dagliga (adv.): 49 cits, e.g. daily, every day, every single day // dagligt, hver dag, hver eneste dag ‘Hún hafði hjá sér dagliga vatn Guðmundar biskups ok þóttist linan af fá, er kalt var’ (GBp in Holm perg 5 fol) onp.ku.dk/o13713 #OldNorse
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Yesterday’s #Wordle: starf (sb. n.): 118 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: task, assignment, employment, office, business] ‘helldr foorsomat ok vanrækt wor ok hæilagrar …’ (IslDipl in AM dipl isl fasc IX 20) onp.ku.dk/o75096
efja (sb. f.): 4 cits, e.g. (of decomposed corpses) ooze ‘En þviat orm▹invm◃ vorv menn oft til leifa gefn▹ir◃. þa skorti þar eigi mannabvka. svmir vorv alfvnir sva at fvl ⸢þefía ok …’ (Hulda in AM 66 fol) onp.ku.dk/o16391
Yesterday’s #Wordle: harðr (adj.): 440 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (about conditions, condition or way of life) strict, unhappy, sad, unfavorable, bad, difficult] ‘hann scammaz sialfs sins oc harðrar hamingio’ (Alex in AM 519 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o31575 #OldNorse
ef (conjunc.): 343 cits, e.g. (the dependent clause is conditional) if, should (the situation arise) that, in the event that ‘Oc ef þer endiz gefa til. þa mattv fa þer rike oc mikla semð’ (ÓT in Holm perg 18 4°) onp.ku.dk/o16365 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: tylft (sb. f.): 37 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (on minimum crew division of a lead ship, cf. Hertzb)] ‘þat er rett uistataka a huerium halfum manaðe i tylft hueria pund by…’ (Landsl in AM 60 4°) onp.ku.dk/o81448
bǿta (vb.): 502 cits, e.g. improve (sby’s) ways, guide, (attempt to) improve relations (between people) ‘var Ormr þess eigi valldr, þuiat hann…’ (Hák in AM 81 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o13099
Yesterday’s #Wordle: réttr (sb. m.): 327 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: right, privilege, law, authority, legal status, legal claim] onp.ku.dk/o64668 #OldNorse
athǿfi (sb. n.): 86 cits, e.g. (of a monk) exemplary conduct, taking of monastic vows ‘ok hve audvelliga aptr heimtiz athæf…’ (VP in AM 225 fol) onp.ku.dk/o5385
Yesterday’s #Wordle: mikla (vb.): 67 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: to be/become arrogant/conceited, to boast, to think highly of oneself] ‘comr avalt fyʀi frvmgiofin en retlet…’ (Prosper in AM 677 4°) onp.ku.dk/o54366
boløx (sb. f.): 50 cits, e.g. forestry axe, large working axe (principally used for felling trees) ‘meðr berum suerþum oc bitrum bulæxum, meðr arbyst…’ (Thom in Holm perg 17 4°) onp.ku.dk/o9972
Yesterday’s #Wordle: bjǫrg (sb. f.): 85 cits, e.g. (item pl.) (of illegal help to an outlawed person often in the form of board and lodging) ‘Eɴ sva scal her søkia vm biorg hans ens sekia manz er ut þar varð sekr fullre secð sem hann yrðe her sekr a v…’ (Grg in AM 334 fol) onp.ku.dk/o8805
bresta (vb.): 258 cits, e.g. twang, crack, make a loud noise (on snapping or being released or as if sth. snaps), make a din, crash (into/against sth.) ‘þa brast strengr ꜳ skipi «þvi er Bui hafði átt.» en o᷎r su er skotit var kom ꜳ…’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o10918
Yesterday’s #Wordle: malmr (sb. m.): 46 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (about raw material/ore from which metal is extracted) ant ore, iron ore, ore, iron] ‘Syra Eynar lagdi kyrckiunne med samþycki herra Jons byskups. og Magnus Gytsurarson er þar bio fyre…’ (DI in Bps B III 3) onp.ku.dk/o51869
