Anglish Wordbook
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Notation Key
᛫ = definition separator
᛬ = part of speech separator
[ᛏ] = transitive
[ᚾ] = intransitive (neuter verb)
[ᚹ] = widened (an expanded meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglisc)
[ square brackets ] = older form of the word
{ curly brackets } = related word
NE = New English | ANE = Archaic New English | ME = Middle English | OE = Old English
N = Norse | WF = West Frisian | LG = Low German | HG = High German | NL = Dutch | Þ = Proto-Germanic
C = Celtic | I = Italic | H = Hellenic | O = other
PST = past tense
PTCP = past participle
PL = plural
[OXF] = Oxford English Dictionary
[MW] = Merriam-Webster (though maybe only the 1913 edition)
[CED] = Collins English Dictionary
[MEC] = Middle English Compendium
[EDD] = Innsbruck EDD Online 3.0 (based on Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905)
About the New Spellings
This wordbook includes "Anglisc Spelling" for words whose spellings have been influenced by foreign orthographies after the Norman Invasion. Further reading at Anglish Alphabet.
About the Wordbook
This wordbook was started in 2017 by Hurlebatte, and is now worked on by many members of the community. It follows Oxford spelling rules (armour, nationalize). Its contents are based partly on the following sources: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by Bosworth-Toller; the Middle English Compendium; Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary; The Collins English Dictionary; and the Oxford English Dictionary. You can also read the Wordbook on Google Sheets.
Wordbook
WORD | ANG. SPEL. | MEANING | KIND | FOREBEAR | TAKEN FROM | NOTES |
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a | ᛫ per ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | ||
a | ᛫ ( for verbs denotes away , out , up , on ) ᛫ ( for nouns denotes in , on , at ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
aback | ᛫ by surprise ᛫ backward ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
abaft | ᛫ toward or at the stern ᛬ to the rear of ᛫ toward the stern ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~[beæftan] | NE | ||
abboten | ᛫ an abbess ᛫ | N | abbot+en | NE‹‹I‹H‹O+NE | ||
abbotric | ᛫ an abbacy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(O+E) | ||
abide | ᛫ to act in accordance with ᛫ to remain ᛫ to wait ᛫ to wait for ᛫ to await ᛫ to persist ᛫ to reside ᛫ to face ( in combat etc ) ᛫ | V | ~[abīden][ābīdan] | NE | ||
abiding | ᛫ enduring ᛫ continuing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
abidinghouse | abidinghuse | ᛫ an almshouse ᛫ a poorhouse ᛫ | N | abiding house | NE | [LEX] |
abite | ᛫ to bite to death ᛫ | V | abīten[abītan] | OE | ||
abode | ᛫ a place of residence ᛫ residence ᛫ a stay ᛫ a sojourn ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: abide | |
aboveboard | abufboard | ᛫ transparent ( as in not hidden ) ᛫ legitimate and in the open ᛬ openly and legitimately ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | aboveboard | NE | |
abraid | ᛫ to move violently ᛫ to burst forth ᛫ to start up ᛫ to awake ᛫ | V | abraid&abreiden | NE&ME | ||
abreast | ᛫ to make parallel ᛫ to inform ᛬ informed ᛫ up to speed ᛬ parallel ᛫ alongside ᛫ in touch ᛫ up with ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬P | ~ | NE | takes: of | |
abreethe | abreeþ | ᛫ to degenerate ᛫ to deteriorate ᛫ | V | abrẹ̄then[abrēoþan] | ME | kin: brẹ̄þen |
abrirdness | ᛫ contrition ᛫ compunction ᛫ | N | onbrirdnesse | ME | kin: brord (OE) | |
abroad | ᛫ in or to a foreign country ᛫ away from home ᛫ in different directions ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
abrothen | abroþen | ᛫ degenerate ᛫ | AJ | abroþen | OE | kin: brothel? |
abrothenness | abroþenness | ᛫ degeneracy ᛫ | N | abroþenness | OE | |
abuy | abye | ᛫ to suffer a penalty ᛫ to atone ᛫ to pay for something ᛫ | V | abye[abīen][ābycgan] | NE | PST: abought ᛫ PTCP: abought; aboughten |
