Mōtung:Selffērende wægn

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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.
  • fara (wm) - passenger [authentic with meaning of "traveller"]
  • farena (desc.) wæȝn (sm) - passenger car
  • fōrsearu (w-dec. sn) - motor ["fōr" - "travel, going"+"searu" - "device, engine"]
  • fōrsearwed (aj) - having a motor ["fōrsearu" - "motor" ["going-machine"]+productive adjectival suffix "-ed" - "-ed"]
  • hlæstwæȝn (sm) - truck [calque of German "Lastwagen"]
  • hwǣled (aj) - wheeled ["hwǣl" - "wheel"+productive adjectival suffix "-ed" - "-ed"]
  • selffērend (sm) - car, automobile [calque of "auto-mobile" - "self-going machine"]
  • selffērende (aj) - automobile ["calque of "auto-mobile" - "self-going"]
  • stānele (sm) - petroleum [calque of "petr-oleum" - "stone-oil"]
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