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371 entries, in dictionary order.
- *ab — away, off
- *ab — from, away from, off of (with dative)
- *aba- — combining form of *ab (‘away, off’)
- *abagebaną — to give up, give away, separate from
- *abahandijaz — out of one's hand, lost
- *abalagjaną — to lay down, set aside, put away
- *abanemaną — to take away, remove
- *abisōną — to cut, shear
- *abjǭ — ebb; the receding or low tide; North Germanic reflexes show a related sense ‘mud, ooze’, probably from matter left…
- *abniją — material, substance, stuff; the matter or means out of which something is made or by which something is carried out
- *abnijaną — to perform, execute
- *abô — husband; male spouse, especially as the male head of a household
- *abraz — strong, severe, exceeding, immense, great, huge, terrible
- *abuhaz — turned the wrong way; reversed, inverted
- *abundiz — envy; jealous resentment or ill will at another’s favor or advantage
- *adalaz — liquid manure
- *adisô — adze; a woodworking tool with the cutting edge set roughly at right angles to the handle
- *aferą — after, following, later
- *aferô — offspring, descendant; by extension, a successor, literally ‘one who comes after’
- *aflą — power, strength, might; bodily or effective force
- *aflaz — hearth; forge-hearth
- *aflōną — to acquire, procure, contrive; to bring something about or obtain it by effort or resources
- *aftai — behind; in back; at the rear
- *aftanē — from behind, behind
- *after — after, behind
- *after — after, behind (with dative)
- *afteraz — back, posterior; situated behind or in the rear
- *afti — afterwards, later; again, once more
- *aftrą — back, backwards; in return
- *aftumistaz — last, endmost, final; especially the last member in a spatial or sequential series
- *aftumô — last, latter; following, next
- *agalaitį̄ — impudence, importunity; shameless or indecent boldness
- *agalaitiją — licentiousness, lewdness; wanton or shamelessly unrestrained behavior
- *agalaitijaz — licentious, wanton, shamelessly unrestrained
- *aganą — to fear, to be afraid; to feel dread or emotional distress
- *agaz — fear, dread; terror or awe in the face of something threatening
- *Agilaz — a male given name; Egil
- *Agiþewaz — a male given name; literally ‘edge-servant’ or ‘sword-retainer’, probably functioning as a heroic/warrior name
- *agiþō — a harrow; a rake-like agricultural implement used for breaking up and smoothing tilled soil
- *agjō — edge, sharp edge, blade; corner, angle
- *agjōną — to harrow; to break up, rake, or level soil with a sharp-toothed implement
- *agjōstainaz — sharp-stone, cornerstone
- *aglaz — disgraceful, shameful; humiliating or morally offensive
- *aglijaną — to harm, injure, afflict; to trouble, distress, or offend
- *agluz — difficult, hard; troublesome or burdensome, especially in the sense ‘causing toil, pain, or distress’
- *agraz — flood, deluge; a rush or overwhelming body of water
- *ahanō — chaff; awns; the sharp, bristly refuse or husks of grain after threshing
- *ahaz — ear, spike, or head of grain
- *ahjaną — to think; to suppose, assume
- *ahjaną — to stop on a journey to rest and eat; transitively, to let horses or other animals rest and graze/feed
- *ahslō — shoulder; shoulder-joint, probably including the adjacent armpit/underarm region
- *ahsō — axle; the shaft or axis on which wheels turn
- *ahtilōną — to intend to, strive, think
- *ahtō — consideration, deliberation; attention, regard
- *ahtōu — eight
- *ahtōutehun — eighteen
- *ahtōutēhundą — eighty
- *ahtudô — eighth; occupying position eight in a sequence
- *āhwijaz — sea, ocean; in North Germanic also the personified sea or sea-being
- *ahwō — stream, river, running water
