ellen-axe, f.n: elder ash(es), ash(es) of burnt elder-wood. (EL-len-AHK-suh / ˈɛl-lɛn-ˌak-sə)

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gaderung, f.n: a gathering, congregation, joining, council, assembly, crowd. (GAH-deh-rung / ˈga-dɛ-ɹʌŋ)

wārig, adj: stained with seaweed, dirty. (WAH-rih / ˈwaː-ɹɪj)

ge-rȳman, wk.v: to extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand. (yeh-RUH-mahn / jɛ-ˈɹɝː-man)

lēhtan, v: to alleviate. (LAY-h’tahn / ˈleːh-tan)

lōcian, wk.v: to look, see, gaze, observe, regard, take heed, look (to), belong, pertain. (LOAK-i-yahn / ˈloːk-ɪ-an)

un-gestæððig, adj: inconstant, unstable. (un-yeh-STAE-thih / ʌn-jɛ-ˈstæ-θɪj)

wancol, adj: unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating. (WAHN-koll / ˈwan-kɔl)

bȳcnian, wk.v: to beckon, show, signify. (BUCK-ni-yahn / ˈbɝːk-nɪ-an)

a-hreddan, wk.v: to save, rescue; to free (someone/oneself/something); to recover, capture (what has been taken). (ah-H’RED-dahn / ˌa-ˈhɹɛd-dan)