diepþ

dīepþ (canonical feminine)
dīepþ (nominative singular)
dīepþa (nominative plural)
dīepþe (nominative plural)
dīepþe (accusative singular)
dīepþa (accusative plural)
dīepþe (accusative plural)
dīepþe (genitive singular)
dīepþa (genitive plural)
dīepþe (dative singular)
dīepþum (dative plural)
*dīepþu (alternative)

Middle English: depthe

Scots: deepth

English: depth

From Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“deepness, depth”), equivalent to dēop + -þ.


diepþu

dīepþu (canonical feminine)
dīepþu (nominative singular)
dīepþa (nominative plural)
dīepþe (nominative plural)
dīepþe (accusative singular)
dīepþa (accusative plural)
dīepþe (accusative plural)
dīepþe (genitive singular)
dīepþa (genitive plural)
dīepþe (dative singular)
dīepþum (dative plural)
*dīepþ (alternative)

Middle English: depthe

Scots: deepth

English: depth

From Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“deepness, depth”), equivalent to dēop + -þ, -þu.


leohtfæt

lēohtfæt (canonical neuter)
lēohtfæt (nominative singular)
lēohtfatu (nominative plural)
lēohtfæt (accusative singular)
lēohtfatu (accusative plural)
lēohtfætes (genitive singular)
lēohtfata (genitive plural)
lēohtfæte (dative singular)
lēohtfatum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *leuhtafat. Cognate with Old Saxon liohtfat, Old Dutch liehtfat, Old High German liohtfaz. Equivalent to lēoht (“light”) + fæt (“container”).

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:8

Then the foolish people said to the wise ones, "Give us some of your oil, our lamps have gone out."

Þā cwǣdon þā dysegan tō þām wīsum, "Sellaþ ūs of þīnum ele, for þām ūru lēohtfatu sind ācwenctu."

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 15:8

If a woman loses a shilling, doesn't she light a lamp and sweep her house and look diligently until she finds it?

Ġif hwelċ wīf forlīest ānne sċilling, hū, ne onǣlþ hēo hire lēohtfæt and āwent hire hūs and sēcþ ġeornlīċe oþ hēo hine fint?


firgen

firgen (nominative singular)
firgen (nominative plural)
firgen (accusative singular)
firgen (accusative plural)
firgenes (genitive singular)
firgena (genitive plural)
firgene (dative singular)
firgenum (dative plural)


crycc

cryċċ (canonical feminine)
cryċċ (nominative singular)
cryċċa (nominative plural)
cryċċe (nominative plural)
cryċċe (accusative singular)
cryċċa (accusative plural)
cryċċe (accusative plural)
cryċċe (genitive singular)
cryċċa (genitive plural)
cryċċe (dative singular)
cryċċum (dative plural)
criċċ (alternative)
cryċ (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: crucche, croch, croche, crouch, cruche
English: crutch
Scots: crutch

From Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”).
Cognate with Old Saxon krukka, Old Dutch *krukka, Old High German krucka.

inh

late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Hē ārās þā on morgen and mid twām cryċċum crēap him tō Wintanċeastre.

He got up in the morning and hobbled on two crutches to Winchester.


cricc

criċċ (canonical feminine)
criċċ (nominative singular)
criċċa (nominative plural)
criċċe (nominative plural)
criċċe (accusative singular)
criċċa (accusative plural)
criċċe (accusative plural)
criċċe (genitive singular)
criċċa (genitive plural)
criċċe (dative singular)
criċċum (dative plural)


bicce

biċċe (canonical feminine)
biċċe (nominative singular)
biċċan (nominative plural)
biċċan (accusative singular)
biċċan (accusative plural)
biċċan (genitive singular)
biċċena (genitive plural)
biċċan (dative singular)
biċċum (dative plural)
biċe (alternative)
biċġe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche
English: bitch
→ Dutch: bitch
→? German: Betze, Bätze, Petze
→ French: bitch

Scots: bitch

→ Old French: biche (Anglo-Norman)

⇒ Middle French: bichon

French: bichon

→ English: bichon

From Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.


modra

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of mōdor


bryce

bryċe (canonical masculine)
bryċe (nominative singular)
bryċas (nominative plural)
bryċe (accusative singular)
bryċas (accusative plural)
bryċes (genitive singular)
bryċa (genitive plural)
bryċe (dative singular)
bryċum (dative plural)
briċe (alternative)

Middle English: breche

English: breach

Scots: breach, breiche, bretch, breack

From Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“fissure”).


bellan

inflection of belle:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of belle:
nominative/accusative plural


finul

finul (nominative singular)
finulas (nominative plural)
finul (accusative singular)
finulas (accusative plural)
finules (genitive singular)
finula (genitive plural)
finule (dative singular)
finulum (dative plural)
finol (alternative)
finugl (alternative)
finule (alternative)
finugle (alternative)

Middle English: fenel, fenele, fenyl, fenell, fenelle, finelle, vinel (Late Middle English)
English: fennel
Scots: fennel

From Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, from Latin fēnuculum.


mapulder

mapulder (nominative singular)
mapulderas (nominative plural)
mapulder (accusative singular)
mapulderas (accusative plural)
mapulderes (genitive singular)
mapuldera (genitive plural)
mapuldere (dative singular)
mapulderum (dative plural)
mapolder (alternative)
mapuldor (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *mapulaz, possibly a corruption or based on *aplaz *trewą (Old English apuldor, æppeltrēow).
Compare Old High German mazaltra, mazzaltra (German Maßholder).


lenge

inflection of lenġu:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of lenġu:
genitive/dative singular


sægen

sæġen (canonical feminine)
sæġen (nominative singular)
sæġena (nominative plural)
sæġene (nominative plural)
sæġene (accusative singular)
sæġena (accusative plural)
sæġene (accusative plural)
sæġene (genitive singular)
sæġena (genitive plural)
sæġene (dative singular)
sæġenum (dative plural)

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”); compare Old Norse sǫgn.

late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...

The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...


hege

heġe (canonical masculine)
heġe (nominative singular)
heġas (nominative plural)
heġe (accusative singular)
heġas (accusative plural)
heġes (genitive singular)
heġa (genitive plural)
heġe (dative singular)
heġum (dative plural)

Middle English: heye (influenced by Old English hæg, ġehæg and Old French haie)
English: hay
Fingallian: hay
Yola: hey, hye

From earlier Proto-West Germanic *(ga)hagi, likely a remodelling from Proto-West Germanic *hagiwi, the plural of *hagu, from Proto-Germanic *haguz. Cognate with Old English ġehæg, Old High German gahagi.


floh

flōh (canonical feminine)
flōh (nominative singular)
flōhe (nominative plural)
flōha (nominative plural)
flōh (accusative singular)
flōhe (accusative singular)
flōhe (accusative plural)
flōha (accusative plural)
flōhe (genitive singular)
flōha (genitive plural)
flōhe (dative singular)
flōhum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *flōhi, from Proto-Germanic *flōhiz (“layer, film, coating”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Old High German fluoh, Old Norse fló.


sott

sott (nominative singular)
sottas (nominative plural)
sott (accusative singular)
sottas (accusative plural)
sottes (genitive singular)
sotta (genitive plural)
sotte (dative singular)
sottum (dative plural)

Middle English: sot

English: sot

Scots: sot

Uncertain. Perhaps from Medieval Latin sottus, itself of unknown origin.

unk

unknown origin


tredel

tredel (nominative singular)
tredelas (nominative plural)
tredel (accusative singular)
tredelas (accusative plural)
tredeles (genitive singular)
tredela (genitive plural)
tredele (dative singular)
tredelum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: tredel, tredyl, tredul, tredyll
English: treadle


gorst

gorst (nominative singular)
gorstas (nominative plural)
gorst (accusative singular)
gorstas (accusative plural)
gorstes (genitive singular)
gorsta (genitive plural)
gorste (dative singular)
gorstum (dative plural)

Middle English: gorst, gors, gorste, gost, grost
English: gorse
Yola: goss, gorr

From Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz.


bæþ

baþu (nominative plural)
bæþ (nominative singular)
baþu (nominative plural)
bæþ (accusative singular)
baþu (accusative plural)
bæþes (genitive singular)
baþa (genitive plural)
bæþe (dative singular)
baþum (dative plural)

Middle English: bath, baþ

English: bath

Scots: bath

→ Welsh: bàth

From Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.


fæcele

From Proto-West Germanic *fakilā, *fakulā, *fakkulā, from Vulgar Latin *faccula and/or Latin facula.


uhtceare

/ˈuːhtˌt͡ʃæːɑ̯re/

[ˈuːxtˌt͡ʃæːɑ̯re]

inflection of ūhtcaru:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of ūhtcaru:
accusative plural


angul

angul (nominative singular)
anglas (nominative plural)
angul (accusative singular)
anglas (accusative plural)
angles (genitive singular)
angla (genitive plural)
angle (dative singular)
anglum (dative plural)


titt

tittas (nominative plural)
titt (nominative singular)
tittas (nominative plural)
titt (accusative singular)
tittas (accusative plural)
tittes (genitive singular)
titta (genitive plural)
titte (dative singular)
tittum (dative plural)
tit (alternative)

English: tit

From Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).


bigenga

bīġenġa (canonical masculine)
bīġenġa (nominative singular)
bīġenġan (nominative plural)
bīġenġan (accusative singular)
bīġenġan (accusative plural)
bīġenġan (genitive singular)
bīġenġena (genitive plural)
bīġenġan (dative singular)
bīġenġum (dative plural)
bīgenġea (alternative)
bīgonġa (alternative)
bīgenċġa (alternative)
bīġgenġa (alternative)

Middle English: beȝenga, beȝeng

From Proto-West Germanic *bīgangijō, equivalent to bī- + genġa. Cognate with Old High German bigengo.

one who takes care of others; benefactor


badu

badu (nominative singular)
badwa (nominative plural)
badwe (nominative plural)
badwe (accusative singular)
badwa (accusative plural)
badwe (accusative plural)
badwe (genitive singular)
badwa (genitive plural)
badwe (dative singular)
badwum (dative plural)


sceattas

/ˈʃæ͜ɑt.tɑs/


cawl

cāwl (canonical masculine)
cāwl (nominative singular)
cāwlas (nominative plural)
cāwl (accusative singular)
cāwlas (accusative plural)
cāwles (genitive singular)
cāwla (genitive plural)
cāwle (dative singular)
cāwlum (dative plural)
cāwel (alternative)
cāuuel (alternative)
cāul (alternative)
cēawl (alternative)
cēaul (alternative)
cōuel (alternative)
cēaol (alternative)

desc

Middle English: cal, cale, calle, kalle, kelle, kolle

English: caul

Scots: kelle, kell

From Latin *cavallum, from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage, enclosure”).

et sustulerunt reliquias fragmentorum duodecim cophinos plenos et de piscibus / & genomon ða hlafo ðara screadunga tuoelf ceaulas fulle & of fiscum

Lindisfarne Gospels, gloss on Mark 6: 43

and then they took up twelve baskets full of the remains of the bread and the fish.


dreama

/ˈdræ͜ɑː.mɑ/


dype

dȳpe (canonical feminine)
dȳpe (nominative singular)
dȳpan (nominative plural)
dȳpan (accusative singular)
dȳpan (accusative plural)
dȳpan (genitive singular)
dȳpena (genitive plural)
dȳpan (dative singular)
dȳpum (dative plural)


heretoga

heretoga (nominative singular)
heretogan (nominative plural)
heretogan (accusative singular)
heretogan (accusative plural)
heretogan (genitive singular)
heretogena (genitive plural)
heretogan (dative singular)
heretogum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: heretowa, heretoȝe, heretogh, heretoȝæ, heretoche
→ English: heretog

→ English: heretoga

From Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō. Equivalent to here (“army”) + *toga (“leader”).

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Wǣron ðā ǣrest heora lāttēowas ⁊ heretogan twegen ġebrōðra Henġest ⁊ Horsa'.'

The first of their leaders and generals were two brothers, Hengist and Horsa.

