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Etymologies EE. = Early English ME. = Middle English
tungle | | | "star" | [EE. tungol]
| hame | | | "covering" | [EE. hama, ME. hame]
| frood | | | "experienced" | [EE. frod]
| theed | | | "nation" | [EE. žeod]
| athel | | | "noble" | [EE. ęšel, ME. athel]
| worth * | | | "to become" | [EE. weoršan, ME. worthen]
| here | | | "army" | [EE. here]
| gouth | | | "war" | [EE. guš]
| nim | | | "to take" | [EE. niman, ME. nimen]
| bloot | | | "sacrifice" | [EE. blot]
| thild | | | "patience" | [EE. žyld]
| sweven | | | "dream" | [EE. swefn, ME. sweven]
| healend | | | "saviour" | [EE. hęlend]
| lorrew | | | "teacher" | [EE. lareow]
| behote | | | "promise" | [EE. behat]
| forbode | | | "prohibition" | [EE. forbod, ME. forbode]
| staffcraft | | | "grammar" | [EE. stęfcręft]
| bebode | | | "commandment" | [EE. bebod]
| fouse | | | "eager" | [EE. fus]
| frith | | | "peace" | [EE. friš]
| leeth | | | "poem" | [EE. leoš]
| thester | | | "darkness" | [EE. žeostor]
| lichhame | | | "body" | [EE. lichama]
| ween | | | "expectation" | [EE. wen]
| frover | | | "comfort" | [EE. frofor, ME. frofre]
| swink | | | "labour" | [EE. swinc, ME. swink]
| wite | | | "punishment" | [EE. wite, ME. wite]
| glew | | | "wise" | [EE. gleaw]
| ellen | | | "courage" | [EE. ellen]
| gleed | | | "ember" | [EE. gled, ME. glede]
| smeat | | | "pure" | [EE. smęte]
| lief | | | "dear" | [EE. leof]
| gome | | | "man" | [EE. guma, ME. gome]
| arist | | | "resurrection" | [EE. ęrist, ME. arist]
| drighten | | | "lord; The Lord" | [EE. dryhten, ME drihten]
| whirft | | | "a turning" | [EE. hwyrft]
| ethel | | | "homeland" | [EE. ešel]
| shalk | | | "servant" | [EE. scealc, ME. schalk]
| tharf | | | "need" | [EE. žearf]
| gnide * | | | "to rub" | [EE. gnidan, ME. gniden]
| nesh | | | "soft" | [EE. hnesce, ME nesche]
| snotter | | | "prudent" | [EE. snotor]
| liss | | | "grace" | [EE. liss, ME. lisse]
| foor | | | "journey" | [EE. for]
| galder | | | "incantation" | [EE. galdor, ME. galder]
| leech | | | "physician" | [EE. lęce, ME. leche]
| kithe | | | "to make known" | [EE. cyšan, ME. kithen]
| wist | | | "existance" | [EE. wist]
| orthank | | | "intellegence" | [EE. oršanc]
| couth | | | "known" | [EE. cuš, ME. cuth]
| sib | | | "peace" | [EE. sibb, ME. sibbe]
| fultum | | | "help" | [EE. fultum, ME. fultum]
| were | | | "man" | [EE. wer, ME. were]
| ruth | | | "mercy" | [ME. ruše]
| swelt * | | | "to die" | [EE. sweltan, ME. swelten]
| flit | | | "dispute" | [EE. flit, ME. flit]
| douth | | | "nobility; nobles" | [EE. duguš, ME. douthe]
| fere | | | "companion" | [EE. (ge-)fera, ME. fere]
| theeden | | | "a chief" | [EE. žeoden]
| queem | | | "to gratify" | [EE. cweman, ME. quemen]
| dight | | | "to arrange" | [EE. dihtan, ME. dihten]
| swime | | | "dizziness" | [EE. swima, ME. swime]
| yare | | | "ready" | [EE. gearo, ME. yare]
| fax | | | "hair" | [EE. feax, ME. fax]
| ween | | | "to expect" | [EE. wen, ME. wene]
| trow | | | "to trust" | [EE. truwian, ME. trowen]
| shild | | | "an offense" | [EE. scyld]
| thole | | | "to endure" | [EE. žolian, ME. žolien]
| steven | | | "voice" | [EE. stefn, ME. stevne]
| shope | | | "poet" | [EE. scop]
| meed | | | "reward" | [EE. med, ME. mede]
| wed | | | "pledge" | [EE. wedd, ME. wed]
| simble | | | "feast" | [EE. symbel]
| arn | | | "building" | [EE. ęrn]
| wone | | | "to inhabit" | [EE. wunian, ME. wonen]
| leed | | | "people" | [EE. leod]
| bairn | | | "child" | [EE. bearn, ME. barn]
| forlet | | | "to abandon" | [EE. forlętan, ME. forleten]
| gidden | | | "goddess" | [EE. gyden]
| cleep | | | "to call" | [EE. clipian, ME. clepen]
| halse | | | "to entreat" | [EE. healsian, ME. halsien]
| leam | | | "ray of light" | [EE. leoma, ME. leme]
| leman | | | "darling" | [ME. lemman]
| cheast | | | "strife" | [EE. ceast, ME. cheaste]
| haftling | | | "a captive" | [EE. hęftling]
| bea | | | "a ring" | [EE. beah]
| hode | | | "condition" | [EE. had]
| thue | | | "slave" | [EE. žeow]
| leer | | | "cheek" | [EE. hleor, ME. lere]
| hie | | | "to hasten" | [EE. higian, ME. hien]
| chigh | | | "to call" | [EE. cigan]
| teal | | | "blame" | [EE. tęl]
| stow | | | "place" | [EE. stow, ME. stow]
| queath * | | | "to say" | [EE. cwešan, ME. quešen]
| wit | | | "to know" | [EE. witan, ME. witen]
| grame | | | "rage" | [EE. grama, ME. grame]
| swike * | | | "to deceive" | [EE. swican, ME. swiken]
| limp * | | | "to happen" | [EE. limpan, ME. limpen]
| sax | | | "knife, dagger" | [EE. seax, ME. sax]
| o * | | | "ever" | [EE. a, ME. o]
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* Worth, nim, gnide, swelt, queath, swike and limp are all strong verbs, that is verbs that change their vowels. See the Strong Verbs section.
* We are very familiar with the negative form of o in no (the opposite of yes).
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