fierst

fierst (nominative singular)
fierstas (nominative plural)
fierst (accusative singular)
fierstas (accusative plural)
fierstes (genitive singular)
fiersta (genitive plural)
fierste (dative singular)
fierstum (dative plural)
first (alternative)
fyrst (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *fristaz, *fristą. Cognate with Middle Dutch verst, Old High German frist (German Frist), Old Norse frest (Swedish frist).

c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Prayer"
God lǣt him fierst þæt hē his māndǣda ġeswīce.

God gives him time to stop his misdeeds.

time (especially time granted for doing something)

c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
Efne ðā tōbserst þæs temples wāhryft, fram ðǣre fyrste ufan ōð ðā flōr neoðan,...

Lo then the temple's veil burst asunder, from the summit above down to the floor beneath,...

threshold, ceiling, inner roof (declined as fem.)


mæting

mǣting (canonical feminine)
mǣting (nominative singular)
mǣtinga (nominative plural)
mǣtinge (nominative plural)
mǣtinge (accusative singular)
mǣtinga (accusative plural)
mǣtinge (accusative plural)
mǣtinge (genitive singular)
mǣtinga (genitive plural)
mǣtinge (dative singular)
mǣtingum (dative plural)


beladung

belādung (canonical feminine)
belādung (nominative singular)
belādunga (nominative plural)
belādunge (nominative plural)
belādunge (accusative singular)
belādunga (accusative plural)
belādunge (accusative plural)
belādunge (genitive singular)
belādunga (genitive plural)
belādunge (dative singular)
belādungum (dative plural)

Equivalent to be- + lādung or belādian + -ung.


frecne

frēcne (canonical neuter)
frēcne (nominative singular)
frēcnu (nominative plural)
frēcne (accusative singular)
frēcnu (accusative plural)
frēcnes (genitive singular)
frēcna (genitive plural)
frēcne (dative singular)
frēcnum (dative plural)
frœ̄cne (alternative)
frǣcne (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *frōkni, from Proto-Germanic *frōkni (“danger, peril”).


frecne

frēcne (canonical neuter)
frœ̄cne (alternative)
frǣcne (alternative)


frecennes

frēcennes (canonical feminine)
frēcennes (nominative singular)
frēcennessa (nominative plural)
frēcennesse (nominative plural)
frēcennesse (accusative singular)
frēcennessa (accusative plural)
frēcennesse (accusative plural)
frēcennesse (genitive singular)
frēcennessa (genitive plural)
frēcennesse (dative singular)
frēcennessum (dative plural)
frēcnes (alternative)
frēcnnis (alternative)


godspell

godspell (nominative singular)
godspell (nominative plural)
godspell (accusative singular)
godspell (accusative plural)
godspelles (genitive singular)
godspella (genitive plural)
godspelle (dative singular)
godspellum (dative plural)
godspel (alternative)

desc

Middle English: gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell

English: gospel (see there for further descendants)

Scots: gospel

→ Old Norse: guðspjall (calque)

Icelandic: guðspjall

Analysed as God + spell, literally “God-message”, an alteration of earlier gōdspell (“good news”), from gōd (“good”) + spell (“message, news”), a calque from Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

der

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.


godspelboc

godspelbōc (canonical feminine)
godspelbōc (nominative singular)
godspelbēċ (nominative plural)
godspelbōc (accusative singular)
godspelbēċ (accusative plural)
godspelbēċ (genitive singular)
godspelbōce (genitive singular)
godspelbōca (genitive plural)
godspelbēċ (dative singular)
godspelbōcum (dative plural)


godspelbodung

godspelbodung (nominative singular)
godspelbodunga (nominative plural)
godspelbodunge (nominative plural)
godspelbodunge (accusative singular)
godspelbodunga (accusative plural)
godspelbodunge (accusative plural)
godspelbodunge (genitive singular)
godspelbodunga (genitive plural)
godspelbodunge (dative singular)
godspelbodungum (dative plural)


godspeltraht

godspeltraht (nominative singular)
godspeltrahtas (nominative plural)
godspeltraht (accusative singular)
godspeltrahtas (accusative plural)
godspeltrahtes (genitive singular)
godspeltrahta (genitive plural)
godspeltrahte (dative singular)
godspeltrahtum (dative plural)


leaga

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of lēah


wræclast

head

wræclāst m (nominative plural wræclāstas)

wræclāst (canonical masculine)
wræclāstas (nominative plural)
wræclāst (nominative singular)
wræclāstas (nominative plural)
wræclāst (accusative singular)
wræclāstas (accusative plural)
wræclāstes (genitive singular)
wræclāsta (genitive plural)
wræclāste (dative singular)
wræclāstum (dative plural)

From wræc (“exile, punishment, misery”) + lāst (“track”).

compound

Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.


bebeodendlic gemet

bebēodendlīċ ġemet (canonical neuter)
bebēodendlīċ ġemet (nominative singular)
bebēodendlīċ ġemetu (nominative plural)
bebēodendlīċ ġemet (accusative singular)
bebēodendlīċ ġemetu (accusative plural)
bebēodendlīċ ġemetes (genitive singular)
bebēodendlīċ ġemeta (genitive plural)
bebēodendlīċ ġemete (dative singular)
bebēodendlīċ ġemetum (dative plural)


ungelicnes

unġelīcnes (canonical feminine)
unġelīcnes (nominative singular)
unġelīcnessa (nominative plural)
unġelīcnesse (nominative plural)
unġelīcnesse (accusative singular)
unġelīcnessa (accusative plural)
unġelīcnesse (accusative plural)
unġelīcnesse (genitive singular)
unġelīcnessa (genitive plural)
unġelīcnesse (dative singular)
unġelīcnessum (dative plural)

Equivalent to un- + ġelīcnes or unġelīċ + -nes.


wifel

wifel (nominative singular)
wifelas (nominative plural)
wifel (accusative singular)
wifelas (accusative plural)
wifeles (genitive singular)
wifela (genitive plural)
wifele (dative singular)
wifelum (dative plural)
wibil (alternative)
wibl (alternative)
uuibil (alternative)
*fifel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: wevel, wevyl, wyvyl
English: weevil
Scots: wavel

From Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz. Cognate with Old Saxon wivil, Old High German wibil, Old Norse vifill, vífill.


dufedoppa

dūfedoppa (canonical masculine)
dūfedoppa (nominative singular)
dūfedoppan (nominative plural)
dūfedoppan (accusative singular)
dūfedoppan (accusative plural)
dūfedoppan (genitive singular)
dūfedoppena (genitive plural)
dūfedoppan (dative singular)
dūfedoppum (dative plural)

From *dūfe (“diver”) + *doppa (“dipper”) (compare diepan (“to dip”)). Compare dopfugol, dopened.


þeowet

þēowet (canonical masculine)
þēowet (nominative singular)
þēowet (accusative singular)
þēowettes (genitive singular)
þēowette (dative singular)
þēowett (alternative)
þēowot (alternative)
þēowt (alternative)

Equivalent to þēow + -et or þēowian + -et.


þiewen

þīewen (canonical feminine)
þīewen (nominative singular)
þīewenna (nominative plural)
þīewenne (nominative plural)
þīewenne (accusative singular)
þīewenna (accusative plural)
þīewenne (accusative plural)
þīewenne (genitive singular)
þīewenna (genitive plural)
þīewenne (dative singular)
þīewennum (dative plural)
þīwen (alternative)
þēowen (alternative)


hofe

hōfe (canonical feminine)
hōfan (nominative plural)
hōfe (nominative singular)
hōfan (nominative plural)
hōfan (accusative singular)
hōfan (accusative plural)
hōfan (genitive singular)
hōfena (genitive plural)
hōfan (dative singular)
hōfum (dative plural)


wiergnes

wierġnes (canonical feminine)
wierġnes (nominative singular)
wierġnessa (nominative plural)
wierġnesse (nominative plural)
wierġnesse (accusative singular)
wierġnessa (accusative plural)
wierġnesse (accusative plural)
wierġnesse (genitive singular)
wierġnessa (genitive plural)
wierġnesse (dative singular)
wierġnessum (dative plural)


wædla

wǣdla (canonical masculine)
wǣdla (nominative singular)
wǣdlan (nominative plural)
wǣdlan (accusative singular)
wǣdlan (accusative plural)
wǣdlan (genitive singular)
wǣdlena (genitive plural)
wǣdlan (dative singular)
wǣdlum (dative plural)
wēdla (alternative)
wēþla (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *wāþlō, from Proto-West Germanic *wāþl (“poor, needy”). Cognate with Old High German wādal (“poor, needy”).


mildheortness

mildheortness (nominative singular)
mildheortnessa (nominative plural)
mildheortnesse (nominative plural)
mildheortnesse (accusative singular)
mildheortnessa (accusative plural)
mildheortnesse (accusative plural)
mildheortnesse (genitive singular)
mildheortnessa (genitive plural)
mildheortnesse (dative singular)
mildheortnessum (dative plural)


untrumnes

untrumnes (nominative singular)
untrumnessa (nominative plural)
untrumnesse (nominative plural)
untrumnesse (accusative singular)
untrumnessa (accusative plural)
untrumnesse (accusative plural)
untrumnesse (genitive singular)
untrumnessa (genitive plural)
untrumnesse (dative singular)
untrumnessum (dative plural)

"Gospel of Saint John", chapter 11, verse 4

When the Healer (Jesus) heard that, then he said to him, This sickness is not for death, but instead for God's glory, that God's Son be glorified through him.

Ðā sē Hǣlend þæt ġehȳrde, þā cwæð hē tō him, Nys þēos untrumnys nā for dēaðe, ac for Godes wuldre, þæt Godes Sunu, sī ġewuldrod þurh hyne.


lundlaga

lundlaga (nominative singular)
lundlagan (nominative plural)
lundlagan (accusative singular)
lundlagan (accusative plural)
lundlagan (genitive singular)
lundlagena (genitive plural)
lundlagan (dative singular)
lundlagum (dative plural)

Middle English: lundlawe

From Proto-West Germanic *lundulagō, equivalent to *lund + laga. Cognate with Old Frisian lundlaga (“kidney”).


strengþe

inflection of strengþu:
nominative plural

inflection of strengþu:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of strengþu:
genitive/dative singular


unnytnes

unnytnes (nominative singular)
unnytnessa (nominative plural)
unnytnesse (nominative plural)
unnytnesse (accusative singular)
unnytnessa (accusative plural)
unnytnesse (accusative plural)
unnytnesse (genitive singular)
unnytnessa (genitive plural)
unnytnesse (dative singular)
unnytnessum (dative plural)


neawist

nēawist (canonical feminine)
nēawist (nominative singular)
nēawiste (nominative plural)
nēawista (nominative plural)
nēawist (accusative singular)
nēawiste (accusative singular)
nēawiste (accusative plural)
nēawista (accusative plural)
nēawiste (genitive singular)
nēawista (genitive plural)
nēawiste (dative singular)
nēawistum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *nāhawisti. Cognate with Old High German nāhwist (“neighbourhood”), Icelandic návist (“presence”). Equivalent to Old English nēah (“close, near”) + wist (“being, essence”).

compound

the vicinity of anything: proximity, neighbourhood, surrounding area

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 wife, for his consort had departed from life.


anweald

anweald (nominative singular)
anwealdas (nominative plural)
anweald (accusative singular)
anwealdas (accusative plural)
anwealdes (genitive singular)
anwealda (genitive plural)
anwealde (dative singular)
anwealdum (dative plural)
andweald (alternative)
anwald (alternative)
onwald (alternative)
onweald (alternative)

/ˈɑnˌwæ͜ɑld/

[ˈɑnˌwæ͜ɑɫd]

Perhaps originally a calque of Late Latin monarcha (“monarchy, sole power”). In any case equivalent to an- (“on”) + weald (“power”). Compare Swedish envälde, Danish enevælde, Icelandic einveldi and German Anwalt.

Exeter Book, Chrtist A, The Navitivity
...Ne lǣt awyrġde ofer us onwald āgan...

Let not the accursed have power over us...

"Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

And nū ic sealde ēow ānweald tō tredenne ofer nǣddran. And snacan and ofer ǣlc fēondes mæġen. And nān þing ēow ne derað...


heremann

heremann (nominative singular)
heremenn (nominative plural)
heremann (accusative singular)
heremenn (accusative plural)
heremannes (genitive singular)
heremanna (genitive plural)
heremenn (dative singular)
heremannum (dative plural)
hereman (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *harjamann-. Equivalent to here (“army”) + mann (“man”).


helpere

helpere (nominative singular)
helperas (nominative plural)
helpere (accusative singular)
helperas (accusative plural)
helperes (genitive singular)
helpera (genitive plural)
helpere (dative singular)
helperum (dative plural)

Middle English: helpere

English: helper

Scots: helpare, helpar, helper

From Proto-West Germanic *helpārī, equivalent to help + -ere. Cognate with Old Frisian helpere, Old Saxon helpāri, helperi, Old High German helfāri. Compare also Old Norse hjalpari, hilpir (“helper”).


niewnes

nīewnes (canonical feminine)
nīewnes (nominative singular)
nīewnessa (nominative plural)
nīewnesse (nominative plural)
nīewnesse (accusative singular)
nīewnessa (accusative plural)
nīewnesse (accusative plural)
nīewnesse (genitive singular)
nīewnessa (genitive plural)
nīewnesse (dative singular)
nīewnessum (dative plural)
nīwnes (alternative)
nīownes (alternative)
nīwnys (alternative)
nēownys (alternative)

Middle English: newnesse

English: newness


niewung

nīewung (canonical feminine)
nīewung (nominative singular)
nīewunga (nominative plural)
nīewunge (nominative plural)
nīewunge (accusative singular)
nīewunga (accusative plural)
nīewunge (accusative plural)
nīewunge (genitive singular)
nīewunga (genitive plural)
nīewunge (dative singular)
nīewungum (dative plural)
nīwung (alternative)


edniewung

ednīewung (canonical feminine)
ednīewung (nominative singular)
ednīewunga (nominative plural)
ednīewunge (nominative plural)
ednīewunge (accusative singular)
ednīewunga (accusative plural)
ednīewunge (accusative plural)
ednīewunge (genitive singular)
ednīewunga (genitive plural)
ednīewunge (dative singular)
ednīewungum (dative plural)
ednīwung (alternative)


cliewen

clīewen (canonical neuter)
clīwen (nominative singular)
clīwenu (nominative plural)
clīwen (accusative singular)
clīwenu (accusative plural)
clīwenes (genitive singular)
clīwena (genitive plural)
clīwene (dative singular)
clīwenum (dative plural)
clȳwen (alternative)
clīwen (alternative)
clīowen (alternative)
clēowen (alternative)
clȳwe (alternative)
clīwe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: clewe, clew, clewen, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe
English: clew, clue
Scots: clew, cloo, clue

From Proto-West Germanic *kliuwīn, from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną.

Platōn cwæþ þæt Sċieppend worhte þās weorold on clīewenes hīewe.

Plato said the Creator made this world in the shape of a ball.

9th century, Bald's Leechbook vol. I
Mintan wel ġetrifulode menġ wiþ huniġ, wyrċ tō lȳtlum clīewene, lǣt forswelgan.

Mix well-ground mint with honey, make it into a little ball, have it swallowed.


edniewiend

ednīewiend (canonical masculine)
ednīewiend (nominative singular)
ednīewiend (nominative plural)
ednīewiende (nominative plural)
ednīewiendas (nominative plural)
ednīewiend (accusative singular)
ednīewiend (accusative plural)
ednīewiende (accusative plural)
ednīewiendas (accusative plural)
ednīewiendes (genitive singular)
ednīewiendra (genitive plural)
ednīewiende (dative singular)
ednīewiendum (dative plural)


eftniewung

eftnīewung (canonical feminine)
eftnīewung (nominative singular)
eftnīewunga (nominative plural)
eftnīewunge (nominative plural)
eftnīewunge (accusative singular)
eftnīewunga (accusative plural)
eftnīewunge (accusative plural)
eftnīewunge (genitive singular)
eftnīewunga (genitive plural)
eftnīewunge (dative singular)
eftnīewungum (dative plural)
eftnīwung (alternative)


lærestre

lǣrestre (canonical feminine)
lǣrestre (nominative singular)
lǣrestran (nominative plural)
lǣrestran (accusative singular)
lǣrestran (accusative plural)
lǣrestran (genitive singular)
lǣrestrena (genitive plural)
lǣrestran (dative singular)
lǣrestrum (dative plural)


liegetu

līeġetu (canonical feminine)
līeġetu (nominative singular)
līeġeta (nominative plural)
līeġete (nominative plural)
līeġete (accusative singular)
līeġeta (accusative plural)
līeġete (accusative plural)
līeġete (genitive singular)
līeġeta (genitive plural)
līeġete (dative singular)
līeġetum (dative plural)
līeġetu (nominative singular)
līeġetu (nominative plural)
līeġete (nominative plural)
līeġetu (accusative singular)
līeġete (accusative singular)
līeġetu (accusative plural)
līeġete (accusative plural)
līeġetu (genitive singular)
līeġete (genitive singular)
līeġeta (genitive plural)
līeġetu (dative singular)
līeġete (dative singular)
līeġetum (dative plural)
līeġet (nominative singular)
līeġetas (nominative plural)
līeġet (accusative singular)
līeġetas (accusative plural)
līeġetes (genitive singular)
līeġeta (genitive plural)
līeġete (dative singular)
līeġetum (dative plural)
lēġetu (alternative Anglian)
lēġitu (alternative Anglian)
lēġeð (alternative)
līġetu (alternative)
līġet (alternative)
līġett (alternative)

Middle English: leyt, lait, laite, layt, layte, leit, leite, leyte
English: lait (obsolete)

c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds
Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.

There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.


iermþu

iermþu (nominative singular)
iermþa (nominative plural)
iermþe (nominative plural)
iermþe (accusative singular)
iermþa (accusative plural)
iermþe (accusative plural)
iermþe (genitive singular)
iermþa (genitive plural)
iermþe (dative singular)
iermþum (dative plural)
iermþ (alternative)
yrmþ (alternative)
irmþ (alternative)
ermþ (alternative)
ermþu (alternative)
eormþu (alternative)
earmþu (alternative)

Middle English: armthe

English: armth

From Proto-West Germanic *armiþu. Equivalent to earm (“poor”) + -þu.


fylþu

fȳlþu (canonical feminine)
fȳlþu (nominative singular)
fȳlþa (nominative plural)
fȳlþe (nominative plural)
fȳlþe (accusative singular)
fȳlþa (accusative plural)
fȳlþe (accusative plural)
fȳlþe (genitive singular)
fȳlþa (genitive plural)
fȳlþe (dative singular)
fȳlþum (dative plural)
fȳlþ (alternative)

Middle English: fülthe, felthe, filthe

Scots: fylth, filth

English: filth

From Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu. Equivalent to fūl + -þu.

(figurative) moral impurity, foul practice


þiefþ

þīefþ (canonical feminine)
þīefþ (nominative singular)
þīefþa (nominative plural)
þīefþe (nominative plural)
þīefþe (accusative singular)
þīefþa (accusative plural)
þīefþe (accusative plural)
þīefþe (genitive singular)
þīefþa (genitive plural)
þīefþe (dative singular)
þīefþum (dative plural)
þȳfþ (alternative)
þīfþ (alternative)
þēofþ (alternative)
þēoft (alternative)

Middle English: thefte, theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe
English: theft
Scots: thift, theft

From Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu. Equivalent to þēof + -þ.


cempestre

cempestre (nominative singular)
cempestran (nominative plural)
cempestran (accusative singular)
cempestran (accusative plural)
cempestran (genitive singular)
cempestrena (genitive plural)
cempestran (dative singular)
cempestrum (dative plural)

Either from camp + -estre or cempa + -estre.


eorþhnutu

eorþhnutu (nominative singular)
eorþhnyte (nominative plural)
eorþhnutu (accusative singular)
eorþhnyte (accusative plural)
eorþhnyte (genitive singular)
eorþhnute (genitive singular)
eorþhnuta (genitive plural)
eorþhnyte (dative singular)
eorþhnutum (dative plural)

Middle English: erthenote

English: earthnut

From Proto-Germanic *erþōhnuts. Equivalent to eorþ (“earth”) + hnutu (“nut”). Cognate with Old High German erdnuz and Old Norse jarðhnot.


bædling

bædling (nominative singular)
bædlingas (nominative plural)
bædling (accusative singular)
bædlingas (accusative plural)
bædlinges (genitive singular)
bædlinga (genitive plural)
bædlinge (dative singular)
bædlingum (dative plural)

Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to bedd (“bed”), suggesting "a delicate fellow, tenderling, one who lies much in bed", or perhaps to bæddel.

a word of uncertain precise meaning, variously interpreted as delicate man, effeminate man, or hermaphrodite


tweon

twēon (canonical masculine)
twēon (nominative singular)
twēonas (nominative plural)
twēon (accusative singular)
twēonas (accusative plural)
twēones (genitive singular)
twēona (genitive plural)
twēone (dative singular)
twēonum (dative plural)
twȳn (alternative)

Middle English: tweon, twen, twin


hiersumnes

hīersumnes (canonical feminine)
hīersumnes (nominative singular)
hīersumnessa (nominative plural)
hīersumnesse (nominative plural)
hīersumnesse (accusative singular)
hīersumnessa (accusative plural)
hīersumnesse (accusative plural)
hīersumnesse (genitive singular)
hīersumnessa (genitive plural)
hīersumnesse (dative singular)
hīersumnessum (dative plural)
hȳrsumnes (alternative)

Middle English: hersumnesse

English: hearsomeness


unhiersumnes

unhīersumnes (canonical feminine)
unhīersumnes (nominative singular)
unhīersumnessa (nominative plural)
unhīersumnesse (nominative plural)
unhīersumnesse (accusative singular)
unhīersumnessa (accusative plural)
unhīersumnesse (accusative plural)
unhīersumnesse (genitive singular)
unhīersumnessa (genitive plural)
unhīersumnesse (dative singular)
unhīersumnessum (dative plural)


ofspring

ofspring (nominative singular)
ofspringas (nominative plural)
ofspring (accusative singular)
ofspringas (accusative plural)
ofspringes (genitive singular)
ofspringa (genitive plural)
ofspringe (dative singular)
ofspringum (dative plural)

offspring


eorþhus

eorþhūs (canonical neuter)
eorþhūs (nominative singular)
eorþhūs (nominative plural)
eorþhūs (accusative singular)
eorþhūs (accusative plural)
eorþhūses (genitive singular)
eorþhūsa (genitive plural)
eorþhūse (dative singular)
eorþhūsum (dative plural)
eorðhūs (alternative)

Middle English: erthe hous, erthe-hous, erþe hous, eorð-hus (early Southern)
English: earthhouse, earth-house
Middle Scots: erd hous

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *erþahūs, from Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. Equivalent to eorþe (“earth”) + hūs (“house”). Cognate with Old Norse jarðhús (“underground room or passage”).


forsewennes

forsewennes (nominative singular)
forsewennessa (nominative plural)
forsewennesse (nominative plural)
forsewennesse (accusative singular)
forsewennessa (accusative plural)
forsewennesse (accusative plural)
forsewennesse (genitive singular)
forsewennessa (genitive plural)
forsewennesse (dative singular)
forsewennessum (dative plural)


gitsung

ġītsung (canonical feminine)
ġītsung (nominative singular)
ġītsunga (nominative plural)
ġītsunge (nominative plural)
ġītsunge (accusative singular)
ġītsunga (accusative plural)
ġītsunge (accusative plural)
ġītsunge (genitive singular)
ġītsunga (genitive plural)
ġītsunge (dative singular)
ġītsungum (dative plural)

desire (without or without negative connotation)


sandcorn

sandcorn (nominative singular)
sandcorn (nominative plural)
sandcorn (accusative singular)
sandcorn (accusative plural)
sandcornes (genitive singular)
sandcorna (genitive plural)
sandcorne (dative singular)
sandcornum (dative plural)

Middle English: *sandcorn

English: sandcorn

From Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, *samdakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną. Equivalent to sand (“sand”) + corn (“grain”).


wælstow

wælstōw (canonical feminine)
wælstōw (nominative singular)
wælstōwa (nominative plural)
wælstōwe (nominative plural)
wælstōwe (accusative singular)
wælstōwa (accusative plural)
wælstōwe (accusative plural)
wælstōwe (genitive singular)
wælstōwa (genitive plural)
wælstōwe (dative singular)
wælstōwum (dative plural)

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan ahton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wiġþeġn, tweġen bisċeopas, forðferdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, tweġen ealdormenn, forðferdon.

Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died.


heafodece

hēafodeċe (canonical masculine)
hēafodeċe (nominative singular)
hēafodeċas (nominative plural)
hēafodeċe (accusative singular)
hēafodeċas (accusative plural)
hēafodeċes (genitive singular)
hēafodeċa (genitive plural)
hēafodeċe (dative singular)
hēafodeċum (dative plural)


hiwcuþnes

hīwcūþnes (canonical feminine)
hīwcūþnes (nominative singular)
hīwcūþnessa (nominative plural)
hīwcūþnesse (nominative plural)
hīwcūþnesse (accusative singular)
hīwcūþnessa (accusative plural)
hīwcūþnesse (accusative plural)
hīwcūþnesse (genitive singular)
hīwcūþnessa (genitive plural)
hīwcūþnesse (dative singular)
hīwcūþnessum (dative plural)


gewita

ġewita (canonical masculine)
ġewita (nominative singular)
ġewitan (nominative plural)
ġewitan (accusative singular)
ġewitan (accusative plural)
ġewitan (genitive singular)
ġewitena (genitive plural)
ġewitan (dative singular)
ġewitum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *gawitō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon giwito, and Old High German giwizzo. Equivalent to ġe- + wita.

witness (someone who testifies or has witnessed something)


gewitnes

ġewitnes (canonical feminine)
ġewitnes (nominative singular)
ġewitnessa (nominative plural)
ġewitnesse (nominative plural)
ġewitnesse (accusative singular)
ġewitnessa (accusative plural)
ġewitnesse (accusative plural)
ġewitnesse (genitive singular)
ġewitnessa (genitive plural)
ġewitnesse (dative singular)
ġewitnessum (dative plural)

Middle English: witnesse

English: witness

Equivalent to ġe- + witnes or ġewita + -nes.


rihtere

rihtere (nominative singular)
rihteras (nominative plural)
rihtere (accusative singular)
rihteras (accusative plural)
rihteres (genitive singular)
rihtera (genitive plural)
rihtere (dative singular)
rihterum (dative plural)

From riht + -ere. Cognate to Old High German rihtāri.


ierþling

ierþling (nominative singular)
ierþlingas (nominative plural)
ierþling (accusative singular)
ierþlingas (accusative plural)
ierþlinges (genitive singular)
ierþlinga (genitive plural)
ierþlinge (dative singular)
ierþlingum (dative plural)
irþling (alternative)
yrþling (alternative)
eorþling (alternative)
ærþling (alternative)
yrþlingc (alternative)
yrþlincg (alternative)
erþling (alternative)
erdling (alternative)

Middle English: urþling, erdling

English: earthling


rode tacn

rōde tācn (canonical neuter)
rōde tācn (nominative singular)
rōde tācnu (nominative plural)
rōde tācn (accusative singular)
rōde tācnu (accusative plural)
rōde tācnes (genitive singular)
rōde tācna (genitive plural)
rōde tācne (dative singular)
rōde tācnum (dative plural)

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Godes apostolas ūs bletsodon mid Crīstes rōde tācne...

The apostles of God blessed us with the sign of Christ's cross...


ansetla

ānsetla (canonical masculine)
ānsetla (nominative singular)
ānsetlan (nominative plural)
ānsetlan (accusative singular)
ānsetlan (accusative plural)
ānsetlan (genitive singular)
ānsetlena (genitive plural)
ānsetlan (dative singular)
ānsetlum (dative plural)

Equivalent to ān- + setla, literally "lone settler" or "someone who settles alone". Compare German Einsiedler and Icelandic einsetumaður, which are formed similarly.


gesinscipe

ġesinsċipe (canonical masculine)
ġesinsċipe (nominative singular)
ġesinsċipas (nominative plural)
ġesinsċipe (accusative singular)
ġesinsċipas (accusative plural)
ġesinsċipes (genitive singular)
ġesinsċipa (genitive plural)
ġesinsċipe (dative singular)
ġesinsċipum (dative plural)

From ġe- + sinsċipe, from sin- + -sċipe.


þyrlung

þȳrlung (canonical feminine)
þȳrlung (nominative singular)
þȳrlunga (nominative plural)
þȳrlunge (nominative plural)
þȳrlunge (accusative singular)
þȳrlunga (accusative plural)
þȳrlunge (accusative plural)
þȳrlunge (genitive singular)
þȳrlunga (genitive plural)
þȳrlunge (dative singular)
þȳrlungum (dative plural)


portic

portic (nominative singular)
porticas (nominative plural)
portic (accusative singular)
porticas (accusative plural)
portices (genitive singular)
portica (genitive plural)
portice (dative singular)
porticum (dative plural)

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Hīe restaþ bēġen on Eoferwīc ċeastre on ānum portice.


cyf

cȳf (canonical feminine)
cȳf (nominative singular)
cȳfe (nominative plural)
cȳfa (nominative plural)
cȳf (accusative singular)
cȳfe (accusative singular)
cȳfe (accusative plural)
cȳfa (accusative plural)
cȳfe (genitive singular)
cȳfa (genitive plural)
cȳfe (dative singular)
cȳfum (dative plural)

Middle English: kive

English: keeve

From Proto-West Germanic *kūbiju, from Proto-Germanic *kūbaz, perhaps from Latin cūpa. Possibly a doublet of cuppe and cȳpe. Alternatively, perhaps a clipping of Old English cȳfel.


scrin

sċrīn (canonical neuter)
sċrīn (nominative singular)
sċrīn (nominative plural)
sċrīn (accusative singular)
sċrīn (accusative plural)
sċrīnes (genitive singular)
sċrīna (genitive plural)
sċrīne (dative singular)
sċrīnum (dative plural)

Middle English: shryne
English: shrine

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)


guþfana

gūþfana (canonical masculine)
gūþfana (nominative singular)
gūþfanan (nominative plural)
gūþfanan (accusative singular)
gūþfanan (accusative plural)
gūþfanan (genitive singular)
gūþfanena (genitive plural)
gūþfanan (dative singular)
gūþfanum (dative plural)

/ˈɡuːθˌfɑ.nɑ/

From Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô. Cognate with Old High German gundfano, Old Norse gunnfáni. Equivalent to gūþ (“war”) + fana (“flag”).


teafor

tēafor (canonical neuter)
tēafor (nominative singular)
tēafor (nominative plural)
tēafor (accusative singular)
tēafor (accusative plural)
tēafres (genitive singular)
tēafra (genitive plural)
tēafre (dative singular)
tēafrum (dative plural)

Middle English: teafur, teapor, *tever

English: tiver

From Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic”).


tiefring

tīefring (canonical feminine)
tīefring (nominative singular)
tīefringa (nominative plural)
tīefringe (nominative plural)
tīefringe (accusative singular)
tīefringa (accusative plural)
tīefringe (accusative plural)
tīefringe (genitive singular)
tīefringa (genitive plural)
tīefringe (dative singular)
tīefringum (dative plural)
tīfrung (alternative)
tēfrung (alternative)


heafodstocc

hēafodstocc (canonical masculine)
hēafodstocc (nominative singular)
hēafodstoccas (nominative plural)
hēafodstocc (accusative singular)
hēafodstoccas (accusative plural)
hēafodstocces (genitive singular)
hēafodstocca (genitive plural)
hēafodstocce (dative singular)
hēafodstoccum (dative plural)

a post on which a criminal's head was placed after a beheading, often used to mark boundaries of land


gescildend

ġesċildend (canonical masculine)
ġesċildend (nominative singular)
ġesċildend (nominative plural)
ġesċildende (nominative plural)
ġesċildendas (nominative plural)
ġesċildend (accusative singular)
ġesċildend (accusative plural)
ġesċildende (accusative plural)
ġesċildendas (accusative plural)
ġesċildendes (genitive singular)
ġesċildendra (genitive plural)
ġesċildende (dative singular)
ġesċildendum (dative plural)

Equivalent to ġe- + sċildend or ġesċildan + -end.


ofermettu

ofermettu (nominative singular)
ofermetta (nominative plural)
ofermette (nominative plural)
ofermette (accusative singular)
ofermetta (accusative plural)
ofermette (accusative plural)
ofermette (genitive singular)
ofermetta (genitive plural)
ofermette (dative singular)
ofermettum (dative plural)
ofermetto (alternative)
ofermetu (alternative)
ofermeto (alternative)

From pre-Old English *obærmōdiþu, equivalent to ofermōd + -þu.


eorþtyrewa

eorþtyrewa (nominative singular)
eorþtyrewan (accusative singular)
eorþtyrewan (genitive singular)
eorþtyrewan (dative singular)

From eorþe (“earth”) + tirwa (“tar, resin”), related to teoru (“tar”).

c. 900, Old English Orosius
se weall is ġeworht of tiġelan and eorþtyrewan

the wall is built with bricks and asphalt


streaberge

strēaberġe (canonical feminine)
strēaberġe (nominative singular)
strēaberġan (nominative plural)
strēaberġan (accusative singular)
strēaberġan (accusative plural)
strēaberġan (genitive singular)
strēaberġena (genitive plural)
strēaberġan (dative singular)
strēaberġum (dative plural)


bræmelberge

brǣmelberġe (canonical feminine)
brǣmelberġe (nominative singular)
brǣmelberġan (nominative plural)
brǣmelberġan (accusative singular)
brǣmelberġan (accusative plural)
brǣmelberġan (genitive singular)
brǣmelberġena (genitive plural)
brǣmelberġan (dative singular)
brǣmelberġum (dative plural)
brǣmelberie (alternative)
brēmelberiġe (alternative)

Middle English: brymbyll bery

English: brambleberry

From Proto-West Germanic *brāmilabaʀi, equivalent to brǣmel + berġe.


hæþberge

hǣþberġe (canonical feminine)
hǣþberġe (nominative singular)
hǣþberġan (nominative plural)
hǣþberġan (accusative singular)
hǣþberġan (accusative plural)
hǣþberġan (genitive singular)
hǣþberġena (genitive plural)
hǣþberġan (dative singular)
hǣþberġum (dative plural)
hǣþberie (alternative)
hǣþberiġe (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *haiþibaʀi. Cognate with German Heidelbeere. Equivalent to hǣþ (“heath”) + berġe (“berry”).


hindberge

hindberġe (canonical feminine)
hindberġe (nominative singular)
hindberġan (nominative plural)
hindberġan (accusative singular)
hindberġan (accusative plural)
hindberġan (genitive singular)
hindberġena (genitive plural)
hindberġan (dative singular)
hindberġum (dative plural)
hindberie (alternative)
hindberiġe (alternative)

Middle English: *hindberie

English: hindberry

From Proto-West Germanic *hindibaʀi. Equivalent to hind (“hind”) + berġe (“berry”).


iwberge

īwberġe (canonical feminine)
īwberġe (nominative singular)
īwberġan (nominative plural)
īwberġan (accusative singular)
īwberġan (accusative plural)
īwberġan (genitive singular)
īwberġena (genitive plural)
īwberġan (dative singular)
īwberġum (dative plural)

yew berry


winberge

wīnberġe (canonical feminine)
wīnberġe (nominative singular)
wīnberġan (nominative plural)
wīnberġan (accusative singular)
wīnberġan (accusative plural)
wīnberġan (genitive singular)
wīnberġena (genitive plural)
wīnberġan (dative singular)
wīnberġum (dative plural)
wīnberie (alternative)
wīnberiġe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: winberie, winberi, wynberie, wynberiȝ, wyneberie, wynneberie
English: wineberry; whimberry, whinberry, wimberry, winberry, windberry

From Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabazją, *wīnabasją. Equivalent to wīn (“wine”) + berġe (“berry”).


morberge

mōrberġe (canonical feminine)
mōrberġe (nominative singular)
mōrberġan (nominative plural)
mōrberġan (accusative singular)
mōrberġan (accusative plural)
mōrberġan (genitive singular)
mōrberġena (genitive plural)
mōrberġan (dative singular)
mōrberġum (dative plural)
mōrberie (alternative)
mōrberiġe (alternative)

desc

Middle English: mulbery, molbery, mulberie, mulbere

English: mulberry

From Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi. Equivalent to mōr + berġe.


nædrebita

nǣdrebita (canonical masculine)
nǣdrebita (nominative singular)
nǣdrebitan (nominative plural)
nǣdrebitan (accusative singular)
nǣdrebitan (accusative plural)
nǣdrebitan (genitive singular)
nǣdrebitena (genitive plural)
nǣdrebitan (dative singular)
nǣdrebitum (dative plural)


seoloþ

seoloþ (nominative singular)
seoloþas (nominative plural)
seoloþ (accusative singular)
seoloþas (accusative plural)
seoloþes (genitive singular)
seoloþa (genitive plural)
seoloþe (dative singular)
seoloþum (dative plural)
sioloþ (alternative)

Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *silōþu, from a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be still, be silent”) + -oþ; or perhaps from Proto-Germanic *silōþuz. If so, then related to Old Norse sil (“slowly or calmly flowing water between two falls in a stream”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, stop, fall silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).


eorþberge

eorþberġe (canonical feminine)
eorþberġe (nominative singular)
eorþberġan (nominative plural)
eorþberġan (accusative singular)
eorþberġan (accusative plural)
eorþberġan (genitive singular)
eorþberġena (genitive plural)
eorþberġan (dative singular)
eorþberġum (dative plural)
eorþberie (alternative)
eorþberiġe (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją. Cognate with Old Saxon erthberi, Old High German erdberi. Composed of eorþ (“ground”) + berġe (“berry”), so called because its fruit lies upon the ground.


gewealdleþer

ġewealdleþer (canonical neuter)
ġewealdleþer (nominative singular)
ġewealdleþru (nominative plural)
ġewealdleþer (accusative singular)
ġewealdleþru (accusative plural)
ġewealdleþres (genitive singular)
ġewealdleþra (genitive plural)
ġewealdleþre (dative singular)
ġewealdleþrum (dative plural)
ġewaldleþer (alternative)
ġeweltleþer (alternative)

From ġeweald (“control”) + leþer (“leather (strap)”).


steopbearn

head

stēopbearn n (nominative plural stēopbearn)

stēopbearn (canonical neuter)
stēopbearn (nominative plural)
stēopbearn (nominative singular)
stēopbearn (nominative plural)
stēopbearn (accusative singular)
stēopbearn (accusative plural)
stēopbearnes (genitive singular)
stēopbearna (genitive plural)
stēopbearne (dative singular)
stēopbearnum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: stepbarn, steopbern, steopbearn (Early Middle English)
English: stepbarn
Scots: stepbairn
→ English: stepbairn

