OldEnglishTranslation/Glossaries
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Contents
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 - orcƿuht (f)
- scenario - capitol (m) (authentic with meaning of "book's chapter")
- team - hloþ (f) (authentic with meaning "band, group, company, gang, crew")
- turn - stæpe (m) (authentic with meaning of "step")
- undead - undead (adj used as noun)
- unit - ƿiht (f) (authentic with meaning of "creature, thing, being, anything")
Discarded
In use
Weapons - Ƿæpnu
- bow - boga (wk m)
- sword - sƿeord (n)
Races - Cynn
- Bat - Hreaðemus (f)
- Dwarf - Dƿeorg (m)
- Elf - Ælf (m)
- Elvish - Ælfisc (adj)
- Human - Mann (m)
- Khalifate Human - Califdommann (m)
- Falcon - Fealca (wk m)
- Goblin - Puca (wk m)
- Mermaid - Meremann (m)
- Merman - Meremann (m)
- Merfolk - Meremennisc (adj)
- Monster - Ælƿiht (f)
- Naga - Naga (wk m)
- Nagini - Nagini (f)
- Orcish - Orcisc (adj)
- Saurian - Aðexmann (m)
- Troll - Eoten (m)
- Wolf - Ƿulf (m)
- Wose - Ƿuduƿasa (wk m)
Terrain - Land
- farm - æcer (m)
- forest - ƿeald (m)
- mine - gedelf (n)
- mushroom mine - sƿammgedelf (n)
- volcano - fyrbeorg (m)
Units - Ƿihta
- farmer - æcerceorl (m)
- mage - drymann (m)
- peasant - gebur (m)
Gameplay
Combat
- melee - neahfeoht (n)
- ranged - feorfeoht (n)
- very long - oferfeorfeoht (n)
Misc - Missenlic
- autumn/fall - hærfest (m)
- autumnal - hærfestlic (adj)
- harvest - gæderian (w2)
- lava - rarendestan (m)
- melee - neahfeoht (n)
- mining - delfung (f)
- mushroom - sƿamm (m)
- ranged combat - feorfeoht (n)
- research - fandung (f); fandian (w2)
- spring - lencten (m); lenctenlic (adj)
- summer - sumor (m); sumorlic (adj)
- winter - ƿinter (m); ƿinterlic (adj)