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Staff O 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
obedient adj hearsome bowel (<OE beogol)
obedience n hearsomeness -
obelisk n - stonerock (<OE stanrocc)
obfuscate vb becloud -
obituary n death(s)writ -
objectionable adj - forwarply (cf. NHG verwerflich)
object n gainstand -
objective n goal -
obligate vb bind, make -
obligation n binding, making needness (<OE néadignes)
obliged adj beholden, fain -
oblique adj slanting, sideways -
obliquely adv aslant, athwart -
oblivion n mindloss forgottenhood
obscene adj foul, smutty -
obscure vb darken, bedim, befog, overmist, overshadow darkle, bethester
obscure adj thester, dim, unlit, swart, overmisted, shady unswotel
obsequious adj cringing, beggarly, bootlicking, brownnosing, fawning, groveling, sniveling, spineless -
observant adj underlookly, mindful, godfearing, watchful, bewitting yeming
observe vb underlook, waretake, bewit, watch, follow, keep, look at, mind yeme (<OE gieman)
obsess vb dwell on, grip -
obsidian n - lavaglass (<Du lavaglas)
obsolete adj - out of brook
forolden (cf. Dn. forældet)
obstacle n hindering, hedge -
obstinate adj cranky, balky, bullish, bullheaded, headstrong, mulish, strong-minded, stubborn, unbending, unflinching, unyielding, wayward, willful -
obstetrics n birthlore -
obstruct vb hinder, hold up, waylay, forslow -
obstruction n hindering, hinderness, hitch, snag -
obstructive adj hindersome -
obtain vb fornim, fortake, get, win, come by, get, nim beget, underfang (<OE underfón), beshape (cf. NHG beschaffen)
obvious adj straightforward -
occasion n - sele (<OE sæl), marked time, mal
occasionally adv sometimes, now and then -
occident(al) n/adj west(ern) -
occupied adj busy besat
occur vb happen, befall, come about betide
occurence n come-about, happening -
ocean n - highsea, fivelway (<OE fifelwæg)
October n - Winterfulth
octopus n - armfish, coalcrab (cf. Ic. kolkrabbi)
odds n otherness (at odds) -
odour n smell, stench -
oenophilia n - winelust
oesophagus n - foodway
offend vb smite, upset, gall, wound -
offer vb bequeath, agive lofe
offering n agiving lac (<OE lác)
office n - ambight (<OE ambiht; c.f. OHG ambaht, NHG Amt, Ic. ambátt, Dan embede, Goth andbahti)
officer n sheriff, beadle -
official n steward, sheriff, reeve -
official language n - besteering shiretounge
oil n - lime, fattybree
ointment n salve -
okay adj alright -
old fashioned adj stick-in-the-mud -
Old Testament n - Old Bond, Lawsetness (<OE ǽgesetnes), Law-Giving
oleaginous adj - limy
olfactory adj smell -
-ology suffix -lore, -alogy (alog + -y) -
omen n - foretoken, foreboding
ominous adj foreboding -
omit vb leave out, drop underlet (cf. NHG unterlassen)
omnipotence n - all-might, almightihood, almightiness, allwald, alwaldihood
omnipotent adj - almighty
omniscient adj all-knowing -
onanism n - onandom, wansowing
onion n - ramson
operate vb work, run bedrive (calque of NHG betreiben)
operate, medically vb sithe -
operating system n working setup -
opinion n belief, thought, think-so, insight, penny's worth p'worth (contraction of PW)
opponent n witherling -
opportune adj timely, well-timed haplike (<OE gehæplice)
opportunity n opening -
oppose vb gainstand, thwart witherstand (cf. NHG widerstehen)
sake (<OE sacan)
as opposed to phrase - as athwart from, over-against
opposite n - gainmatch, witherdeal
opposite adj withering overright (Dorset), athwart (with object), fornent (Northern)
opposition n - gainstanders, gainstanding, thwarter, witherstand (cf. NHG Widerstand), againsthood
in opposition to phrase standing against withering to
oppressed adj downtrodden -
opprobrium n shame -
optics n lightlore -
optimum adj best -
optimism n yaysaying, hopethinking -
optimist n yaysayer, hopethinker -
optional adj costly, freechoicy, freewantly -
oral adj - mouthly (cf. NHG mündlich)
orange (color) adj - fallhue, yellowred (<OE geoluhread), duskhue, dusk
orange (fruit) "n" - glowalden
orangutan n - redape
oratory n - speechcraft
orbit vb/n - spor (cf. Ic. sporbraut)

wreathe, path-bow, world-bow, wharveway

orchestra n - swaygathering
orchid n - ballockwort (<ME beallocwirt), wombbloom, wombblossom
ordain vb set up to happen tee (<OE teon)
order (command) n - behest
order (as in "out of order") n kilter -
order vb

bebid (<OE bebod) behote (<OE behatan) befall (cf. Du bevelen)

order (religious organization) n brotherhood, fellowship -
orderly adj smooth, well-run, shipshape, trim, spotless -
ordination n - hading (<OE hádung)
organ, body & tool n - workern (calque)
organ, musical n - swinworkern (synthesised from calque)
organization n - shiplay (calque of Ic. skipulag)
organize vb stight shiplay (calque of Ic. skipuleggja)
orgy, sexual n - sunderfuck, clusterfuck
orient(al) n/adj east(ern) -
orifice n hole, mouth, opening -
origin n root, wellspring, beginning, birth, stem

frimth (<OE frumþ/frymþ) ord (OE) cause: frume (<OE fruma) upspring (<OE upspring - origin, birth, rising up; in the Merr.-Web online wordbook) andstanding (cf. NHG Entstehung)

original adj first, new, fresh ordly
original n firstling -
originate vb stem andstand (cf. NHG entstehen)
ornament n - frettowedness (<OE frætwednes), frettowing (<OE frætwung), gleng (<OE gleng)
ornament vb bedeck, deck, trim frettow (<OE frætwian), gleng/gling (<OE glengan)
ornamentation n - glengness (<OE glengness)
ornithology n - birdlore
orthodox adj mainstream, by-the-book (religiously) lieful (<OE léafful)
orthographically adj spellingwise -
orthography n spelling -
osteology n - bonelore
osteoporosis n bonethinning (cf. Ice. beinþynning) -
ostrich n - strutter (<OE stryta)
outcry n uproar -
outdated n outworn
outmanoeuvre vb outsmart, outshine, outwit -
outperform vb outdo, outshine -
overbalance vb - (be)tip(ped)
overcharge vb overload, overweigh -
overemphasize vb overplay, overshow -
oviraptor philoceratops n - eggsnatcher
ovum n eggling -
oxygen n breath of life windstuff, sourwater-maker, sourstuff
oyster n clam -
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