From Proto-Germanic *steupabarną; equivalent to stēop- + bearn.


folcisc

folcisċ (canonical neuter)
folcisċ (nominative singular)
folcisċ (accusative singular)
folcisċes (genitive singular)
folcisċe (dative singular)

common speech: colloquial or vernacular language


toþece

tōþeċe (canonical masculine)
tōþeċe (nominative singular)
tōþeċas (nominative plural)
tōþeċe (accusative singular)
tōþeċas (accusative plural)
tōþeċes (genitive singular)
tōþeċa (genitive plural)
tōþeċe (dative singular)
tōþeċum (dative plural)

Middle English: toth-ake

English: toothache

Scots: tuthe-ake, tuithe aik, tootatch


leornere

leornere (nominative singular)
leorneras (nominative plural)
leornere (accusative singular)
leorneras (accusative plural)
leorneres (genitive singular)
leornera (genitive plural)
leornere (dative singular)
leornerum (dative plural)
leornre (alternative)

Middle English: lernere, lerner

English: learner

Scots: learner


wætergefeall

wæterġefeall (canonical neuter)
wæterġefeall (nominative singular)
wæterġefeall (nominative plural)
wæterġefeall (accusative singular)
wæterġefeall (accusative plural)
wæterġefealles (genitive singular)
wæterġefealla (genitive plural)
wæterġefealle (dative singular)
wæterġefeallum (dative plural)
wæterġefeal (alternative)

Middle English: waterfal, waterfalle

English: waterfall


fyrde

inflection of fyrd:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of fyrd:
genitive/dative singular


full mona

Middle English: ful mone

English: full moon

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz mēnô. Cognate with West Frisian folmoanne, Low German Vullmaand, Dutch volle maan, German Vollmond, and Swedish fullmåne.


monanæfen

mōnanǣfen (canonical masculine)
mōnanǣfen (nominative singular)
mōnanǣfennas (nominative plural)
mōnanǣfen (accusative singular)
mōnanǣfennas (accusative plural)
mōnanǣfennes (genitive singular)
mōnanǣfenna (genitive plural)
mōnanǣfenne (dative singular)
mōnanǣfennum (dative plural)

From mōnan (“the moon's”) + ǣfen (“evening”), corresponding to mōnandæġ (“Monday”, literally “the moon's day”).


seftnes

sēftnes (canonical feminine)
sēftnes (nominative singular)
sēftnessa (nominative plural)
sēftnesse (nominative plural)
sēftnesse (accusative singular)
sēftnessa (accusative plural)
sēftnesse (accusative plural)
sēftnesse (genitive singular)
sēftnessa (genitive plural)
sēftnesse (dative singular)
sēftnessum (dative plural)

Middle English: softnesse

English: softness


Læden

Lǣden (canonical neuter)
Lǣden (nominative singular)
Lǣden (accusative singular)
Lǣdenes (genitive singular)
Lǣdene (dative singular)
Lǣtin (alternative)
Lēden (alternative)

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende gōdspel oððe gōdspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

The learned have no need of these books, for they can be satisfied by their own learning. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.


Romeburh

Rōmeburh (canonical feminine)
Rōmeburh (nominative singular)
Rōmeburh (accusative singular)
Rōmebyrġ (genitive singular)
Rōmebyrġ (dative singular)

ang-decl-noun

Declension of Rōmeburh (strong consonant stem)

Alternative form of Rōme burg: Rome (a major city in Italy; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)


wuduweard

wuduweard (nominative singular)
wuduweardas (nominative plural)
wuduweard (accusative singular)
wuduweardas (accusative plural)
wuduweardes (genitive singular)
wuduwearda (genitive plural)
wuduwearde (dative singular)
wuduweardum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: wodeward, wode-ward, wodewarde, woodward
English: woodward (archaic)

From wudu (“forest”) + weard (“ward”). Compare wyrtweard (“gardener”, literally “plant ward”), which is formed similarly.


Rome burg

Rōme burg (canonical feminine)
Rōme burg (nominative singular)
Rōme burg (accusative singular)
Rōme byrġ (genitive singular)
Rōme byrġ (dative singular)
Rōmeburh (alternative)

ang-decl-noun

Declension of Rome burg (strong consonant stem)

c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
Hē ġeċēas fisċeras ǣr þon þe hē cure cāseras, for þon þe betere is þæt sē cāsere, þonne hē tō Rōme byrġ becymþ, þæt hē weorpe his cynehelm and ġecneowiġe æt þæs fisċeres ġemynde þonne sē fisċere ġecneowiġe æt þæs cāseres ġemynde.

He chose fishermen before he chose emperors, because it is better for an emperor when he comes to Rome to cast aside his crown and kneel at a memorial of a fisherman than for a fisherman to kneel at a memorial of an emperor.

c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Universal Faith"
Swā hraðe swā hēo upp āspringþ on ǣrne morgen, hēo sċīnþ on Hierūsalem, and on Rōme byrġ, and on þissum earde, and on eallum eardum ætgædere, and hwæðere hēo is ġesċeaft, and gǣþ be Godes dihte.

As soon as it comes up in the early morning, it shines on Jerusalem, and on the city of Rome, and on this country and all countries at once, and yet it's a creation, and it's only moving where God tells it to.


ypping

ypping (nominative singular)
yppinga (nominative plural)
yppinge (nominative plural)
yppinge (accusative singular)
yppinga (accusative plural)
yppinge (accusative plural)
yppinge (genitive singular)
yppinga (genitive plural)
yppinge (dative singular)
yppingum (dative plural)


stæfcræftiga

stæfcræftiga (nominative singular)
stæfcræftigan (nominative plural)
stæfcræftigan (accusative singular)
stæfcræftigan (accusative plural)
stæfcræftigan (genitive singular)
stæfcræftigena (genitive plural)
stæfcræftigan (dative singular)
stæfcræftigum (dative plural)

Regularly derived from stæfcræft (“grammar”) using the suffixes -iġ and -a. Also equivalent to stæf (“letter”) + cræftiga (“skilled worker, professional”).


treowwyrm

trēowwyrm (canonical masculine)
trēowwyrm (nominative singular)
trēowwyrmas (nominative plural)
trēowwyrm (accusative singular)
trēowwyrmas (accusative plural)
trēowwyrmes (genitive singular)
trēowwyrma (genitive plural)
trēowwyrme (dative singular)
trēowwyrmum (dative plural)

Middle English: treworme

English: tree worm


rimcræftiga

rīmcræftiga (canonical masculine)
rīmcræftiga (nominative singular)
rīmcræftigan (nominative plural)
rīmcræftigan (accusative singular)
rīmcræftigan (accusative plural)
rīmcræftigan (genitive singular)
rīmcræftigena (genitive plural)
rīmcræftigan (dative singular)
rīmcræftigum (dative plural)

Regularly derived from rīmcræft (“mathematics”) using the suffixes -iġ and -a. Also equivalent to rīm (“number”) + cræftiga (“skilled worker, professional”).


ingewinn

inġewinn (canonical neuter)
inġewinn (nominative singular)
inġewinn (nominative plural)
inġewinn (accusative singular)
inġewinn (accusative plural)
inġewinnes (genitive singular)
inġewinna (genitive plural)
inġewinne (dative singular)
inġewinnum (dative plural)


blodgyte

blōdgyte (canonical masculine)
blōdgyte (nominative singular)
blōdgytas (nominative plural)
blōdgyte (accusative singular)
blōdgytas (accusative plural)
blōdgytes (genitive singular)
blōdgyta (genitive plural)
blōdgyte (dative singular)
blōdgytum (dative plural)


forwost

forwost (nominative singular)
forwostas (nominative plural)
forwost (accusative singular)
forwostas (accusative plural)
forwostes (genitive singular)
forwosta (genitive plural)
forwoste (dative singular)
forwostum (dative plural)
forwest (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *furwōstaz, superlative of *furwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂wós (“first”).


idelnes

īdelnes (canonical feminine)
īdelnes (nominative singular)
īdelnessa (nominative plural)
īdelnesse (nominative plural)
īdelnesse (accusative singular)
īdelnessa (accusative plural)
īdelnesse (accusative plural)
īdelnesse (genitive singular)
īdelnessa (genitive plural)
īdelnesse (dative singular)
īdelnessum (dative plural)
īdelness (alternative)

Middle English: ydelnesse

English: idleness


wigmann

wīġmann (canonical masculine)
wīġmann (nominative singular)
wīġmenn (nominative plural)
wīġmann (accusative singular)
wīġmenn (accusative plural)
wīġmannes (genitive singular)
wīġmanna (genitive plural)
wīġmenn (dative singular)
wīġmannum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgamann, from Proto-Germanic *wīgamann-. Equivalent to wīġ + mann. Cognate with Old Saxon wīgman, Old High German wīgman and Old Norse vígmaðr.


unmiht

unmiht (nominative singular)
unmihte (nominative plural)
unmihta (nominative plural)
unmiht (accusative singular)
unmihte (accusative singular)
unmihte (accusative plural)
unmihta (accusative plural)
unmihte (genitive singular)
unmihta (genitive plural)
unmihte (dative singular)
unmihtum (dative plural)
unmeaht (alternative)
unmieht (alternative)
unmeht (alternative)

Middle English: unmight, onmiȝt

English: unmight

From Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz. Equivalent to un- + miht.


godum

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


wyrtdrenc

wyrtdrenċ (canonical masculine)
wyrtdrenċ (nominative singular)
wyrtdrenċas (nominative plural)
wyrtdrenċ (accusative singular)
wyrtdrenċas (accusative plural)
wyrtdrenċes (genitive singular)
wyrtdrenċa (genitive plural)
wyrtdrenċe (dative singular)
wyrtdrenċum (dative plural)

Dō ealle ða wyrta tō wyrtdrenċe


mynsterboc

Her syndon xxx boca ealre on Leofstanes abbodes hafona butan mynsterbec

Contributions to Old English Lexicography, Arthur S. Napier, Philological Society's Transactions, 1906


mynsterclænsung

purification of a minster, when someone has been killed there


godnesse

inflection of gōdness:
nominative plural

inflection of gōdness:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of gōdness:
genitive/dative singular


hetespræc

hetesprǣċ (canonical feminine)
hetesprǣċ (nominative singular)
hetesprǣċa (nominative plural)
hetesprǣċe (nominative plural)
hetesprǣċe (accusative singular)
hetesprǣċa (accusative plural)
hetesprǣċe (accusative plural)
hetesprǣċe (genitive singular)
hetesprǣċa (genitive plural)
hetesprǣċe (dative singular)
hetesprǣċum (dative plural)


sigþe

siġþe (canonical masculine)
siġþe (nominative singular)
siġþas (nominative plural)
siġþe (accusative singular)
siġþas (accusative plural)
siġþes (genitive singular)
siġþa (genitive plural)
siġþe (dative singular)
siġþum (dative plural)
sigdi (alternative)
sīþe (alternative)

Middle English: sithe, sythe

English: scythe

Scots: sithe, scythe

From Proto-West Germanic *sigiþī, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz (“sickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”).


fyrnweorc

fyrnweorc (nominative singular)
fyrnweorc (nominative plural)
fyrnweorc (accusative singular)
fyrnweorc (accusative plural)
fyrnweorces (genitive singular)
fyrnweorca (genitive plural)
fyrnweorce (dative singular)
fyrnweorcum (dative plural)

Compound of fyrn (“ancient”) + weorc (“work, creation”)


wiffeax

wīffeax (canonical neuter)
wīffeax (nominative singular)
wīffeax (nominative plural)
wīffeax (accusative singular)
wīffeax (accusative plural)
wīffeaxes (genitive singular)
wīffeaxa (genitive plural)
wīffeaxe (dative singular)
wīffeaxum (dative plural)

Compound of wif (“woman”) + feax (“hair of the head”)


syring

sȳring (nominative plural)
sȳring (nominative singular)
sȳringa (nominative plural)
sȳringe (nominative plural)
sȳringe (accusative singular)
sȳringa (accusative plural)
sȳringe (accusative plural)
sȳringe (genitive singular)
sȳringa (genitive plural)
sȳringe (dative singular)
sȳringum (dative plural)


læcas

/ˈlæː.t͡ʃɑs/


broþorcwealm

brōþorcwealm (canonical masculine)
brōþorcwealm (nominative singular)
brōþorcwealmas (nominative plural)
brōþorcwealm (accusative singular)
brōþorcwealmas (accusative plural)
brōþorcwealmes (genitive singular)
brōþorcwealma (genitive plural)
brōþorcwealme (dative singular)
brōþorcwealmum (dative plural)

From brōþor (“brother”) + cwealm (“slaughter”).


widuwa

widuwa (nominative singular)
widuwan (nominative plural)
widuwan (accusative singular)
widuwan (accusative plural)
widuwan (genitive singular)
widuwena (genitive plural)
widuwan (dative singular)
widuwum (dative plural)


heringe

inflection of hering:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of hering:
genitive/dative singular


neahgebyren

nēahġebȳren (canonical feminine)
nēahġebȳren (nominative singular)
nēahġebȳrenna (nominative plural)
nēahġebȳrenne (nominative plural)
nēahġebȳrenne (accusative singular)
nēahġebȳrenna (accusative plural)
nēahġebȳrenne (accusative plural)
nēahġebȳrenne (genitive singular)
nēahġebȳrenna (genitive plural)
nēahġebȳrenne (dative singular)
nēahġebȳrennum (dative plural)


sumeran

⁊ þæræefter to sumeran he sænde hider to lande Rotbert de Bælesme into þam castele to Wærham

