English

**English** is a language.

A

* **ære**: honor
* **æremark**: medal
* **æresought**: ambition
* **æthel**: noble
* **æthelman**: nobleman
* **æthelshift**: nobility as in "noble social class"
* **æthelship**: nobility as in "quality of being noble"
* **æthelstone**: gemstone; jewel
* **alikeness**: similarity
* **ambight**: office
* **ambightly**: officially (often shortened **ambly**)
* **andslot**: annex
* **anew**: reform, renew
* **aover**: conquer; annex
* **arveth**: labor
* **atomweapon**: atomic weapon
* **aughten**: respect [verb]
* **aughting**: respect [noun]; attention

B

* **beamber**: functionary; (government) official
* **beamoil**: olive oil
* **becraften**: promulgate
* **bedeal**: involve
* **befay**: authorize
* **befayness**: authority, competency
* **befealen**: order [verb]
* **befeal**: order [noun]
* **befolk**: populate
* **befolking**: population
* **befree**: liberate
* **beground**: establish; found as in "to start an organization or institution; to begin building"
* **behoof**: benefit [noun]
* **behoove**: benefit [verb]
* **belair**: besiege [verb]
* **belairing**: siege [noun]
* **belave**: remain; stay
* **belong**: interest [noun]
* **bename**: appoint
* **benit**: use
* **bergh**: mountain
* **berghstuff**: mineral(s)
* **berghwork**: mining [noun]
* **beset**: occupy
* **beseek**: visit, attend
* **beshield**: protect
* **bespeak**: speech as in "formal session of speaking often in form of a long oral message"
* **besunderly**: especially
* **besteven**: determine [verb]
* **beslot**: decide
* **beslotting**: decision
* **bestride**: reject; deny
* **beswike**: trick; deceive [verb]
* **betake**: commit
* **betale**: pay
* **betalebere**: affordable
* **betokening**: demonym
* **beturn**: return as in "turn back" [verb]
* **beway**: move [verb]
* **bewaying**: movement
* **bewayly**: mobile (also **bewaily**)
* **beweapon**: arm as in "give weapons to" [verb]
* **bewear**: protect
* **bewrite**: describe
* **bilth**: image; photo
* **bilthbox**: camera
* **bilthen**: educate
* **bilthing**: education
* **bode**: declare
* **bodeship**: embassy
* **bodeshipper**: ambassador
* **boeffle**: buffalo, American bison
* **boor**: peasant; farmer
* **boroughmaster**: mayor (feminine form **boroughmistress**)
* **bough**: branch
* **bound**: alliance, federation, league
* **boundsstate**: federation; federal state
* **bowbilth**: figurehead
* **brook**: use
* **burgh**: borough; city; chartered town
* **burgher**: citizen; merchant [archaic]
* **byhundred**: percent
* **byspel**: example
* **bytread**: join (past tense **bytrod**)

C

* **camer**: chamber
* **camp**: fight; struggle
* **cæser**: emperor
* **cæserrly**: imperial
* **cæserric**: empire as in "land ruled by an emperor"
* **Cathary**: heresy
* **chap, the**: commodities; merchandise; goods for sale
* **chapman**: merchant
* **chapper**: customer
* **chapstow**: marketplace; commercial area
* **Christendom**: Christianity; the Christian World
* **Christen**: baptize
* **Christer**: Christian [noun]
* **Christly**: Christian [adjective]
* **civilist**: civilian
* **cornhouse**: granary
* **crig**: war
* **criger**: warrior
* **crossfasten**: crucify
* **crossknight**: crusader (knight)
* **crosstyge**: crusade
* **croud**: spice
* **cupple**: dome

