English Wordbook/D

Staff D 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
dairy	n	milkhouse	deyhouse
damage	n	scathe, harm, wound, marring, loss, wound; fee	-
damage	vb	scathe, harm, wound, mar, break, bruise, forspill	fordo, shend
damaged	adj	scathed, broken, marred, dented, bruised, harmed, unsound	-
damaging	adj	bad, baleful, baneful, harmful	scathful (<Scots)
damn	adj	all-out, flat-out, out-and-out	-
damn	v	(phrases) send __ to hell, to hell with __	bedoom (cf. Danish bedømme)
damnation	n	hell, hellfire	ordeal (cf. NHG Urteil)
damsel	n	maid, maiden, lass, wench	-
dance	vb	step; flicker, flutter	frike (<ME friken, frikien <OE frīcian) tumb, wirl, glithe (glee(music)+ shrithe(move))
dandelion	n	-	horsebloom (cf. Du. paardenbloem) leetooth (cf. NHG Löwenzahn)
danger	n	plight, threat	freech (<OE fréĉen), fear (meant "danger" in OE), derf (attested in the sense "trouble, tribulation") or "darf" (unattested, as far as I know) < OE deorf
dangerous	adj	plightful, threatening	freehful (<OE fréĉenful)
dart	n	-	darth (<OE daraþ)
data	n	rawput, worth(s)	ongift(s), meteworth(s) givele, metele, metebit givens (calque, Latin data < datum, plural pp. of 'to give' )
database	n	-	fading (<OE fadung)
date	n	-	dealmark (<OE tælmearc)
date-fruit	n	-	palmapple (<OE palmæppel)
dative (case)	n	-	forgivingly, giver namefall, (to) whomfall (refer to German "Wemfall")
daub	vb	befoul, sully; besmear	smite
day of tribulation	n	-	arvethday, arveth-day (<OE earfoðdæg; c.f. ME arveþ-sīþ)
de-	pref	un-	and- (<OE and-, cf. Fr. and-)
deactivate	vb	switch off	-
debate	vb	moot	-
debatable	adj	moot, mootish, mootsome, mootworthy	-
debt	n		Shild (<Eng./NHG. Schuld/Du.Schuld) (calque of many Germanic tongues)
debut	n	beginning, birth, dawn, kickoff, morning, onset, start, threshold	fanding (<OE fandian 'to try, experience')
decade	n	-	yearten (cf. Du. jaartien, NHG Jahrzehnt)
decapitate	vb	behead	-
decay	vb	foul, rot; sink, worsen; waste away	abreet (<OE abreotan)
deceased	adj	breathless, fallen, gone, dead, lifeless	fordeaden (cf. NHG verstorben); death-smitten, late, forheawen (<OE forheawen)
deceit	n	misleading, outwitting	lease (<OE léas "falsehood, untruth")
deceive	vb	swike, mislead, forlead, fop, outwit, snooker	beswike, becatch (<ME bicaught, bicaȝt, bikakt, cf. Ang. Becaught)
December	n	-	Ereyule (<OE Ærraġēola) pl: Ereyulen (<OE Ærraġēolan), Yulemonth (<OE Ġēolmōnaþ) pl: Yulemonthas (<OE Ġēolmōnþas), Midwintermonth (<OE Midwintermōnaþ) pl: Midwintermonthas (<OE Midwintermōnþas)
decent	adj	good, upstanding, befitting	daven, douth, thewly
decentralization	n	-	outkerneling
deception	n	cheating, crookery, foxiness	-
decide	vb	choose, name, settle (up)on, fix, set, nail, doom (archaic/obsolete), deem (obsolete)	betake, beshut (cf. Du. besluiten)
deciduous	adj	-	leaf-shedding, leafsome, fallsome
decision	n	call	beshut, throughshut
decisive	adj	all-out, out-and-out, outright, straight-out; hell-bent	-
declaration	n	boding, forthspeaking	forthspell (<OE forþspell) atueness (<OE ætywnys), matheling, quething
declare	vb	bode, swear, set forth, quethe, forthspeak, besheer	mathel (<OE maþelian), spell out
declination	n	dwining, dwindling	forbowing
