Talk:List of English words of Old English origin
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Transwiki?
editI doubt this would even be worth keeping on wiktionary. This is exactly the sort of thing we do via the categorization system. I.e. it is enough to tag a word with a "Category:English words of Anglo-Saxon origin" on wiktionary and the "list" (a.k.a. category) will build itself. Doing this manually is a pointless waste of effort. How about a "list of French words of Latin origin" or a "list of Chinese words of Chinese origin"? --dab (𒁳) 12:52, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I see you point, but unlike French and Chinese, most English words are not native, they are foreign. As a result, having a list that shows which words are actually "English" makes sense. Leasnam (talk) 18:57, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
- I find this entry completely worthwhile. I came here to learn what part of English verbs are Saxon. Doing this manually is not pointless at all. The list comes from our doing it manually or otherwise there's no list. 204.124.13.94 (talk) 17:19, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Deletion ???
editWhy would we delete this page? True, Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but neither is this page. It is a list of words, no different than any other list which details English words of French, Italian, German, etc. origin and should be kept. Anglo-Saxon here is treated as any other Foreign language contributor to English. Leasnam (talk) 19:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
a.s.a.p
editI undid the edit removing the acronym. Although possible is certainly from Latin (ultimately), the lave of the constituents: as, soon, and as are Anglo-Saxon in origin. According to the page, the list includes words/phrases/names formed in later versions of English from Anglo-Saxon roots (e.g. foreword, byland, driveway, etc.). Words or phrases containing at least one Anglo-Saxon root would therefore qualify. Leasnam (talk) 18:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Absent minded an error?
editMind comes from Latin mens. Absent comes from Latin absentia, absente. How is this a Saxon word? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.124.13.94 (talk) 17:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Addition
editShouldn’t ‘wild’ be there? 2A00:23C5:39A0:1001:6069:C792:92E1:1985 (talk) 10:25, 20 June 2020 (UTC)