False Friends

This is a list of words which may have different meanings in Anglish than in normal Modern English.

The List
Arm

This word can mean "poor".

Deal

This word can mean "part". This is the old meaning of the word.

Deer

This word can mean "animal". This is the old meaning of the word before it was narrowed down to just one kind of animal. This kind of animal is called a "hart" in Anglish.

Doom

This word can mean "judgement". This is the old meaning of the word.

Dutch

This word can refer to Germans and any other mainland West Germanic speakers. This is an older meaning which can still be seen in the term "Pennsylvania Dutch".

Man

This word can mean "human". This old meaning is still seen in terms like mankind.

Mean

This word can mean "common". This is the old meaning of the word.

Note

This word can mean "use" and "usage".

Other

This word can mean "second". This is an old meaning of the word.

Suttle

This word may look and sound like "subtle", but it is unrelated. Suttle means "obvious" and it was revived from Middle English sutel.

Sex

This word can mean "shortsword", "dagger", "knife", and "Saxon". The "Saxon" meaning can still be seen in placenames like "Essex".

Wife

This word can mean "woman". This old meaning is still seen in the word midwife. The word woman itself was formed by joining wife to man.