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Middle Hick Lexicon — Occupations

Entries in the Occupations semantic field.

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.

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

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]

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.

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.

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

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