achar | acear | ᛫ ajar ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
achesoothing | akesooþing | ᛫ anodyne ᛫ | AJ | ache+soothing | NE×2 | |
ack | ᛫ but ᛫ however ᛫ except ᛫ | C | ac | ME | ||
ackle | ackel | ᛫ frightened ᛫ terrified ᛫ | AJ | acol | OE | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED |
acknow | acknoƿ | ᛫ to recognize ᛫ to identify ᛫ | V | iknouen&gecnāwan | ME&OE | |
acknowledge | acknoƿlecg | ᛫ to recognize something's validity existence presence or standing ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
acknowledging | acknoƿlecging | ᛫ acknowledgement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
acornshell | acornscell | ᛫ a stalkless barnacle ᛫ | N | acorn-shell | NE | [OED] |
acost | ᛫ proven ᛫ tried and true ᛫ tested ᛫ | AJ | gecost | OE | ||
acover | acofer | ᛫ to regain something ᛫ to recover ᛫ to revive ᛫ to regain consciousness ᛫ | V | acoveren[acofrian] | ME | [OED] ᛫ acover up = to rise again |
acovering | acofering | ᛫ recovery ᛫ | N | acouerunge | ME | [OED] |
acre | aker | ᛫ an English unit of land area ( 4840 square yards ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
acrechurl | akercerl | ᛫ a farmer of the churl class ᛫ a ploughman of the churl class ᛫ | N | æcerceorl | OE | rare |
acreman | akerman | ᛫ a husbandman ᛫ a ploughman ᛫ a farmer [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | akerman | ME | |
acretilth | akertilþ | ᛫ agriculture ᛫ | N | acre+tilth | NE×2 | calque: akkerbouw |
addeem | adeem | ᛫ to adjudge ᛫ | V | ~[adēman] | NE | |
adder | ᛫ a viper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | corruption of: nadder | |
adderbiter | ᛫ an ichneumon ᛫ an Egyptian mongoose ᛫ a mongoose [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | nǣderbita | OE | ||
adderbolt | ᛫ a dragonfly ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
adderkin | ᛫ a Serpentes animal ? ᛫ | N | nǣdercynn | OE | ||
adderwort | adderƿurt | ᛫ a Persicaria bistorta plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | aka: snakeweed |
addle | addel | ᛫ liquid filth ᛬ to confuse ᛫ to muddle ᛬ putrid ᛫ rotten ᛫ idle ᛫ vain ᛫ unsound ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[adela] | NE | |
addle | addel | ᛫ to earn ᛫ to gain ᛫ to procure ᛫ to save up money ᛫ to grow ᛫ to thrive ᛫ to flourish ᛫ to yield fruit ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | |
addled | addelled | ᛫ confused ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
adle | adel | ᛫ illness ᛫ ailment ᛫ disease ᛫ | N | ā̆dle | ME | |
ado | ᛫ to do away with ᛫ to take away ᛫ subtract ᛫ to remove ᛫ | V | ādōn&ādōn | ME&OE | equal to: do off? | |
ado | ᛫ trouble ᛫ difficulty ᛫ fuss ᛫ bustling activity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
adread | ᛫ frightened ᛫ terrified ᛫ scared ᛫ afraid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
adrench | adrenc | ᛫ to drown ᛫ to sink ᛫ to overwhelm ᛫ to suffocate ᛫ | V | adrenchen | ME | |
adwash | adƿasc | ᛫ to extinguish ᛫ to blot out ᛫ to delete ᛫ to quench ᛫ | V | adweshen | ME | |
afar | ᛫ at a distance ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
afear | ᛫ to frighten ᛫ to terrify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
afeared | ᛫ frightened ᛫ terrified ᛫ afraid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Affer | ᛫ an African ᛫ | N | affer | ME | ||
afford | aford | ᛫ to be able to pay for ᛫ to provide ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
afield | afeeld | ᛫ in a field ᛫ to a field ᛫ away from home ᛫ off-topic ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
afire | ᛫ to castrate ᛫ | V | afȳran | OE | ||
afired | ᛫ a eunuch ᛫ a castrated animal ᛫ | N | afȳrida{afȳrd} | OE | ||
afoot | ᛫ in action ᛫ in process ᛫ in the area ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
afore | ᛫ before ᛫ in front of ᛫ opposite ᛫ | AV&P | afore&afō̆rn | NE&ME | ||
aforesaid | ᛫ aforementioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
