English Wordbook/C

Staff C 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.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Chancery English	Class	Anglish/English
		Attested	Unattested
cabaret	n	club, nightspot, roadhouse, nightclub	-
cabbage	n	kole	-
cabinet	n	hutch, sideboard, locker	mugboard, hoarding office: ambight, redeship
cable	n	wire, rope, lead	ropewire
caboose	n	-	ward wagon, aftwagon
cacao	n	-	brownbean
cache	n	hoard	putstow, bike
cacophony	n	rattle, roar, din
cactus	n	-	fatthistle
cadaver	n	shell, framework, slang:  stiff, body,dead body	boneshaft
cadaverous	adj	deathly, wan, bloodless, ashen, hollow-eyed	-
cadet	n		forefighter
cadmium	n		Wodan
cæcum	n	blinde gut	blindtharm, blindgut
Cæsar	n	overlord, high-king, kaiser	-
cæsium	n	-	silverwhite, lightbrick mote
café	n	tearoom (<note: Non-English), roadhouse; taproom, watering hole	-
cafeteria	n	lunchroom, lunch house, luncheonhouse, food hall, eating hall	-
cajole	vb	soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
calamari	n	cuttlefish
calcaneüs	n	heelbone
calcium	n	-	limemote (W.Fris. koalsoere kalk)
calcium carbonate	n	-	coalsour lime
calculate	vb	reckon, work out	-
calculation	n	tale, reckoning	-
calculator	n	-	handreckoner, rimereckoner, scorer
calculus	n	reckoning	flowreckoning, riming, telgrinding (<OE rim, tal 'number')
calendar	n	daybook	timetale
calisthenics	n	drills
calligraphy	n	longhand	pretty writing, litwriting
calligraphy pen	n	-	longhandwritingise/-iron (longhand + OE wrītungīsen, "style pen"), wlitwritingise/-iron (compound of "wlitwriting" + OE wrītingīsen)
callous	adj	hardened, cold-hearted, flint-hearted, heartless, soulless, stony, stony-hearted, steely, thick-skinned, unfeeling	-
calm	adj	lown, flack, still	roolie (Eng., Du. rolig, Ic. roleg, NHG ruhig), roo
calm	vb	lull, settle, soothe, still	beroolie (cf. NHG. beruhigen)
caluminate	vb	grime, sully, betell	forwray (<OE forwregan)
calque	n	loanshift; loanword, borrowing	loan oversetting (cf. NHG Lehnübersetzung)
calyx	n	-	bloomleaf
camel	n	-	olvend (<OE olfend), twohump, drylander
camera	n	-	bildfanger, bildtaker, bilthcraft(er) / bildcraft(er) / beeldcraft(er)
camouflage	n	dapple, (dappling, dappleshell, dapplehide, dappleclad, dappleteld) dazzle-painting	derning (<OE diernan, cf. NHG Tarnung)
camomile	n	-	maylix
camp	n	leaguer (from Dutch), lair, haltstead	-
campaign	n	bandwagon, drive	military: axfare (<OE æxfaru) fieldtought (<Du.), bandwain
campaign	vb	take the stump, barnstorm	-
campus	n	-	lorefield, lorerealm, bittel (<OE gebytlu)
canal	n	leat, waterway	-
cancer	n	growth zodiac: Crab	disease: Mireless Thrimfold ~ MTF (Unlimited Tissue Multiplication), crabgrowth
candelabrum	n	-	glimtree
candidate	n	hopeful, runner	-
candied	adj	sweetened	-
candy	n	sweets	sweetiness
canine	adj	doggy, houndlike, doglike, doggish	-
canine	n	hound, dog	-
cannon	n	gun	dunspar (contr. of dun and spear) Fallbuss (cf. Ic. Fallbyssa) gonne/gunne/gon/gounne(<ME)
cannon ball/cannonball	n		gunstone (obsolete), gunstane (<SC; obsolete), gun ball
cannibal	n	maneater	selfeater (<OE selfæta)
canoe	n	dugout	-
cantaloupe	n	-	netrindberry, netshellberry, netbarkberry (calque of Finnish verkkomeloni)
canvas	n	-	hempcloth
canyon	n	gulch	-
capacity	n	room, berth, strength, gift, readiness	heldth
cape	n	sleeveless coat geography: foreland, headland, ness	mantle (cf. Du. mantel)
capital	n/adj	wealth, means, wherewithal; sterling; foremost	letter (ABC): greatbookstave (cf.NHG großbuchstabe)
capital city	n	-	headburg, reevetown, kinesettle (<OE cynesetl), headstead
capitalism	n	-	wealthwield, meanswield
capitalist	n/adj	silk stocking	meanswielder, meanswieldly
capitalization	n	-	blockwrit, block writing
capitate bone	n	-	headbone. head wristbone
capricious	adj	fickle	nickfull (<Sw, cf. Du. nikkig)
capsize	vb	keel, upset, overwend	wemmel
captain	n	headman, leader	shipper (<M Du. scipper and Eng. skipper), Shiplord
caption	n	-	underwrit (cf. Du. underschrift, NHG bildunterschrift)
captivate	vb	wile	witch
captive	n/adj	penned, locked up, trapped	n: haftling (<OE haftling) adj: hafted
captivity	n	trap	haftedness (<OE gehæftednes)
capture	vb	nail, take, kidnap, steal, swipe, nab, trap	latch
car	n	slang: wheels, ride, hot rod, roadster	wain, wagon, horseless buggy (obsolete), buggy, selfbeweigher (calque of automobile) Farecart rumblewagon, thunderwagon, purrwagon
caravan	n	tradewagon	kinwain, housewain (cf. Sw. husvagn), kinwagon, housewagon
carbon	n	chark, soot	coalmote, lifemote
carbon dioxide	n	-	wortloft
carburator	n	-	forelofter
carcass	n	bones, stiff, lich	-
card	n	sheet, board	-
cardboard	n	headboard	boardsheet
cardiac arrest	n	heartstop	-
cardinal	n	bird: redbird	Church official: godsearl (cf. H Ic. guðsjarl); Whule (cf. Sw. Hwul)
career	n	calling, game (inf.), walk of life	-
caress	vb	fondle, stroke	-
cargo	n	draft, freight, haul, loading, weight	fraught (for + aught, cf. Eng freight)
cargo ship	n	freighter	fraughter
caribou	n	reindeer	-
carnal	adj	fleshly	-
carnation	n	-	nailling, nailken (cf. NHG Nelke) nailbloom
carnivore	n	meateater, flesheater	-
carouse	vb	birl	-
carousel	n	-	merry-wend merry-go-about (cf. Eng. merry-go-round)
carpal bone	n	-	wristbone
carpenter	n	woodworker	woodsmith, woodcraftsman treewright (<OE trēowwyrhta)
carpentry	n	wödkraft, woodcraft, becraftliness, craftliness,	treewrighting
carpet	n	-	stepcloth, floorcloth, groundcloth
carriage	n	bearing	wain, wagon
