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− | |tiger |
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− | |truenicker (calque of Tupi-Guarani yaguareté) |
+ | |spoted cat, truenicker (calque of Tupi-Guarani yaguareté) |
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− | |'''jail''' |
+ | |'''jail (gaol)''' |
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|lockup |
|lockup |
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− | |fanghouse |
+ | |fanghouse; carcern, dimhouse, fastern, wittern 2. slang terms: slough, blackhouse, iron-house |
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|'''jam''' |
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+ | |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |
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− | |konfiture |
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|<nowiki>-</nowiki>sweetspread, as strawberry, raspberry, quince, chokeberry sweetspread etc. |
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>sweetspread, as strawberry, raspberry, quince, chokeberry sweetspread etc. |
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+ | |'''jamais vu''' |
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+ | |''n'' |
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+ | |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |
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+ | |neverseen |
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|Land of the rising sun |
|Land of the rising sun |
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− | |Dawnland |
+ | |Dawnland, Sunland |
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|sallow |
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+ | |'''je ne sais quoi''' |
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+ | |''n'' |
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+ | |God-knows-what |
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+ | |I-know-not, I-know-not-what |
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| heartburn |
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| andiness, ellenhette (<OE ellenhete) |
| andiness, ellenhette (<OE ellenhete) |
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|'''Jehovah''' |
|'''Jehovah''' |
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|'''jellyfish''' |
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+ | | sea nettle |
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− | | namby-pamby, wimp |
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+ | |seanettle |
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− | |stingfish, brimfish |
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− | |prat, one-liner, |
+ | |prat, one-liner, |
− | | wit (<OE witt, |
+ | | wit (<OE witt,); witshard. |
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|blithe, gleeful, mirthful, merry |
|blithe, gleeful, mirthful, merry |
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+ | |'''jötunn''' |
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+ | |''n'' |
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+ | |ettin (OED) |
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− | |Jewdom |
+ | |Jewdom |
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− | | doom, finding, holding; call; belief, eye, mind; fix, deemship |
+ | | doom, finding, holding; call; belief, eye, mind; fix, deemship, ordeal |
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− | |ordeal (<OE ordāl) |
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| wise |
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+ | | doomwise |
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|'''juice''' |
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− | |sap, wos |
+ | |sap, wos; alne (OED, ‘energy’), fire |
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|'''jump''' |
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− | |leap, spring |
+ | |leap, spring, hop |
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− | |whirlpool, madhouse, snaggle |
+ | |whirlpool, madhouse, snaggle; weed garden |
− | |orweald (cf. Du. oerwoud, NHG Urwald) |
+ | |orweald (cf. Du. oerwoud, NHG Urwald); weed weald, weed wold; wild weald; choke weald, werrow (calque from ‘werewolf’) weald |
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|law, lawhood |
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|leedred (<OE leodræden) |
|leedred (<OE leodræden) |
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+ | |'''jury''' |
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+ | |''n'' |
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+ | |oath-takers |
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+ | |deemteam (<OE dēma + team) |
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− | |fair; straight, upright |
+ | |fair, right, evenhanded; reckoned; straight, upright |
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− | |barely, hardly, slightly; but, only; fully, rightly, sharply; nearly, lately |
+ | |barely, hardly, slightly; but, only; fully, rightly, sharply; nearly, lately, even |
− | + | "''I '''just''' saw that": ''only now, anowly, benowly |
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− | |well-grounded |
+ | |well-grounded; reckoned, reckoned right; rightened |
|begrounded (cf. NHG begründet) |
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− | | uphold, righten |
+ | | uphold, reckon, righten |
|soothfasten (<OE sóþfæst) |
|soothfasten (<OE sóþfæst) |
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beground (cf. NHG begründen) |
beground (cf. NHG begründen) |
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|youngster, youth, stripling |
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Revision as of 00:07, 22 February 2020
Staff J 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.
Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
Attested | Unattested | |||
Jack o'Lantern | n | will-o-the-wisp, foxfire, wildfire, marshlight | Jack o'Lightvat
marrowhead (cf. Dan. græskarhoved) Halloween-marrow (cf. NHG Halloween-Kürbis) | |
jaguar | n | spoted cat, truenicker (calque of Tupi-Guarani yaguareté) | ||
jail (gaol) | n | lockup | fanghouse; carcern, dimhouse, fastern, wittern 2. slang terms: slough, blackhouse, iron-house | |
jam | n | - | -sweetspread, as strawberry, raspberry, quince, chokeberry sweetspread etc. | |
jamais vu | n | - | neverseen | |
janitor | n | caretaker | - | |
January | n | - | Afteryule (OE), Frostmonth (cf. OHG Härtemonat), Foremonth (<W.Fr. Foarmoanne) Afteryulemonth | |
Japan | n | Land of the rising sun | Dawnland, Sunland | |
jar | n | urn (from Latin "urna") | glass (cf. NHG Glas), pot | |
jargon | n | shoptalk, speak | craftspeech (<OE cræftspræc) | |
jaundiced | adj | sallow | - | |
je ne sais quoi | n | God-knows-what | I-know-not, I-know-not-what | |
jealous | adj | green-eyed | andy (<OE andig), ellenhetten (<ellenhette + -en) nithy (<OE niþ), nitheful (<OE níþful), swartsick (<SW svartsjuk) | |
jealous person | n | - |
andi(wo)man, ellenhettenwere, ellenhetten(wo)man female: ellenhettenfraw (<ellenhetten + fraw, <NHG "Frau", woman), andifraw benither, nither (cf. NHG Beneider, Neider) | |
jealousy | n | heartburn | andiness, ellenhette (<OE ellenhete)
nith (<OE niþ) nithness (OE niþ+ness) | |
Jehovah | n | Almighty, Everlasting, Father, Godhead, Lord | Allfather, Life's Weaver, Dryghten (or Drithen), Worldshaper | |
jellyfish | n | sea nettle | seanettle | |
jester | n | funniman, gleeman | - | |
Jesus | n | Lamb of God, Healer, | Ihesu (<ME), Hæland (<OE, German) Ihesu, Jesu (<ME) | |
jewel | n | rock slang | hurst (<OE) | |
jingoism | n | - | wyetheedishness | |
jinx | n | mishap | wanlucker | |
job | n | errand, chore, berth, business, work second: bywork |
char | |
join | vb | link, fit, fay, tie | - | |
join | vb | meet, go in, come in | ||
joint | n | limb, lith | - | |
joke | n | prat, one-liner, | wit (<OE witt,); witshard. | |
jolly | adj | blithe, gleeful, mirthful, merry | - | |
jötunn | n | ettin (OED) | ||
journal | n | logbook, daybook | - | |
journalism | n | news | logkeeping, logcraft, loggership, newscraft | |
journalist | n | newsman | bewriter, logger, logkeeper, logwriter | |
journey | n | ramble, wayfaring, fare | reys, ferd (<ME, NHG fahrt) widesith | |
jovial | adj | blithe, gleeful, merry, mirthful | eady | |
joy | n | gladness, warm fuzzles, mirth, lust, blitheness, glee | winne, faining, listing, | |
joyful | adj | blissful, pleased, tickled, mirthful, merry, gleeful, blithe | eady, faining, listing, reemful (OE hremig) | |
Judaism | n | - | Jewdom | |
judge | vb | settle; call, make, reckon; gather, make out: deem, hold | hiler (<OE heolorian) | |
judge | n | deemer (<OE dēma), deemster | lawlord, hilerand | |
judgment | n | doom, finding, holding; call; belief, eye, mind; fix, deemship, ordeal | ||
judicious | adj | wise | doomwise | |
juggernaut | n | drive, push | - | |
juice | n | sap, wos; alne (OED, ‘energy’), fire | - | |
juice up | vb | fire, liven up | - | |
jukebox | n | - | songbox, swinbox, gleambox, gleebox | |
July | n | - | Meadowmonth(<OE mead), Meadmonth (<OE), Afterlithe, Haymonth | |
jump | vb | leap, spring, hop | - | |
June | n | - | Midsummermonth < OE, Erelith (<OE Ærra Līþa), Solmonth, Fallowmonth | |
jungle | n | whirlpool, madhouse, snaggle; weed garden | orweald (cf. Du. oerwoud, NHG Urwald); weed weald, weed wold; wild weald; choke weald, werrow (calque from ‘werewolf’) weald | |
junior | adj | younger, youth, young, underling | - | |
jurisdiction | n | law, lawhood | leedred (<OE leodræden) | |
jury | n | oath-takers | deemteam (<OE dēma + team) | |
just | adj | fair, right, evenhanded; reckoned; straight, upright | - | |
just | adv | barely, hardly, slightly; but, only; fully, rightly, sharply; nearly, lately, even
"I just saw that": only now, anowly, benowly |
nar (cf. NHG nur) | |
just about | adj | almost | sowhat (so + what) (cf. Du. zowat) | |
justice | n | fair shake, fairness, rightfulness, rightness | righthood | |
justification | n | grounds | begrounding (cf. NHG begründung) | |
justified | adj | well-grounded; reckoned, reckoned right; rightened | begrounded (cf. NHG begründet) | |
justify | vb | uphold, reckon, righten | soothfasten (<OE sóþfæst)
beground (cf. NHG begründen) | |
juvenile | adj | young; green, unfledged, unripened | - | |
juvenile | n | youngster, youth, stripling | frumbeardling |