- *aibraz — sharp, bitter
- *aidą — alternative form of *aidiją (‘isthmus, strait’)
- *aidaz — fire; especially a funeral pyre or sacrificial/ritual fire
- *aidiją — isthmus, strait
- *aiganą — to possess, own, have
- *aigin — shoot, sprout; barb or sharp germinal point, especially of grain
- *aiginōną — to appropriate, take possession of; to make one’s own
- *aiglaz — shoot, sprout; probably a pointed young growth, especially a seed- or grain-sprout
- *aigô — owner, possessor; one who owns or has control over something
- *aigǭ — property, possessions; what one owns, especially one’s goods or estate
- *aihtiz — possessions, property; goods or wealth held by an owner
- *aihtrōną — to beg, supplicate; to ask earnestly for something
- *aikaną — to claim, appropriate; to make something one’s own
- *aikijaną — to irritate, annoy, to pester
- *aikīnaz — oaken, made of oak
- *aiks — oak tree
- *aikulaz — frightened, terrified, overcome with fear
- *aikwernô — squirrel
- *ailą — fire; a blaze or fire as a substance
- *ailidaz — fire, pyre
- *ailijaną — to kindle, light; to set on fire
- *aimaz — steam, vapor
- *aimuzjǭ — ember or hot/glowing ash, especially the live remains of a fire
- *ainaburanaz — unique
- *ainafalþaz — onefold, simple
- *ainagaz — only, sole; singular, unique
- *ainahandijaz — one-handed, having one hand, lame, imperfect
- *ainaharduz — courageous, constant
- *ainahlaupiz — unmarried, single
- *ainahô — only, single, sole; used as a limiting weak adjective, ‘the only one, the sole X’
- *ainakjǭ — widow
- *ainalif — eleven
- *aināną — to be alone, be solitary
- *ainanahtijaz — one night old
- *ainarēdaz — self-willed
- *ainaugijaz — one-eyed
- *ainawīgiją — single combat
- *ainaz — one
- *ainijaz — juniper, probably the common juniper or a closely similar coniferous shrub/tree
- *ainōną — to unite, combine, join together
- *airi — early
- *airidagaz — days of yore
- *airinōną — to act as a messenger or envoy; to carry out an errand or mission, intercede
- *airiwakraz — early-awake
- *airizô — earlier; preceding in time; former
- *airō — an oar; a long-handled implement used to propel or steer a boat
- *airuz — messenger; emissary; herald, especially an itinerant representative; an angel in some reflexes
- *aisǭ — fireplace, hearth; place or structure in which a fire is maintained
- *aisōną — to rush, dash forward; move or drive violently
- *aistāną — to respect, revere; hold in awe or esteem
- *aistô — testicle
- *aitaz — ulcer, boil, abscess
- *aitilaz — small ulcer
- *aitrą — poison, especially venom
- *aitrōną — to fester; to suppurate
- *aiwaz — long time, age, eternity
- *aiwiskaz — shameful, disgraceful; blameworthy
- *aiwiþō — eternity; everlasting or indefinitely continuing duration
- *aiwukiz — eternal, lasting forever
- *aizą — copper or bronze; by extension, metal, ore, and objects or money made from copper alloy
- *aizāną — to honor, respect, show reverence to; also to show mercy or favor, spare
- *aizō — reverence, respect, honor
- *aiþastabaz — an oath formula; the prescribed wording of an oath
- *aiþaz — oath
- *aiþį̄ — mother
- *ajją — egg
- *ak — but, however; rather, but instead, especially introducing a correction or contrast
- *akaną — to drive or travel in a vehicle; by extension, to sail or navigate
- *akaną — to suffer a persistent or recurring pain; to ache
- *akiz — ache; physical pain
- *akramann- — field-worker, agricultural laborer; farmer, plowman
- *akraną — fruit of a tree, especially a nut or other mast such as an acorn
- *akrawerką — fieldwork
- *akraz — a field or tract of open land, especially land used for cultivation or grazing
- *akwisī — ax; a cutting tool consisting of a sharpened head attached to a handle