D

* **dealnim**: participate
* **dealth**: part as in "a bit of a whole" [noun]
* **dear**: expensive
* **decan**: dean
* **dene**: dale; valley
* **Doech**: German [adjective] [pronounced /dot͡ʃ/ in English English; /dɔɪt͡ʃ/ in American English]
* **Doecher**: German [noun] [pronounced /dot͡ʃɚ/ in English English; /dɔɪt͡ʃɚ/ in American English] (plural form **Doechen**)
* **doom**: sentence as in "decision or judgement of a court" [noun]; to pass a sentence [verb]
* **dretch**: annoy; displease
* **dretchness**: displeasure

E

* **ealdfell**: volcano
* **earm**: poor
* **earmth**: poverty
* **earthkithe**: geography
* **eathe**: ease [noun]
* **eathely**: easy
* **eathen**: ease [verb]
* **eld**: age
* **ent**: giant
* **entdeer**: megafauna
* **erlighten**: enlighten
* **errandgewrite**: letter
* **errandgewritewrixle**: (letter) correspondence
* **erf**: inheritance, heritage
* **erffollow**: succeed as in "to inherit a position" [verb]
* **erve**: inherit

F

* **faedre**: male cousin [semi-archaic] (plural **faedren**)
* **fall**: case
* **fang**: capture; seize
* **farbilth**: telegraph (also **telegraph**)
* **farseer**: television
* **farspeaker**: telephone
* **faucman**: expert [noun]
* **faucmannish**: expert [adjective]
* **festing**: fortification
* **feyling**: coward
* **feyness**: cowardice
* **fiend**: enemy
* **fingerapple**: date as in "fruit of the date palm" (also **dattle**)
* **firestarter**: arsonist
* **flighty**: volatile
* **flytug**: aeroplane; aircraft
* **flytugdrawer**: aircraft carrier
* **folksoffstevening**: referendum; plebiscite
* **foralikewise**: relatively
* **Forangeln**: Anglicize
* **forbear**: reject; refuse [verb]
* **forbetter**: improve
* **forbind**: connect
* **forbinding**: connection
* **forbound**: alliance, coalition
* **forbreaker**: criminal
* **forbreaking**: crime
* **fordeith**: defend
* **fordeithing**: defense [noun]
* **Fordoechen**: Germanize
* **fordrawing**: treaty
* **foreovergo**: temporary
* **forestell**: introduce
* **forfranken**: Francize; Gallicize
* **forgelden**: retaliate [verb]
* **forgelding**: retaliation; reprisal
* **forhalfness**: ratio
* **forhandle**: negotiate
* **forhold**: relate
* **forholding**: relation
* **forken**: explore
* **forkithe**: announce
* **forlet**: violate
* **fornim**: interrogate
* **forother**: replace
* **forrede**: treason; betreyal [noun]
* **forrede**: betray [verb]
* **forsamling**: assembly
* **forsammle**: assemble
* **forsnell**: accelerate
* **forseek**: experiment; attempt [noun]; try as in "attempt" [verb, noun]
* **Forst**: Prince as in "someone who rules a principality" (female form **Forstine**)
* **Forstdom**: Principality
* **forswind**: disappear
* **forthink**: suspect [verb]
* **forthought**: suspect [noun]
* **forthstride**: advance; progress [verb]
* **forthstridely**: progressive
* **forthstridden**: advanced
* **fortread**: represent (past tense **fortrod**)
* **fortreader**: representative, deputy (also **forgainsworthier**)
* **freelage**: privilege
* **freightwagon**: truck (also **lorry** or **freighter**)
* **fremd**: foreign; stranger
* **frith**: peace
* **frithsome**: peaceful
* **frother**: comfort [verb, noun]
* **frothersome**: comfortable
* **fruitbere**: fertile
* **fruitberelihood**: fertility
* **fyrd**: field army
* **forename**: given name; first name
* **forone**: unity, unify
* **forwarp**: expel
* **forwald**: rape; violate
* **forwester**: westernize; modernize
* **forwhy**: because
* **forwork**: process [verb]
* **forwick**: involve
* **forwise**: refer [verb]
* **fraign**: question [noun, verb]