Anglish Wordbook

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Notation Key ᛫ = definition separator ᛬ = part of speech separator [ᛏ] = transitive [ᚾ] = intransitive (neuter verb) [ᚹ] = widened (an expanded meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglish) [ square brackets ] = older form of the word { curly brackets } = related word NE = New English | ENE = Early New English | ME = Middle English | OE = Old English N = Norse | WF = West Frisian | LG = Low German | HG = High German | HG = High German | NL = Dutch | Þ = Proto-Germanic‍ C = Celtic | I = Italic | H = Hellenic | O = other PST = past tense PTCP = past participle PL = plural

About the Wordbook Itself This wordbook was started in 2017. It is based on the following sources: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by Bosworth-Toller; the Middle English Compendium; Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary; The Collins English Dictionary; Lexico.

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{| class="wikitable sortable" ! WORD !! ANGLISH SPELLING !! MEANING !! KIND !! FOREBEAR !! WHENCE !! NOTES ! a ! abaft ! abbotric ! abide ! abiding ! abidinghouse ! abidingness ! abite ! abode ! aboveboard ! abraid ! abreast ! abreasting ! abreethe ! abroad ! abrothen ! abrothenness ! abuy ! abye ! abying ! achesoothing ! ack ! ackle ! acknow ! acknowledge ! acknowledging ! acost ! acre ! acreman ! acretilth ! addeem ! adder ! adderbiter ! adderbolt ! adderkin ! adderwort ! addle ! addle
 * || ᛫ per ᛫ || P || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ in or behind the stern of a ship ᛬ behind ᛫ aft of ᛫ || AV᛬P || ~ || NE ||
 * abbotrick || ᛫ an abbacy ᛫ || N || ~ || NE<(O+E) ||
 * || ᛫ to act in accordance with ᛫ to remain ᛫ to wait ᛫ to wait for ᛫ to await ᛫ to persist ᛫ to reside ᛫ to face ( in combat etc ) ᛫ || V || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ enduring ᛫ || AJ || ~ || NE ||
 * abidinghuse || ᛫ an almshouse ᛫ a poorhouse ᛫ || N || abiding house || NE ||
 * || ᛫ permanence ᛫ endurance ᛫ || N || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ to devour ᛫ to mangle ᛫ to bite to death ᛫ || V || abītan || OE ||
 * || ᛫ a place of residence ᛫ residence ᛫ a stay ᛫ a sojourn ᛫ || N || ~ || NE || kin: abide
 * abofboard || ᛫ transparent ( as in not hidden ) ᛫ legitimate and in the open ᛬ openly and legitimately ᛫ || AJ᛬AV || aboveboard || NE ||
 * || ᛫ to move violently ᛫ to burst forth ᛫ to start up ᛫ to awake ᛫ || V || abraid&abreiden || NE&ME ||
 * || ᛫ to make abreast ᛫ to inform ᛬ informed ᛬ parallel ᛫ alongside ᛫ || V᛬AJ᛬P || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ information ᛫ || N || abreast+ing || NE+NE ||
 * abreeþe || ᛫ to degenerate ᛫ to deteriorate ᛫ || V || abrēoþan || OE ||
 * || ᛫ in or to a foreign country ᛫ away from home ᛫ in different directions ᛫ || AV || ~ || NE ||
 * abroþen || ᛫ degenerate ᛫ || AJ || abroþen || OE ||
 * abroþenness || ᛫ degeneracy ᛫ || N || ābroþenness || OE ||
 * || ᛫ to suffer a penalty ᛫ to atone ᛫ to pay for something ᛫ || V || abye[abīen][ābycgan] || NE || PST: abought | PTCP: abought; aboughten
 * || ᛫ to bow ᛫ to bend ᛫ to turn ᛫ to inflect ( grammatical term ) ᛫ || V || gebīgan || OE ||
 * || ᛫ case ( grammatical term ) ᛫ || N || gebīgednys || OE ||
 * akesooþing || ᛫ anodyne ᛫ || AJ || ache+soothing || NE+NE ||
 * || ᛫ but ᛫ however ᛫ except ᛫ || C || ac || ME ||
 * ackel || ᛫ frightened ᛫ terrified ᛫ || AJ || acol || OE ||
 * || ᛫ to recognize ᛫ to identify ᛫ to acknowledge ᛫ to be acquainted with ᛫ || V || acknow&iknouen&gecnāwan || NE&ME&OE ||
 * || ᛫ to recognize something's validity existence presence or standing ᛫ || V || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ acknowledgement ᛫ || N || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ proven ᛫ tried and true ᛫ tested ᛫ || AJ || gecost || OE ||
 * aker || ᛫ an English unit of land area ( 4840 square yards ) ᛫ || N || ~ || NE ||
 * akerman || ᛫ a husbandman ᛫ a ploughman ᛫ a farmer [ᚹ] ᛫ || N || akerman || ME ||
 * akertilþ || ᛫ agriculture ᛫ || N || acre+tilth || NE+NE || akkerbouw ᛣ
 * adeam || ᛫ to adjudge ᛫ || V || ~[adēman] || NE ||
 * || ᛫ a viper ᛫ || N || ~ || NE || corruption of: nadder
 * || ᛫ an ichneumon ᛫ an Egyptian mongoose ᛫ a mongoose [ᚹ] ᛫ || N || nǣderbita || OE ||
 * || ᛫ a dragonfly ᛫ || N || ~ || NE ||
 * || ᛫ a Serpentes animal ? ᛫ || N || nǣdercynn || OE ||
 * || ᛫ a Persicaria bistorta plant ᛫ || N || ~ || NE || old treatment for snake bites?
 * addel || ᛫ liquid filth ᛬ to confuse ᛫ to muddle ᛬ putrid ᛫ rotten ᛫ idle ᛫ vain ᛫ unsound ᛫ || N᛬V᛬AJ || ~[adela] || NE ||
 * addel || ᛫ to earn ᛫ to gain ᛫ to procure ᛫ to save up money ᛫ to grow ᛫ to thrive ᛫ to flourish ᛫ to yield fruit ᛫ || V || ~ || NE