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Staff H of the English Wordbook.

Tongueshortenings:

  • NE = New English
  • ENE = Early New English
  • ME = Middle English
  • OE = Old English
  • SC = Scots
  • WF = West Frish
  • NF = North Frish
  • SF = Saterlandish Frish
  • WO = Wangeroogish
  • WLG = West Low Thetch
  • EFLS = East Frish Low Saxish
  • ELG = East Low Thetch
  • NL = Netherlandish
  • AF = Afrikaans
  • NHG = New High Thetch
  • IL = Icelandish
  • HIL = High Icelandish
  • FO = Faroish
  • NO = Nornish
  • SW = Swedish
  • DN = Danish
  • MLG = Middle Low Thetch
  • MNL = Middle Netherlandish
  • MHG = Middle High Thetch
  • OF = Old Frish
  • OS = Old Saxish
  • OHG = Old High Thetch
  • ON = Old Norse
  • GO = Gottish
  • PWG = Or-West-Theedish
  • PG = Or-Theedish

Other shortenings:

  • [ᛣ] = Loanwend
  • [ᚹ] = Widened meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglish
  • [ᛏ] = Transitive
  • [ᚾ] = Intransitive
  • [ᚩ] = Old and dead meaning of a living word

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


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Chancery English

Class Anglish/English
Attested Unattested

Ha[]

habit n wont won (‹ME wǒne), sid (‹OE sidu), thew ([ᚩ]: ‹ME theu), rote ([ᚩ]: ‹ME rōte?), wonhood ([ᛣ]: NHG Gewohnheit)
háček n - hookling
hadron n - strongmote
hafnium n - havenshaft, harbourshaft
hagiography n - hallowlore, holilore
hallelujah interj - herrigod, herriya (calque of Ebrish)
halo n - headtrift
halophile n salt-loving, salt-friendly -
hallucination n - dwimmer (‹OE dwimor), smoke and glass
hamate bone n - hookbone
hammock n hangmat -
hamlet n hem, thorpe/thorp/dorp, wick, town, whistle-stop hemling, ham
haptic suit (VR) n - aped handling, handlewear
harass vb harry, bother, stalk, taw, harrow -
harmonica n mouth harp -
harmony n bond, overlay, like-mindedness, togetherness

eest (<OE ēst), evenheartness (<OE efenheortnes)
of voices: evenleether (<OE efenhlēoðor), leethering (<OE hlēoðorung)

harness vb inspan -
harpsichord n - harpstring
harpy eagle n - king's hawk (calque of Portuguese gavião-real)
hashish n - hemptar
haste n speed hight (‹ME highthe), ovest (‹OE ōfost), snellness
haunt vb hound, stalk, ghost, lurk -
have in common vb share evendeal (‹OE efengedǽlan)
hazard n worry(some), gamble(some) -
hazardous adj worrisome, gamblesome, plightful, untrustworthy -
hazmat suit n gamble(some) anwork evenwear, plightful anwork evenwear, untrustworthy anwork evenwear, worrisome anwork evenwear -

He[]

headphone(s) n headset, earspeaker(s) headspeaker, headswan, earset, earswan
hectare n - hundreder
hearse n - lichwain, bodycart
heir n - erfward (‹ ME erewardOE erfeweard), erfnum (‹ ME eruenameOE yrfenuma), erf (‹OE *erfa {erbum}), erver
heiress n - ervester, erven
heirless adj - erfless, everless
heirloom n - erfloom, erflove (<OE irfelāf; rhymes with grove)
Heisei n(p) - Everfrith, Everbliss
helicopter n eggbeater, whirlybird bladewing (airship), whirlwing, spinning-vanes
thyrl (<IC), liftspinner (cf. NHG Hubschrauber)
helicopter parent n - smother-mother, smother-father
heliology n sunlore
heliotrope n - silewharve ( <OE sigelhweorfe)
helium n - sunshaft
helix n writhe, twist double: twofold writhe
helmet n helm grime, beadgrime
hemi- pref half-, sam-, sand-, some- -
hemicircle n - halfring, samring
hemisphere n - halfball
hen coop n henhouse -
hepatitis n liver-sickness -
heptagon n - sevenside
herb n wort, grass, shrub croud (<PG *krūdą, whence SF Kruud and NHG Kraut)
herbal (book) n - wortbook
herbicide n weedkiller -
herbivore n - grass-eater, wort-eater
heresy n - dwole (‹ ME ȝedwollOE gedwola), dwild (<OE dwild), trewlessness or truelessness (<OE tréowléasnes)
heretic n - dwoleman (‹OE dwolmanngedwolman), dwildman (‹OE gedwildmann)
heritage n bequest, birthright erf (<OE ierfe; cf. NHG Erbe)
hermaphrodite n - beddle, newhalf, scrat, scrit, manwoman
hermit n loner lonesettler (cf. NHG Einsiedler)

