Describing semantic
shift
Some meaning changed
words
deer
hound
meat
barn
tail
Old English
Narrowing
Widening
Modern English
1
2
3
animal
dog
food
place to store barley
hair of a horse
a kind of animal
a dog for hunting
meat
a kind of plants
sticks out at the back
of an animal
Describing semantic
shift
Old English compounds
or kennings
Wita
Onlyhtan
Cupnes
Fore-snotor
Swefn
Modlufu
Modhord
Oncnawan
Modern English
Wise man
To illumine
Knowledge
Very wise
Vision
Affection
Secret thoughts
Understand
Yusupova Mubina
No’monova Madina
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