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# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/meinen

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​ meinen, vb., ‘to think, opine, mean,’ from MidHG. meinen, ‘to direct one's thoughts to, have in view, aim at, be affected towards a person, love,’ OHG. meinen, meinan, ‘to mean, think, say, declare’; comp. OSax. mênian, Du. meenen, AS. mœ̂nan, E. to mean (to this AS. mœ̂nan, E. to moan, are supposed to be allied); Goth. *mainjan is wanting. The most closely allied term is OSlov. měnja, měniti, ‘to mean.’ The latter, as well as West Teut. meinen (assuming mainjan from mênjan)'is usually rightly connected with the man, ‘to think’ (comp. mahnen, Mann, and Minne). The meaning ‘to love’ appears only in MidHG., but with the revival of MidHG. literature it has been introduced into ModHG. poetry. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/melden

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​ melden, vb., ‘to mention, notify, announce,’ from MidHG. mëlden, ‘to inform against, betray, announce, show, name’; comp. OHG. mëldôn, OSax. mëldôn, AS. mëldian, ‘to inform against, betray’; a West Teut. vb. simply, meaning ‘to betray,’ to which other senses have been given in MidHG. Goth. *milþôn points to a Teut. root *melþ, ‘to betray’; an equiv. pre-Teut. *melt has not yet been authenticated.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/maßen

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​ maßen, conj., ‘whereas,’ from the dat. plur. mâȥen (of MidHG. mâȥe), ‘in the method’; orig. used only as an adv., but in ModHG. as a conj. also; allied to Maß.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/meist

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​ meist, adj. and adv., ‘most, mostly,’ from MidHG. meist, adj., ‘greatest, most,’ adv., ‘mostly, at best, very specially’ (a superl. of the compar. mehr, MidHG. mêr); comp. OHG. meist, Goth. maists, from the OHG. posit. mihhil, Goth. mikils, ‘great.’ Goth. ma-ists has the old superl. suffix ist like Goth. bat-ists, OHG. beȥȥ-ist; from the stem ma- the Goth. compar. ma-iza is also formed. The forms of comparison seemed to be based on the Goth. adject. stem mêrs, OHG. mâ-ri, ‘projecting.’ Comp. also OSax. mêst, Du. meest, AS. mœ̂st (mâst), E. most.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis, William Macbean

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis, William Macbean, 1s. Charles, of Bath (city), arm. Brasenose Coll., matric. 23 Nov., 1843, aged 17; B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850, curate of Horsmonden, Kent, died 21 Aug., 1854.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willmer, George Newman

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willmer, George Newman, 2s. George, of Portsmouth, Hants, gent. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 18 April, 1872, aged 21; B.A. from Balliol Coll. 1875, M.A. 1884, held various curacies 1876-85, vicar of Norbury, Cheshire, 1885; spelt Wilmer in Crockford.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willmot, Henry

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willmott, Henry, 2s. John Percival, of Oborne, Dorset, gent. Pembroke Coll., matric. 10 June, 1852, aged 19; B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859, rector of Kirkley, Suffolk, 1860-70, died 8 Oct., 1872.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis, William (3)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis, William, s. William, of Huish Champflower, Somerset, cler. Trinity Coll., matric. 1 Dec., 1755, aged 19; B.A. 1759, M.A. 1762.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willmot, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willmot, John, 'tonsor;' privilegiatus 28 June, 1803. See also Wilmot, John.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis, Thomas Frederick

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis, Thomas Frederick, 1s. Thomas, of Rayne, near Braintree, Essex, cler. Exeter Coll., matric. 23 Jan., 1857, aged 18; B.A. 1861.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis-Fleming, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis-Fleming, Thomas, s, Thomas, of North Stoneham, Hants, arm. New Coll., matric. 6 Nov., 1756, aged 18; of Stoneham, assumed the additional surname of Fleming.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis, William (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis, William, s. Thomas, of Adderbury, Oxon, cler. New Coll., matric. 30 March, 1720, aged 19; B.C.L. 1 March, 1726-7, rector of Huish Champflower with Selworthy, Somerset, 1743, father of William 1755.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis, William (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis, William, s. John, of St. Martin's, Ludgate, London, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 10 May, 1733, aged 17; B.A. 1 Feb., 1736-7, M.A. 1739.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willis-Fleming, John Barton

