Words that derive from germanic words
A
allay
amiss
awry
B
balk
bane
beck: be at their beck and call
befall
befoul
bereft: bereft of her love
beget
begrudgingly: begrudgingly benefit from her aid
bequeath:
betide: woe betide
bewitch
bide
bode
bout: My bout with rsi was far from over
briar: prickly scarmbling shrubs, especially wild roses
brunt
- *she bore the brunt of their insults*
bulwark
D
- dregs
- *coffee dregs*
- *the dregs of society*
F
flout: I flouted the code of conduct
forebear:
foreboding: this became a foreboding cloud that followed my every move
forestall
forewarn
forlorn: forlorn figures skated by
forthright: (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken.
fraught: her solution was fraught with its own problems
G
- gawk
H
harbinger: a harbinger of doom
headway: the police made no headway
helm
herald
homegrown
I
- irk, irksome
K
- keel
- verb: (of a boat/ship) turn over; capsize
- knell
- *death knell*
L
- leer,leering
- *spare me those leering eyes*
linchpin
M
- mar
- *marred with violence*
- mired
mete: punishment has been meted out
N
nary: there was nary a murmur or complaint
nether, nethermost: nethermost regions of the earth
O
- oft
- *it's oft-heard*
- *oft wont*
P
- pang
Q
quail: to become fearful
- quench
- *quench one's thirst*
R
- rack (wrack)
- *racked with guilt*
- rue
- *rue the day*
S
settle, unsettling:
slake: slake one's thirst
skittish
slovenly: fat and :slovenly*
stead: appointed in my stead
stilt
stockade: a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.
T
thereafter
thereof -> of that: there's been a lot of talk about subsidies... or the lack thereof
thereabouts
therein -> in that
thereby -> by that
thereon -> on that the decision of the speaker of the house thereon shall be final.
therewith -> with that
thereunder -> under that
thereat -> at that
thereto -> at that?
thereupon -> upon that
thereinto -> into that
thicket: owls hidden in the dense thicket
U
unbridled: my unbridled glee/ sheer unbridled terror
W
wallow
wane: with no sign of waning
wan: pale, weak a wan smile
wanton: (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked
ward:
ward off: ward off pangs of hunger
wayside: be happy and the sadness will fall by the wayside
wayward: you and your wayward ways
wean
wedge: drove a wedge between us
whereabouts
wherein: in which
whereof: of which
whereby: by which
whereon: on which
wherewith: with which
whereunder: under which
whereat: at which
whereto: at which
whereupon: upon which
whereinto: into which
wherewith
wherewithal
whittle: whittle away one's life wiles
wither: a withered heart
wrench: I cannot wrench myself from her
eath: she laid a wreath at the tomb
writhe: writhe in guilt at the thought of his betrayal
wrought
Y
yore: we recounted battles of yore
yonder: yonder a ritual silence
hereabout
herein -> in this document/book (english.mom, remove redundancies,)
hereof -> of this documentbook
hereby -> by this document
hereon/hereupon -> on this/upon this
herewith -> with this
hereunder -> under this
hereat -> at this
hereto -> at this
hereinto -> into this
hereafter -> afte this
hereinafter -> after in this
herefrom -> from this
hereinbelow below in this document
hereinbefore before in this doucment
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