aftantími (sb. m.): 4 cits, e.g. eventide, evening // aftenstid, aften ‘leiðir sva til um aftantima nockurn, sem húsfruin er brott gengin’ (Jón in AM 649 a 4°) onp.ku.dk/o4063 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: skíra (vb.): 113 cits, e.g. // ‘Kodran letst ei mundv fyʀi skírazt láta enn hann vissi hvaʀ meir mætti byskup eda armadr i steininum’ (Kristni in AM 105 fol) onp.ku.dk/o70845 #OldNorse
dreypa (vb.): 33 cits, e.g. drip, spatter, sprinkle // dryppe, stænke ‘þꜳ var tekit vatnið þetta hit sama sem hofvt beinin heilags Jons byskvps havfðv verit þvegin J ... ok dreyptt ꜳ avgv meyivnni .iij. aptnna. ok .iij. nættʀ’ (JBp in AM 234 fol) onp.ku.dk/o15240
Yesterday’s #Wordle: verja (vb.): 180 cits, e.g. // ‘firir þetta mitt testamentum skipar ek þa brœðr mina sem fyr næmfnazst huartuæggia at sœkia, ok væria, æftir guðrs lagum ok manna’ (DN in NRA dipl no perg 5) onp.ku.dk/o85938 #OldNorse
dagsbréf (sb. n.): 6 cits, e.g. letter of safe-conduct (valid until a certain day) // lejdebrev, brev der giver frist med frit lejde (indtil en vis dato, cf. dagr sb. m. def. 5) ‘þat sama dags bref’ (DI in AM dipl isl fasc XLII 7) onp.ku.dk/o13742 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: válað (sb. n.): 28 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: misery, poverty, distress, hardship, wretchedness] ‘þa komu voladir menn til byskups ok badu hann gefa ser no᷎ckura huggan volad…’ (GregDial in AM 239 fol) onp.ku.dk/o83542
dagligr (adj.): 20 cits, e.g. characteristic of day time, day-time // som hører dagen til, dagens ‘þa nalgaz hvilldar stunnd æptir daglect ærfiðe’ (Kgs in AM 243 b α fol) onp.ku.dk/o13714 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: detta (vb.): 46 cits, e.g. (of words) fall, come (in a certain order) ‘Commestor ... synizt mote blasa ymisligum hlutum i fystu, sua sem setiandi nockr motkaust, at þui naudsynli…’ (Mar in Holm perg 1 4°) onp.ku.dk/o14381
efna (vb.): 91 cits, e.g. fulfil/keep (a promise), honour, carry out, discharge (an obligation) ‘Vrækia ... kallaði Snorra þvi hafa iatað ser, ef Kolbeini þe᷎tte eigi …’ (Stu in AM 122 a fol) onp.ku.dk/o16401
Yesterday’s #Wordle: mjúkr (adj.): 128 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: flattering, amicable, insistent] // indsmigrende, mindelig, indtrængende ‘snerv þeir sinni ræðu til ⸢mívkrar [V: mykrar] ꜳ eggianar við alþyðu’ (ÓT in AM 61 fol) onp.ku.dk/o54931 #OldNorse
bersynðugr (adj.): 16 cits, e.g. renownedly sinful, utterly sinful ‘Ok af iðrun ens bersynduga mannz þá sagði guð, at hann var hólpinn fyrir guði, en sá er góðr þóttiz, varð berr at …’ (Mar in Holm perg 11 4°) onp.ku.dk/o8080
Yesterday’s #Wordle: vǽtti (sb. n.): 42 cits, e.g. testimony, witness statement // vidnesbyrd ‘leiddi hann skilrik uætti, huersu sa uani ok þessi annarr þueradiz mot kirkiunni’ (Thom in GKS 1008 fol) onp.ku.dk/o88383 #OldNorse
concurrentesǫld (sb. f.): 8 cits, e.g. solar cycle (ɔ: period of 28 years after which date and weekday in the Julian calendar again coincide) ‘Concurrentes ǫld er samlík sólar ǫld, því at þær endast ok byrjast jafnfram ávalt’ (Enc in AM 727 I 4°) onp.ku.dk/o13478
Yesterday’s #Wordle: rakki (sb. m.): 28 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: (about the bracket that holds the mast to the mast) (bracket)rack, mastering] ‘En rakeɴ á treno iarteiner þorngiorþ…’ (Hóm in AM 673 a II 4°) onp.ku.dk/o63432
hon (pron. pers.): 414 cits, e.g. (possessive) her, hers, its // (possessivt) hendes, dens ‘bonde ⸢hennar [E: henna]’ (Grǿn in GKS 1005 fol) onp.ku.dk/o36098 #OldNorse
Yesterday’s #Wordle: myrða (vb.): 59 cits, e.g. keep a murder secret (from sby), conceal (sby’s body) // skjule (lig), hemmeligholde mord (på ngn), skjule (ngns) lig ‘Siþan drap Fafnir faudur sinn, segir Reginn, ok myrde hann’ (Vǫls in NKS 1824 b 4°) onp.ku.dk/o55850 #OldNorse