50 Amazing Old English Words Ye Should Definitely Be Using More Often
Whether ye are trying to describe the worst woofits of your life or insult that jerk at the bar, these 50 Old English words will definitely come in handy.
Apricity
The feeling of warmth of the sun in winter
Bedight
Decorate
Bedward
Heading for bed
Besmirch
To make something dirty
Billingsgate
Curse words
Brabble
To argue loudly about things that don’t matter
Clinomania
An obsessive desire to lie down
Cockalorum
A small man with a big opinion of himself
Contumelious
Scornful or arrogantly rude
Cumberworld
Someone who is so useless they only exist in order to take up space
Crapulous
To feel ill because you ate too much or drank too much
Dillydoun
A little lullaby
Ditty
A short and simple song
Ergophobia
The morbid fear of returning to work
Erstwhile
In another time
Expergefactor
Something that wakes you up
Famelicose
Constantly hungry
Flighty
To be guided by whim
Fopdoodle
An insignificant or foolish man
Forswear
To formally disavow
Fudgel
Pretending to work when you’re really doing nothing at all
Gnashgab
Someone who complains all the time
Groke
To intently stare at someone while they are eating in hopes they will give you a bite
Grubble
To feel around for something you can’t see
Grufeling
To lie closely wrapped up
Hither
To this place
Hugger-Mugger
Secretive, or covert behavior
Hum durgeon
An imaginary illness
Jargogle
To confuse
Lanspresado
A person who arrives somewhere conveniently forgetting their wallet
Mumpsimus
An incorrect view of something a person will not let go of
Palter
To be deliberately unclear/misleading
Philogrobolized
To convey a hangover without having to admit you’d been drinking
Quomodocunquize
To make money in any way you can
Snecklifter
Someone who sticks his or head into a bar to see if there’s anyone who will buy them a drink
Snollygoster
A person who is intelligent but who also has no principles
Snotter
Wise
Stalwart
Having rugged or physical strength
Trumpery
Things that look good but are actually worthless
Thou
The one addressed
Twattling
To gossip or to talk idly and too much
Uhtceare
Unable to go back to sleep before dawn because you are worrying
Ultracrepidarian
A person who will take literally any chance to share their opinions on things they truly know nothing about
Woofits
A hangover
Xerostomia
Dryness of the mouth
