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) [ᚩ] = old (a dead definition of a living word) [ square brackets ] = older form of the word { curly brackets } = related word NE = New English | ANE = Archaic New English | ME = Middle English | OE = Old English N = Norse | WF = West Frisian | LG = Low 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 [OXF] = Found in Oxford English Dictionary. [MW] = Found in Merriam-Webster (though maybe only the 1913 edition) [CED] = Found in Collins English Dictionary [MEC] = Found in the Middle English Compendium's online dictionary

About the New Spellings
This wordbook includes optional "Anglish Spellings" for words whose spellings have been influenced by foreign orthographies after the Norman Invasion.

About the Wordbook
This wordbook was started in 2017 by Hurlebatte, and is now worked on by many members of the community. It follows Oxford spelling rules (armour, nationalize). Its contents are based partly 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; and the Oxford English Dictionary. You can also read the Wordbook on Google Sheets.