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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.
  • bearhtmhƿīl (sf) - second [authentic with meaning of "moment"]
  • dottatiger (sm) - cheetah [calque of Icelandic "blettatígur" - "tiger of spots"]
  • flǣscetende (aj) dēor (sn) - carnivore ["flǣsċetedende" - "carnivorous" ["flǣsċ" - "meat"+"etende" - "eating, devouring"]+"dēor" - "animal" [fully authentic word"]
  • hryċȝbāndēor (sn) - vertebrate ["hryċȝbān" - "backbone"+"dēor" -"animal"]
  • Īslendisc (sn) - Icelandic language [calque of "Icelandic"]
  • Middel (aj) Ēast (sm) - Middle East [calque of "Middle East"]
  • syċedēor (sn) - mammal ["syċe" - "sucking"+"dēor" - "animal"]
  • þūsendmeter (sn) - kilometer [calque of "kilometer" - "thousand-meter"]
  • unoncyrrendclāƿcatt (sm) - Acinonyx [calque of "Acinonyx" - "irretractable claw-(animal)]"
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