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Staff A of the English Wordbook.

Basic abbreviations:

  • OE = Old English
  • ME = Middle English
  • SC = Scots
  • WF = West Frish
  • NF = North Frish
  • SF = Saterlandish Frish
  • WLG = West Low Theech
  • ELG = East Low Theech
  • NL = Netherlandish
  • NHG = New High Theech
  • IC = Icelandish
  • HIC = High Icelandish
  • NO = Nornish
  • SW = Swedish
  • DN = Danish
  • MLG = Middle Low Theech
  • MNL = Middle Netherlandish
  • MHG = Middle High Theech
  • OF = Old Frish
  • OS = Old Saxish
  • OHG = Old High Theech
  • ON = Old Norse
  • GO = Gottish
  • PWG = Or-West-Theedish
  • PG = Or-Theedish

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.


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Aa[]

aardvark (<Afrikaans) n ant bear, ant-bear, antbear earthpig, earthswine, earthfarrow (cognate)

Ab[]

abacus n - reckonboard (cf. NHG Rechenbrett)
abandon (non-Germanic prefix) vb

shed, forgo, forsake (Barnes)
give up, forget, let go of

forban (cf. Old Frankish *ban (bor. OF à bandon), cf. OE bannan), forlet (UK dialectal ~ cf. OE forlǣtan, Fr. ferlitte, NL verlaten, NHG verlassen) of-give, up-give, forleave, forlese, unget, offyeave (<OE ofġiefan, ofġifan)

abandon (non-Germanic prefix) n 1: wantonness, recklessness

2: forsaking

1:overgive, with-ban

2:forban

abandonment (non-Germanic prefix & suffix) n forsaking, forgoing shedding, forbanning
abandoned (non-Germanic prefix) adj/vb left behind, forsaken, forgotten, forgone forbanned, forlet, forleft, forleased, ungotten
abase vb cheapen, warp; shame, sink, belittle, lay low, fell, drop unar, anether
abash vb faze, ashame -
abate vb drain away, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, shrink, wane -
abattoir n slaughterhouse -
abbess n mother overmother, headmother
abbreviation n short for, shorthand offshortening, forshortening, shortening, shortshape, shortstaving
abdicate vb step down, step aside from -
abdomen n -belly kite, quith (<OE cwiþ), riff (<OE hrif), bouk (Eng., calque of all Ger. speeches)
abduct vb kidnap, steal, lead away, offlead, nab -
aberrant n black-sheep, weird -
aberration n freak, way-outness unfollowing
abet (NL or ON origin) vb goad, spur, hearten fuse (<ME fusen)
abhor vb hate, loathe, mislike -
ability n skill, strength, might, craft, bent, ken, cunning, knack
in-born: mother-wit
formay (cf. NL vermogen)
abject adj low heanly (<OE heanlic), downcast (Barnes)
abjure vb forswear, take back, unsay, withdraw swear off (cf. NHG abschwören), aftercwethe
ablactate vb wean -
ablation n offtaking, offferrying -
ablative adj - atbraidingly, shiftfall (<IC skiftafall)
ablaut n ablaut (already Germanic) offlloud
able adj fit, skilled

cunning, dow, stand (cf. DN, NO, NHG)

-able sfx -worthy, -some, -bearing, -ly, -wend (<OE -wende)

-endly/-ingly, -bere, -cannish, -canny, -worth, (<OE -wierþe), -bear, -beare (cf. OE -bære, WF -ber, NHG -bar)

able to phr can, may, to be canny enough, to be cunning enough, up to dow to, skilled to
ablution n washing, cleansing furbing
abnegate vb forgo, forswear -
abnormal adj amiss, unwonted, odd unmean, unshapely (Barnes)
abolish vb end, let die out, die off, stop;
quench, black out, stamp out, sweep away, wipe out, do away with

fordo, forend, adiley (<OE ādīlegian), offship (cf. NHG abschaffen)

abominable adj awful, dreadful, evil, loathsome, sickening shandful (<OE scandful, cf. NHG/NL schandvoll), slithely, besmearful, wargedly (<OE)
aboriginal adj inborn, dwelt before firstfolkish, orfolkly (see or- )
aborigine n - orfolk (OE or 'origin') firstfolk, beginner-folk, (see or- )
abort vb lay off, call off, end -
abortion n misbirth forbirthing, awaywarpness (<OE)
abound vb brim, teem, overflow -
abrasion n graze, scrape -
abridge vb cut back, forshorten, cut  littlen (<OE)
abrupt adj anon, at once, quick, fast, steep, short (in time) shorn (<OE scoren)
abscess n swelling atterboil (cf. NHG Eiterbeule, NL etterbuil)
abscond vb break out, run off, steal away -
absence n

time off, lack, needfulness, want, dearth

offwardness (<OE)
absent adj missing, wanting, out offward (<OE)
absenteeism n how often out offwardness
absent-mindedness n daydreaming, flighty, thoughtless, unheeding, unmindful, woolgathering -
absinthe n wormwood drink -
absolute adj unanswering, answering to none, God-king, outright, utter, full, rank -
absolutely adv fully, wholly, dead -
absolve vb forgive offloosen (Barnes)
absorb vb drink, soak, sop, soak in, soak up, suck up, take up; grip; burn, drain, draw down, play out bedrink (<OE bedrincan), up-soak, forsoak (Barnes)
abstain (from) vb forbear (Barnes), forego, withhold, hold back, swear off, do without -
abstinence n - forbearing, forhaveness (<OE forhæfnes)
abstract vb withdraw, take from, pull out, seethe out -
abstract adj dreamlike, foggy, floating fallenly, unbodied
abstract n withdrawal, outline outpulling, outdraught, offdrawal (abstraction)
absurd adj -foolish, unthasly, foul (<OE unþæslic, fúl)
abundance n wealth, lot fullsomeness (<OE)
abundant adj teeming, swarming, overflowing, fulsome, rife, fat, thick, awash -
abuse vb scathe, mishandle, smite, strike, harm, wound hean (<OE hienan), smittle, misbrook
abysmal adj lowest, at bottom, deep, hellish, in the hole, hopeless, dreadful, fathomless, bottomless netherly, unfathomly
abyss n hell, depth, ground, deep, pit, netherworld newel (<OE neowol), offground (cf. NHG Abgrund, NL afgrond), yap (<OE gēap)

