Mōtung:World Trade Center

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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.

• bysignesheall - business building ["bysignes" - "business"+"heall" - "house, building"]
• flōrbrādnesse - superficy ["floor surface"]
• timborwyrhta - architect ["timber-master"]
• burhwyrhtan - city manager ["city-arranger"]
• Woruldbehandolstede - world trade center
• behandol - trade [Dutch behandel, German Behandel]
• hēafodsetl - leading member [hēafod + setl]
• gelīesed (ge-līesan) - to lease [Dutch lozen, Old Saxon gi-lōsian]
• unmissendlīc - unmissable [un- + missend + -lic]
• underdǣl - part, member, section, portion [Dutch onderdeel]
• ġehāl - here exclusively used instead "hāl", means entire, complete, emphasizes the meaning of hāl [Dutch geheel]
• tōhrinen - concerned, (here) affected [Old Saxon tōhrīnan]
• Eftbyldung - rebuilding [eft + byldan + -ung] - If anyone can find something better, it would be welcome!
• rihte æfter- right after [Dutch recht na]
• Ōþran Woruldorlēge - Second World War [Dutch Tweede Wereldoorlog] - I couldn't find any other OE translation of it on this wiki, but I think there should be some - if needed, choose the best one.
• fullgrōwan - to grow fully [Dutch volgroeien]
• woruldbehandol - world trade [Dutch wereldhandel, wereldbehandel]
• efenlǣcan - to rivalize [efen (same) + lǣcan]
• werod - company (word found on the page named 'Google' on this wiki where werod was apparently used as the word for company) - If anyone knows a better translation, don't hesitate to replace that word.
• bestandende - (here) current [Dutch bestaand]
• forestealdon = forestellan - to present [Dutch voorsetllen, German vorstellen]
• ambihtġerūmum - office space - translation could be improved.
• geldspariend - economic (no translation found - Du. geld(be)sparend)
• eftnēowunge - remordernisation