Mōtung:Sofiet Gesamnung

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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.
  • gemǣnǣhtrǣdlīc (aj) - communist [gemǣnǣhtrǣd - "communism" [gemǣn - "fellowship/commons" ǣht - "possession/ownership" rǣd - "advice/council"]+productive adjectival suffix -līc - "-ly, pertaining to"]
  • Sofiet (aj) Gesamnung (sf) - Soviet Union [Sofiet - Anglo-Saxonized version of "Soviet"+Gesamnung - "gathering, union"]
  • oferþrāwende (n) - revolution [calqued from "overthrowing"; ofer - "over", þrāwan - "to twist/turn", -ende - gerund suffix ]
  • undernimenne (n) - operation [calqued from German Unternehmen ]
  • grotmiddellīc wǣpen (n) - nuclear weapon [grotmiddellīc - "nuclear" [grot - "speck, particle"; middel - "middle"; -līc - "-ly, pertaining to"]; wǣpen - "weapon"]
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