Mōtung:Fȳrweorc

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.

• Ċīna (irreg. sf/irreg. wf) - China [borrowed from English]
• Ċīnisc ȝēares dæȝes (desc.) frēols (sm) - Chinese New Year [literally "Chinese (new) year's day celebration"]
• fȳrberstende (aj) - explosive ["fȳr" - "fire"+"berstende" - "breaking, bursting"
• fȳrcræftiȝ (aj) - pyrotechnic ["fȳr" - "fire"+"cræft" - "skill; art; technology"+productive adjective suffix "-iȝ" - "-y"]
• fȳrstrǣl (sm) - rocket ["fȳr" - "fire"+"strǣl" - "projectile, missile"]
• sweart dūst (aj) - gun powder [literally, "black dust"]