Mōtung:Hrōcburhfōtþōðer

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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.
  • æȝsċapen (aj) - oval, "egg-shaped"
  • endeȝeard (sm) - end zone
  • fōtþōðor (sm) - football
  • Ȝeāned (aj) Cynerīċe (sn) - United Kingdom
  • ȝebīȝung (sf) - tackle
  • ȝetælrōda (sf pl.) - goal posts
  • hēafodhīw (sn) - main kind, main variant
  • hrōcburhfōtþoðer (sm) - rugby football
  • hrōcburhȝesamsunge (desc.) pleȝa (wm) - Rugby Union
  • hrōcburhȝeþoftsċipes (desc.) pleȝa (wm) - Rugby League
  • Hrōcburhsċolu (sf) - Rugby School
  • Nīwe (aj) Sǣland (sn) - New Zealand
  • Sūþaffrica (irreg. sf/irreg. wf) - South Africa
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