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.


steng

stenġ (canonical masculine)
stenġ (nominative singular)
stenġas (nominative plural)
stenġ (accusative singular)
stenġas (accusative plural)
stenġes (genitive singular)
stenġa (genitive plural)
stenġe (dative singular)
stenġum (dative plural)
stænġ (alternative)

Middle English: steng

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stangi, variant of *stangu, from Proto-Germanic *stangō.


beocere

bēocere (canonical masculine)
bēocere (nominative singular)
bēoceras (nominative plural)
bēocere (accusative singular)
bēoceras (accusative plural)
bēoceres (genitive singular)
bēocera (genitive plural)
bēocere (dative singular)
bēocerum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo + *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).


wusc

wūsc (canonical masculine)
wūsc (nominative singular)
wūscas (nominative plural)
wūsc (accusative singular)
wūscas (accusative plural)
wūsċes (genitive singular)
wūsca (genitive plural)
wūsċe (dative singular)
wūscum (dative plural)
ūsc (alternative)
wȳsċ (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *wunskaz. Cognate with Old High German wunsc, Old Norse ósk.


æcirn

ǣcirn (canonical neuter)
ǣcirnu (nominative plural)


þeow

þēow (canonical masculine)
þēow (nominative singular)
þēowas (nominative plural)
þēow (accusative singular)
þēowas (accusative plural)
þēowes (genitive singular)
þēowa (genitive plural)
þēowe (dative singular)
þēowum (dative plural)
þēo (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *þeu, from Proto-Germanic *þewaz, probably from earlier *þegwaz, *þehwaz (“runner, gofer”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German dio, Old Norse -þér.


fullere

desctree

Middle English: fullere, follare, foller, vollere
English: fuller


mynet

mynet (nominative singular)
mynet (nominative plural)
mynet (accusative singular)
mynet (accusative plural)
mynetes (genitive singular)
myneta (genitive plural)
mynete (dative singular)
mynetum (dative plural)

Middle English: mynt, munet

English: mint

→ Old Norse: mynt

Old Danish: mynt

Danish: mønt

Icelandic: mynt

Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: mynt

Norwegian Nynorsk: mynt

Old Swedish: mynt

Swedish: mynt

→ Finnish: myntti

gylden mynet


halpenige

halpeniġe (canonical masculine)
halpeniġe (nominative singular)
halpeniġas (nominative plural)
halpeniġe (accusative singular)
halpeniġas (accusative plural)
halpeniġes (genitive singular)
halpeniġa (genitive plural)
halpeniġe (dative singular)
halpeniġum (dative plural)

Middle English: halpeni, halfpeni, halfpani, alfpeni, halpenie, halpenei, halpani, alpeni, hapeni, helpeni, halpenis, halpenes, halfpenies, halpeniges, halpens, halpans, halpons, alpens, halfpens
English: halfpenny, ha'penny
Scots: halfpenny
Yola: haapney


hræn

head

hræn f (nominative plural hræna or hræne)

hræna (nominative plural)
hræne (nominative plural)
hræn (nominative singular)
hræna (nominative plural)
hræne (nominative plural)
hræne (accusative singular)
hræna (accusative plural)
hræne (accusative plural)
hræne (genitive singular)
hræna (genitive plural)
hræne (dative singular)
hrænum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *hraʀnu, from Proto-Germanic *hraznō, from Proto-Indo-European *kres- (“spring, wave”).


hærnflota

head

hærnflota m (nominative plural hærnflotan)

hærnflotan (nominative plural)
hærnflota (nominative singular)
hærnflotan (nominative plural)
hærnflotan (accusative singular)
hærnflotan (accusative plural)
hærnflotan (genitive singular)
hærnflotena (genitive plural)
hærnflotan (dative singular)
hærnflotum (dative plural)


bratt

English: brat

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos


fengel

fenġel (canonical masculine)
fenġel (nominative singular)
fenglas (nominative plural)
fenġel (accusative singular)
fenglas (accusative plural)
fengles (genitive singular)
fengla (genitive plural)
fengle (dative singular)
fenglum (dative plural)

Blend of fōn (“to seize”) + þengel (“prince”), as if from Proto-West Germanic *fangil. Compare strenġel.


lyge

lyge (canonical)
lyġe (canonical masculine)
lyġe (nominative singular)
lyġas (nominative plural)
lyġe (accusative singular)
lyġas (accusative plural)
lyġes (genitive singular)
lyġa (genitive plural)
lyġe (dative singular)
lyġum (dative plural)
liġe (alternative)

desc

Middle English: liȝe, lighe, leghe, legh, leye, lie

English: lie

Scots: ley, lie

From Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic *lugiz.


kyning

kyning (nominative singular)
kyningas (nominative plural)
kyning (accusative singular)
kyningas (accusative plural)
kyninges (genitive singular)
kyninga (genitive plural)
kyninge (dative singular)
kyningum (dative plural)


bremel

brēmel (canonical masculine)
brēmel (nominative singular)
brēmelas (nominative plural)
brēmel (accusative singular)
brēmelas (accusative plural)
brēmeles (genitive singular)
brēmela (genitive plural)
brēmele (dative singular)
brēmelum (dative plural)


bræmel

brǣmel (canonical masculine)
brǣmel (nominative singular)
brǣmelas (nominative plural)
brǣmel (accusative singular)
brǣmelas (accusative plural)
brǣmeles (genitive singular)
brǣmela (genitive plural)
brǣmele (dative singular)
brǣmelum (dative plural)
brēmel (alternative)
bræmbel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: brembel, brambel, brimbel
English: bramble
Scots: brimmle
Yola: brimel


bræmbel

(later Old English) Alternative form of brǣmel


ramm

ramm (nominative singular)
rammas (nominative plural)
ramm (accusative singular)
rammas (accusative plural)
rammes (genitive singular)
ramma (genitive plural)
ramme (dative singular)
rammum (dative plural)
ram (alternative)

Middle English: ramme, ram, rom

English: ram

Scots: ram

c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
Ælce mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.

Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scale"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
Sume synd omonima, id sunt vnivoca, ða ġetācniað mā þinga mid ānre clypunge: ariēs byð ram betwux sċēapum and ram tō wealġeweorce, and ariēs ys ān ðāra twelf tācna.

Some words signify multiple things with one name: aries is a ram among sheep and a ram for taking down walls, and Aries is a sign of the Zodiac.


cyta

cȳta (canonical masculine)
cȳta (nominative singular)
cȳtan (nominative plural)
cȳtan (accusative singular)
cȳtan (accusative plural)
cȳtan (genitive singular)
cȳtena (genitive plural)
cȳtan (dative singular)
cȳtum (dative plural)

Middle English: kyte, kijt, kite, kete (Kent, Middlesex), kute, kuyte (West Midlands)
English: kite
Scots: kyt, kyte
→ Welsh: cud

From Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”).


domere

dōmere (canonical masculine)
dōmere (nominative singular)
dōmeras (nominative plural)
dōmere (accusative singular)
dōmeras (accusative plural)
dōmeres (genitive singular)
dōmera (genitive plural)
dōmere (dative singular)
dōmerum (dative plural)

English: doomer

By surface analysis, dōm (“judgement, sentence”) + -ere. Compare Old Norse dómari.


hlinc

hlinċ (canonical masculine)
hlinċas (nominative plural)
hlinċ (nominative singular)
hlinċas (nominative plural)
hlinċ (accusative singular)
hlinċas (accusative plural)
hlinċes (genitive singular)
hlinċa (genitive plural)
hlinċe (dative singular)
hlinċum (dative plural)

Middle English: linche, link

English: linch (lynch, lynchet)

Scots: link, linkis

→ English: links

From Proto-West Germanic *hlink, from Proto-Germanic *hlinkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”).

der

a bank separating strips of arable land on a slope; a bank forming a boundary


stalu

stalu (nominative singular)
stala (nominative plural)
stale (nominative plural)
stale (accusative singular)
stala (accusative plural)
stale (accusative plural)
stale (genitive singular)
stala (genitive plural)
stale (dative singular)
stalum (dative plural)
stæl- (alternative in-compounds)

Middle English: stale

From Proto-West Germanic *stalu, from Proto-Germanic *stalō. Cognate with Old Frisian stala (“theft”).

stælhrān


tudor

tūdor (canonical neuter)
tūdor (nominative singular)
tudru (nominative plural)
tūdor (accusative singular)
tudru (accusative plural)
tudres (genitive singular)
tudra (genitive plural)
tudre (dative singular)
tudrum (dative plural)
tuddor (alternative)

Middle English: tuder


nefene

nefene (nominative singular)
nefenan (nominative plural)
nefenan (accusative singular)
nefenan (accusative plural)
nefenan (genitive singular)
nefenena (genitive plural)
nefenan (dative singular)
nefenum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *nefanā, from Proto-Germanic *nefanǭ, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”). Compare Middle High German nefin, nevin, German Neffin (“niece”).


Sigel

Siġel (canonical masculine)
Siġel (nominative singular)
Siġlas (nominative plural)
Siġel (accusative singular)
Siġlas (accusative plural)
Siġles (genitive singular)
Siġla (genitive plural)
Siġle (dative singular)
Siġlum (dative plural)


hunta

hunta (nominative singular)
huntan (nominative plural)
huntan (accusative singular)
huntan (accusative plural)
huntan (genitive singular)
huntena (genitive plural)
huntan (dative singular)
huntum (dative plural)

Middle English: hunte

From Proto-Germanic *huntô, from Pre-Germanic *xundn-. Equivalent to huntan (“to hunt”) + -a (agent-noun suffix).


meowle

mēowle (canonical feminine)
mēowle (nominative singular)
mēowlan (nominative plural)
mēowlan (accusative singular)
mēowlan (accusative plural)
mēowlan (genitive singular)
mēowlena (genitive plural)
mēowlan (dative singular)
mēowlum (dative plural)


Saracene

Saracene (nominative plural)
Saracene (accusative plural)
Saracena (genitive plural)
Saracenum (dative plural)
Sarracene (alternative)
Sarocine (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin Saracēnus, from Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sărăkēnós).


folgere

folgere (nominative singular)
folgeras (nominative plural)
folgere (accusative singular)
folgeras (accusative plural)
folgeres (genitive singular)
folgera (genitive plural)
folgere (dative singular)
folgerum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: folwer, folwere, folȝere

English: follower

Scots: followar


hune

hune (nominative singular)
hunan (nominative plural)
hunan (accusative singular)
hunan (accusative plural)
hunan (genitive singular)
hunena (genitive plural)
hunan (dative singular)
hunum (dative plural)


healsbeag

healsbēag (canonical masculine)
healsbēag (nominative singular)
healsbēagas (nominative plural)
healsbēag (accusative singular)
healsbēagas (accusative plural)
healsbēages (genitive singular)
healsbēaga (genitive plural)
healsbēage (dative singular)
healsbēagum (dative plural)

/ˈxæ͜ɑlsˌbæ͜ɑːɡ/

[ˈhæ͜ɑɫzˌbæ͜ɑːɣ]

collar or necklace, often made of gold or silver


mycg

myċġ (canonical masculine)
myċġ (nominative singular)
myċġas (nominative plural)
myċġ (accusative singular)
myċġas (accusative plural)
myċġes (genitive singular)
myċġa (genitive plural)
myċġe (dative singular)
myċġum (dative plural)
myġġ (alternative)

Middle English: migge, mydge

Scots: mige, midge

English: midge; midget

From Proto-West Germanic *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō (“midge, mosquito, gnat”). Akin to Old Saxon muggia, Old High German mucka, mugga, Old Norse mý.


tægl

tæġl (canonical masculine)
tæġl (nominative singular)
tæġlas (nominative plural)
tæġl (accusative singular)
tæġlas (accusative plural)
tæġles (genitive singular)
tæġla (genitive plural)
tæġle (dative singular)
tæġlum (dative plural)
tæġel (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: tayl, tayle, tayll, tail, taile, teil, taille, tayil, tæȝel (Early Middle English)
English: tail
Scots: tail, tale
Yola: tyel, taal

From Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-. Cognate with Middle Low German tagel (“twisted whip”), Old High German zagal (“animal’s tail”) (dialectal German Zagel), Old Norse tagl (“horse’s or cow’s tail”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair of the head”); and, beyond Germanic, with Old Irish dūal (“lock of hair”).


stunde

inflection of stund:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of stund:
nominative/accusative plural


pudd

pudd (nominative singular)
puddas (nominative plural)
pudd (accusative singular)
puddas (accusative plural)
puddes (genitive singular)
pudda (genitive plural)
pudde (dative singular)
puddum (dative plural)

Middle English: *pud, *pod

⇒ Middle English: podel

English: puddle

Scots: puddil

>? Middle English: plodde, pludde (via metathesis ?)

