English Wordbook/Z

Staff C 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.

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Modern English Words	Word Class	Anglish Proposals
		Attested in Modern English	Unattested in Modern English
zabaglione	n	-	winefoam
zany	adj	silly sappy merry	madcapish jestery waggy wagwitish
zeal	n	earnest boldness keenness readiness willingness	ellen
zebra	n	-	stripehorse
zeitgeist	n	-	timeghost, timesoul
zenith	n	midheaven top	highmark overhead path
zephyr	n	-	westwind mildwind westerly windlick
zeppelin	n	-	liftship/loftship (cf. NHG Luftschiff)
zero	n	naught none	nought nowt
zest	n	-	smack peel
zig-zag (of German origin)	adj	staggered	sigmarked(from the rune "sig") sunmarked
zig-zag (of German origin)	vb	stagger	sigmark sunmark
zodiac	n	-	wighttokenring twelve-tokens
zombie	n	undead after-goer living dead drow	Kongogod (etymologically -- not recomended) after-goer
zone	n	band turf belt swath (Cf. Icel. svæði)	hundred ward kingdom riding stake girdle (<OE gyrdel)
zone (geography)	n	-	strip, worldstrip
zoo	n	-	wightyard, deergarden/deregarden (cf. NHG Tiergarten)
zoology	n	-	wightlore deerlore/derelore
zucchini	n	-	summer squash
zymolysis	n	-	yeasting