Mōtung:Australia

Getæl nīwra worda and earfoðra worda

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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.

ambihtlīce (av) - officially [calque of "officially"]
Australie (desc.) Cynewīse (wf) - Commonwealth of Australia [calque of "Commonwealth of Australia"]
Indisċ (aj) Gārseċȝ (sm) - Indian Ocean [authentic]
Nīðerlendisċ (aj) - Dutch [calque of Dutch "Neerlands"]
Nīwenglisċ (sn) - Modern English ["New English"]
Sericus (desc.) Gārseċȝ (sm) - Pacific Ocean [authentic]
Sūðerne (aj) Healftrendel (sm) - Southern Hemisphere ["sūðerne" - "southern"+"healf-" - "hemi-, half"+"-trendel" - "sphere, circle, orb"]
wītoferferung (sf) - penal transportation ["wīte" - "punishment"+"oferferung" - "transportation"]
worulddǣl (sm) - continent [calque of Dutch "Werelddeel"]

Australie Cynewīse

Are we sure about Australie Cynewīse? I would think Australia seo Cynewīse is more consistent with Englisc usage, as in:

Normandige þæt land wæs his gecynde ("the land of Normandy was his by birth"),
or in Orosius on oþre healfe Donua þære ie on the other side of the River Danube.
(though it also has þe liþ ymbutan þæt land Brettania; which lies about the land of Britain)

It is not "Australia's commonwealth" but "Australia, The Commonwealth"

Hogweard (talk) 11:26, 15 Þrimilcemōnaþ 2014 (UTC)

I was double minded about it as I did it. The reason I did "Australie Cynewīse" was to represent "Commonwealth of Australia". There is precedent either way, as far as I know:

"Tó wrítanne be ðæm þeódlonde Indie" - "To write about the nation of India"
"Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie" - "Through the unknown lands of India"

Those were the only clear cut examples I was able to find. There are other examples that could possibly be consistent with that practice, but their status is obscured because "-ia" nouns (and the word "Europe") were often treated :as indeclinable. Also, nouns like "Engla land" and "Francena rīce" could be considered examples of this, in so far as they are examples of names of nations/lands which use a genitive+noun construction rather than an appositive :construction.

Ƿes hāl!

20:28, 15 Þrimilcemōnaþ 2014 :(UTC)