English: plud

⇒ English: plodder

English: pudge (“ditch, puddle, pool”)

>? Scots: pudge, puidge (“pigsty”)


fægernes

fæġernes (canonical feminine)
fæġernes (nominative singular)
fæġernessa (nominative plural)
fæġernesse (nominative plural)
fæġernesse (accusative singular)
fæġernessa (accusative plural)
fæġernesse (accusative plural)
fæġernesse (genitive singular)
fæġernessa (genitive plural)
fæġernesse (dative singular)
fæġernessum (dative plural)
fæġernys (alternative)

Middle English: fæȝernesse

English: fairness

From fæġer + -nes. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“beauty”).


scucca

sċucca (canonical masculine)
sċucca (nominative singular)
sċuccan (nominative plural)
sċuccan (accusative singular)
sċuccan (accusative plural)
sċuccan (genitive singular)
sċuccena (genitive plural)
sċuccan (dative singular)
sċuccum (dative plural)
sċeocca (alternative)
sċocca (alternative)
sċeucca (alternative)

Middle English: schucke

⇒? English: shuckish

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skuh-, from *skiuhijaną ("to frighten"; see *skeuhaz (“frightened”)) + -ga. Cognate with German Scheuche (“scarecrow”).

gl

"to frighten"; see <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*skeuhaz</i> (“frightened”)


þæsma

þǣsma (canonical masculine)
þǣsma (nominative singular)
þǣsman (nominative plural)
þǣsman (accusative singular)
þǣsman (accusative plural)
þǣsman (genitive singular)
þǣsmena (genitive plural)
þǣsman (dative singular)
þǣsmum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *þaisimō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow, knead, mold, dwindle”).


andefne

andefne (nominative singular)
andefnu (nominative plural)
andefne (accusative singular)
andefnu (accusative plural)
andefnes (genitive singular)
andefna (genitive plural)
andefne (dative singular)
andefnum (dative plural)
ondefne (alternative)

From and- + *efne, the latter from Proto-West Germanic *abnī, from Proto-Germanic *abniją.


þeodloga

þēodloga (canonical masculine)
þēodloga (nominative singular)
þēodlogan (nominative plural)
þēodlogan (accusative singular)
þēodlogan (accusative plural)
þēodlogan (genitive singular)
þēodlogena (genitive plural)
þēodlogan (dative singular)
þēodlogum (dative plural)


smitte

smitte (nominative singular)
smittan (nominative plural)
smittan (accusative singular)
smittan (accusative plural)
smittan (genitive singular)
smittena (genitive plural)
smittan (dative singular)
smittum (dative plural)

Middle English: smit, smytt

English: smit

Scots: smit, smyt, smyte, smot

From Proto-West Germanic *smittā, *smittjā, from Proto-West Germanic *smittōn, *smittjōn (“to smear”), from Proto-Germanic *smittōną, *smitjōną, from Proto-Indo-European *smidnó-, *smidi-, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, streak, whisk, rub”).


þearm

þearmas (nominative plural)
þearm (nominative singular)
þearmas (nominative plural)
þearm (accusative singular)
þearmas (accusative plural)
þearmes (genitive singular)
þearma (genitive plural)
þearme (dative singular)
þearmum (dative plural)

Middle English: tharm, therm

Scots: thairm, tharm

English: tharm

From Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz.


hrincg

hrincg (canonical)
hrinċġ (canonical masculine)
hrincg (nominative singular)
hrincgas (nominative plural)
hrincg (accusative singular)
hrincgas (accusative plural)
hrincges (genitive singular)
hrincga (genitive plural)
hrincge (dative singular)
hrincgum (dative plural)
hrinċġ (nominative singular)
hrinċġas (nominative plural)
hrinċġ (accusative singular)
hrinċġas (accusative plural)
hrinċġes (genitive singular)
hrinċġa (genitive plural)
hrinċġe (dative singular)
hrinċġum (dative plural)

ang-decl-noun-a-m

Declension of hrinċġ

ang-decl-noun

Declension of hrinċġ


welan

inflection of wela:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of wela:
nominative/accusative plural


geposu

ġeposu (canonical feminine)
ġeposu (nominative singular)
ġeposa (nominative plural)
ġepose (nominative plural)
ġepose (accusative singular)
ġeposa (accusative plural)
ġepose (accusative plural)
ġepose (genitive singular)
ġeposa (genitive plural)
ġepose (dative singular)
ġeposum (dative plural)

Middle English: pose

English: pose

As a feminine noun, taken from ġeposu pl (literally “(the) snorts”), plural of ġepos n (“a sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to blow, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Related to Middle Low German pûsten (“to snort”), Middle High German phūsen (“to sneeze, snort”), Old Swedish pýsa (“to snort”).


bisæcc

bīsæcc (canonical feminine)
bīsæcc (nominative singular)
bīsæcca (nominative plural)
bīsæcce (nominative plural)
bīsæcce (accusative singular)
bīsæcca (accusative plural)
bīsæcce (accusative plural)
bīsæcce (genitive singular)
bīsæcca (genitive plural)
bīsæcce (dative singular)
bīsæccum (dative plural)
bīsæc (alternative)

English: bysack


sweg

swēġ (canonical masculine)
swēġ (nominative singular)
swēġas (nominative plural)
swēġ (accusative singular)
swēġas (accusative plural)
swēġes (genitive singular)
swēġa (genitive plural)
swēġe (dative singular)
swēġum (dative plural)
swœ̄ġ (alternative)

Middle English: swei, sweȝ

From Proto-West Germanic *swōgi (“sound, noise”). Cognate with Old Norse sœgr (“tumult, noise”). More at sough, swoon.


nihtgenga

nihtgenġa (canonical masculine)
nihtgenġa (nominative singular)
nihtgenġan (nominative plural)
nihtgenġan (accusative singular)
nihtgenġan (accusative plural)
nihtgenġan (genitive singular)
nihtgenġena (genitive plural)
nihtgenġan (dative singular)
nihtgenġum (dative plural)


haguþorn

haguþorn (nominative singular)
haguþornas (nominative plural)
haguþorn (accusative singular)
haguþornas (accusative plural)
haguþornes (genitive singular)
haguþorna (genitive plural)
haguþorne (dative singular)
haguþornum (dative plural)
hagaþorn (alternative)
hæguþorn (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: hawthorn, haȝ þorn, haȝþorne, haue-thorne, hauȝ þorne, hauthorne, hauþorn, hauþorne, hawethorn, hawethorne, haweþorn, hawe-þorn, hawe þorn, hawȝþorn, hawthern, hawthorne, hawthorun, haw-thron, hawþrone
English: hawthorn
Scots: hawthorn

→ Old Norse: hagþorn

Old Swedish: haghþorn

Swedish: hagtorn

From Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn, from *hagu (“enclosure; pasture”) + *þorn (“thorn; briar”). Cognate with Old Saxon haguthorn, Old High German hagudorn, Old Dutch *haguthorn.


gielda

ġielda (canonical masculine)
ġielda (nominative singular)
ġieldan (nominative plural)
ġieldan (accusative singular)
ġieldan (accusative plural)
ġieldan (genitive singular)
ġieldena (genitive plural)
ġieldan (dative singular)
ġieldum (dative plural)
ġilda (alternative)
ġylda (alternative)
ġelda (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *geldō, equivalent to ġieldan + -a.


monan

inflection of mōna:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of mōna:
nominative/accusative plural


leage

inflection of lēage:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of lēage:
nominative/accusative plural


picga

picga (nominative singular)
picgan (nominative plural)
picgan (accusative singular)
picgan (accusative plural)
picgan (genitive singular)
picgena (genitive plural)
picgan (dative singular)
picgum (dative plural)
*pycga (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: pigge, peg, pig, pige, pigh, pygge
English: pig (see there for further descendants)
Scots: pig
Yola: piggès

From Proto-West Germanic *piggō.
Alternatively, perhaps from earlier *pycga, from Proto-West Germanic *puggijō, diminutive of *puggō, a variant of *piggō.


læring

lǣring (canonical feminine)
lǣring (nominative singular)
lǣringa (nominative plural)
lǣringe (nominative plural)
lǣringe (accusative singular)
lǣringa (accusative plural)
lǣringe (accusative plural)
lǣringe (genitive singular)
lǣringa (genitive plural)
lǣringe (dative singular)
lǣringum (dative plural)


winberige

wīnberiġe (canonical feminine)
wīnberiġe (nominative singular)
wīnberiġan (nominative plural)
wīnberiġan (accusative singular)
wīnberiġan (accusative plural)
wīnberiġan (genitive singular)
wīnberiġena (genitive plural)
wīnberiġan (dative singular)
wīnberiġum (dative plural)


þreax

From Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrekkaz (“dirt”) (variant of *þrakjaz), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ- (“manure, dung; to sully, decay”).


weþer

weþer (nominative singular)
weþras (nominative plural)
weþer (accusative singular)
weþras (accusative plural)
weþres (genitive singular)
weþra (genitive plural)
weþre (dative singular)
weþrum (dative plural)
weþer (nominative singular)
weþeras (nominative plural)
weþer (accusative singular)
weþeras (accusative plural)
weþeres (genitive singular)
weþera (genitive plural)
weþere (dative singular)
weþerum (dative plural)
wæþær (alternative)
weðer (alternative)

Middle English: wether, weder

Scots: weddir

English: wether

From Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“a yearling lamb; wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus.

inh

Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fǣtte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.

And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.


styring

styring (nominative singular)
styringa (nominative plural)
styringe (nominative plural)
styringe (accusative singular)
styringa (accusative plural)
styringe (accusative plural)
styringe (genitive singular)
styringa (genitive plural)
styringe (dative singular)
styringum (dative plural)
stirung (alternative)
styrung (alternative)

(of violent movement) disturbance, agitation, commotion


gesetnes

head

ġesetnes f (nominative plural ġesetnessa)

ġesetnes (canonical feminine)
ġesetnessa (nominative plural)
ġesetnes (nominative singular)
ġesetnessa (nominative plural)
ġesetnesse (nominative plural)
ġesetnesse (accusative singular)
ġesetnessa (accusative plural)
ġesetnesse (accusative plural)
ġesetnesse (genitive singular)
ġesetnessa (genitive plural)
ġesetnesse (dative singular)
ġesetnessum (dative plural)
ġesetednes (alternative)
ġesetednys (alternative)
ġesetedness (alternative)
ġesetednyss (alternative)
ġesetnys (alternative)

Middle English: ȝesetnysse, isetnesse

From earlier ġesetednes, equivalent to ġeseted + -nes. Compare Old High German gisezzida (“establishment, regulation, order, decree”), Old High German gisezzidī (“establishment, regulation, composition, structure”), German Gesetz (“law”).

cog

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
Us is eac to witenne, þæt wæron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, þæt ælc man beo acenned be steorrena ġesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, and námon to fultume heora gedwylde þæt níwe steorra asprang þaþa Drihten lichamlice acenned wearð, and cwædon þæt se steorra his gewyrd wære.