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willis-Fleming, John Barton, s. Thomas Willis, of Bletchley, Bucks, cler. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 23 Jan., 1800, aged 18; B.A. 1805 (as John Willis), of Stoneham Park and Chilworth Manor, Hants, 1817, M.P. Hampshire 1820-31, South Hampshire 1835 to Aug., 1842, died 19 July, 1844, father of John P. W. Fleming (see page 468). See Eton School Lists.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergessen

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​ vergessen, verb, ‘to forget,’ from the equivalent Middle High German vergëȥȥen, Old High German firgëȥȥan, strong verb; a West Teutonic word; compare Dutch vergeten, Anglo-Saxon forgitan, English to forget. Also the equivalent Old High German irgëzzan, Middle High German ergëȥȥen. The compound verb is the relic of a strong verbal root get, ‘to reach, attain,’ whence English to get; compare Gothic bigitan, ‘to find, Old Icelandic ‘to reach, attain,’ In non-Teutonic, Latin prae-hendere, ‘to group,’ Greek χανδάνω (Aryan root ghed, ​ghend), are connected with the root get. Hence vergessen means literally ‘to get beyond one's reach, lose possession of.’ —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergeuden

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​ vergeuden, verb, ‘to squander, dissipate,’ from Middle High German giuden (übergiuden), weak verb, ‘to boast, make a parade, squander with ostentation’; unknown to Old High German Gothic *giwiþa might refer to Old High German gëwôn, ‘to open one's mouth wide’ (see gähnen).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verlangen

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​ verlangen, verb, ‘to claim, demand,’ from Middle High German (rare) verlangen, ‘to desire ardently,’ usually Middle High German belangen, ‘to desire, long for.’ Old Saxon langôn, Dutch verlangen, Anglo-Saxon lǫngian, English to long, show the correspondence of the Teutonic languages. The word is usually regarded as an old derivative of lang, but this is opposed by the meaning; it might be rather compared with the cognates of gelingen, the primary meaning of which is ‘to aim, strive.’ —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergebens

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​ vergebens, adverb, ‘in vain, to no purpose,’ from Middle High German vergëbene (-gëbenes), ‘gratis, in vain’; allied to vergëben (Old High German firgëban), ‘useless, to no purpose,’ literally ‘given away,’ a participle used as an adjective —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verheeren

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​ verheeren, verb, ‘to ravage, devastate,’ from the equivalent Middle High German verhęrn (verhęrgen), Old High German firhęrjôn; literally ‘to destroy by war.’ See Heer.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verdutzt

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​ verdutzt, adjective, ‘disconcerted, abashed,’ from Middle High German vertutzt, a participle of Middle High German vertutzen, vertuȥȥen, ‘to be deafened, become silent’; remoter history obscure. See vertuschen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verganten

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​ verganten, see Gant. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergällen

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​ vergällen, verb, ‘to embitter,’ from Middle High German vergellen, weak verb, ‘to make as bitter as gall, embitter’; allied to Galle. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verletzen

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​ verletzen, verb, ‘to hurt, injure,’ from Middle High German verlętzten, ‘to check, injure, wound’; allied to letzen. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergattern

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​ vergattern, verb, ‘to enclose with trellis-work, assemble (soldiers) by beat of drum,’ from late Middle High German (LRhen.) vergatern, ‘to assemble.’ Properly a Low German word; compare Dutch vergaderen, to which the cognates of English to gather (see Gatte) are connected. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Naber

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​ Naber, Näber, masculine, ‘auger, gimlet,’ from Middle High German nęgber, nagcber, masculine, a strange corruption (probably by connection with Nagel) of nębe-gêr, nabe-gêr, masculine, ‘auger’ (compare Essig). Corresponding to Old High German naba-gêr, masculine, ‘auger,’ literally ‘spear, pointed iron tool to bore naves,’ also Anglo-Saxon nafogâr, ‘auger,’ Middle English nevagǫ̂r, nauger, English auger (with regard to the apparent loss of an initial n compare English adder, equivalent to Modern High German Otter; similarly Dutch avegaar, ‘auger,’ as well as aaf, are, ‘nave’), equivalent to Old Low German nabugêr, Scandinavian nafarr, ‘auger.’ An Old Teutonic compound, whence Finnish napakaira, ‘auger.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nachen

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​ Nachen, masculine, ‘boat, skiff,’ from the equivalent Middle High German nache, Old High German nahho, masculine; corresponding to Old Saxon naco, Dutch naak, aak (respecting the form without n see Näber), Anglo-Saxon naca, masculine (obsolete in later English); Old Icelandic nǫkkve, masculine, ‘boat’; Gothic *naqa, masculine, is by chance not recorded (see also Rahn). Its origin is obscure; perhaps Latin nâv-is, Greek ναῦ-ς, Sanscrit nãus, are allied, Latin nav- being changed to naq. Compare queck.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nachtigall

