Sex.
The stronger or carl sex, as a man; the weaker or quean sex, as a girl; the unsexly things, as a stone.
| Husband, | wife. |
| Father, | mother. |
| Brother, | sister. |
In Saxon the sexes in mankind were called halves or sides, the spear-half and the spindle-half.
| Man, | woman. |
| Boy, | girl. |
| Buck, | doe. |
| Stag, | hind. |
| Ram, | ewe. |
| Cock, | hen. |
| He-goat, | she-goat. |
| King, | queen. |
| Duke, | duchess. |
Kindred, Youngness, or Smallness.
| Father, | son. |
| Mother, | daughter. |
| Mare, | foal. |
| Hind, | fawn. |
| Cat, | kitten. |
| Duck, | duckling. |
| Goose, | gosling. |
| Ethel, | etheling. |
Small Things.
By forlessening mark-endings: