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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.
  • bordspearctellend (sm) - desktop computer ["bord" - "table"+"spearctellend" ["spearca" - "spark" hence "electricity"+"tellan" - "to calculate"+productive nominal suffix "-end" - "-er"] - "computer"]
  • GNU (desc) Weorc (sn) - GNU Project [calque of "Gnu Project"]
  • weorcendebyrdness (sf) - opperating system [calque of "opperating system"]
  • weorcwrit (sn) - program ["weorc" - "work"+"writ" - "piece of writing"]
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