decline	vb	dwindle, wane, fordwine, slump, lessen, weaken, flag, sink	nether off forbow (<OE forbugan)
decline (not accept)	vb	forbear	offlean (cf. NHG ablehnen)
decoction	n	-	mixling
decorate	vb	bedeck, trim, gild, behang	-
decrease	vb	shrink, lower, wane, lessen; dwindle; dwine, fordwine ( > OE dwínan) (archaic)	-
decree	n/vb	behest	astight (<OE ástihtan), law-bode
decrepit	vb	timeworn	-
dedicate	vb	earmark, set by, give up to	beteach (<OE betǽcan)
de facto	adj/adv	true, in truth, truly	in deed
defame	vb	file, shend, besmirch, befile	unbreme
default	n	flaw	-
defeat	n	loss, licking, drubbing	netherlay, netherthrow
defeat	vb	beat, overcome, overrun, overwhelm, overthrow, bedrive,	netherlay, netherthrow, besye (cf. NHG besiegen)
defecate	vb	drite, shit, shite (obscene)	-
defect	n	blight, blotch, flaw, pockmark	asprungness (<OE)
defend	vb	bulwark, ward, keep, shield; uphold, helmstand	fasten
defenestrate	vb	-	outwindow
defense	n	shield, ward	weir
deficiency	n	dearth, drought, lack, want (borrowed from Scandinavian)	-
deficient	adj	wanting, missing, lacking	-
deficit	n	shortfall, dearth, drought, lack, want	-
defile	vb	befile, besmite, befoul, sully	andhallow, wleat (<OE ġewlætan)
define	vb	mark off, lay out	-
definitely	adv	markedly, throughout, fully, thoroughly	wisly (Eng. wis) sickerly (Eng. sicker)
definition	n	-	wordmark (<OE wordgemearc)
deflect	vb	-	offdrive
deform	vb	misshape, unshape	-
deformed	adj	misshapen, shapeless	thrawn (Scots)
deformity	n	blight, blotch, flaw, pockmark	misshapenness
defragment	vb	cleave, misbreak	-
defraud	vb	swindle, get	-
defrost	vb	thaw	-
defy	vb	Flout (Dutch: fluiten)	-
degenerate	adj	rotten	misthriveen backbuilded
degeneration	n	rot, rotting	misthriving
degrade	vb	bemean, nether, beneathen, below	-
degree	n	cut, inch, peg, step	flak ('level' cf. Fr. flak, Du. vlak)
deify	vb	begod	-
deity	n	god	oos(e), ooce (<OE ós; c.f. goose < OE gós)
Deism	n	-	Godtroth
de jure	adj/adv	lawfully, by law	-
delay	n	lag, holdup, frist	-
delay	vb	stall, forestall, tarry, frist, belate	-
delete	vb/n	get rid of, strike, cross out, forget	unmark, forwipe (calque)
deliberate	adj	weighed, thought out; set, willed	hillered
deliberate	vb/n	think about, think over	hiler (<OE heolorian)
delicacy	n	-	-
delicious	adj	smakely, dainty, lush, toothsome, mouthwatering, lickerish	-
delight	n	gladness, lust	fain, list, queemness,  itheness (<OE  īeðnes)
delightful	adj	sweet, darling, pleasing, heavenly, winsome	faining, listing, queemful
delimit	vb	-	mire (<OE mære)
delirious	adj	bewildered, mind-wandering, dwale	-
deliver	vb	bear	alease (<OE aliesan}
deliverer	n	-	aleasand (<OE aliesend)
delivery	n	childbirth, birth	-
delude	vb	mislead	-
deluge	n	flood, rainstorm, cloudburst, overflowing, drenching	The Deluge: The Flood
delusion	n	misbelief	-
demeanour	n	jib	-
dementia	n	madness, mindloss	-
demilitarized	adj	unweaponed	-
demise	n	downfall	hengang (< OE hingang 'a going hence, departure, death')
Demiurge	n	Craftsman, "god of this world"	-
democracy	n	shire, township (< δῆμος [1]), shirefolk (cf. LoR)	shiremight (calque of Gk δῆμος ‘rural district’ + κράτος ‘might’); folkshire, shirewield, folkswield, folksreevedom; folkship (<OE folkscipe); shiredom, shirerike (which would mean something like ‘democratic-republic.’)