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​ Nachtigall, feminine, ‘nightingale,’ from the equivalent Middle High German nahtegal, Old High German nahte-gala, feminine; a term common to the West Teutonic languages for ‘luscinia,’ properly ‘singer in the ​night’ (allied to Old Teutonic galan, ‘to sing’); Old Saxon nahtigala, Dutch nachtegaal, Anglo-Saxon nihtegale, English nightingale.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nachbar

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​ Nachbar, masculine, ‘neighbour,’ from the equivalent Middle High German nâchgebûr, Old High German nâhgibûr, nâhgibûro, masculine; corresponding to Dutch nabuur, Anglo-Saxon nêhhebûr, masculine, English neighbour; a common West Teutonic compound, pointing to Gothic *nêhwagabûr, masculine; it signifies ‘he who lives near to another.’ Compare Bauer.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nacht

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​ Nacht, feminine, ‘night,’ from the equivalent Old High German and Middle High German naht, feminine; corresponding to Gothic nahts, Old Icelandic nótt, Anglo-Saxon neaht, niht, English night, Dutch nacht, Old Saxon naht, feminine; a common Old Teutonic naht-, feminine, from common Aryan nokt-, ‘night.’ Compare Latin nox (stem nocti-), Greek νύξ (νυκτ-), Sanscrit nákta-, naktan-, neuter, nákti-, feminine, Lithuanian naktìs, Old Slovenian noštĭ. While the word ‘night’ is common to all the Aryan languages, they differ considerably in the terms for ‘day’; this is due to the fact that time in the primitive Aryan period was counted by nights and not by days; relics of this method are seen in Fastnacht, ‘Shrove Tuesday,’ Weihnachten, ‘Christmas,’ and English fortnight, sennight (compare Ostern and Osten). Only a few main divisions of time, such as Monat and Jahr, are widely diffused.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nagel

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​ Nagel, masculine, from the equivalent Middle High German nagel, Old High German nagal, feminine, ‘nail’; corresponding to Old Saxon nagal, Dutch nagel, Anglo-Saxon nœgel, English nail, Old Icelandic nagl, ‘nail’; Gothic *nagls may be deduced from the recorded verb nagljan, ‘to nail.’ The West Teutonic words have mostly the double sense ‘nail of the finger or toe’ and ‘wooden, iron nail.’ The former meaning, in accordance with the corresponding words in the other Aryan languages, is the original one (in Old Icelandic there is a distinction between nagl, ‘finger-nail,’ and nagle, ‘wooden, iron nail’). Teutonic naglo- originated in Aryan noghlo-, or rather nokhló-; compare Old Indian nakhá, masculine and neuter, ‘finger or toe nail, claw of birds,’ Greek ὀνυχ- (nominative ὄνυξ), ‘claw, talon, hoof,’ then also ‘hook,’ Latin unguis, ‘claw, talon,’ Old Slovenian nogŭtĭ, ‘nail, claw’ (from Old Slovenian nogà, feminine, ‘foot’); Lithuanian nágas, ‘finger-nail,’ nagà, ‘horse's hoof.’ ‘The root nokh, nogh, is unknown; it must not be sought for in nagen, the root of which was rather pre-Teutonic ghnagh. See Nelke.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Naht

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​ Naht, feminine, ‘seam,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German nât, feminine; corresponding to Dutch naad. Allied to nähen, root né (Gothic *néþs), and to Old High German nâtâri, nâteri, Middle High German nâtœre, masculine, ‘sewer, tailor,’ of which the feminine form is Middle High German nâtœrîn, Modern High German Nähterin. See Nadel and nähen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nabel

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​ Nabel, masculine, ‘navel,’ from the equivalent Middle High German nabel, Old High German nabolo, masculine; corresponding to Dutch navel, Anglo-Saxon nafela, English navel, Old Icelandic nafle, masculine, ‘navel’; Gothic *nabala is by chance not recorded. A common Aryan word in the primitive forms nobhelo-, onbhelo-; compare Greek ὀμφαλός, Latin umbilîcus (for *unbilîcus, *nobilîcus), Sanscrit nâbhîla, Old Irish imbliu, ‘navel.’ These words are primitive l- derivatives of Old Aryan nóbkâ, onbhâ, ‘nave, navel,’ appearing in Nabe. In other cases the Old Aryan terms for parts of the body are mostly underived forms (see Herz and Ohr).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nacken

