OldEnglishTranslation/Glossaries

List of abbreviations

• adj - adjective
• av - adverb
• f - feminine noun
• m - masculine noun
• n - neuter noun
• s - strong verb
• w - weak verb
• wk - weak noun (add f, m, or n to indicate gender)

Proposals

• orc - orcƿiht (f)
• scenario - capitol (m) (authentic with meaning of "book's chapter")
• team - hlōþ (f) (authentic with meaning "band, group, company, gang, crew")
• turn - stæpe (m) (authentic with meaning of "step")
• undead - undēad (adj used as noun)
• unit - ƿiht (f) (authentic with meaning of "creature, thing, being, anything")
• vampire (undead being) - fampīra (wk m) or fampīre (wk n) (Anglicized loan)

In use

Weapons - Ƿæpnu

• bow - boga (wk m)
• sword - sƿeord (n)
• trident - þreotind (m a calquish thing of "trident")

Races - Cynn

• Bat - Hrēaðemus (f)
• Dwarf - Dƿeorg (m)

• Elf - Ælf (m)
  • Elvish - Ælfisc (adj)

• Elemental - Gesceaftƿiht (f)
  • Elemental - Gesceaftlic (adj)

• Human - Mann (m)
  • Khalifate Human - Califdommann (m)

• Falcon - Fealca (wk m)
• Goblin - Pūca (wk m)

• Merfolk - Meremennisc (adj)
  • Mermaid - Meremann (m)
  • Merman - Meremann (m)

• Monster - Ælƿiht (f)

• Naga - Nāga (wk m)
  • Nagini - Nāginī (f) (treat the -inī as though it were the feminizing -in/-en suffix)

• Orc - Orcƿiht (f)
  • Orcish - Orcisc (adj)
• Saurian - Āðexmann (m)
• Troll - Ēoten (m)
• Wolf - Ƿulf (m)
• Wose - Ƿuduƿāsa (wk m)

Terrain - Land

• castle - burg (m)
• farm - æcer (m)
• forest - ƿeald (m)
• mine - gedelf (n)
• mushroom mine - sƿammgedelf (n)
• volcano - fȳrbeorg (m) (new term)

Units - Ƿihta

• dark adept - deorc nīƿcumen (m substantive adjective)
• farmer - æcerceorl (m)
• grunt - (orcisc) underling (m)
• mage - drȳmann (m)
• peasant - ceorl (m)
• ranger - ƿuduƿeard (m)
• ulfserker - ƿulfserca (m? calque of ON-ish term)
• yeti - geti (? phonetic respelling of "yeti")

Gameplay - Gamenƿeorccræft

• gameplay - gamenƿeorccræft (m) (new term)

Combat

• melee - nēahfeoht (n) (new term)
• ranged - feorfeoht (n) (new term)
• very long - oferfeorfeoht (n) (new term)

Abilities

• nightstalk - nihtstealcung (f) (new term)
• petrify - forstānian (w2) (new term)

Real-world Languages -

• English (Modern) - Nīƿenglisc
• English (Old) - Englisc

• Basque - Ƿascisc (from "Ƿascan", 'Gascons')
• Bulgarian - Pulgarisc
• Danish - Denisc
• Finnish - Finnisc (from "Finnas", 'Finns')
• Greek - Crēacisc
• Hebrew - Hebrēisc
• Irish - Īrisc (from "Īras", 'the Irish')
• Spanish - Spēonisc

Misc - Missenlic

• autumn/fall - hærfest (m)
• autumnal - hærfestlic (adj)
• era - ieldu (f)
• harvest - gæderian (w2)
• hint - geþeaht (n)
• lava - rārendestān (m)
• mainline - hēafodfadung (f)
• melee - nēahfeoht (n)
• mining - delfung (f)
• mushroom - sƿamm (m)
• nickname (when used outside of prose and the like) - brūcendnama (wk m)
• OK (in the infamous OK button) - gēatan
• race - cynn (n)
• ranged combat - feorfeoht (n)
• research - fandung (f); fandian (w2)
• spring - lencten (m); lenctenlic (adj)
• summer - sumor (m); sumorlic (adj)
• username - brūcendnama (wk m)
• winter - ƿinter (m); ƿinterlic (adj)
• YW (Years Wesnoth) - ǷG (Ƿesnoðes Gear)