demodulation	n	-	backrighting
demograph	n	-	folk outline
demolish	vb	tear down, forspill, wreak, break	forswerve (<OE forsweorfan)
demolition	n	wipeout	-
demon	n	fiend, hellfiend, mare	nicor, ork (<OE orc)
demonstrate	vb	show	-
dendrite	n	-	sinewtwig
dendrochronology	n	-	treering-timetelling (cf. Ic. trjáhringjatímatal)
dendrology	n	-	treelore
dengue	n	-	breakbone driff (cf. Eng. breakbone fever)
denial	n	naysay, forsaking, forswearing	forswearhood
denigrate	vb	slighten, belittle, downcast	beswart, blackwash
denomination	n	-	benaming, offshedding (Du. afscheiding)
denote	n	betoken, mean	-
denouement	n	unravelling	-
dense	adj	thick, heavy	-
density	n	crowd: huddle thickness; slowness tightness	-
dentist	n	-	toothleech (cf. Dn. tandlæge); teethhealer; gum-digger
denude	vb	strip, unclothe, bare, lay bare	-
deny	vb	gainsay, withsay, naysay; withhold, Forswear , forsake	-
deodorant	n	-	unsmeller, reekkiller
deoxyribonucleic acid	n	-	unasourseedsweetkernly sour; lifetwine
depart	vb	book slang, cut off, dig out, peel off, run along, step along, walk out, leave	-
departing/departure	n/adj	farewell, leav(ing), walking out	afaring, witing death: hingang (<OE)
department	n	-	ambight, offdealing, bedealing
depend	vb	hang, hinge on, rest on, trust in, lean on	onhang, onhinge, offhang/hang off of (NHG. abhängen)
dependence	n	-	onhanginess, offhanginess (NHG. abhängigkeit)
dependent	adj	-	hingey, offhangy (NHG. abhängig)
depict	vb	show	-
depreciate	vb	cheapen, lessen, write off	underworthen
depression	n	moodsink, blues, downer, downheartedness, glumness, woefulness	yomerness (<OE geom), unmood (<OE unmōd)
deprivation	n	lack, want; bereaving	-
deprive (of)	vb	bereave, strip	benim; beshear, lach (<ME lacchen, <OE læccan)
deputy	n	-	outfader (cf. NHG Abgeordneter)
deracinate	vb	uproot	-
deranged	adj	crazed, mad, moonstruck, unhinged	wood
deregulation	n	-	unreding
derive	vb	come from, bring from, spring from, stem from, draw off from	ord from
derived	adj	forthbrought, brung forth from (nonstandard), brought forth from	-
dermatology	n	-	hidelore
dermis	n	hide, rind, hackle	-
derogatory	adj	-	aworthly
desacralize	vb	-	unhallow
descend	vb	fall, slope, bear	nethergo
descendant	n	offspring	afterbear (by analogy to forebear), aftercomer, afterling, ofcomeling (NHG)
descent	n	downcoming, downgoing	nethergang
describe	vb	draw out, outline, set out, betell, bewrite, put out	meal out
description	n	bewriting, tale, inwording, drawing	bemealing
desecrate	vb	unhallow, befoul	-
desert	vb	leave, forsake	military: hereflight
desert	n	dustbowl, dryland	westen (<OE wésten, cf. NHG Wüste, Du. woestijn), weste land, drought
deserter	n	-	heraflighter (<OE hereflýma)
deserving	adj	meedful, worthy	-
design	vb/n	lay out, draft, outline, set out, craft	-
designate	vb	betoken, mark, earmark, show, call, name	-
desinfectant	n	-	withersmite
