17 Old English Words We Should Bring Back
November 3, 2015
- Beseech: request, ask
- Betwixt: between
- Henceforth: from now on
- Hither: to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- Kench: to laugh out loud
- Pilgarlik: a bald head, (resembled peeled garlic).
- Stalwart: having rugged physical strength
- Shall/shalt: will
- Thither: to or toward that place; away from the speaker
- Expergefactor: anything that wakes you up.
- Rawgabbit: someone who acts like an expert about something they know nothing about.
- Zwodder: a drowsy or stupid state of body/ mind.
- Clinomania: an obsessive desire to lie down.
- Ergophobia: the morbid fear of returning to work.
- Famelicose: constantly hungry.
- Groke: to gaze at somebody while they’re eating in the hope that they’ll give you some of their food.
- Fudgel: pretending to work when you’re not actually doing anything at all.
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