carrot	n	more (<OE moru, cf. NHG Möhre)	-
carry	vb	bear, weigh, ferry, take	-
cartilage	n	grissel	crackbone (cf. Du. kraakbeen)
cartilaginous fish	n	-	grisselfish crackbonefish (cf. Du. kraakbeenvis)
cartouche	n	-	deckwrit
cartridge	n	bag, load, holder	-
case	n	hull, husk, pod, sheath, shell; box in case: lest, by fear of, if... should, befall	grammar: fall in case: fall case: fall
cashew	n	-	kidneyapple
cashewnut	n	-	kidneynut
casing	n	shell, brass	-
casino	n	-	bethall, bethouse, gaming house
cast away	vb	-	anbewarp (<OE anbeweorpan)
castle	n	burg, stronghold innermost keep	stronghouse, fastenwork (<OE "fæsten" + "weorc", cf German "Festung"), chestel (<Latinate OE "ċeastel")
casual	adj	breezy, blithe, light-hearted	-
catalog/catalogue	n	list
catapult	n		gunne (<ME) slaught gearwork stonehauler slaught stonehauler great stonesling
catch	vb	snare, snarl, snag, latch, fang, nab	-
catechism	n	-	frodleering (cf. Ic. Trúfræðslurit)
catechize	vb	grill, sweat slang	frain
categorize	vb	-	fade (<OE fadian)
caterpillar	n	-	cawlworm (<OE cawelwyrm) leafworm(<OE leafwyrm) mealshave (<OE mælsceafa)
cathedral	n	headchurch,	-
catheter	n	-	leat
cathode	n	-	downway
catholic	adj	-	broadchurch
catkin	n	-	bloomtail
cattle	n	cows, livestock, kine, nowt, fee, neat	rother
Caucasian (race)	n	white	Caucasish, Caucaser
cauldron	n	kettle	-
cauliflower	n	-	bloomcole
cause	n	bring-about, let-on, wherefrom	frum (<OE fruma), onlet, orsake (calque from many Germanic languages)
cause	vb	beget, breed, drive, make, work, yield	fuse (<ME fusen), fororsake (calque of many Germanic languages)
casue, without	adv	-	hoolings (<OE holunga)
caustic	adj	burning	-
cautery	n	-	tharm tool
caution	n	wariness, forewit, care, reck, heeding	-
cautious	adj	Chary (< arch.Mod.E)
cavalier	n	horseman	kingfollower (Charles II)
cavalry	n	horsemen, riders	rideware (cf. NHG Reiterei)
cave	n	-	hidles (pl. hidleses), cleave (<OE cleofa), delve
cave(wo)man	n	-	hidles(wo)man, cleave(wo)man
cavil	vb	carp	-
cavity	n	dint, hollow, pit	-
cease	vb	stop, lay off, halt, give up, leave off, blin	-
ceasefire	n	truce	weaponsstandstill (cf. Du. wapenstilstand, NHG. Waffenstillstand)
cecograph	n	-	blindwriter
cede	vb	yield, hand over, give up, overgive (Eng., NHG. übergeben, Du. overgeven, Dan. overgive)	orgive, oryeve
cedilla	n	-	zedling, zeeling
ceiling	n	firstroof, highroof, loftroof	-
celebrate	vb	-	frealse (<OE freolsian)
celebration	n	-	frealsing
celery	n	-	fenroot
celestial	adj	heavenly	skily (sky + -ly)
celestial bow	n	rainbow, heaven's bow	-
celestial sphere	n	-	rother (<OE rodor)
cell	n	hole, room	frum (cf. Ic. fruma), lifebrock
cell division	n	-	frumcleaving
cellar	n	-	clove (<OE cleofa)
cellulose	n	-	treestand, frumsweet (calque)
Celtic	adj	Celtish	-
cemetery	n	graveyard, boneyard, burying-ground. Obsolete: lich-rest (in OED)	church-litten, still-hill (slang)
censorship	n	-	cleaning
censure	vb	chide, upbraid	-
census	n	tale	marking (cf. OE tomearcodnes), folkscoring
cent	n	penny, hundredth	-
centaur	n	-	horsemennish (cf. Du. paardmens) manhorse, halfhorse
centimeter	n	-	hundredthmete
centipede	n	-	thousandfoot (cf. Du. duizendpoot; NHG Tausendfüße)
centre/center	n/vb	n: kernel, heart; middle, midst vb: fix; spotlight	place for event/function: mid (cf. NHG Mitte)
central	adj	location: middle, mean, midway, midmost, middle-of-the-road importance: main, key, leading, ruling	midwise, midly
centurion	n	-	hundfrea (<OE hundfrēa)
century	n	yearhundred (<NHG. Jahrhundert)	year-fivescore/ yearfivescore (literally means a year and five twenties), hundredyear, fivescore (five twenties)
cereal	n	-	morningcorn (cf. Ic. morgunkorn)
certain	adj	wis	sicker (Eng., calque Ger. speeches) specific: bestevened (cf. NHG bestimmt) (see steven)
certainly	adv	wisly	sickerly, soothly, iwis
certainty	n	-	wishood (cf. NHG Gewissheit), soothness
certificate	n	-	beshining (cf. NHG bescheinigung), witnessword, sickering
certify	v	witness	beshine (calque of Ger. speeches) confirm: besteady (calque of Ger. speeches)
cerulean	adj	-	swail blue
cerumen	n	earwax	-
chain	n	shackle, fetter	-
chair	n	seat, stool	settle
chalice	n	bowl	way(e) (<OE wæge)
chalk	n	limestone	limestonestick
challenge	vb	knot, dare, becall, beclepe challenge oneself (with, by, to): undertake (something, to do something)	beclepe (<'OE beclipian - to challenge), upcall, upstart, uprise (cf. Du. uitdagen), outask (cf. NHG herausfordern), upfight (cf. NHG anfechten)
challenge	n	knot, dare, threat challenge oneself, undertake: undertaking	becalling, becleping (<OE beclipian - to challenge), upcall, upstarting, uprising (cf. Du. uitdagen), outasking (cf. NHG herausforderung), upfight (cf. NHG anfechtung)
chamber	n	room, bay (enclosed space)	-
chameleon/chamaeleon	n	-	fayingask (<OE fágian 'to change in color, vary, be variegated') wristlehueask
chance	n	luck, opening	by chance: faringly (<OE færinga)
change	vb/n	shift, switch, makeover dough (cash), warp	frother (for- + other; cf. Fr. feroaring, Du. veranderen, NHG. verändern) wend, char, wristle (<OE wrixlian)
channel	n	fairway, race, ford	sound (<OE sund 'long narrow inlet)
chaos	n	mess	dwolm (<OW dwolma)
Charlemagne	n	Carl/Charles the Great	-
character	n	clay, selfhood, self, shtick player (mainly in a game)	in a story: hoad (<OE hād) feature: folklihood (cf. Du. persoonlijkheid) moral strength: wilstrength (will + strength) (cf. Du. viljestyrke) symbol: token (cf. NHG Zeichen, Dn. tegn)