Ac[]

acacia n thorn tree, whistling thorn, wattle thornbloom, hookthorn, wattletree (from Minecraft)
academia n - learnedom, loredom, frod (<OE), lorekeep, brainhall, highspire, bookborough, mindthralldom
academic or academik n/adj highbrow, book-learned, bookish moot, booksome, lorewise, mighty-brained
n: loreman
academy n - lorebold (lore + bold (wordlore 1))
lorebottle (lore + bottle (wordlore 2))

learningstead

açaí n - koleberry
a cappella avb/adj singing loneglee, mouthglee, mouthly
accede vb - agree: thware (<OE)
accelerate vb speed up, spur, quicken (Barnes) yare, swiften
acceleration n speeding up yareness, swifteness
accent n twang, drawl, sound tungfall (cf. NL tongval), word-strain (Barnes)
accept vb swallow, trust; bear, shoulder; intake (Barnes);

take; welcome

thave, thware (<OE þwarian 'to bring into agreement, make harmonious') ontake, onfang (<OE onfon)

acceptable adj all right, fair, good; bearsome thwaringly, thewsome,

quemely (<OE cwēmlīc)

access n doorway, gateway, key infare, ingoing, togang (<OE tōgang)
accessible adj at hand yea-fare, thuringly
accessory n trim bykeeper, deedmate (Barnes)
accident n mishap; hap, luck, befall unfall (cf. NHG Unfall) , hapliness (Barnes)
accidental adj unwitting fallenly, happensome (Barnes)
accommodation n - underbringing (cf. NHG Unterbringung)
accompany vb go with, follow, see off

beglide (cf. NL begeleiden, NHG begleiten), samedsithe (<OE samodsīðian)

accomplish vb phr fulfill, fulldo, sew up, bring about, reach fulcome (<ME fulcǒmen), fulbring (cf. NHG vollbringen)
accomplishment n deed fullend, bringing(s)-forth (Shakespeare)
accord n deal, meeting of minds thaving, thwaring
accordion n - bellowharp
according to adj as of, by, true to

quoth

nigh (cf. NHG nach), after, following (calque)
account n ledger, reckoning, log reckonbook, reckonreme (reme - number)
account of vb take of, witness (give) forof (on)
accountant n bookkeeper; reckoner teller (cf. NL tal, NHG Zahl 'number')
accumulate vb heap, upheap, build up, gather up -
accumulation vb unheaping -
accurate adj right on, spot-on suttle (<OE sweotol)

narrowkirry (calque of NL nauwkeurig, narrow + kir 'choice')

accusation noun bewraying (cf. Eng. bewrayment) -
accusative (case) adj/n - wrayingly (<OE wregendlic), end-case (Barnes); tholefall (cf. IC þolfall), whonefall (<OE hwone, the accusative of hwæt, refer to NHG wen and Wenfall)
accuse vb wray, guilt

atwite, fromtyghtle (<OE frumtyhtle, originally meaning first accusation)

falsely: forwray (<OE forwregan)

accustom vb wean, wean on, wean to onwone (Barnes)
accustomed adj wont, used to -
acephalous adj headless (Barnes) -
acetone n - sourghost
achieve vb - areach (cf. NHG erreichen)
achievement n - bringing(s)-forth (Shakespeare)
acid adj/n adj: sour n: sour
acne n - redmeal (OE mal 'spot')
aconite n wolfsbane -
acoustics n - dinlore
acquaint vb befriend, get to know ken (<OE cunnan “to become acquainted with, to know”)
acquaintance n friend, neighbor, kith kenning
acquiesce vb bow thave (<OE)
acquire vb earn, foster, get, win beget (<OE), awin (<OE āwinnan), avel (<PG *aflōną; whence IC afla)
acquisition n

windfall (unexpected)

begetting
acrobat n tumbler, tumblester stringtumb
acropolis n high town, upper town, show town highborough, highbury
across adv over thwarse, thweer, athwart (Barnes)
act n deed, work, play, behaving -
act vb do, work, behave, happen -
action n deed (Barnes), doing, work,
do (as, 'all talk and no do'), liveliness, behaving, happening
ishown (<OE ġescēon, cf. NHG Geschehen)

dodrive

activate vb switch on astir (<ME astiren)
active adj switched on, snell, deedy, mettlesome, springy; hopping, tied-up, unruly ongoing, doingsome (Barnes), doughty, sprack (Barnes)
activist n backer, upholder, fighter, diehard, busybody -
activity n - sprackdom, doingness
actor/actress n player, showman showplayer [cf. NHG Schauspieler]
actual adj sooth, soothfast, true new, nowly
actualism n - beingdom
actually adv indeed, truly, soothly, forsooth, truthfully, all in all, truth to tell, word for word workly, echtly (see echt), wittedly (<OE), deedsakely (NHG tatsächlich)
acupuncture n - nailhealing, pinpricking, dry-needling (loosely)
acute adj sharp, high (Barnes), keen, honed; shrill (accent) suttle

[]

A.D. adv in the year of our lord Y.L.
ad infinitum adv forevermore at eke, ekely, for eke, unto everness
adamant adj unyielding, unswayed, loud -
adamant n - untamstone (un- + tame + stone)
adaptable adj - onwending (cf. NL aanwendbaar)
adapter n - eck-on, fayfitter
add vb fay, eke "fay to this wordbook!" reckon up, put on, onput (Barnes), at-eke (OE)
add up vb cast up, tally up -
addict n - soughtier (cf. NHG Süchtiger)
addicted adj - soughty (cf. NHG süchtig)
addiction n craving, yearning sought (<ME soght cf. NHG Sucht)
addition n faying togive
additional adj further bycoming (NL bijkomend), coming by
additionally adv

again, also, besides, either, further, furthermore, likewise, moreover, then, too, withal, yet, over and above

eke (also)
address vb call, name, clip, bespeak at-speak, bequethe, hote
address n link sitline (<OE asittan 'to live together'), callword
adept adj skillful, skilled, good, deft, cunning -
adequate adj right, even, fair, fit, befitting, becoming makeshift, make-do
adhere vb cling, stick, cleave to, follow, stand by to cleave at (<OE)
adherence to good morals n - thewfastness
adherent n follower, stalwart -
adiposis n overweight fat
adjacent adj near, next, neighboring, beside, by -
adjective n - mark-word (Barnes)
adjunct n helpmate, sidekick -
adjust vb set, fit, gear forstell (cf. NHG/NL verstellen) (see stell)
admonish vb - formone (cf. NL vermanen)
administer vb wield, deal, lot, begive  bewit
administration n dealing, shire, begiveness shiredom, shirecraft, richdom, forwield, forwielding (cf. NHG Verwaltung)
admiral n - fleethelm, fleetleader, fleetwielder (wielder < OE walda)
admiralty n - fleetwieldery, fleetdom
admire vb look up to bewonder, belook
admission n doorway thwaring
admit vb

let in, acknowledge, welcome, greet, take in

confess: own up

andet (<OE andhetan), give to (cf. NHG zugeben, NL toegeven)

confess: beknow (Eng.)