aforetime | ᛫ the past ᛬ past ᛫ previous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
aforetimes | ᛫ in the past ᛫ previously ᛫ | AV | afortimes | ME | [OED] ᛫ or: aforetime | |
afoul | afule | ᛫ into conflict or difficulty with ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
afrain | ᛫ to question ᛫ | V | afreyne | ME | [OED] | |
Africk | ᛫ Africa ᛫ | N(P) | Affrīk&Affrica | ME&OE | ||
aft | ᛫ a stern of a vessel ᛬ located at the back of a vehicle ᛬ at near or towards a vessel's stern ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
after | ᛫ post- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
afterbear | ᛫ a descendant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
afterbirth | afterbirþ | ᛫ a placenta ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
afterborn | ᛫ posthumous ( born after father's death ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
afterbrain | ᛫ a myelencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
aftercomer | aftercummer | ᛫ a successor ᛫ | N | aftercomer | NE | |
aftercoming | aftercumming | ᛫ a sequel ᛫ a consequence ᛫ a result ᛬ succeeding ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
afterdeal | ᛫ a disadvantage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
afterdeath | afterdeaþ | ᛫ post-mortem ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
afterdoomsday | ᛫ post-apocalyptic ᛫ | AJ | after+dooms+day | NE×3 | ||
afterganger | ᛫ a follower ᛫ a successor ᛫ | N | æftergenga | OE | ||
afterhand | ᛫ subsequently ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
afterling | ᛫ an after follower ᛫ a descendant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
Afterlithe | Afterliþe | ᛫ July ᛫ | N(P) | Æftera Liþa | OE | or: meadmonth (from mǣdmōnaþ)? |
aftermath | aftermaþ | ᛫ consequences ( usually of something bad ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
aftermidday | ᛫ afternoon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
afters | ᛫ dessert ᛫ sweets ᛫ the last course of a meal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
afterspeak | ᛫ to claim ( possession ) ᛫ | V | æftersprecan | OE | ||
afterspeech | afterspeec | ᛫ a claim ( of possession ) ᛫ | N | æfterspræc | OE | |
aftertime | ᛫ the future ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
afterword | afterƿord | ᛫ an epilogue ᛫ a postscript ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Afteryule | Aftergeƿl | ᛫ January ᛫ | N(P) | Æfterra Geola | OE | Anglisc Spelling based on variant spelling which avoids awkward "geool" |
againbite | ᛫ remorse ᛫ | N | ayenbite | ME | de-Norsed: ayenbite/agenbite | |
againbuy | againbye | ᛫ to ransom ᛫ | V | ayẹ̄nbīen | ME | calque: redimere ᛫ de-Norsed: ayenbuy/agenbye |
against | ᛫ versus ᛫ contrary to ᛫ in opposition to ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | ||
aghast | agast | ᛫ horrified ᛫ shocked ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
agin | ᛫ to commence ᛫ | V | aginnen[onginnan] | ME | in this word g = /g/ not /j/ | |
ago | ᛫ to proceed ᛫ to pass ( to go by ) ᛫ to pass away ᛫ to die ᛫ to elapse ᛫ to come to pass ᛫ to travel ᛫ to move ᛫ to depart ᛫ | V | agōn[āgān]&igōn[gegān] | ME&ME | PST: awent ᛫ PTCP: agone | |
agone | ᛫ past ᛫ | AJ | agōn[āgān] | ME | ||
agraith | agraiþ | ᛫ to make ready ᛫ prepare ᛫ to dress a wound ᛫ to adorn ᛫ to embellish ᛫ | V | agraithen | ME‹N | |
agraithing | agraiþing | ᛫ embellishment ᛫ ornament ᛫ | N | agraithing | ME‹N | |
ahap | ᛫ fitting ᛫ suitable ᛫ | AJ | gehæp | OE | ||
aheave | aheaf | ᛫ to heave up ᛫ to raise ᛫ to erect ᛫ to elevate ᛫ to exalt ᛫ | V | ahebben | ME | |
ahir | ᛫ to imitate ᛫ to emulate ᛫ to simulate ᛫ | V | onhyrian | OE | ||
ahirring | ᛫ imitation ᛫ emulation ᛫ simulation ᛫ | N | onhyringe | OE | ||
ail | ᛫ ailment ᛬ to make suffer ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to pain ᛬ troublesome ᛫ painful ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[egle][eglan] | NE | ||
ait | ᛫ a small island in a river ᛫ an eyot ᛫ an islet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