9th century, Benjamin Thorpe, editor, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle according to the Several Original Authorities Vol 1 (Original Texts), Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts (1861), page 370, 1113

And thereafter in the summer he sent Robert de Belleme hither, onto land, into the castle in Waerham.

alternate (possibly early) form of sumera, dative of sumer.


striþ

strīþ (canonical masculine)
strīþ (nominative singular)
strīþas (nominative plural)
strīþ (accusative singular)
strīþas (accusative plural)
strīþes (genitive singular)
strīþa (genitive plural)
strīþe (dative singular)
strīþum (dative plural)
strīð (alternative)

Borrowed from Old Saxon strīd, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz. Occurs only in the Genesis text. Cognate with Old Norse stríð.


cornhus

cornhūs (canonical neuter)
cornhūs (nominative singular)
cornhūs (nominative plural)
cornhūs (accusative singular)
cornhūs (accusative plural)
cornhūses (genitive singular)
cornhūsa (genitive plural)
cornhūse (dative singular)
cornhūsum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *kornahūs, from Proto-Germanic *kurnahūsą. Equivalent to corn + hūs.


cwæn

cwǣn (canonical feminine)
cwǣn (nominative singular)
cwǣne (nominative plural)
cwǣna (nominative plural)
cwǣn (accusative singular)
cwǣne (accusative singular)
cwǣne (accusative plural)
cwǣna (accusative plural)
cwǣne (genitive singular)
cwǣna (genitive plural)
cwǣne (dative singular)
cwǣnum (dative plural)


gangstol

gangstōl (canonical masculine)
gangstōl (nominative singular)
gangstōlas (nominative plural)
gangstōl (accusative singular)
gangstōlas (accusative plural)
gangstōles (genitive singular)
gangstōla (genitive plural)
gangstōle (dative singular)
gangstōlum (dative plural)

A stool or seat of a privy; a toilet seat


gangsetl

gangsetl (nominative singular)
gangsetl (nominative plural)
gangsetl (accusative singular)
gangsetl (accusative plural)
gangsetles (genitive singular)
gangsetla (genitive plural)
gangsetle (dative singular)
gangsetlum (dative plural)


rengan

inflection of renge:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of renge:
nominative/accusative plural


mearce

inflection of mearc:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of mearc:
genitive/dative singular


mearca

[ˈmæ͜ɑrˠ.kɑ]

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of mearc


stearra

stearra (nominative singular)
stearran (nominative plural)
stearran (accusative singular)
stearran (accusative plural)
stearran (genitive singular)
stearrena (genitive plural)
stearran (dative singular)
stearrum (dative plural)

[ˈstæ͜ɑrˠ.rˠɑ]


bisgung

bisgung (nominative singular)
bisgunga (nominative plural)
bisgunge (nominative plural)
bisgunge (accusative singular)
bisgunga (accusative plural)
bisgunge (accusative plural)
bisgunge (genitive singular)
bisgunga (genitive plural)
bisgunge (dative singular)
bisgungum (dative plural)
bysgung (alternative)

From By surface analysis, bisgian + -ung.


furlang

furlang (nominative singular)
furlang (nominative plural)
furlang (accusative singular)
furlang (accusative plural)
furlanges (genitive singular)
furlanga (genitive plural)
furlange (dative singular)
furlangum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: furlong, ferlong, forelange, forlang, forlong, fourlonge, furlang, furlange, furelonge, furȝlonge, furlonge, furowlong
English: furlong

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Þonne is on ēasteweardre Cent myċel ēaland Tenet, þæt is syx hund hīda miċel æfter Angelcynnes ǣhte. Þæt ēalond tōsċēadeð Wantsumo strēam frām þām tōġeþeoddan lande. Sē is þreora furlunga brād: ⁊ on twām stōwum is oferfernes, ⁊ ǣġhwæþer ende līð on sǣ.

Now to the east of Cent there is the great island of Thanet, which contains six hundred hides by the English manner of reckoning. The island separates the Wantsum Channel from the adjacent land. It is three furlongs wide; and it can be crossed in two places, and at each end flows into the sea.


bræde

brǣde (canonical feminine)
brǣde (nominative singular)
brǣdan (nominative plural)
brǣdan (accusative singular)
brǣdan (accusative plural)
brǣdan (genitive singular)
brǣdena (genitive plural)
brǣdan (dative singular)
brǣdum (dative plural)


bræd

brǣd (canonical masculine)
brǣd (nominative singular)
brǣdas (nominative plural)
brǣd (accusative singular)
brǣdas (accusative plural)
brǣdes (genitive singular)
brǣda (genitive plural)
brǣde (dative singular)
brǣdum (dative plural)
brād (alternative)
brǣde (alternative weak)

Middle English: brede, bræde, bræd
Scots: brede

From earlier *brǣda, from Proto-West Germanic *brādō, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”). Influenced and seen as a deverbal of brǣdan (“to roast”).


dunælf

dūnælf (canonical feminine)
dūnælf (nominative singular)
dūnælfa (nominative plural)
dūnælfe (nominative plural)
dūnælfe (accusative singular)
dūnælfa (accusative plural)
dūnælfe (accusative plural)
dūnælfe (genitive singular)
dūnælfa (genitive plural)
dūnælfe (dative singular)
dūnælfum (dative plural)


særima

sǣrima (canonical masculine)
sǣrima (nominative singular)
sǣriman (nominative plural)
sǣriman (accusative singular)
sǣriman (accusative plural)
sǣriman (genitive singular)
sǣrimena (genitive plural)
sǣriman (dative singular)
sǣrimum (dative plural)


wæterung

wæterung (nominative singular)
wæterunga (nominative plural)
wæterunge (nominative plural)
wæterunge (accusative singular)
wæterunga (accusative plural)
wæterunge (accusative plural)
wæterunge (genitive singular)
wæterunga (genitive plural)
wæterunge (dative singular)
wæterungum (dative plural)


hærfesttid

hærfesttīd (canonical feminine)
hærfesttīd (nominative singular)
hærfesttīda (nominative plural)
hærfesttīde (nominative plural)
hærfesttīde (accusative singular)
hærfesttīda (accusative plural)
hærfesttīde (accusative plural)
hærfesttīde (genitive singular)
hærfesttīda (genitive plural)
hærfesttīde (dative singular)
hærfesttīdum (dative plural)


lenctenhæte

lenctenhǣte (canonical feminine)
lenctenhǣte (nominative singular)
lenctenhǣtan (nominative plural)
lenctenhǣtan (accusative singular)
lenctenhǣtan (accusative plural)
lenctenhǣtan (genitive singular)
lenctenhǣtena (genitive plural)
lenctenhǣtan (dative singular)
lenctenhǣtum (dative plural)


lenctentid

lenctentīd (canonical feminine)
lenctentīd (nominative singular)
lenctentīda (nominative plural)
lenctentīde (nominative plural)
lenctentīde (accusative singular)
lenctentīda (accusative plural)
lenctentīde (accusative plural)
lenctentīde (genitive singular)
lenctentīda (genitive plural)
lenctentīde (dative singular)
lenctentīdum (dative plural)


lenctentima

lenctentīma (canonical masculine)
lenctentīma (nominative singular)
lenctentīman (nominative plural)
lenctentīman (accusative singular)
lenctentīman (accusative plural)
lenctentīman (genitive singular)
lenctentīmena (genitive plural)
lenctentīman (dative singular)
lenctentīmum (dative plural)


æfentid

ǣfentīd (canonical feminine)
ǣfentīd (nominative singular)
ǣfentīda (nominative plural)
ǣfentīde (nominative plural)
ǣfentīde (accusative singular)
ǣfentīda (accusative plural)
ǣfentīde (accusative plural)
ǣfentīde (genitive singular)
ǣfentīda (genitive plural)
ǣfentīde (dative singular)
ǣfentīdum (dative plural)

Middle English: eventyde
English: eventide, evetide
Yola: eatheet, eatheit


æfentima

ǣfentīma (canonical masculine)
ǣfentīma (nominative singular)
ǣfentīman (nominative plural)
ǣfentīman (accusative singular)
ǣfentīman (accusative plural)
ǣfentīman (genitive singular)
ǣfentīmena (genitive plural)
ǣfentīman (dative singular)
ǣfentīmum (dative plural)


heorre

heorre (nominative singular)
heorran (nominative plural)
heorran (accusative singular)
heorran (accusative plural)
heorran (genitive singular)
heorrena (genitive plural)
heorran (dative singular)
heorrum (dative plural)
hearre (alternative)
hyrre (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *herʀā or *her(r)ā, from Proto-Germanic *herzǫ or *her(r)ǫ.


scipmann

sċipmann (canonical masculine)
sċipmann (nominative singular)
sċipmenn (nominative plural)
sċipmann (accusative singular)
sċipmenn (accusative plural)
sċipmannes (genitive singular)
sċipmanna (genitive plural)
sċipmenn (dative singular)
sċipmannum (dative plural)

Middle English: schipman, chipman, schip man, schippeman, schypmanne, shipman, shipmon, shippeman, shippman, shypman, ssipman, szipman, scipmon, sipman (Early Middle English)
English: shipman
Middle Scots: schipman

From Proto-Germanic *skipamann-. Equivalent to sċip (“ship”) + mann (“person”).


symbel

symbel (nominative singular)
symbel (nominative plural)
symbel (accusative singular)
symbel (accusative plural)
symbles (genitive singular)
symbla (genitive plural)
symble (dative singular)
symblum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *sumblą (“banquet”). Cognate with Old Norse sumbl, Old Saxon symbal, sumbal.

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

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


deaþdæg

dēaþdæġ (canonical masculine)
dēaþdæġ (nominative singular)
dēaþdagas (nominative plural)
dēaþdæġ (accusative singular)
dēaþdagas (accusative plural)
dēaþdæġes (genitive singular)
dēaþdaga (genitive plural)
dēaþdæġe (dative singular)
dēaþdagum (dative plural)

English: deathday

/ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌdæj/

[ˈdæ͜ɑːðˌdæj]

From Proto-Germanic *dauþudagaz. Equivalent to dēaþ (“death”) + dæġ (“day”). Compare German Todestag and Swedish dödsdag.


frihtere

frihtere (nominative singular)
frihteras (nominative plural)
frihtere (accusative singular)
frihteras (accusative plural)
frihteres (genitive singular)
frihtera (genitive plural)
frihtere (dative singular)
frihterum (dative plural)


friht

friht (nominative singular)
friht (nominative plural)
friht (accusative singular)
friht (accusative plural)
frihtes (genitive singular)
frihta (genitive plural)
frihte (dative singular)
frihtum (dative plural)


brerd

Middle English: brerd, breerd, brerde, breord, brurd (West Midlands), berde, brede (dissimilatory)
>? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)
Middle Scots: brerd, breird
Scots: breird, braird

breord (alternative Anglian)
briord (alternative Anglian)


cisten

ċisten (canonical feminine)
ċysten (alternative)
*ċeasten (alternative)
*ċiesten (alternative)
*ċistene (alternative)

merged with Old French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">chastaigne</i>

Middle English: chesteyne, chasteine, chasten, chasteyn, chaston, chestan, chestayn, chesten, chestein, chesteyn, chestyn, cheston, kesteyn (merged with Old French chastaigne)
English: chesten (obsolete)
⇒ English: chestnut
→ Middle Scots: chastnut (calque)
Scots: chestnut
Middle Scots: chastan, chasten, chestane

From Proto-West Germanic *kastinnju, *kastannjā.


