Helpful Anglish Words

Some of the most common Anglish words.

The Words

English	Anglish	In a saying
just (now)	right	I'm right coming. I'll right end this, before we go.
just now	right now	He's in the bath right now -- can he call you back?
just (soon)	right	I'll be right with you.
just then	right/ere then/now	Who was at the door right/ere then/now?
just (exactly, equally)	right	It's right where I'd like it. They looked right like each other.
just (only, simply)	only, but, ofoldly	Tis but/only a scratch. It's but/only you and me. It but/only won't work. But/only last year.
just (almost, barely)	barely, nigh on	The shoe barely fits. We barely missed out. We got there nigh on time.
just (very, fully)	so	It's so dreadful what befell her.
people (persons)	folk/folks, men	Some folk/folks think highly of themselves. Are folk/folks fulfilled with my answer? The men are becoming restless.
people (kind of person)	folk	They're good folk. They are working folk.
the people	the folk	government|leadership)).
a people (nation)	folk	Her folk come from England. The English and French folks sit over the sea from one another.
a people (fellowship)	folk	My business take/nimb good care of their folk. My folk will talk to your folk.
to use (to purpose)	False-friend of “note” as in “to notice.”|note)), ((over|turn to|wend to)), wield, bear, handle, work, run, go to, draw on, bring into play	False-friend of “note” as in “to notice.”|note)) the glass to drink. You know how to wield/bear swords well. I can handle bows. It isn't went to anymore. No one goes to that for help anymore. We can work their beliefs to help us. Run the ((over|computer|reckoner)) to find out. Draw on her to get this done.
to use up (consume, reduce)	False-friend of “note” as in “to notice.”|note)), spend, get/go through	False-friend of “note” as in “to notice.”|note)) the time you have well. He spent all his time. We've gotten/gone through everything we needed to.
to use (exploit)	brook, note, milk	He's only brooking/noting you for his own selfish needs. You're being brooked/milked.
to use up (a purpose)	brooking, meaning, good for, need for	You'll find a brooking/meaning for it. What good is it, if it's broken? He's not good for anything. There's no need for that.
to use (consumption)	brooking of	It's a better brooking of your time.
to use (meaning, sense)	meaning/meanings, bearing/bearings, brooking/brookings	There are many meanings/bearings/brookings of this word.
could use (benefit from)	need, could brook/stand/do with	I need a drink. I could brook/stand/do with a good meal.
used to (formerly & continuous)	once, formerly	I once knew him, but not any more. I don't go as often as I once did. I was formerly much better at it.
used to (formerly & habitual)	would once, formerly, often, sometimes	I once drank/would drink from the stream. I formerly ate/would eat raspberries. I often went/would go to the harbor. I sometimes fared/would fare to the woods.
used to doing (familiar)	at home with, wont	I'm not at home with doing that. That's what he's wont to do; that is his wont.
because	since, for, forthat, as, as of, being	Since I said so. For/Forthat I've looked everywhere and still can't find it. No, as I won't be there. Being I'm not ready is why!
because of (due to)	owing to, by way of, as of, along of	The game was called/clept off owing to the rain. The win was by way of our hard work. I can't walk as of my broken leg/shank. It was all along of you!
a person (a human)	man	The first man on the moon. It seats two men. For all mankind. A businessman.
part of	some of, a bit of, a deal of	A deal of them are ready. I'd like a bit of it. Some of it is ready. Some of them are keen to go.
part/partly (partially)	a/in deal, a bit, somewhat	A small deal of it. In deal or in full. He's a bit tired. It's somewhat helpful.
part/partly (usually)	in a great deal, mostly	In a great deal of times it works well. He was mostly helpful.
a part (piece)	a bit, a deal, some	A bit of it is blue, while the rest is red. The lower deal of the house is stone. Some of my body is still sore.
a part (segment, chapter)	deal	The film is shown in two deals. The book is split into twelve deals.
a part (equal measure)	a deal of	Blend one deal of blue with one deal of yellow, to get the right green.
a part (position)	bit	I have a bit in the show. She plays the bit of the mother.
take part (involvement)	bit in/of	He wished his bit in the business. I'll have no bit of this madness. I will not have any bit of this.
a/to part	deal out, split, sunder, asunder	Deal out some cards. The split in my hairline. The two split on good words. Split the log. We found ourselves asunder.
a part (partial share)	deally	He's a deally owner of the horse. Deally ownership is better than none at all.
a place (area, location)	stead, spot, stow	The orchard was a cool stead to go to. A stead of worship. It's a busy spot.
