English Wordbook/P

Basic abbreviations:

OE = Old English
ME = Middle English
PG = Or-theedish
SC = Scots
SW = Swedish
Dan. = Danish
ON = Old Norse
OS = Old Saxon
NHG = New Hightheech
IC = Icelandish
H.IC = High Icelandish
Du. = Netherlandish
Fris. = Freesish

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

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Chancery English	Class	Anglish/English
Chancery English	Class	Attested	Unattested
pabulum	n	fodder, food of thought	-
pace	vb/n	speed; step, walk, stride, tread	skeeth (cf Ic. skeið)
pacifier	n	soother	-
pacifist	n	dove	frithweaver, unfighter
package	n	wrapping	-
paddle	n	oar	-
pædophile/pedophile	n	-	childluster
pædophilia/pedophilia	n	-	childlust
pagan	n	heathen	-
paganism	n	heathendom	-
page	n	side, sheet, leaf; knave, boy, helper, thane	trammet (<OE tramet), leafside servant: theen
pacify	vb	allay	smolten, befrith
pain	n	smart(ing), soreness, acheness, sorrow, care, teen(e) (obsolete), warch/wark (obsolete; k-form may be due to influence from Norse), woe
painful	adj	acheful, nasty, sore, harsh, harrowing, smarting	-
paint	n	dye	farb (<OE færbu)
paint	vb	mete (obsolete, but in the OED), dye, stroke	fay (<OE fǽgan), mete/meet (<OE (ámétan), meal (<OE mǽlan)
painting	n	meting (obsolete)	dyework, mealwork (cf. Ic. málverk)
pair	n	twain, twin, set	-
palace	n	hall	kingshouse, kingshome kinghove (<OE cynehof), king's dwelling, sale (related to salon)
palate	n	roof of the mouth, gums’ roof	gums/goom (<OE góma')
palatine bone	n	gums’ bone	gumsbone, goombone, roofbone
pale	adj	bleach, dull, fallow, light, washed-out; ashen, doughy, mealy, wan	-
pale	n	wall, weir	-
paleo-	pfx	ere-	ur-, or-
paleography	n	old writing	ur-/orwritelore, erewritlore
paleolithic	adj	-	ur-/orstonely, orstonish
paleontology	n	-	ur/orwightlore, erewritlore
palindrome	n	-	crabword, drowword
palisade	n	-	stakehedge, stakewall, stakework boardwall (<OE bredweall), stavewall, stickwall
palliate	vb	whitewash, soothe	-
pallid	adj	ashen, doughy, mealy, wan, ghastly, grey, bleak, white, sickly, ill	-
palmtree	n	-	folmtree, handtree
palmary	adj	-	heriworthy
palpitate	vb	throb	-
pamphlet	n	flyer, folder, leafling	leafel
panaceä	n	cure-all,heal-all (not common, but in OED)	cureall,allheal (calque)
pancreas	n	-	sweet kernel
pancreas (when used as a food)	n	gut bread	-
panda bear	n	-	(greater) catbear, eastern bear, eyeshadowbear
panel	n	shield, screen, board	-
Pangaea	n	-	Alland (all + land; calque)
pangolin	n	-	shaledeer (calque)
panic	n	fright, elfshot	wode, wodening
panorama	n	-	allsight; roundsight (cf. NHG Rundblick) umsight (see um-)
Panthalassa	n	-	Allsea (all + sea; calque), Worldsea
pant(aloon)s	n	breeches, britches, shorts, leggings, hosen, strides, slacks, legwear	-
pants, under-	n	undies, underwear, drawers	netherlings, underkegs
papaya	n	-	blasterapple (calque of Cuban Spanish "fruta bomba")
paper	n	leaf, sheet, looseleaf	blade, 'paper' in OE (from Latin) means papyrus*
papier-mâché	n	-	sheetmash, mashed sheet
para-	suffix	over-	Yond-
parable	n	likeness, byword	-
parachute	n	fallward (calque of French parachute, para (defense against) + chute (a fall)	fall catcher fallshirm (cf. NHG. Fallschirm, Du. valscherm)
paraclete	n	-	forverghost (<OE forforgast)
paradise	n	fairgarden; heaven, the afterlife	narxenwong (newtiding of OE neorxnawang; c.f. dark < OE deorc)
paradisiacal	adj	heavenly	heavenlike, narxenwongly
parallel	adj	alongside; akin, matching	getherwended, withstraight
parallelogram	n	-	sides alongside; akinside
paralysed(ysis)	adj/n	lame(ness), lamed	-
paramour	n	lover	leman
paranoia	n	great fear, maddening fear; mistrust	mad mistrust
paranoid	n	-	mad misgiver, overmistruster
paranormal	adj	witchcraft, otherwordly; nithe, nicor	nitheness; overmean
paraphrase	n/vb	-	n. edwording vb. edword
parasite	n	bloodsucker, free rider	sidefeeder (calque of Gk. parasitos, para (beside) + sitos (food)
parasitism	n	bloodsucking, freeriding	sidefeeding
parasol	n	sunshade	-
parchment	n	bookfell	-
parent	n	elder, forebear; father or mother, childrearer	kennen (<OE cennend), may (<OE mǣġ)
parenting	n	elderhood, childrearing, raising children/a child	-
parenthesis	n	-	breeches
parents	n	elders, folks	kennen (<OE cennend), mays (<OE mǣġas)
pariah	n	outcast, castoff, black sheep	-
parietal bone	n	-	skullwall
parish	n	-	bedeshire
park	n	-	ersh (<OE ersc) parrock, eddish (not exact: yard, field) deerton/deertown (<OE déortún)
parliament	n	witenagemot(bygone word from OE)	folkthing (cf. Dan. Folketinget) ledeward, lawmoot, landmoot (there were shire moots, so this is the whole land)
parrot	n	-	bleefowl (<OE bleohfugol)
parsimonious	adj	mean, stinting, tightfisted	flint-skinning
parsley	n	-	crispleaf
part	n	deal, share, bit	-
part	vb	split, break, sunder	-
partake	vb	have, take with	bytake, dealnim; thie (<OE þicgan; c.f. lie < licgan, buy < bycgan)
partial	n	some	bent (on), slanted (toward)
participate	vb	do with, leap in	dealnim (<OE dælniman)
participation	n	-	dealnimhood in the Eucharist: mansomeness (<OEġemænsumnes)