ætgar

ætgār (canonical masculine)
ætgār (nominative singular)
ætgāras (nominative plural)
ætgār (accusative singular)
ætgāras (accusative plural)
ætgāres (genitive singular)
ætgāra (genitive plural)
ætgāre (dative singular)
ætgārum (dative plural)
ætegār (alternative)
ategār (alternative)

→ English: atgar

From Proto-West Germanic *atgaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz, equivalent to æt- + gār.


hlin

From Old Norse hlynr (“maple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *hluniz (“maple”). Cognate to German Lehne.


pæl

pǣl (canonical masculine)
pǣl (nominative singular)
pǣlas (nominative plural)
pǣl (accusative singular)
pǣlas (accusative plural)
pǣles (genitive singular)
pǣla (genitive plural)
pǣle (dative singular)
pǣlum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *pāli, a later variant of *pālu (whence also Old English pāl), from Latin pālus.


heorde

heorde (nominative singular)
heordan (nominative plural)
heordan (accusative singular)
heordan (accusative plural)
heordan (genitive singular)
heordena (genitive plural)
heordan (dative singular)
heordum (dative plural)


heorde

inflection of heord:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of heord:
nominative/accusative plural


flege

flēge (canonical feminine)
flēge (nominative singular)
flēgan (nominative plural)
flēgan (accusative singular)
flēgan (accusative plural)
flēgan (genitive singular)
flēgena (genitive plural)
flēgan (dative singular)
flēgum (dative plural)


reada

rēada (canonical masculine)
rēada (nominative singular)
rēadan (nominative plural)
rēadan (accusative singular)
rēadan (accusative plural)
rēadan (genitive singular)
rēadena (genitive plural)
rēadan (dative singular)
rēadum (dative plural)

Middle English: rede
English: reed, read
Scots: reid, reed

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


blæcce

blæċċe (canonical feminine)
blæċċe (nominative singular)
blæċċan (nominative plural)
blæċċan (accusative singular)
blæċċan (accusative plural)
blæċċan (genitive singular)
blæċċena (genitive plural)
blæċċan (dative singular)
blæċċum (dative plural)
*bleċċe (alternative Mercian)

desc

Middle English: blacche, blecche, bleche, blache

English: blatch, bletch

⇒ Middle English: blacchen, blecchen, blachen

English: blatch

Related to blæc (“black”), presumably from Proto-West Germanic *blakkjā, from *blak (“black”) + *-jā.


tesu

tesu (nominative singular)
teswas (nominative plural)
tesu (accusative singular)
teswas (accusative plural)
teswes (genitive singular)
teswa (genitive plural)
teswe (dative singular)
teswum (dative plural)
tesu (nominative singular)
tesu (nominative plural)
tesu (accusative singular)
tesu (accusative plural)
teswes (genitive singular)
teswa (genitive plural)
teswe (dative singular)
teswum (dative plural)
teosu (alternative)
teso (alternative)
*teisu (alternative)
tæso (alternative)
teissum (alternative dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *taswī. Further etymology unknown. Perhaps related to Old English tǣsan (“to tear up, pull apart, tease”).

unk

unknown


næderbita

nǣderbita (canonical masculine)
nǣderbita (nominative singular)
nǣderbitan (nominative plural)
nǣderbitan (accusative singular)
nǣderbitan (accusative plural)
nǣderbitan (genitive singular)
nǣderbitena (genitive plural)
nǣderbitan (dative singular)
nǣderbitum (dative plural)
nǣdrebita (alternative)
nǣddrebita (alternative)
nǣdderbita (alternative)


reafolness

rēafolness (canonical feminine)
rēafolness (nominative singular)
rēafolnessa (nominative plural)
rēafolnesse (nominative plural)
rēafolnesse (accusative singular)
rēafolnessa (accusative plural)
rēafolnesse (accusative plural)
rēafolnesse (genitive singular)
rēafolnessa (genitive plural)
rēafolnesse (dative singular)
rēafolnessum (dative plural)
rēafulness (alternative)


weoloc

weoloc (nominative singular)
weolocas (nominative plural)
weoloc (accusative singular)
weolocas (accusative plural)
weoloces (genitive singular)
weoloca (genitive plural)
weoloce (dative singular)
weolocum (dative plural)
weluc (alternative)
weolc (alternative)
weoluc (alternative)
wiloc (alternative)
wioloc (alternative)
wyloc (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: welk, welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
English: whelk, welk, whilk, wilk
Scots: wulk, wilk, welk
→ Old French: welke


metodsceaft

metodsċeaft (canonical feminine)
metodsċeaft (nominative singular)
metodsċeafte (nominative plural)
metodsċeafta (nominative plural)
metodsċeaft (accusative singular)
metodsċeafte (accusative singular)
metodsċeafte (accusative plural)
metodsċeafta (accusative plural)
metodsċeafte (genitive singular)
metodsċeafta (genitive plural)
metodsċeafte (dative singular)
metodsċeaftum (dative plural)

From metod + sċeaft (“creation, origin”).


hæcine

hæcinee (nominative singular)
hæcinean (nominative plural)
hæcinean (accusative singular)
hæcinean (accusative plural)
hæcinean (genitive singular)
hæcineena (genitive plural)
hæcinean (dative singular)
hæcineum (dative plural)


biorg

biorg (nominative singular)
biorgas (nominative plural)
biorg (accusative singular)
biorgas (accusative plural)
biorges (genitive singular)
biorga (genitive plural)
biorge (dative singular)
biorgum (dative plural)


tidregn

tīdreġn (canonical masculine)
tīdreġn (nominative singular)
tīdreġnas (nominative plural)
tīdreġn (accusative singular)
tīdreġnas (accusative plural)
tīdreġnes (genitive singular)
tīdreġna (genitive plural)
tīdreġne (dative singular)
tīdreġnum (dative plural)


liþseaw

liþsēaw (canonical neuter)
liþsēaw (nominative singular)
liþsēaw (nominative plural)
liþsēaw (accusative singular)
liþsēaw (accusative plural)
liþsēawes (genitive singular)
liþsēawa (genitive plural)
liþsēawe (dative singular)
liþsēawum (dative plural)

/ˈliθˌsæ͜ɑːw/


dunielf

dūnielf (canonical feminine)
dūnielf (nominative singular)
dūnielfa (nominative plural)
dūnielfe (nominative plural)
dūnielfe (accusative singular)
dūnielfa (accusative plural)
dūnielfe (accusative plural)
dūnielfe (genitive singular)
dūnielfa (genitive plural)
dūnielfe (dative singular)
dūnielfum (dative plural)
dūnælf (alternative)
dūnylf (alternative)

Castalidas nymphas: dunælfa; Elicona: swa hatte sio dun

manuscript c. 930s, Third Cleopatra Glossary, glossing Aldhelm's Carmen de Virginitate lines 23-25: Non rogo ruricolas versus et commata Musas / Nec peto Castalidas metrorum cantica nimphas / Quas dicunt Elicona iugum servare supernum ('I do not ask country-dwelling Muses for verses and parts of lines, / nor do I seek songs in metre from the Castalian nymphs / who, they say, guard Helicon's celestial brow')

Castalidas nymphas: mountain-elves; Elicona: that is the name of the mountain

ic hate gewitan fram me ... þa Castalidas nymphas (þæt synt dunylfa), þa þe wunedon on Elicona þære dune

I command to depart from me ... those Castalidas nymphas (that is, mountain-elves), those who dwelled on the mountain Helicon

nymph associated with the Castalian Spring at the foot of Mount Helicon, mountain elf


þoþor

þōþor (canonical masculine)
þōþor (nominative singular)
þōþoras (nominative plural)
þōþor (accusative singular)
þōþoras (accusative plural)
þōþores (genitive singular)
þōþora (genitive plural)
þōþore (dative singular)
þōþorum (dative plural)
þōþer (alternative)
þōþr (alternative)
thōthr (alternative)
thōthor (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *þanþr, from Proto-Germanic *þanþrą, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną (“to extend, spread out”), equivalent to þennan + -þor.


feorme

inflection of feorm:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of feorm:
genitive/dative singular


fyrþolle

fȳrþolle (nominative singular)
fȳrþollan (nominative plural)
fȳrþollan (accusative singular)
fȳrþollan (accusative plural)
fȳrþollan (genitive singular)
fȳrþollena (genitive plural)
fȳrþollan (dative singular)
fȳrþollum (dative plural)


þolle

þolle (nominative singular)
þollan (nominative plural)
þollan (accusative singular)
þollan (accusative plural)
þollan (genitive singular)
þollena (genitive plural)
þollan (dative singular)
þollum (dative plural)


æwbreca

ǣwbreca (canonical masculine)
ǣwbreca (nominative singular)
ǣwbrecan (nominative plural)
ǣwbrecan (accusative singular)
ǣwbrecan (accusative plural)
ǣwbrecan (genitive singular)
ǣwbrecena (genitive plural)
ǣwbrecan (dative singular)
ǣwbrecum (dative plural)


sylfmyrþ

Inter biothanatas betweonan selfmyrþ.

Inter biothonatas betweonan sylfmyrð

(hapax legomenon) suicide? The word occurs only in two textually related glosses on the Greek-derived Latin word biothanatus in Aldhelm of Malmesbury's Prosa de virginitate. Clayton suggests 'the act of suicide', while other Old English glosses on the same sentence suggest the meaning 'self-killer'. Bosworth and Toller suggest 'self-destructive'.


landielf

landielf (nominative singular)
landielfa (nominative plural)
landielfe (nominative plural)
landielfe (accusative singular)
landielfa (accusative plural)
landielfe (accusative plural)
landielfe (genitive singular)
landielfa (genitive plural)
landielfe (dative singular)
landielfum (dative plural)
landælf (alternative)

Ruricolas musas: landælfe

manuscript c. 930s, Third Cleopatra Glossary, glossing Aldhelm's Carmen de Virginitate lines 23-25: Non rogo ruricolas versus et commata Musas ('I do not ask country-dwelling Muses for verses and parts of lines')

(hapax legomenon) muse associated with the countryside


landælf

landælf (nominative singular)
landælfa (nominative plural)
landælfe (nominative plural)
landælfe (accusative singular)
landælfa (accusative plural)
landælfe (accusative plural)
landælfe (genitive singular)
landælfa (genitive plural)
landælfe (dative singular)
landælfum (dative plural)


dunielfen

dūnielfen (nominative singular)
dūnielfenna (nominative plural)
dūnielfenne (nominative plural)
dūnielfenne (accusative singular)
dūnielfenna (accusative plural)
dūnielfenne (accusative plural)
dūnielfenne (genitive singular)
dūnielfenna (genitive plural)
dūnielfenne (dative singular)
dūnielfennum (dative plural)
dūnælfen (alternative)

Oreades duun . aelfinni .

text seventh- or eighth-century, manuscript ninth-century, Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Voccius Lat. 4o 106, f. 10r, glossing Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae I 8.11.97: Nymphas quippe montium Oreades dicunt ('for they call nymphs of mountains Oreades')


dunælfen

dūnælfen (canonical feminine)
dūnælfen (nominative singular)
dūnælfenna (nominative plural)
dūnælfenne (nominative plural)
dūnælfenne (accusative singular)
dūnælfenna (accusative plural)
dūnælfenne (accusative plural)
dūnælfenne (genitive singular)
dūnælfenna (genitive plural)
dūnælfenne (dative singular)
dūnælfennum (dative plural)


wigbora

wīġbora (canonical masculine)
wīġbora (nominative singular)
wīġboran (nominative plural)
wīġboran (accusative singular)
wīġboran (accusative plural)
wīġboran (genitive singular)
wīġborena (genitive plural)
wīġboran (dative singular)
wīġborum (dative plural)


weorccræft

weorccræft (nominative singular)
weorccræftas (nominative plural)
weorccræft (accusative singular)
weorccræftas (accusative plural)
weorccræftes (genitive singular)
weorccræfta (genitive plural)
weorccræfte (dative singular)
weorccræftum (dative plural)


licþegnung

līcþeġnung (canonical feminine)
līcþeġnung (nominative singular)
līcþeġnunga (nominative plural)
līcþeġnunge (nominative plural)
līcþeġnunge (accusative singular)
līcþeġnunga (accusative plural)
līcþeġnunge (accusative plural)
līcþeġnunge (genitive singular)
līcþeġnunga (genitive plural)
līcþeġnunge (dative singular)
līcþeġnungum (dative plural)


manbryne

manbryne (nominative singular)
manbrynas (nominative plural)
manbryne (accusative singular)
manbrynas (accusative plural)
manbrynes (genitive singular)
manbryna (genitive plural)
manbryne (dative singular)
manbrynum (dative plural)

From mann (“person”) + bryne (“burning”) or mān (“crime”) + bryne (“burning”).

lethal fire (if manbryne) or criminal fire (if mānbryne)


dunylf

dūnylf (canonical feminine)
dūnylf (nominative singular)
dūnylfa (nominative plural)
dūnylfe (nominative plural)
dūnylfe (accusative singular)
dūnylfa (accusative plural)
dūnylfe (accusative plural)
dūnylfe (genitive singular)
dūnylfa (genitive plural)
dūnylfe (dative singular)
dūnylfum (dative plural)


ielfsiden

ielfsiden (nominative singular)
ielfsidenna (nominative plural)
ielfsidenne (nominative plural)
ielfsidenne (accusative singular)
ielfsidenna (accusative plural)
ielfsidenne (accusative plural)
ielfsidenne (genitive singular)
ielfsidenna (genitive plural)
ielfsidenne (dative singular)
ielfsidennum (dative plural)
ælfsiden (alternative)

Equivalent to ielf (“elf”) + *siden (“magic”) (only attested in this compound).


fierde

inflection of fierd:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of fierd:
genitive/dative singular


betung

bētung (canonical feminine)
bētung (nominative singular)
bētunga (nominative plural)
bētunge (nominative plural)
bētunge (accusative singular)
bētunga (accusative plural)
bētunge (accusative plural)
bētunge (genitive singular)
bētunga (genitive plural)
bētunge (dative singular)
bētungum (dative plural)
*bœ̄tung (alternative)

desc

Middle English: beting (“a recompense, reward”)

gerund of bētan (“to improve, fix, repair”), hence, an improving, improvement; a fixing, repair

bētan

gerund of bētan (“to atone, compensate”), hence, an atoning, atonement; a compensating, compensation

bētan

gerund of bētan (“to tend or attend a fire”), hence, attending


maþmhus

māþmhūs (canonical neuter)
māþmhūs (nominative singular)
māþmhūs (nominative plural)
māþmhūs (accusative singular)
māþmhūs (accusative plural)
māþmhūses (genitive singular)
māþmhūsa (genitive plural)
māþmhūse (dative singular)
māþmhūsum (dative plural)


maþmhierde

māþmhierde (canonical masculine)
māþmhierde (nominative singular)
māþmhierdas (nominative plural)
māþmhierde (accusative singular)
māþmhierdas (accusative plural)
māþmhierdes (genitive singular)
māþmhierda (genitive plural)
māþmhierde (dative singular)
māþmhierdum (dative plural)


cynecynn

cynecynn (nominative singular)
cynecynn (nominative plural)
cynecynn (accusative singular)
cynecynn (accusative plural)
cynecynnes (genitive singular)
cynecynna (genitive plural)
cynecynne (dative singular)
cynecynnum (dative plural)
cynecyn (alternative)
kynekynn (alternative)
kynecinn (alternative)

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"
Næs hē æðelboren, ne him nāht tō þām cynecynne ne ġebyrede.