take place (happen)	take/nimb stead	The show takes/nimbs stead next Tuesday. It took/numb stead earlier this morning.
out of place	stead, step	His running shoes looked out of stead/step in the ballroom.
in place (right/ready)	in stead	The seats are all in stead. Everything is in stead for the show to start.
in place of	in stead/instead of	I did that instead of the other thing. She will be there in my stead.
to place (position)	stow, put	Stow it in the house. She stowed it in my hands. Put it on the ground. I think I know her, but I can't put her.
a place (home)	home, stead	Let's get together at my home. My stead has a great yard.
a place (unknown location)	stead, somewhere	I'm looking for somewhere to live. There's a stead out there for me.
a place (building)	stead, spot	I need to go to my workstead. We're going to the pizza spot.
a place (duty/standing)	stead	It's not my stead to say whether this is right.
a point (idea/opinion)	wit, meaning, thought	Let's talk about your first wit. You made some good wits in your speech. I think you missed my wit/meaning. That's a good thought.
a point (location in time/space)	ord, spot, stow, stead	The ord/spot/stow/stead where the road stops. That's the ord/spot/stow/stead at which you lost me.
a point (purpose)	brooking, meaning, good	What's the brooking/meaning of that? What good is it to shout at him? There's no brooking at having it ready if he won't come.
a point (unit of scoring)	mark	He won the most marks. I got full marks for my work. The warmth rose by enough marks to melt the ice.
a point (tip/pinnacle)	ord	mountain|barrow)).
a point (characterstic/quality)	mark	Kindness is her strong mark. There are sundry marks to look for when choosing a house.
a point (peninsula/cape)	head/headland, spit, sea stack	I'll see you at Outlook Head. The spit stretches out into the sea. Beware the stones hidden in the waters of the sea stack.
a point (mathematical sign)	dot	It's two dot two feet long (2.2 feet long). The oversight befell when someone leftout the decimal dot.
a point (socket/slot)	ord	There's an ord in each room. Look over the ords and plugs and top up the oil.
a point (switch/interchange)	ord, shift	train|tugwain)) rattled as it drove over the ords.
a point (mark)	mark	Draw a straight line between the two marks. The ords meet at the North mark. I can barely make out the two small marks of the headlights.
a point (way/direction)	-wise	measure|Mete)) it lengthwise. It is a righteous deed.
to point (direct/guide/lead)	wise, look, head, steer	Wise your fingers at where to go. The arrow is wising to the right. Look/head/steer to the right.
to point (fill in (with cement))	fill in	The house is on bad footing, as the bricks were not well filled in.
to point out (call attention to)	bespeak, wise/make out, make one aware, finger	criminal|lawbreaker/ewleaper)) was fingered by his own ((over|companion|sithe)).
a government (group/state)	leadership, rich	election|wale)) will choose the leadership of England. The business's goals are set by its leadership. The rich of England set its laws/eas.
a government (system/being)	leadership	system|way)) of leadership is a "Constitutional Monarchy". The new ((over|political party|fold)) has no background in leadership.
a company (corporation)	business	policy|law/ea)).
a company (group of people)	fellowship, sitheship, band, team, body, crowd	The Fellowship/Sitheship of the Ring. The band of players took a bow. A body of men stormed the stronghold on the hill. We're on the same team. He doesn't fit into that crowd.
some company (other people)	fellowship, sitheship	He makes for good fellowship/sitheship. I rather like my own fellowship/sitheship. Sorry, I didn't know you had fellowship/sitheship.
a number (numeral/symbol)	rime, score	accountant|teller)), so I'm mighty good with rimes/scores. What's our flight rime?
a number (amount)	rime, score	One and two makes a rime/score of three. There's been a growing rime/score of deaths from the sickness.
a number (particular thing)	one	hooky|catchy)).
to number (assign order)	rime, score	Rime/score the leaves from one to ten. All the writs have been carefully rimed/scored and put away.
to number (amount)	rime, score	The folks at the gathering rimed/scored in the hundreds!
a group (set)	gathering	I'm meeting a gathering of friends tonight. The bench is by a small gathering of trees. I was shown another set of books.
a group (musicians)	band	I love their songs; they're my fondest band!
a group (consortium)	band	different|sundry)) outlets.
a group (sporting group)	band	My team will play against/wither yours in the first band. He was the greatest fighter in the heavyweight band.
to group (organize)	gather	We all gathered together to sing. I gathered the books by their height.
a problem (cause or situation)	a hitch, a bind	The main hitch is lack of wealth. I'm in a bind over this friend of mine.