desire	vb/n	crave, wish, lust, yearn, long, hanker (for, after), list	wilne (<OE)
desirous	adj	wishful, longing	weening (<OE wenan)
desist	v	leave off
desolate	adj	barren	unbeheld
desolation	n	-	aweestness (<OE áwéstnes)
despair	n	hopelessness	wanhope, forthought
despair	vb	(phrases) give way, lose heart, lose hope, give up, give up hope	forlorn, hope-yearn forthink (< OE) ortrow/ortrew (OE < ortreowe) orween (OE < orwen)
desperate	adj	hopeless, forlorn	hope-yearn(ing/ful) ortrowly/ortrowly (OE - see 'despair') unweenly (OE < unwen)
despondency	n	-	atsprungness (<OE ætsprungnes)
despise	vb	hate, behate, loathe	forthink
despite	prep	although, notwithstanding	-
dessert	n	afters, pudding, sweet	-
destination	n	-	goalspot, goalstead
destine	vb	tee, set up to happen, foredoom, weird	-
destiny	n	lot, doom, foredoom, the stars, weird	eld-orlay (<OE ealdorlæg), orlay (<OE orlæg)
destroy	vb	fordo, toshend, do in, pull down, shatter, tear down, unmake, break down	shend
destruction	n	breakdown, downfall, undoing, unmaking	downbusting, fornaughting (cf. NHG vernichtung)
detail	n	-	meal (<OE mál), speckmark
detain	v	hold
detective	n	sleuth, bloodhound	-
deteriorate	vb	worsen, grow worse	-
determine	vb	name, settle; root out	besteven (cf. NHG bestimmen) see steven
detest	vb	hate, loathe	-
detrimental	n	harmful, scatheful	-
Deus vult	interj	God wills it	-
Devail/Devil	n	fiend, our foe/Foe; Liar; ettin (OED, ‘Titan’), Woden (‘maddening one, Devil’)	Os (< OE ‘spirit, demon, devil’)
devalue	vb	cheapen, lessen	downworthen
develop	vb	grow, build, unfold, unwrap, foster	forblow
developed, poorly	adj	wan-thriven	-
development(al)	n/adj	growth; upshot; ripening, fostering	forblowing
device	n	tool, hardware, gadget (etymology uncertain)	-
devious	adj	shrewd, wily	-
devise	vb	think up, think of; leave in a will	-
devolve	vb	-	netherwind
devote	vb	earmark, set by	wigh (cf. Du. wijden)
devour	vb	fret, gulp (up), raven, wolf	forswallow (<OE forswelgan)
devout	adj	down-the-line, fast, good, steady, true-blue	-
dexterity	n	deftness, nimbleness	handwitness
dexterous	adj	deft, nimble	handwit, handskillful, handcrafty
di-	pfx	-	twi-
diabetes	n	sweethurstsickness	-
diabetic	adj	sweethurstsickened	-
diabolic	n	fiendish	-
diacritic	n	mark	-
diæresis/diëresis	n	break	breakmark
diagonal	adj	leaning, sloping, slanted	-
dialect	n	street-talk (sometimes)	byleid (<Scots), folktung landspeech (cf. NHG. Landessprache) , tongfall (tonguefall) (<Dutch)
diameter	n	bore	straightspan, wreathwidth, ringwidth
diameter, inner	n	inner: bore; outer: girth	-
diamond	n	-	hardore, toughhurst (calque)
diaphanous	adj	sheer	-
diaphragm	n	-	midrith (<OE midhriðre)
diarrhoea	n	skitter, the runs	-
diary	n	daybook	-
diaspora	n	yondseeding	outscattering, the wanderings, yondscattering (calque from Greek dia + speirein), scatterdom
