English Wordbook/A

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 Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Ah Ai Aj Ak Al Am An Ao Ap Aq Ar As At Au Av Aw Ax Ay Az

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Chancery English	Class	Anglish/English
		Attested	Unattested
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
Ad
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 ege ⁊ OE 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 sǣt ⁊ sǣtian)
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, Freezingswathe
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)