chard	n		Fow-leaf, fow-stalk, Fow-stem (Fow < OE meaning coloured)
charge	n/vb	fill, load, outlay; lading	Uplast, Onlast military: angriff, forthlout (<OE to fall forth), onrush, hildrass/rush/rash (<OE), wite, onwite, astal/astale (<OE astlaen - to lay at one's charge, to blame) (legal charges)
charged	adj	owing, laden (electric)	-
charitable	adj	kind, freehanded, freehearted, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting	kisty (<OE cystig)
charity	n	help, gift, hand-out, goodness, goodwill, fellow feeling; alms, dole; ruth; brotherhood	kistiness
charlatan	n	swindler	-
charm	n	spell, dangle	libsen (<OE lybesn)
charming	adj	friendly, lovely, winsome, comely	-
charter	n	-	rightsledging; booking (from OE book -- "assignment of land by charter")
chase	vb	hotfoot, put to flight, Wathe/Wothe (<OE Wáth) Adrive (<OE)	-
chastise	vb	chew out, chide, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, ream out, tongue-lash, upbraid	threap
cheat	n/vb	shark, bilk, do in, nobble, rip off, rig, swindle; shark, dodger, swindler, lirt, belirt, threap	-
check	vb	-	oversoothe (cf. NHG überprüfen)
checkers (game)	n	draughts	-
cheer	n	glee, merriness, mirthfulness	-
cheer	vb	gladden, root, hearten, perk up, blithen	bemirth
chef d'oeuvre	n	masterwork	reevework mastersteck (cf. Du. meesterstuk)
chemistry	n	-	blendlore, splitlore (cf. Du scheikunde)
cherish	vb	hold dear, cleave to, care for, love, look after, shelter; harbor
cherry	n	-	chirsh (<OE ciris; cf. Du. kers; NHG Kirsche)
chestplate (armour, see tunic)	n	chesthelm, breasthelm	-
chief	n	ringleader	-
chieftain	n	-	heretough (<OE heretoha) headling (cf. NHG Häuptling)
chikungunya	n	-	upbend driff
chili	n	-	hotcride
chimpanzee	n	-	mockman (calque of a Bantu language ci-mpenzi)
China	n	-	Midric (cf. H. Ic. Miðríki)
Chinese Characters	n	-	midricrunes/-rouns ( calque), midricwrit (calque)
chivalrous	n	big, greathearted, high-minded, lofty, lordly	hovely
chivalry	n	knightliness	lordlihood, kindhood, riderliness (for sake of "knight" meaning servant, NHG "Ritter")
chlorine	n	-	yellowgreenmote
chlorophyll	n	leafgreen	-
chocolate	adj/n	-	muckeats/muckfood (cf. H. Ic. mógæti)
chocolate milk	n	-	muckeatsmilk, muckmilk
choice	n	choosing, picking, wale	kire (cf. ME kire)
cholesterol	n	-	gallvat
chrestomathy	n	-	nuttlecouthness (calque of Gk. compound, nuttle <OE nyttol 'useful' for 'chresto-' + couthness <OE cuþnes 'knowledge' for '-mathy')
Christian	adj	Christen, Christly	Christish
Christian	n	Christen, Christer	-
Christianity	n	Christendom	-
Christmas	n	Yule	-
chromosome	n	-	lifepith, huebody (calque of original Greek)
chromatid	n	-	lifepithhalf
chronicle	n	ledger, tale, saga	saw
chronology	n	timeline	timeflow
chrysanthemum	n	-	goldbloom
church (early Greek borrowing into PG)	n	-	holihouse
cider	n	apple wine	-
cigar	n	smoke	smokelog, smokewrap, windle (calque of Icelandic vindill)
cigarette	n	smoke, fag, butt, stompie	windling
cinema	n	-	bilths, filmhouse
cinquefoil	n	-	fiffinger
cipher	n	dern	homewrit (cf. Dutch geheimschrift) riddlewrit
circa	prep	about,	umb/umbe (Eng., <OE ymbe cf,. NHG um)
circle	n	ring, loop, wreath, trindle, trundle	trind
circuit	n	ringway	-
circulate	vb	flow; broadcast	umflow
circulation	n	flow	umfaring, forfaring umflow, Imb-running, Imb-runth, Imb-runnle, Imbfaring, Embering, Emberledge
circulatory system	n	bloodstream	-
circum-/ circul-	pfx	-	um-/umb-
circumcise	vb	cut, unhood, unforeskin	rend, umcut, umsnithe (<OE ymbsniðan), besnithe (cf. NHG beschneiden)
circumference	n	rim, outring	rimlength, rimreach, rimspan, umgang (Eng.)
circumflex	n	-	stavehat
circumnavigate	vb	-	umship (cf. NHG umschiffen)
circumspect	adj	careful, watchful	-
circumstance	n	doom, hap, luck	umstand (<OE ymbstandenness, cf. NHG. umstand) umstalling
circumvent	vb	shortcut, sidestep; girdle, ring	umwork
circus	n	big top	-
cirrocumulus	n	-	curlcloud
citizen	n	townsman, burgher	boroughman, burrow/oughlede (<OE burglēod), ethelman
citizenship	n	-	boroughership (Eng., cf. NHG bürgerschaft, Du. burgerschap), ethelmanship
citroen	n	sourapple	-
city	n	stead, borough, burgh, town	-
civet cat	n	-	slipcat
civil	adj	folk	-
civil law	n	-	folklaw
civilian	n	-	meanfolk, hovelman
civility	n	-	hoveliness
clade	n	-	bough (branch)
cladogram	n	-	boughbilth, boughwrit
clairvoyance	n	-	throughsight
claim	n	call, dibs, right; share, stake	forehold
clamor	n	din	greeding
clan	n	body, crowd, network, ring, set, blood, folks, house, kindred, line, set	-
clarify	vb	shed light on	swuttle (<ME swutel, <OE sweotol), sweetle
class	n		fack (<NHG fach)
classic	adj	token	mean; highflack (flack <Du. vlak 'level')
classical	adj	-	tokenly music: everswin
classification	n	tagging, branding	fading (<OE fadung)
classify	vb	tag, brand	fade (<OE fadian)
claustrophobia	n	-	narrowfear, tightnessfear
clavicle	n	-	keybone (cf. NHG Schlüsselbein)
clear	adj/vb	adj: sharp; lily-white, sheer n: sharpen	swuttle (<OE sweotol, M. Eng. swutel) rithe/ruthe (<OE geryddan; cf. NHG roden; Ic. ryðja)
clearing	n	-	rithing/ruthing (<OE geryddan)
clearly	adv	sheerly	-
clergy	n	church, cloth	-
clergyman	n	churchman, father, shepherd, man of the cloth	-
cliché	n/adj	hackneyed, moth-eaten; n: groaner	-
climate	n	-	loftlay (cf. Ic. loftslag) Ethemihong/Ethemihung, Lifthelmihung/Lofthelmihung/Lofthelmahung Welkinihang,Welkintrend, Welkinwist, Welkinlean, Welkinset, Welkinsettle Leanset,Leansettle, Leanship,Leanward, Leanwist Atlean Leantrend, Leanlay [politics, etc.]
