǣġra (genitive neuter plural)
ġefrǣġena (genitive neuter plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative masculine plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative feminine plural)
ġefrǣġum (dative neuter plural)
ġefrǣġum (instrumental masculine plural)
ġefrǣġum (feminine instrumental plural)
ġefrǣġum (instrumental neuter plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gafrēgī. Cognate with Old Saxon gifrāgi. Equivalent to ġe- + *frǣġe. The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

folcum ġefrǣġe

(poetic) known, celebrated, remarkable, famous


gefræge

ġefrǣġe (canonical neuter)
ġefrǣġe (nominative singular)
ġefrǣġu (nominative plural)
ġefrǣġe (accusative singular)
ġefrǣġu (accusative plural)
ġefrǣġes (genitive singular)
ġefrǣġa (genitive plural)
ġefrǣġe (dative singular)
ġefrǣġum (dative plural)

(poetic) inquiry, a knowledge, information, hearsay


felan

fēlan (canonical)
fēlan (infinitive)
fēlenne (infinitive)
fēle (first-person present singular)
fēlde (first-person past singular)
fēlest (present second-person singular)
fēlst (present second-person singular)
fēldest (past second-person singular)
fēleþ (present singular third-person)
fēlþ (present singular third-person)
fēlde (past singular third-person)
fēlaþ (plural present)
fēldon (past plural)
fēle (present singular)
fēlde (past singular)
fēlen (plural present)
fēlden (past plural)
fēl (imperative past present singular)
fēlaþ (imperative past plural present)
fēlende (imperative present)
fēled (imperative past)
ġefēled (imperative past)

Middle English: felen

English: feel

Scots: fele

From Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).


teon

tēon (canonical)
tēon (infinitive)
tēonne (infinitive)
tēo (first-person present singular)
tēah (first-person past singular)
tīehst (present second-person singular)
tuge (past second-person singular)
tīehþ (present singular third-person)
tēah (past singular third-person)
tēoþ (plural present)
tugon (past plural)
tēo (present singular)
tuge (past singular)
tēon (plural present)
tugen (past plural)
tēoh (imperative past present singular)
tēoþ (imperative past plural present)
tēonde (imperative present)
togen (imperative past)
ġetogen (imperative past)

Middle English: teen

English: tee

Contracted from earlier tēohan; from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Cognate with Old Frisian tīan, Old Saxon tiohan (Middle Dutch tīen), Old High German ziohan (German ziehen), Old Norse toginn, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (tiuhan); and, from Indo-European, with Latin dūcō, Middle Welsh duyn. Compare tēam, tēag.


teon

tēon (canonical)
tēon (infinitive)
tēonne (infinitive)
tēo (first-person present singular)
tēode (first-person past singular)
tēost (present second-person singular)
tēodest (past second-person singular)
tēoþ (present singular third-person)
tēode (past singular third-person)
tēoþ (plural present)
tēodon (past plural)
tēo (present singular)
tēode (past singular)
tēon (plural present)
tēoden (past plural)
tēo (imperative past present singular)
tēoþ (imperative past plural present)
tēonde (imperative present)
tēod (imperative past)
ġetēod (imperative past)

Middle English: tegen


teon

tēon (canonical)
tēon (infinitive)
tēonne (infinitive)
tēo (first-person present singular)
tāh (first-person past singular)
tīehst (present second-person singular)
tige (past second-person singular)
tīehþ (present singular third-person)
tāh (past singular third-person)
tēoþ (plural present)
tigon (past plural)
tēo (present singular)
tige (past singular)
tēon (plural present)
tigen (past plural)
tēoh (imperative past present singular)
tēoþ (imperative past plural present)
tēonde (imperative present)
tiġen (imperative past)
ġetiġen (imperative past)

English: teen

From Proto-West Germanic *tīhan (“to blame”). Cognate with Old High German zīhan, Old Norse tjá.


teon

From a merger of Etymology 3 with the reflex of Proto-West Germanic *teun.


