See Wiktionary:Todo/Westrobothnian cleanup for more information.

2 (comparative arrtigane)

1. Splendid, mighty, fine.
2. Teachable, docile, apt.

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2

1. Not at all, hardly.

2 n

1. Nothing.

From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”). Cognate with Swedish asp.

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  Rhymes: -óːr

2 f (definite aspʼa, plural aspʼ, definite plural aspen)

1. Aspen.

• aspskav

Compound of asp and skav.

2 n

1. Aspen bark.

2

1. Robbed.

From Old Norse *ǫ́tull, from Proto-Germanic *ātulaz, derived from an Proto-Germanic *ētą, Old Norse át n (“eating, food”), modern form åt n (“biting insects”); related to ita (“to eat”). Compare Swedish åtel, Norwegian åtsel, Danish ådsel.

• (Umeå), (Burträsk) IPA^(key):

• Rhymes: -ɒɽ

2 m

1. bait, lure for hunting

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Undetermined cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 2     Ordinal : atant     Pronominal : atantn

From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Norwegian and Danish atten, Faroese átjan, Icelandic átján.

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  Rhymes: -ɐn, -ɐɳ, -ɐɳ

2

1. Eighteen.

From Old Norse at, from Old Norse þat (“that.”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑt/, /ɑtː/

2

1. That.

Compare annt.

• IPA^(key): /ɑtː/

2 n

1. (impersonal) Important.

   he jer einnt se att åm heh

   It’s not very important.

• felt

From åt +‎ wä. Cognate with Norwegian attmed.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ(ː)tʋe̞/

2

1. Next to, beside.

• bredave

auge +‎ hvass

2

1. who has a strict countenance

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AUG-HVASS”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 15

auge +‎ -laus; Compare Middle High German augenlos; Dutch oogenlos; English eyeless.

2

1. blind

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “AUG-LAUS”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 15

auge +‎ stinn

2

1. Staring.

• ôu, æue, æuwę, øg, ög, yg

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô.

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2 n (definite singular augeð, definite plural auga)

1. (anatomy) Eye.

   Heð kum enn saur í augeð ― There came a smolder in the eye

   Vatnʼeð spúteð mitt mila auga ǫ́ meg ― The water spouted right between my eyes

   Auga tillreð tí um ― His eyes rolled around

   Heð rít ǫ́t augum ― it hurts my eyes, it irritates, is offensive

• aughvass
• auglaus
• augstinn
• augstark
• skumaugd
• stinnaugd
• stóraugd

From Old Norse eykr, from Proto-Germanic *jaukiją.

• IPA^(key): /éʊ̯ːk/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːk

2 m

1. draught animal

• eokspena

aukʼ (“increase”) +‎ spina (“teat”)

2 m

1. Extra (fifth) teat of udder.

From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Akin to English eke, Danish øge, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan), Latin augeō, Latvian augt.

• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): /²æɵ̯ːk/
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /²eʊ̯ːk/

Rhymes: -ɞ̀ɵ̯ːk

2 (preterite auktʼ or aukeð, supine aukt or aukeð)

1. (transitive) to increase

• aukspina
• åg

From Old Norse aumr.

2

1. Sore, delicate, suffering from pain.

From Old Norse eyma. For the lack of umlaut compare drȯum, as well as auk, rauk.

2

1. (intransitive) To hold tenderness, have affection.
2. (intransitive) To feel tender, aching in some limb.

• öntj
• öntjes
• öntjesɑmm
• öntjele

From Old Norse austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą.

2 (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. East.

2 (comparative eystr, superlative eystrst)

1. East.

   austʼǫ́ ― on the eastern part of

   austʼǫ́t ― towards the eastern part of

   austʼet ― along the eastern part of

   austʼí ― in the eastern part of

   eystrstʼí ― in the easternmost part of

   eystrʼum ― east of

• austa

2

1. East, east side or part of.

   Austani väggom ― In the eastern part of the wall

2 (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of aust.

2 n

1. Alternative spelling of bein.

• bängel

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2 m

1. Tall, slender person.
2. Bar, rod.

• spebb

• bängäl

From Old Norse beiti. Cognate to Gutnish bajtar pl.

2 n

1. Grazing, pasture.

From Old Norse bakka (definite bakkann), accusative of bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

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Rhymes: -àkː

2 m (definite singular bakken, definite plural bakka)

1. A hill or slope.

   Han ul sóm’n pil utätter bakkin ― He flew as an arrow down the slope.

• bakkslänt
• bakku
• bakkut
• gravabakk
• rännbakk

bak +‎ lid

• IPA^(key): /bɑkˈliː/, /ˈbæːkʲˌliː/, /bækˈløʏ̯ːd/

2 f

1. The north side of a highland; backside, e.g. the shadow side of a mountain.

• bakland

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2

1. Backwards.

From Old Norse bakstr.

