The Anglish Moot

Listed below are sundry deedwordy forefastenings noted in the Anglish Tung.


Prefix Meaning Examples
a-

1.out

2. an intensifier

1. arise

2. abide, awake

after- after aftercome, afterthink
again-*

1. again

2. against

1. againbuy

2. againstand

be-

1. by (literally or figuratively)

2. off

3. an intensifier

4. all around, all over

5. to make

1. belie, bemoan, bespeak, beset, bestand

2. behead, belimb

3. bedazzle, belabour

4. belay, belick, besmell

5. befriend, benothing, besmooth

down- down downgrade, download, downplay, downsize
for-

1. to do the opposite of

2. to do to the maximum possible extent

1. forbear, forbid, forget, forsay, forswear

2. fordo, forgather, forgive

fore- before (physically or temporally) forego, foretell, forewalk
gain-*

1. against

2. again

1. gainsay, gainstand

2. gainbuy, gaincover

hind- behind
in- in, into inhold, intake
mis- badly, wrongly mishear, mislike, misread, misspell
off- off offcast
on- on, onto oncome, onfall
out-

1. out

2. to do to a greater extent

1. outlead

2. outdo, outlast

over-

1. over

2. to do to too great an extent

1. overshadow

2. overdo, overreach

through- through throughshine
thwart- across
to- apart, away tobeat, toburst, tocleave, togo
tween- between
umbe- around umbeclap, umbego, umbeset, umbethink
un- to do in reverse undo, undress, unlock, unwind
under-

1. under

2. to do to too little an extent

1. underlie, understand, undertake

2. underpay, underrate

up- up update, upheave, upload, upturn
with-*

1. back

2. with

3. against

1. withdraw, withhold

2. withtake

3. withstand, withsay

yond- beyond

*Deedwords forefastened with ‘again-’, ‘gain-’, or ‘with’ in the meaning of ‘against’ bespeak not the thing being gainstood to, but bespeak the thing doing the gainstanding. Thus, to gainsay oneself is to speak one's being against something, whereas to gainsay towards oneself is to say something against oneself.