geþyld byþ middes eades

patience is a virtue
patience is a virtue

patience is half of happiness: patience is a virtue


biþ

desctree

Middle English: bith, biþ, beth, bis, bes
English: bes, beeth (now obsolete or dialectal)
Fingallian: bes
Yola: beeth

third-person singular present indicative of bēon


æt þearfe man sceal freonda cunnian

æt þearfe man sċeal frēonda cunnian (canonical)

/æt ˈθæ͜ɑr.fe mɑn ʃæ͜ɑl ˈfre͜oːn.dɑ ˈkun.ni.ɑn/

[æt ˈθæ͜ɑrˠ.ve mɑn ʃæ͜ɑl ˈfre͜oːn.dɑ ˈkun.ni.ɑn]

First attested in the Durham Proverbs. Literally "in need you have to test your friends."

a friend in need is a friend indeed
a friend in need is a friend indeed


mistel

Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl
English: mistle
Scots: misle

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz.


cunnian

cunnian (infinitive)
cunnienne (infinitive)
cunniġe (first-person present singular)
cunnode (first-person past singular)
cunnast (present second-person singular)
cunnodest (past second-person singular)
cunnaþ (present singular third-person)
cunnode (past singular third-person)
cunniaþ (plural present)
cunnodon (past plural)
cunniġe (present singular)
cunnode (past singular)
cunniġen (plural present)
cunnoden (past plural)
cunna (imperative past present singular)
cunniaþ (imperative past plural present)
cunniende (imperative present)
cunnod (imperative past)
ġecunnod (imperative past)

English: cun

oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

or friendless me would soothe,
allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
how tough is sorrow as a companion,
to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
...and hē lēop sona cunniġende his feðes hwæðer hē cūðe gān.

and he leapt up immediately, trying his power of motion, whether he could walk.


witt

witt (nominative plural)
witt (nominative singular)
witt (nominative plural)
witt (accusative singular)
witt (accusative plural)
wittes (genitive singular)
witta (genitive plural)
witte (dative singular)
wittum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: wit, witt, witte, wytt, wyt
English: wit
Yola: wut

From Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Cognate with Old Frisian wit, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi (whence German Witz), Old Norse vit (whence Swedish vett). Compare witan.


æmette

ǣmette (canonical feminine)
ǣmette (nominative singular)
ǣmettan (nominative plural)
ǣmettan (accusative singular)
ǣmettan (accusative plural)
ǣmettan (genitive singular)
ǣmettena (genitive plural)
ǣmettan (dative singular)
ǣmettum (dative plural)


pusa

pusan (nominative plural)
pusa (nominative singular)
pusan (nominative plural)
pusan (accusative singular)
pusan (accusative plural)
pusan (genitive singular)
pusena (genitive plural)
pusan (dative singular)
pusum (dative plural)

English: purse

From Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, wallet, scrip”). Akin to Old High German pfosa (“purse”), Old Norse posi (“bag, purse”), púss (“pocket, pouch”). More at pussy.

inh

late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan.

The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack.


beoceorl

bēoċeorl (canonical masculine)
bēoċeorl (nominative singular)
bēoċeorlas (nominative plural)
bēoċeorl (accusative singular)
bēoċeorlas (accusative plural)
bēoċeorles (genitive singular)
bēoċeorla (genitive plural)
bēoċeorle (dative singular)
bēoċeorlum (dative plural)

desc

⇒ Middle English: (partial calque) beman, bemon

English: beeman, bee-man

Likely an alteration of earlier bēocere assimilated as though from bēo + ċeorl.


beomodor

bēomōdor (canonical feminine)
bēomōdor (nominative singular)
bēomōdra (nominative plural)
bēomōdru (nominative plural)
bēomōdor (accusative singular)
bēomōdra (accusative plural)
bēomōdru (accusative plural)
bēomōdor (genitive singular)
bēomēder (genitive singular)
bēomōdra (genitive plural)
bēomēder (dative singular)
bēomōdrum (dative plural)

