abstinence, restraint forhæfnesįorhavingly adv. abstinence, restraint, temperance, forhæfednesįorhaveness n. block, prevent move/ action, prevent forecumanįorh' a' vedness n. sufficiency, abundance genyhtsumnisįorecome v. abundant, satisfactory genyhtsumĮnoughsomeness n. fortunately, prosperously eadilicĮarmhearted compassionate armheorted Įftkenedness n. prosperous, fortunate, happy eadigĮadily adv. (said like business) example bisenĮady a. failure to repay loan/ surety borgbryceīusen n. loaning/ security trouble borg sorgīorrowbreach n. demonstratively besceawiendlicīorrowsorrow n. demonstration, exhibition besceawungīeshowingly a. exhibitor, demonstrator, guide besceawereīeshowing n. exhibit, demonstrate, display besceawianīeshower n. establish, put safe, utilise befæstanīeshow v. traverse, surround befaran, beferanīefasten v. di f ficulty, trouble earfoðnesĪthelkind n. troublesome, laborious earfoðlicĪrvethness n. distress, trouble angsumnesĪrvethliness n. troublesomely, distressingly angsomlicĪngsomeness n. troublesome, distressing angsomĪngsomely a. distress, frustration angmodnesĪngsome a. distressed/ frustrated mood angmodĪngmoodness n. sequel æfterfygednesĪfterfollowingness n. invention, discovery afundennesĪfterfollowedness n. Why are these here and not on their respective pages?Īfoundness n. Listings seek to define what brook sounds most naturely to today’s ear, but should not always be thought fast.) (Some words can be both telling deedwords and talewords.
= verb (doing words like to run, to write, to sing) = noun (normally things and ideas: car, bird, freedom) = adverb (shows way in which something is done: fast, happily) = adjective (describes a noun: 'big' in big house)Īdv. This also applies for whether an uptimed word would do as a taleword (adjective), telling deedword (adverb), or both.Ī. It is a question of what seems to make sense to the modern ear. Meanings of uptimed words can thus be offset from the original meaning of their Old English rootwords. Ii) It is common for words to shift their meanings over time - for a model, 'meat' at one time wrapped a greatmore field of food than it does today.
Rootwords are known from original texts and can be referred to in Clark Hall, unless from Middle English, which can be referred to in Mayhew and Skeat these latter are marked (see booklist, p21) labour, trouble, difficulty earfoðeĪ) Firstly, the word in bold is the updated form.ī) Next comes the grammatical definition ( see Forshortenings)Ĭ) Then follows meaning(s) in today ’ s standhard English.ĭ) The Old English rootword from which the uptimed word has been outdrawn is given last, in italics. His main goal however, is getting uptimed words from OE back into mainstream English - that would indeed be an eftnewing of yearve (restoration of heritage).Īrveth n. When this is thorough wrapped (and dreamly backed by some kind of academic Board of English experts), mightly (possible) terms for newmore concepts can be tackled with greatmore backup from the roots of the tongue. On newing English, Cowley's belief is that as much as can be gleaned from the OE motherlode should be sought out and uptimed for potential brookness today. It can be found on the web by Googling (heed: Amazon UK has rather more reviews than US) other book by same maker in print is Hastings 1066 - Words We'd Wield if We'd Won (2011) - which is a shortmore phrasebook. The book is only grounded on true known OE words. This is a small sample of words from the "Wordhoard" deal of the book, given with the maker's leave. "How We’d Talk if the English Had Won in 1066"
We lath all those kindred with Old English to input to this wordbook, and help richen and lifen the English tongue through, by bringing these words back from forsakenness into uptakeness.Ī newminder, only words of Old English outspring are to be input here-this wordbook is not for bethinking new words from English roots, which can be done at the "English to Anglish" and "Anglish" wordbooks.įor a list of etymological or other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S Tþ U W Y This wordbook is vowed to giving new life to these besorrowly forgotten words, words that are worthy of being a deal of our Nowtide English speech. The Old English Wordbook is for gathering words from Old English that did not overlive into Nowtide English, and edstatheling them, by applying to them the litherwisely shifts that Old and Middle English went through to become Nowtide English, and by giving to them a spelling in keeping with that of Nowtide English.