- *ala- — compound form corresponding to *allaz ('all-, entire-, wholly, very')
- *alahwītaz — very white
- *alamahtīgaz — almighty
- *alamann- — all people collectively; mankind
- *Alamann- — a member of the Alemanni
- *alaną — to nourish, rear, bring up; to breed, bear
- *Alarīks — a male given name, literally ‘ruler of all’
- *alasnō — awl; a pointed tool used for piercing leather or similar materials
- *alatjaną — to drive, urge on, chase, pursue
- *alawaldaz ~ alawaldô — ruler of all; sovereign, supreme ruler
- *alaz — awl; a pointed implement used for piercing holes
- *alaþeudō — mankind, the whole population
- *albī — river, stream; especially the river Elbe
- *Albigaizaz — a male given name, composed of the name-elements ‘elf’ and ‘spear’
- *Albiharjaz — a male given name, composed of the name-elements ‘elf’ and ‘army; warrior’
- *albiz — elf; a supernatural being of Germanic religion and mythology
- *aldaz — old; grown up, mature
- *aldijaną — to make or cause to appear old; to age
- *aldijǫ̂ barnō — “children of men”; mankind; humankind; a poetic collective expression for human beings generally
- *aldiz — age, generation; a period or stage of life
- *aldiz — human being, person; especially collectively/plurally, people, men
- *aldǭ — a trough or similar hollowed-out wooden vessel; a hollow in a tree or log
- *aldrą — life; the course or duration of one's life
- *algijaną — to feel nauseated; to feel like vomiting
- *algiz — elk
- *alhs — temple, sanctuary; sacred enclosure or place
- *alinabugô — elbow; the joint or bend between the upper and lower arm
- *alīnō — forearm; elbow
- *aliskōną — to tend to, to care for
- *alizō — alder (tree)
- *aljamarkiz — foreign, alien; a foreigner, one from another territory or country
- *aljaną — zeal, eagerness
- *aljaną — to cause to grow or mature; to rear, fatten
- *aljanōną — to be zealous for; to strive for, emulate
- *aljar — elsewhere; in another place
- *aljaz — other, another, else
- *alkǭ — a kind of sea bird, auk
- *allaz — all; every member or part of a given set
- *alu — a protective or strengthening ritual formula, probably with sense ‘I help, strengthen, give power, protect’
- *aluþ — beer, ale
- *alþį̄ — oldness, eld
- *amalą — hard work, toil, struggle; laborious or persistent exertion.
- *Amalarīks — a male given name
- *ambahtaz — servant, retainer
- *ambahtiją — service, ministry
- *ambahtijaną — to serve, minister; to attend upon
- *ambô — belly, abdomen
- *Amisī — the river Ems
- *ammǭ — grandmother; a parent’s mother
- *ammōną — to irritate, bother
- *ampraz — sharp or acrid in taste; sour, bitter
- *amsaz — shoulder
- *an — on, onto
- *an — on, upon (with dative)
- *ana- — on, onto; against, along, up (used especially as a preverb and first member of compounds)
- *anabeudaną — to command, order, instruct; enjoin
- *anabūsniz — commandment
- *anadô — breath
- *anadōną — to breathe; exhale
- *anadz — duck
- *anahandijaz — on hand; close enough to be reached, within reach
- *analagjaną — to lay upon, lay on; to place on top of or against something
- *ananą — to breathe
- *anda- — facing, opposite
- *andabindaną — to unbind, loosen, set free
- *andagaldijaną — to make pay
- *andasakaną — to speak against, contradict; refute, deny
- *andastandaną — to stand against, oppose
- *andaswarjaną — to answer, reply
- *andaswarō — answer, reply; a statement made in response
- *Andaswaruz — a male given name
- *andawardaz — present; being before or in the presence of someone
- *andawlitją — appearance, form
- *andawurdiją — answer, reply
- *andwurdijaną — to answer, reply; respond
- *andi — in addition, also; later, especially in West Germanic, ‘and’
- *andijalausaz — endless
