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Staff M of the English Wordbook.

Basic abbreviations: att'd=attested, OE=Old English, NHG=New High German, Du.=Dutch

For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see Forshortenings.

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English Word
Class
Anglish
Attested Not attested
macabre adj grisly, grim -
macerate vb steep -
machine n gearwork, gearware, clockwork gearware, clockware, workware, workrig
magazine n - 1. gossipwrit 2. warehouse, weaponhoard
magic n dwimmer spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardcraft, hexcraft, dwimmercraft, galdercraft (<OE)
magic (study of) n - galderlore, hexlore, witchlore, wizardlore, dwimmerlore, spell-lore
magic art n - dwimmercraft (dwimmer "illusion, spectre" <OE gedwimor+craft)
magician n wizard, witch hexer (<Nw. hekser), dwimmercraftsman
magistrate n deemer/deemster -
magnesium oxide n - bitter earth
magnate n - mickman
magnet n - Sailstone (cf. Icl. segull)
magnitude n mickle mete
magnolia n - beaverbloom
maggot n - mathe (<OE maþa, Scots mathe; c.f. Du made, NHG Made)
mail (armor) n mesh, byrnie -
maim vb cripple -
maintain vb keep up, kemp, upkeep -
maintenance n upkeep -
maître d'hôtel n - houserede
majestic adj awesome -
majesty n oreworthness, awesomeness, greatness, highness, lordship thrim (<OE þrymm), overmight (cf. NHG Übermacht)
major n thane -
major adj greater, overling -
majority n greater share, morehood, manifoldness mostness
maladjusted adj misfit -
malady n sickness, illness addle, cothe
malapert adj brazen unbeshamed (cf. Du. onbeschaamd)
male adj he-kind, (pref.) he-, manful, manly, werly, werely -
male n buck -
male sex n manhood werehood
malefactor n lawbreaker, wrongdoer, evildoer -
malevolence n ill will, evil will -
malevolent adj ill-hearted, illwilling -
malfeasance n wrongdoing, misdeed -
malfunction n glitch -
malfunction vb misbehave miswork
malice n wrath, evilwilledness evest, nithecraft
malicious adj evil, wicked, argh, evilful -
malign adj evil, slander, backbite -
malnourish vb underfeed, ill-feed, misfeed -
malnourished adj underfed, ill-fed, misfed -
maltose n - maltsweet
maltreat vb manhandle (roughly), tousle, misnutt, misbrook, misbrouk -
malware n badware, evilware
mammal n - milchwight, suckdeer, suckledeer
mammary n breast, tit -
manage vb handle, run, deal with, fare, keep, keep up -
manager n besteerer (cf. Dan. bestyrer) fore(wo)man
mandrake n - screamwort, shriekwort
mandrill n - rainbow ape, hueleer ape, huemug ape
manga n - dawnlandish talestrips, dawnlandish livestrips
manger n trough -
mangrove n - seamarsh, shrubmarsh
mania n madness -
maniac adj mad, crazy -
manifest(ed) adj - swettle (<OE sweotol)
manifest vb - swettle (<OE sweotolian)
manifestation n swettling (<OE sweotolung)
manifesto n - swettling (<OE sweotolung)
manner n - lund
mansion n - hireyard (cf. Swe. herrgård) hire = mister
mansuetude adj mildness -
manta n - flatfish
mantis n - beadbug
mantle n hackle -
manual n handbook -
manual adj hand(-) -
manually adv by hand -
manufacture' vb make, shape, handmake, smithy, craft -
manure n dung, rother-soil
manuscript n handwrit -
map n landdraught, land-drawing mete (<OE metan: to measure "to scale")
marble n - Shinestone (Greek)
march n/vb - warstep, warwalk
March n - Roughmonth, Pringmonth, Loud (<OE Hlýda / Hlúd), Winmonth (<OE Hreðmonað)
marijuana n hemp, hemphay, grass (street-talk), weed (street-talk) -
marine adj sea-, mer(e)- -
marine park n - water-frith
maritime adj sea -
marjoram n - kingswort (<OE cyningeswyrt)
market n - chepstow (town on the Welsh border)
market town n chepingtown -
marquess n - ethelman
marriage n wedding, handfast, wedlock gathership (<OE gaderscipe)
marry vb wed -
marsupial n - pungdeer/pungsucker (pung "pouch" + deer "animal" or sucker, cf. Dan. pungdyr; NHG Beutelsäuger "pouch-sucker" and Du. buideldier "pouch-animal")
martyr n - bloot (<OE (ge)blot, "sacrifice"), rood-bearer, cuther/cyther (<OE cyðere), witness (Grk 'martyreo' means "I witness, I tell about")
martial art(s) n - fightingcraft(s)
marvel n & vb wonder -
marvelous adj wonderful, wulderly, selcouth -
mask n - mesh
masochism n achelove, achelust -
masochist n seeksorrow, achelover, acheluster -
mason n stonewright -
masonry n stonecraft, stonework -
masque n - meshplay
masquerade n - meshtumb
mass n bulk, inweight -
mass (religious) n - thiewot / thewet (<OE þēowot)
goddisthane/god's-thane (<NHG "Gottesdienst") (Mass is from OE Latin maesse)
massacre n slaughter overkill, bloodbath
mass murderer n - death dealer
masticate vb chew -
master n head reve
masturbate vb wank, toss off, beat off selfhandstir (made of component parts akin to latin)
match n light(stick) -
material adj bodylike, bodilike -
maternal adj motherly -
mathematics n - scorelore, reckonlore
matrimony n wedlock -
matter n stuff andwork (<OE andweorc), inting (<OE intinga)
mature adj grown, ripe -
maximum n uttermost -
maximum adj utmost -
May n - Threemilk/Threemilkmonth, (<OE Þrimeolce, Þrimilcemonað)
Merrymonth
mayhem n crippling -
mayonnaise n yolkdip -
mayor n - town-reeve (<OE portgeréfa), townsteerer, townsteersman
measure n - met (<OE met)
measure vb - mete (<OE metan, cf. Du. meten, NHG messen, Swed. mäta), meal (<OE mǣl)
mechanical adj - workcraftly (see mechanics)
mechanics n - workcraft (<OE weorccræft)
mechanised vb clockwork, workwaren, workwared -
mediate(-tion) vb settle(-ing) formiddle(-ing) (Calque of NHG vermitteln)
mediator n - formiddler, gobetween, makefrith, middleman
medicine n - leechwort, leechdom (field of.), leechcraft (field of.), leechlore (field of.)
medieval adj - middle eldth, middletimely, middletimeish, middletidely, middletidish, middleolderly, middeleolderish, dark eldth, unenlightened times
mediocre adj middling, halfway -
meditate vb - gost (<OE gastan)