sense to join a club, society, admit to hospital, etc: instep, onsend, tosend, intake

admonish vb chide, forewarn, upbraid, warn tell off, man (<OE manian)
adolescence n youthhood, growing up teenhood
adolescent n youth, youngling, youngster, teen -
adopt vb take on, follow; take in,
mother, rear, foster,
bring up, take care of
intake
adoption n fostering intaking
adorable adj comely, lovely, looksome, dear, sweet -
adorn vb bedight, bedeck, yare, trim, bedizen

breen (<OE berenian)

with precious stones: astean (<OE āstænan)

adrenaline n - thringweald
adulation n - hallowing
adult n grown-up fullwaxener (<NL volwassene)
adulthood n - fullwaxenhood (<NL volwassenheid)
adulterous adj forlear, woughhammend
adultery adj - wedlock breach, wedbreach, bedswerving. 2. forlearness (<OS Farlegarnessi (also attested in OE); see OE leġer), woughhamd
adumbrate vb outline -
advance vb make inroads, forward, further, go (on)

trans. put forth

forthgo, forespring, wade on
advance n inroads, headway; breakthrough
in advance: beforehand
forthgoing, forespring
advanced adj quick, ahead, higher, better, hard, tough, skilfull, clever, manifold, knotted, snarled forthstridden, foresprang
advancement n furthering
advancing adj striding, forespringing -
advantage n boon, foredeal, high ground, upper-hand boot, behoof, upside
advantageous adj helpful, worthwhile behovely, frimful/frimly (<OE frimlic)
advection n - tobearing, atbearing, onbearing
advent n coming, onset, showing up, calling on, coming forth incoming, fore-yule, fore-yuletide, (fore-christmas)
adventure n happening, time; flutter, throw, undertaking, fare rose (<OE rās), wayspell (cf. SW vågspel), darefare
adventurous adj daring, free-swinging, gutsy, bold rosey, free-ghostly
adverb n - byword (cf. OE bīword, WF bywurd, NL bijwoord, Limburgish biewaord/beiwoad)
adversarial n - thwartsome (Barnes), witherlike, gainsaying, fiendish, foelike
adversary n foe, witherling, fiend withersake (<OE wiþersaca, cf. NHG Widersacher)
adversity n ill, knock, mishap; hardship, hurdle, pitfall thwartsomeness, hardhap, witherness
adversive n - thwartsome, withersome
advertize vb boost, play up, show off showmede
advertisement n boostering, showing -
advice n tip, help, read, reading rede (<OE rēd, cf. SF Räid, NL raad, NHG Rat)
advisable adj - redesome (cf. NHG ratsam)
advise vb Beread, Berede berede, mind
advocacy n boost, boostership, backing forespeech (<OE forespræc, cf. NHG Fürsprache, NL voorspraak)
advocate n/vb plead for, uphold, back up;
spokesman, stand up for
forspeak (<OE foresprecan, cf. NHG fürsprechen)

Ae[]

aerial adj skywards, aloft, lofty, soaring, spirelike liften (<OE lyften)
aerodynamic adj streamlined wind deft, windfit, loftlithe
aerodynamics n - loftcraft (calque Gk.)
aeronaut n flyer roomfarer (room = space; cf. NHG Raum)
aerospace n skycraft, skyworks loftroom
Æsir n ghosts, gods, undead, fiends, wicked wights; foes Ese (<OE ese; see The Elder Gods by Stephen Pollington), wodes
aesthetic adj comely, fair, seemly, befitting, good looks litey (<OE wlitig)

Af[]

affable adj friendly word-winsome, welcoming, kindly (particularly, in speech)
affair n fling; blowout; handiwork;
happening; business
inting (<OE intinga)
affect vb lead to, strike, inflow, sway; wend, shift, switch, awork (<OE awyrcan) forother (cf. WF feroarje, NL veranderen)
affection n dearness, fondness; illness; leaning; hallmark; sweetness ist (<PWG *unsti; cf. NHG Gunst)

child: barnlove (<OE bearnlufe)

affectionate adj loving, warm-hearted, indearing, sweet lovesome (Barnes)
affiance vb betroth -
affinity n leaning, kinship, sibred sibhood
affirm vb -

foraye (Barnes), seethe (<OE sēþan)

affirmative int aye, yea, so, yes, yeah, yep -
affix n - wordfastening
afflict vb ail, smite, dretch

swench (<OE swinc), beweal (<OE bewælan), thrish (<OE geþryscan)

affluence n wealth, riches, fat weal, ethe
affluent adj wealthy, well-off, well-to-do
rich, fat
-
afraid adj afeared, adread, fearful, aghast, frightened eyen (from PTCP of PG *aganą; cf. OE egeOE ōga)
Africa n(p) - Africk (<ME Affrīk ⁊ <OE Affrica); Hefferyard (<? + er (as in earth) + yard)

Ag[]

age n oldness, world, time, tide eld, tide (era)
age vb olden: mellow, ripen, elden eld
aged adj elderly, old(en), yore forolden, full-blown, full-fledged, grown
agenda n to-do-list, ledger worklist (cf. WF wurklist), reckonleaf
agent n follower -
agglomerate vb huddle clodden (Barnes)
agglomeration n crowding, heaping, clodding, swelltown
agglutinate vb wordlink upcleam (Barnes)
aggression n go-getting fightsomeness (built on Barnes), winsomeness
aggressive adj go-getting fightsome (Barnes), winsome
aggressor n raider scather
agile adj nimble, limber, lithe, light-footed, yare -
agitate vb stir, toss -
agitation n worry mindfret, seething, churning
aglet n - needling, shoestring tip
agony n throe, ache sussel (<OE sūsl)
agoraphobia n - steadfear
agree vb settle on, fit, hold with (Barnes), stand [with], stick [with], yeasay aspeak (<OE gesprecan), thwear (<OE þwǽrian), thave (<OE þafian), forewird (<OE forewyrdan)
agreeable adj - likeworthy
agreed adj - oneread (<ME ānrēd <OE ānrǣd)
agreement n deal, meeting of minds mirth, thwaring, thaving, soom (<OE sóm)
agricultural adj field (Barnes) -
agriculture n tilth, tilling, harvest earth-tilth (Barnes), acretilth, cropcraft, landwardship (calque of NHG Landwirtschaft)
agrostology n - grasslore

