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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.


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Chancery English Class Anglish/English
Attested Unattested
zabaglione n - winefoam
zany adj brainless, half-witted, unwise, weak minded, witless -
zeal n keenness, warmth ellen (<OE)
zealot n diehard -
zealotry n - highlust
zealous adj keen, earnest lustful
zeitgeist n - timeghost, timesoul
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 -
zest n nip, zing; skin, peel -
zig-zag vb/n/adj stepside, reel -
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
zoology n - deerlore, wightlore
zucchini n - summer marrow
zymolysis n - yeasting
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