dichotomy	n	-	twidealing (cf. Du. tweedeling; NHG Zweiteilung)
dictator	n	‘king’	tharlreve; rikebinder
dictatorship	n		bindrike, thrallrike; manbinding
dictionary	n	wordbook	-
die (Theedish)	n	-	wirple
diet	n	-	foodline
differ	v	-	undershed (calque of Ger. speech. NHG Unterschieden, Du. onderscheiden)
difference	n	otherness, unlikeness	dealing, shedding, sunderness, undershed (cf. NHG Unterschied/ Du. onderscheiden) diversity: fayness (<OE fægnys)
different	adj	unlike, unsame, sundry, sunder, sundered	missen (<OE), shedded undershedly (NHG. unterschiedlich)
different	adv	other, otherwise	sunderly, sheddedly
differentiation (mathematics)	n	-	beshedding
differently	adv	otherwise, sunderly	-
difficult	adj	pick-and-shovel, uphill, hard	sweer (Eng., OE swær, cf. NHG. Schwer, Du zwaar) grinding
difficulty	n	hardship, struggle, toil	-
diffident	adj	withdrawn	-
digit	n	finger, toe	-
digital	adj	scorely, chip-driven	bitly
dignity	n	worth, selfworth	wirthe (<OE wirþu, cf. NHG Würde)
digraph	n	-	twiwrit (calque)
digress	n	-	umsweep (<OE ymbswæpe)
dilapidated	adj	threadbare, timeworn	-
dilate	vb	-	abreethe (<OE abreoþan)
diligent	adj	tied-up, working	(k)nerd/(k)nard (<OE cneord), heedfast
dimension	n	-	mealwidth (<Ic. mælivídd), meting (calque), lengthenness, lengthening (calque of Fin. ulottuvuus)
diminish	vb	lessen, lower, wane, dwindle, dwine	fordwine
diminutive	adj	tiny, impish, small, little	-
dimorphism	n	-	twoshapenness
diningroom	n	-	buttern (<OE beotern 'table-room')
dinner	n	evening meal, mese (obsolete) fr. OE: (table, that which is set on a table, dish, food, meal)	eveneats (cf. D. avondeten, NHG Avondessen), rearding (OE reord 'to feast'), evenmeal
dinosaur	n	-	dreadask (calque from Greek), dreadwight, bulkwight, forebird
diocese	n	-	bedereve shire
diphthong	n	-	twithedin (calque)
diploma	n	-	douth writ
direct	adj	rode, straight, straightforward, unbending, head-on, forthright, open, outspoken	-
direct	vb	lead, steer, beward, beright, right	wees (<OE wisian)
direction	n	heading, wending, warding	-
direct object (grammar)	n		openware, straight mark (straightmark),
directory	n	-	threadlist
dis-	pref	mis-, un-	and- (<OE; cf. NHG ent-...)
disability	n	-	behindering (cf. NHG Behinderung)
disable	vb	cripple, lame; hamstring	-
disabled	adj	lame, halt	-
disadvantage	n	afterdeal, drawback, downside	-
disadvantaged	adj	hindered	-
disappear	vb	flee, melt, sink, go missing	fordwine, forswind (<OHG farswindan; cf. NHG verschwinden), swind (<OE swindan)
disappoint	vb	let down	-
disarm	vb	-	andweapon
disarrange	vb	rumple, tousle	-
disaster	n	shipwreck, fizzle, washout	ill-hap, grimming, harrow-hap
disastrous	adj	baneful, deadly, dreadful, black, hapless, harmful, doomfull, wrackful	-
discard	vb	get rid of, deep-six,	awayen forthrow (Eng., cf. NHG verwerfen)
discharge	n/vb	unload	-
disciple	n	-	loreknight (<OE larcniht)
