old high german in English
According to Ayto the name is derived from an Old High German word, stollo, meaning a support or post.
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1. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to Begird”), Gothic (bigairdan, “to Begird”)
2. Compare Old Frisian Bifara, Old Saxon biforan, Old High German bifora, German bevor.
3. From Middle High German Ange, from Old High German ango, from Proto-Germanic *ang
4. The Old High German and Old Saxon corpus of Stabreim or alliterative verse is small.
5. There are , further , the Gothic sibia, Anglo - Saxon sib , Old High German sippia, sippa, kindred.
6. Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one"
7. Compare Old English betest, Betst, Old Frisian Betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).
8. Baldur (pronounced “BALD-er;” Old Norse Baldr, Old English and Old High German Balder) is one of the Aesir gods
9. Similar formation in Old Saxon bigitan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; Begotten.
10. [German, from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust; see angh- in Indo-European roots.] Angst′y adj
11. In fact the name “Alsace” can be traced back to the Old High German Ali-saz or Elisaz, meaning “foreign domain”
12. Origin of Ablaut German ab off (from Middle High German ab, abe) (from Old High German aba apo- in Indo-European roots) Laut sound (from Middle High German lūt) (from Old High German hlūt kleu- in Indo-European roots) From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
13. Bush itself is a thicket of Scandinavian (Old Norse Buskr), Germanic (Old High German busc), and Romanic (Medieval Latin busca) influences and cognates
14. Verb (1) and Noun (1) Middle English, from Old English blāwan; akin to Old High German blāen to Blow, Latin flare, Greek phallos penis
15. The name "Carolingian", Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old High German *karling, kerling (meaning "descendant of Charles", cf
16. Favored over *hAmmer due to the influence of its German cognate and synonym Ammer (“ bunting ”) and its predecessors, Middle High German amer and Old High German amaro
17. Burrows Name Meaning English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or tumulus, Old English beorg, a cognate of Old High German berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’ (see Berg)
18. 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
19. 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
20. Soul and 'Seele' are related to Old High German 'sela', supposed to have a Connotation with 'see', since both the unborn and the dead were believed to dwell in water.
21. Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse Barmr Barm, Gothic Barms, Old High German Barm see ferment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William …
22. Burin (n.) engraver's tool, 1660s, from French Burin, cognate with Italian bolino, Spanish buril, perhaps from Old High German bora "tool for boring" (from PIE root *bhorh-"hole")
23. Origin of Bosk From Middle English Bosk, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca (“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus from Germanic * busk (liken Old High German busk) or Old English busc …
24. Borrowed from German Angst, going back to Middle High German angest, going back to Old High German Angust "distress, worry, anxiety," going back to West Germanic *Angusti-(whence also Old …
25. 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)
26. It is related to the Old Saxon and Old High German busc, Dutch bosch, bos, German Busch, as well as to the Old Norse Buskr and the Danish busk (all of these mean ‘bush’)
27. First Known Use of Bis 1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1 History and Etymology for Bis Latin, from Old Latin dvis; akin to Old High German zwiro twice, Latin duo two — more at two
28. The yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors an archaic or dialect word for yeast Word Origin for barm Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse barmr barm, Gothic Barms, Old High German barm …
29. (Animals) little Cuttle a small Cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica, often found on beaches [Old English cudele; related to Old High German kiot bag, Norwegian dialect kaule Cuttle, Old English codd bag] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014
30. A platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial Word Origin for Bier Old English bǣr; related to beran to bear 1, Old High German bāra Bier, Sanskrit bhārá a burden
31. Old English bróm is from a common West Germanic *bráma- (Old High German brâmo, "bramble"), from a Germanic stem bræ̂m- from Proto-Indo-European *bh(e)rem- "to project; a point", with an original sense of "thorny shrub" or similar.
32. However, the fact that the earliest occurrences are found in texts by eastern writers, makes it likely that this form is a borrowing from Middle High German ambet, Ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from …
33. Beset (v.) Old English Besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be-+ set (v.)
34. Beset (v.) Old English Besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German Besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be-+ set (v.)
35. Beestings (n.) "colostrum," late Old English bysting, from beost "first milk of a cow after calving," a general West Germanic word (cognates: Old High German biost, German Biest, Middle Dutch and Dutch biest, North Frisian bjast) of unknown origin.
36. Crow (n.) general common name of birds of the genus Corvus (the larger sort being sometimes called ravens), Old English crawe, which is held to be imitative of the bird's cry.Compare Old Saxon kraia, Dutch kraai, Old High German chraja, German Kräke.
37. Callow (adj.) Old English calu "bare, bald," from Proto-Germanic *kalwa- (source also of Middle Dutch calu, Dutch kaal, Old High German kalo, German Kahl), from PIE root *gal- (1) "bald, naked" (source also of Russian golyi "smooth, bald").
38. 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
39. An Antrustion (Latin: antrustio, plural Antrustiones) was a member of the bodyguard or military household of the Merovingian kings of the Franks.The bodyguard itself is called the trustis (French: truste), a Frankish word with a Latin ending, possibly signifying comfort, aid, fidelity, trust (compare Old High German trost)
40. 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
41. Middle English blemisshen, to damage, injure, sully, from Anglo-French blemiss-, stem of blemir, blesmir, from Old French, literally, to make pale by wounding, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blas ros horse with a blaze, Old Norse blesi blaze — more at blaze Learn More about Blemish …
42. Become (v.) Old English becuman "happen, come about, befall," also "meet with, fall in with; arrive, approach, enter," from Proto-Germanic *bikweman (source also of Dutch bekomen, Old High German biqueman "obtain," German bekommen, Gothic biquiman).A compound of the sources of be-and come.
43. Climb (v.) Old English Climban "raise oneself using hands and feet; rise gradually, ascend; make an ascent of" (past tense clamb, past participle clumben, clumbe), from West Germanic *klimban "go up by clinging" (source also of Dutch klimmen, Old High German klimban, German klimmen "to Climb").
44. Chit (n.2) "small child," 1620s, originally "young of an animal" (late 14c.), of uncertain origin; perhaps a playful deformation of kitten, but The Middle English Compendium compares Old High German kizzin "kid" and Century Dictionary mentions Old English cið "a shoot, sprout, sprig."
45. 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.
46. 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- …
47. 1400, from Old French bastir "build, construct, sew up (a garment), Baste, make, prepare, arrange" (12c., Modern French bâtir "to build"), probably from Frankish or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *bastjan "join together with bast" (source also of Old High German besten; see bast).
48. 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
49. Beckon (v.) Old English gebecnian (West Saxon beacnian) "to make a mute sign, signal by a nod or gesture," from Proto-Germanic *bauknjan (source also of Old Saxon boknian, Old High German bouhnen), from PIE root *bha-(1) "to shine" (compare beacon).Related: Beckoned; beckoning.The noun is attested from 1718, from the verb.
50. Atman (n.) in Hindu philosophy, the self or soul, 1785, from Sanskrit atma "essence, breath, soul," from PIE *etmen "breath" (a root found in Sanskrit and Germanic; source also of Old English æðm, Dutch adem, Old High German atum "breath," Old English eþian, Dutch ademen "to breathe").