participant	n	-	dealnimmer
participle	n	-	dealnimmand (<OE dælnimand)
particle	n	mote, bit, crumb, mite, nip, shed; fleck, flyspeck, snip	wordling grammar
particularly	adv	namely, above all, all the more, at length, ever so, in the main, more than ever	hure (<OE huru), sunderly
partition	n	wall, wough	-
partner	vb/n	mate	in crime: wisithe (<OE wīġesīþ)
parturition	n	childbirth, birthing	-
party	n	gathering, fungathering, merrymaking, bash	-
parvenu	n	upstart	-
pascal	adj	-	tholing
pass	vb	overtake, overstep hand over, give	-
passage	n	path, way, pathway, footway, footpath	extract: plucking
passage of time	n	flow of time	timeflow
passenger	n	faregoer	faregest (cf. NHG Fahrgast) byfarer
passion	n	love	lithenship (< NHG Leidenschaft)
passive	adj	idle	throwendly (<OE þrowiendlic)
passport	n	-	wayleave, fareford, trekford
past	n/adj	bygone, forgone, former, last	forthwist (<OE forðgewitan), forganghood (<NHG vergangenheit), forgonehood / forgoneness, foretide (cf. IC fortíð) forebye (cf NHG. vorebei
pasta	n	noodle, starch	starchfood
pasture	n	grassland, lea, meadow, field	leasow
patella	n	kneecap	-
paternal	adj	fatherly	-
Paternoster	n	Our Father	Lord's Bead
pathetic	adj	rueful, ruthful, sad	-
pathos	n	sadness	-
patience	n	forbearing(ness)	thild (<OE geþyld, cf. NHG Geduld) moodthwearness (<OE módþwǽrnes)
patient	adj	forbearing	thildy (<OE þyld, cf. NHG geduldig)
patria	n	homeland, fatherland, motherland	-
patriarch	n	elder, eldfather	highfather (<OE hēahfæder)
patriarchy	n	-	fatherwield
patrician	n	-	highholder (<OE héahealdor)
patricide	n	-	fatherslaughter, fathermurder
patrimony	n	fathersland	-
patriotic	n	home-loving	landtrothen, fatherlandish (calque)
patriotism	n	home-love, flag-waving (pejorative)	landtrothenness, fatherlandloving, motherlandtrothness
patron	n	backer, bestower	-
patronage	n	business, trade	-
pattern	n	cut, doing, doings,folkway, goings-on, layout, outline,setting, shape, set-up, warp & woof, way, ways, weave, web, yardstick	model: Forelay (<NHG. Vorlage)
pause	n	break, let-up	-
paucity	n	lack, fewness	-
pavement	n	sidewalk, footpath, walkway	-
pay	vb	yield, buy (it), deal (out) set back (rearranging word order)	betale (cf. NHG bezahlen, Du. betalen)
payment	n	fee	betaling (cf. Du. betaling, NHG Bezahlung), scot
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)	n	handheld, handtop	handheld reckoner, handtop reckoner
peace	n	frith, bliss, rest, restfulness	sib (<OE sibbe), grith (<OE griþ)
peaceful	adj	dovish, restful	frithsome (cf. NHG. firedsam, Du vreedzaam) grithful (grith + ful)
peach	n	-	perseapple (ancient Greek calque)
peal	vb	ring, toll	-
peanut (OE from Latin)	n	earthnut, groundnut	-
pearl	n	-	seahurst, merhurst (<OE meregrot 'sea particle', <OE hyrst 'gem'), sandhurst
peasant	n	churl, boor, yeoman, husbandman, landman	-
peasant farmer	n		bour (<OE būr) pl: bours (<OE būras), cf. neighbour
peculation	n	thefting	-
peculiar	adj	freak, unwonted, own	markingly (cf. Nw. merkelig)
pedagogue	n	teacher	-
pedal	n	treadle, footkey, foot board, foot trigger	-
pedal	adj	foot(ed)	-
pedantic	n/adj	inkhorn(y), know-it-all, nitpicking, teachy, boorish n: dryasdust	-
pedestal	n	-	footstone (<OE fótstán)
pedestrian	n	walker	footman, footfarer, footgoer, footganger
peel	n	husk, rind, shell, skin, strip	-
peel	vb	rend, skin, shell, tear, pull off, slough off, strip	-
peep	vb/n	cast, eye; slang: gander	-
pegasus	n	-	winged horse
pejorative	adj	slighting	-
pelican	n	-	wanfoot dive-dapper or dive-dopper (<OE dūfedoppa; the first element is related to the verb "dive", not the noun "dove"; see OED entries "dive-dap\|dive-dop" and "dive-dapper")
pellucid	adj	unclouded	-
pelt	n	fell, hide	-
pen	n	marker, writing tool, writing needle, writing shaft	writler, writingfeather, writingiron (< OE wrítung-ísen), writsax (<OE writ-seax), reed, quill (uncertain origin)
penance	n	bote	-
penchant	n	leaning, fondness	-
pencil	n	stick	leadstick, graystick, writingstick
penetrate	vb	breach, stab, thrill, bore	-
peninsula	n	neck of land; arm, foreland, headland, ness, spit	-
pentagon	n	-	fiveside, fivenook, fivedge
Pentecost	n	Whitsunday	-
penultimate	adj	last-but-one, next-to-last, forelast	-
penis	n	pizzle, weapon (<OE wæpn) dick/cock (both slang; both vulgar), pintle, tarse (both <OE), yard, shaft (slang), manhood (slang)	brine hose (slang), bockler (Old Norse "bqllr")
penitence	n	rueness (<OE hreonisse), ruefulness, ruth	gild
penurious	adj	stingy	-
people	n	folk; throng (group of people)	lede (<OE lēod, cf. NHG Leute, cf. Du. lieden)
pepperoni	n	-	croudedswineflesh
perceive	vb	wit; see, grasp, behold, smell, smack, fang, witness; make out	yeme, onget bemark (cf. NHG./Du. bemerken) upmark (cf. Du. opmerken)
percent	n	-	hundredth(s)
percentage	n	-	hundredmeal
perception	n	insight, grip, hold	yeming, onget undergetting, understanding, truetake, soothtake
percolate	vb	leach	-
perdition	vb	forelornness	-
peregrine falcon	n	duck hawk	duckhawk, wanderfalk (cf. Dn. vandrefalk, NHG. Wanderfalke)