→? English: beemother (calque)

From Proto-West Germanic *bijamōder, equivalent to bēo + mōdor. Cognate with Old High German bīmuoter (“queen-bee”).


beowyrt

head

bēowyrt f (nominative plural bēowyrte or bēowyrta)

bēowyrt (canonical feminine)
bēowyrte (nominative plural)
bēowyrta (nominative plural)
bēowyrt (nominative singular)
bēowyrte (nominative plural)
bēowyrta (nominative plural)
bēowyrt (accusative singular)
bēowyrte (accusative singular)
bēowyrte (accusative plural)
bēowyrta (accusative plural)
bēowyrte (genitive singular)
bēowyrta (genitive plural)
bēowyrte (dative singular)
bēowyrtum (dative plural)

Middle English: beowurt

English: beewort

From bēo + wyrt. Calque of Latin apiastrum, apiāgō.

Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus#Translingual


dran

drān (canonical feminine)
drān (nominative singular)
drāna (nominative plural)
drāne (nominative plural)
drāne (accusative singular)
drāna (accusative plural)
drāne (accusative plural)
drāne (genitive singular)
drāna (genitive plural)
drāne (dative singular)
drānum (dative plural)

Middle English: drane, drone

English: drone

Scots: dron

From Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).
Cognate with Old Saxon drān (Low German drōne), Old High German treno (dialectal German Dräne).


onwoc

first/third-person singular preterite of onwacan


pada

pāda (canonical masculine)
pāda (nominative singular)
pādan (nominative plural)
pādan (accusative singular)
pādan (accusative plural)
pādan (genitive singular)
pādena (genitive plural)
pādan (dative singular)
pādum (dative plural)

Possibly inherited from Proto-West Germanic *paidō, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *paidu (“cloak”). Equivalent to pād + -a.


onwæcnan

onwæcnan (infinitive)
onwæcnenne (infinitive)
onwæcne (first-person present singular)
onwæcnde (first-person past singular)
onwæcnede (first-person past singular)
onwæcnest (present second-person singular)
onwæcndest (past second-person singular)
onwæcnedest (past second-person singular)
onwæcneþ (present singular third-person)
onwæcnde (past singular third-person)
onwæcnede (past singular third-person)
onwæcnaþ (plural present)
onwæcndon (past plural)
onwæcnedon (past plural)
onwæcne (present singular)
onwæcnde (past singular)
onwæcnede (past singular)
onwæcnen (plural present)
onwæcnden (past plural)
onwæcneden (past plural)
onwæcne (imperative past present singular)
onwæcnaþ (imperative past plural present)
onwæcnende (imperative present)
onwæcned (imperative past)

Ðonne onwæcneð eft · winelēas guma,
ġesihð him biforan · fealwe wegas,

When the friendless man awakes again,
grey waves appear before him,


setl

setl (nominative singular)
setlu (nominative plural)
setl (accusative singular)
setlu (accusative plural)
setles (genitive singular)
setla (genitive plural)
setle (dative singular)
setlum (dative plural)
setl (nominative singular)
setlas (nominative plural)
setl (accusative singular)
setlas (accusative plural)
setles (genitive singular)
setla (genitive plural)
setle (dative singular)
setlum (dative plural)

Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)

English: settle, seld (with metathesis)

From a merger of two nouns of similar meaning, which came to be pronounced the same in West Saxon because of a sound change whereby -þl and -þm became -tl and -tm in some words (cf. botl, botm):
* Proto-West Germanic *seþl
* Proto-West Germanic *setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz.


werod

werod (nominative singular)
werod (nominative plural)
werod (accusative singular)
werod (accusative plural)
werodes (genitive singular)
weroda (genitive plural)
werode (dative singular)
werodum (dative plural)


imbe

From Proto-West Germanic *imbī, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)pi- (“stinging insect, bee”). Cognate with Middle Dutch imme (Dutch imme) and Old High German imbi (German Imme). The proposed Indo-European root would also be the source of Ancient Greek ἐμπίς (empís), Latin apis.