a fact	truth	Yes, that's a truth. I don't know all the truths of it. In truth, he doesn't even work here. It's a truth of life. There's no going against/wither the truth on this. It's a hard truth.
different (dissimilar)	sundry, new	She wears something new every day. There are many sundry kinds of books.
different (distinct)	sunder, unlike, another, otherwise	The first shirt is sunder from the other. Edward is unlike his sister. There is another way. I believe otherwise.
different (various)	sundry, many, manifold	There are sundry houses to pick from. Harvest brings upon leaves of many/manifold hues.
large (big, abundant)	great, big, broad, wide, hefty	A great/big house. The world's greatest/biggest dog. I need a greater/bigger seat. The broad side of it. There's a wide span still to go. It's a hefty lot of goods.
at large/by and large (mostly)	on the whole	This man does not stand for us on the whole. There are some drawbacks to it, but on the whole it's pretty good.
important (necessary/valued)	weighty	It's more weighty that we do this first. The weighty thing is to keep him away from the fire. He's not so handsome, but he's good to me, which is more weighty.
the public (people)	folk	The folk mood has shifted wither/against him. We need more folk awareness of what's going on. His speech didn't gather the folk backing he'd hoped for.
public (communal)	open, shared	private|sunder)) one. The open ((over|library|bookhouse)) is owned by everyone in the neighborhood. It's a shared bench, anyone can sit here.
-able	-endly	If it can be washed then it's washendly.
able (can do)	fit, ready	You must be fit/ready to do the work. Sorry that I wasn't fit to ring you yesterday. We won't be fit to make it on time if we don't leave now.
able (skillful)	crafty, skillful, gifted	student|learner)).
around (toward/surrounding/at)	about, umb	I've looked all about/umb the room and I can't find it. The moon goes about/umb the earth. It's set the wrong/wough way about. There's a sickness going about.
around (approximately)	about	He's about six feet tall. It went down about two months ago. Let's meet about five. She earns about $40,000 a year.
very (absolutely/highly)	truly, mighty, so, sorely, swithe	It's truly fast. It's mighty good. I'm so sorry. You're sorely mistaken. You're a swithe good man.
the very (exact)	true	It's the true best food I've ever had. Yes, the true same. On that true day. Yes, your true own! I can't true well say it if it isn't so! The best bit is at the true end of the book. You'll find the tree at the true top of the hill.
to form	shape, make	A thought started to shape in my mind. Shape the clay with your hands. They shaped a crowd in the town yard. The two businesses came together to make a new holdings.
a form (document)	sheet, writ	Kindly hand in the sheet/writ once you've filled it in.
a form (type)	kind	Swimming is a great kind of workout!
a form (appearance)	shape	The moon highlighted the shadowy shape of the hills.
a form (behaviour/ability)	bearing, bearings, way	It was bad bearing of you to speak over him like that. The horse's bearing is swift and nimble. The swimmer is still getting her bearings back after breaking her arm last year. His way of doing things seems to work.
form (grammatical type)	shape	'Isn't' is the short shape of 'is not'.
form (school group)	year	My son is in year 3 and my daughter is now in year 5.
to turn (revolve)	wend, wind, spin, twist, go about	hours|stounds)).
to turn (change position)	wend, shift	She went/shifted left at the last set of lights. Wend/shift and look at me. The clouds came out and the weather went/shifted bad.
to turn (switch)	wend, shift, sway	Wend/shift/sway your mind. Shift off/out the light. Shift it into drive. Shift the loudness up, I can't hear a thing.
a turn (opportunity)	wend, shift, go, cost (means), shot	It's my shift/go/cost next. You miss every shot you don't nimb/take.
to move (change position)	wend, shift, stir	It's so cold I can't shift my fingers. Shift to the left, would you? He keeps stirring in his sleep.
to move (change place)	wend, shift, go	We're shifting to Oxford. Get a shift on! My next door neighbours shifted away.
to move (progress)	wend, shift, step	If you wish to shift ahead, you'll need to do better. This is a step in the right way.
to move (cause)	wend, shift, stir, drive, lead	It's shifted him into the right mindset. What would have stirred him to do such a thing? It's driving us mad. It leads us to think it over.
to move (change opinion)	wend, shift, sway	Whatever you say, you can't wend/shift me on this.
to move (instill feeling)	wend, shift, stir, sway	I was deeply went/shifted/stirred/swayed by what you said.
to move (suggest)	offer, drive	I offer that we go see a film. We wish to drive for more fairness.