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Getæl nīwra worda and earfoðra worda[adiht fruman]

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Note that in this list: "ȝ"=IPA "j", "ċ"=IPA "t͡ʃ", "sċ"=IPA "ʃ", and "ċȝ"=IPA "d͡ːʒ".
Note that etymologies or rationales for the Old English neologisms should be put after the Modern English translation in square brackets, like so:
  • fȳrƿǣpen (sn) - firearm, gun [calque of "firearm"]
Abbreviations used are: sm/sn/sf = strong masculine/neuter/feminine; wm/wn/wf = weak masculine/neuter/feminine; indecm/indecn/indecf = indeclinable masculine/neuter/feminine; w-dec. = w-declension; u-dec. = u declension; i-mut. = i-mutated; pl. = plural; aj = adjective; desc. = modifier for a noun (a "describer") other than an adjective; av = adverb; w1/w2/w3 = weak verb class; s1/s2/.../s7b = strong verb class.
  • cattbera (wm) - panda bear (based on Mandarin name for them)
  • cnōsl (sf) - taxonomy family [athentic with meaning "family"]
  • gærsbēam (sm) - bamboo ["grass-tree" because bamboo is a type of grass
  • hundlīċ (aj) - caniform, dog-like
  • ilegangende - plantigrade ["foot sole-going"]
  • īsbera (wm) - polar bear [calque of German "Eisbär"]
  • Norþhealftrendel (sm) - Northern Hemisphere
  • Sūþhealftrendel (sm) - Southern Hemisphere
  • syċedēor (sn) - mammal ["sucking-animals" - because they drink milk]
  • unoncyrrendlīċ - irretractable [calque]
  • worulddǣl (sm) - continent [calque of German "Weltteil"]
  • wrōt (sn?) - snout [fully authentic]
Gif man folgaþ Norþmanna word, "polar bear" sceal man secgan īsbera. Winlandes beran fint man in ānum Norðiscum bēc, ac ic næbbe þæt bōc in hiere āgansprǣce. Hogweard 12:51, 12 Þrimilcemōnaþ 2011 (UTC)
Mē þynceþ ȝōd.   Ƿes hāl!    21:41, 12 Þrimilcemōnaþ 2011 (UTC)