hidge, huy (<OE hycgan)

sin/sun (<OE sinnan, cf. NHG sinnen; "sun" by analogy to "run" - <OE rinnan to avoid, negative connotation with "sin")

smigh (<OE smeagan)

smy (<OE smean)

threed (<OE þreodian)

forsenk (calque of NHG versenken, senken "to lower" being a causative form of sinken "to sink" akin to Old English sencan)

Mediterranean Sea n - Wendlesea
medium adj - evenspan, midbulky
mega- pre great, mickle (<OE micel) -
megalopolis n - mickleborough, mickelborough, greatborough, greattown, mickletown
megaphone n - loudhailer, bullhorn
meiosis n - halfordealing
melancholy adj gloomy, sad, dreary, woeful, sorrowful, downhearted, heavy-hearted, blackbrowed, blackmoodish, black, blue, lifeweary, twanketen -
melee n fistfight, hand-to-hand fight, fight, clash, rumble (colloq.) -
melody n - gleestaff (<OE gliwstæf)
lin (that is melody, tune, theme; <OE hlynian; c.f. Ic. hljómr)
melon n - rindberry, shellberry, barkberry
member n limb, fellow, belonger, link belongand
membrane n film -
memory n mind's eye, mind's ear eftminding, bemindings, inmind
meningitis n - brainskinbetindering, brainfilmbetindering, hernfilmbetindering
menstrual adj monthly -
menstruate vb monthbleed moonbleed
mental adj mindly, inward, mindlike -
mentality n mindset -
mention vb name, speak of, say something of, bring up, hint at -
menu n - walecard, walelist
mercenary n - hired gun, hireling, hessian
merchant n chapman, trader -
merchandise n wares, goods, stocks -
merchandising n - (direct to public): delling
merciful adj forgiving, mildhearted -
merciful, honorable' aj - oreful, arefull
merciless aj - ruthless
mercy n ruth armheartness, ar, kindness, arfastness
milds (<OE milts, ME mildse)
merge vb blend, meld -
meridian n - middayline, sileline, timedeal line
merit n mede, worth forthainst/forthanest (cf. NHG Verdienst, Du. verdienste, Swed. förtjänst)