hero(ïne)

n white hat

heleth(in) (<OE hæleð, cf. NHG Held), hield (<OE hildewulf "hero")

noble: bearn (<OE beorn)

heroïc deed n - ellenwork (<OE ellenweorc)
heroïsm n doughtiness; selflessness helethdom (calque: NHG Heldentum)
herpes n tetter -
hesitate vb dither dretch (<ME drecchen), swither (first witnessed 1501; of unknown root)
heterogeneous adj mixed -
heteroromantic adj/n straight andliefer, andlover
heterosexual adj/n straight witherdrawn, andlover, andluster
heterosexuality n - andlove, andlust, andkind (cf. Far. samkynd)
heterosocial adj/n - andkindfriendly
heterosociality n - andkindfriendliness
hexagon n - sixside

Hi[]

hiatus n gap, break -
hibernal adj wintry -
hibernate vb winter, overwinter -
hibiscus n rosemellow -
hick n redneck, hillbilly -
hicksville n backtown -
hideous adj awful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, loathsome, sickening, ugly liteless (<OE wlitelēas), unfair, uncomely
hierarchy n ladder -
Hinduism n(p) - Vedidom, Hindudom, Indom, Aytrothdom/Aydharmadom (Hind. Sanātana dharma (सनातन धर्म)), Veditrothdom
hippopotamus n - eahorse (ME ē "river" + horse); floodhorse (cf. NO flodhest); nilehorse (cf. NHG Nilpferd)
histology n - lifebricklore, (life)thrumlore (Ar. علم الأنسجة)
historian n - stearwit, sheedteller (<OE gescēode + teller), ashiftwriter, happenwriter (cf. NL geschiedschrijving)
historic adj - sheedly (cf. NHG geschichtlich)
historiographic(al) adj - ashiftwritingly (cf. NHG Geschichtsschreibung), happenwritingly (cf. NL geschiedschrijving)
historiography n - ashiftwriting, ashiftly writing (cf. NHG Geschichtsschreibung), happenwriting (cf. NL geschiedschrijving)
history n yore, yesteryear, timeline, background, lore

stear (<OE stǣr), ashift (calque? of NHG Geschichte), eretide, life tale, asheede, sheede (<OE gescēode, cf. NHG Geschichte), happenness (cf. NL geschiedenis), haplore (cf. Du. geschiedkunde), forline (calque of WF ferline)

ancient: firnmind (<OE fyrnġemynd)

hitchhike n - thumbfare, thumbfaring

Ho[]

hodiernal adj - tidely
holocaust n burn-all, rain of fire, scorched earth, wildfire, death, slaughter, bloodbath -
hologram n - woven build, lightstill
Holstein n(p) - Holtset; milch cow
homage n - manred (<OE manræden)
homicide n murder, manslaughter, kill, killing, onslaught -
homily n chestnut lorespell (<ME lōrspel), teaching-spell, folklore (<OE folclár, after the Grk homilos, 'crowd')
homogeneous adj samewise, kindred stemling, stemsharing
homophobia n - samelovefear, samelustfear, samekindlovefear, samekindlovefear, samelovehate, samelusthate, samekindlovehate, samekindlusthate, samehamedhate/samehæmedhate
homoromantic adj/n queer samelover, samekindlover, loveknave
homosexual adj/n badling; bender, swish, queer samelover, sameluster, samekindlover, fellowbedder, loveknave, lustknave, wemming, same-kun
homosexuality n queenness; queerness samehamedness/samehæmedness, swishness, lustqueendom, samelove, samelust, samekind (cf. Far. samkynd), samekindlust
honest adj truthful, upright, forthright, full, open, becoming lutter (‹OE hlutor)
honesty n truthfulness, forthrightness; lutterness
hono(u)r n uprightness; worship

worthmint (‹ME worthmint), mensk (‹ME menskeON mennska), ore (‹OE ār), indright (‹OE indryhto), tire (‹OE tīr), reeth (‹OE hrēð), worthfulness, worthliness, mind's-worth; mearness (‹OE mǣrness)

ornament: glinge (‹OE gleng)

