Tuesday, June 18, 2013

more Thedic constructs

Link to the first article

Frith                      Forest (rather than the direct Normal loan-word)
Firth                      Fjord (rather than the direct Scandinavian loan-word)
Rand                    Rand
Wald, Wold           Wald (wold still holds the derivative meaning of a desolate area in modern English)
Swarthwald          Schwarzwald

Handhour              Handuhr (alt. Armbandhour)
Spellhour               Spieluhr
Sweer                    Schwer

Abiddance              Gebet
Keek                       Gucken

Some of these are constructed with the help of present-day English dialects, which still preserve these rare kind of cognates in certain parts of England. Just for an example, http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/geordie.html#vocab-hce

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