winst (cf. Du. winst), forethane

Mesolithic n - Middle Stone Eldth
Mesopotamia n - Twistreamland/Twostreamland (cf. Frisian 'Twastreamelân', Du 'Tweestromenland', Ger 'Zweistromland', Swe 'Tvåflodslandet')
meson n - midmote
message n earful, tiding, wire, word errandwrit, boding, errandbook (<OE ǽrendbóc)
Metal n - blome (<OE blóma), orestuff
metamorphosis n - forwandling (Calque of NHG Verwandlung)
metaphor n - kenning
meteor n falling star, shooting star welkinfire
meter (poetry) n - etell (<OE getæl [as "rhythm, harmony"])
methane n - firedamp
method n way, means -
metropolis n - mickleborough
metropolitan area n - burgstead
mezozoicum n - Midlife eldth
microscope n - speckseer, tinyseer
Midgard n - Midgarth
migrate vb - outshrithe, outwander (cf. NHG auswandern)
militarist(ic) n (adj) hawk(ish) -
military n (adj) landmight(ly) -campdom, camply
military expedition n fird axfaring (<OE æxfaru), axgoing
militia n folkward -
millenium n thousandyear -
million num - micklered ('much, mickle' <OE mycel "much, great" cognate to Greek megas, "mega-" being the SI prefix for "million" + '-red,' the numeral suffix found in 'hundred' <OE -red <PG *-raþ), muchred
mince vb smallcut, smallcarve -
mine (explosive) n - stillblaster, stealth blaster
mine n - delf
mine vb delve -
mineral n ore, delfstuff delfstuff (Du. delfstof)
minimize vb lessen -
minister n trustman thaner, ambighter
minstrel n gleeman, folksinger -
minor n youngster, overyoung, undereldth -
minority n - lesserness
minotaur n - mazebull
minute n - shortlog (calque of L. 'minuta' or 'short note'), titchen (titchy + -en)
miracle n - wonderwork, wonder
mirror n - looking-glass, glancer
misandrist n man-hater -
miscellaneous adj sundry -
misdemeanour n wrongdoing -
miser n tightwad, skinflint, niggard -
miserable adj mirthless, mournful, sad, sorrowful, sorryish, sorrisome, unhappy, glum, gloomy, downhearted, unmirthful, woeful, unworthy, untoward, worthless, wretched woebegone
misery n distress, weakness ermeth (<OE iermðu)
misfortune n unspeed, bad luck, ill-fare, ill-hap, dole, wanluck -
mismanage vb misdight, mishandle -
misogynist n woman-hater -
misotheism n mistroth -
misplace vb lose, mislay -
missile n warhead -
mission n errand, undertaking, goal -
missionary n sendling, errander -
mitigate vb soften -
mitochondrium n - mightcorn
mitosis n - brickdealing
mix (Germanic) vb blend, mingle -
mixture n blend, mixing mixeld
mobile(phone) n handset, handcaller handblower
mock vb geck, be merry with, crackwise, dig at, hit off, put down, send up, take off, betwit, hoke -
model n - (pattern): forelie (cf. NHG Vorlage)dummy, forebeing
modern adj new, new-like, nowa, nowalike, ourtimely nowtide (calque of Swed. nutida)
Modern English n/adj New-English -
modernise vb - benew
modest adj shamefast cush (<OE cúsc)
modify vb - wend to
modulation n - stringbending

(music):tonebending (technic): wavebending

moist adj damp, wet -
molar n axle-tooth, cheektooth wongtooth (<OE wangtoð)
grindtooth (<OE grindetoð)
mold vb build, make, shape -
moment n - nutlog, throw, trice, beat, twinkling of an eye, blinktime

breakwhile (<OE brachwil), brightwhile (<OE beorhthwil)

eyeblick (cf. Dan. øjeblik, Du. ogenblik, NHG Augenblick, Ic. augnablik, Lux. Abléck, Norw. øyeblikk, Swed. ögonblick)