akin | ᛫ related ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
alack | ᛫ alas ! ᛫ | I | ~ | NE | ||
albeit | ᛫ though ᛫ | C | ~ | NE | ||
Albert Mere | ᛫ Lake Albert ᛫ | N(P) | Albert+mere | NE×2 | ||
alder | ᛫ a parent ᛫ an ancestor ᛫ an elder ᛫ a chief ᛫ a leader ᛫ a ruler ᛫ | N | alder | ME | ||
alderbishop | alderbiscop | ᛫ an archbishop ᛫ | N | ealdorbiscop | OE‹(E+H) | |
alderborough | alderboroug | ᛫ a metropolis ᛫ | N | ealdorburh | OE | |
alderdeemer | ᛫ a supreme court judge ᛫ | N | aldordēma | OE | ||
alderdom | ᛫ authority ᛫ eldership ᛫ magistracy ᛫ principality ᛫ | N | ealdordōm | OE | ||
alderman | ᛫ an elected member of a city council ᛫ a baillie ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
aleater | ᛫ an omnivore ᛫ | N | all+eater | NE×2 | inspired by: Allesfresser | |
alee | ᛫ on the lee side of a ship ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
aleese | alees | ᛫ to save ᛫ to deliver ᛫ to redeem ᛫ | V | alese | ME | [OED] |
aleesedness | ᛫ salvation ᛫ deliverance ᛫ redemption ᛫ | N | alẹ̄sednesse[ālīsedness] | ME | ||
alehouse | alehuse | ᛫ a bar ᛫ a tavern ᛫ a pub ( public house ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
aleknight | aleknigt | ᛫ a man who drinks alcohol ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
alewife | aleƿife | ᛫ a woman who keeps an alehouse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
alfather | alfaþer | ᛫ an epithet used for a head god ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
alight | aligt | ᛫ to descend ᛫ to exit ᛫ to dismount ᛫ to disembark ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
alighten | aligten | ᛫ enlighten ᛫ illuminate ᛫ | V | ālīhtan | OE | |
alike | ᛫ similar ᛬ similarly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
alkin | ᛫ of every kind ᛫ universal ᛫ | AJ | ~[eallcyn] | NE | ||
alknowing | alknoƿing | ᛫ omniscient ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
alknowingness | alknoƿingness | ᛫ omniscience ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
all | ᛫ omni- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
all | ᛫ entirely ᛫ totally ᛫ completely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
all told | ᛫ in total ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | ||
allay | alay | ᛫ to calm down ᛫ to lull ᛫ to pacify ᛫ to alleviate ᛫ to abate ᛫ to mitigate ᛫ to subside ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
allings | ᛫ entirely ᛫ sufficiently ᛫ | AV | allinges | ME | ||
allness | ᛫ totality ᛫ universality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
allot | alot | ᛫ to appoint ᛫ to assign ᛫ | V | ileoten/iloten[gehlēotan] | ME | |
allow | alloƿ | ᛫ aloe ᛫ | N | alewe/alwe | OE‹‹O | rhyme: hallow ᛫ "aloe" is French |
allow | alloƿ | ᛫ to defend ᛫ | V | ealgian | OE | rhyme: hallow? |
ally | ᛫ of all ᛫ universal ᛫ catholic ᛫ | AJ | eallic | OE | ||
Almannish | Almannisc | ᛫ Alemannic speech ᛬ Alemannic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | all+man+ish | NE×3 | calque: Alemannisch |
almight | almigt | ᛫ omnipotence ᛫ | N | almighty | NE | |
almighty | almigty | ᛫ omnipotent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
almsful | ᛫ charitable ᛫ | AJ | ælmesfull | OE | ||
almsman | ᛫ a taker of alms ᛫ a beggar ᛫ a giver of alms ( an almoner ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹‹OE‹(I‹H+E) | ||
aloft | ᛫ at to or in the air ᛫ above ᛫ up ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
aloneness | ᛫ solitude ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
along of | ᛫ because of ᛫ | P | ~[gelang]{ilong on} | NE | ||
aloom | ᛫ frequently ᛫ | AV | ilōme[gelōme] | ME | ||
alow | aloƿ | ᛫ low down ᛬ below ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | rhyme: a toe |
alse | als | ᛫ totally ᛫ entirely ᛫ | AV | alles | ME | analogy: elles to else ᛫ rhyme: false |
alseeing | ᛫ omnipercipient ᛫ | AJ | allseeing | NE | ||
