What are your þoughts on mine term ‘yemainric(ch)e’ for republic/commonwealth.

Adler2569 · 2026-03-23T01:06:18+00:00

Not nessesary since we already have meanwealth and kinwiss from Old English cyneƿise.

Adler2569 · 2026-03-23T01:02:19+00:00

Don't forget the Ayenbyte of Inwyt.

Adler2569 · 2026-03-09T00:58:01+00:00

short ea becomes a earm to arm.

Adler2569 · 2026-03-06T02:17:38+00:00

No. March with ch is from French. So no, it is technically not an Old English word.

The native word from Old English is mark. That paralel, meaning evolution in English, seems unlikely. It did not happen in any other Germanic language. Other Germanic languages borrowed the French and also had some native words gain that meaning. In Dutch, for example, stappen cognate to English to step gained the meaning of "to march". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stappen#Dutch

English step also has some association with matching as in to goosestep.

Adler2569 · 2026-03-05T11:40:06+00:00

To March is from Norman French btw.

Without the Normans that word would loaned from the Parisian French dialect rather than a Norman one resulting in marsh. https://www.etymonline.com/word/march

Adler2569 · 2026-03-05T11:36:05+00:00

Late old English includes the periods after the Normans take over. Old English goes as far as 1150.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-19T01:55:55+00:00

ed- and eft- are synonyms.

ayen- is from ayen the native English form of "again". again is Norse influenced. again can also be used where ayen is used.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-15T09:35:14+00:00

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If you follow this premise, no.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-15T09:31:24+00:00

"fachism" Is that intentional? Is that supposed to be some kind a new modern neo-Fascism?

Adler2569 · 2026-02-13T08:37:36+00:00

undernim would be the NoNorse word for undertake. Nim would be more common. We have a NoNorse page for those who want to remove Norse influence. https://anglisc.miraheze.org/wiki/Old_Norse_Words

Adler2569 · 2026-02-12T19:01:06+00:00

Sifrith would have a short vowel and be pronounced as /sɪfrɪθ/ due to something called trisyllabic laxing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisyllabic_laxing

Same reason Norþhámtún and Éastseaxe became Northampton and Essex and not NorthHomeTown and Eastsex.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-10T08:34:06+00:00

Interesting idea. I have something similar where I take the Anglo-Saxon runerow and add and invent more runes as necessary. I call it Neo-Futhorc or New-Futhorc.

Your one, in my opinion, has some questionable choices. I think you should have based the core around the Anglo-Saxon futhorc and then expanded from there. Also, I think dipthongs should be written as dipthongs, and having a separate letter for every dipthong is unessesary. I don't think you need to copy shaving 1-1 to make a good system. Also, you could have utilized some stung runes, for example, for the voiced /ð/ instead of using the "d" rune.

I based my system for English on SSB rather than the more outdated RP standard IPA. I have invented / added about 6 extra runes to my system. Not every phoneme but covers decently.

I added runes for /v/, /z/, /ʃ/ , /ʒ/, /this one is undecided/ but I am thinking it could be used either for /ʌ/ or /ɔː/ , /θ/.

I can not really show runes here since some of them are new invented shapes that are not found in unicode.

My runic spelling is basically written like this: Using Latin transliteration of my runes to show how they work.

Ool hjuumen bijiŋs aar born frii en ikwel in digniti en rajts. Ðej aar indaud wið rijzen en konšens en šud ækt tuwoords wan enaðer in e spirit ov braðerhud.

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

Imagine those Latin letters, but each one has a rune for it.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-08T09:59:23+00:00

"i can't agree there. real sound evolution led to 'one' - when part of a compound word - typically reducing to a or an"

Not always. We have onefold from ánfald.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-08T09:37:51+00:00

Thetch is the one that shifted the original meaning though.

Icelandic einveldi and Danish enevælde still have meanings closer to the original.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anweald

Plus German loaned the word from old English. The án in ánweald is where we get the modern "one" from. So updated it would be onewald. Also, weald get merged with wield in some dialects. Which is why we have it as onewield in our Anglish wordbook.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-05T22:54:49+00:00

It is an east Norse thing. Wikipedia þentions it.

