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==Lexicological differences== | ==Lexicological differences== | ||
* Aurox < aurochs | * Aurox (auroxen) < aurochs | ||
* Elder < older | * Elder < older | ||
* Rother < head of cattle | * Rother < head of cattle | ||
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* Mere is preferred to lake | * Mere is preferred to lake | ||
* Sea is preferred to ocean | * Sea is preferred to ocean | ||
* Weld means “woods, forests”. Historically hilly land was often kept | * Weld means “woods, forests”. Historically hilly land was often kept wooded. Hence often reanalysed to mean “hilly land”. | ||
* Swarth is used to refer to a dark, deep blue colour, almost black, especially in the contexts of fabric. | * Swarth is used to refer to a dark, deep blue colour, almost black, especially in the contexts of fabric. | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 14 November 2020
Semantic differences
Learn can also mean 'teach'.
Spelling differences
- artefact = artifact
- sobre = sober
- shew = show
- ministre = minister
Lexicological differences
- Aurox (auroxen) < aurochs
- Elder < older
- Rother < head of cattle
- Nought < zero (generally)
- Mere is preferred to lake
- Sea is preferred to ocean
- Weld means “woods, forests”. Historically hilly land was often kept wooded. Hence often reanalysed to mean “hilly land”.
- Swarth is used to refer to a dark, deep blue colour, almost black, especially in the contexts of fabric.
Plurals
- Childer < poetic or idiomatic plural of child
- Brether < poetic or idiomatic plural of brother
- Brethren < brothers in religious contexts
- Sistren < sisters in religious contexts
- Hosen < ordinary plural of hose
- Kine < technical plural of cow
Interjections
- Ho!
- Hullo = Hello
- Cod = minced oath of “God”