perfect	adj	flawless; all-out, blank, blooming, clean, sheer, flat-out; well done, all done, done throug	bild-board, swotel fulmade (cf. Du. volmaakt)
perfect	vb	hone, fullcome	-
perfidious	adj	forsworn; untrue, untrustworthy, trothless	-
perforate	vb	awl, riddle, thrill, stick, thirl/thurl (< OE thyrel, now obsolete or dialectal), drill
perform	vb	do forth, do, behave, work, play, show	uptread (theatrical; cf. Du. optreden) theen (<OE ġeþēon)
perfume	n	-	duft, cride athelstench (<OE æðelstenċ) wortbreath (<OE wyrtbrǣþ)
perfunctory	adj	halfhearted, careless	-
period (time)	n	while, timespan, time frame, spell, stint	-
period (punctuation)	n	fullstop	haltmark, stopmark, endmark
perish	vb	waste, waste away, be wrecked, dwindle; forfare, forworth, swelt (dialectal)	dwale
perjure	vb/ n	forswear, lie under oath, oathbreach, oathbreaking	-
perhaps	adv	maybe, mayhap, likely	byhaps, weenings (<OE wenunga)
perimeter	n	brim, hem, rim, skirt, edge	mireline
perineum	n	bonch	-
permanent	adj	everlasting, eche (archaic), timeless, lasting	highfast (<OE hēahfæst), foreversome
permafrost	n	-	everfrost
permission	n	leave, warrant, letting, green light, furlough	letship, thave (<OE þafian), tholing tithe financial, lethood, letship
permit	vb/n	green-light, leave, let, go-ahead	thave (<OE þafian), thole tithe (<OE tiðian)
pernicious	adj	baleful, baneful	-
pernio	n	chilblain	-
perpendicular	adj	athwart, straight out from, upright	-
perpetually	adj	ever, everlastingly, for ay, endlessly, unendingly, world without end	-
perpetuity, in	adv	forevermore	-
perplex	vb	bewilder, muddle, befuddle, befog	bewonder
persecute	vb	ail, hound	-
persecution	n	witch hunt, hounding	-
perseverance	n	sticktoitivenesss	-
persistence	adj	steadfastness	-
persistent	adj	steadfast, dogged, bound	-
person	n	someone, fellow, man, soul, wight, bloke, being, body	lede/leed(e) (<OE lēod, cf. NHG Leute, cf. Du. lieden) mennish (cf. Du. mens; NHG Mensch) grammar: sway (<OE swég)
personal	adj	selfly, monnly, self, own, inner, innermost, inmost, belittling, near, of oneself	mennishly, wightly (calque)
personality	n	egg, mood, selfhood, self, ghost	-
personnel	n	staff, men, ware	-
perspective	n	outlook, ken, wits, witness edge of sight (point of view)	view, opinion: onsight (cf. NHG ansicht), outsight (Eng., cf. Du uitzicht, <NHG aussicht) wist (native English kin to 'view' and 'vista'), wholesight
perspicacious	adj	insightful, keen, shrewd	mindswotel
perspicacity	n	insightfulness, keenness, shrewdness	-
persuade	vb	bring, talk into, win over, sway	beswipe (<OE beswapan)
pursue	vb	follow a new path: tread, beat,	forfollow (cf. NHG verfolgen, Du. vervolgen) a new path:beshrithe (cf. NHG beschreiten) (see shrithe)
pertinacious	adj	headstrong, strong-willed	-
peruse	vb	look through, read through	-
pervade	vb	wade (archaic), go through, spread through, fill with	forwade (calque), yond-sprout? (<OE geondsprútan), throughthrust (<NHG durchdringen)
perverse	adj	overthwart	forchared, bewarped, thirtover, lewd, wayward, thrawn, forcouth, untoward
pervert	n	-	lewdster (Shakespeare), rakehell
pervert	vb	twist, warp, befoul	bewarp, offset, froward
petition	vb/n	send writ, bene, beseech, beg, ask	-
pet-name	n	nickname	ekename
petrify	vb	-	stun (<OE stunian)
petroleum	n	black gold (fuel:) leaded, unleaded	rock-lime (calque), stonesap
petticoat	n	-	smallpode (<"small" + OE "pād"), cloak, coat, and calque of ME pety coote, from pety (<Fr. Petit) + coat (<Fr cote)
petulant	adj	sour, moody, waspish	-
pessimism	n	naysaying, gloomthinking	-
pessimistic	adj	downbeat, hopeless	-
phantasm	n	dream; shade, shadow, wraith	-
phantom	n	ghost	-
phalanx	n	-	speerlining
pharaoh	n	king (of Egypt)	Sunking
Pharisee	n	faker, holier-than-thou, cleanest one, show player	Sunderholies (<OE 'sundor-halgan')
pharynx	n	-	retch (cf. NHG Rachen) swallow (cf. Dan. svælg; Sw. svalg)
pheasant	n	-	wildhen (<OE wildhænn) woorhen (<OE wōrhana)
phenomenal	adj	outstanding, astounding	sarrow
phenomenon	n	happening, great show, good show	-
-philia	sfx	-lust	-
Philippines	n		Philipsland
philistine	adj	uncouth	-
philological	adj	-	speechwritlorish
philology	n	-	speechwritlore
philosophy	n	wisdom, world outlook	witlore, lorelief, wittinglove (calque)
phimosis	n	-	throttling
phlebotomy	n	bloodletting	-
phloem tube	n	-	wortrowel
-phobia	sfx
phobia	n	fear, misfear, fright, dread	-
phobic	adj	fearful	-
phoenix	n	-	firefowl
phone	n/vb	n: blower, dog and bone, farspeaker, handset vb: ring, tinkle	speechlore (linguistics): speechlimb, speechwhit (see whit)
phonetic	adj	-	dinly
phonological	adj	-	loudlorish, loudlore-
phonology	n	-	reardwork, reardlore, loudlore (cf. NHG Lautlehre), clanglore
phosphorescent	adj	-	lightshedding
phosphorus	n	-	glowstuff, lightstuff
photograph	n	shot; lightshot, frame, sight, showing	lightbilth (<IC. ljósmynd), lightwrit, lightdrawing
photography	n	lightshooting	lightbilthwrit, lightwritcraft, lightdrawingcraft
photon	n	-	lightmote, lightbit, lightgang (calque)
phrasal	adj	(grammar) bound, having many words but being one	wordstringly, quide (obs.)
phrase	n	-	wordstring, quide (obs.)