- *andijaz — the endpoint or extremity of something, whether the front end or back end
- *andijōną — to end, bring to an end; finish
- *andiz — earlier
- *andō — vestibule, entrance hall; hallway
- *anduraz — snowshoe
- *angazaz — worry, grief, anxiety; distress
- *angijō — a low-lying meadow, especially in a valley or beside a river
- *angô — a bend or crook; a hook, barb, or projecting point
- *angô — smell, scent, odor
- *angrawarjaz — a meadow-dweller; a member of the Angrivarii, a Germanic people of the middle Weser region
- *angraz — lowland; a low-lying meadow or grassland, especially in a hollow or near water
- *angraz — weevil
- *angulaz — hook, fishhook
- *angustiz — narrowness, tightness; constriction
- *anguz — narrow, tight
- *angwāną — to be narrow, tight
- *angwijaną — to make narrow; constrict
- *anhtō — outlawry, proscription; persecution, hostile pursuit
- *anhulō — a strap, band, or thong, especially one forming a loop or fastening
- *ankijǭ — a joint or articulated part of the body, especially the ankle or heel; probably also the nape of the neck
- *ankulaz — ankle; the joint between the foot and lower leg
- *ankurô — anchor
- *ankwô — ointment; salve
- *anô — (male) ancestor; forefather
- *anǭ — (female) ancestor, foremother; especially a grandmother
- *ansaz — beam; a heavy supporting timber or pole
- *ansijō — handle or loop, especially of a cup, bowl, or other vessel
- *anstīgaz — gracious, favorable
- *anstijaną — to ask, request; demand
- *anstiz — favor, grace; affection, love
- *Ansulaibaz — a male given name
- *Ansuwaldaz — a male given name
- *ansuz — deity, god
- *Anulaibaz — a male given name
- *Anulô — a male given name, probably originally meaning ‘little ancestor’ or functioning as a hypocoristic name
- *anþą — breath
- *anþeraz — second
- *anþiją — forehead
- *anþijaną — to breathe
- *apaldraz — apple tree
- *apaliją — apple
- *aplaz — apple, fruit
- *apluz — alternative u-stem form of *aplaz (‘apple, fruit’)
- *apô — ape, monkey
- *arbaidiją — toil, labor, work
- *arbaidijaną — to work, labor, toil
- *arbaidiz — labor, work, toil
- *arbaidōną — to work, labor
- *arbaz — worker, laborer
- *arbiją — heritage, inheritance; patrimony
- *arbijaną — to inherit; receive as an inheritance
- *arbijô — heir; inheritor
- *arbijǭ — heiress
- *ardiz — nature, disposition, character; characteristic quality
- *ardugaz — steep; sharply rising or sloping
- *arfô — chickweed
- *argaz — unmanly; cowardly, timid; dishonorable, unworthy
- *argį̄ — unmanliness, baseness; cowardice
- *argijaną — to spoil, ruin; corrupt
- *argiþō — cowardice, timidity
- *arhwō — arrow
- *arjaną — to plow; to till (the soil)
- *arkō — chest, box, coffer
- *armalausaz — armless; lacking arms
- *armāną — to pity; have compassion on
- *armaz — arm
- *armaz — poor, miserable
- *armijaną — to make poor, impoverish
- *arnijaz — serious; vigorous, capable; secure, certain
- *Arnuwulfaz — a male given name
- *arnuz — eagle
- *arô — eagle
- *arsaz — arse/ass, buttocks; rump
- *artijaną — to tease, taunt, provoke; to annoy or irritate
- *artǭ — a waterside bird, perhaps a wagtail or a small duck such as a teal or garganey
- *arundiją — a message or communication
- *arwaz — a scar; the healed mark left by a wound
- *arwaz — ready, prepared; quick, swift
- *arwīts — pea; a pea plant or its edible seed
- *arþiz — plowing, tilling; cultivation
- *arþrą — plow; ard, scratch plow
- *asjǭ — forge, smithing furnace; hearth
- *Askabergaz — a mountain or mountain range in eastern Germania, probably corresponding to part of the Giant Mountains or Sudetic…
- *Askaburgiją — Asciburgium, a fortress constructed by the Romans on the present-day boundary between Moers and Duisburg.