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  Rhymes: -ákst

2 m

1. Batch, everything baked at one time.

From bak +‎ gval.

2 m

1. A backrest.
2. Sticks or rocks that are placed under a lever to lift or offset weights.
3. A lock lever.
4. (figuratively) Support in a sticky situation.

• (backrest): karm

• åbrót

From an unattested adjective meaning “swelling,” possibly substantivised in Old Norse bolmr (“bear, mighty one,”) perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate.”).

2

1. (intransitive) To bulge; swell.

• baljäs

• balm

From Old Norse baðmr, probably from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz; compare Icelandic baðmur and obsolete Swedish bagn.

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  Rhymes: -ɑ́mː, -ámː

2 m (definite singular bammen)

1. Stem, stalk, trunk, tree trunk.

• stjalk
• tein
• trömm

From Old Norse barnfœddr.

2

1. Born in or at etc. (a certain place), native, native-born, indigenous.

2 f

1. misery, abjection

   Hä var barmheita dill kar

   a miserable, paltry man

2. monstrosity, prodigy
3. fool

• barm
• barmskinn
• barmäs
• erbarmäs

Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -hejt

2 n

1. a piece of hairy leather, which one or another wears under the vest to protect the chest from the cold
2. leather apron

From Old Norse barma sér.

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Rhymes: -àrməs, -məs, -əs

2 (preterite barmäsä)

1. (reflexive) To moan, complain, express dissatisfaction.

   Barmäsä hä! ― Oh, so unfortunate!

• barm
• barmskinn
• barmheit
• erbarmäs

2

1. (transitive) To whip, thrash.

2

1. To heat (planks) with steam, to make soft, pliant.

2

1. To run, rush.

   let ä basa

   let it go

Compare basa.

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Rhymes: -àsk

2 (preterite baskä)

1. To wash.

• bøtj
• rääns
• tjwöött

• baste, bååst

From Old Norse baðstofa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”) + *stubō (“heated room”).

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1. A drying-house.
2. A smokehouse.
3. A fishing cabin.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “BASTU”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 26

2 f

1. excrement
2. dirt, uncleanliness

2 m (definite batn, plural baat)

1. Alternative spelling of båt

Template:gmq-bot-noun

1. A 2.5 inches thick plank.

From Old Norse bauka.

• IPA^(key): /²ˈbɞɪ̯ːk/, /²ˈbɞu̯ːk/, /²ˈbɑu̯ːk/, /²ˈbæɵ̯ːk/

2 (preterite baukä)

1. make noise
2. toil, work
3. dig in the soil like swine

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɞɪ̯ːk/, /ˈbɞu̯ːk/, /ˈbɑu̯ːk/, /ˈbæɵ̯ːk/

2 n

1. trouble, noise

2

1. singular preterite active indicative of byyt

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

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  Rhymes: -éɪ̯ːn

2 n (definite beinʼeð, dative beinen, definite plural beinʼa, dative plural beinum)

1. A leg.

   hǫva ildt í beinen/í beinum

   to have a pain in the leg, in the legs

2. A bone.

• bajn, bäin, bejn, bein, bęin

From Old Norse biðjast, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną.

• IPA^(key): /bèɪ̯ːs/, /bàɪ̯ːs/

  Rhymes: -èɪ̯ːs

2 (preterite beddes or beist, supine beist or besä)

1. (intransitive) beg, request

• bäjs
• bais

• teiddj
• tjutes

From Old Norse bik, from Latin pix.

• IPA^(key): /bɪːk/, /bek/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

2 n

1. pitch; A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

• bek
• bekulæpp

From Old Norse bika.

2

1. (active verb) to tar, pitch

Change of bekker.

2 m

1. ram (male sheep)

Category:gmq-bot:Male animals

• bäkker
• bekkar

From Old Norse bekri.

2 m (definite singular bekkern, definite plural bekkra)

1. (animal) ram

• bekkerdæud
• bekkergæur
• bekkerlamm

Category:gmq-bot:Male animals

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

• IPA^(key): /²ˈbeːˌrɐ/

  Rhymes: -èːrɐ

2 (preterite bar, supine buri, middle beras, passive val buri)

1. (transitive) To carry, to bear.
2. (intransitive, of cows) To calve.

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1. Alternative spelling of bärg

bärg +‎ håbb

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1. Mountaintop.

From Old Norse bit.

• IPA^(key): /bet/, /beːt/

2 n

1. the crossbar which joins the two drying racks at a barn

2 n

1. fleas and lice
2. the property to bite
3. mark after bite

From Old Norse biti.

2 m

1. piece

From Middle Low German betemen; cognate with German ziemen, English beteem, Dutch betamen.