ræswa

rǣswa (canonical masculine)
rǣswa (nominative singular)
rǣswan (nominative plural)
rǣswan (accusative singular)
rǣswan (accusative plural)
rǣswan (genitive singular)
rǣswena (genitive plural)
rǣswan (dative singular)
rǣswum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *rēswô m (“counsellor”), compare *rēswō f (“counsel, deliberation”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange; to advise”). Cognate with Old Norse ræsir (“leader, chief, king, prince”).


gebedda

ġebedda (canonical masculine)
ġebedda (nominative singular)
ġebeddan (nominative plural)
ġebeddan (accusative singular)
ġebeddan (accusative plural)
ġebeddan (genitive singular)
ġebeddena (genitive plural)
ġebeddan (dative singular)
ġebeddum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gabaddjō. Cognate with Old Frisian bedda and Old Saxon gibeddio. Equivalent to ġe- + bedd + -a.

someone who lies in bed with someone else: bedfellow

late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Sē þeġn wæs wuniende butan wīfes nēawiste, forþan þe his ġebedda ġefaren wæs of life.

The thane was living without the companionship of a woman, for his wife had departed from life.


winemæg

winemǣġ (canonical masculine)
winemāgas (nominative plural)
winemǣġ (nominative singular)
winemāgas (nominative plural)
winemǣġ (accusative singular)
winemāgas (accusative plural)
winemǣġes (genitive singular)
winemāga (genitive plural)
winemǣġe (dative singular)
winemāgum (dative plural)

Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:

So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:


ærn

Middle English: ern

From Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną. Cognate with Old Norse rann.


beirnan

beirnan (infinitive)
beirnenne (infinitive)
beirne (first-person present singular)
bearn (first-person past singular)
beorn (first-person past singular)
beearn (first-person past singular)
beirnst (present second-person singular)
beurne (past second-person singular)
beirnþ (present singular third-person)
bearn (past singular third-person)
beorn (past singular third-person)
beearn (past singular third-person)
beirnaþ (plural present)
beurnon (past plural)
beirne (present singular)
beurne (past singular)
beirnen (plural present)
beurnen (past plural)
beirn (imperative past present singular)
beirnaþ (imperative past plural present)
beirnende (imperative present)
beurnen (imperative past)


heahweg

hēahweġ (canonical masculine)
hēahwegas (nominative plural)
hēahweġ (nominative singular)
hēahwegas (nominative plural)
hēahweġ (accusative singular)
hēahwegas (accusative plural)
hēahweġes (genitive singular)
hēahwega (genitive plural)
hēahweġe (dative singular)
hēahwegum (dative plural)

Middle English: heiȝwei

English: highway

Scots: hichway, heichway, heway, hieway


heah

ang-adj

hēah (comparative hīerra, superlative hīehst)