monarch n king, queen/cween onewald (<OE anwealda)
monarchism n kingdom sunderwaldom (sunderwald [see "monarchy"] + -dom), onewielding, sundernwaldtroth
monarchy n - sunderwald (calque of OHG suntarwalt, cf. OE sundoranweald), sunderonewald (<OE sundoranweald), kingship
monastery n - bedestowe
monasticism n - monkhoodship
money n fee (OE feoh), geld, brass, copper, mint, siller, silver, sterling, yield, penny, tradeworth, tradetoken, tradestuffslang: kale, dough, buck -
monitor vb watch, oversee -
monk n - brother [pl brether/brethren] (<OE)
monologue n - alonespeech (cf. W.Fris. allinnespraak, Du. alleenspraak)
monster n fiend nicker (<OE nicor)
Montenegro n - Blackhill, Blackberg, Swarthbarrow, Swarthberg(<OE Sweartbeorg)
monument n - thinktoken (cf. W.Fris. tinkteken)
monumental adj overwhelming awe-inblowing
moor n heath -
moral adj - sidely (cf. Du. zedelijk, NHG. sittlich)
sidesome (cf. NHG sittsam)thowfast (<OE geþéawfæst), thowful
morality n - zedelihood, zedesomehood
morbid adj unhealthy, sickly, unwell, unsound, unwholesome addlesome
mordant adj biting -
morgue n deadhouse -
moribund adj dying, deathbound -
morphine n - dreamdrug
mortal n - deathling
mortal adj deadly -
mortality n death, end, ending, endless sleep, forthfaring, bane, Grim Reaper -
mortgage n wadset, homeloan -
mortify vb deaden, adead -
mother nature n - Lady Lund, motherkin
mortuary n - deadhouse, undertaker's, bodyroom, bodyhouse
mosaic n - shardbild
mosquito n gnat, midge, midgy bloodfly
moth (native) n - nightflinder (cf. NHG Nachtfalter)
motion n - shrithing
motionless adj still, stock-still, at rest -
motive n - rethe, frume
motive, ulterior n - hinderthought (cf. NHG Hintergedanke)
motor n - drivework, spincraft, iron horse
motorcycle n - halfwain, halfwagon
motorway n highway -
mound n - borwen
mount n hill, barrow, berry, down -
mountain n bergh, fell, borg, berg, berrow -
moustache n - overbeard
upperlipbeard (calque of NHD Oberlippenbart)
move (oneself, ie. reflexive) vb go
rush>br/>wander
glide
shrithe (go, pass, relapse)
beway (cf. NHG bewegen)
wade (through water; of the sun and moon "apparently" through clouds or mist
lake (fast)
besteal (stealthily)
move (something, ie. transitive) vb shift
stir
flit
drive
braid
wend (move or turn)
movement n - shrithing, bewaying, beweighing, drive, folkbody
movie n film, flick -
Mr., Sir n -

Hire, Harr (<OE hearra)

Mrs., Miss n -

Frow (<OE frówe)

mucus n slime, snot -
muffle vb shroud -
multiculturalism n - felemenning (cf. Ic. fjölmenning)
multiple adj many, manifold -
multiply vb manifold -
multi- prefix cluster-, mani- fele- (<OE fela-), fay (<OE fag fah brightly multicoloured)
multi-language word n - wanderword
multi-purpose adj all-in-one -
multitude n crowd, throng, flock, folk, cluster, wave, mow, manifoldness -
mummy n - forlasting lich, linwrapped body
municipality n - meanth (cf. NHG Gemeinde)
muscle n brawn, thew, sinew -
muscular n brawny, thewy, sinewy, thewsome -
museum n - crafthall, yorehall
mushroom n toadstool mosswort, mosswamb
music n - tunecraft, tonecraft, songcraft

swincraft (<OE geswin "song" + craft)

earsport (for pop or entertainment music)

gleamlist (cf. Ic hljómlist)

musical adj - gleamwise (cf. Ic hljómvís)
musician n - (tune/toe)smith, swinsmith, (tune/tone)craftsmen, songcraftsmen swincraftsmen
musicology n - swinlore, songlore, (tune/tone)lore
muster n & vb gather(ing) fay
mutate vb - shrithe, yondshape, wandle
mute adj dumb, hushed, speechless -
mutilate(tion) n/vb - overcripple(ing)
mutton n sheepflesh -
mutual adj evenway -
mystery n wonder, brain twister, beyond man's ken, hidden thing rune (<PG)
ghost-wonder (cf. OE gástgeryne)
hiddle, mist hearing
myth n dreamtale mith (shortening of mist + th)
mythology n folklore, dreamlore mistlore
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