Word origins

• culragesmartweed
• DallingerA surname.
• daymealA meal during the day (as opposed to night), usually at or about midday.
• do away withTo abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate.
• DuncalfA characteristical surname.
• DurwestonA village and civil parish north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8508).
• dwalmA swoon; a sudden sickness.
• eastmostFurthest to the east; most eastern.
• EdrickA male given name from Old English, variant of Edric.
• eelpoutAny fish of the family Zoarcidae.
• eleventyThe number 110, 11 × 10.
• ElfredaA female given name from Old English borne by a medieval English queen; rare today.
• embowerTo enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
• EnborneA hamlet and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4365).
• endlongAlong (as opposed to across), from end to end of.
• EppridgeA habitational surname from a lost placename in England.
• ethelbornNoble; high-born.
• EthelwolfA male given name.
• EverleighA village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU204538).
• ExminsterA village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9487).
• FairmeadA census-designated place in Madera County, California, United States.
• feltwortmullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.)
• firebareA beacon or lighthouse
• fistmeleA traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
• fleshmeatThe flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
• folklandLand held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
• for-Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.
• forebusyTo busy beforehand; preoccupy.
• forewallThe foremost outer wall of a fortification; rampart, bulwark.
• forhewTo cut to pieces.
• foster childA child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.
• friborgThe pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge.
• fromwardsaway from
• FulstowA village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3297).
• fyrdmanAn English militiaman of the Saxon period; often a land worker called to arms in support of the king or a local lord, and usually armed with a spear and shield.
• -gateCombined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.
• GeatishOf or pertaining to the Geats.
• gladenSword grass.
• globardA glowworm.
• glovewortLily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
• Good FridayThe Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.
• go strongTo do well; to succeed.
• gowlTo weep angrily; to howl.
• halfendealA half.
• HallowmasAll Saints Day, November 1
• halmoteA court held by the lord of a manor within his hall.
• hamesuckenAn assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
• handwroughtWrought by hand.
• HardredBeowulf's predecessor.
• HartburnA suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4218).
• HasburyA suburb of Halesowen, West Midlands, England.
• hassockA dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
• have toMust; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
• headclothAny form of headwear consisting of a piece of material either tied or held in place with a band.
• heathenishResembling a heathen.
• heeadhead.
• herepathA wide Anglo-Saxon military road connecting burhs
• HolburyA village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4303).
• hornfishA garfish or sea needle.
• HothfieldA village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9745).
• how farest thouhow are you?, how's it going?
• how manyunspecified number
• izleA spark, an ember, a hot ash or cinder.
• kempery-manA mediaeval knight-errant or champion.
• KempsfordA village and civil parish of Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
• KnockholtA village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ4759).
• knuckerA kind of water dragon, said to live in knuckerholes in Sussex, England.
• KvenlandAn ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.
• LambleyA village in Coanwood parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY6758).
• landbocA charter or deed by which land is granted.
• lattermathSynonym of aftermath (in both of its senses).
• leasyflimsy; vague; deceptive
• -leighA suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin
• liftshaftThe vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.
• LivermereA part of the name of two places in Suffolk, England: Great Livermere or Little Livermere; sometimes used alone referring to either.
• loanlandLand that has been granted temporarily, without any loss of ownership.
• LoinerA native of Leeds, England.
• London BridgeA bridge across the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark. The first bridge was probably built in Roman times.
• long firmA company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the same elsewhere.
• MaidfordA parish in West Northamptonshire, England.
• MedbourneA suburban area in Shenley Church End parish, Milton Keynes district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8236).
• mereingAn administrative or property boundary on a map.
• merwifeA mermaid.
• MicklefieldA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4433).
• milt-sickHaving a disease of the spleen.
• misfareTo go astray; to transgress, to sin.
• monishTo admonish; to warn.
• MorborneA village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.
• nautherNeither.
• NewholmA small village in Newholm-cum-Dunsley parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8610).
• NineviteA native or inhabitant of Nineveh.
• noonmeatA midday meal (especially including meat).
• NorthmanSynonym of Norse.
• northmostFurthest to the north; most northern.
• north windA wind blowing from the north.
• NorwegiaSynonym of Norway: a country in Northern Europe.
• Notting HillA suburb of London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2480).
• Old NickThe Devil; Satan.
• onefoldnessThe property of being onefold.
• overhighToo high; excessively high.