Mōtung:Bob Marley

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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.
  • drēamhēap (sm) - band ["music group"]
  • drēamhord (sn) - album ["music collection"]
  • drēamwīse (wf) - music style [calque]
  • ȝiedderglīwere (sm) - guitar player ["ȝieddere" - new word for "guitar"+"glīwere" - "instrument player"]
  • Iamaikisċ (aj) - Jamaican [borrowed and Anglo-Saxonized]
  • Rastafaren (sm) - Rastafarian [borrowing+calque after the pattern of "Crīsten"]
  • reggaȝisċ (aj) - reggae
  • reggaidrēam (sm) - reggae music [borrowing+calque]
  • sangwrītere (sm) - songwriter [calque]
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