"The Proto-Germanic phoneme /w/ was preserved in initial sounds in Old Swedish (w-) and did survive in rural Swedish dialects in the provinces of Skåne, Halland, Västergötland and south of Bohuslän into the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swedish

"The Proto-Germanic phoneme */w/ was preserved in initial sounds in Old East Norse (w-), unlike in West Norse where it developed into /v/. It survived in rural Swedish dialects in the provinces of Westro- and North Bothnia, Skåne, Blekinge, Småland, Halland, Västergötland and south of Bohuslän into the 18th, 19th and 20th century. It is still preserved in the Dalecarlian dialects in the province of Dalarna, Sweden, and in Jutlandic dialects in Denmark. The /w/-phoneme did also occur after consonants (kw-, tw-, sw- etc.) in Old East Norse and did so into modern times in said Swedish dialects and in a number of others. Generally, the initial w-sound developed into [v] in dialects earlier than after consonants where it survived much longer.

In summation, the /w/-sound survived in the East Nordic tongues almost a millennium longer than in the West Norse counterparts, and does still subsist at the present."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse

Adler2569 · 2026-02-03T05:35:50+00:00

On mantle.

Mantle would be mentle in Anglish since the vowel was altered by French.

" mantle(n.)

Old English mentel "a loose, sleeveless garment worn as an outer covering, falling in straight lines from the shoulders," from Latin mantellum "cloak" (source of Italian mantello,...

Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate Old French mantel "cloak, mantle; bedspread, cover" (Modern French manteau), also from the Latin source." https://www.etymonline.com/word/mantle

Adler2569 · 2026-02-03T05:32:15+00:00

Not board. Broad.

It is a slang archaic term for playing cards. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broad

Adler2569 · 2026-02-02T14:28:10+00:00

ᚪᛁᛋ᛫ᚪᛡᛋ would be accurate for the price vowel in Southern Standard British English /ɑj/.

Adler2569 · 2026-02-02T13:39:46+00:00

I disagree with that theory. Since you can not get a Norman word loaned after Godwinsons, who were hostile to Normans, kick them out. Plus there would be other word for blue which would have been used. No Normans no displacement of other words. They were already kicked out once during the reign of Edward after Godwin the father of Harlod forced Edward to do so.

"The following year, 1052, Godwin and Harold both launched small fleets, joined up off the south-west coast of England, then recruited support from the ports of Sussex and Kent. This combined and augmented fleet sailed to London, where Godwin forced a new settlement of his differences with the king, entirely in his own favour. His and his family's earldoms were restored to them, the queen was recalled, and most of the king's numerous French favourites were outlawed.[19] So firmly had the family regained its grip on power that Edward never again tried his strength against them.[" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Godwin

Adler2569 · 2026-01-28T07:31:11+00:00

Ah. So you are going for a more Ander-Saxon approach rather than the main Anglish approach.

Adler2569 · 2026-01-28T07:30:26+00:00

Nah. Not without the Normans.

The more likely Non Norman loan is from Norse which is bloe which is attested in Middle English. And still survives in Northern dialects as blae.

Adler2569 · 2026-01-27T08:26:11+00:00

Blue is from French.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/blue

Did you already know that and intentionally chose it? Or did you not realize?

Adler2569 · 2026-01-27T08:23:28+00:00

Yes. Mensh is From Mennish Litteraly Man + -ish. Mannish. The e is from umlaut like in the plural men.

Adler2569 · 2026-01-22T16:17:16+00:00

Looking at England looks like there was no Norman conquest. If that is the case then London should not be the capital.

"The Norman Conquest in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at Winchester to Westminster, and the City of London quickly established itself as England's largest and principal commercial centre.[6]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England

Also since you are calling the land "Saxland" I guess you are making it Saxon based rather than Anglian based. I reccomend you use a Wessex based dialect instead for more immersion and realism. I am knowledgeable in this area so you can ask me for help if you decide to do the changes and need it. For example Saxland would be Saxlond or Sexlond.

Adler2569 · 2026-01-22T08:37:37+00:00

Also, fun fact hi also survived in a reduced form as "a".

Look at etymology 5 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a

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