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Middle Hick Lexicon — Metal Terms

Entries in the Metal Terms semantic field.

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

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

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]

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]