Kythish lexicon

This is a list of Kythish words.

Entries are ordered thus: spelling /pronunciation/ part of speech definition — notes & etymology. Where irregular forms are listed, only the relevant inflections are given. Pronunciations are broadly transcribed, with canonical, phonemic values.

n. = noun; v. = verb; a. = adjective or adverb; p. = pronoun (personal, interrogative or demonstrative); c. = conjunction

a

• aaś /æːʃ/ n. The letter a. — Old English æsc, ash (see aś, below). Long vowel is common to all letter names.
• abawƿ /ˈæbæʊw/ n. Apple. — Either Old English æppel or Welsh afal. Influence of both is likely.
• aŋywƿ /ˈæŋəʊw/ n. Angel; saintly person. — Old English ængel, variant of engel, angel
• asće /ˈæsxə/ n. Ash (dust formed from burning). — Old English æsce, ashes.
• aś /æʃ/ n. Ash tree; pole or pole-arm. — Old English æsc, ash.

á

• ánei /ˈaːnɛɪ/ a. Any. — Old English ǽnig, ǽneg, any.

c

• cawðan /ˈkæʊðæn/ v. To be famous. — Either Old English cúð, known, or Kythish cwynan, q.v. Not found in Middle Hacean.
• cawðár /ˈkæʊðar/ n. Celebrity.
• cwynan /ˈkʊənæn/ irreg. v. To know. — Old English cunnan

1st Person	Present	Past
Imperfective	cwyn	cawð
Perfective	cwynaf	cawðaf
2nd Person	Present	Past
Imperfective	cwyns	cawþs
Perfective	cwynafs	cawðafs
3rd Person	Present	Past
Imperfective	cwynþ	cawþ
Perfective	cwynafþ	cawðafþ

f

• fjúþ /fjɑːθ/ n. Hate. — Nordaþ fjaþ, hate. Largely replaced native caes, q.v.
• fjúþan /ˈfjɑːθæn/ v. To hate. — As above. Largely replaced native caesan, hotan, q.v.
• fjúþár /ˈfjɑːθar/ n. Hater.
• fjúþon /ˈfjɑːθɔn/ n. Subject of hate.
• fjúþyrár /ˈfjɑːθərar/ n. Enemy, esp. political. — Political rhetoric, lit. "habitual hater". See also fjýþyrar.
• fjúþyron /ˈfjɑːθərɔn/ n. Victim, as of hate crimes. — Political rhetoric.
• fjúþyronan /fjɑˈθərɔnæn/ v. To victimise. — Not commonly used outside of political correctness camps, where it originates.
• fjýþyrar /ˈfjɜːθərar/ n. Humorously, any leftist. — Representation of the pronunciation of fjúþyrár by teofan schjómocar (who spoke with a caźowm accent, a southern dialect), a right-wing politician famed for accusing anyone he disliked of being an 'enemy of the Kythe'.

h

• hwnd /hʊnd/ n. Hound, dog. — Old English hund, hound.
• hwndan /ˈhʊndæn/ v. To track or chase. — From hwnd, above.
• hẃd /huːd/ n. Guard dog. — Middle Hacean huud, dialectal form of huund, hund (= hwnd, q.v.).
• hẃdan /ˈhuːdæn/ v. To guard (as a dog). — From hẃd, above.
• hẃdár /ˈhuːdar/ n. colloq. Bouncer (of a night club). — On the notion that they guard like dogs, of course.

ŋ

• ŋúr /ŋɑːr/ Small ship (e.g. a yacht). — Old English cnear, cnearr, from a Norse source, akin to Icelandic knörr.