Mōtung:Affricanisc sprǣc

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Note that in this list: "ȝ"=IPA "j", "ċ"=IPA "t͡ʃ", "sċ"=IPA "ʃ", and "ċȝ"=IPA "d͡ːʒ".
Note that etymologies or rationales for the Old English neologisms should be put after the Modern English translation in square brackets, like so:
  • fȳrƿǣpen (sn) - firearm, gun [calque of "firearm"]
Abbreviations used are: sm/sn/sf = strong masculine/neuter/feminine; wm/wn/wf = weak masculine/neuter/feminine; indecm/indecn/indecf = indeclinable masculine/neuter/feminine; w-dec. = w-declension; u-dec. = u declension; i-mut. = i-mutated; pl. = plural; aj = adjective; desc. = modifier for a noun (a "describer") other than an adjective; av = adverb; w1/w2/w3 = weak verb class; s1/s2/.../s7b = strong verb class.
  • Affricanisċ (sn) - Afrikaans [calque of "Afrikaans"]
  • Australia (irreg. sf/irreg. wf/indecf.) - Australia [borrowed from Modern English]
  • Canada (wm) - Canada [borrowed from Modern English]
  • Ȝeānedu (aj) Rīcu (sn pl.) Wīnlandes (desc.) - United States of America [calque of "United States of America" ["Wīnland" calque from Old Norse"]]
  • Lesotho (w-dec. sn) - Lesotho [borrowed]
  • Niðerlendisċ (sn) - Dutch [calque of "Nederlands"˝from Dutch itself]
  • Nīwe (aj) Sǣland (sn) - New Zealand [calque of "New Zealand"]
  • Sambia (irreg. sf/irreg. wf/indecf.) - Zambia [borrowed]
  • Simbabwe (wf) - Zimbabwe [borrowed]
  • Sūþaffrica (irreg. sf/irreg. wf/indecf.) - South Africa [calque of "South Africa"]
  • Westgermanisċ (aj) - West Germanic (linguistics) [calque of "West Germanic"]
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