Anglish wordbook
From The Anglish Moot
Anglish wordbook
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The Anglish wordbook is for gathering together all known and suggested Anglish words and their meanings. Every person is free to put in any word they have seen used in Anglish by others, or which have been invented by themselves. The purpose is to create a full reference of words from all kinds of Anglish, and to give proper explanations as to their meanings and origins.
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[edit] Using the wordbook
All entries in the wordbook take the following form, closely modelled on the normal dictionary layout:
| wortcraft | n | the growing of plants and flowers, the craft and lore about growing plants; horticulture [compound of wort 'plant, herb' + -CRAFT]
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First comes the word itself, in bold text, followed by the part of speech in italics. The wordbook uses normal dictionary abbreviations for these, such as n for noun, vb for verb, adj for adjective, and so on. The main body of the entry is a description of what the word means, and also, if necessary, how it is used. The last part, in square brackets, is the etymology of the word, giving some information of its origins.
[edit] Adding to the wordbook
If you feel the wordbook is missing a word, or a meaning, please feel free to add it, as the wordbook will only grow with continued contributions from all Anglish users. The only rule is that the word must be in some way unique to Anglish, that is, not found in standard English. This can be anything from entirely new words made up specifically for Anglish, to rare, dialectual, or simply uncommon words. A good way to measure this is to imagine using it in conversation, and what the reaction of the other person would be.
In order to create a standard entry, like the one above, you need to use a template, which is basically a pre-written piece of code which formats and lays out your entry correctly. It may look daunting at first, but if you follow the short explanation below, it isn't too hard.
The code used looks like this (you can cut and paste this to use):
{{wordbook entry
|word=
|part of speech=
|meaning=
|synonyms=
|etymology=
}}
As you can see, there are spaces left after the equals signs for typing the entry. Hopefully, the information needed in each one is self-explanatory, the only point is that the meaning and synonyms are separate. This is because both are required in order to avoid the dictionary simply becoming a list of synonyms, which isn't of as much use in the long run. The meaning and etymology can be given in any style which you find suitable, whether that be a very formal dictionary style, or something more informal.
Here is the actual entry used for the example near the top of the page:
{{wordbook entry
|word=wortcraft
|part of speech=n
|meaning=the growing of plants and flowers, the craft and lore about growing plants
|synonyms=horticulture
|etymology=compound of ''wort'' 'plant, herb' + -CRAFT
}}
When there is already an entry for the same word, but with a different definition, please add your entry below it, and mark them (1) and (2) respectively.
[edit] Changing or outtaking an entry
Generally, once an entry has been made, it should only be changed or taken out as discussion on the talk page. The wordbook is meant not only as a record of Anglish, but also a 'marketplace' of ideas, where people can put forward words for others to consider. Words should remain unless they have been rejected by the community of users and are no longer considered viable suggestions.
The only exceptions are words which are either standard English or are themselves not Anglish, which can be outtaken without debate (though comment on the edit is still needed).
[edit] Old English alphabet
The English language was first written in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc runic alphabet, in use from the 5th century. Very few examples of this writing have survived, these being mostly short inscriptions or fragments. The Anglo-Saxon Futhorc was replaced by the Latin alphabet from about the 7th century onwards, although the two continued in parallel for some time. Futhorc influenced the Latin alphabet by providing it with the letters thorn (Þ, þ) and wynn (Ƿ, ƿ). The letter eth (Ð, ð) was later devised as a modification of d, and finally yogh (Ȝ, ȝ) was created by Norman scribes from the insular g in Old English and Irish, and used alongside their Carolingian g.
The ligature Æ (æ), for ae, was adopted as a letter its own right, named æsc ("ash") after a Futhorc rune. In very early Old English Œ (œ), for oe, also appeared as a distinct letter named œðel ("ethel"), again after a rune. Additionally, the ligature w (double-u), for vv, was in use.
In the year 1011, a writer named Byrhtferð ordered the Old English alphabet for numerological purposes.[2] He listed the 24 letters of the Latin alphabet (including ampersand) first, then 5 additional English letters, starting with the Tironian nota ond, ⁊, an insular symbol for and:
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y Z & ⁊ Ƿ Þ Ð Æ
