Important roots from old English (part 2)

Dec 12, 2021 22:17



SAR
pain
sore, sorrow, sorry

SCEOT
shoot
upshot, shuttle, shoot

SCER
cut
share, shire, sheriff, sheaf, scoop

SEGG
say
hearsay, saw (a maxim)

SET
rest upon
seat, settle, soot

SLE
strike, slay
slaughter, slug, sledge

SMIT
smite
goldsmith, blacksmith

SNIG
creep
snail, snake, sneak

SOTH
truth
forsooth, soothsayer

SPELL
story
spell, gospel, spellbound (очарованный)

STEAD
place
homestead, bedstead, instead

STEOR
steer, direct
steer, steerage, starboard

STIC
stick
stake, stuck, stitch, stockade

STIG
ascend
stair, stile, stirrup, sty

STOW
place
bestow, stowaway

TELL
count
teller, tally, tell

TEOH
draw out
tug, taut, tow

THYREL
hole
nostril, thrill, drill

TIH
point out
teacher, token

TREOTH
truth
trust, betroth, tryst

TWA
two
twilight, twice, between

WEARD
guard, ward
lord, warden, wary, aware

WIHT
thing
naught, whit, not

WIT
know
witness, wise, wistful

WREC
punish, drive
Wreck, wrack, wretch, wreak

WRITH
twist
wrist, writhe, awry

WYRC
work
wright, wheelwright, playwright

WYRT
herb, plant
wort (a sweet liquid drained from mash and fermented to make beer and whiskey; сусло), root

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