Glossary of Henry Rope's Archaic Words

Word	Meaning	Old English	German	Old Norse
agin	to begin	āginnan
aller-	very, of them all (intensifier for superlatives)		aller-
allgate	altogether, entirely			alla gǫtu
arworthy	honour-worthy, venerable		ehrwürdig
athwart	across			...þvert
ayont	beyond
batch	brook, stream	bæċ	Bach	bekkr
bedighting	bedecking or ornamentation
behery	to praise	(see hery)
bekenn'd	(well) known		bekannt
bemind	to remind; (reflexive) to remember
beneat	to use	benēotan*	benutzen
bestead	beset
bewrite	describe	bewrītan	~beschreiben
bild	picture, image	biliþe	Bild	bilæti
blatand	blatant; bleating or bellowing
bosky	bushy, having abundant bushes		buschig
bren	to burn	bærnan	brennen	brenna
brightth	brightness
brook	to use	brūcan	brauchen*
buildcraft	architecture		~Baukunst
cheaping	market	~ċēapstōw		kaupangr
Christen	Christian; perhaps used here to mean European	cristen		kristinn
cot	cottage	cot	Kate	kot
dag	dew			dǫgg
deal	part	dǣl	Teil
ed-	re-, again, back	ed-		ið-
eke	also, too	ēac	auch	auk
eld	old; the past, antiquity	ieldu		elli
endlong	along	andlang	entlang	endlangr*
endly	finally, at last		endlich
eotenish	characteristic of the giants of Germanic mythology	eotenisċ		jǫtunn...
erewhile	some time ago
erst	first	ǣrest	erst
ethel	noble	ǣþel	edel	óðal
evenold	coeval, contemporaneous, from the same era	efneald		jafnaldri
fain	glad	fæġen		feginn
farantly	good-looking, respectable
flowingly	fluently		~fließend
fordwine	to dwindle, diminish	fordwīnan		...dvína, ...þvína
foreby	past		vorbei
fornaught	to destroy		vernichten
forninst	opposite to
forthtread	progress		~Fortschritt	~framgangr
frimm	flourishing, thriving	freme
frith	peace	friþ	Frieden	friðr
frithstow	frithstool (seat of sanctuary in a church)
fyrd	army, military	fierd	Fahrt*	ferð*
gin	begin	(see agin)
Godsacre	churchyard
greenth	verdure
guesthof	inn, pub, guesthouse		Gasthof
haltstead	station, stop		~Haltestelle
hamling	hamlet, village
helt	hero		Held	hǫldr
hery	to praise	herian
hight	called, named	hēht	heißen	heitinn
hoary	grey	hār		hárr
hurst	wood, grove	hyrst	Horst
ironway	railway		~Eisenbahn
jobbernowlish	idiotic
knightburg	castle		~Ritterburg
lave	ruin, remnant	lāf		leif
leasow	pasture	lǣs
lief	beloved, dear	lēof	lieb	ljúfr
lift	air	lyft	Luft	lopt
lithe	lee, shelter	hlēowþ
man	one (pronoun), any person	man	man
manikind	many kinds of, sundry
manred	men/people collectively	manrǣden
mensh(en)	human	mennisċ	Mensch	menska
menshly	humanely	mennisċlīċ	menschlich
merewater	seawater		Meerwasser
metelessly	beyond measure, immeasurably		maßlos
mid	with	mid	mit	með
middlealdish	medieval		mittelaltrig
naturely	by nature
neath(en)	down	neoþan, niþer	nieder	niðr
oldfarand	old-fashioned
openbaring	revelation		Offenbarung
outlay	to spend (money)		~ausgeben
overagainst	across from, opposite to		gegenüber
overthwart	across		überqueren*
prate	to speak foolishly, prattle
rede	advice, counsel	rǣd	Rat	ráð
reechy	smoky		rauchig	reykr...
rood	cross, crucifix	rōd	Rute*
Russland	Russia		Russland	Ruzaland
seld	rarely, seldom	selden	selten	sjaldan
selfwilles	voluntarily	selfwilles	~freiwillig
sheen	beautiful, fair	sċīene	schön
siker(ly)	certain(ly)	sicor(līċe)	sicher(lich)
snell	quick, fast	snel	schnell	snjallr*
standbild	statue		Standbild
stead	place	stede	Statt, Stätte	staðr
steadgeist	spirit of the place		(see timegeist)
stoup	font (receptacle for holy water)			staup*
swithë	very	swīþe	geschwind*	sviðr*
thole	to endure, tolerate	þolian	dulden	þola
thorp(e)	village	þorp	Dorf	þorp
thwart(ing)	crossing			þvert*
tilth	tilled or ploughed land	tilþ
timegeist	zeitgeist, spirit of the times		~Zeitgeist
toeke	to add	tōēacan		...auka
tofallen	fallen down	tōfeallen
totorn	torn apart	tōtoren
townkin	small town
tway-	two, double	twēġe(n), twi-	zwie-	tví-
twixen	between		zwischen
um	around	ymbe	um	um
umwend	turn around	ymbwendan	umwenden
untownly	rural
waggonred	wagonry, wagons collectively
waterlode	aqueduct	~wæterġelǣt
wemmless	unblemished
wheelfarer	cyclist		~Radfahrer
whileere	a while ago, formerly	hwīle ǣr
wise	way, manner	wīse	Weise	vís
worldmere	ocean		Weltmeer
worth	to become	weorþan	werden	verða
woulder	glory	wuldor		Ullr*
woulderly	glorious	wuldorlīċ
yearhundred	century		Jahrhundert
yeartide	season		Jahreszeit	árstíð
yond	beyond, over	ġeond
yonsides	beyond, across		jenseits
Key
*	Etymologically equivalent, but with a significant deviation in meaning.
~	Not or only partly etymologically equivalent, but still comparable.
...	Missing morpheme.