Ah[]

Ai[]

aichmophobia n needlefright -
aid n helpmate, sidekick, backing, helping hand, leg up filst (<OE fylst), atstall (<OE ætstæl), fultum (<OE fultum/fulteam)
aid vb help, bestead filst (<OE fylstan), anfilst (<OE andfylstan)
aimsome adj single-minded (Barnes) -
AIDS n - Earned Bodyweir Scantness Sickness
aim n goal, mark tile (<OE tilian "to aim", cf. NHG Ziel); ettle
aim at vb sight, take sight on eye for, nought in, tile (<OE tilian, NHG zielen)
air n/vb

wind, breath

vb: broadcast; freshen

loft (<OE loft (through Old Norse) ), lift (<ME lift; cf. SF Luft, NF Locht (Sylt), NL lucht), life's breath (poetic)
air force n sky might loftmight (cf. NL luchtmacht), skyheer (< OED heer "army"), liftfleet (calque of NL luchtvloot), skyfyrd
airless adj - liftless
airplane / aeroplane n wing craft, kite (slang), flightcraft flycraft, loftcraft, stycraft from OE upstigen to move up rise ascend), wingwain, flysere, flytoy, flysarrow, flywile, serefowl/searfowl, sarrowbird (sarrow - technical wonder); tinbird (NZ slang)
airport n flight field (< Ice) landing field, sky harbor, landing strip flyfield, lofthub, lofthaven (calque)
airship n skyship loftship
aisle n path, lane gangway

Aj[]

Ak[]

Al[]

a la carte adj - by-the-list
a la mode adj trendy, running, (beef) cooked with wine (beef) wine-stewed, (pie) with ice salve
alarm clock n - waker (cf. NHG Wecker, NL wekker), lilter, uprouser
alas interj alack, ay, woe welaway, lackaday, alack
albedo n - whiteness (<ME <OE hwítness)
albino n - whiteling
album n - whitebook

music album (f.b, Thriller): gleebook

albumen n egg white egg lime
alchemy n - orecraft
alcohol n booze, firewater wineghost
alcoholic adj boozer -
alcoholic n sot, drunkard, boozer malt-worm
alert adj awake, mindful, watchful, heedful, wary, numble, sharp-witted, ready, willing gleg, rathe (<OE), wakesome (cf. NHG wachsam)
alien n/adj way-out, fremd, outlandish -
alien n outsider, evil ghost, kidnapper elster, elend, otherling
alienate vb - befremd (calque: NHG befremden)
alienation n unfriendliness befremding
align vb set up, fit, shape (into a line) -
allegiance (Germanic origin) n - truthness
allegory n likeness forlikening (Barnes)
allergy n - overfeeling, haysneezing, fremdcasting (an allergic reaction casts out foreign cells such as pollens)
alleviate vb allay, lighten, soften -
alley n walk, lane, byroad, pathway, walkway, gangway, laneway, ginnel -
alliance n bond, band, tie, team (informal) -
allied adj banded, befriended, teamed (informal) fayed
alligator n - broadmouthnix
alliteration n - staffrime (cf. DN stavrim, NHG Stabreim), staverime, mate-penning (Barnes)
alliterative adj - staffriming
allium n - leek (broad meaning; see OE lēac)
allocate vb let, deal out, earmark fordeal
allotment n dole, share fordealing
allow vb let (Barnes), leave, give the green light for thwore (<OE þwárian), thave (<OE þafian), aleave (<OE ālīefan, cf. NHG erlauben)
allowable adj - thwaresome, thavesome
alloy n mix, blend, meld mastling
All Saints Day n Allhallowsmas, Hallowmas, All Hallows’ -
allude vb hint (at), touch (on), link (to), liken (to) anent
allure vb draw to, beguile, ensnare spane (<OE spanan), adwell
ally n - ithoft, ifolk, ihild, ifight, ilie, ilay
almanac n yearbook -
aloe n - dufthart, duft (fragrant) + hart (resin)
alphabet n

ABCs
alphabet: futhorc

staverow (<OE stæfrǣw), abecede, runeline, runebook, staffhoard, runestaff
altar n weved (<OED, wigh bed, “holy bed”) giftboard, worship board, glowstead, gleedstead (<OE glédstede), wighbed (<OE wigbed, “holy bed”), harrow (<OE hearg, cf. OHG harug)
alter vb shift, wend forother (cf. WF feroarje, NL veranderen, NHG verändern)
altercation n flite, brangle, brawl, row, dust-up -
alternate v waver, switch, become, shift -
alternative adj other -
altitude n height -
altruism n selflessness -
altruistic adj selfless, unselfish -
aluminum/aluminium n - canshaft
alvinophilia n - navellust
Alzheimers n the long goodbye -

Am[]

A.M. (ante meridiem) adv in the morning B.M. (before midday), F.M. (foremidday; cf. SW förmiddag), forenoon
amass vb gather, heap, huddle mill
amateur n greenhorn, beginner, starter, newcomer, newbie -
amazement (foreign suffix) n amazedness amazing, forwondering (cf. NHG Verwunderung, NL verwondering), wonderhood
ambassador n middleman richesboder, landspellsman
amber n - ealsand (<OE eolhsand), brimstone, glarestone, burnstone
ambidextrous adj both-handed, two-handed, either-handed umberight, umbecrafty, umbehandy
ambience n mood, feeling roomfeel
ambiguous adj - twiwordy (<OE twiwyrdig), twisided (Barnes), twi-meaning, unsifer
ambiguity n - twiwordiness
ambition n drivenness -
ambivalence n - waver
ambivert n - twigoer
ambiverted adj - twigoing
ambulance n - sickwain (calque: NL ziekenwagen), crankwain (calque: NHG Krankenwagen)
ambulant adj roving, wandering, wayfaring -
ambush n/vb net, web; waylay (Barnes), forlay seat (<OE sǣtsǣtian)
ameliorate vb better eather
amen interj

-

soothly (<ME sōthlī), so be it (used in the early English Reformation), true dat (colloquial), yelayay