- *askaz — ash tree
- *askǭ — ash, ashes
- *asnijaz — hireling, hired or day laborer; probably originally a harvest-worker or seasonal farm laborer
- *asnō — wage, payment; perhaps originally a harvest-share or remuneration for harvest work
- *aspō — aspen; Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula)
- *astaz — a branch or bough of a tree
- *at — at, by; toward, to (with accusative or dative)
- *atalaz — fierce, savage; grim
- *ataugijaną — to show, display; to present to view
- *atberaną — to bear or carry to; bring forward, bring to
- *atgaizaz — spear, especially a heavy or thrusting spear
- *atgebaną — to give to; to give over, hand over, deliver
- *atiską — grainfield; field of standing grain; standing crop
- *atjaną — to incite, provoke, or urge into conflict
- *atjaną — to cause or allow an animal to eat; to feed
- *atstandaną — to stand near or by; to be present nearby
- *attô — father, dad
- *audagaz — wealthy, rich; prosperous
- *audagōną — to enrich; make wealthy or prosperous
- *Audamunduz — a male given name
- *audanaz — granted, given; assigned, allotted, ordained
- *Audarīks — a male given name
- *Audawakraz — a male given name
- *Audawarduz — a male given name
- *Audawiniz — a male given name
- *Audawulfaz — a male given name
- *audaz — wealth, riches
- *augijaną — to show, display; cause to see
- *augnijaną — to show, to display
- *augô — eye
- *auk — also, too
- *aukaną — to increase, grow
- *auknaną — to grow, become larger
- *aukô — increase, addition
- *aukōną — to increase, to grow
- *aunaz — lamb
- *aunōną — to lamb, yean; to bring forth a lamb
- *auraz — wet earth or clay, mud; sand, sediment
- *aurī — a sand- or gravel-bank; a riverbank or spit of land projecting into water
- *aurijaz — an ounce, especially a unit of weight for precious metal
- *ausaną — to scoop up, to draw (a liquid); to pour or sprinkle
- *ausô — ear
- *austanē — from the east
- *austrą — east
- *austrą — east, eastward
- *austraz — east, eastern
- *Austrǭ — Easter, festival celebrated at the spring equinox
- *austrōmēnōþs — Easter month; the month corresponding approximately to April in the early Germanic calendar
- *austrōnijaz — eastern
- *Auzandilaz — the morning star
- *auþijaną — to make empty or desolate; to lay waste, destroy
- *auþijaz — empty, void, deserted, desolate; barren, waste
- *auþuz — easy, effortless; light, not difficult or burdensome
- *awadī — eider duck, especially the female eider (Somateria mollissima).
- *awahaimaz — maternal uncle; mother’s brother
- *awidiją — herd or flock of sheep
- *awistrą — sheepfold, sheep pen; an enclosure or stall for sheep
- *awiz — sheep
- *awjô — a member of the Aviones, a Germanic people mentioned by Tacitus among the tribes that worshipped Nerthus
- *awjō — wetland; floodplain, meadow
- *awjōlandą — island
- *awô — grandfather
- *awǭ — grandmother
- *azaniz — summer, especially the late-summer harvest season
- *aþalą — nature, disposition; inherent character
- *Aþalagaizaz — a male given name
- *Aþalawulfaz — a male given name
- *aþalaz — noble; of noble birth or lineage.
- *aþnaz/aþną — a year
- *aþuliją — patrimony, inherited property
- *aþulijaz — noble; of noble birth or lineage
- *aþulingaz — prince, nobleman; member of a noble or ruling lineage
- *amraz — emmer, spelt; fine flour or starch made from it
- *amazô — a bunting, probably the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- *azanōną — to harvest, reap