cloaca	n	cloäke	aldrain (all + drain) alclosethew (all + closethew (sphincter))
clock	n	timer	daymale, stounder, logger, daymeal
clockwise	adj	sunwise	-
clone	n/vb	twin	-
close	vb	shut, narrow	-
close	adj	near, narrow, nearby, nigh	-
co-	pref	fellow-, by-, i-, even-	-
coagulate	vb	clot	arun (cf. NHG gerinnen)
coalition	n	-	block (see Italian "blocco")
coast	n	shore, seashore, seaboard, strand; sail, drift	searim, warth
coastline	n	shoreline,	-
coat of arms	n	-	kinshield, wappen
cocaine	n	slangs: blow, snow, white, white lady, slim, snuff, girl	-
coccyx	n	tailbone	-
cochlea	n	-	hearsnail (cf. NHG Hörschnecke)
cockroach	n	-	shave (cf. NHG Schrabe)
cocoa (bean)	n	-	mucknut, muckbean, muckseed bitternut, bitterbean, bitterseed
cocoa (drink)	n	-	muckbrew bitterbrew
coconut	n	-	skulnut (skull + nut; coco comes fromSpan./Port. for skull)
code	n	dern	riddlewrit
coeval	n/adj	-	evenold
coffee	n	brew	beanbrew
coffer	n	-	hoardvat (<OE hordfæt)
coffin	n	-	through (<ME þruh, <OE) (rhymes with wow) deadchest (cf. Du. doodkist)
cognate	n	-	kinword
cognizant	adj	aware	rathe
cohabit	vb	live together	bylive
coin	n	-	mint (<OE mynet, cf. NHG Münze)
coincide	vb		inbefall, atbefall, atfall
coincidence	n	happen-so (in OED, US regional colloq.)	likehappening, tofall (calque of all Ger. speeches)
coitus	n	-	swiving, heamedlock (<OE hæmedlac), bysleep (<NHG Beischlaf)
cojones	n	balls, guts	-
colic	n	-	bellyharm
collapse	n/vb	downfall, infall, swooning	vb: cleave in
colleague	vb	workmate, fellow worker	-
collect	vb	gather	sam (<OE samnian)
collection	n	gathering, thingstock, set	samming (cf. NHG Sammlung)
colonize	vb	settle, take over, spread through(out)	-
colony	n	-	settling
colo(u)r	n	hue, cast, blee, light wavelength,fard	farb (<OE færbu, cf. NHG Farbe), huecast
colo(u)r	vb	hue, dye, shade, blee	farb
column	n	upright	sile
combat	n	fight, hild	gouth
combination	n	binding, tying, knotting, fastening, gathering	forbinding (cf. NHG Verbindung)
combine	vb	bind, tie, knot, fasten, gather	gatherbind, withbind, forbind (cf. NHG verbinden)
combustible	n/adj	adj: fiery n: tinder	adj: fireworthy (may also mean non-combustible) n: tinderkin (<OE tyndercyn)
comedian	n	funnyman	funspeller, lustspeller, laughtersmith
comedy	n	-	funplay, lustplay (cf. NHG Lustspiel)
comet	n	shooting star	strealer Faxed-star: resemblance to hair flowing in the breeze; tailstar
comfort	n	fastness, bulwark; bliss, frover	weem (<OE weman), soothfulness; alne (OED strength, comfort)
comfort	vb	strengthen; soothe, brighten, shed/cast light on, lighten up, light up	frofrenn (<OE frêfran), frofer/frother (<ME frofer; <OE frōfor); alne (OED strengthen, comfort)
comfortable	adj	soft, lithe, snug	queem (<Scots, cf. NHG bequem) frover -ly/-some
comestible	adj	eating	eatworthy
comic	n	strip, stripbook	-
comic	adj	funny; laughing	-
command	n	behest, bidding military: headship	hight
command	vb	bid, lead, behest; spearhead	sway, yebe, hote, hight
commander	n	head	campelder (<OE campealdor) bebeedend (<OE bebēodend) herreaswer (<OE heraræswa) hildwiser (<OE hildewīsa) hertow (<OE heratoga) wield (<OE walda)
commandment	n	behest; (Torah) teachings	bodeword, mustsaying
commemorate	vb	mind	umbethink
commemoration	n	minding, umbethinking	bethoughtening
commence	vb	begin, start	-
commensurate	adj	fitting	-
comment	n	-	bemark
commentary	n	input, feedback	upmarking (cf. Du opmerking)
commenting	n	-	bemarking
commerce	n	business, trade; dealings	chapstow
commercial	n	businesswise	tradewise
commit	vb	do, betake, plight	theen (<OE ġeþēon)
common	adj	shared; household: cut-and-fry, workaday; broad-brush, overall; shared; middling; lowbrow; everyday, wonted, widespread peasants: churlish	mean (<OE gemæne, NHG. Gemein), wonesome (<OE wune 'custom')
commonly	adv	meanly, often	-
commonwealth	n	-	meanwealth, folksrike, rike
commotion	n	unrest	stirness (<OE styrenes)
communicate	v	share, talk; spread, brainstorm, bespeak, tell, make known, oversend, share, utter, say, word, give	outthrutch, outthrust, outsend, outspeak (cf. Du. uitdrukken, NHG ausdrücken), betwixtsend, crosstalk
communicative	adj	chatty	speakle (<OE sprecol), speakly
communion	n	fellowship, share, sharing
communism	n	thralldom; churlishness	rikeownership; allownership (the state owns all means of production and private property is counterrevolutionary); worldrike, wieldworld, wieldall, oneworldreevedom (cf. international, global); allbinding, manbinding; “manbinding by the thralls, bindwield of the churls, worldreevedom of the knaves” (< ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’)
communist	adj	red; churlish, knavish (cf. proletarian)	rikeowned
community	n	shire, fellowship	meanship (cf. NHG Gemeinschaft), borough-weren; folkdom
compact	adj	deal; hard, stiff, unyielding; crowded, packed, thick, tight; thumbnail (expression)	withfasted, withfied
companion	n	fellow, mate, mone	samedsithe (<OE samodġesīð), eveninglutter (<OE æfenhlytta) feer (<OE ġefēre)
company	n	business, outfit; brotherhood, fellowship
comparative	n	-	overlikening (e.g. bodylore 'anatomy')
compare	vb	liken, stack up	aliken (<OE anlician), withmete, withput, withlay
comparable	adj	alike	akind, samekind
compassion	n	feeling; kindness, ruth; goodwill	milts (<OE)
compassionate	adj	kind, feeling, ruthful	-
compatible	adj	kindred	samehaft (cf. Ic. samhæft)