hēah (canonical)
hīerra (comparative)
hīehst (superlative)
hēah (masculine nominative singular)
hēah (feminine nominative singular)
hēah (neuter nominative singular)
hēane (accusative masculine singular)
hēanne (accusative masculine singular)
hēa (accusative feminine singular)
hēah (accusative neuter singular)
hēas (genitive masculine singular)
hēare (feminine genitive singular)
hēarre (feminine genitive singular)
hēas (genitive neuter singular)
hēam (dative masculine singular)
hēaum (dative masculine singular)
hēare (dative feminine singular)
hēarre (dative feminine singular)
hēam (dative neuter singular)
hēaum (dative neuter singular)
hēa (instrumental masculine singular)
hēare (feminine instrumental singular)
hēarre (feminine instrumental singular)
hēa (instrumental neuter singular)
hēa (masculine nominative plural)
hēa (feminine nominative plural)
hēah (neuter nominative plural)
hēa (accusative masculine plural)
hēa (accusative feminine plural)
hēah (accusative neuter plural)
hēara (genitive masculine plural)
hēarra (genitive masculine plural)
hēara (feminine genitive plural)
hēarra (feminine genitive plural)
hēara (genitive neuter plural)
hēarra (genitive neuter plural)
hēam (dative masculine plural)
hēaum (dative masculine plural)
hēam (dative feminine plural)
hēaum (dative feminine plural)
hēam (dative neuter plural)
hēaum (dative neuter plural)
hēam (instrumental masculine plural)
hēaum (instrumental masculine plural)
hēam (feminine instrumental plural)
hēaum (feminine instrumental plural)
hēam (instrumental neuter plural)
hēaum (instrumental neuter plural)
hēa (masculine nominative singular)
hēa (feminine nominative singular)
hēa (neuter nominative singular)
hēan (accusative masculine singular)
hēan (accusative feminine singular)
hēa (accusative neuter singular)
hēan (genitive masculine singular)
hēan (feminine genitive singular)
hēan (genitive neuter singular)
hēan (dative masculine singular)
hēan (dative feminine singular)
hēan (dative neuter singular)
hēan (instrumental masculine singular)
hēan (feminine instrumental singular)
hēan (instrumental neuter singular)
hēan (masculine nominative plural)
hēan (feminine nominative plural)
hēan (neuter nominative plural)
hēan (accusative masculine plural)
hēan (accusative feminine plural)
hēan (accusative neuter plural)
hēara (genitive masculine plural)
hēarra (genitive masculine plural)
hēana (genitive masculine plural)
hēara (feminine genitive plural)
hēarra (feminine genitive plural)
hēana (feminine genitive plural)
hēara (genitive neuter plural)
hēarra (genitive neuter plural)
hēana (genitive neuter plural)
hēam (dative masculine plural)
hēaum (dative masculine plural)
hēam (dative feminine plural)
hēaum (dative feminine plural)
hēam (dative neuter plural)
hēaum (dative neuter plural)
hēam (instrumental masculine plural)
hēaum (instrumental masculine plural)
hēam (feminine instrumental plural)
hēaum (feminine instrumental plural)
hēam (instrumental neuter plural)
hēaum (instrumental neuter plural)

desctree

Middle English: heigh
English: high
Sranan Tongo: hei
→ German: high
Scots: heich
Yola: heigh, heighe, heegh, hia, hie

Scots: he-, hey-

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
Cognate with Old Frisian hāh, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...

...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...

hēahfæder

hēahenġel

hēahcleofa

hēahfæst

(in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection


folcstede

head

folcstede m (nominative plural folcstedas)

folcstedas (nominative plural)
folcstede (nominative singular)
folcstedas (nominative plural)
folcstede (accusative singular)
folcstedas (accusative plural)
folcstedes (genitive singular)
folcsteda (genitive plural)
folcstede (dative singular)
folcstedum (dative plural)

Nǣfre lǣċecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid wyrtum wunde ġehǣlde,…

I could never find physicians on a battlefield, who would heal a wound with herbs,…


gebannan

ġebannan (canonical)
ġebannan (infinitive)
ġebannenne (infinitive)
ġebanne (first-person present singular)
ġebēonn (first-person past singular)
ġebēon (first-person past singular)
ġebenst (present second-person singular)
ġebēonne (past second-person singular)
ġebēone (past second-person singular)
ġebenþ (present singular third-person)
ġebēonn (past singular third-person)
ġebēon (past singular third-person)
ġebannaþ (plural present)
ġebēonnon (past plural)
ġebēonon (past plural)
ġebanne (present singular)
ġebēonne (past singular)
ġebēone (past singular)
ġebannen (plural present)
ġebēonnen (past plural)
ġebēonen (past plural)
ġebann (imperative past present singular)
ġebannaþ (imperative past plural present)
ġebannende (imperative present)
ġebannen (imperative past)


el-

From Proto-West Germanic *ali-, *allja-, from Proto-Germanic *ali- ~ *alja-, combining form of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old Saxon eli-, Old High German eli-, and Old Norse alja-.