2 (preterite betämjä)

1. (impersonal) To behove, befit.
2. (reflexive) To bring oneself to, let oneself be persuaded of something.

• tämi

From Old Norse bíldr.

• IPA^(key): /biːl/, /bilː/, /bild/

2 m

1. An angle.
2. A (tool with a) blade formed as an angle.

From Old Norse billingr. Cognate with Helsingian billing.

2 c

1. A twin.

From Old Norse birna, from Proto-Germanic *bernijǭ, from *berô.

• IPA^(key): /²bɪnː/, /²be̯ɪnː/

2 f

1. female bear, she-bear

From the short-syllabic ablaut stage of bööyt/bit (“to bite”) + -u (with vowel balance). Compare bet and betta from the same ablaut.

• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /²biːtʊ/

2 (neuter bitot)

1. nippy, cold

   vere jer bitot idä ― The wind is nippy today.

Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -u

From Old Norse bjaga.

2

1. To stand unsteady; wobble; walk with failing knees.

• vangäl
• rangäl
• rega
• kaga
• raga

• bjegu
• bjegalånnåm

2

1. a kind of ant

Category:gmq-bot:Ants

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá).

2 f (definite singular bjerka, definite plural bjertjen)

1. a birch tree

• kjellingbjerk (“dwarf birch Betula nana”)

Category:gmq-bot:Trees

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô. Compare Jamtish bjenn.

• IPA^(key): , , ,

  Rhymes: -énː, -éːɳ, -ɛ́nː, -ɛ́ɳː

2 m

1. bear (mammal)

• bjernhi
• bjernmöur
• bjernstut
• bjenlur

• binn

Category:gmq-bot:Mammals Category:gmq-bot:Ursids

From Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -jʉ̀ː, -ʉ̀ː

2 (preteride bo or baud, supine böä, past participle boen or budi)

1. to offer
2. to invite

   Eitat vart jö inbudi dill driikk äin kläim.

   Afterwards I was invited to drink coffee with brandy.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Bju”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 35

From Old Norse bjórr, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz.

2 m

1. beaver

Category:gmq-bot:Rodents

2

1. converse

2 m

1. bright blue sky with clouds; bodes rain

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.

2

1. pale

From Old Norse blaka (“to strike, flap, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *blak, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”). Compare bläkkt.

• IPA^(key): /²b̥ɽɒ(ː)ɡ̊a/
• (postvocalic lenition) IPA^(key): /²βɽɒ(ː)ɡ̊a/
• (imperative singular also) IPA^(key): /ˈ-/

2 (weak inflection, lenited form wlaka)

1. To axe timber or walls, to carve smooth with axe.

From Old Norse blakkr, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz.

2

1. pale, light in color
2. faded, bleached, which lost some of its original color

Category:gmq-bot:Colors

Likely onomatopoeic, compare words for ‘splash,’ Swedish blaska, plaska, Norwegian blaskra, blaske, blasse, Middle High German blatzen, Scots blash.

• IPA^(key): /²bɽæsk/

  Rhymes: -àsk

2

1. To blink, wink.

• blysch, blyskh

blask +‎ -ut

2

1. blurry, unclear

From Old Norse blautr, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.

2

1. wet, damp
2. weak

   Blaut’n kar

   a weak man

   Blaut i hän(d)ren

   weak in the hands

• (wet): vot

• (antonym(s) of “wet”): tȯr
• (antonym(s) of “weak”): stärk

• blattän
• blåken
• blöyt
• blug

blaut +‎ -länt

2

1. swampy, waterlogged

• IPA^(key): /²ˈbɽaːˌʋer/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -àːʋe̞ɾ

Compare blädär, blæder.

2 (preterite blavre)

1. prattle

Compare Danish bladre, Dutch bladeren and Swedish bläddra.

2 (preterite blavre)

1. to turn pages, browse

   Sitt int å blaver ti boka! ― Do not sit and browse the book!

   Synonym: blâda

• blæ

Compare Danish blis, Swedish bläs, Old Norse blys, blesóttr.

2

1. mask

2 f (definite blesvilla)

1. Used in the expression spräint i blesvilln.

From Old Norse blígja.

2 (preterite bliä)

1. To stare.

From Middle Low German bliren, pliren. Compare Gutnish bläjra, Swedish plira.

2 (preterite blirä)

1. To peer.

• gliir

From older blistra (Ume), blystra (Lule), from Old Norse blístra.

2 (preterite blisträ)

1. To whistle.

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”). Akin to English blood.

• IPA^(key): /bɽuː/, /bɽouː/

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1. blood

From Old Norse bljúgr; the word should originally have meant "soft", "wet" and based on a root *bhlu, *bhleu, *bhlou, which with another consonant is in blaut.

