• æðele - noble; origin of Adele (Adelaide & all derivatives) and athel (Athelstan/Æthelstan?)
  • æppelfealu - orange (lit: apple-pale)
  • āðexe - lizard
  • dēor - animal or beast; meaning has narrowed over time to be deer
  • fifalde - butterfly
  • getæl - number; root of teller
  • hæmed - sex
  • iht - creature
  • lēafwyrm - caterpillar
  • mereswīn - dolphin/porpoise (lit: sea swine)
  • sisemūs - dormouse; replaced by Latinized (or Anglo-Norman) version in mid. Eng: "dormire" + mouse (or "dormeus" + mouse)
  • ūtgang - anus (lit: out path)
  • wyrm - serpant, snake, dragon. probably combined with Swedish "orm")
  • ymb (ymbe) - around; root of Germanic "ombudsman" and "umlaut" as well as
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