compatriot	n	kinsman	landsman (<OE landesmann) fellow-land(wo)man
compel	vb	fordrive strong-arm make-to	thring, bede (<OE ġebædan)
compensation	n	meed	forgooding (cf. Du. vergoeding), frover  (<OE frōfor)
competent	adj	fit, good; fair, right	-
compete	v	-	wedbewharve (grounded on NHG. wettbewerb stehen)
competition	n	-	wedbewharve (<NHG wettbewerb) more new: wedbestriding (the wedding of bestriding) see bestride
compile	vb	put together	-
complain	vb	whine, bitch, caterwaul, moan, gripe, whinge	-
complete	adj	full, whole; done, over, through, up; in depth, thorough; all-ou-, downright, flat-out, sheer, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, utter; out-and-out; skillful, full-standing, thoroughgoing	-
complete	vb	fulfill, end, overcome	full-do, full-end
completely	adv	outright, fully, utterly, thoroughly, through and through, inside-out, to the hilt, altogether, deeply. soundly,	throughgroundy (cf. Du. doorgrondig )
complex	adj	manifold, knotted, snarled	-
complexion	n	hue, look, blee, ilk, kind, suchness, way, outlook	skin-look, skin-hue
compliant	adj	toward, abiding	followsome
complicate	vb/adj	-	maze, intangle, manifold
complicated	adj	knotty, tangled	manifold (<OE)
compliment	n/vb	-	n: sweaseness (<OE geswæsnys) vb: swease (<OE swæs) n/vb: love (<OE lof, cf. NHG Lob) (rhymes with stove)
complimentary	adj	-	sweasely (<OE swæs + -lic) loving (rhymes with roving)
compline	n	-	nightsong (<OE nihtsang, akin to "Evensong")
component	n	-	underdeal (cf. Du. onderdeel) makebit, inbit, gatherbit, wholebit
compose	vb	make, put together	glinge, (<OE - to adorn, set in order, compose), adight (<OE), asing (<OE), awrite (<OE), samen (<OE), fay (<OE), withput
composer	n	-	swinsmith, leethwriter
composition	n	layout Isetness (<OE)	swincraft
compound	n	cocktail, meld, mix	forbinding (cf. NHG Verbindung)
comprehensive	adj	all-in, thorough, whole; all-out adv: fully, inside-out, through and through, Understandable, Forstandable	begriping (calque), invatting (<OE fæt 'vessel'; calque)
comprise	vb	make up	inhold, invat (cf. Du. omvatten)
compromise	vb/n	tradeoff, deal vb: meet halfway	-
compunction	n	qualm, misgiving	-
computation	n	reckoning	-
compute(r)	n/vb	-	reckoner Uprimer, Upthinker, Upreckoner Sunderreckoner, Sunderrimer Alderrime, Alderrimer, Alderreckoner, Alderthinker Endbeirdling, Endberder, Endberdend, Enberdend [calque, based on French and Spanish Ordenador]
comrade	n	fellow, friend	gade (<OE gada) sithe (<OE ġe sīð) faithful: trewpoft (<OE trēowġepofta)
concatenat		-	therbinding
conceal	vb	hide, shroud; overshadow	mithe
concealment	n	hiding; hideaway, lair, nest	dern, hidlock
conceivable	adj	thoughtworthy	-
conceive	vb	beget; dream; make out, twig	knit, forseed ken (<OE cennan)
concentrate	vb	meet, cluster, gather; fasten; lump; build up, strengthen; mind	Bemiddlen, ibemiddlen
concentrated	adj	crammed, clustered, gathered, lumped together, built up; minded on	-
concentration camp	n	-	shandstead
concentric	adj	ringed, overlapping	middlesharing
concern	n	care, worry, reck	-
concerning	prep	as for, as far as, on, toward, anent	-
concept	n	mind's eye	begripe (<ME begripen <OE begrīpan cf. Du begrip, NHG Begriff )
conception	n	mind's eye, thought	bilth; of child: beseeding
conclude	vb	end, wind up, wrap up; break up, leave off, let up, wind up, wink out; name, settle upon; gather, make out	-
conclusion	n	ending, finding(s)	endsay
concrete	n, adj	beton; hard	gainstandly (NHG. gegenständlich)
concurrently	prep	meanwhile, all-the-while, all along	-
concussion	n	shell shock	-
condemn	vb	doom, put down	fordeem, forordeal (cf. Du. veroordelen)
condemned, the	n	doomed	beforeordealt (from forordeal, via Du. veroordeel)
condemner, the	n	deemster	forordealer (from forordeal, via Du. veroordeel); doomer
condescend	vb	belittle, stoop, talk down, lower	-
condition	n	onlay, fettle Iting (<OE), Readen, Burdness (<OE), Cost (<OE), Areadness (<OE araednis)	foreworth (cf. Du. voorwaarde)
condom	n	warding, rubber, scumbag	-
condominium	n	housetown	political entity: wholelordship/whole-lordship (cf. NHG Gesamtherrschaft), wield, reevedom
conduct	vb	lead, drive; beload (<OE) Ioad (<OE)	-
cone	n	taper (< OE)	keggle (cf. Du. kegel, NHG Kegel, Dan. kegle), ringwedge
confectionary	n	sweets, sweetmeat, sweet-shop	-
confederacy	n	deal (treaty or constitution—cf. Lat foedus); binding; bond, tightbond (Lat. con- is an intensifier, marking a strong treaty or bond)	rikesband (band of states), rikesdeal (covenant between states, cf. Lat. foedus), landsband, landsdeal; rickship, loosebind
confederate	adj/n	friend, buddy, henchman; bonded, bound	agade (<OE gegada)
confederation	n	bond, binding	rikesband, rickship, loosebind
confer	vb	bestow, lend, give over
conference	n	meeting	instelling (W. Fris. ynstelling, Du. instelling, Eng. in + Eng. stell + -ing)
confess	vb	acknowledge, own up	shrive beken (Eng., cf. NHG/Du. bekennen) andet (<ME andetten), det
confession	n	acknowledging, shrift	andetness (<OE andetnes)
confidence	n	belief, hope, troth	-
configuration	n	setting, set up of elements layout, shape	installing (cf. Du instelling )
confine	vb	lock in, keep, trap, fetter, bind, latch, grasp, abed (by illness), bedrid
confirm	vb	strengthen, starken, acknowledge	besteady (cf. NHG bestätigen)
confirmation	n	strengthening, starkening	besteadying (cf. NHG bestätigung)