discipline	n/vb	?school, field; rear up, upbraid	thewfastness
disclaim	vb	foreswear, forego	mishold, unhold
disclaimer	n	forsaker, yielder	-
disclose	vb	bare, show, tell	-
disconcert	vb		taken aback
disconcerting	adj	offputting, upsetting.	-
discontinue	vb	cut, end	-
discount	n	-	falloff (cf. Ic. af-fall)
discourse	n	chat, speak	rearding, wordling (<OE wordlung)
discourse	vb	talk, speak, mouth out	wordle
discover	vb/phr	find out, get on, hear, learn, wise up; dig out, dredge up, hit on, nose out, root out; bare, unbosom, unfold	onfind, unthatch/unthack, unmesh Befind (cf. NHG befinded, Du. bevinded, Swed/S. Fris.) , undeck
discovery	n	finding, unearthing	befinding, onfinding, undecking
discredit	vb	s(mirch	-
discriminate	n	treat unfairly	beshed (<OE bescéadan)
discuss	vb	talk about, talk over, talk through	wordwrestle
disease	n	addle, cothe, sickness, illness, wanhaleness	-
disease, skin	n	tetter	skinaddle
disfigure	vb	mar, misshape	-
disgrace	n	shendship	-
disgrace	vb	shend (conjugated as the vb "to send")	-
disgrace(ful)	n/vb	shame, shend	shendful (<ME shendful)
disgusting	adj	loathely, wlatsome, foul, pukening, gruesome, ghastly, rank, icky,	Witherly (NHG. Widerlich) Witherward (NHG. Widerwärtig)
dishevelled	adj	cluttered, tousled, untidy	-
dishonourable	adj	-	arless, heanful, heanlike (OE heanlic)
disinclined	adj	loath	-
disinfect	vb	-	unsmittle
disinfectant	adj	-	unsmittling
disinfectant	n	-	unsmittler
disk	n	-	flat, trind
dislike	vb	mislike	-
dislocate	vb	-	unstead
dismember	vb	-	alithe, unlimb
dismiss	vb	snub, slight, sack, fire	-
disobedience	n	-	overhearness (<OE oferhirness)
disobedient	adj	unhold, unhearsome, hardheaded, stubborn, wayward	-
disordered	adj	unsided, throughanother	-
dispatch	vb	send off, forthsend	-
disperse	vb	scatter, spread, strew	todrive, tofare
displace	vb	uproot	unord
display	n/vb	fair, show; lay out, show off, strut, forthset	-
displease	vb	-	misqueme (<OE miscwéman)
disposable	adj	throwaway	-
disposal	n	deep-six, junking, throwing away	-
disposition	n	heart, mind, thinking	hye (< OE hyge)
disprove	vb	belie	-
dispute	n	bickering, brawl, tiff	unreckoning (calque)
dispute	vb	bicker, brawl, tiff, wrangle	flit (OE)
disqualify	vb	unfit	-
disregard	vb	overlook, forheed	overgum (<OE ofergumian)
disrupt	vb	upset, unsettle, break, break up, sunder, split, shatter, tear, rip, rattle, muddle	-
dissect	vb	sithe, cut up	-
dissemble	vb	bluff, sham, put on; let on, make out	aswike
dissolution	n	breakup, split, sundering	-
dissonance	n	infighting	-
distance	n	lead, length, spread, stretch, way; breadth, field; unlikeness, otherness, farness	-
distant	adj	away, deep, far, far away far-flung, far-off; cold-eyed, dry, offish, standoff; other, unalike, unlike	farlen, offward (OE)
distill	vb	drop, trickle, strengthen,	forsteaming
distinct	adj	marked, sundered	undershed (calque of many Ger. speeches).
