eo

Middle Low German: ē, ee, eje, ewe

German Low German: Ehe

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei.


al

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.


so

From Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa.


er

From Proto-West Germanic *airi, whence also Old English ær.


ne

Middle Low German: ne, en


best

Low German: best


fer

Middle Low German: verre

From Proto-Germanic *ferro, an old comparative form.


ok

Middle Low German: ôk

Dutch Low Saxon: ok, ook

desc

German Low German: ok, auk, ock, ohk, ook

Plautdietsch: uk


mest

From Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz (“most”). Compare Old English mǣst, Old Frisian māst, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestur, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (maists), 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist).


eft

From Proto-Germanic *aftiz. Cognate with Old Frisian eft, Old English eft, Old Norse ept.

Heliand, verse 4898

he succumbed to death again by the sword's edge.


oft

Low German: oft


forth

From Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-.


hwan

Middle Low German: wan

Low German: wann, wenn

From Proto-West Germanic *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Cognate with Old Dutch *wan (archaic Dutch wan), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan).


gern

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.


seldan

Middle Low German: selden

From Proto-Germanic *seldanē. Cognate with Old English seldan, seldum, Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan.


innan

From Proto-West Germanic *innanā, from Proto-Germanic *innanē.


wela

head

wela (comparative bet, superlative best)

Middle Low German: wole, wol, wal

Low German: wol, wull


aftar

From Proto-Germanic *after, whence also Old High German after, Old English æfter, Old Norse aptr.


gerno

Middle Low German: gerne

From Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô. Equivalent to gern + -o.


nahisto

Superlative of nāh, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”).


mero

Middle Low German: mêr

Low German: mehr

From Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō (“more”), see also Old English māra, Old Frisian māra, Dutch meer, Old High German mēro, Old Norse meiri, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰 (maiza).


thar

Middle Low German: dār

Low German: dor

From Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.


sero

head

sero (comparative mēr, superlative mēst)


betst

Low German: best

From Proto-Germanic *batistaz (“best”). Compare Old English betest, betst, Old Frisian betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?


hwar

Middle Low German: wār, wōr

German Low German: waar

Low German: wor

From Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.


ovar

From Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber.


undar

Middle Low German: under, ünder, ynder

Low German: ünner

Plautdietsch: unja


ginog

desc

Middle Low German: genôch, genûch, ennôch

Low German: genaug, enaug, naug, noog

→ Danish: nok

→ Swedish: nock (dialectal, perhaps via Danish)

→ Scanian: nock (perhaps via Danish)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nok (perhaps via Danish)

From Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, whence also Old English ġenōg, Old High German ginuog, Old Norse gnógr.


angegin

From Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Compare Old English onġean, Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old High German ingegin (German entgegen). By surface analysis, an- + gegin.


gegin

Middle Low German: gēgen, jēgen

Low German: giegen (Münsterländisch); gegen

⇒ Low German: tiegen (Münsterländisch); tegen (from to giegen, to gegen)


hwiu

From Proto-Germanic *hwī (“with what”), to which the more common instrumental ending *-ō had been added.


betiro

Middle Low German: beter

Low German: beter

From Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō (“better”). Cognate with Old English betera, Old Frisian betera, Dutch beter, Old High German bezziro, Old Norse betri, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza).


hwanne

From Proto-West Germanic *hwannā, *hwan, from Proto-Germanic *hwan (“at what time, when”).


tesamna

From te- + samna. Akin to German zusammen.


tegegnes

Low German: tegen, tegens

so cumid it imu eft tegegnes

It comes against him again this way (Heliand, verse 1700)


hindiro

From Proto-Germanic *hinder, akin to Old English hinder.


atsamna

From at- + samna. Akin to Old English ætsomne, Dutch tesamen, German zusammen.


samna

From Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to bring together”). Akin to Dutch samen, German sammen.


nethwanan

From nēt (ne + wēt, 'I don't know) + hwanan (somewhere, anywhere).


hwanan

From West Germanic *hwan. Akin to Old English hwanon.


hwaner

Middle Low German: wannêr

Low German: wannehr

From Proto-West Germanic *hwan + ēr, from Proto-Germanic *hwan. Akin to Old Dutch *wan ēr (Dutch wanneer).


neowiht

From Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, equivalent to ne (“no”) + wiht (“thing”).


wirsiro

From Proto-Germanic *wirsizô (“worse”). Cognate with Old English wyrsa, Old High German wirsiro.


luttilo

luttil (“small, little”) + -o (adverb suffix).


wirsist

From Proto-Germanic *wirsitaz (“worse”). Cognate with Old English wyrst, Old High German wirsist.


nāho

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Compare German nah.


gilico

From Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (compare German gleich).


tulgo

From Proto-Germanic *tulguz, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). Cognate with Old English tulge (“very”, adverb).


sniumo

From Proto-West Germanic *sneumō, from Proto-Germanic *sneumô. Cognate with Old High German sniumo, Old English snīome, snēome, Old Norse snimma, snemma.