confiscate	vb	filch	beslay (cf. Du. beslag)
conflagration	n	fire	-
conflict	vb/n	fight	-
confluence	n	-	eameet
conform	vb	dovetail; blend groove; key; withshape	evenlike (<OE efenlician)
conformism	n	-	evenlyinghood
conformity	n	-	evenlying
confound	vb	befuddle, bewilder, addle	-
confront	vb	take on, come at, be up against	-
confuse	vb	befuddel, mistake, ravel, bewilder, muddel, mangel, addel	ablend, forwrixle (cf. NHG verwechseln)
confusing	adj	manifold, bewildering, muddlesome, misleading
confusion	n	muddling, bewildering, mishmash	ablending
confute	vb	Overstale (<OE Ofer-staélan - to confute, to convict, to convince)
congregate	v	forgather
congress	n	gathering, moot, lawmaker body	gathercoming
conics	n	-	kegglelore
conjugate	vb	bend	forbow (cf. Du. verbuigen, NHG. verbeugen)
conjunction	n	linking word	linkword, bindword, yokeword
connect	vb	link, fit, tie-in, bind	-
conquer	vb	do down, overcome, upend, worst Overwin (<OE/ME/Arch.E)	aover (calque of many germanic languages)
conquest	n	overwin	-
consanguinity	n	kinship	-
conscience	n	-	thewing, inwit
conscious	adj	aware, mindful, heedful, waken	-
consciousness	n	awareness, mindfulness, heedfulness, wake	inwit
conscript	vb	draft, call-up	-
consecrate	vb	bless, hallow, bename	-
consecutive(ly)	adj(adv)	straight, running, unbroken; one after the other, right after
consent	n/vb	leave	thaving, thwaring vb: thwarelalk (<OE þwærlælcan)
conservation	n	-	orholding (cf. NHG Erhaltung) bewaring (cf. Du. bewaren)
conserve	n	-	orhold beware
consequence	n	aftermath, backwash, outcome, upshot; wightiness	offleading (cf. Ic. af-leiðing)
consequently	adv	hence, thereby, thereupon, thus, wherefore, sithence (obsolete)	forfollowingly
consider	vb	heed, bethink, think about, reckon, set down	hie, hedge (<OE hycgan 'bear in mind, confide, trust'; compare lie < OE licgan, buy < OE bycgan) awene (<OE awenan) behawe (<OE behawian 'to see clearly, take care') rase (<OE ræswan 'to think suppose suspect consider conjecture') smigh (<OE smēagan 'consider think about mediate examine scrutinize') yondthink (<OE geondþencan 'to reflect upon') hiler (<OE aheolorian 'weigh, balance' Latin equivalent: librare, trutinare) beshow (cf. Du. beschouwen)  umbthink (<OE ymbþencan)
consideration	n	thought	-
consist of	vb	be made up of	bestand of (cf. NHG bestehen aus)
consistency	n	-	weenness withspeakfreedom (NHG. widerspruchsfreiheit)
consistent	adj	-	weenly (<OE wénlic) withspeakless (NHG. widerspruchslos)
console	vb	frover, soothe, allay sorrow, share grief, give strength and hope	befreefern
consolation	n	-	froverness, freefernes (<OE fréfernes), frover (<OE frōfor)
consonant	n	-	withlide, midlide (<NHG Mitlaut), midclinker (Du. medeklinker), samedswaying, sameswaying (<Ælfric's OE samodswegend)
conspicuous	adj	Sightly	forthsighly (<OE forþgesýne) kenspeckle
conspiracy	n	plot	-
conspiracy theorist	n	-	plotbeholder
conspiracy theory	n	-	plotbeholding
conspire	vb	plot	-
constant	adj	ongoing, abiding, steadfast, steady, Singal/Single (<OE Sin-gal - perpetual, Everlasting)	onwherft, simble (<OE simbel) resistant: bestandy/bestanding (NHG. beständig)
constitution	n	clay, self; build, lawbook; frame, shape; law	forfastening (cf. NHG Verfassung), writlaw
constraint	n	-	thwing (<OE geþwing)
constrict	vb	tighten	intighten, betighten
consulation	n	-	bereding (cf. NHG Beratung)
consult	vb	see with	-
consume	vb	eat (up), drain, spend, intake	forbrook (calque)
consumerism	n	-	intakerhood
consummate	adj	crack, good, great, skilled; blooming, straight-out; utmost	-
consumption	n	intaking	-
contact	vb	get, reach	fay, rine, Forthreach
contain	vb	hold, inhold, have in itself	-
contaminate	vb	befoul	smittle
contemplate	vb	-	yondthink (<OE geondþencan)
contemplation	n	thought	yondthinking (<OE geondþencan + -ing)
contemporary	adj	today's	tidely, fellow-timed, like-timed
contempt	n	loathing, hatred	-
contemptuous	adj	-	shanding
contend	n	set to	-
contend (argue)	vb	flite, hold	-
content	n/vb	vb: gladden	inning (<OE innung), inhold (calque from NHG 'Inhalt') of one's character: inwit of one's moodstathel
content	adj	happy, gladdened, gruntled	fained, list
contention	n	wrangling	-
contest	n	match	witherwin (<OE wiðerwinn)
context	n	light, framework, ins and outs, layout, basis: underlay	umrealm, underlyings Framewrit
contiguous	adj	abutting	-
continent	n	mainland	worlddeal (<OE worulddǣl), greatland, landstretch, fastland
continuation	n	Astandendness, Astandingness (<OE)
continue	vb	go on, abide, keep on, keep at transitive: let something go on, forlong	ongo, forthgo (cf. NHG fortgehen), forthset (cf. Du. voortzetten), throughgo (cf. Du. doorgaan), singel (<OE ġesingalian)
continuous	adj	unbroken, ongoing	forthgoing, forthset, simble (<OE)
contort	vb	writhe	-
contract	n	bond, deal, settlement	handfast, writdeal
contradict	vb	gainsay, withsay, withspeak	witherspeak (cf. NHG widersprechen), andwitness (cf. Ic. and-vitni), witherqued, anspeak (<OE ġēansprecan)
contradiction	n	gainsaying	withspeech (NHG. Widerspruch), witherquedding (<OE wiðercwedung), anspeech
contrary	adv	against	witherward (<OE wiðerweard), witherto, withershins
contrast	n	otherness, unlikeness, cleaveness, sunderness	shedspan, undershed, witherputting