Amendment n - Lawshift
America n New World Markland (<OE mearcland "borderland", cognate to ON markland, the name given by Leif Eriksson to a Labrador shoreline; the element mark, incidentally, shares the same three consonant sounds as America), Westlands, Amalrich
amethyst n - drunklack (from Minecraft), purple imm (<ME yimme)
amiable adj friendly, sweet, kind lovesome (<OE lufsum)
amicable adj friendly, hail-fellow-well-met blithe
amigo n friend -
ammonia n - hartshorn
amnesia n blackout eftmind loss
amoeba n - shapeshifter, slimebrick, slimedeer (cf. IC slímdýr)
amorphous adj shapeless -
amount n score, lot, whit, deal (Barnes) andeven (<OE andefn)
amount vb come up, draw up -
ampersand n - andtoken
amphibian n - frogdeer (calque: IC froskdýr), lurrow (cf. NHG Lurche), shoredeer
amphibious adj - two-breathed (Barnes)
amphitheater n - playstow, umbewitstow
ample adj broad, large, roomy -
amplifier n - forstronger
amplify vb - outbroaden (Barnes)
amplitude n breadth, reach, width -
amputate v cut (off), rend, snithe, forcarve, limb, belimb -
amputated v/adj cut (off), rent/rended, snothe/snithed, forcorve/forcarved, limbed, belimbed -
amputation n cutting (off), rending, snithing, forcaving, limbing, belimbing rendness
amusement n fun, game, fun and games -
amusing adj - listing

An[]

-an pfx -en, -ish, -er (demonym), -
anachronism n mistiming (Barnes) -
anaconda n - whipsnake
anesthetic adj unsightly dwale
anagram n - stavewrixel
anal adj bottom arsely, arsen
analgesic n numbing anwark
analog adj gear-driven -
analogy n - alikeword
analyze vb look at forloosen (Barnes), think through, unthread, unriddle, onlight, onseek,

forloosen, uploosen, upsunder, nease (<OE to search, to find out by inquiry), anease

anarchism n/adj - lawlessholth, lawlesshood
anarchy n lawlessness

redelacking, ethellessness
chaos: dwolm (<OE)

anastomosis n shunt -
anathema n - forputting (calque Gk. anathema)
anatomy n - bodylore
ancestor n forebearer, forefather, elder, forerunner, fore-elder, alder-father, spearside, spindleside, forekin foremother, foreolder, alder-mother
ancestry n strain, seed, bloodties, house strind
ancient adj hoary, olden, old-time, foreold (Barnes) fern (<OE fyrn), orold (cf. NHG uralt), yoren, gamle (<OE gamol)
ancient times n yoretide -
andesite n - andestone (calque)
andiron n firedog firegoat
androgyny n -

werewifehood (Calque of the Greek + hood)

android n - manhue/werehue (cf. Greek andros 'man' and oeidēs 'hue' (<OE hiw))
anemometer n - windmeter (Barnes)
anemone n - windrose
anesthesia n - unfeeler (calque), number (one who numbs)
angel n - errandghost (<OE ærendgást), ingle (<OE engel), rotherer
anger (ON loanword) n madness, wrath, uptightness, waspishness grame (<OE grama), waspness
angle n nook, bight, winkle nookspan, nookwidth, hook, hurn (<OE hyrne), whem (<OE hwemm)
angry (ON loanword) adj mad, wrathful, uptight, waspish, wasp -
anguish n woe, sorrow, heartbreak, heartache, throe angsomeness, bosom-hell, susle (<OE sūsl)
angular adj - nook-shot, sharp-nooked, straight-edged, hirned (<OE hyrnen), edgy
animal n being, deer (obsolete or Shakespearean) wight (<OE wiht), wilder, soulend, livle, neat (<OE; like neatsfoot oil)
animate vb liven, enliven
literary: quicken (Barnes)
besoul (cf. NHG beseelen, NL bezielen)
animation n drawn film -
anime n - dawnlandish livedrawing
animosity n hate(red) -
annals n - year-bookings
annelid n ringworm -
annex vb - onend (on+end) (calque of NHG Anschluss)
annihilate vb wipe out fornaughten (Barnes) benothing (Eng.)
annihilation n wrecking fornaughting, spild (OE)
anniversary n yearday, yeartide (Barnes), Frealstide (<OE a festival of the church, an anniversary), Year-imind (<OE) mindday (<OE gemynddaeg)
Anno Domini adv in the year of our lord -
annotate vb mark bemark
annotation n marking bemarking (cf. NHG Bemerkung)
announce vb ban, bode, bid, kithe mield (<OE meldian, cf. NHG/NL melden), forthspell, spell out
announcement n - oncouthing (cf. NHG Ankündigung)
annoy vb irk (Barnes), nettle, dretch, grill each (<PG *aikijaną, kin: NO eikja?)
annoying adj irksome (Barnes) -
annual adj yearly -
annual n yearbook -
annul vb fordo, call off -
annuli astronomici n Gemma's Rings -
annulus n ring -
anoint v smear, salve (<ME, cf. NHG Salbe; do not confuse with Leeden homonym) anele, throughsmear (<OE þūrhsmyrian)
anonymous adj nameless, unnamed, unknown -
anorexia nervosa n - foodshy, eatshy, fastlust
antagonist n

fiend, foe

witherling, gainstander
antarctic adj - southend
Antarctica n - South End, South Hern, Underland
antecedence n beforemath, foregoing -
antediluvian adj - foreflood
antenna n - yardhorn, sailyard, feelers (biology)
Ante Meridiem phr - Before Midday (calque)
antelope n pronghorn (specifically American antelopes) sawhorn, wildbuck
anterior adj foreward; foregoing, former -
anterior n fore, foreside -
anthem n - folksong, landsong
anthocyanin n - bloomblue, blossomblue
anthophilia n - bloomlust
anthology n reader fayness
Anthropocene n - Mantide
anthropology n - theedlore, manlore, werelore
antibiotic n - gainrodlifeanwork
anticipate vb foretell, foresee forethink (<OE foreþencan)
anticlockwise adj/adv widdershins withclockwise, withershins
antics n - odd behaveness, childishness
anticonstitutionally adv - witherlawwritly, withlawwritly
antidisestablishmentarianism n - gainunstathelingmanness
antidote n - atterloathe (<ME atterllothe)
antigen n - offweirstuff
antihero n - banestar, gainheleth, withheleth, witherheleth, unheleth, unhield
antilope n - buck (cf. Afr. bok), bloomgoat
antimatter n - gainshaft, withershaft, unbeing, unshaft
antipathy n mislike -
antipope n - gainfather (cf. NHG Gegenpapst)
antiquated adj careworn, timestruck -
antique n - eldern, barn-find, timeless-ware(s)
antique adj - barn-find (antique: more than a hundred years old; vintage: several decades old)
antiquity n olden days; oldness, elderliness

afern (<OE fyrn 'former, ancient')

antiseptic adj - withersmite
antistatism n -

witherlawwardness

antistatist adj - witherlawmootish
antistatist n - leedward witherling
antitoxin n - gainatter
antler n - blowhorn (<OE blōwan)
antonym n - witherword
gainword (cf. NHG Gegenwort)
anus n arsehole (vulgar), asshole (American, vulgar; note that arse is not said as often in America) arse-thirl (OE: earsþerl), back-tharm, endring
anxiety n angst, fear, worry angness, angens, moodcare