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​ Nacken, masculine, ‘nape,’ from Middle High German nacke, nac (genitive -ckes), masculine, ‘hind part of the head, nape,’ Old High German nac hnac (cch), masculine; compare Dutch nek, Anglo-Saxon hnëcca, masculine, ‘neck, nape,’ English neck, Old Icelandic hnakke, masculine, ‘hind part of the head’ (Gothic *hnakka, *hnikka, is wanting). In Suabian and Franconian Anfe or Genick is mostly used, and in Bavarian Genäck (the Bavarian meaning of nacken, ‘bone,’ is remarkable). The graded form with ë (Anglo-Saxon hnëcca) parallel to a-o is preserved by Modern High German in Genick; English nape (Anglo-Saxon hnapa?) seems to be a corresponding form with a medial labial. In the non-Teutonic languages the word may be cognate with Old Irish cnocc, OBret. cnoch, ‘hill, elevation’ (stem cnocco-).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nadel

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​ Nadel, feminine, ‘needle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German nâdel, Old High German nâdal, nâdala, feminine; corresponding to Gothic nêþla, Old Icelandic nál, Anglo-Saxon nœ̂dl, feminine, English needle, Dutch naald, Old Saxon nâdla. A common Teutonic form for ‘needle,’ with the suffix þlô- (tlâ-), from the root nê (Radel, literally ‘an instrument for sewing), appearing in Modern High German nähen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/weichen

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​ weichen, verb, ‘to yield, give away, waver,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wîchen, Old High German wîhhan, strong verb; corresponding to the equivalent Old Icelandic ýkva, víkja, Old Saxon wîkan, Dutch wijken. The Teutonic root wī̆q, ‘to yield,’ literally ‘to make room for some one, give way,’ appears also in Wechsel and weich. Its earlier form wī̆g (in Sanscrit vij, ‘to yield, flee’) is a variant of wī̆k, which is indicated by Latin vices, ‘change,’ and especially by Greek εἴκω, ‘to yield.’ Compare also Woche.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/weil

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​ weil, conjunction, ‘because,’ from late Middle High German (rare) wîle; in classical Middle High German die wîle, conjunction, ‘so long as, during, while, since, because’ (hence Modern High German dieweil); Old High German dia wîla unz, ‘so long as’; properly accusative of Weile. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/weich

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​ weich, adjective, ‘soft, tender, impressible,’ from the equivalent Middle High German weich, Old High German weih (hh); corresponding to Old Saxon wêk, Dutch week, Anglo-Saxon wâc, Old Icelandic veikr, veykr (whence English weak), ‘soft, tender.’ A derivative of the root of weichen (hence weich, literally ‘yielding, giving way’).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/weifen

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​ weifen, verb, ‘to wind, reel,’ from Middle High German weifen, weak verb, ‘to swing, wind on a reel,’ a factitive of Middle High German wîfen, strong verb, ‘to swing, wind.’ It is based on a Teutonic root wī̆p, ‘to turn,’ which appears also in Gothic weipan, ‘to wreathe’ (waips, ‘wreath’); with this root Latin vibrare, ‘to brandish, vibrate,’ is primitively cognate. Allied to Wipfel and Wimpel.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/weh

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​ weh, interjection, ‘woe! alas!’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German wê; corresponding to Gothic wai, Anglo-Saxon wâ, English woe. From the Teutonic interjection wai is derived the equivalent Italian and Spanish guai (French ouais). As in the case of Latin vae (Greek οἷ), weh is to be regarded as an instinctive sound. The substantive Weh, neuter, ‘plaint, misery, woe,’ seems to be based on the interjection; compare Old Saxon, Old High German, and Middle High German wê (genitive wêwes), and Old High German wêwo, masculine, wêva, feminine, ‘woe, pain, sorrow,’ and the borrowed Italian guajo, ‘sorrow.’ See weinen and wenig.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wehen

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​ wehen, verb, ‘to blow,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wœjen (wœn), Old High German wâjan (wâen), weak verb; corresponding to Dutch waaijen, Anglo-Saxon wâwan, Gothic waian, ‘to blow.’ The originally strong (as in Gothic and Anglo-Saxon) verbal root wê, ‘to blow,’ is found in other Aryan languages; compare Greek ἄημι, ‘to blow’ (root ϝη), Old Slovenian vějati, ‘to blow,’ Sanscrit root vâ, ‘to blow.’ Allied to Wind.