Category Archives: Lexicon

rowner

Etymology | Origin Middle English rouner ‘whisperer’ Old English runere ‘whisperer’

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rown

Etymology | Origin Old English run ‘rune, mystery, secret’

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speed

Etymology | Origin Old English sped ‘luck, success, wealth’, as in Godspeed

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chistle

Definition | Meaning sand Etymology | Origin Old English ceosol ‘sand’

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sunderland

Definition | Meaning the other world Etymology | Origin Old English sundorland ‘land set apart, private property’, as in the surname Sunderland Old English sundor ‘private, set apart, special’

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edun

Etymology | Origin Old English ea ‘water’ Old English dun ‘down, hill’

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swallow

Definition | Meaning a hollow in the ground into which water runs and does not appear again

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tlick

Definition | Meaning to snap the fingers

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hidebound

Etymology | Origin hide-bund

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chuckle-headed

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