User blog comment:Xelebes/Odd Old English Words Recovery/@comment-4038606-20110808171756

There are many, many OE words that could be brought back to life. Just be careful with how yu spell words because the Saxons used some letters unlike we do today.

y = ü and in many cases, this has since mutated to the long i as in fire (OE fyr) g = y before e. eo = oo or u or ou (as in you)

Thus fylgestre = fulyestre today geneat = yeneat gesith = yesith geþofta = yethofta ... getheode = yetheode or yethoode or yethude geol = yul(e); geong = yeong = young (Maybe yung?) ... BTW, knowing this then it become clear that yeoman is the drawing together of yeong+man (Now spoken as yo-man).