We are also to know, that there were some heretics who said, that every man is born according to the position of the stars, and that by their course his destiny befalls him, and advanced in support of their error, that a new star sprang up when the Lord was corporally born, and said that that star was his destiny.


gesetednes

head

ġesetednes f (nominative plural ġesetednessa)

ġesetednes (canonical feminine)
ġesetednessa (nominative plural)
ġesetednes (nominative singular)
ġesetednessa (nominative plural)
ġesetednesse (nominative plural)
ġesetednesse (accusative singular)
ġesetednessa (accusative plural)
ġesetednesse (accusative plural)
ġesetednesse (genitive singular)
ġesetednessa (genitive plural)
ġesetednesse (dative singular)
ġesetednessum (dative plural)


cycel

cyċel m (nominative plural cyclas or cyċlas)

cyċel (canonical masculine)
cyclas (nominative plural)
cyċlas (nominative plural)
ciċel (alternative)

Middle English: cicle, kichel

English: kichel

From Proto-Germanic *kakilaz, diminutive of *kakǭ (“cake”).


pocca

(Northumbrian) Alternative form of pohha


pohha

pohha (nominative singular)
pohhan (nominative plural)
pohhan (accusative singular)
pohhan (accusative plural)
pohhan (genitive singular)
pohhena (genitive plural)
pohhan (dative singular)
pohhum (dative plural)
pocca (alternative)
poha (alternative)
pohcha (alternative)

Middle English: pogh, pouge

English: pough

From Proto-West Germanic *pokkō, *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to swell; blow; inflate”). Cognate with Middle High German pfoch (“pouch; purse”), Old Norse poki (“pouch; bag”).


renscur

rēnsċūr (canonical masculine)
rēnsċūr (nominative singular)
rēnsċūras (nominative plural)
rēnsċūr (accusative singular)
rēnsċūras (accusative plural)
rēnsċūres (genitive singular)
rēnsċūra (genitive plural)
rēnsċūre (dative singular)
rēnsċūrum (dative plural)


ascung

āscung (canonical feminine)
āscung (nominative singular)
āscunga (nominative plural)
āscunge (nominative plural)
āscunge (accusative singular)
āscunga (accusative plural)
āscunge (accusative plural)
āscunge (genitive singular)
āscunga (genitive plural)
āscunge (dative singular)
āscungum (dative plural)
ācsung (alternative)
āxung (alternative)

Middle English: asking, askynge

English: asking

Scots: asking, askin

From Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to āscian + -ung. Cognate with Old Frisian āskinge, Old High German eiscunga, Middle Low German êschinge, Middle Dutch eischinge.


bæcestre

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bæcestre f (nominative plural bæcestran)

bæcestran (nominative plural)
bæcestre (nominative singular)
bæcestran (nominative plural)
bæcestran (accusative singular)
bæcestran (accusative plural)
bæcestran (genitive singular)
bæcestrena (genitive plural)
bæcestran (dative singular)
bæcestrum (dative plural)

Middle English: bakestre, bakster

English: baxter, Baxter


bæchus

bæchūs (canonical neuter)
bæchūs (nominative singular)
bæchūs (nominative plural)
bæchūs (accusative singular)
bæchūs (accusative plural)
bæchūses (genitive singular)
bæchūsa (genitive plural)
bæchūse (dative singular)
bæchūsum (dative plural)
bæc-hūs (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: bakhous, bachous, bakehous, bakehowse, bakehuse, bakhows, bakhowse, bakkehowse
English: bakehouse
→ Welsh: becws, bacws, becos
Scots: bake-hous
→ Irish: bácús
→ Yola: baakooze

From Proto-West Germanic *bakahūs, equivalent to *bæc (“something baked”) + hūs (“house”). Compare Old English ġebæc (“something baked”).


gewind

ġewind (canonical neuter)
ġewind (nominative plural)
ġewind (nominative singular)
ġewind (nominative plural)
ġewind (accusative singular)
ġewind (accusative plural)
ġewindes (genitive singular)
ġewinda (genitive plural)
ġewinde (dative singular)
ġewindum (dative plural)

From ġe- + wind (“a winding; wrapping”).

that which has a curved, winding, or spiral shape; spiral


þeorf

desctree

Middle English: therf, tharf, tharfe, therfe, þarf, þerf, þerfe, þeorrf (Ormulum)
English: tharf (obsolete)
Scots: tharf, therf


sagol

sāgol (canonical masculine)
sāgol (nominative singular)
sāglas (nominative plural)
sāgol (accusative singular)
sāglas (accusative plural)
sāgles (genitive singular)
sāgla (genitive plural)
sāgle (dative singular)
sāglum (dative plural)

Middle English: sowel, saule, soule, sowil, saȝel
English: sole (dialectal)


tænel

tǣnel (canonical masculine)
tǣnelas (nominative plural)
tǣnel (nominative singular)
tǣnelas (nominative plural)
tǣnel (accusative singular)
tǣnelas (accusative plural)
tǣneles (genitive singular)
tǣnela (genitive plural)
tǣnele (dative singular)
tǣnelum (dative plural)
tēnil (alternative)

Middle English: tenel, tenell
English: teanel (dialectal)

From Proto-West Germanic *tainīl, from Proto-Germanic *tainīlaz, a diminutive of *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; basket”), from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Related to Old High German zeina (“basket”), Old Norse teina (“wicker basket”).


mæsling

mæsling (nominative plural)
mæsling (nominative singular)
mæsling (nominative plural)
mæsling (accusative singular)
mæsling (accusative plural)
mæslinges (genitive singular)
mæslinga (genitive plural)
mæslinge (dative singular)
mæslingum (dative plural)
mæslen (alternative)
mæstling (alternative)

desc

Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling, meslin

English: maslin

From earlier *mæssing, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, altered by -ling and an intrusive -t-.


gefæd

ġefæd (canonical neuter)
ġefæd (nominative singular)
ġefadu (nominative plural)
ġefæd (accusative singular)
ġefadu (accusative plural)
ġefædes (genitive singular)
ġefada (genitive plural)
ġefæde (dative singular)
ġefadum (dative plural)

Middle English: fade, fede (possibly)

English: fade; fad (possibly)

From ġe- + Proto-Germanic *fadaz (“orderly; tidy”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).


ungefæd

unġefæd (canonical neuter)
unġefæd (nominative singular)
unġefadu (nominative plural)
unġefæd (accusative singular)
unġefadu (accusative plural)
unġefædes (genitive singular)
unġefada (genitive plural)
unġefæde (dative singular)
unġefadum (dative plural)


geleod

ġelēod (canonical masculine)
ġelēode (nominative plural)
ġelēod (nominative singular)
ġelēodas (nominative plural)
ġelēod (accusative singular)
ġelēodas (accusative plural)
ġelēodes (genitive singular)
ġelēoda (genitive plural)
ġelēode (dative singular)
ġelēodum (dative plural)

one of a nation; fellow-countryman; compatriot


modcræft

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mōdcræft m (nominative plural mōdcræftas)

mōdcræft (canonical masculine)
mōdcræftas (nominative plural)

mental power; skill; intelligence; shrewdness; cleverness


ladmann

lādmann (canonical masculine)
lādmenn (nominative plural)
lādmann (nominative singular)
lādmenn (nominative plural)
lādmann (accusative singular)
lādmenn (accusative plural)
lādmannes (genitive singular)
lādmanna (genitive plural)
lādmenn (dative singular)
lādmannum (dative plural)


feldswamm

feldswamm m (nominative plural feldswammas)


hrepung

hrepung (nominative singular)
hrepunga (nominative plural)
hrepunge (nominative plural)
hrepunge (accusative singular)
hrepunga (accusative plural)
hrepunge (accusative plural)
hrepunge (genitive singular)
hrepunga (genitive plural)
hrepunge (dative singular)
hrepungum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: reopunge, repunge, repung

c. 992, Ælfric, "THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE LORD'S EPIPHANY"
Mihtiglice he mihte mid his worde hine gehælan, buton hrepunge; ac he geswutelode þæt his hrepung is swiðe halwende geleaffullum.
In his might he could have healed him with his word, without touching; but he manifested that his touch is very salutary to believers.
Crist mid his handa hrepunge þone hreoflian gehælde, swa eac he alysde us fram ure sawla synnum ðurh anfenge ures flæsces; swa swa se witega Isaias cwæð, "Soðlice he sylf ætbræd ure adlunga, and ure sarnyssa he sylf abær."

Christ by the touch of his hands healed the leper, so also he redeemed us from the sins of our souls by the assumption of our flesh; as the prophet Isaiah said, "Verily he took away our diseases, and our pains he himself bare."

c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
Ure yfelan geðohtas oððe weorc we sceolan alysan mid fif scyllingum; þæt is we sceolon ure yfelnysse behreowsian mid urum fif andgitum, þæt synd gesihþ, and hlyst, and swæc, and stenc, and hrepung.

Our evil thoughts or actions we should redeem with five shillings; that is, we should repent of our wickedness with our five senses, which are, sight, and hearing, and taste, and smell, and touch.

the sense of touch (one of the five senses)


hlyst

hlyst (nominative singular)
hlyste (nominative plural)
hlysta (nominative plural)
hlyst (accusative singular)
hlyste (accusative singular)
hlyste (accusative plural)
hlysta (accusative plural)
hlyste (genitive singular)
hlysta (genitive plural)
hlyste (dative singular)
hlystum (dative plural)

the sense of hearing (one of the five senses)


gedrefednes

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ġedrēfednes f (nominative plural ġedrēfednesse)

ġedrēfednes (canonical feminine)
ġedrēfednesse (nominative plural)
ġedrēfednes (nominative singular)
ġedrēfednessa (nominative plural)
ġedrēfednesse (nominative plural)
ġedrēfednesse (accusative singular)
ġedrēfednessa (accusative plural)
ġedrēfednesse (accusative plural)
ġedrēfednesse (genitive singular)
ġedrēfednessa (genitive plural)
ġedrēfednesse (dative singular)
ġedrēfednessum (dative plural)


socn

sōcn (canonical feminine)
sōcn (nominative singular)
sōcne (nominative plural)
sōcna (nominative plural)
sōcn (accusative singular)
sōcne (accusative singular)
sōcne (accusative plural)
sōcna (accusative plural)
sōcne (genitive singular)
sōcna (genitive plural)
sōcne (dative singular)
sōcnum (dative plural)
sōcen (alternative)

Middle English: soken

English: soken

→ Medieval Latin: sōca

Old French: soc

desctree

⇒ Old French: socage, soccage, sokage
→ Middle English: sokage
English: socage, soccage

→ Middle English: soke

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“examination; contest; struggle”).

inh

a desiring; attempt to acquire (something); probing

a seeking with hostile intent; an attack

Iċ an heom ealswā ðæt hȳ habben ðrofer saca and sōcna.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Anglo-Saxon law) Frequently used in connection with sacu: the exercise of judicial power; jurisdiction; right of inquisition; right of seeking, taking, or levying fines; revenue


portgerefa

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portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)

portġerēfa (canonical masculine)
portġerēfan (nominative plural)
portġerēfa (nominative singular)
portġerēfan (nominative plural)
portġerēfan (accusative singular)
portġerēfan (accusative plural)
portġerēfan (genitive singular)
portġerēfena (genitive plural)
portġerēfan (dative singular)
portġerēfum (dative plural)

English: portreeve

From port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).

compound

a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England


clucge

clucgan (nominative plural)
clucge (nominative singular)
clucgan (nominative plural)
clucgan (accusative singular)
clucgan (accusative plural)
clucgan (genitive singular)
clucgena (genitive plural)
clucgan (dative singular)
clucgum (dative plural)
clugge (alternative)
clucgge (alternative)

From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc).


dægmæl

dæġmǣl (canonical neuter)
dæġmǣl (nominative plural)
dæġmǣl (nominative singular)
dæġmǣl (nominative plural)
dæġmǣl (accusative singular)
dæġmǣl (accusative plural)
dæġmǣles (genitive singular)
dæġmǣla (genitive plural)
dæġmǣle (dative singular)
dæġmǣlum (dative plural)

Þæt dæġmǣl ticcode ġehīerendlīċe.

an instrument for telling the hour of the day; a timekeeper (e.g. clock, sundial, waterclock, etc.)


eored

ēored (canonical neuter)
ēored (nominative plural)
ēorod (alternative)
ēoryd (alternative)
īored (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *ehwaraidō (“cavalry”), equivalent to eoh + rād.


ciþ

ċīþ (canonical masculine)
ċīþas (nominative plural)
ċīþ (nominative singular)
ċīþas (nominative plural)
ċīþ (accusative singular)
ċīþas (accusative plural)
ċīþes (genitive singular)
ċīþa (genitive plural)
ċīþe (dative singular)
ċīþum (dative plural)
ċȳþ (alternative)

desc

Middle English: chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit

English: chit, chive

⇒ English: chism

Scots: chit

From Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

a young shoot of an herb or tree; a chit; sprout; germ; sprig; mote


hæling

hǣling (canonical feminine)
hǣlinga (nominative plural)
hǣling (nominative singular)
hǣlinga (nominative plural)
hǣlinge (nominative plural)
hǣlinge (accusative singular)
hǣlinga (accusative plural)
hǣlinge (accusative plural)
hǣlinge (genitive singular)
hǣlinga (genitive plural)
hǣlinge (dative singular)
hǣlingum (dative plural)

Middle English: helynge, helinge

Scots: heling, heiling, heilling, hailing

English: healing

From Proto-Germanic *hailingō, equivalent to hǣlan + -ing. Cognate with Old High German heilunga.

Ic nān yfel on hym næbbe ġemēt be hǣlinge.