Ao[]

aorta n - loftleat

Ap[]

apart adj cleaved, sundered, shedded -
apart from adv aside, asunder -
apartment n flat, room, by-room woning (cf. NHG Wohnung)
apathetic adj aloof, samewise -
aperture n opening, breech, hole -
apex n tip, yop, top -
aphid n greenfly, blackfly wortlice
aphrodisiac n - lustdrive
apiculture n beekeeping -
apogee n - hightip
apocalypse n shock, mishap, mess, outbreak, breakout, end times, doomsday worldend, alldeath
apologise vb say sorry, ask forgiveness

forshild, unshild (cf. NL verontschuldigen, NHG entschuldigen, see shild)

apology n sorry rueword, sorroword, belading (<OE)
defense: besaying, forespeech (<OE forespræc)
apostate n backslider, withersake -
apostasy n backsliding backslideness, backslidehood, withersaking, withersakeness, withersakehood
apostle n errand-bearer errander, errand-wakener (<OE ærendwrecca), sendling, fro-sent
apothecary n - libshop, salveseller
apparel n clothes, wear, threads, weed glad rags, donnings, step-outs
apparent adj seeming eyeshinely (cf. NHG augenscheinlich, NL ogenschijnlijk)
apparently adv/phr seemingly, at first sight, in name only, on the outside, openly, to the eye, as it shows staringly, eyeshinely (cf. NHG augenscheinlich, NL ogenschijnlijk)
appeal vb call (upon) ask, beckon, clepe
appealing adj fair, winsome, sightly -
appear vb show up, beseem atew (<ME atẹ̄wien), forshine (calque: NL verschijnen; cf. NHG erscheinen), ale (<OE alan; PST: ool; PTCP: alen)
appearance n

blee, look, cast, hue, wlit (pronounced lit), anwlit

leer, eyeshine (cf. NHG Augenschein)
appease vb soothe, allay frithen
appellation n name -
appendage n limb -
appendicitis n - blindgut addle
appendix n - organ: blindgut, blindtharm (cf. WF blineterm, NHG Blinddarm)
book: tack-on, onhang (cf. NHG Anhang)
appetite n craving, hunger -
appetizer n starter foremeal
application n bearing, putting-on -
applause n standing and clapping byfall (cf. NHG Beifall, NL bijval)
apply vb beseech, lay on, spread bewharve (cf. NHG bewerben, see wharve)
appoint vb afix, set up, earmark, deem, settle, name, pick wend out, aset (<OE āsettan and <ME asetten)
appreciate vb be thankful -
apprehension n foreboding, misgiving -
apprentice n beginner, learner learnend
approach vb near, be nigh, draw near to, come forth, creep up on nighletch (<OE neahlæcan)
approach n means, way -
approaching adj nearing, forthcoming, upcoming, oncoming nighleching
appropriate adj befitting, seemly, meet roadly (cf. OE geradlic)
approve vb let, bid

approve of: laud

-
approximate adj rough, near, broad, woolly
approximately adv about, roughly, nearly, nigh, thereabouts, more or less, something like, in and about -
appurtenance n - sidemarking, nethermark
April n - Eastermonth
apron n - barmcloth
apt adj fit deve (<OE defe), aroadly (<OE gerādlic)

Aq[]

aqua- pref - water
aquaculture n fish-farming -
aquafarming n fish-farming -
aqualung n - waterlung
aquamarine adj seagreen -
aquaphobia n - waterfear
aquaphobic adj afraid of (the) water -
aquaplaning n - watergliding
aquarium n - fishglass, waterglass
aquatic adj waterly -
aqueduct n - waterleat
aqueous adj watery, water like, water bearing -

Ar[]

