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{| class="wikitable" ! [[Saxon]] word ! Pronunciation ! Meaning |- |Æðeling |ath-el-ing |[[Prince]], minor king |- |Aðfultum |ath-ful-tum |Oath-helpers in a court of law |- |Bot |boot |Fine, penalty, compensation |- |Botless |boot-less |Unpardonable |- |Bretwalda |bret-walda |literally “Wielder of Britons”; High King |- |Burh |burg |Fortified town |- |Byrde |bird-eh |Well born, noble |- |Ceorl |churl |Freeman, farmer or crafter |- |Cniht |k-nekt |Boy, servant (modern “knight”) |- |Cwene |kween-eh |Woman, queen |- |Cyning |kin-ing |King |- |Cynn |kin |Family (modern “kin”) |- |Dome |doom-eh |Judgment, fate |- |Ealdorrnan |al-der-man |Local lord (modern earl/count) |- |Feorrn |firm |Food tax for the cyning |- |Folcgemot |folk-yeh-moot |Folk assembly, fair; jury |- |Frig |freeg |Earth goddess |- |Fyrd |feerd |Levy of all men capable of bearing arms |- |Gerefa |ye-ree-fa |King’s deputy: reeve or sheriff (“shire-reeve") |- |Gesið |ye-sith |“Companion”; king’s noble (a thegn, ealdorman, or just companion) |- |Godere |god-ay-reh |Pagan |- |Healsfang |haals-vang |One-tenth of a wergild |- |Heord |herd |A herd of animals, or a herdsman |- |Heorðgeneat |herth-ye-na-aht (Norse “Huscarl”) |"Heart companion", a lords bodyguard |- |Heorðwerod |herth-wer-od |a unit of heorageneats |- |Hide |hi-deh |Land enough to feed one ceorl and his cynn; about 120 acres |- |Hundred |hund-red |A community of 100 ceorls and their families |- |lrrninsul |ear-min-sul (Norse “Yggdrasil”) |The world-tree |- |Niðing |nith-ing |Coward, wretch, outlaw |- |Scildburh |shild-burg |Soldiers in a “shieldwall” formation |- |Scilling |shil-ling |Silver coin worth around 20 denarii |- |Scop |shahp (Norse “Skald”) |Poet, troubadour |- |Stead |sted (Norse “Gaard”) |Farm, village |- |Ðegn |thayn (Norse “Thane”, “Herse”) |[[Warrior]]-noble; [[Warrior]]-noble; equates to knight |- |Ðeod |thee-odd (Norse “Haerad”) |Tribe, race, earldom, kingdom, people |- |Ðeow |thee-o (Norse “Thrall”) |Slave |- |Ðunor |thoon-or (Norse “Thor”) |Storm-god |- |Ut laga |oot-law-guh |Outlaw |- |Wælcyrige |wall-kih-ree-yuh (Norse “Valkyrie”) |[[Warrior]]-maidens of [[Wotan]] |- |Wealh |waalc |Foreigner, slave, miscreant, Briton ("Welsh") |- |Wecg |wedj |warriors in a “wedge” formation |- |Wergild |wear-gild (Norse “Mansbot”) |The worth, in coin, of a man's life |- |Wicca |wich-ah |[[Male]] magician |- |Wicce |wich-eh |[[female]] magicians, witch |- |Wigfruma |wig-froom-a |War-leader |- |[[Wotan]] |woh-tan (Norse “Odin”) |Ruling god, magician |- |Wryhta |rhit-ah |Crafter (modern “Wright”) |- |Wyrd |wird |Inexplicable, implacable fate (modern "weird") |}
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