old frisian in English
Closely related to Old Saxon and Old Frisian , it forms part of the Germanic grouping within the Indo-European language system.
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1. Compare Old Frisian Bifara, Old Saxon biforan, Old High German bifora, German bevor.
2. Compare Old English betest, Betst, Old Frisian Betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).
3. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon avand, āƀand (Low Low German Avend), Old Dutch avont (Dutch avond), Old High German āband (German Abend), Old Norse aptann, aptunn, eptann (Danish aften, Swedish afton)
4. Bloody (adj.) "of the nature of blood, pertaining to blood, bleeding, covered in blood," Old English blodig, adjective from blod (see blood).Common Germanic, compare Old Frisian blodich, Old Saxon blôdag, Dutch bloedig, Old High German bluotag, German blutig.From late 14c
5. Bairn (n.) "child" (of either gender or any age), "son or daughter," Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," from Proto-Germanic *barnan (source also of Old Saxon barn, Old Frisian bern, Old High German barn "child;" lost in modern German and
6. Bairn (n.) "child" (of either gender or any age), "son or daughter," Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," from Proto-Germanic *barnan (source also of Old Saxon barn, Old Frisian bern, Old High German barn "child;" lost in modern German and Dutch), from PIE root *bher- …
7. From Middle English above, Aboven, abuven, from Old English ābufan, onbufan, from a (“on”) + bufan (“over”), (akin to Icelandic ofan (“from above”), Middle Dutch bōven, Old Frisian bova, Middle High German bobene) from bī (“by”) + ufan (“over”); also cognate with Danish oven, Dutch boven, German oben, Swedish ovan, Old Saxon oƀan, Old High German obana.
8. Cripple (n.) Old English crypel, "one who creeps, halts, or limps, one partly or wholly deprived of the use of one or more limbs," related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (source also of Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill).
9. Bide (v.) Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely," from Proto-Germanic *bidan "to await" (source also of Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch Biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), which is of uncertain origin
10. From Middle English Atheling, from Old English æþeling ("son of a king, man of royal blood, nobleman, chief, prince, king, Christ, God, man, hero, saint"), from Proto-Germanic *aþalingaz (“prince, nobleman”), equivalent to athel + -ing.Cognate with Old Frisian etheling, edling, Old Saxon edhiling, Old High German adaling, Medieval Latin adalingus, adelingus (from Germanic).
11. Churl (n.) Old English ceorl "peasant, one of the lowest class of freemen, man without rank," from Proto-Germanic *kerlaz, *karlaz (source also of Old Frisian zerl "man, fellow," Middle Low German kerle, Dutch kerel "freeman of low degree," German Kerl "man, husband," Old Norse karl "old man, man").
12. Cow (n.) "female of a bovine animal," especially the domestic ox, Middle English cu, qu, kowh, from Old English cu "Cow," from Proto-Germanic *kwon (source also of Old Frisian ku, Middle Dutch coe, Dutch koe, Old High German kuo, German Kuh, Old Norse kyr, Danish, Swedish ko), earlier *kwom, from PIE root *gwou-"ox, bull, Cow."
13. Baleful (adj.) Old English bealufull "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balu- (source also of Old Saxon balu, Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), a word of uncertain etymology.
14. 1200, from Old English gamen "joy, fun; game, amusement," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman "game, sport; pleasure, amusement," Old Saxon gaman, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), said to be identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga-collective prefix
15. 1944, from a specialized use in psychology of German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German Angust, from Proto-Germanic *Angustu- (source also of Old Frisian ongost, Old High German Angust, Middle Dutch ancst "fear," also Old English enge, Old Saxon engi, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE *anghosti-, suffixed form of root *angh-"tight, painfully
16. Angst (n.) 1944, from a specialized use in psychology of German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German Angust, from Proto-Germanic *Angustu-(source also of Old Frisian ongost, Old High German Angust, Middle Dutch ancst "fear," also Old English enge, Old Saxon engi, Gothic aggwus "narrow"), from PIE *anghosti-, suffixed form of root *angh-"tight, painfully
17. Acre (n.) Old English æcer "tilled field, open land," from Proto-Germanic *akraz "field, pasture" (source also of Old Norse akr, Old Saxon akkar, Old Frisian ekker, Middle Dutch acker, Dutch akker, Old High German achar, German acker, Gothic akrs "field"), from PIE root *agro-"field." "[O]riginally 'open country, untenanted land, forest'; then, with advance in the agricultural state
18. Bourn (n.1) also Bourne, "small stream," especially of the winter torrents of the chalk downs, Old English brunna, burna "brook, stream," from Proto-Germanic *brunnoz "spring, fountain" (source also of Old High German brunno, Old Norse brunnr, Old Frisian burna, German Brunnen "fountain," Gothis brunna "well"), ultimately from PIE root *bhreu-"to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn."
19. Bosom (n.) Old English bosm "breast; womb; surface; ship's hold," from West Germanic *bōsmaz (source also of Old Frisian bosm, Old Saxon Bosom, Middle Dutch boesem, Dutch boezem, Old High German buosam, German Busen "Bosom, breast"), perhaps from PIE root *bhou-"to grow, swell," or *bhaghus "arm" (in which case the primary notion would be "enclosure formed by the breast and the arms"), or
20. Atheling (n.) "member of a noble family," Old English æðling, from æðel "noble family, race, ancestry; nobility, honor," related to Old English æðele "noble," from Proto-Germanic *athala-(cognates: Old Frisian edila "(great-)grandfather," Old Saxon athali "noble descent, property," Old High German adal "noble family"), which is perhaps from PIE *at-al-"race, family," from *at(i)-"over