Glossary

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-ifigepoison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans
eorð-æppelpotato
glær-cræftelectric power (a calque of “amber”)
grene æsc-boriendeemerald ash-borer
græf-heawerebrush chipper
isen-oxatractor. “iron-ox”
mæd-mæwerelawn mower (not much of a stretch)
Westlanda IngefeohtaAmerican Civil War
win-wæstm tomato (because so many)