phylum	n	stem, stock, kind	-
physics	n	-	worldken
physical	adj	bodily, bodylike, wordly, earthly	lichly, lundsome
physician	n	leech	-
piano(forte)	n	-	beatharp/beat-harp (<IC slagharpa); keyharp
pickaxe	n	pike	-
picture	n	likeness, drawing, sight, frame, shot, showing	bilth (<OE biliþ, cf. Sw. bild, NHG Bild, Du. beeld) lightdrawing
picturesque	adj	fair	wlitty (<OE wlitig) elfsheen (<OE ælfsciene)
pie	n	bake	rindcake
piece	n	bit, snead, shtick (as in my piece/gimmick), clump piece of art/music work	of silver: silverling pl: silverlingen (<G, the Dschinghis Khan song, Judas, specifically) steck (<OE stycce, cf. NHG Stück)
piecemeal	adv	little by little, step by step, bit by bit	steckwise (cf. NHG stückweise)
pier	n	landing, wharf, breakwater	-
pierce	vb	bore, hole; gore, spear	-
pigeon	n	dove	towndove, mean dove
pile	n	heap, hill, mound, mow (hay), swath (corn)	-
pillage	vb	sack	reave
pillar	n	mast, pole, stake	-
pilot	n	lodeman, skyship boss, foreflyer, loftman	skyward
pilot whale	n	-	grindwhale (calque)
pimple	n	wheal	-
piñata	n	-	wonderbag (cf. NHG "wunderhüte") sweetpot
piña colada	n	-	mashed firapple (Spanish calque)
pinch	vb	nip, squeeze, steal, scrimp, nab	-
pine	n	fir, firtree, evergreen (more general)	furrowwood (<OE furhwudu)
pineapple	n	-	firapple (cf. Ic. ganaldin)
pinecone	n	-	firtap (cf. NHG Kiefernzapfen)
pioneer	n	groundbreaker, waymaker, pathfinder	foretrecker (cf. Du. Voortrekker)
pioneering	adj	groundbreaking, waymaking	foremoving, foretrecking (<Du. Voortrekker)
pious	adj	godly	arefast (<OE arfaest)
pip	n	seed; bee's knees, day's eye	kern
pipe	n	leat, reed (in some contexts)	rear (<PG rauza-; cf. Sw. rör, NHG Rohr; cf. "red" = NHG "rot" <PG raudaz)
pirate	n	-	seareaver, shaythman (<OE scegthmann)
pirate captain	n	-	highseareaver, highseathief (<OE héahsæþéof)
pisiform bone	n	-	peabone, peashapebone
pistol	n	gun, gat (informal)	staff (cf. ME staf), handgun (<ME hand gunne)
piston	n	-	sucker (cf. Du. zuiger)
pity	n	shame; kindheartedness, ruth	eärming (<OE earmung)
pivotal	adj	key	-
pixel	n	dot	bilthdot (cf. NHG Bildpunkt)
pizza	n	-	flatcake, clampcake
place	vb	lay, put, stow, put down	-
place	n	spot, berth	ord, stead, stow, lough (<OE lóh)
place, special	n	-	sunderstow (<OE sundorstow)
placenta	n	afterbirth	mothercake (cf. NHG Mutterkuchen, SW. moderkaka)
plagiarism	n	thought-theft	-
plague	n	outbreak	folkbane, blightdom, mancwalm/manqualm (<OE "mancwalm")
plan	vb	forethink, plot (origin unknown), draft, hatch	howe (<OE hogian)
plan	n	layout, outline, draft, framework	howe
plank	n	board, sill	-
plankton	n	-	drifter moss
planning	n	frame, layout, shape, look, mean	howing
planet	n	wanderstar, world, (heavenly) body	tungle (<OE tungol), wanderer (calque from the Greek)
plant	n	wort	-
plant	vb	sow, besow, scatter	-
planted	adj	-	besowen
plantation	n	farmstead	wortfield, seed farm, sowing field
plasma	n	-	state of matter: stirloft (<IC rafgas) blood: bloodslime
plaster	n/vb	stickum; besmear	limecoat
plastic	n	-	newclay, hardclay, clay-stuff, shape-stuff
plateau	n	dish; headland	flatberg
plate of metal	n	-	clout (<OE clút), fat/fet (<OE fæt)
platform	n	deck, staddle; soapbox, flatscape	flatstand, flatstead; flatpad
platinum	n	white gold	-
platitude	n	hackneyed saying	flatness (calque)
platypus	n	watermole, duckbill, duckmole	billwight (cf. NHG schnabeltier) flatfoot (calque of Greek platypus) birdnose (calque of Greek ornithorhynchus)
pleasant	adj	blessed, darling, dreamy, good, grateful, heavenly, sweet, welcome	lief/ liefsome (Eng, NHG. lieb, Du. lief, calque of all Ger. speech) faining, listing,
please	interj	kindly, gladly, fain, if you will	bid (cf. NHG bitte), liever (from lief)
please	vb	gladden, list	queme
pleased	adj	blissful, thankful	eady, quemed
pleasing	adj	grateful, welcome	quemely (<OE cwémlic)
pleasure	n	lust, gladness	quemeness (satisfaction), itheness (<OE īeðnes)
plebiscite	n	-	folkfrain, folkcast, folksay folkspoll, folksstevening (Du. volksstemming), folksanswer (NHG. Volksentscheid)
plectrum	n	pick	harpnail (<OE hearpenægel)
pledge	n	plight	-
pledge	vb	swear, sicker	-
plentiful	adj	rife, teeming, manyful	-
plenty	adv	enough/enow, many	weal
plethora	n	overflow	overmuchness
-plex	suf	-fold	-
plumage	n	feathers, featherware, hackles	-
plumber	n	-	leatfitter, bogfitter, johnman (slang), leadworker
plumbing	n	-	leadwork
plumbline	n	-	wall-thread (<OE weallþrǽd)
plunder	vb	-	stroud (<OE strūdian)
plunge	vb	dip, dunk, dive	-
plural	adj	morefold	manifold(ly) (<OE manigfealdlic), manysome
plus	pre	and	-
plutocracy	n	-	gelddom, goldwield
pluvial	adj	rain	indicator: watergall
pneumatic	adj	of a woman: shapely	thringlofty
pneumonoultramicrosco-picsilicovolcanoconosis	n	-	inbreathedgroundashandsanddustsickness (inbreathed-ground-ash-and-sand-dust-sickness) flintstuffdustsickness; (poetic) dusty-lung dree