He was not born to nobility, nor did he belong to the royal family.

The Peterborough Chronicle, year 449

Our entire royal family is descended from Woden, and Southumbria's as well.

Fram þām Wōdne onwōc eall ūre cynecynn, and Sūðanhymbra ēac.

Introduction to the Peterborough Chronicle
And þā Peohtas him ābǣdon wīf æt Sċottum, on þā ġerād þæt hīe ġecuren heora cynecynn ā on þā wīfhealfa.

And the Picts obtained wives from the Scots, on the condition that they would always choose their royal family from the female side.

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Ǣr þon becōm hlīsa tō him þǣre cristenan ǣfæstnesse, for þon þe hē cristen wīf hæfde him ġeġiefen of Francena cynecynne, Beorhte wæs hāten.

By then, word of the Christian religion had already reached him, because he had been given a Christian wife of Frankish royalty whose name was Bertha.

late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Brūtus slōg his fīf suna and his wīfes twēġen ġebrōðra for þon þe hīe sprǣcon þæt hit betere wǣre þæt Rōmāne eft heora cynecynnes onfēnġen swā hīe ǣr hæfden.

Brutus killed his five sons and his wife's two brothers because they said it would be better if the Romans took back their royal family that they had before.

Hire fæder wæs Ēadweard æðeling, Ēadmundes sunu cyninges, Ēadmund Æðelrēding, Æðelrēd Ēadgāring, Ēadgār Ēadrēding, and swā forþ on þæt cynecynn, and hire mōdorcynn gǣþ tō Heinrice cāsere, þe hæfde ānweald ofer Rōme.

Her father was Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred the Unready, son of Edgar the Peaceful, son of King Eadred, and so on down the royal line, and her mother's lineage goes back to Henry II, who was a Holy Roman emperor.


cyningcynn

cyningcynn (nominative singular)
cyningcynn (nominative plural)
cyningcynn (accusative singular)
cyningcynn (accusative plural)
cyningcynnes (genitive singular)
cyningcynna (genitive plural)
cyningcynne (dative singular)
cyningcynnum (dative plural)

Probably originally an alteration of cynecynn, which had the same usage and meaning. Equivalent to cyning (“king”) + cynn (“family, lineage”).


cuhierde

cūhierde (canonical masculine)
cūhierde (nominative singular)
cūhierdas (nominative plural)
cūhierde (accusative singular)
cūhierdas (accusative plural)
cūhierdes (genitive singular)
cūhierda (genitive plural)
cūhierde (dative singular)
cūhierdum (dative plural)
cūhyrde (alternative)

Middle English: couherde

English: cowherd


ælnett

ǣlnett (canonical neuter)
ǣlnett (nominative singular)
ǣlnett (nominative plural)
ǣlnett (accusative singular)
ǣlnett (accusative plural)
ǣlnettes (genitive singular)
ǣlnetta (genitive plural)
ǣlnette (dative singular)
ǣlnettum (dative plural)
ǣlnet (alternative)


hielfe

hielfe (nominative singular)
hielfu (nominative plural)
hielfe (accusative singular)
hielfu (accusative plural)
hielfes (genitive singular)
hielfa (genitive plural)
hielfe (dative singular)
hielfum (dative plural)
hylfe (alternative)
helfe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: helve, hylve, helfe, hilve, halve, alffe, hellfe
English: helve
Scots: helf

From Proto-Germanic *halbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, divide”), probably related to *halbaz (“half”).


giefa

ġiefa (canonical masculine)
ġiefa (nominative singular)
ġiefan (nominative plural)
ġiefan (accusative singular)
ġiefan (accusative plural)
ġiefan (genitive singular)
ġiefena (genitive plural)
ġiefan (dative singular)
ġiefum (dative plural)
ġifa (alternative)
ġyfa (alternative)
ġefa (alternative)
ġeofa (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *gebô. Equivalent to ġiefan (“to give”) + -a (agent suffix).


maþmgiefa

māþmġiefa (canonical masculine)
māþmġiefa (nominative singular)
māþmġiefan (nominative plural)
māþmġiefan (accusative singular)
māþmġiefan (accusative plural)
māþmġiefan (genitive singular)
māþmġiefena (genitive plural)
māþmġiefan (dative singular)
māþmġiefum (dative plural)
māþþumġyfa (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *maiþmagebō. Cognate with Old Saxon mēðomgeƀo. Equivalent to māþm (“treasure”) + ġiefa (“giver”).

(poetic) giver of treasures; generous man/ruler


hlacerung

hlacerung (nominative singular)
hlacerunga (nominative plural)
hlacerunge (nominative plural)
hlacerunge (accusative singular)
hlacerunga (accusative plural)
hlacerunge (accusative plural)
hlacerunge (genitive singular)
hlacerunga (genitive plural)
hlacerunge (dative singular)
hlacerungum (dative plural)

Derived from an unattested verb *hlacerian, from Proto-West Germanic *hlakarōn (“to make fun of”), an iterative form of Proto-West Germanic *hlakōn, *hlakkōn (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlakkōną (“to laugh”). Cognate with Old Frisian hlakkia, hlakia (“to laugh”), Old Norse hlakka (“to shout for joy, squeal, scream, screech”).


fiscas

nominative and accusative plural of fisċ


geswelge

ġeswelġe (canonical neuter)
ġeswelġe (nominative singular)
ġeswelġu (nominative plural)
ġeswelġe (accusative singular)
ġeswelġu (accusative plural)
ġeswelġes (genitive singular)
ġeswelġa (genitive plural)
ġeswelġe (dative singular)
ġeswelġum (dative plural)
ġeswelg (alternative)

q

merged with descendants of Old English <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">swelh</i>

Middle English: swelȝe, swelgh, swelwe, swolwe, swelth (merged with descendants of Old English swelh)

English: swallow

Scots: swelch, swelth, swellie, swallie

From ġe- + swelġe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalgī, from Proto-Germanic *swalgiz (“open gape, gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with Middle Low German swalch, swelch (“whirlpool”), Middle Dutch swelch, zwelge, zwelgh (“chasm, gape, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, eddy, current, stream”).


sædleap

sǣdlēap (canonical masculine)
sǣdlēap (nominative singular)
sǣdlēapas (nominative plural)
sǣdlēap (accusative singular)
sǣdlēapas (accusative plural)
sǣdlēapes (genitive singular)
sǣdlēapa (genitive plural)
sǣdlēape (dative singular)
sǣdlēapum (dative plural)

Middle English: sedelep, sedelip

English: seed-leap, seed-lip

/ˈsæːdˌlæ͜ɑːp/

A basket or wooden vessel used to hold seed while a sower sows seed; seed basket.


hranfisc

hranfisċ (canonical masculine)
hranfisċ (nominative singular)
hranfiscas (nominative plural)
hranfisċ (accusative singular)
hranfiscas (accusative plural)
hranfisċes (genitive singular)
hranfisca (genitive plural)
hranfisċe (dative singular)
hranfiscum (dative plural)
hronfisċ (alternative)
hronfix (alternative)


wilige

wilige (nominative singular)
wiligan (nominative plural)
wiligan (accusative singular)
wiligan (accusative plural)
wiligan (genitive singular)
wiligena (genitive plural)
wiligan (dative singular)
wiligum (dative plural)
wylige (alternative)
wylie (alternative)

Middle English: wilwe, wili

English: weel, weely

From Proto-West Germanic *wilgijā, equivalent to weliġ (“willow”) + -e.


æppla

nominative accusative and genitive plural of æppel


gydenna

nominative accusative and genitive plural of gyden


firwitt

firwitt (nominative singular)
firwitt (nominative plural)
firwitt (accusative singular)
firwitt (accusative plural)
firwittes (genitive singular)
firwitta (genitive plural)
firwitte (dative singular)
firwittum (dative plural)
fyrwit (alternative)
firwet (alternative)
fyrwet (alternative)
ferwit (alternative)
ferwet (alternative)
ferwyt (alternative)
fyrwyt (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *firiwitją. Cognate with Old Saxon firiwit, Old High German firiwizzi (modern German Vorwitz), compare also Old Norse forvitni (“curiosity”).


giemen

ġīemen (canonical feminine)
gīemen (nominative singular)
ġīemenna (nominative plural)
ġīemenne (nominative plural)
ġīemenne (accusative singular)
ġīemenna (accusative plural)
ġīemenne (accusative plural)
ġīemenne (genitive singular)
ġīemenna (genitive plural)
ġīemenne (dative singular)
ġīemennum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *gaumīniz. Equivalent to ġīeman + -en.


delfere

delfere (nominative singular)
delferas (nominative plural)
delfere (accusative singular)
delferas (accusative plural)
delferes (genitive singular)
delfera (genitive plural)
delfere (dative singular)
delferum (dative plural)

Middle English: delvere

English: delver


delfing

delfing (nominative singular)
delfinga (nominative plural)
delfinge (nominative plural)
delfinge (accusative singular)
delfinga (accusative plural)
delfinge (accusative plural)
delfinge (genitive singular)
delfinga (genitive plural)
delfinge (dative singular)
delfingum (dative plural)


hætu

hǣtu (canonical feminine)
hǣtu (nominative singular)
hǣte (accusative singular)
hǣte (genitive singular)
hǣte (dative singular)
hǣto (alternative)
hǣte (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: hete, heet, heete, heite, hette, hetee, hæte, heate (Early Middle English)
English: heat
Scots: hete, heit
Yola: het

From Proto-Germanic *haitį̄. Equivalent to hāt + -u.


betweoxaworpennes

betweoxāworpennes (canonical feminine)
betweoxāworpennes (nominative singular)
betweoxāworpennessa (nominative plural)
betweoxāworpennesse (nominative plural)
betweoxāworpennesse (accusative singular)
betweoxāworpennessa (accusative plural)
betweoxāworpennesse (accusative plural)
betweoxāworpennesse (genitive singular)
betweoxāworpennessa (genitive plural)
betweoxāworpennesse (dative singular)
betweoxāworpennessum (dative plural)
betwuxāworpennyss (alternative)

Calque of Latin interiectiō. Equivalent to betweox- (“between”) + āworpen (“thrown out”) + -nes (“-ness”).


sundorspræc

sundorsprǣċ (canonical feminine)
sundorsprǣċ (nominative singular)
sundorsprǣċa (nominative plural)
sundorsprǣċe (nominative plural)
sundorsprǣċe (accusative singular)
sundorsprǣċa (accusative plural)
sundorsprǣċe (accusative plural)
sundorsprǣċe (genitive singular)
sundorsprǣċa (genitive plural)
sundorsprǣċe (dative singular)
sundorsprǣċum (dative plural)

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
Petrus cwæþ, "Ġif hē godcundnesse hæbbe, þonne seċġe hē hwæt iċ þenċe oþþe hwæt iċ dōn wille." Nerō cwæþ, "Sæġe mē, Petrus, on sundorsprǣċe hwæt þū þenċe."

Peter said, "If he really has divine powers, he should tell me what I'm thinking or what I'm about to do." Nero said, "Peter, tell me what you're thinking in private [lit. 'in private conversation']."

c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Þā nam Eugenia hīe on sundorsprǣċe and bæd þæt hīe hire feax forcurfen on wǣpnedmanna wīsan and mid wǣdum ġehīewoden swelċe hēo cniht wǣre.

