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Anglish neologisms - academic disciplines

Anglish is a form of English which seeks to avoid loanwords inherited after the Old English period and replace them with - among other things - Germanic-derived compounds. For example, the word Standard English word 'philosophy' (philo- 'love' + sophos 'knowledge') is calqued as 'wisdomlove' in Anglish. In this quiz, provide the word normally used in the place of the given Anglish word. The following are all academic disciplines.
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Last updated: May 13, 2021
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Anglish
Standard English
speechlore
linguistics
heavenlore
astronomy
mootmanship
politics
bookcraft
literature
mindlore
psychology
blendlore
chemistry
deerlore
zoology
lifelore
biology
Anglish
Standard English
shapelore
geometry
telcraft
mathematics
worldken
physics
threenooklore
trigonometry
yorelore
history
landlore
geography
godlore
theology
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Level 51
Oct 6, 2022
Great quiz! I recently discovered Anglish and find it really fascinating.
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Level 46
Mar 21, 2023
Thank you very much - yeah it's good fun.