I have found no evil in him with regard to healing.


feondræden

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fēondrǣden f (nominative plural fēondrǣdenna or fēondrǣdenne)

fēondrǣden (canonical feminine)
fēondrǣdenna (nominative plural)
fēondrǣdenne (nominative plural)
fēondrǣden (nominative singular)
fēondrǣdenna (nominative plural)
fēondrǣdenne (nominative plural)
fēondrǣdenne (accusative singular)
fēondrǣdenna (accusative plural)
fēondrǣdenne (accusative plural)
fēondrǣdenne (genitive singular)
fēondrǣdenna (genitive plural)
fēondrǣdenne (dative singular)
fēondrǣdennum (dative plural)


hlaforddom

hlāforddōm m (nominative plural hlāforddōmas)

hlāforddōm (canonical masculine)
hlāforddōmas (nominative plural)

Middle English: laferrddom, lauerdom

English: lorddom


infiht

infiht (nominative plural)
infeoht (alternative)
infitht (alternative)

an attack made upon a person by one inhabiting the same dwelling; infighting


niþþe

niþþas (nominative plural)
niþþe (nominative singular)
niþþas (nominative plural)
niþþe (accusative singular)
niþþas (accusative plural)
niþþes (genitive singular)
niþþa (genitive plural)
niþþe (dative singular)
niþþum (dative plural)
*niþe (alternative)


niþþas

niþþas (nominative plural)
niþþas (accusative plural)
niþþa (genitive plural)
niþþum (dative plural)
niþas (alternative)


spadu

spadu (nominative singular)
spada (nominative plural)
spade (nominative plural)
spade (accusative singular)
spada (accusative plural)
spade (accusative plural)
spade (genitive singular)
spada (genitive plural)
spade (dative singular)
spadum (dative plural)

Middle English: spade

English: spade

Scots: spade, spaid

From Proto-Germanic *spadō, a byform of *spadô.


wræþþu

wrǣþþu (canonical feminine)
wrǣþþu (nominative singular)
wrǣþþa (nominative plural)
wrǣþþe (nominative plural)
wrǣþþe (accusative singular)
wrǣþþa (accusative plural)
wrǣþþe (accusative plural)
wrǣþþe (genitive singular)
wrǣþþa (genitive plural)
wrǣþþe (dative singular)
wrǣþþum (dative plural)
wrǣþþo (alternative)

desc

Middle English: wraththe, wræththe, wreththe

English: wrath

Scots: wraith, wreath, wrath

From Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“wrath, fury”). Equivalent to wrāþ + -þ.


slæwþ

slǣwþ (canonical feminine)
slǣwþ (nominative singular)
slǣwþa (nominative plural)
slǣwþe (nominative plural)
slǣwþe (accusative singular)
slǣwþa (accusative plural)
slǣwþe (accusative plural)
slǣwþe (genitive singular)
slǣwþa (genitive plural)
slǣwþe (dative singular)
slǣwþum (dative plural)

Middle English: slouthe, slewthe

English: sloth

Scots: sleuth

From Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slāw + -þ. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).


æmete

ǣmete (canonical feminine)
ǣmete (nominative singular)
ǣmetan (nominative plural)
ǣmetan (accusative singular)
ǣmetan (accusative plural)
ǣmetan (genitive singular)
ǣmetena (genitive plural)
ǣmetan (dative singular)
ǣmetum (dative plural)
ǣmette (alternative)
ǣmytte (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: ampte, amte, emete, amete, emotte, emot, ante, empt, empte, amote
English: ant, emmet
Scots: emmot, emott, imat
⇒ Yola: emothee


sceamu

sċeamu (canonical feminine)
sċeamu (nominative singular)
sċeama (nominative plural)
sċeame (nominative plural)
sċeame (accusative singular)
sċeama (accusative plural)
sċeame (accusative plural)
sċeame (genitive singular)
sċeama (genitive plural)
sċeame (dative singular)
sċeamum (dative plural)


andsaca

andsaca (nominative singular)
andsacan (nominative plural)
andsacan (accusative singular)
andsacan (accusative plural)
andsacan (genitive singular)
andsacena (genitive plural)
andsacan (dative singular)
andsacum (dative plural)
ondsaca (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *andasakō. Cognate with Old Saxon andsako. Equivalent to and- + saca.


drycræft

drȳcræft (canonical masculine)
drȳcræft (nominative singular)
drȳcræftas (nominative plural)
drȳcræft (accusative singular)
drȳcræftas (accusative plural)
drȳcræftes (genitive singular)
drȳcræfta (genitive plural)
drȳcræfte (dative singular)
drȳcræftum (dative plural)
drīcræft (alternative)
drēocræft (alternative)

Middle English: drycræft

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.

...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.


pipdream

pīpdrēam (canonical masculine)
pīpdrēam (nominative singular)
pīpdrēamas (nominative plural)
pīpdrēam (accusative singular)
pīpdrēamas (accusative plural)
pīpdrēames (genitive singular)
pīpdrēama (genitive plural)
pīpdrēame (dative singular)
pīpdrēamum (dative plural)
pipdrām (alternative)

the sound of a pipe (musical instrument); pipe music


seohtre

seohtran (nominative plural)
sihtre (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *sihtrā (“drain; sewer”).

inh

a pipe through which a small stream is directed; drain


gegaderung

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ġegaderung f (nominative plural ġegaderunga)

ġegaderung (canonical feminine)
ġegaderunga (nominative plural)
ġegaderung (nominative singular)
ġegaderunga (nominative plural)
ġegaderunge (nominative plural)
ġegaderunge (accusative singular)
ġegaderunga (accusative plural)
ġegaderunge (accusative plural)
ġegaderunge (genitive singular)
ġegaderunga (genitive plural)
ġegaderunge (dative singular)
ġegaderungum (dative plural)

a joining together; union; a joint bond; that which results from joining; a joining together to form a whole


framcynn

framcynn (nominative plural)
fromcynn (alternative)
fromcyn (alternative)

From fram- (“from, future”) + cynn (“kin”).


heall

healla (nominative plural)
heall (nominative singular)
healla (nominative plural)
healle (nominative plural)
healle (accusative singular)
healla (accusative plural)
healle (accusative plural)
healle (genitive singular)
healla (genitive plural)
healle (dative singular)
heallum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: halle, hall, hal, hale, alle, hawle, haule
English: hall (see there for further descendants)
Scots: haw
Yola: haul

a large room forming part of a residence, in which the social and public affairs of the household are conducted


heall

heallas (nominative plural)
heall (nominative singular)
heallas (nominative plural)
heall (accusative singular)
heallas (accusative plural)
healles (genitive singular)
healla (genitive plural)
healle (dative singular)
heallum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *halluz. Cognate with Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ) whence Old Norse hallr.


nepflod

nēpflōd (canonical masculine)
nēpflōdas (nominative plural)


heahflod

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hēahflōd m (nominative plural hēahflōdas)

hēahflōd (canonical masculine)
hēahflōdas (nominative plural)

From hēah + flōd. Compare Old Norse háflæðr (“a high flood-tide”).


lareow

lārēow (canonical masculine)
lārēow (nominative singular)
lārēowas (nominative plural)
lārēow (accusative singular)
lārēowas (accusative plural)
lārēowes (genitive singular)
lārēowa (genitive plural)
lārēowe (dative singular)
lārēowum (dative plural)
lārow (alternative Anglian)
lāruw (alternative Anglian)
lārēuw (alternative)
lārēu (alternative)
lāru (alternative)
lārwa (alternative)

Middle English: larew

From lār (“teaching; doctrine”) + *ēow, a word or suffix of uncertain origin and meaning, yet apparently found also in Old Saxon lērio, lēreo (“teacher, prophet”).
Some authorities believe the second element to be a corruption of Old English þēow (“servant; minister”), which shows up in later forms of the word, e.g. Old English lārþēaw (for *lārþēow), Middle English lorthew, etc., yet this might be assimilation in retrospect caused by confusion or folk-etymology.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Sē lārēow sċeal bēon eallum mannum efnþrōwiende.

A teacher should be sympathetic to everyone.

c. 9-10th century, Bede, "Preface"
Ǣrest mē wæs fultumiend 7 lārēow se ārwurða abbad Albinus, sē wæs wīde ġefaren 7 gelǣred, 7 wæs betst ġelǣred on Angelcynne.

My first supporter and teacher was the venerable abbot Albinus, a man who was widely travelled and educated, and was the best educated in England.


ynneleac

ynnelēac (canonical neuter)
ynnelēac (nominative plural)
ynelēac (alternative)
ennelēac (alternative)
enelēac (alternative)
ennelēc (alternative)

desc

Middle English: hinneleac, henneleac, hynneleac

From Proto-West Germanic *unnjalauk. Equivalent to *ynne (“onion”) + lēac (“leek”).


ynne

ynnan (nominative plural)
ynne (nominative singular)
ynnan (nominative plural)
ynnan (accusative singular)
ynnan (accusative plural)
ynnan (genitive singular)
ynnena (genitive plural)
ynnan (dative singular)
ynnum (dative plural)
*yne (alternative)
*enne (alternative)
*ene (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *unnjā, from Latin ūniō (“onion”).


gærsstapa

gærsstapa (nominative singular)
gærsstapan (nominative plural)
gærsstapan (accusative singular)
gærsstapan (accusative plural)
gærsstapan (genitive singular)
gærsstapena (genitive plural)
gærsstapan (dative singular)
gærsstapum (dative plural)


weofod

wēofod (canonical neuter)
wēofod (nominative singular)
wēofodu (nominative plural)
wēofod (accusative singular)
wēofodu (accusative plural)
wēofodes (genitive singular)
wēofoda (genitive plural)
wēofode (dative singular)
wēofodum (dative plural)
wīġbed (alternative)
wēafod (alternative)

Middle English: wēved

From pre-Old English *wīohbēod, equivalent to wēoh (“idol, image”) + bēod (“offering stage, dish”).


gesnot

ġesnot (canonical neuter)
ġesnot (nominative plural)
ġesnott (alternative)

Middle English: snotte, snot

English: snot

From Proto-Germanic *snuttuz. Cognate with Old High German snuz, snuzza.


sanct

sanctas (nominative plural)
sanct (nominative singular)
sanctas (nominative plural)
sanct (accusative singular)
sanctas (accusative plural)
sanctes (genitive singular)
sancta (genitive plural)
sancte (dative singular)
sanctum (dative plural)

desctree

through confluence with Old French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">sainte</i>

Middle English: seynt (through confluence with Old French sainte)
English: saint, Saint
Middle Scots: Sanct, Sant, sanct, sant
Scots: sant, saunt
Yola: Sankt, Sank, Saan


begbeam

beġbēam (canonical masculine)
beġbēamas (nominative plural)
beġbēam (nominative singular)
beġbēamas (nominative plural)
beġbēam (accusative singular)
beġbēamas (accusative plural)
beġbēames (genitive singular)
beġbēama (genitive plural)
beġbēame (dative singular)
beġbēamum (dative plural)
beiġbēam (alternative)
beibēam (alternative)

From *beġ (“berry”) + bēam (“tree”). Compare beġer, beriġe.


cranic

cranic (nominative singular)
cranicas (nominative plural)
cranic (accusative singular)
cranicas (accusative plural)
cranices (genitive singular)
cranica (genitive plural)
cranice (dative singular)
cranicum (dative plural)

From Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).


fealcen

fealcen (nominative singular)
fealcnas (nominative plural)
fealcen (accusative singular)
fealcnas (accusative plural)
fealcnes (genitive singular)
fealcna (genitive plural)
fealcne (dative singular)
fealcnum (dative plural)
*falcen (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *falkan, from Proto-Germanic *falkanaz, related to *falkô.


dierne

dierne (nominative singular)
diernu (nominative plural)
dierne (accusative singular)
diernu (accusative plural)
diernes (genitive singular)
dierna (genitive plural)
dierne (dative singular)
diernum (dative plural)
derne (alternative)
dyrne (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: derne, darne, durne
English: dern, dearn, darn
Scots: dern, darn


tunglere

tunglere (nominative singular)
tungleras (nominative plural)
tunglere (accusative singular)
tungleras (accusative plural)
tungleres (genitive singular)
tunglera (genitive plural)
tunglere (dative singular)
tunglerum (dative plural)


wuduland

wuduland (nominative plural)
wuduland (nominative singular)
wuduland (nominative plural)
wuduland (accusative singular)
wuduland (accusative plural)
wudulandes (genitive singular)
wudulanda (genitive plural)
wudulande (dative singular)
wudulandum (dative plural)
wudulond (alternative)
wudoland (alternative)
wudæland (alternative)

