Anglo-Saxon
Terms
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- abroad, ashore, afoot
- on a ship, train, bus
- a foul
- in a state of entanglement
- aloof
- withdrawn .... in the state of being at a distance
- amiss
- wrong .... in a missing-the-mark .... imperfect .... faulty
- asunder
- in an apart position ... apart
- withdraw
- draw back .... take back
- withhold
- hold back
- withstand
- stand up against .... resist
- notwithstanding
- despite
- beset
- attack on all sides .... surround
- begrime
- cover with grime .... make dirty
- benighted
- overtaken by darkness of night ... unenlighted .... intellectually or morally ignorant
- belittle
- cause to be or seen little or unimportant ..... diisparage
- contrariwise
- on the contrary
- nowise
- in no way ... not at all
- earldom
- realm or dignity of an earl
- martyrdom
- state of being a martyr
- officialdom
- those having the authority of officals .... officals collectively
- cumbersome
- fulll of encumbrances .... burdensome
- fulsome
- offensive because of excessive display or obvious insincerity
- lissome
- lithesome ..... nimble
- mettlesome
- spirited
- noisome
- offensive to the sense of smell .... unwholesome
- winsome
- full of winning quality ... cheerful ... merry
- twosome
- group of 2
- hireling
- one whose only interest in his of her work is the pay
- starveling
- one who is thin from lack of food
- suckling
- child or animal that is nursed
- yearling
- one who is fa year old
- changeling
- child secretly exchanged for another infancy
- duckling
- little duck
- foundling
- infant found after being deserted by its unkown parents
- gosling
- young goose
- sibling
- brother of sister
- stripling
- lad
- anent
- about ... concerning .... in respect to
- anon
- soon ... presently
- behest
- command ... order
- beholden
- bound gratitude ... indebted
- behoove
- be nessary for .... be proper for
- betimes
- early
- heath
- tract of wasteland
- wane
- decrease gradually in size
- warlock
- sorcerer or wizard
- warp
- the threads running lengthwise in the loom ..... crossed by the woof
- wax
- grow in size
- withal
- with it all ..... as well
- woof
- the thrads running from side to side in a woven fabric
- yclept or ycelped
- name called
- fatherly
- pertaing to a father
- motherly
- pertaining to a mother
- brotherly
- pertaining to a brother
- daughterly
- pertaining to a daughter
- childlike
- of or like child in a good sense
- childish
- of or like child in a bad sense
- manly
- having the qualities usually considered desirable in a man
- womanly
- having the qualities usually considered in an adult
- devilish
- like a devil .... mischievous
- bearish
- like a bear .... rough .... tending to depress stockprices ... expecting a fall in stock prices
- bullish
- like a bull ... obstinate ... tending to cause rises in stock prices ... expecting a rise in stock prices
- catlike
- like a cat... stealthy
- cowlike
- resembling a cow
- oxlike
- resembling an ox
- doggish
- doglike
- donkeyish
- like a donkey
- fishy
- like a fish in smell or taste
- foxy
- foxlike ... wily ... sly
- goatish
- goatlike ... coarse ... lustful
- horsy
- having to do with horsesor horse racing as horsy talk
- piggish
- hoggish ... swinish
- sheepish
- like a sheepin timidity ... stupidity ... awkwardlybashful or embaressed
- wolfish
- characteristic of a wolf .... ferocious
- bloody
- smeared with blood ... involving bloodshed