poem	n	lay, yed (in OED, <OE giedd)	leeth (<OE leoð), leethsong (<OE leoðsang), adight (NHG gedicht)
poet	n	scop, writer, dighter	shope (<OE scop) leethwright (<OE leoþwyrhta)
poetry	n	dighting	leethcraft (<OE leoðcræft), wordcraft, shopcraft
point	n	tip, tine, nib score; stake, log	Ord (Eng./NHG. but seldom)
point	v	token at point out sth: betoken, forewarn, make smb aware of
pointless	adj	-	sakeless
poison	n	bane, gall, atter (obsolete or dialectal)
pole (land/ physics)	n	axle
polar (land/physics)	adj	-	axled
polar bear	n	-	ice bear (NHG Eisbär, Dan. isbjørn, Du. ijsbeer, Ic. ísbjörn, Norw. isbjørn, Swed. isbjörn, W.Fris. iisbear), white bear (Far. hvítabjørn, Ic. hvítabjörn)
polar zone	n	land of the midnight Sun	everfrost belt
pole	n	-	shot <OE sceāt "corner, angle, nook," cognate of skaut) worldshot (<IC heimskaut)
polecat	n	-	thummart
polemic	n/adj	rant	-
police	n	law, lawmen, watchmen, coppers, warders	lawthane, warden
policy	n	-	thew
polite	adj	becoming, befitting	-
political	adj	mootish party: mootband	shirecrafty, shirecunning, rikescrafty, rikescunn
politically correct language	n		egg-shell speak
politician	n	lawmaker	shireling, gehrec(wo)man
politics	n	gehrec (<OE gehrec)	shirecraft, shirecunning, mootsmanship, kingspeak, reevedom, reevecunning, rikescraft, rikescunning
pollute	vb	foul, befoul, make dirty	smear, besnit, besmut
poltergeist	n	-	dinghost,
polycephaly	n	-	manyheadedness
polygamist	n	-	maniwed
polyglot	n	-	tonguesmith, manytongue
polygon	n	-	manihern
polyhedron	n	-	manineb
polymorph	n	-	manishape
polymorphism	n	-	manishapedom
polytheïsm	n	-	sundertroth
pomegranate	n	-	seedapple (calque), seedovet (calque)
pompous	adj	showy, overbearing; high-flown, boastful	-
ponder	vb	wonder, eye, think, weigh, wrestle with	hiler, smigh
pontoon	n	card game: twenty one	sundstall
pony	n	-	horseling
pool (money)	n	pot	-
poor	adj	in need, on the breadline, wretched, ill-stared, needy, wantsome	arm (<ENG dialectal ety. 2, ME, <OE earm) armthy (see armth)
pop (music)	n	folk	folksglee
pope	n	Holy Father	Romish headrunner (runner = bishop, cf. NHG Läufer, Sw. löpare) Highfather (<OE héahfæder)
popular	adj	folksy, folkly, folkish	-
popularity	n	-	allthede-love (<IC alþýðu-lof)
populate	vb	-	befolk (cf. NHG bevölkern, Du. bevolken)
population	n	folks	population: befolking (cf. NHG bevölkerung, Du. bevolking) inhabitants: inwoners (cf. NHG einwohnern, Du. inwoners) indwellers, folk, erdeners, allfolks(allhallows), dwellerscore, ledescore,
population density	n	crowding; thickness of settling	huddlemete
populism	n	folks	folksdom, folkship, folksric, folkswield, folksreevedom, folkshire
populist	adj	folksy
populous	adj	crowded, teeming	folkful, folkrich (calque of German)
populus assembly	n	-	folkforsaming (calque of many germanic languages) folksgathering, folksmoot
porcelain	n	shiny earthenware	midricware (chinaware)
porcine	adj	piggish, swinish, boarish, hoggish
porcine	n	pig, boar, hog, swine, sow, yelt	-
porcupine	n	-	quillpig
pore	n	hole, hidehole, skinhole	thirl, sweathole
pork	n	pig, swine, swineflesh	farrow (<OE fearh)
pornography	n	-	whoreshowing
porous	adj	holey, seepsome	siftful, thirl (<OE thyrel)
porpoise	n	mereswine	-
porridge	n	mush, oatmeal	-
port	n	harbour, haven	ford, hythe
portable	adj	handheld	ferryworth
portmanteau	n	-	word: mingleword (cf. Du. mengwoord)
portal	n	doorway, door, gate, gateway	rother (<OE rodor)
portend	vb	bode, by-sen, forerun, ill-bode, foreshadow, forewarn	-
portent	n	-	foretoken, boding
portentous	adj	doomy, foreboding, ill-boding, threatening; awesome, stunning, wonderful	-
portion	n	deal, lot, share, dole	-
portrait	n	likeness (of)	bilth, mealing
position	n	berth	steadholding
positive (aspect)	n	upside	-
positive	adj	-	mathematics: overnaught
possess	vb	own, owe; devilsicken, bewitch, take, take over	-
possessed	adj	devilsick, fiendsick, owned, ought, owed,own, giddy, bewitched, deviltaken, deviled (Sir John Cheke)	-
possession	n	ownership, belonging, ought	ownedness (<OE anwædnesse), ight
possibility	n	likelihood, likeliness	mailihood, mightliness, maybehood, acendliness (<OE ácendlicnes), acumendliness (<OE ácumendlicnes)
possible	adj	likely,	maily (<FR mooglik) maybesome, doughtbefall, dowedbefall, hapsome, mightsome, within reach, acumendly (<OE ácumendlic)
possibly	adv	maybe, likely, likelily	maily
post-	pref	after-	-
posterior	n	rump, back(side)	-
posteriority	n	afterness	-
posterity	n	offspring	-
post-existence	n	afterlife, afterbeing, the beyond, the great beyond, the next world, other world, the great unknown	-
posthuman	n	-	afterwere, gearwere, beyond mankind
posthumanism	n	-	afterweredom, gearweredom
postpone	vb	forestall, put off, call off	forshove (for- "away" + shove, cf. NHG verschieben), forslow
post script (p.s.)	n	afterthought	afterword, afterwrit (a.w.)