Middle English: wodeland

English: woodland


heofan

heofan (nominative singular)
heofanas (nominative plural)
heofan (accusative singular)
heofanas (accusative plural)
heofanes (genitive singular)
heofana (genitive plural)
heofane (dative singular)
heofanum (dative plural)
heofan (nominative singular)
heofana (nominative plural)
heofane (nominative plural)
heofane (accusative singular)
heofana (accusative plural)
heofane (accusative plural)
heofane (genitive singular)
heofana (genitive plural)
heofane (dative singular)
heofanum (dative plural)


heof

hēof (canonical masculine)
hēaf (alternative)


wiergþu

wierġþu (canonical feminine)
wierġþu (nominative singular)
wierġþa (nominative plural)
wierġþe (nominative plural)
wierġþe (accusative singular)
wierġþa (accusative plural)
wierġþe (accusative plural)
wierġþe (genitive singular)
wierġþa (genitive plural)
wierġþe (dative singular)
wierġþum (dative plural)
wærgþu (alternative)
wyrgþu (alternative)
wirgþu (alternative)
wirgþo (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *wargiþu. Equivalent to wierġan (“to curse”), wearg (“criminal”) + -þu (abstract noun suffix).


claþ

clāþ (canonical masculine neuter)
clāþas (nominative plural)
clāþ (nominative singular)
clāþ (nominative plural)
clāþ (accusative singular)
clāþ (accusative plural)
clāþes (genitive singular)
clāþa (genitive plural)
clāþe (dative singular)
clāþum (dative plural)
clāþ (nominative singular)
clāþas (nominative plural)
clāþ (accusative singular)
clāþas (accusative plural)
clāþes (genitive singular)
clāþa (genitive plural)
clāþe (dative singular)
clāþum (dative plural)
clǣþ (alternative)

Middle English: clath, cloth; clathes, clothes; clethe

Scots: clathe, claith; clathes, claes, clais, claise

English: cloth; clothes

→ Scots: cloath


discipul

discipul (nominative singular)
discipulas (nominative plural)
discipul (accusative singular)
discipulas (accusative plural)
discipules (genitive singular)
discipula (genitive plural)
discipule (dative singular)
discipulum (dative plural)

Middle English: discipul, disciple

English: disciple

From Latin discipulus (“pupil, student”). More at disciple.


ciris

Alternative form of ċirse (appears in compounds)


gelanda

ġelanda (canonical masculine)
ġelanda (nominative singular)
ġelandan (nominative plural)
ġelandan (accusative singular)
ġelandan (accusative plural)
ġelandan (genitive singular)
ġelandena (genitive plural)
ġelandan (dative singular)
ġelandum (dative plural)
ġelonda (alternative)


godnes

gōdnes (canonical feminine)
gōdnes (nominative singular)
gōdnessa (nominative plural)
gōdnesse (nominative plural)
gōdnesse (accusative singular)
gōdnessa (accusative plural)
gōdnesse (accusative plural)
gōdnesse (genitive singular)
gōdnessa (genitive plural)
gōdnesse (dative singular)
gōdnessum (dative plural)
gōdness (alternative)
gōdnys (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: goodnesse, godenes, godenesse, godnes, godnese, godnesse, goodnes, guodnesse (Kent), goddnes, gudeness (Northern), godnæsse, godnisse, godnysse (Early Middle English)
English: goodness
Scots: guidness, gudeness
Yola: goounees, goouness

From Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī, equivalent to gōd + -nes. Cognate with Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”).

the quality or condition of being good; goodness

late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Hē þancode þā god eallra his gōdnyssa, þæt hē hine ġesċylde wiþ þone swicolan deofol and him siġe forġēaf þurh sōþne ġelēafan.

Then he thanked God for all of his good deeds, that He protected him against the treacherous devil and gave him victory through the true faith.


cyrf

cyrf (nominative singular)
cyrfas (nominative plural)
cyrf (accusative singular)
cyrfas (accusative plural)
cyrfes (genitive singular)
cyrfa (genitive plural)
cyrfe (dative singular)
cyrfum (dative plural)

Middle English: kerf, carffe, kerfe, kirf, kyrf
English: kerf, carf
Scots: kerf, carf

From Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz, from *kerbaną (“to carve”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”) (compare Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”)). Cognate with Old Frisian kerf (“incision, cutting, notch”).


scid

sċīd (canonical neuter)
sċīd (nominative plural)

desctree

Middle English: schyd, chyde, scheyde, schide, schudde, schyde, schyyd, shide, shyde, syde, szhide, sid, scid (Early Middle English)
English: shide (obsolete)
Middle Scots: schide, schyde

From Proto-West Germanic *skīd (“log; tile”).

a thin piece of wood; shingle; billet; shide


scid

Unknown. Compare Old Norse skeið (“a race; course”), from Proto-Germanic *skaidą, *skaiþą, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, divide, separate”).


loddere

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”). Compare Old Norse loddari (“juggler; tramp”), Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”).


gleda

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of glēd


talente

talente (nominative singular)
talentan (nominative plural)
talentan (accusative singular)
talentan (accusative plural)
talentan (genitive singular)
talentena (genitive plural)
talentan (dative singular)
talentum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: talent, taland, talande, talant, talente (reinforced by Old French)
English: talent
Scots: talent


wræþþo

wrǣþþo (canonical feminine)
wrǣþþo (nominative singular)
wrǣþþo (accusative singular)
wrǣþþo (genitive singular)
wrǣþþo (dative singular)


diht

diht (nominative plural)
diht (nominative singular)
diht (nominative plural)
diht (accusative singular)
diht (accusative plural)
dihtes (genitive singular)
dihta (genitive plural)
dihte (dative singular)
dihtum (dative plural)

late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Marcus sē godspellere be godes dihte ġefōr tō Aegipta lande and þǣr lǣrde þæt folc and tō fulluhte ġebiġde frām þām fūlan hǣþensċype.

Mark the Evangelist went to Egypt by God's order and there taught its people and turned its people towards baptism and away from foul heathenism.

a setting in order; disposing; contriving; disposition; conduct; consultation; deliberation; purpose; order; arrangement


diht

dihta (nominative plural)
diht (nominative singular)
dihta (nominative plural)
dihte (nominative plural)
dihte (accusative singular)
dihta (accusative plural)
dihte (accusative plural)
dihte (genitive singular)
dihta (genitive plural)
dihte (dative singular)
dihtum (dative plural)

Probably from Latin dicta, plural of dictum. Compare Old High German dihta.


gediht

ġediht (canonical neuter)
ġediht (nominative plural)

From ġe- + diht. Compare Dutch gedicht, German Gedicht.


stanrocc

head

stānrocc m (nominative plural stānroccas)

stānrocc (canonical masculine)
stānroccas (nominative plural)
stānrocc (nominative singular)
stānroccas (nominative plural)
stānrocc (accusative singular)
stānroccas (accusative plural)
stānrocces (genitive singular)
stānrocca (genitive plural)
stānrocce (dative singular)
stānroccum (dative plural)

From stān + *rocc. Compare Middle Low German stênrotse, stênrutse (“rock, rockface, cave, grotto”), Middle High German steinrotsche, steinrosche (“rock face, cliff, rock fissure, mountainside”), modern German Steinrutsche (“rock chute”).


heolca

heolca (nominative singular)
heolcan (nominative plural)
heolcan (accusative singular)
heolcan (accusative plural)
heolcan (genitive singular)
heolcena (genitive plural)
heolcan (dative singular)
heolcum (dative plural)

From a metathesis of Proto-West Germanic *hehlā, from Proto-Germanic *hehlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel(h₂)- (“to freeze; cold”). Cognate with Old Norse héla.


mildheortnes

mildheortnes (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)
miltheortnis (alternative)


friþa

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of friþu


genga

genġa (canonical masculine)
genġa (nominative singular)
genġan (nominative plural)
genġan (accusative singular)
genġan (accusative plural)
genġan (genitive singular)
genġena (genitive plural)
genġan (dative singular)
genġum (dative plural)

Middle English: -genge

From Proto-West Germanic *gangijō, from Proto-Germanic *gangijô.


treppe

treppe (nominative singular)
treppan (nominative plural)
treppan (accusative singular)
treppan (accusative plural)
treppan (genitive singular)
treppena (genitive plural)
treppan (dative singular)
treppum (dative plural)


dræn

head

drǣn f (nominative plural drǣna or drǣne)

drǣn (canonical feminine)
drǣna (nominative plural)
drǣne (nominative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”).


middæg

middæġ (canonical masculine)
middæġ (nominative singular)
midde dagas (nominative plural)
midne dæġ (accusative singular)
midde dagas (accusative plural)
middes dæġes (genitive singular)
midra daga (genitive plural)
middum dæġe (dative singular)
middum dagum (dative plural)

Middle English: midday

English: midday

From Proto-Germanic *midjaz dagaz. Equivalent to mid- + dæġ.


gelotendæg

ġelotendæġ (canonical masculine)
ġelotendæġ (nominative singular)
ġelotendagas (nominative plural)
ġelotendæġ (accusative singular)
ġelotendagas (accusative plural)
ġelotendæġes (genitive singular)
ġelotendaga (genitive plural)
ġelotendæġe (dative singular)
ġelotendagum (dative plural)

From past-participle of lūtan (“to lout, to bow, to stoop, to bend”) + dæg (“day”), literally meaning the bowed or declined day.


midniht

midniht (nominative singular)
midda niht (nominative plural)
midde niht (nominative plural)
midde niht (accusative singular)
midda niht (accusative plural)
midde niht (accusative plural)
midre niht (genitive singular)
midra nihta (genitive plural)
midre niht (dative singular)
middum nihtum (dative plural)
middeniht (alternative)
middeneaht (alternative)
midderneaht (alternative)
middelniht (alternative)

Middle English: midnight, mydnyght

English: midnight


ealuhus

ealuhūs (canonical neuter)
ealahūs (alternative)
ealhūs (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: alehous, alehows, alehuse, alehouse, ale-house, ale-hous
English: alehouse
Scots: alehous, ailhous, helehous
Yola: aalhouse

ealu + hūs. Diachronically from Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą.

place where beer is sold and consumed; pub, tavern, inn


weorþsciepe

weorþsċiepe (canonical masculine)
weorþsċiepe (nominative singular)
weorþsċiepas (nominative plural)
weorþsċiepe (accusative singular)
weorþsċiepas (accusative plural)
weorþsċiepes (genitive singular)
weorþsċiepa (genitive plural)
weorþsċiepe (dative singular)
weorþsċiepum (dative plural)
weorþsċipe (alternative)
wurþsċipe (alternative)
weorþsċype (alternative)
wurþsċype (alternative)
weorðsċipe (alternative)

Middle English: worthschipe, worschippe

English: worship

Scots: worschip

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Wilnast þū ēniges wæorðscipes?


hrif

hrif (nominative singular)
hrifu (nominative plural)
hrif (accusative singular)
hrifu (accusative plural)
hrifes (genitive singular)
hrifa (genitive plural)
hrife (dative singular)
hrifum (dative plural)

English: riff


hreaþemus

hreaþemūs (canonical feminine)
hreaþemūs (nominative singular)
hreaþemȳs (nominative plural)
hreaþemūs (accusative singular)
hreaþemȳs (accusative plural)
hreaþemȳs (genitive singular)
hreaþemūse (genitive singular)
hreaþemūsa (genitive plural)
hreaþemȳs (dative singular)
hreaþemūsum (dative plural)
hræþemūs (alternative)
hrēaþemūs (alternative)
hrǣþemūs (alternative)
hreaðemūs (alternative)
hrēaðemūs (alternative)

desc

Middle English: rethemous, ratmose, remous

[ˈr̥æ͜ɑ.ðeˌmuːs]

Origin obscure. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hraþamūs (literally “fleet-mouse, swift-mouse”), equivalent to hræd + mūs. Compare Old Saxon hradamūs (“bat”), Old High German rodamūs (“bat”).
Alternatively, first element from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to shake, wave around”), related to Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”); second element from mūs (“mouse”).

unc

obscure


hreaðemus

[ˈr̥æ͜ɑː.ðeˌmuːs]


hris

hrīs (canonical neuter)
hrīs (nominative singular)
hrīs (nominative plural)
hrīs (accusative singular)
hrīs (accusative plural)
hrīses (genitive singular)
hrīsa (genitive plural)
hrīse (dative singular)
hrīsum (dative plural)

Middle English: ris, rys

Scots: rice, reise

English: rice, rise

From Proto-West Germanic *hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą.

