Mōtung:Brycgāðexe

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Getæl nīwra worda and earfoðra worda

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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.
  • bryċȝāðexe (wf) - tuatara (from German "Brückenechsen" and Dutch "Brughagedissen")
  • cornwiht (sn) - gram, "grain-weight"
  • grēnbrūn (aj) - greenish-brown
  • slinċend (sm) - reptile

Sculde þornbǣr, þorniȝ bēon? — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 10:17, 28 Se Æfterra Gēola 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hit is betere þonne "þornbǣr", for þȳ hit is ealdlīc, ac ic hæbbe hērrihte ȝefunden ōðer ƿord "tindiht" þe is meahtlīce betere (hit mǣnþ "spiked/toothed (sƿā on cambe, nō sƿā on mūðe)".    Ƿes hāl!     01:49, 29 Se Æfterra Gēola 2011 (UTC)Reply
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