potassium	n	-	potash (pot-ash), potashstuff
potato	n	spud, tater, tatty	earthapple (cf. NHG Erdapfel, Pl. ziemniak, N.Pers. سیب‌زمینی) nightshade runner ('solanum tuberosa'), shaderoot, breadroot
potential	adj	likely, maybe	maily
potential	n	strength, fitness, wherewithal
potion	n	-	tiverdrink (cf. Du. toverdrank), lib
pouch	n	-	pung (<OEpung, cf. Sw., Dn. pung)
poultry	n	fowl, barnyard birds, bird meat	-
pour	vb	teem, skink, shink, sie, yote	yeat; birle drink
poverty	n	need, want; dearth, drought, wantsomeness	armth, armhood
powder	n/vb	dust; beat, crush, grind
power	n	grip, sway, strength, brawn, might, mains	thrith (<OE thryth) wield/wold/wald (<OE weald) special: sundercraft (<OE sundorcræft) supreme: douthmight (<OE duguþmiht)
power	vb	drive, feed	-
power line	n	mains line	spark rope
powerful	adj	heavy, mighty, strong	thrythswythe (<OE þrȳþswȳð)
power supply	n	mains brick	-
practical	adj	working; earthy, down-to-earth	-
practically	adv	about, all-but, fair, fairly, more or less, nearly, well-nigh	-
practice	vb/n	-	n: oving (cf. NHG Übung, Du oefening) vb: ove (<PG ōbijaną cf. NHG üben, Du oefenen/ LG. öven)
pragmatic	adj	hardheaded, down-to-earth	-
praise	n	-	heriness (<OE herenes), hering (<OE herung), lof (<OE)
praise	vb	-	hery (<ME heryan)
pram	n	buggy	push-wainling (Barnes)
prayer	n	bead	ben, boon beadred (<OE bedræden), forben
prayerful	adj	-	beadful
pre-	pref	fore-	-
preach	vb	-	athelbid
preacher	n	-	athelbode (<OE éðelboda)
preamble	n	foreword, inleading, forespell	-
precaution	n	forecare	-
precede	vb	herald, forerun	-
precinct	n	space: pen pedestrian zone: walkway	-
precipitation	n	rainfall, snowfall, downsheet, breefall	downsheet
precious	adj	dear, dearworth, dearworthly	-
preciousness	n	dearworthiness	-
precise	adj	-	-
precisely	adv	well	-
preclude	vb	forestall, foreclose	-
precocious	adj	ahead	rathe-ripe, rathish
precognition	n	foreknowledge, foreboding	-
precursor	n	forerunner, forebear	-
predator	n	hunter (in some contexts)	reavedeer (cf NHG. Raubtier, Du. roofdier), flesheater
predecessor	n	forerunner; forebear, forefather	foreling (by analogy to afterling)
predestination	n	wyrd/weird, doom, foredooming	weird, coring, foreteeing (<OE foreteohhung)
predetermine	vb	foredoom, forechoose	-
predicament	n	swamp, catch 22, sticky wicket	hardfettle
predict	vb	foretell, foresay, foresee, forecast, soothsay, foreshow	-
prediction	n	foretelling, foresight, foretelling, forecast, soothsaying, foreshowing	-
predominant	adj	overweighing	-
preëminent	adj	foremost	elderdomly (<OE ealdordomlice)
preëxistence	n	aforeness, beforeness, forebeing	-
prefabricated	adj	ready-made, ready-built, forewrought	fore-timbered(houses)
preface	n	foreword	throughlook(ing) (<OE þurhlōcung)
prefect	n	-	fyrdenhighshireman
prefer	vb	forechoose, (would) rather, wouldsooner, fain	beliken
preferable	adj	-	liever, as lief (Eng. NHG. lieber, Du. liever)
preference	n	Forechoice	beliking, forechoosing
prefigure	vb	foreshadow, foreshow	-
prefix	n	-	forefastening
pregnant	adj	with child, heavy (with child)	bearing
prehistoric	adj	-	yesteryorely
prehistory	n	-	yesteryore study: forewritlore
prejudice(al)	n/adj	foredeem(ing)	-
prejudge	vb	foredeem	-
prelude	n	foreword, warm-up	forspell
premature	adj	untimely, unripe, early, betimes (literary)	foreripe
prematurely	adv	beforehand, oversoon	-
premeditated	adj	forethought	-
premier	adj	foremost, first	-
premise	n	given, forestep, if; toft (building site')	forehedging
premonition	n	forefeeling, foreboding	-
preoccupy	vb	-	forebusy
preparation	n	gearing up, reening, readying, foregearing, gearwing (<OE gearwung)
prepare	vb	taw, fit, fix, groom, lay, ready; draft, draw up, frame; lay out, foreready, forework	reen (<OE renian),
prepared	adj	ready, tawed, neat, foreworked, forereadied	-
preposition	n	-	foreput, foresetness (< Ælfric's OE calque 'foresetnes')
prepuce	n	foreskin	-
prequel	n	-	forefollow, forebook
prerequisite	n	-	foreneed
prescience	n	foreknowledge; farsightedness, oresightedness, forethought	forewisdom
prescient	adj	farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, forethoughtful, forward	-
prescribe	vb	lay down	forewrite
presence	n	sight; look, outside	bybe (cf. Du. bijzijn), onbe-hood, theresomeness
present	adj	in; ongoing, nowaday, today's, now's, nowadays', running, nowen	onbe-ish, andward (<OE andweard), gainward (cf. NHG gegenwart), nowa
present	n	here and now, today; gift, handsel	nowtide, nowtime, nonce, time being, now, grammar: andward (<OE andweard)
present	vb	show; give, bestow, furnish, put forth, set forth, bring forth	foredraw/foredrag (calque of all Ger. speeches), forthset, forthput, overreach (cf. Ger. überreichnen) submit: forelay (cf. NHG vorlegen)
Presentation of the Lord	n	Candlemas	-
presentiment	n	forefeeling	-
preserve	vb	forlast, hain, keep, uphold, aspare
preside	vb	steward, overlook	foresit over
president	n	-	foresitter (calque), kithhead, stoolman, landleader
presque vu	n	-	nighseen
press	vb	thring, thrutch	-
press down	vb	-	bethryck (<OE beþryccan)
pressure	n	-	thringmight, thryck
presume	vb	foreguess, daresay	athrist (<OE áthristian)
presumably	adv	likely, seemingly
presumptuous	adj	uppity, overweening, daring	-
presuppose	vb	-	forettle, forise (<OErǣswian)