Then Eugenia took them aside [lit. "into a private conversation"] and asked them to give her a male haircut and dress her up like a boy.


sundorgiefu

sundorġiefu (canonical feminine)
sundorġiefu (nominative singular)
sundorġiefua (nominative plural)
sundorġiefue (nominative plural)
sundorġiefue (accusative singular)
sundorġiefua (accusative plural)
sundorġiefue (accusative plural)
sundorġiefue (genitive singular)
sundorġiefua (genitive plural)
sundorġiefue (dative singular)
sundorġiefuum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *sundragebu. Equivalent to sundor- + ġiefu. Cognate with Old High German suntargeba. Also corresponds to Old Saxon sundargift, with a different word for "gift."


sundorcræft

sundorcræft (nominative singular)
sundorcræftas (nominative plural)
sundorcræft (accusative singular)
sundorcræftas (accusative plural)
sundorcræftes (genitive singular)
sundorcræfta (genitive plural)
sundorcræfte (dative singular)
sundorcræftum (dative plural)


sundorgenga

sundorgenġa (canonical masculine)
sundorgenġa (nominative singular)
sundorgenġan (nominative plural)
sundorgenġan (accusative singular)
sundorgenġan (accusative plural)
sundorgenġan (genitive singular)
sundorgenġena (genitive plural)
sundorgenġan (dative singular)
sundorgenġum (dative plural)

Comprised of sundor- + *genġa, literally "one who walks apart." Compare āngenġa, of similar form and meaning.

someone going or walking apart from others; a loner


sundorlif

sundorlīf (canonical neuter)
sundorlīf (nominative singular)
sundorlīf (nominative plural)
sundorlīf (accusative singular)
sundorlīf (accusative plural)
sundorlīfes (genitive singular)
sundorlīfa (genitive plural)
sundorlīfe (dative singular)
sundorlīfum (dative plural)


sundorwundor

sundorwundor (nominative singular)
sundorwundru (nominative plural)
sundorwundor (accusative singular)
sundorwundru (accusative plural)
sundorwundres (genitive singular)
sundorwundra (genitive plural)
sundorwundre (dative singular)
sundorwundrum (dative plural)


wundortacn

wundortācn (canonical neuter)
wundortācn (nominative singular)
wundortācnu (nominative plural)
wundortācn (accusative singular)
wundortācnu (accusative plural)
wundortācnes (genitive singular)
wundortācna (genitive plural)
wundortācne (dative singular)
wundortācnum (dative plural)
wundortācen (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *wundrataikn. Cognate with Old Saxon wundartēkan and Old High German wuntarzeihhan. Equivalent to wundor (“miracle”) + tācn (“sign”).


sundplega

sundplega (nominative singular)
sundplegan (nominative plural)
sundplegan (accusative singular)
sundplegan (accusative plural)
sundplegan (genitive singular)
sundplegena (genitive plural)
sundplegan (dative singular)
sundplegum (dative plural)

sund (“swimming, water”) + plega (“play”)


sundorwine

sundorwine (nominative singular)
sundorwinas (nominative plural)
sundorwine (accusative singular)
sundorwinas (accusative plural)
sundorwines (genitive singular)
sundorwina (genitive plural)
sundorwine (dative singular)
sundorwinum (dative plural)


har steorra

unknown date, unknown author, Vitellius Psalter
Eahtatīene nihtum ǣr Hlāfmæssan gengþ sē steorra upp sē is ġehāten canis, þæt is sē hāra steorra.

Eighteen days before Lammas Day, the star rises that is called canis, that is Sirius.


færdeaþ

fǣrdēaþ (canonical masculine)
fǣrdēaþ (nominative singular)
fǣrdēaþas (nominative plural)
fǣrdēaþ (accusative singular)
fǣrdēaþas (accusative plural)
fǣrdēaþes (genitive singular)
fǣrdēaþa (genitive plural)
fǣrdēaþe (dative singular)
fǣrdēaþum (dative plural)

/ˈfæːrˌdæ͜ɑːθ/


gehiernes

ġehīernes (canonical feminine)
ġehīernes (nominative singular)
ġehīernessa (nominative plural)
ġehīernesse (nominative plural)
ġehīernesse (accusative singular)
ġehīernessa (accusative plural)
ġehīernesse (accusative plural)
ġehīernesse (genitive singular)
ġehīernessa (genitive plural)
ġehīernesse (dative singular)
ġehīernessum (dative plural)
ġehīrness (alternative)
ġehȳrnes (alternative)
ġehērnes (alternative)


hrining

hrīning (canonical feminine)
hrīning (nominative singular)
hrīninga (nominative plural)
hrīninge (nominative plural)
hrīninge (accusative singular)
hrīninga (accusative plural)
hrīninge (accusative plural)
hrīninge (genitive singular)
hrīninga (genitive plural)
hrīninge (dative singular)
hrīningum (dative plural)
hrīnung (alternative)


hunda hus

hunda hūs (canonical neuter)
hunda hūs (nominative singular)
hunda hūs (nominative plural)
hunda hūs (accusative singular)
hunda hūs (accusative plural)
hunda hūses (genitive singular)
hunda hūsa (genitive plural)
hunda hūse (dative singular)
hunda hūsum (dative plural)

Literally “dogs’ house.” Compare ċealfra hūs.


papolstan

papolstān (canonical masculine)
papolstān (nominative singular)
papolstānas (nominative plural)
papolstān (accusative singular)
papolstānas (accusative plural)
papolstānes (genitive singular)
papolstāna (genitive plural)
papolstāne (dative singular)
papolstānum (dative plural)

Middle English: pibel, pibleston

English: pebble


sweng

swenġ (canonical masculine)
swenġ (nominative singular)
swenġas (nominative plural)
swenġ (accusative singular)
swenġas (accusative plural)
swenġes (genitive singular)
swenġa (genitive plural)
swenġe (dative singular)
swenġum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: sweng, swenge
>? English: swinge


stacan

inflection of staca:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of staca:
genitive/dative singular


anwilnes

ānwilnes (canonical feminine)
ānwilnes (nominative singular)
ānwilnesse (accusative singular)
ānwilnesse (genitive singular)
ānwilnesse (dative singular)


handcræft

handcræft (nominative singular)
handcræftas (nominative plural)
handcræft (accusative singular)
handcræftas (accusative plural)
handcræftes (genitive singular)
handcræfta (genitive plural)
handcræfte (dative singular)
handcræftum (dative plural)

Middle English: handcraft

English: handcraft

From Proto-West Germanic *handukraftu. Cognate with Old Saxon handkraft. Equivalent to hand + -cræft.

handicraft, manual occupation: a skill or trade involving the hands


handæx

handæx (nominative singular)
handæxe (nominative plural)
handæxa (nominative plural)
handæx (accusative singular)
handæxe (accusative singular)
handæxe (accusative plural)
handæxa (accusative plural)
handæxe (genitive singular)
handæxa (genitive plural)
handæxe (dative singular)
handæxum (dative plural)

English: hand axe

From Proto-Germanic *handakwisī. Cognate with Old Norse handøx. Equivalent to hand + æx.


handpreost

handprēost (canonical masculine)
handprēost (nominative singular)
handprēostas (nominative plural)
handprēost (accusative singular)
handprēostas (accusative plural)
handprēostes (genitive singular)
handprēosta (genitive plural)
handprēoste (dative singular)
handprēostum (dative plural)

Equivalent to hand (“hand”) + prēost (“priest”), originally implying a "priest at someone's hand."


handþweal

handþwēal (canonical neuter)
handþwēal (nominative singular)
handþwēal (nominative plural)
handþwēal (accusative singular)
handþwēal (accusative plural)
handþwēales (genitive singular)
handþwēala (genitive plural)
handþwēale (dative singular)
handþwēalum (dative plural)
hondþwǣl (alternative)


þweal

þwēal (canonical neuter)
þwēal (nominative singular)
þwēal (nominative plural)
þwēal (accusative singular)
þwēal (accusative plural)
þwēales (genitive singular)
þwēala (genitive plural)
þwēale (dative singular)
þwēalum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *þwahl, from Proto-Germanic *þwahlą, derived from *þwahaną (“to wash”), whence Old English þwēan.


handgang

handgang (nominative singular)
handgangas (nominative plural)
handgang (accusative singular)
handgangas (accusative plural)
handganges (genitive singular)
handganga (genitive plural)
handgange (dative singular)
handgangum (dative plural)

/ˈxɑndˌɡɑnɡ/

[ˈhɑndˌɡɑŋɡ]

From Proto-Germanic *handugangaz, derived from the phrase *ana handų ganganą ~ *gāną, whence Old English on hand gān and Old Norse ganga á hǫnd. Compare the pair tō hlāfe gān (“to go to eat bread,” literally “go to bread”) and hlāfgang (“going to eat bread,” literally “bread-going”).


tintreg

tintreg (nominative singular)
tintregu (nominative plural)
tintreg (accusative singular)
tintregu (accusative plural)
tintreges (genitive singular)
tintrega (genitive plural)
tintrege (dative singular)
tintregum (dative plural)
tinterg (alternative)


tintrega

tintrega (nominative singular)
tintregan (nominative plural)
tintregan (accusative singular)
tintregan (accusative plural)
tintregan (genitive singular)
tintregena (genitive plural)
tintregan (dative singular)
tintregum (dative plural)
tinterga (alternative)

desc

Middle English: tintrege, tintreȝe, tintrehe

English: tintregh


foxes glofa

foxes glōfa (canonical masculine)
foxes glōfa (nominative singular)
foxes glōfan (nominative plural)
foxes glōfan (accusative singular)
foxes glōfan (accusative plural)
foxes glōfan (genitive singular)
foxes glōfena (genitive plural)
foxes glōfan (dative singular)
foxes glōfum (dative plural)

Middle English: foxesglove, foxglove

English: foxglove

Wið oman, ġenim þysse wyrte lēaf þe man [s]trycnos manicos ⁊ oðrum naman foxes glōfa nemneþ...

For inflammatory sores, take leaves of this plant, known as στρύχνος μανικός, also named with another name "foxglove"... [As Cockayne points out, this identification is incorrect.]


sawolberend

sāwolberend (canonical masculine)
sāwolberend (nominative singular)
sāwolberend (nominative plural)
sāwolberende (nominative plural)
sāwolberendas (nominative plural)
sāwolberend (accusative singular)
sāwolberend (accusative plural)
sāwolberende (accusative plural)
sāwolberendas (accusative plural)
sāwolberendes (genitive singular)
sāwolberendra (genitive plural)
sāwolberende (dative singular)
sāwolberendum (dative plural)
sāwelberend (alternative)

soul-bearer; a being endowed with a soul


sawolgedal

sāwolġedāl (canonical neuter)
sāwolġedāl (nominative singular)
sāwolġedāl (nominative plural)
sāwolġedāl (accusative singular)
sāwolġedāl (accusative plural)
sāwolġedāles (genitive singular)
sāwolġedāla (genitive plural)
sāwolġedāle (dative singular)
sāwolġedālum (dative plural)
sāwelġedāl (alternative)

the parting between body and soul; death


sawolhus

sāwolhūs (canonical neuter)
sāwolhūs (nominative singular)
sāwolhūs (nominative plural)
sāwolhūs (accusative singular)
sāwolhūs (accusative plural)
sāwolhūses (genitive singular)
sāwolhūsa (genitive plural)
sāwolhūse (dative singular)
sāwolhūsum (dative plural)
sāwelhūs (alternative)


sawolsceatt

sāwolsċeatt (canonical masculine)
sāwolsċeatt (nominative singular)
sāwolsċeattas (nominative plural)
sāwolsċeatt (accusative singular)
sāwolsċeattas (accusative plural)
sāwolsċeattes (genitive singular)
sāwolsċeatta (genitive plural)
sāwolsċeatte (dative singular)
sāwolsċeattum (dative plural)
sāwelsċeatt (alternative)

Middle English: *souleshot, *soulescot, saulesoth (for *sauleshot)

English: soulscot

[ˈsɑː.wolˌʃæ͜ɑt]


sawolþearf

sāwolþearf (canonical feminine)
sāwolþearf (nominative singular)
sāwolþearfa (nominative plural)
sāwolþearfe (nominative plural)
sāwolþearfe (accusative singular)
sāwolþearfa (accusative plural)
sāwolþearfe (accusative plural)
sāwolþearfe (genitive singular)
sāwolþearfa (genitive plural)
sāwolþearfe (dative singular)
sāwolþearfum (dative plural)
sāwelþearf (alternative)

[ˈsɑː.wolˌθæ͜ɑrˠf]


wicdæg

wicdæġ (canonical masculine)
wicdæġ (nominative singular)
wicdagas (nominative plural)
wicdæġ (accusative singular)
wicdagas (accusative plural)
wicdæġes (genitive singular)
wicdaga (genitive plural)
wicdæġe (dative singular)
wicdagum (dative plural)

Middle English: weke-day

English: weekday


weorcdæg

weorcdæġ (canonical masculine)
weorcdæġ (nominative singular)
weorcdagas (nominative plural)
weorcdæġ (accusative singular)
weorcdagas (accusative plural)
weorcdæġes (genitive singular)
weorcdaga (genitive plural)
weorcdæġe (dative singular)
weorcdagum (dative plural)

Middle English: werkday

English: workday

From Proto-Germanic *werkadagaz. Cognate with Old High German werctag and Old Norse verkdagr. Equivalent to weorc + dæġ.

workday (day on which work is done; in Anglo-Saxon England, typically any day but Sunday)


inweorc

inweorc (nominative singular)
inweorc (nominative plural)
inweorc (accusative singular)
inweorc (accusative plural)
inweorces (genitive singular)
inweorca (genitive plural)
inweorce (dative singular)
inweorcum (dative plural)

Equivalent to in- (“in”) + weorc (“work”), cf. inne (“indoors”).