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Middle Hick Lexicon — alphabetical (page 1 of 1)

af /af/: of, from (preposition) [Grammar, Possession, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *af; Borrowed possessive preposition that becomes common in speech while inherited -ul remains formal or sacred.

arem /a.rem/: arm, oar (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *arm; Maritime borrowing with vowel repair.

bek /bek/: beech wood (noun) [Wood Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *bøk; Shows vowel adaptation /ø/ to /e/.

bekwud /bek.wud/: beech forest (noun) [Wood Terms, Landscape Terms]

hafel /ha.fel/: ocean (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *haf; Ocean term borrowed during maritime contact; final consonant repaired with -el.

hafelskel /ha.fel.skel/: ocean-going ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Maritime Terms]

Hegfell /heg.fel/: high mountain (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *hog-fell; Northeastern inland place name meaning high mountain; shows /o/ to /e/ vowel adaptation.

hel /hel/: hill, slope (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *haell; Landscape borrowing.

helward /hel.ward/: mountain trail (noun) [Landscape Terms, Path Terms]

hvalbek /hval.bek/: whale stream (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Water Features]; Iutlandish *hval-bekk; Northeastern place-name element meaning whale stream.

imal /i.mal/: ocean, outer sea (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]; Contracted Middle Hick form of western Early Hick imtelmal 'without-end-pool'. Folk etymology increasingly associated the form with im 'evil, abstract negativity'.

imalel /i.ma.lel/: ocean as active force; storm surge, tidal surge (noun) [Water Features, Weather Terms, Maritime Terms]; Poetic agentive form used when the ocean is described as an acting or destructive force.

imales /i.ma.les/: the ocean, ocean as expanse (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]; Poetic or fossilizing absolutive/theme form used for the ocean as an expanse or named place.

iren /i.ren/: iron (noun) [Metal Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *isarn; Metal-working borrowing.

irensmed /i.ren.smed/: ironsmith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations]

kener /ke.ner/: skilled sailor (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *koennaer; Maritime occupational borrowing.

keper /ke.per/: merchant (noun) [Trade Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *koepaer; Trade borrowing.

Langdal /laŋ.dal/: long valley (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Iutlandish *lang-dal; Northeastern inland place name meaning long valley; unchanged because it fits Middle Hick phonology.

materok /ma.te.rok/: boatman, vessel-handler (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations, Inherited Terms]; Inherited -ok agentive form retained in early Middle Hick.

mel /mel/: sand, gravel (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *mel; Landscape borrowing.

melskel /mel.skel/: beached vessel (noun) [Nautical Terms, Landscape Terms]

mur /mur/: wall, barrier (noun) [Landscape Terms, Architecture, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *mur; Landscape and fortification borrowing.

murwud /mur.wud/: defensive tree line (noun) [Landscape Terms, Architecture]

selholm /sel.holm/: seal island (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]; Iutlandish *sel-holm; Northeastern place-name element meaning seal island.

serand /se.rand/: beach, strand (noun) [Maritime Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *strand; Beach term with onset simplification and vowel repair.

siler /si.ler/: silver (noun) [Metal Terms, Trade Terms, Borrowings]; silverworker (noun) — Late Middle Hick occupational use under influence from Iutlandish -er formations. [Metal Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *silfr; Trade and metal-working borrowing.

silersmed /si.ler.smed/: silversmith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations]

skel /skel/: ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *skip; Nautical borrowing with final consonant repair.

skeler /ske.ler/: shipwright (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations]; Late Middle Hick maritime/trade variant using Iutlandish-influenced -er.

skelok /ske.lok/: shipwright (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations]; Native -ok agentive variant alongside skeler.

skelward /skel.ward/: shipping lane (noun) [Nautical Terms, Path Terms]

skipvik /skip.vik/: ship bay (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]; Iutlandish *skip-vik; Northeastern place-name element meaning ship bay.

smed /smed/: smith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *smidr; Metal-working occupational borrowing.

smeder /sme.der/: smith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations]; Late Middle Hick occupational variant using Iutlandish-influenced -er.

smedok /sme.dok/: smith (noun) [Metal Terms, Occupations]; Native -ok agentive variant alongside smeder.

stal /stal/: steel (noun) [Metal Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *stal; Metal-working borrowing.

stalskel /stal.skel/: iron-reinforced vessel (noun) [Nautical Terms, Metal Terms]

stel /stel/: stern (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *staefn; Nautical borrowing.

stelward /stel.ward/: wake of a ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Path Terms]

Storskog /stor.skog/: great forest (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms]; Iutlandish *stor-skog; Northeastern inland place name, source of Modern Seneran Storskey.

tel /tel/: count, tally (noun) [Trade Terms, Numbers, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *tal; Trade borrowing distinct from inherited Hick tel 'tail, end'.

threnok /θre.nok/: watcher, one who watches (noun) [Occupations, Inherited Terms]; Inherited -ok agentive form retained in early Middle Hick.

ward /ward/: path, direction (noun) [Path Terms, Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *ward; Borrowed term with /w/ preserved in Middle Hick loans.

wardok /war.dok/: guide, one who directs (noun) [Occupations, Path Terms, Inherited Terms]; Inherited -ok agentive form retained in early Middle Hick.

wud /wud/: forest, timber (noun) [Wood Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *wood; Borrowed term with /w/ preserved in Middle Hick loans.

wudward /wud.ward/: forest path (noun) [Wood Terms, Path Terms, Landscape Terms]