pretend	vb	do as if, play as if, sham, put on, fake	bebraid (< OE bebregdan), braid (< OE gebregdan), hue (< OE hiwian), let (<OE lætan), fordo, formake
pretender	n	would-be, fake, faker	-
pretense	n	put-on, show; high horse	-
pretentious	adj	showy, hoity-toity, over the top, kitsch	-
prevail	vb	hold up, keep up, last	throughswithe (<OE þurhswiðan)
prevent	vb	hinder, forcome, forbid, forestop, forestall, forehinder	let (<OE lettan), forstand
preview	vb/n	forelook, forepeek, foreshow, foreshowing	-
previous	adj	former, last, latter, foregoing, earlier, yester	-
previously	adv	afore, already, before, beforehand, earlier, formerly	-
prey	n	(the) hunted (in some contexts)	feng (<OE)
price	n	outlay, worth
pride	n	-	unmoodness (<OE unmōdnes) highmoodness (<OE hēahmōdnes) stout
priest	n	hallower (Old Testament), elder (New Testament, < Gk πρεσβύτερος), ghost-man (heathen), cleric (paynim)
prima donna	n	leading lady, first lady; angry woman, showy woman	-
primacy	n	-	foremostness, elderdom (<OE), apeness
primary	adj	foremost, first, erst, main	-
primer	n	-	futhorc writ, firstbook
primeval	adj	hoary, olden	-
prince	n	frim, atheling, highness	high earl, kingling, furst (cf. NHG Fürst, Du. vorst)
princess	n	highness	queenling, high earlin, furstin (cf. NHG Fürstin, Du. vorstin)
principality	n	-	frimdom (<OE fruma), high earldom
principle	n	-	howing, eldertruth
principle	adj	main, foremost, first, head	-
print	vb	-	thrick (< OE þryccan), forlau, outlay
printing press	n	-	thrycker, thringing thryck calque
prior	adj	before(hand), earlier	-
priority	n	right-of-way	forerank, foreweight, foreness, forehood, beforeness
prism	n	block	andleamer
prison	n	clink, lockup, pound	fangness (<OE root fang (now dial. (capture) + -ness <OE) (like Dutch gevangenis or German Gefängnis dung (<OE dung) carcern (<OE carcern "prison")
prisoner	n	inmate	haftling (<OE hæftling, cf. NHG Häftling)
pristine	n	earliest, firstness, spotless, yoreness, orhood	-
private	adj	hidden, hushed, shut, asunder, set away	dern, onelepy (<OE anlipig), sunder, wightly (calque of personal)
privilege	n	right, freedom	sunderfreedom (<OE), sundergift (cf. OE sundorgiefu)
privileged	adj	gifted	-
privy	n	outhouse	dern
pro	n	craftsman	-
probability	n	likelihood, likeliness, odds
probable	adj	likely	-
probably	adv	likely, in all likelihood, likely enough, maybe, most likely, belike	trueshinely (cf. Du. waarschijnlijk, NHG wahrscheinlich)
probe	vb	prod	-
probity	n	uprightness	-
problem	n	worry, kinch, bugbear, reck, hang-up, hitch, snag, rub, pitfall, fall, downside	-
procedure	n	-	forsetting (cf. Da. fortsætte, Sw. fortsätta), forfareld
proceed	vb	go forward, go forth, forthpass, go on, go ahead	yede, forefare, forthfare,, forthgo
proceeding	n	-	foregoing, foregang (cf. NHG Vorgang)
process	vb	-	forework, forthfaring, forfare (cf. NHG verfahren), taw
process	n	-	foregang (cf. NHG Vorgang), workway
processor	n	computer: mainframe	telcruncher, reckoner
proclivity	n	forelike, forelove	towardbend
procrastinate	vb		forresten
procreäte	vb	beget, breed	-
procurator	n	-	highshireman (<OE hēahscīremann)
procure	vb	-	beshape (cf. NHG beschaffen)
product	n	ware	-
productive	n	waresome, thrifty, yoelding	-
prodigy	n	-	wonderchild
prodigal	adj	spareless	unbridled, feespilling
produce	vb	beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, draw on, work, yield,	forthbring
produce	n	handiwork, output, thing, work, yield, outcome	-
production	n	yield, output, handiwork	forthbringing
productive	adj	-	forthbear (<OE forþbære)
proem	n	foreword	-
professional	adj	skilled	-
professional	n	worker, craftsman	-
professor	n	lorespeaker, loregiver	-
profit	n	gain, boot, yield, winnings, earnings	-
profitable	adj	worthwhile	-
proficiency	n	skill	-
profound	adj	underlying, deep	-
profoundly	adv	underlyingly, deeply, groundly	-
profusely	adv phr	flow thickly, running overly, teemingly	-
profusion	n	beteeming	-
progenitor	n	begetter, elder, father, forebear, forefather, fore-elder, forerunner	-
program	n	-	foredraught, broadcast, sending (see source code) language: draft writ
progress	n	inroads, headway	forthship (<OE forþscype), forthstride
progressive	adj	forward, late, broad-minded, cutting-edge	forblowing
prohibit	vb	forbid, forfend	-
project	n	work	howe, goalwork
projector	n	beamer	-
prokaryote	n	-	forenut, forekern (calque)
proletariat	n	churls, boors, thralls, hirelings, knaves; thralldom	churldom, boordom, knavedom
prolific	adj	fat, lush, rich	birthy, broodful, birthful
prologue	n	foretale	-
promise	n	behight, oath, troth, foreword	-
promise	vb	behight, swear; forebode	forspeak (NHG. versprechen), forhight (cf. NHG verheissen)
promontary	n	headland, foreland, ness, hoe	-
promote	vb	uprear, (up)further, boost	-
prone	adj	given, open; helpless	alout (<OE áloten), forthlout (<OE forþlútan), onfally (<NHG anfällig, see onfall)
pronghorn antelope	n	-	tinedeer, outrunning tinehorner
pronoun	n	-	byname (<OE binama), forename (<OE forenama)
pronounce	vb	say	speak out, outspeak (cf. NHG aussprechen, Du. uitspreken)
pronunciation	n	-	wordway, loudcarve (<IC. hljóðkerfi), outspeaking, outspeech (cf. NHG aussprache, Du. uitspraak), how to say [it] proper/correct: rightsteven (<OE rihtstefn)
proof	n	witness	shedding, reckonedness (<OE gerecednes), bewise (cf. NHG beweisen, Sw. bevisa, others)
propel	vb	thrust, drive, drive forth	-
