False Friends Flashcards
(136 cards)
1
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agayn, agaynes, ayein, against
A
agwainst, towards, in return
2
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anoon
A
straightaway, immediatelly
3
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areden
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to advise, explain
4
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arn
A
are
5
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auctoritee
A
authority, authoritative, text, judgement
6
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avys
A
advice
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avysen
A
to consider, reflect, understand
8
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ay
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always, all the time
9
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ben
A
to be
10
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bet
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better
11
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bidden (past: bad)
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to command, order, ask
12
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biden, byden (past: bood)
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to wait, delay
13
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biheten, bihoten (past: bihighte)
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to promise
14
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bihoven (past: bihoof)
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to be necessary
15
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brouken
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to enjoy, profit by
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can, connen, cunnen (past: coude)
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to know how to
17
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cas, caas
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affair, chance
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per cas
A
by chance
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catel
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goods, property
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clepen
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to call, name
21
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crafty
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skillful, clever
22
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curteisye
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generosity, nobility (stronger than ‘courtesy’)
23
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daunger
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disdain, stand-offishness (not ‘danger’)
24
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descryven
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to describe
25
disese
discomfort, displeasure (rarely 'disease')
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douten
to fear, doubt
27
ech, ich, ych
each (but 'ich' can mean 'I')
28
eek, eke
also, furthermore
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eft
afterwards, again
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ensample, ensaumple
example, warning, model, pattern, moral tale
31
entente
intention, meaning, desire
32
er, or
earlier, before
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eschewen
to escape, avoid
34
everich
every
35
faren (past: ferde)
to travel, behave, happen
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fayn, feyn
glad(ly), eager(ly)
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fer
far
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ferre(r)
farther
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ferreste
farthest
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for
for, because of, in spite of
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fre
noble, generous (rarely 'free')
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ful
very
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ful wel
very much
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gentil, gentillesse
noble, nobility (of rank or character)
45
ginnen (past: gan, gon)
to begin; also a general auxiliary (e.g 'she gan wepe' = 'she did weep')
46
glosen
to comment, interpret, decieve
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goon (past: yede)
to go
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habit
dress, mood (rarely 'habit')
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hap
happy occurence
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happy
fortunate
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hastow
you have
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haten, heten, hoten
to promise, command, be called
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heigh, hey, hy
high, noble
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henten
to seize, obtain, attack
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here, hire
her, their (depending on context)
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hit
it
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hool
whole, perfect, healthy
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ich
I (but can also mean 'each')
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ilik, yliche
alike, similar(ly)
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ilke, thilke
same, the same, that very
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iwis, ywis
indeed, certainty
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kerven (past: karf)
to cut, carve
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leten, laten (past: leet)
to allow (not to be confused with 'letten')
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letten (past: lette)
to prevent, desist (not to be confused with 'leten')
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lever(e)
rather
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him was levere
he would rather
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lewed
uneducated, coarse
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listeth, lesteth, lusteth
it is pleasing, desirable to
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looth
displeasing, undesirable to
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merye, murye, myrie
merry, pleasant
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mete (past: mette)
to meet, to dream
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moot
must, may
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mowen
to be able, to be allowed
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nadde
had not
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neigh, ney
near
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nerre
nearer
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nexte
nearest
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nere
was not (but can also mean 'near', 'nearer')
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niste
did not know
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nyce
ignorant, foolish, meticulous (not 'nice')
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o, oo, on, oon
one, the same one
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or
before
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paraunter, paraventure
perhaps, by chance
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preef
proof, test, experience
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preven
to prove, test, experience
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privee, privy
secret, private, intimate
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queynte
skillful, cunning, elaborate
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quyten (past: quitte)
to reward, pay back, set free
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reven (past: rafte, refte)
to take away, rob
90
seistow
you say (singular)
91
sely
happy, innocent (not 'silly')
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siker(ly), seker(ly)
sure(ly)
93
sin, syn, sithen
since
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sooth, soothly
true, truth, truly
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sote, swote, swete
sweet
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soveraynetee, sovereyntee
power, sovereignty
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speden (past: spedde)
to carry out, succeed
98
swich
such
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thider
thither
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thilke
the same, that very
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tho
those, then
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threuthe, throuthe
fidelity, a promise, truth
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waxen, wexen (past: wax, wex, wox)
to grow
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wenden (past: wente)
to go, depart (not to be confused with 'wenen')
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wenen (past: wende)
to suppose, imagine, expect (not to be confused with 'wenden')
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whider
whither
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whilom
once upon a time, formerly
108
witen, weten (present: woot, past: wiste)
to know, find out
109
wonen (past: woned)
to dwell, stay, be used to
110
yede
went (past tense of 'goon')
111
yeven, yiven (past: yaf)
to give
112
yif
if
113
yliche
like, alike, similar(ly)
114
ynough, ynowe
enough, plenty
115
yvel(e)
evil
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me thinketh
it seems to me
117
me semeth
it seems to me
118
-ande [on verbs]
equiv of -ing
119
y- [on verbs]
Often at the start of past participles
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for- [on verbs]
most often an intensifier
121
to- [on verbs]
apart, away
122
-ich
Sign of an adverb
123
Double negative
Stays negative (does not cancel out)
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Nam
Am not
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Nys
Is not
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Nad
Had not
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Nyl
Will not
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Artow
Art thow
129
Woltow
Wolt thow
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Thilke
the ilke (the/that same)
131
Theech
Thee ich (I swear)
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Sit
Sitteth
133
Bit
Biddeth
134
-en
Sign of a past participle (i.e like 'taken')
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Icham
I am
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Forsothe
Indeed, certainly
