Wrixlings

Sorting through old scraps of paper and I’ve come across these sundry notes. A real hodgepodge of words.

• gain-, as in gainsay; use instead of contra-
• with-, as in withstand; use instead of contra-
• guesthouse = hotel, hospital, inn, poorhouse
• mindfood = mental stimulant
• mind-doctor = psychologist or psychiatrist: more likely, mind-healer for psychologist, mind-doctor for psychiatrist
• mind-healer = psychotherapist
• mind-making = commemoration
• mindtrip = hallucination
• mindtrippy = hallucinatory
• mindsickness/madness = mania
• formindsickness/madness = craze
• sham- = pseudo-, faux-
• stample < stamp + -le freq.
• lionhearted = brave, courageous
• loam?loan? = utensil, implement, tool of any kind
• anent, about = regarding
• rub (n) = obstacle, impediment (both non-material and physical)
• the ego = the I
• ego(t)ism = I-ishness, selfishness
• ego(t)istic = selfish
• build up, heap up = accumulate
• roomy = spacious
• work = function
• working = functioning
• sway = convince
• capital city in OE was heafodstol ‘headseat’; could be ‘headtown’ as in Swedish huvudstad.
• fertilisation, conception = seed-blend

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