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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.
  • betst (av) ċīepende (aj) - best selling [calque of "best selling"]
  • heard (aj) weolcdrēam (sm) - hard rock
  • hefiȝ (aj) stīeldrēam (sm) - heavy metal
  • stīeldrēam (sm) - metal music
  • stīeldrēamhēap (sm) - metal band [stīeldrēam ["steel-music"]+hēap - "group"]
  • þresċstīeldrēam (sm) - thrash metal
  • weolcdrēam (sm) - rock music
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