Staff X 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.
| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
| x-ray | n | Roentgen wave | x-beam | |
| xanthophobia | n | fear of yellow | yellowfear, yelloweye (< NE yellow + ME eie), yellow's fear (modelled on OE deaþes ege) | |
| xanthous | adj | yellowish | yellowbrown, yolk hued | |
| xenon | n | - | walshaft (< ME wāle + ME shaft), walenlift | |
| xenophilia | n | - | fremmedlove, otherlove | |
| xenophobia | n | - | fremmedfear, otherfear | |
| xerophilia | n | - | droughtlove | |
| xerophobia | n | - | droughtfear | |
| xerox | n | - | drywrit, lighttwin (calque of photocopy) | |
| xiphoid | adj | - | sword shapen | |
| xyloid | adj | - | woodlike | |
| xylology | n | - | woodlore | |
| xylophone | n | - | highboards, lockgrindle ("bolt-wood") | |
| xyster | n | - | bone scraper | |