All Old English texts have glossaries. This one is no exception because I’ve had to imagine what Anglo-Saxons might have called some of the things written about on this blog. It will grow over time.
addor-ifige | poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans |
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eorð-æppel | potato |
glær-cræft | electric power (a calque of “amber”) |
grene æsc-boriende | emerald ash-borer |
græf-heawere | brush chipper |
isen-oxa | tractor. “iron-ox” |
mæd-mæwere | lawn mower (not much of a stretch) |
Westlanda Ingefeohta | American Civil War |
win-wæstm | tomato (because so many) |