Arabic adj - Arabish (<OE Arabisc)
arable adj - ploughsome
arachnid n - eight-legger
arboreal adj - treewise
arbitrary adj whimsy fallenly (cf. NL toeval), willkirely (<OE willa + cyre 'choice' + -ly)
arboretum n - treestead
arc n bow -
arcade n - playhall (cf. NL speelhal, NHG Spielhalle)
arch n bow biel (<OE bígels)
archaic adj. timeworn forold (cf. NHG veraltet)
archangel n - highangel
archeology n - olddomlore (cf. NHG Altertumskunde), delvelore, fernfrod (cf. IC fornleifafræði), oldhoodlore (NL oudheidkunde), olddelving (cf. SW fornforskning)
archeopterix n - stoneset orfowl (cf. NHG Urvogel), stonelayed oldenwing
archer n bowman, bow-bearer Bow-bearer, shooter (<OE scytta)
archery n bowmanship bowcraft
archfoe n devil godfoe
archipelago n - island cluster, island band
architect n - highcrafter (<OE)
architecture n shell, framework buildlore, buildcraft, timberlore, timbercraft, orshafting
architrave n - silebeam
archive n backup leafwritsam (cf. IC skjalasafn), logsam, deedsam, writsam, backlog
arctic adj - bear- (Ursa Minor), far-northern
Arctic n Land of the Midnight Sun Northend, Northland
ardor n keenness, lust hotheartedness (<OE hatheortnes)
arduous n back-breaking -
area n land, landspan, swathe, ard (<OE), snad, sned (<OE), yard field of knowledge: breadth
argent n silver -
Argentina n - Silverland
argon n - idleshaft
arguable adj moot sakebere
argue vb flite, wrestle, squabble, wrangle, bicker, tilt chide
argument n flite, fightback, comeback, back-answer, answer rake (<OE racu)
argus-eyed adj all-seeing, open-eyed, unsleeping -
aridity n drought, dryness rainlack, dryth
Aries n The Fleecy Star -
aristocratic adj full-blooded, highborn, highbred rikeborn, richborn, athelborn
arithmetic n - tellcraft (<OE getælcræft)
arm vb - beweapon
arm n - handweapon
armadillo n - girdledeer (cf. NHG Gürteltier, NL gordeldier), shellbear, shieldling
armillary sphere n - ringkuggle
arming n - weaponing, outrysting (cf. NHG Ausrüstung)
armistice n truce weaponstandstill (cf. NHG Waffenstillstand)
armor/armour n shield, byrnie, iweapon, iweaponings (<OE), gouthreaf, gouthsear, gouthsare (<OE) shieldwear, shieldcloth, helmcladding, heraweed (<OE herewǣde), firedskeerp (<OE fierdsceorp), rysting (<OE hyrstan, cf. NHG Rüstung), hereclad
armor/armour vb - begear, beshield, ryst/rist (<OE hrystan, cf. NHG rüsten) iron (<OE ísenian)
armory/armoury n shieldhouse shieldwearhouse, helmcladdenhouse, heraweedhouse, firedskeerphouse, weaponhouse (<OE wæpenhūs), rysthouse
army n fyrd, ferd, landfyrd landferd, dright, weremight, ganghere (foot men), thrim (<OE þrymm; cf. NE trim), here (<OE ​here), herg
aroma n smell swetch (<OE swecc)
aromantic n - lovewulderless (rough calque), nonelover
around prep/adj/ adv about um, umb, umbe
arouse vb stir, awake, arear -
arquebus n matchlock, firelock hookbox (cf. MLG hake + busse, MHG Hakenbüchse), hookgun (calque, historical), matchgun
arrange vb fix, set, settle; draw up, lay out, Endbeird (<OE), Fade (<OE) stight
arrangement n layout -
array vb lay out, set out, bedight -
arrest vb nab, avast, halt, stop haft (<OE hæftan)
arrival n incoming -
arrive at vb reach, come upon, get to oncome (<OE ancuman)
arrogant adj proud, highhanded, overbearing, overweening lonk (<OE wlank)
arsenal n - weaponhoard
arsonist n fire-raiser firestarter
art n craft, list (archaic) -
artery n - loftblood adder
artesian adj - thringrising
arthritis n - lithbollow (cf. IC liðbólga)
artichoke n - eatthistle (cf. IC ætiþistill)
article n thing, write-up writ, leaf (obsolete)

grammar: lithword (calque of NL lidwoord)

artificer n maker, craftsman, smith, wright worldcrafter (<OE woruldcræfta)
artificial adj man-made, craftly -
artillery n gunware, big guns (slang) -
artisan n craftsman, craftswoman, craft worker, hand(i)craftsman, handcrafter, handworker, handyman, tradesman (based on trade in the sense of a skill), workman crafter
artisanal adj handy, crafty trade-some/tradesome (derived from Standard English tradesman)
artisanal art adj handiwork, trade, skill, craft -
art(s), artistry n craft, deftness, handiwork, trade, skill -

As[]

Asatru(ar) (maður) n - Esetroth(er), Ostroth(er)
asbestos n - thrumstone, stone-flax, earthflax, (sl) devil dust, devil's dust.
ascend vb climb, sty upcome (<OE ūpcuman and <ME upcǒmen)
Ascension Day n - Gang-Day (<OE gangdæg)
ascent n upgoing, rise, upgang (UK) -
asexual n - swiveless, noneluster
Asia n the East Easterngreatland, Morrowland (cf. NHG Morgenland)
Asian (race) n Far-Eastern -
asparagus n sparrowgrass earthnavel (<OE eorðnafela)
asphalt n - streettar
aspin n - philipdog
assail vb scathe lay into col.; beset, raid, storm -
assassin n hitman, murderer, banesman. -
assassinate vb kill, murder amurther (cf. NHG ermorden)
assault v onset, onrush, beset, onfall -
assault n onset, onrush, besetting, onfall

-

assemble vb cleave, gather, huddle, band, frame, build, set up, forgather sam, samen, (<OE samnian, cf. ON samna, NHG sammeln, NL zamelen),
evencome (<OE efencuman)
assembly n forgathering, ingathering, meeting, church, get-together, huddle, moot samening (<OE samnung,
still retained in NHG Sache, which has both meanings.), day (cf. NHG -tag, SW -dag)
summoning (phono-semantic matching of samening with already existing Anglo-Norman word summon)
assent n - samethink, samethick (cf. SW samtycke, IC samþykki, DN/NO samtykke)
asset n holding -
assiduous adj hopping, tied-up, working, abiding workfast
assign vb foreset, deed, trust -
assimilate vb - inblend, uptake/upnim (cf. NHG aufnehmen)
assist vb help, bestead, prop up filst (<OE fylstan)
assistance n help, backing, helping hand, lift filst (<OE fylst), midhelp (<OE midhelp), atstall (<OE ætstæl), fultum (<OE fultum), byhelp (cf. NHG Beihilfe)
assistant n helper

filstend (<OE fylstend), atstandand (<OE ætstandend)

associate vb/n - noun: ichurl, iformeng
verb: formeng (<OE formengan)
association n hookup, linkup, tie-up, brotherhood, guild, club, fellowship underbind, forband (cf. NHG Verband), dowith (<OE dōn + wiþ)
assume vb deem; foreguess, bear, shoulder, ontake, undertake, inim [OE ge-nyman: to take up, to take on, assume]

hie/huy(<OE hycgan 'bear in mind, confide, trust), smigh (<OE smēagan
'consider think about mediate examine scrutinize'), ween, behowe (<OE behawian), aught (<OE eahtian)

assure vb - forsicker (<SW försäkra 'to insure; to get an insurance for', to ensure; to make certain, to assure; to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something)
aster n - starbloom
asterisk n star starling; starkin, starmark
asteroid n - roomrock, rock wanderer
asthma n - angbreast (<OE angbreost)
astonish vb astound, dumbfound, amaze, bewilder, bewonder, startle, baffle offwonder (<OE ofwundrian)
astonished n astounded, dumbfounded,
amazed, bewildered, bewondered, startled
offwondered
astonishing adj amazing, astounding, blindsiding, eye-opening startling, stunning, wonderful bewondering
astral adj - rotherly (<OE rodor), starly, star-
astrarium n - tungletimer
Astrarium of Giovanni
Dondi dell'Orologio
n - liefbound tungletimer
astrolabe n - starreckoner
astrology n starcraft tungle sway, tungleshed (<OE tungolgescead)
astronaut n - starman, heavensfarer, skyfarer, skytaker

star sailor (calque)

astronomy n starlore, starlooking heavenlore
astute adj shrewd, cunning, smart
sharp, quick-witted
yepe (<OE geap), glew (<OE glēaw)
asymmetrical adj lopsided -
asylum n grith, haven; madhouse -
asymptote n - ameetend