contrast	vb	sunder, cleave, shed, tell asunder	undershed (cf. NHG unterscheiden, Du onderscheiden), witherstand (calque), offstand, witherstack, offstack (cf. Du. afsteken), witherput
controversy	n	-	gainwending (lone translation from Latin)
contribute	vb	pitch in	bypull, bydraw/drag (cf. Du bijdragen )
contribution	n	input, giving	-
contrition	n	sorrow, guilt, ruth	-
control	n	hands; oversight, running, stewardship; arm, grip, hold, sway, steering	bridling
control	vb	lead, bridle, hold, steer, keep, tame, steward	sway
conundrum	n	riddle	-
conurbation	n	-	towncluster(ing)
convect	vb	Ibear, Imbbear, Iferry, Awaybear (all < OE)
convergence	n	meeting	-
conversation	n	talk, mailing	underholding (cf. NHG Unterhaltung)
converse	vb	speak, talk	-
conversely	adv/ interj	on the other hand, otherwise	-
convert	vb	wend, make over	turn over: bewharve (<OE behwierfan, behweorfan) turn around: bewend (<OE bewendan), forwandle
convey	vb	give, spread; bear, ferry; deed, make over	inway
convict	n	lag	overstale (<OE Ofer-staélan - to confute, to convict, to convince), haftling (<OE hæftling, cf. NHG Häftling), overstell
convince	vb	wheedle, talk round, talk into, win over	overtalk (<OE oferreccan, cf. NHG. überreden)
convoy	n	-	wain row
cooperate	vb	work together	evenwork (<OE efenweorcan), getherwork (<Fr gearwurkje), midwork
cop	vb	nab	-
cop	n	hound, pig (slang, slightly vulgar)	frith wike (peace officer)
cope	vb	deal	-
copious	adj	beteeming	-
copper	n	-	ar (<OE ar)
copper	adj	-	arn (cf. Eng. gold -> golden)
copse	n	thicket, shaw	-
copy	n	-	twin
copy	vb	imitate: ape	twin, eftyield, andwrite imitate: evenledge (<OE efenlæcan)
copy & paste	vb	-	twin & tack
coral	n/adj	-	limeshaft; yellowpink
cord	n	line, rope, string, wire	tew, rib-cloth
cord	vb	fasten	-
cordial	adj	friendly, hearty, warm	-
cords	n	-	manstows
corduroy	n	ribbed cloth	rib-cloth, manstow (manchester)
core	n	kernel, heart, yolk, innermost being	-
coriander	n		Cloveleaf, Clovelobedleaf, Broadlobedleaf/Bradlobleaf (based on description of leaf)
cormorant	n	sea raven	shrab (<OE scræb) coal-goose
cornea	n	-	hornweb, hornflesh
corner	n	nook, winkle, hirn, edge	-
coronation	n	-	kinehelming (<OE cynehelmung), wreathing
corpor(e)al	adj	bodily	bodisome
corporation	n	-	businessbody
corpse	n	body, dead body	lich, nee (<OE nēo), likam
corpus	n	body	likam
Corpus Christi	pn	-	Wistforwandering Day
correct	adv/adj	right, aright, befitting	-
correct	vb	right, righten, mark	berighten (cf. NHG. berichtigen)
correction	n	righting	punishment: threal (<OE þrēal), berightening (NHG. berichtigung)
correction fluid	n	white out	-
correspond	v	match, match up, link, link up, be alike, meet	onspeak (cf. NHG entsprechen)
corridor	n	hallway	-
corroborate	vb	bear out	-
corrode	vb	gnaw	forrot (<OE forrotian), begnaw (<OE begnagan)
corrugated	adj	-	wrizzled
corrupt	adj/adv	crooked, bent, rot	forrot
corslet	n	byrnie
corvée-work	n	-	workrede (<OE weorcræden)
cosmetics	n	fard
cosmolabe	n	-	tungleheight meter
cosmopolitan	n	-	worldsman
cosmopolitan	adj	worldly	-
cost	n	outlay, worth	-
costly	adj	dear	-
Costa Rica	pn	-	Rich Shore
costume	n	outfit, get-up, fake dress	derning
Côte d'Ivoire	n	-	Windward Shore, Tusk Shore, Elpbone Shore
cottage	n	hut, cote	sheel
cottager	n	-	cotsettle
cotton	n	-	seedwool, treewool (calque)
council	n	gathering, huddle; board, brotherhood, fellowship, thingstead (<OE þingstede), thingstow (<OE þingstōw)	redemoot, redebody
counsel	n/vb	lead, shepherd	rede law-ern (legal-eagle)
counsel(l)or	n	alder(wo)man	rede(wo)man, redegiver, theagher (<OE þeahere/ġeþeahere)
count	vb	tell, reckon	arime
count	n	earl	-
countenance	n	cast	-
counter-	prefix	with-, gain-, wither-	-
counterbalance	n	offset	-
counter-clockwise	adj	withershins	withersunwise
counterculture	n	-	witherkithship
counterfeit goods	n	-	openware
counterpart	n	match	witherdeal, evenbilth (cf. NHG Ebenbild) equivalent: gainsteck/gainshtick (cf. NHG gegenstück)
countersign	n	-	gaintoken/ gaintokening (cf. NHG. gegenziechnung)
countersign	v	-	gaintoken (cf. NHG gegenziechnen)
counterstroke	n	-	witherclap
country	n	land, weald, upland (countryside), kith, fatherland, homeland, motherland, rike	native: ethel (<OE æþel), folkland, erd (<ME)
county	n	shire, ethel, earldom, wapentake, erd, fold	reveship
county council	n	thing (<ON þing), folkmoot (<OE folcgemōt), folksmoot (<ME folkesmōt/folkesmot)	shiremoot
coup	vb	strike	-
coup de grâce	n	topper	lithing, miltstroke
coupling (train/carriage)	n	thill	-
coupon	n	-	deemslip
courage	n	mettle, boldness, fearlessness, heart, heartiness, daring, mood	beld/bield (<OE bieldu)
courageous	adj	bold, daring, doughty, fearless,full-hearted, unfrightened, stouthearted	moody (cf. NHG mutig)
course	n	line, pathway	lode, begang/bigong, ierning/running (<OE ierning, whence running), shrithe (<OE), yong (<OE Geong), rin/rine, rune [< OE Ryne, course, rush]
course (academic)	n		learnset, loregang, lorestream
court	n/vb		hove (<OE hof) vb: splunt (<Scots)
courteous	adj	fairspoken	hovely
courtyard	n	-	hallyard, boroughyard (<OE burggeard)
cousin	n	kins(wo)man	nearkin, farsib
covenant	n	oath, deal, bond, binding	-
cover	n	holster, sheath	heling, helm, thacking, taching, decking
cover	vb	thatch/thack, overlay, hide, deck, overspread	hele (Eng. dialectal), helm
coverage	n	-	yondfetching, overthetching, overthatching, overhealing, yondhealing