hono(u)r vb worship, worthy ore (‹OE geārian), mense, meather (<OE mǽðrian), mear (<OE mǽran), mearse (<OE mǽrsian), o(u)ver (<OE uferian), breme (<OE gebréman), meed (<OE gemedemian)
honourable adj upright, upstanding oreworthy, orely (cf. NHG ehrlich), mense
hooligan n rough neck -
horde n throng -
horizon n skyline skyedge; skyfoot, skysill
horizontal adj - flatways, flatwise, warp
hormone adj - spur
horology n - timekeeping seercraft
horrible adj awful, dreadful, ghastly; grim, grisly, gruesome; fearful, frightful, hair-raising, scary atle (‹ME ātel), atley (‹ME atelīch), lathsome, grireful
horrify vb scare, frighten, afear affright
horror n dread, fear, fright, awe groor (‹ME grure), atle (‹OE atol), brow (‹OE brōga)
horticulture n - wortcraft
hospice n inn -
hospital n sickhouse leechhouse (‹OE lǣcehūs), healhouse
hospitable adj guestfriendly comelithe (‹OE cumlīðe), guestly (‹OE gæstlíc)
hospitality n guestfriendship, guestfriendliness comelitheness (‹OE cumlīþness)
host n - guestgiver (calque: NHG Gastgeber)
hostage n - yisel (‹ME gīsel)
hostile adj foesome, unfriendly, fiendish, fiendlike fiendly (‹ME feondlich), withermood (‹OE wiþermōd)
hostility n foeship, foehood, unfriendliness, fiendishness feighth (‹OE fǣhþ; akin to NL vete and NHG Fehde), fiendship (<OE fēondscipe), fiendliness
hot chocolate n - bitterbrew
hotel n guesthouse inn
hour n stound, tide longlog
hourglass n sandglass timeglass
House of Commons n(p) - House of Churlfolk (see OE ceorlfolc), Folkthing, Folksthing ([ᛣ]: DN Folketing)

Hu[]

hug (<ON) vb clip, halse -
huge adj great, big, wide ormete (‹ME ormēte)
hullabaloo n uproar, ado, merry hell, to-do -
human n man, earthling wordling, soul
human adj manlike mannish (‹ME mannish), mennishly (‹OE mennisclīc)
humane adj mannish -
humanitarian adj do-good manworthy
humanity n mankind, folk, world; kindheartedness, ruth, warmheartedness mennishness (‹OE menniscness), mannishness, mennishliness (‹OE mennisclīcnes), mennishhood, mankin
humanize vb - manthware (<OE gemannþwǣrian)
humble adj down-to-earth, meek, lowly -
humerus n armbone -
humid adj dank, damp, sweltry, sticky, wet -
humidity n wetness, dampness loftwetness, loftdampness (cf. NHG Luftfeuchtigkeit)
humiliate vb cheapen, foul, lower, shame, sink, take down forhean (<OE forhīenan), anether (<ME anetheren <OE aniþerian), neigh (<OE hnaégan), nither (<OE niðrian)
humiliating adj cringe-making -
humility n down-to-earthness, lowiness, meekness lamblikeness, sackclothness
humorous adj funny, witty, side-splitting -
hurricane n gale, whirlwind ist (‹OE ȳst)
hurt vb harm, scathe, wound dere (‹ME dēren)
husband (‹ON) n - were (‹ME werOE wer; companion of wife)
hushed adj still, lown (dialect), on the down low -

Hy[]

hybrid n/adj halfbreed thwarsebreed
hydraulics n waterworks -
hydrate vb water -
hydrogen n waterstuff (Poul Anderson) watershaft, lightmote
hydrotherapy n - waterhealing
hyena n - nightganger (‹OE nihtgenge)
hymen n - maidenfleece ([ᛣ]: NL maagdenvlies), maidenhide (cf. NHG Jungfernhäutchen)
hymn n - imen (‹OE ymen), loavesong (‹OE lōfsang), churchsong (‹OE ciricsang)
hyoid bone n tonguebone -
hyper adj overspringed, springy -
hypercomputation n - overreckoning
hyperlink n link (<ON) overlink, overwrit link (calque of hypertext)
hyperloop n - overloop (calque), toomwain
hyperopia n far(-)sightedness, long(-)sightedness -
hypha n - swambthread
hyphen n dash -
hypnosis n bedazzling, spellbinding -
hypnotise vb bedazzle, grip, spellbind -
hypnotic adj bedazzling, gripping, spellbinding

sleep soothing, sleepy

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hypocrite n faker (‹?), show-player, holier-than-thou lichetter (‹OE līcettere)
hypocritical adj faking, two-tongued, playing a show unecht (cf. NHG unecht) (see Eng. echt)
hypocrisy n faking, show-play lichetting (‹OE līcettung), unluterness
hypothermia n chill, frost, cooling, freezing, frostbite undercooling ([ᛣ]: NHG Unterkühlung)