Mōtung:Fȳrwǣpen

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.

forþsendend (sm) - propellant
fȳrwǣpen (sn) - firearm
fȳrwǣpensīma (wm) - cordite
rēoclēas (aj) dūst (sn) - smokeless powder
strǣlpæþ (sm) - (a single) rifling, "missile/bullet-path"
sweart (aj) dūst (sn) - gunpowder, black powder

Ƿordstǣr[adiht fruman]

In researching the etymology of gun, I found both this and this, ultimate etymology being Gunnr/Guðr, as the name of a ƿælcyriȝe, Englisc cognate being gūþ. Earliest form in Middle English is gunne, which is still similar to one form of her name. — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 17:44, 27 Sēremōnaþ 2011 (UTC) + Whenever a Ƿordstǣr section is implemented (upon expansion), these points can be included, as a explanation of gun from Gunnr. — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 19:07, 27 Sēremōnaþ 2011 (UTC)[reply]