covered area	n	deck, roofed deck	heling (ME hillet), helm (<OE helmian)
covering	n	skin, feathers, hackles	heling, overwrigels (<OE oferwrigels)
cover with	vb	lay on	-
covert	adj	hidden, shrouded, stealthy, under wraps,	heled
cover-up	n	whitewash, hush-work	shroudening
covet	vb	crave, want, hunger after, thirst after, cast greedy eyes upon	-
covetous	adj	greedy, graspy, grabby, hoggish, wanting	-
coward	n	wimp, woos, fearer, nithing	arg, flytail, feyling (cf. NHG Feigling)
cowardly	adj	gutless, thewless, woosy, fearful	fey/fay (<OE fæge, cf. NHG feige)
co-worker	n	by-worker, fellow worker, workmate	-
CPU (Central Processing Unit)	n	main chip	-
cranium	n	skull	head-bowl (OE heafod - bolla)
crater	n	-	bowl (calque), barrowbowl
cravat	n	necktie, neckcloth	-
crayon	n	-	waxlimestone
cream	n	salve, ream, milk's head	-
crease	n/vb	wrinkle, rumple, rimple, runkle	-
create	vb	beget, build, craft, make, set up, shape, hatch	ashapen
creation	n	brainchild, wrinke; world, rise	shaping, ashapenning, fromship
creative	adj	-	shaperly, makerly (cf. NHG schöpferisch), thoughtrich
creature	n	wight	making (horrible creature, monster), awe-grimer, aies-grimer, allwight, edshaft, shape, forthshaft (all <OE) eges-grime (a horrible mask; a creature with horrible form)
credence	n	belief	-
credibility	n	-	liefworthiness, beliefworthiness, beliefworthihood (cf. NHG glaubtwürdigkeit)
credible	adj	-	liefworthy, beliefworthy (cf. NHG glaubtwürdig) ,oathworthy, intrusty, inliefsome
credit	n	hail, acknowledgement	inlief, intrust, forthtrust, oathworth, borrowworth
creed	n	belief	-
cremate	vb	bale	-
creme de la creme	n	bee's knees, dog's bollocks, best of the best, fat of the land, best	-
crepuscular	adj	twilighty	-
crepuscule	n	twilight, darkfall, dusk, nightfall, gloaming, evenfall, eventide, sundown	downset
crescent	n	moonsickle	-
crest	n	ridge, noon, top, high-water mark	ris, comb
cretaceous	adj	-	chalken, chalkish, chalky, limestonish, limestony
cretin	n	blighter; nit	-
crevasse	n	cleft	-
crevice	n	cleft, gap, hole	-
crime	n	lawbreaking, shame, sin, wrongdoing, misdeed	shild (<OE scyld), gilt (<OE ġylt), forwrought (<OS farwurht)
criminal	n	crook, outlaw, lawbreaker	sinner: gilter (<OE ġyltend)
crimson	n	-	deepred
crisis	n	-	needtime
criterion	n	yardstick, hallmark, need	deemrimmer
critic	n	scather	-
critical	adj	weighty, key, scathing	-
criticise	vb	slag, knock, brand, upbraid	-
criticism	n	scathing	-
crocodile	n	-	nicker (<OE nicor, cf. OHG nihhus), pebbleworm (calque)
croissant	n	-	moonbread
cross (<ON)	n	-	rood, syebeam (<OE sigebēam)
cross (<ON)	vb	-	thwarse, stride over
crown	n	kine-helm
crown	vb	-	kinehelm, wreathe
crucifix	n	-	rood, roodfastening, onrooding
crucify	vb	-	roodfasten, onrood
crude	adj	rough, raw	-
cruel	adj	harsh, mean, ruthless, cold, unfeeling	reethe (<OE réðe), slithen (<OE slīþene)
cruelty	n	meanness, harshness, ruthlessness	moanbale (<OE mānbealu), slithenness
cruise	vb	-	thwarse (lit. to cross)
cruiser	n	-	thwarser, thwarseship
crusade	n	krosscampagne	roodfirding
crust	n	-	rind (<OE rind)
cry	n	roop, yell, shout, whine, wail, moan	lide, liding (<OE ge-hlȳd; cf. NHG Lied)
cry	vb	weep, shout, wail, yell, howl, sob, roup, cleep, wail	chy (<OE cigan)
cryogenic	adj	-	coldly
cryotherapy	n	-	coldbehandling
crypt	n	-	thesterlock, thestercove, lich-keep
cryptocurrency	n	-	keepminthood, hidden minthood
cryptography	n	-	hidden writing
crystal	n	-	hurst (<OE hyrst)
crystal	adj	-	hursten (cf. Eng. golden)
crystalline	adj	-	hursty
cub	n	-	whelp
cube	n	-	worfle (cf. NHG Würfel)
cuckoo	n	-	yeke, gawk
cucumber	n	-	greenpod, earthapple (<OE eorþæppel)
cuisine	n	cooking	foodcraft
cull	vb	choose, pick, pick out, pitch on, pitch upon, sift, winnow, gather, pluck, pickup	-
cull	n	pickings, siftings	-
cul de sac	n	dead end	-
culminate	vb	-	nib
cultivate	vb	till, harvest, work	-
culture	n	couth, folklore, way of life	menning (cf. Ic. menning), kithship
culvert	n	-	leat, ditch
cuneiform bones	n	-	wedgebones
cure	vb	heal	-
curiosity	n	witfire	newsgreed, newsgreediness (cf. Du. nieuwsgierigheid)
curious	adj	-	newsyearny, newsgreedy (cf. Du. nieuwsgierig)
curious	vb	funny, odd, weird	frimdy (<OE frymdig)
curlew	n	whaup
currency	n	-	minthood unit: mintwhit, minonehood (cf. Du. munteenheid
current	adj	nowaday, today's, now's, nowadays', running	nowen, tidegang/tidegeng (<OE), evenrunning, eventime
current	n	run, drift, leaning, tide, wind, now	brimstream (<OE), eystream (<OE iegstream), streamfare, waystream (<OE) Electricity, water, etc.: instream, inrun, flowbore, runbore
currently	adv	as of yet, now, nowenly
curriculum	n	-	learnplot
curriculum vitae	n	-	smithsyore
cursive	adj	handwritten	flow-staved
cursor	n	runner	-
curtail	vb	cut back, forshorten, foreshorten, clip	-
curtain	n	-	hanger, hangcloth
curve	n	bow, bend, wind	-
custody	n	hold, hands	warding
custom	adj	bespoken	thew, folkway
custom	n	wone, wont, business, trade	side, toln (<OE)
customary	adj	-	wonely
cutaneous	adj	skin, hide	hidish, hidely
cutaneous disease	n	tetter, scurf, scurvy	-
cute	adj	pretty, sweet, lief	goldy (cf. NHG goldig), sooth
cutlass	n	backsword
cutlery	n	silverware	-
cycad	n	-	firtapfolm (cf. Sw. kottepalmer)
cyclist	n	-	wheeler
cyclone	n	-	whirlwind
cygnet	n	swanling	-
cylinder	n	-	rollshape
cynical	adj	sneering	-
cynosure	n	-	hoardvat (<OE hordfæt)
czar	n	-	Russlander king/highking