(in the plural, collectively) brushwood; shrubbery


clud

clūd (canonical masculine)
clūdas (nominative plural)
clūd (nominative singular)
clūdas (nominative plural)
clūd (accusative singular)
clūdas (accusative plural)
clūdes (genitive singular)
clūda (genitive plural)
clūde (dative singular)
clūdum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: cloud, clowd, cloude, clowde, clud, clude
English: cloud
Scots: clud, clood

From Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz.


worc

Northumbrian and West Saxon form of weorc


heahengel

head

hēahenġel m (nominative plural hēahenglas)

hēahenġel (canonical masculine)
hēahenglas (nominative plural)
hēahenġel (nominative singular)
hēahenglas (nominative plural)
hēahenġel (accusative singular)
hēahenglas (accusative plural)
hēahengles (genitive singular)
hēahengla (genitive plural)
hēahengle (dative singular)
hēahenglum (dative plural)
hēahenċġel (alternative)

Middle English: heh-enngell

English: high angel

From Proto-West Germanic *hauhaangil, equivalent to hēah + enġel. Cognate with Middle High German hōchengel.


sibbe

inflection of sibb:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of sibb:
genitive/dative singular


tyncen

tynċen (canonical neuter)
tynċen (nominative singular)
tynċenu (nominative plural)
tynċen (accusative singular)
tynċenu (accusative plural)
tynċenes (genitive singular)
tynċena (genitive plural)
tynċene (dative singular)
tynċenum (dative plural)


ticcen

tiċċen (canonical neuter)
tiċċen (nominative singular)
tiċċenu (nominative plural)
tiċċen (accusative singular)
tiċċenu (accusative plural)
tiċċenes (genitive singular)
tiċċena (genitive plural)
tiċċene (dative singular)
tiċċenum (dative plural)
tyċċen (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: tichen, ticchen, tiche, tik-, tike-
English: tick, titch
Yola: titch, thick, tick


striend

strīend (canonical feminine)
strīende (nominative plural)
strīend (nominative singular)
strīende (nominative plural)
strīenda (nominative plural)
strīend (accusative singular)
strīende (accusative singular)
strīende (accusative plural)
strīenda (accusative plural)
strīende (genitive singular)
strīenda (genitive plural)
strīende (dative singular)
strīendum (dative plural)
strīnd (alternative)
strȳnd (alternative)

Middle English: strund, strend, strynd

English: strain

From Proto-Germanic *striundiz, from *streuną.


geligre

ġeliġre (canonical neuter)
ġeliġru (nominative plural)
ġeliġere (alternative)
ġeliġer (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *galigriją, equivalent to ġe- + *liġre. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌹 (galigri).

the act of lying with someone; (by extension) fornication; adultery


geligere

ġeliġere (canonical neuter)
ġeligeru (nominative plural)


geliger

ġeliġer (canonical neuter)
ġeligeru (nominative plural)


stybb

stybb (nominative singular)
stybbas (nominative plural)
stybb (accusative singular)
stybbas (accusative plural)
stybbes (genitive singular)
stybba (genitive plural)
stybbe (dative singular)
stybbum (dative plural)
styb (alternative)
stubb (alternative)
stebb (alternative)
steb (alternative)

Middle English: stubbe

English: stub

Scots: stub, stob, stab

From Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz. Cognate with Old Norse stubbr.


stubb

stubb (nominative singular)
stubbas (nominative plural)
stubb (accusative singular)
stubbas (accusative plural)
stubbes (genitive singular)
stubba (genitive plural)
stubbe (dative singular)
stubbum (dative plural)

Middle English: stubbe

English: stub


scanca

sċanca (canonical masculine)
sċanca (nominative singular)
sċancan (nominative plural)
sċancan (accusative singular)
sċancan (accusative plural)
sċancan (genitive singular)
sċancena (genitive plural)
sċancan (dative singular)
sċancum (dative plural)
sċeanca (alternative)
sċeonca (alternative)

desc

Middle English: schanke, sconke, sceonke, schonke, shanke

English: shank

Scots: schank, schanck


sceanca

sċeanca (canonical masculine)
sċeancan (nominative plural)


sceonca

sċeonca (canonical masculine)
sċeoncan (nominative plural)


dwolma

dwolma (nominative singular)
dwolman (nominative plural)
dwolman (accusative singular)
dwolman (accusative plural)
dwolman (genitive singular)
dwolmena (genitive plural)
dwolman (dative singular)
dwolmum (dative plural)
dwolema (alternative)

From or related to Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“confused, stunned”). Cognate with Old Saxon dwalm.


bræmelberie

brǣmelberie (canonical feminine)
brǣmelberie (nominative singular)
brǣmelberian (nominative plural)
brǣmelberian (accusative singular)
brǣmelberian (accusative plural)
brǣmelberian (genitive singular)
brǣmelberiena (genitive plural)
brǣmelberian (dative singular)
brǣmelberium (dative plural)


sangestre

sangestre (nominative singular)
sangestran (nominative plural)
sangestran (accusative singular)
sangestran (accusative plural)
sangestran (genitive singular)
sangestrena (genitive plural)
sangestran (dative singular)
sangestrum (dative plural)
sangystre (alternative)

Middle English: sangester, sangstere

English: songster


sangcræft

head

sangcræft m (nominative plural sangcræftas)

→ English: songcraft

the art of singing; music (vocal or instrumental)


seolcwyrm

seolcwyrm (nominative singular)
seolcwyrmas (nominative plural)
seolcwyrm (accusative singular)
seolcwyrmas (accusative plural)
seolcwyrmes (genitive singular)
seolcwyrma (genitive plural)
seolcwyrme (dative singular)
seolcwyrmum (dative plural)
seolucwyrm (alternative)
siolucwyrm (alternative)

Middle English: silkwirm

English: silkworm


seolc

seolc (nominative singular)
seolcas (nominative plural)
seolc (accusative singular)
seolcas (accusative plural)
seolces (genitive singular)
seolca (genitive plural)
seolce (dative singular)
seolcum (dative plural)
seoluc (alternative)
seoloc (alternative)
sioluc (alternative)

Middle English: selk, silk

English: silk

Scots: selk, silke, silk


yce

ȳċe (canonical feminine masculine)
ȳċe (nominative singular)
ȳċan (nominative plural)
ȳċean (nominative plural)
ȳċan (accusative singular)
ȳċean (accusative singular)
ȳċan (accusative plural)
ȳċean (accusative plural)
ȳċan (genitive singular)
ȳċean (genitive singular)
ȳċena (genitive plural)
ȳċan (dative singular)
ȳċean (dative singular)
ȳċum (dative plural)
ȳċeum (dative plural)
ȳċe (nominative singular)
ȳċas (nominative plural)
ȳċeas (nominative plural)
ȳċe (accusative singular)
ȳċas (accusative plural)
ȳċeas (accusative plural)
ȳċes (genitive singular)
ȳċa (genitive plural)
ȳċea (genitive plural)
ȳċe (dative singular)
ȳċum (dative plural)
ȳċeum (dative plural)
īċe (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *ūkijā, diminutive of *ūkā.


yce

yce (nominative singular)
ycan (nominative plural)
ycan (accusative singular)
ycan (accusative plural)
ycan (genitive singular)
ycena (genitive plural)
ycan (dative singular)
ycum (dative plural)

Alternative form of hice (a type of bird)


eorþberige

eorþberiġe (canonical feminine)
eorþberiġe (nominative singular)
eorþberiġan (nominative plural)
eorþberiġan (accusative singular)
eorþberiġan (accusative plural)
eorþberiġan (genitive singular)
eorþberiġena (genitive plural)
eorþberiġan (dative singular)
eorþberiġum (dative plural)


eorþberie

eorþberie f (nominative plural eorþberian)


æglæca

ǣglǣċa (canonical masculine)
ǣglǣċan (nominative plural)

/ˈæːˌɡlæː.t͡ʃɑ/


drænc

drænċ (canonical masculine)
drænċ (nominative singular)
drænċas (nominative plural)
drænċ (accusative singular)
drænċas (accusative plural)
drænċes (genitive singular)
drænċa (genitive plural)
drænċe (dative singular)
drænċum (dative plural)


þeox

From Proto-Germanic *þehs- (“to hew; hackle”). Cognate with Old High German dehsa (“axe”).


þeoxle

þeoxle (nominative singular)
þeoxlan (nominative plural)
þeoxlan (accusative singular)
þeoxlan (accusative plural)
þeoxlan (genitive singular)
þeoxlena (genitive plural)
þeoxlan (dative singular)
þeoxlum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: thyxyl, thyxylle, thixil, tyxhyl

From Proto-West Germanic *þehsulā, from Proto-Germanic *þehsulǭ (“axe”). Cognate with Old High German dehsala, Old Norse þexla.


æfgrynde

æfgrynde (nominative singular)
æfgryndu (nominative plural)
æfgrynde (accusative singular)
æfgryndu (accusative plural)
æfgryndes (genitive singular)
æfgrynda (genitive plural)
æfgrynde (dative singular)
æfgryndum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *abagrundī. Cognate with Old Saxon afgrundi and Old High German abgrunti; also, inexactly, with Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (afgrundiþa). Equivalent to æf- + grynde.


geriht

ġeriht (canonical neuter)
ġeriht (nominative plural)
ġereht (alternative)
ġereoht (alternative)
ġeryht (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *garihtiją, *garehtuz. Cognate with Old High German girihti.

that which is right, just, or fair; justice; equity


slegel

sleġel (canonical masculine)
sleglas (nominative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *slagil, equivalent to slæġe + -el. Cognate with Old High German slegil.

an instrument for striking a harp; plectrum


strengþu

ang-decl-noun

Declension of strengþu (indeclinable)

strengþu (nominative singular)
strengþa (nominative plural)
strengþe (nominative plural)
strengþe (accusative singular)
strengþa (accusative plural)
strengþe (accusative plural)
strengþe (genitive singular)
strengþa (genitive plural)
strengþe (dative singular)
strengþum (dative plural)
strengþu (nominative singular)
strengþu (nominative plural)
strengþu (accusative singular)
strengþu (accusative plural)
strengþu (genitive singular)
strengþa (genitive plural)
strengþu (dative singular)
strengþum (dative plural)
strengþo (alternative)
strengþ (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: strengthe, strenthe, streynthe, strynthe
English: strength
Scots: strenth, strinth

From Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu, equivalent to strang + -þu. Cognate with Old High German strengida.


strengþo

ang-decl-noun

Declension of strengþo (indeclinable)

strengþo (nominative singular)
strengþo (nominative plural)
strengþo (accusative singular)
strengþo (accusative plural)
strengþo (genitive singular)
strengþa (genitive plural)
strengþo (dative singular)
strengþum (dative plural)
strengþo (nominative singular)
strengþa (nominative plural)
strengþe (nominative plural)
strengþe (accusative singular)
strengþa (accusative plural)
strengþe (accusative plural)
strengþe (genitive singular)
strengþa (genitive plural)
strengþe (dative singular)
strengþum (dative plural)


ducan

inflection of dūce:
accusative/genitive/dative singular

inflection of dūce:
nominative/accusative plural


hyfe

inflection of hȳf:
accusative singular/plural

inflection of hȳf:
genitive/dative singular


hyf

hȳf (canonical feminine)
hȳf (nominative singular)
hȳfa (nominative plural)
hȳfe (nominative plural)
hȳfe (accusative singular)
hȳfa (accusative plural)
hȳfe (accusative plural)
hȳfe (genitive singular)
hȳfa (genitive plural)
hȳfe (dative singular)
hȳfum (dative plural)
hȳfe (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: hyve, heve, hive, huive, huyve, hyfe, hyffe, hufe (Early Middle English)
English: hive
Scots: hyve
Yola: heeve


cenþu

cēnþu (canonical feminine)
cēnþa (nominative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *kōniþō, equivalent to cēne + -þu.


gecor

ġecor (canonical neuter)
ġecoru (nominative plural)

