List of Words and Phrases Not in General Use

by Anonymous

　　ATHELING.—Prince, nobleman.

　　BAIRN.—Son, child.

　　BARROW.—Mound, rounded hill, funeral-mound.

　　BATTLE-SARK.—Armor.

　　BEAKER.—Cup, drinking-vessel.

　　BEGEAR.—Prepare.

　　BIGHT.—Bay, sea.

　　BILL.—Sword.

　　BOSS.—Ornamental projection.

　　BRACTEATE.—A round ornament on a necklace.

　　BRAND.—Sword.

　　BURN.—Stream.

　　BURNIE.—Armor.

　　CARLE.—Man, hero.

　　EARL.—Nobleman, any brave man.

　　EKE.—Also.

　　EMPRISE.—Enterprise, undertaking.

　　ERST.—Formerly.

　　ERST-WORTHY.—Worthy for a long time past.

　　FAIN.—Glad.

　　FERRY.—Bear, carry.

　　FEY.—Fated, doomed.

　　FLOAT.—Vessel, ship.

　　FOIN.—To lunge (Shaks.).

　　GLORY OF KINGS.—God.

　　GREWSOME.—Cruel, fierce.

　　HEFT.—Handle, hilt; used by synecdoche for ‘sword.’

　　HELM.—Helmet, protector.

　　HENCHMAN.—Retainer, vassal.

　　HIGHT.—Am (was) named.

　　HOLM.—Ocean, curved surface of the sea.

　　HIMSEEMED.—(It) seemed to him.

　　LIEF.—Dear, valued.

　　MERE.—Sea; in compounds, ‘mere-ways,’ ‘mere-currents,’ etc.

　　MICKLE.—Much.

　　NATHLESS.—Nevertheless.

　　NAZE.—Edge (nose).

　　NESS.—Edge.

　　NICKER.—Sea-beast.

　　QUIT, QUITE.—Requite.

　　RATHE.—Quickly.

　　REAVE.—Bereave, deprive.

　　SAIL-ROAD.—Sea.

　　SETTLE.—Seat, bench.

　　SKINKER.—One who pours.

　　SOOTHLY.—Truly.

　　SWINGE.—Stroke, blow.

　　TARGE, TARGET.—Shield.

　　THROUGHLY.—Thoroughly.

　　TOLD.—Counted.

　　UNCANNY.—Ill-featured, grizzly.

　　UNNETHE.—Difficult.

　　WAR-SPEED.—Success in war.

　　WEB.—Tapestry (that which is ‘woven’).

　　WEEDED.—Clad (cf. widow’s weeds).

　　WEEN.—Suppose, imagine.

　　WEIRD.—Fate, Providence.

　　WHILOM.—At times, formerly, often.

　　WIELDER.—Ruler. Often used of God; also in compounds, as ‘Wielder of Glory,’ ‘Wielder of Worship.’

　　WIGHT.—Creature.

　　WOLD.—Plane, extended surface.

　　WOT.—Knows.

　　YOUNKER.—Youth.