proper	adj	fitting, meet, seemly, right, true, echt	bedavenly (<OE gedafenlic)
proper noun	n	self-name	ownname (NHG Eigenname, Du. eigennaam)
property	n	ownings, holdings; hallmark, belongings	ownhood, owndom (<NHG. eigentum) private: sunderfee (<OE sundorfeoh), landgood (Du. landgoed), eaght (<OE æht)
prophesy	vb	foretell, foresee, soothsay, say sooth	spae
prophecy	n	foresight, boding, foretelling, soothsaying	spaedom, spaeing
prophet	n	seer, soothsayer, foresayer (Sir John Cheke)	spaesayer
proposal	n	-	forthput, forthputting
propose	vb	put forth, say	forthput, forthsay
propriëtor	n	householder, owner, >landlord/lady	-
propulsion	n	thrust	-
proscribe	vb	forbid	-
prosecute	v	-	forfollow (cf. Du. vervolgen, NHG. verfolgen)
prosecution	n	-	forfollowing (cf. Du. vervolging, NHG verfolgung)
proselyte	n	freshman (Sir John Cheke)	-
prosopagnosia	n	-	neb blindness
prosper	vb	thee	-
prosperity	n	theedom	forblowing (<OE blowan)
prosperous	n	lush	theely, wealth-owning
prostitute	vb	whore	-
prostitute	n	hooker, whore, streetwalker, hustler	-
prostrate	adj	aground	-
prostrate oneself (to)	vb	lay aground before	hien (<OE hīenan, lit. "to lie prostrate")
protagonist	n	-	headfellow (cf. Dan. hovedperson)
protarchæopteryx	n	-	foreorfowl, first orbird
protect	vb	ward, shield, forstand, beshield	-
protection	n	shield, ward	lewing (<OE hleowung), mundwist (<OE mundwist)
protective	adj	-	mundly (<OE mundian), wardly
protector	n	warden	holdand (<OE healdend)
protégé	n	ward	-
protein	n	-	eggwhite (cf. NHG Eiweiß, Du. eiwit)
protest	n/vb	witness; uproar, outcry wrangle, gainsay	- forstride
Protestant (< Lat. pro testare, “for a witness”)	adj	witnessing, faithful, gospelling; true faith; speaking out against lies	for the troth
Protestant	n	witness for Christ, faithful, gospeller, true believer; speaker against lies
proto-	pref	ere, ere-, or-, ur-	-
Proto-Germanic	n	-	eretheedish, ortheedish
proton	n	-	erebit, firstbit; watermaker
protoplasm	n	-	ereslime, orslime
protrude	vb	stick out, jut	-
protuberance	n	knob, outgrowth	-
proud	adj	haughty, showy, overbearing, self-worshipping, lofty, stout	rank (<OE ranc), stolt (<OE stolt, cf. NHG stolz)
prove	vb	show, truthen, witness, settle	soothe (OE 'soþian,' ME 'sothen'), bewise (<NHG beweisen, Sw. bevisa, others)
proverb	n	byword, saying, saw, folksay(ing)	-
provide	vb	afford, feed, give, hand over	beheft
province	n	-	landshare; outland, folkshire (<OE folcscearu)
provocation	n	-	greming (<OE gremung)
prow	n	foreship	-
prudence	n	forewit, sparefulness, wariness, wisdom	flackheadedness (flack 'level' <Fr, Du.)
prune	n	plum	-
pruning	n	shredding, shreading (in OED, obsolete; <OE scrēadung)	-
Prunus Spinosa	n	blackthorn, sloe	sloethorn (<OE slāhþorn)
Prussia	n	Pruceland, Leatherland
pry	vb	1. key-hole 2. uproot	-
prying	n/adj	key-holeing	-
pseudo-	n	fake, -like	lease-
psychedelic	adj	-	soulkithing, mindopening, mindrooming, soulopening (cf. Sw. "själsöppnande")
psychiatrist	n	shrink	mindhealer, soulkithler, mindlore(wo)man
psychiatry	n	-	soulkith (cf. Du. seelkunde), mindkith
psychic	n	-	soulsman, mindsman
psychic	adj	-	soulish, mindish
psychologist	n	shrink	mindlorer, mindloreman
psychology	n	-	mindlore
psychopath	adj	-	mindsick, mind-ill
psychotropic/psychoactive	adj	-	mindwending
pubic bone	n	-	shamebone
pub(lic house)	n	inn, alehouse, boozer	-
public	n	-	openlihood (cf. NHG Öffentlichkeit)
public	adj	open, mean	openly, folkly (calque from Latin)
public servant	adj	-	theen, onbidsman
public toilet	n	-	outhouse
publication	n	uttering	foropening (cf. NHG veröffernlichung), abaning
publish	vb	utter (lasted in New English until around 1740, when “publish” overtook it), forthset, bring out, forthsend	lay down: forlay (cf. NHG verlegen), outlay, foropen (cf. NHG veröffenlichen), aban (<OE abannan)
publisher	n	-	utterer; forlayer, forlay house (cf. NHG verlag), abaner
pulsate	vb	beat, throb	-
pulse	n	1. beat, throb 2. bean	-
pumice	n	-	foamstone
pumpkin	n	marrow	tillberry, harvestball
punch	vb	clout	handstrike, fiststrike, dunch
punctuation	n	-	tokenmark, tokensetting (cf. NHG Zeichensetzung, Dan. tegnsætning)
punish	vb	wreak	smite, strafe (<NHG), witten (<OE wítnian), give back
punishment	n	wreak	smiting, strafing (<NHG), wittening (<OE wítnung), giveback (< payback)
pup	n	whelp	-
pupil	n	of the eye: strale	-
puppet	n	cat's paw	handdoll (cf. NHG Handpuppe)
purchase	vb	buy, take	-
pure	adj	clean, sheer, white	swotel (<OE sweotol)
purebred	adj	thoroughbred	-
Purgatory	n	-	Sweepfire (cf. NHG Fegefeuer), Otherworld
purge	vb	cleanse	furb
purify	vb	cleanse	beswotel
purple	n	-	bawse (<OE basu), fishdye (<OE fiscdēah), tiver (<OE teafor), woaden (<OE wæden), redblue, bluered (<OE blēorēod), clamhue, clam
purple dye	n	-	welktallow (<OE weoloctælg)
purple martin	n	-	bawseswallow, blueswallow
purpose	n	sake, goal	-
pursue	vb	follow, shadow, tail	-
pursuit	n	following, shadowing, tailing	woath (<OE wāþ)
purveyor	n	monger	-
pus	n	atter	-
push	vb	shove, thrust, thrutch	outarm
pusillanimous	n		weak-minded
pustule	n	pock, w(h)eal, whelk
putrefaction	n	rot(ting)	addleness
puzzle	n/vb	brainteaser, riddle	-
pygmy	n	dwarf; Tom Thumb	-
pyramid	n	-	fourflat (cf. Du. viervlak)
pyromania	n	-	firemadness
pyromaniac	n	-	firesetter
pyrophobia	n	-	fireawe, firefear, baleyse (<OE bælegsa)

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