Middle English: cor, core


nemning

nemning (nominative singular)
nemninga (nominative plural)
nemninge (nominative plural)
nemninge (accusative singular)
nemninga (accusative plural)
nemninge (accusative plural)
nemninge (genitive singular)
nemninga (genitive plural)
nemninge (dative singular)
nemningum (dative plural)


wambadl

wambādl (canonical feminine)
wambādl (nominative singular)
wambādla (nominative plural)
wambādle (nominative plural)
wambādle (accusative singular)
wambādla (accusative plural)
wambādle (accusative plural)
wambādle (genitive singular)
wambādla (genitive plural)
wambādle (dative singular)
wambādlum (dative plural)

From wamb (“stomach”) + ādl (“sickness”).


isenordal

īsenordāl (canonical neuter)
īsenordāl (nominative singular)
īsenordāl (nominative plural)
īsenordāl (accusative singular)
īsenordāl (accusative plural)
īsenordāles (genitive singular)
īsenordāla (genitive plural)
īsenordāle (dative singular)
īsenordālum (dative plural)


croppa

croppa (nominative singular)
croppan (nominative plural)
croppan (accusative singular)
croppan (accusative plural)
croppan (genitive singular)
croppena (genitive plural)
croppan (dative singular)
croppum (dative plural)

Middle English: cropp

English: crop


hlafæta

hlāfǣta (canonical masculine)
hlāfǣta (nominative singular)
hlāfǣtan (nominative plural)
hlāfǣtan (accusative singular)
hlāfǣtan (accusative plural)
hlāfǣtan (genitive singular)
hlāfǣtena (genitive plural)
hlāfǣtan (dative singular)
hlāfǣtum (dative plural)

/ˈxlɑːfˌæː.tɑ/

[ˈl̥ɑːvˌæː.tɑ]

(by extension) a domestic servant (as opposed to a lord)


wrætt

wrǣtt (canonical feminine)
wrǣtt (nominative singular)
wrǣtta (nominative plural)
wrǣtte (nominative plural)
wrǣtte (accusative singular)
wrǣtta (accusative plural)
wrǣtte (accusative plural)
wrǣtte (genitive singular)
wrǣtta (genitive plural)
wrǣtte (dative singular)
wrǣttum (dative plural)
wrǣt (alternative)

From Proto-Germanic *wraitijō, perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *wraituz (“fissure; crack; furrow; channel; groove”).

der

2011, Daniel Remain, "fell ne flæsc: Flæsc and the Poetics of Visibility in the Exeter Book Riddles", ISAS, Madison, pg. 8

This middle-earth is in a variety of manners beautified, adorned with ornaments

Is þes middangeard missenlicum / wisum gewlitegad wrættum gefrætwad


mylne

inflection of mylen:
dative/genitive singular

inflection of mylen:
accusative singular/plural


mylna

genitive/nominative/accusative plural of mylen


wielm

wielm (nominative singular)
wielmas (nominative plural)
wielm (accusative singular)
wielmas (accusative plural)
wielmes (genitive singular)
wielma (genitive plural)
wielme (dative singular)
wielmum (dative plural)
wielm (nominative singular)
wielme (nominative plural)
wielma (nominative plural)
wielm (accusative singular)
wielme (accusative singular)
wielme (accusative plural)
wielma (accusative plural)
wielme (genitive singular)
wielma (genitive plural)
wielme (dative singular)
wielmum (dative plural)
wælm (alternative)
welm (alternative)
wilm (alternative)
wylm (alternative)

Middle English: welme, walme

that which wells (up) or seethes; surge; fount; spring


sweofot

sweofot (nominative singular)
sweofotu (nominative plural)
sweofot (accusative singular)
sweofotu (accusative plural)
sweofotes (genitive singular)
sweofota (genitive plural)
sweofote (dative singular)
sweofotum (dative plural)
swefet (alternative)


preowthwil

head

prēowthwīl f (nominative plural prēowthwīla)

prēowthwīl (canonical feminine)
prēowthwīla (nominative plural)

From *prēowt, *prēowot (“blinking”) + hwīl (“time; while”). More at modern pry.

compound

the time it takes to shut then open one's eyes; the blink or twinkling of an eye; (by extension) moment; instant


ciepe

ċīepe (canonical feminine)
ċīepe (nominative singular)
ċīepan (nominative plural)
ċīepan (accusative singular)
ċīepan (accusative plural)
ċīepan (genitive singular)
ċīepena (genitive plural)
ċīepan (dative singular)
ċīepum (dative plural)
ċīpe (alternative)

Allium cepa var. aggregatum
Allium cepa var. aggregatum


gyr

gyr (nominative singular)
gyras (nominative plural)
gyr (accusative singular)
gyras (accusative plural)
gyres (genitive singular)
gyra (genitive plural)
gyre (dative singular)
gyrum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: gure, gire, girre (adjective)

>? Middle English: gorry

English: gory

From Proto-West Germanic *gurwī, from Proto-Germanic *gurwijaz (“manure, dung, mud”), related to Proto-Germanic *gurą (“manure”). Cognate with Old Frisian gere, jere, iere (“liquid manure, dirty water”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English gyru.


arcebiscop

head

arċebisċop m (nominative plural arċebisċopas)

arċebisċop (canonical masculine)
arċebisċopas (nominative plural)
arċebisċop (nominative singular)
arċebisċopas (nominative plural)
arċebisċop (accusative singular)
arċebisċopas (accusative plural)
arċebisċopes (genitive singular)
arċebisċopa (genitive plural)
arċebisċope (dative singular)
arċebisċopum (dative plural)
arċebisċeop (alternative)
ærċebisċep (alternative)
ærċebisċeop (alternative)
ærċebisċop (alternative)
erċebisċep (alternative)
erċebisċop (alternative)
arƀ (alternative)

desc

Middle English: erchebischop, archebischop

English: archbishop

desctree

→ Old Norse: erkibiskup
Icelandic: erkibiskup
Norwegian Nynorsk: erkebiskop
Norwegian Bokmål: erkebiskop

Borrowed from Late Latin archiepiscopus, equivalent to arċe- + bisċop. Compare Old Frisian arcebiskop, Old High German erzibiscof, Old Norse erkibiskup.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope.
Year 731 In this year Osric, king of the Northumbrians, was slain, and Ceolwulf ascended to the throne and held it for eight years. Ceolwulf was son of Cutha, Cutha son of Cuthwine, Cuthwine son of Leodwald, Leodwald son of Edgewald, Edgewald son of Ealdhelm, Ealdhelm son of Ocea, Ocea son of Ida, [and] Ida son of Eoppa. And in the same year Archbishop Brightwald died and Tatwine was ordained as archbishop.


wituma

wituman (nominative plural)
wituma (nominative singular)
wituman (nominative plural)
wituman (accusative singular)
wituman (accusative plural)
wituman (genitive singular)
witumena (genitive plural)
wituman (dative singular)
witumum (dative plural)
wetma (alternative)
uuituma (alternative)
weotoma (alternative)
weotuma (alternative)
weoþuma (alternative)


stæfleahter

stæfleahter (nominative singular)
stæfleahtras (nominative plural)
stæfleahter (accusative singular)
stæfleahtras (accusative plural)
stæfleahtres (genitive singular)
stæfleahtra (genitive plural)
stæfleahtre (dative singular)
stæfleahtrum (dative plural)
stæfleahtor (alternative)

From stæf (“letter; grammarical”) + leahtor (“fault, error”).


rædere

rǣdere (canonical masculine)
rǣdere (nominative singular)
rǣderas (nominative plural)
rǣdere (accusative singular)
rǣderas (accusative plural)
rǣderes (genitive singular)
rǣdera (genitive plural)
rǣdere (dative singular)
rǣderum (dative plural)
rēdere (alternative)

desctree

Middle English: redere, redare, ridar
English: reader
Scots: redar
Yola: readeare

From Proto-Germanic *rēdārijaz, equivalent to rǣd + -ere and/or rǣdan + -ere. Cognate with Old High German rātari (“adviser”).

a reader or interpreter of riddles; a diviner


splott

splottas (nominative plural)
splott (nominative singular)
splottas (nominative plural)
splott (accusative singular)
splottas (accusative plural)
splottes (genitive singular)
splotta (genitive plural)
splotte (dative singular)
splottum (dative plural)

Middle English: splot

English: splot, splotch

From Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).


þiestru

þīestru (canonical feminine)
þīestru (nominative singular)
þīestra (nominative plural)
þīestre (nominative plural)
þīestre (accusative singular)
þīestra (accusative plural)
þīestre (accusative plural)
þīestre (genitive singular)
þīestra (genitive plural)
þīestre (dative singular)
þīestrum (dative plural)
þēostru (alternative)
þēostro (alternative)
þīostro (alternative)
þȳstro (alternative)
þȳstru (alternative)
þīstru (alternative)
þēostre (alternative)

Hē ātēah eft his sweord, and eft hit līehte on þīestrum þurh hit self.

He took out his sword again, and again it flashed in the dark by itself.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Sē heofon bringþ lēohte dagas and eft behileþ þæt lēoht mid þīestrum.

The sky brings bright days and then hides the light with darkness.

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:2

The Earth was void and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

Sēo eorðe sōðlīċe wæs īdlu and ǣmtegu, and þīestra wǣron ofer þǣre neowolnesse brādnesse, and Godes gāst wæs ġefērod ofer wætru.


orsorg

orsorg (nominative singular)
orsorga (nominative plural)
orsorge (nominative plural)
orsorge (accusative singular)
orsorga (accusative plural)
orsorge (accusative plural)
orsorge (genitive singular)
orsorga (genitive plural)
orsorge (dative singular)
orsorgum (dative plural)


swegl

sweġl (canonical neuter)
sweġl (nominative singular)
sweġl (accusative singular)
sweġles (genitive singular)
sweġle (dative singular)
sweġel (alternative)


swegl

sweġel (canonical neuter)
sweġel (nominative singular)
sweġel (nominative plural)
sweġel (accusative singular)
sweġel (accusative plural)
sweġles (genitive singular)
sweġla (genitive plural)
sweġle (dative singular)
sweġlum (dative plural)
sweġel (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *sweglu, from Proto-Germanic *sweglō.


þafung

þafung (nominative singular)
þafunga (nominative plural)
þafunge (nominative plural)
þafunge (accusative singular)
þafunga (accusative plural)
þafunge (accusative plural)
þafunge (genitive singular)
þafunga (genitive plural)
þafunge (dative singular)
þafungum (dative plural)

1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
Be his þafunge.
By his leave.
Þū wēndest þæt sēo wyrd þās weorold wende būtan Godes ġeþeahte and his þafunge.
Thou weenedest that fate turns this world without God's purpose and without his permission.
Ne mæġ se dēofol mannum derian būtan Godes þafunge.
Nor can the devil hurt men unless with God's consent.
Þæt wæs mid Earnwulfes þafunge.
That was with Ernwolf's consent.
Vlesches fondunge goð to uorð upe me þurch min þafunge.


cyneg

cyneg (nominative singular)
cynegas (nominative plural)
cyneg (accusative singular)
cynegas (accusative plural)
cyneges (genitive singular)
cynega (genitive plural)
cynege (dative singular)
cynegum (dative plural)


ofertogennes

ofertogennes (nominative singular)
ofertogennessa (nominative plural)
ofertogennesse (nominative plural)
ofertogennesse (accusative singular)
ofertogennessa (accusative plural)
ofertogennesse (accusative plural)
ofertogennesse (genitive singular)
ofertogennessa (genitive plural)
ofertogennesse (dative singular)
ofertogennessum (dative plural)

Wið eágena ofertogennysse. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.

the condition of being covered; obstruction; obfuscation


furh

furh (nominative singular)
fyrh (nominative plural)
furh (accusative singular)
fyrh (accusative plural)
fyrh (genitive singular)
fūre (genitive singular)
fūra (genitive plural)
fyrh (dative singular)
fūrum (dative plural)

Middle English: forow, furgh

English: furrow

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Old High German furh and Old Norse for.


furh

desctree

perhaps merged with Old Norse <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">fýri</i>

Middle English: firre (perhaps merged with Old Norse fýri)
English: fir
Scots: fir

From Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs, from Proto-Indo-European *pérk-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s (“oak”). Cognate with Old Norse fura.


gesyd

ġesyd (canonical neuter)
ġesydu (nominative plural)

Derived from Proto-Germanic *seud- (“mud; soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“sap; moisture; juice”). Cognate with Middle Low German sudde (“marsh; marshy meadow”), Middle High German sutte (“mudhole; puddle”).