2

1. shy, unassuming

• bliu
• blöu

• blyskh

2

1. To blink; squint.

• IPA^(key): /²bɽɛːˌde̞r/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːdər, -ər

From Old Norse blaðra, *blæðra, Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ from Pre-Germanic *bʰleh₁tréh₂(n) or *bʰleh₁dʰreh₂(n), instrumental formation to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow.”).

2 f (definite singular blädra, definite plural blädrän)

1. Bladder on water.

From Old Norse blaðra, of onomatopoeic origin; compare blæder, blaver.

2 (preterite blädrä)

1. To bleat like a sheep.
2. To talk nonsense, chatter.

Compare Old Norse blakta (“flutter, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *blak, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”).

2 (preterite and supine bläkktä)

1. to fan, move here and there
2. fuss, hurry, urgently do something, hurry to do something

   Hvo jär ä du nu bläkkt vä?

   What are you up to now, so urgently?

2 n

1. hasty task, urgency
2. fuss

From older blaa, from Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).

• IPA^(key): /bɽoː/, /bɽɒː/, /bɽɑː/

  Rhymes: -óː

2

1. blue; black

   he var blåe nɑtta ― it was black night

   kölanste blå ― very blue, blue-black

   blade kwälln; bladeste kwälln ― late evening

2. referring to the soldier class or caste, as opposed to the grey farmer class

   wi jära sa mang graa, som i jära blaa

   there are as many of us that are of the farmer class, as of you that are of the soldier class

• (black): sohtt

From Old Norse blaðra, of onomatopoeic origin; compare blädär, blaver.

• IPA^(key): /²ˈbɽæːˌder/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

2 (preterite blædre)

1. to baa

• brēkj
• mäkär

• blødu

2 f (definite singular blödun, plural blödu, definite plural bløien or blødjen)

1. A blade of a water wheel.

• blæ

From Old Norse bleyta, from blautr (“wet,”) = blaut.

2 (preterite blööitt, supine blöitt)

1. To wet.

From Old Norse bleyta, from blautr (“wet,”) = blaut.

2 f (definite blöjta, dative blöjtn)

1. Rain, slush.
2. Sop.

• brösu

• IPA^(key): /²bɽɞːsʉ/, /²bɽɞːsʊ/, , Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɞ̀sɵ

blȱsŭ f (definite singular blȱsŭn)

1. Controlled fire, log fire.

   blȯsun brin nu

   the fire burns now

2 m (definite singular bogangjen)

1. pasture

2 m

1. a piece of a harness

• IPA^(key): /buːɽ/, /bouːɽ/, /bɒuːɽ/

  Rhymes: -úːɽ

From Old Norse ból, from Proto-Germanic *bōþlą.

2 n

1. farm with associated land
2. nest; e.g. bird's nest, rat's nest

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

2 n

1. table
2. bottom of a sled

• bolsbuner
• dammbol
• lassvangenbol
• släabol

2 n

1. place in the woods, where you fell and burn trees and then cultivate the land

From Old Norse bora (“to drill”), from borr (“drill”) (Westrobothnian bor).

• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /ˈbura/
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key): /²boːra/
• (Umeå) IPA^(key): /²bɞːra/

  Rhymes: -ʊ̀ra

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ʊ̀ra, -ʊ̀ða

2 (preterite & supine bora)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to bore, drill

• bog

From Old Norse bógr (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus.

• IPA^(key): /buːy/

2 m (definite singular boyen)

1. shoulder (of an animal)

Category:gmq-bot:Anatomy

• IPA^(key): /²bre̞ɪ̯t͡ɕː/, /²bräɪ̯t͡ɕː/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀t͡ɕː

2 (preterite braaikt, supine braikt)

1. To fry.

• pryys
• steeitj

From Old Norse *bráðfíkinn, from bráðr (“sudden, hasty”) and fíkinn (“desiring something”), from fíkjast (“to be eager, to desire”).

2

1. curious, inquisitive

Old Norse bragð n (“sudden movement; knot on meshes,”) Jamtish bragd m (“marvel, miracle,”) Helsingian bragd m (“tool,”) Icelandic bragð n (“trick”)

2 ?

1. cunning
2. fishing net, fiskbragd

• bräittj, bräkk’

From Proto-Germanic *brakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)bʰreg- (cf. Elfdalian brettja, Sv. etym. ordb. and Etym. Wtb. der Dt. Dial.).

2 (preterite braikt)

1. To melt.
2. To heat, dry flatbread in oven and fold it.
3. To fry.

From Old Norse braka.

2

1. rupture, break down
2. burst, break, come off with a bang
3. rush forward with vehemence; expresses the beginning of an action that takes place vehemently

• brakadunt
• brakakast
• brakän
• bröko

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1. fire insurance