distinguish	vb	make-out	undershed (calque of Ger. speech. NHG Unterschieden, Du. onderscheiden)
distort	vb	misshape, twist, throw, warp	-
distract	vb	throw off, draw off, pull away, bewilder, mislead	heed off, mind off
distraught	adj	worked up	-
distress	vb/n	bother, upset, worry n: woe, harm's way	-
distress signal	n	-	woecall
distribute	vb	deal out, hand out, mete out, spread, spread out	breat/bret/brut/brit (<OE bryttian)
distribution	n	dealing, setup, spread	brittening (<OE bryttian)
district	n	neighbourhood	shire, riding, leet, -wick, wike, stretch
distrust	vb	forthink, mistrust	-
disturb	vb	stir, muddle, unsettle	dreve (<OE dréfan) , sturian (<OE styrian), bestir
disturbance	n	stir; teasing, harrying, bothering, unsettling	dreving , bestirance
disturbing	adj	creepy, startling, frightening, unsettling, upsetting, stirring, scary	- bestiring
diurnal	adj	daily	-
diverse	adj	manifold, sundry, manikind	-
divert	n	-	off-lead
divide	n	split, gap	-
divide	vb	cleave, shed, split, sunder, share, of-mete, deal	to-tweam (<OE to-twaémen)
divination	n	foretelling	wile (<OE wigle)
divine	adj	godly, holy	wily
divinity	n	holiness	-
division	n	cleaving, splitting, tweeming, shedding, sundering	-
divorce	n	-	wedbreach, wedlock-free
DNA	n	twisted ladder	UKS (unbreathrikernelish sour)
docile	adj	meek; law-abiding	-
doctor, medical	n	healer	learer (<ME lerare <OE lārēow) leech, healand
doctrine	n	-	lorespell (<EME)
document	n	-	leafwrit
documentary	n	broadcast	leafwritfilm, logfilm, truthfilm
dogma	n	-	ground lief
dolphin	n	mereswine	tumbler (cf. NHG Tümmler)
domain	n	-	lorddom
dome	n	-	cupple (calque of Italian cupola) (cup + -le diminutive)
domestic	adj	homeland (politics); household; tamed; born	-
domesticate	vb	tame	houserede
domicile	n	grith
dominate	vb	lord over, bestride	rike (<OE), hire (calque)
donate	vb	bestow, give, overgive, yield	-
donation	n	gift, yield, outgiving	-
doppelgänger	n	look-alike, evil look-alike, ill-boding look-alike	Walking-dead, death-ghost; twinish-unknowns.
dormant	adj	sleeping, drowsing	-
dormitory	n	bedroom	sleepstow, sleepearn (<OE slæpærn)
dorsal	adj	back	-
dosage	n	muchness	-
double	vb/n/adj	twin, twofold, twosome, two times	vb: twifold (<OE twifealdian)
doubt	n/vb	qualm, niggle, wonder, tweag; twimindedness, lack belief (in), misbelieve, mistrust	ink (<OE inca; ME inke) twimind, tween (<OE tweo, <OE tweona)
doubtful	n	twiminded	tweenful
douse	vb	drench	-
dozen	adj	twelve	-
dozen	n	tens	-
draconian	adj	-	harsh, rough
dragon	n	lindworm, wyrm	-
dragonfly	n	-	leanfly
drainage basin	n	watershed	-
dramatic	adj	hammy; showy, splashy	-
dramatist	n	playwright	-
dress	n	bodyskirt, fullskirt, long skirt, smock, frock	-
dress	vb	clothe, don	-
dromadary	n	-	drylander
drug	n	lib	rushmiddle, rushmean (cf. NHG Rauschmittel), rushgift (cf. NHG Rauschgift)
drupe	n	-	stoneberry
dual	adj	twin, twofold	-
dub	vb	name, call	-
dubious	adj	dodgy, shady, shaky; loath; far-fetched, unlikely; hinky, mistrustful, unsettled	frainworth(y) bethinkly (cf. NHG bedenklich) see bethink
duchy	n	earldom	Heretogdom
due	adj	owing, thanks	-
duel	n	ballgame	wyefare
duet	n	-	twising
dugong	n	-	seacow
duke	n	earl	alderman (<OE ealdorman), hertow (<OE heretoga)
dunce	n	mouthbreather	-
dune	n	-	sandhill
duplication	n	twofoldness	twiness
during	prep	throughout	bewhile
Dutch(man)	adj	-	Lowland(er), Netherland(er)ish
duvet	n	bedspread, eiderdown	-
dynamic	n	snell, flush, lusty, red-blooded	speedfast, beweighful
dynasty	n	-	erverike
dysentery	n	-	reddrif (<OE drif: fever)
dysfunctional	adj	unworking, badworking	-
dyslexic	n	word-blindness	-