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 | NL = Dutch | Þ = Proto-Germanic‍ C = Celtic | I = Italic | H = Hellenic | O = other PST = past tense PTCP = past participle PL = plural

About the New Spellings This wordbook includes optional "Anglish spellings" for words whose spellings have been influenced by foreign orthographies after the Norman Invasion. These are not official spellings, and in some cases alternatives would also be valid.

About the Wordbook This wordbook was started in 2017. 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; Lexico. You might prefer the Google Sheets version of the wordbook.