This is a list of gleecraftish words in English with their Anglish matchings.
English | Anglish |
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adagio | slow |
allegro | quick, brisk |
allegro moderato | somewhat quick |
andante | walking-speed |
aria | loftsong |
augmented | raised, ahaven |
chamber music | roomsway |
chord | togetherswaying, midswaying |
clarinet | hornling |
clef | keyhue |
cornet | little horn |
crescendo | louden |
decrescendo | soften |
diminished | lowered |
dominant | groundfifth |
fantasy/fantasia | dream |
flute | whistlehorn |
frequency | quivering |
fugue | flight |
guitar | woodharp, axe (slang) |
interval | fack (<OE fæc), span |
jig/gigue | fiddletum |
harmony | samelid |
musical | linwise (c.f. Ic hljómvís) |
(musical instrument) | lidthing |
key signature | keymark |
largo | broad |
lento | wary slow |
lute | stringboard |
major | greater |
melody (tune, theme) | lin |
minuet | small-step |
minor |
lesser |
music | linlist, tunecraft, tonecraft, songcraft, swincraft, earsport (for pop or entertainment music) |
musicology | linlistlore |
notation | (sway)spelling |
note (on the leaf) | swayrune |
note (in the ear) | tone |
oboe | highwood |
overture | opening |
passacaglia | roadwalk tum |
perfect fifth | throughmade fifth |
piano(forte) | beatharp (pr. beat-harp) |
presto | fast |
rhythm | beating |
saxophone | reedhorn |
semitone | half-step |
solo/duet/etc. | onesome, twosome, aso |
sousaphone | shoulderhorn |
time signature |
timemark |
tonic | groundpitch, home tone |
trombone | longhorn |
trumpet | horn |
tuba | lowhorn |
tune | lin |
viola | middle fiddle (Percy Grainger), midfiddle |
viola da gamba | leg-fiddle |
violin | fiddle |
(violon)cello | knee-fiddle |
vivace | lively |