Staff Z 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.
Staffs under English Wordbook/Z:
Za Zb Zc Zd
Ze Zf Zg Zh
Zi Zj Zk Zl Zm Zn Zo Zp Zq Zr Zs Zt Zu Zv
Zw Zx Zy Zz
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| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
Za[] | ||||
| zabaglione | n | - | winefoam | |
| zany | adj | brainless, half-witted, unwise, weak minded, witless | - | |
| Zanzibar | n/adj | - | Blackshore | |
| Zarf | n | - | nap/nep-holder, mug-holder, can-holder | |
Ze[] | ||||
| zeal | n | keenness, warmth | afor (<OE), aforness
ellen (<OE) | |
| zealot | n | diehard | - | |
| zealotry | n | - | blind afor
highlust | |
| zealous | adj | keen, earnest | afory
lustful | |
| zebra | n | stripehorse (cf. Chinese) | - | |
| zeitgeist | n | - | timeghost, timesoul | |
| zealous | adj | - | yearnful (meaning from ME yernful) | |
| zenith | n | high noon, high tide, highwater mark, tip-top | - | |
| zephyr | n | - | westwind | |
| zeppelin | n | - | loftship (cf. NHG Luftschiff) | |
| zero | n | naught, goose egg, nothing; lightweight; bedrock, bottom, depth, zilch | - | |
| zeroth | adj | - | noughth | |
| zest | n | nip, zing; skin, peel | - | |
Zi[] | ||||
| zigzag | vb/n/adj | stepside, reel | sidewind | |
Zo[] | ||||
| zodiac | n | - | girdle, tokenwheel | |
| zombie | n | undead | drow (<OE dreag) | |
| zone | n | belt, land, neck; field | swath (cf. IC svæði) | |
| zoo | n | - | deerfold, deergrove, deerkeep; wightfold, wightgrove, wightkeep | |
| zoology | n | - | deerlore, wightlore | |
Zu[] | ||||
| zucchetto | n | hat | skull-hat,head-hat | |
Zy[] | ||||
| zygomatic bone | n | cheekbone | - | |
| zygote | n | - | two-hole | |
| zymolysis | n | - | yeasting | |
| zymurgy | n | beerlore, winelore | ||
| zythology | n | beerlore | - | |
| zythophile | n | beerlover | - | |