At[]

atavism n throwback -
atelier n workshop -
atheism n godlessness -
atheïst adj godless liefless, unliefsome, ungodsome
athlete n ironman, larker -
-ative suffix - -ingly
atlas n - land book
atmosphere n -

welkin, lifthelm (<OE lyfthelm) welkintrindle, lofttrindle, eathom (<OE ǣþm "breath, air atmosphere?")

atoll n ring-shaped island -
atom n grot (ME, <OE  grōt, "particle") formote, uncleft
atomic adj grot-like, grotly formote-like, formotely, uncleft-like, uncleftly
atrocious adj frightful, rotten -
atrophy n withering, dying, waning -
attach v - link
attack n onslaught, onset, beset, onrush, strike, blow, hit hildrush, onshot, ongripe (<OE ongrype), infall
attack vb raid, rush, strike, bestorm infall
attack helicopter n - strikechopper, strikespinner
attain vb reach acome, fulcome (<OE fullcuman) or (cf. NHG vollkommen)

areach (<ME arēchen)

attempt n bid, crash, fling, go, shot, whack, whirl cunning, fanding, minting
attempt vb seek cun (<OE cunnian), fand, mint
attend vb hearken, mind; care, oversee, watch -
attendant n steward thew, theen, atstandand (<OE ætstandend)
attention n heed, mind, aught bemarking
attest vb witness, swear, bear out beshine (NHG bescheinigen), besteady (NHG bestätigen)
attested adj logged -
attic n loft thackroom
attire n cladding -
attitude n standing, outlook, mood, ways, behaving instelling (cf. NL instelling)
attorney n lawman -
attract vb draw, draw in

span (<OE spannan), adwell (<OE adwellan)

attractive adj comely, fair, good-looking, handsome, winsome, sightly litey (<OE wlitig)
attraction n - wondersight
attribute n ownship -

Au[]

aubergine n madapple eywort, windhealwort
auction n - biddingsale
audacious adj daring, bold, ballsy, fearless, unafeared, cheeky, dare-all, dareful, unfearing, reckless, stoor thriste
audacity n gall, guts, mettle, hardihood, hardiness, boldness, boldhood -
audible adj - hearly, hearsome
audience n listeners, listenership, onlookers, gathering, crowd, throng, turn out, hearing eargathering, greetinghouse (<OE)
audio n loud listenet (listen + -et, cf. Eng. thicket)
augment vb eke bemore
August n - Weedmonth (<OE Wēodmōnaþ)
augury n - freit (<ME freit), ontoken
auk (<IC) n - alk (<PG *allakǭ)
aunt n - paternal: fathe (<OE faðe or faðu), fathersister (<IC föðursystir)
maternal: modrey, mothrey (<OE modrige or modrie), mothersister (<IC móðursystir)
aura n skin glow -
aurora n

dawning, daylight

-
aurora australis n southern lights -
aurora borealis n northern lights -
aurum n gold yellow dust
auscultation n harkening lossening (<OE hlosnian: to listen wait, be on the lookout for)
austere adj - yarewit
austerity n hardliness tighthold
Australia n New Holland Andland (cf. HIC proposal Andland, found here); The Great Southland, Great Southern Lands, the Sutherlands, Thiefland (slang), Downunder
Austria n Austrick (Scots) Eastrich (<ME Estrich)
autarchy n thralldom owndom, selfrich, selfkingdom, ownrich
authentic adj true echt
author n writer bookwright
authoress n - bookwright, writster
authority n headship, shark, deathgrip elderdom (<OE ealdordóm), learnedom, lorewdom (<OE láréowdóm), swinge
auto- pref self- -
autocracy n - selfwield
autodidact adj selftaught selflearned
autoignite vb self-light -
automaker n wainwright -
automatic adj knee-jerk

gunning: self-loading, half-tilt, full-tilt

machinery: selfworking, selfdriving, selfdriven
automobile n - wain (widened the meaning), selfshifter (calque)
autonomy n - selflaw, selfstanding
autonym n selfname -
autopsy n - open body underseeking, deathreading
Autotune n - Selftune
autumn n fall till, harvest
auxiliary adj backup, fallback-, helping eke

Av[]

avail vb - dow (< archaic NE dow <ME duʒen < OE dugan; cf. SC dow), frim, miling
available adj free, ready, in stock, at hand, forthcoming arworthsome (calque), athandsome, atputsome
avalanche n snowslide barrowfall, fellfall
avant garde n forhead -
avant garde adj cutting edge -
avarice n greed yetsing (<OE gitsung)
avatar n - fleshbilth
avenge vb wreak -
avenue n - drive
average adj middling -
avert vb forestall, head off, stave off mithe, forecome, offwend, umbewend (redirect), unwend (cf. NHG entwenden)
aviary n birdhouse, birdstow. -
aviation n flight flyingcraft
aviator n birdman, flyer loftman, rotherer
avid adj raring -
avocado n butter pear; soft apple -
avoid vb miss, shun, ware, forbear, keep away, sidestep, ward off, duck, flee, shake, withdraw, jump, skip

mithe (obs.), forecome, forbow (<ME forbǒuen), umgang, umgo
(cf. NHG umgehen; see um-)

avow vb swear, trow, own yea-say

Aw[]

award vb bestow, acknowledge -

Ax[]

axiom n - orsend (cf. IC frumsenda), orquid (cf. IC frumsetning, Fin. peruslause) groundforeguess (cf. NHG Grundannahme), starting ord (cf. NHG Ausgangspunkt), wisser (cf. Polish pewnik)
axis n axle, shaft -
axolotl n - waterhelper (from Minecraft)

Ay[]

aye (<ON) adv - ever, always
aye (<ON) interj. yeah, yep, yah yes

Az[]

azalea n - drywort (from Minecraft)
azimuth n - south hern (cf. IC attarhorn)
azure adj - swail, blee (<OE blēo), hewen (<OE hǣwen)
azure bluet n - hewenling (from Minecraft)
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