alsuch | alsuc | ᛫ exactly ᛫ just ᛫ exactly as ᛫ just as ᛫ | AV | alswich | ME | |
altew | alteƿ | ᛫ sound ᛫ healthy ᛫ | AJ | æltæw/ealteaw | OE | |
altheedish | alþeedisc | ᛫ international ᛫ | AJ | all+theedish | NE×2 | based on: alþjóðlegur |
alther | alþer | ᛫ ( modifies an adjective's superlative form in a way similar to the " very " in " very best " ) ᛫ | PREFIX | alther | ME | or: alder, aller |
altogether | altogeþer | ᛫ completely ᛫ totally ᛫ in total ᛫ in general ᛫ for the most part ᛫ overall ᛫ | AV | altogether | NE | |
alway | alƿay | ᛫ perpetually ᛫ continually ᛫ | AV | ~[ealneg] | OE | or: always |
alwhere | alhƿere | ᛫ everywhere ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [MW] |
amain | ᛫ with all one's might ᛫ with full speed ᛫ in great haste ᛫ to a high degree ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
amaze | amase | ᛫ to astonish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
amazedness | amasedness | ᛫ amazement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
amber | ᛫ a bucket ᛫ | N | ambre[amphora?] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
amid | ᛫ during ᛬ in the middle of ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | ||
amind | ᛫ memory ᛫ a memory ᛫ a recollection ᛫ | N | imīnde[gemynd] | ME | ||
amiss | ᛫ faulty ᛫ out of order ᛫ wrong ᛬ wrongly ᛫ astray ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
anclee | ᛫ an ankle ᛫ | N | ~ | ME | de-Norsed form of "ankle" | |
and | ᛫ an ampersand ( & or ⁊ ) ᛫ | N | and | ME | or: andstaff | |
and | ᛫ ( denotes return action ) ᛫ | PREFIX | and/an | ME | the D gets dropped when convenient | |
and so forth | forþ | ᛫ et cetera ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | abbreviation: asf |
andestone | ᛫ andesite ᛫ | N | Andes+stone | NE‹I+NE | calque: andesite | |
andet | ᛫ to confess ᛫ | V | andettan | OE | ||
andetter | ᛫ a confessor ᛫ | N | andettere | OE | ||
andeven | andefen | ᛫ a quality ᛫ a quantity ᛫ an extent ᛫ a capacity ᛫ an amount ᛫ a proportion ᛫ | N | andefn | OE | |
anent | ᛫ about ᛫ concerning ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
anew | aneƿ | ᛫ to restore to an original state ᛫ | V | ineuen | ME | |
ang | ᛫ vexation ᛫ trouble ᛬ vexed ᛫ troubled ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ā̆nge[ange] | ME | ||
ang | ᛫ ( denotes tightness and vexation ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ang | OE | ||
angbreast | ᛫ a tight vexation of the breast ᛫ asthma ᛫ | N | angbreost | OE | ||
angmood | ᛫ anxiety ᛫ a vexed mood ᛫ | N | angmod | OE | ||
angness | ᛫ anxiety ᛫ distress ᛫ | N | angnes | OE | ||
angsome | andsum | ᛫ troublesome ᛫ | AJ | angsum | OE | |
anker | ᛫ an anchorite ᛫ an anchoret ᛫ | N | āncor | OE‹I‹H | ||
ankerman | ᛫ an anchorman ᛫ | N | āncor+man | OE‹I+NE | ||
anklebone | ankelbone | ᛫ a tarsal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | or: ancleebone |
anlet | ᛫ a face ᛫ an appearance ᛫ | N | anlē̆t[andwlita/andwlite] | ME | ||
anletbone | ᛫ a facial bone ᛫ | N | anlet+bone | ME+NE | ||
anlikeness | ᛫ an image ᛫ a figure ᛫ resemblance ᛫ a model ᛫ | N | anlīcnes | OE | ||
anneal | aneal | ᛫ to ignite ᛫ to inflame ᛫ to incite ᛫ to temper through heating ᛫ | V | anneal&onǣlan | NE&OE | |
anon | ᛫ instantly ᛫ immediately ᛫ | AV | ~[anōn][on ān] | NE | rhyme: a swan | |
anothergates | anoþergates | ᛫ a different kind of ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | "gate" here means "way" |
anqueath | ancƿeaþ | ᛫ a response ᛫ an answer ᛫ a reply ᛬ to respond ᛫ to answer ᛫ to reply ᛫ | N᛬V | oncweþan | OE | |
ansaker | ᛫ a denier ᛫ a renouncer ᛫ an apostate ᛫ an opposer ᛫ | N | andsaca | OE | ||
ansen | ᛫ a face ᛫ a countenance ᛫ an aspect ᛫ a form ᛫ a figure ᛫ an appearance ᛫ | N | ansẹ̄ne[ansȳn] | ME | ||
ansenstone | ᛫ a fossil ᛫ | N | ansẹ̄ne+stone | ME+NE | calque: steingervingur | |
anshot | anscot | ᛫ a tax rebate ᛫ a tax return ᛫ | N | and+scot | OE+OE | equal to: return tax |
antimber | ᛫ matter ( mass noun ) ᛫ material ( mass noun ) ᛫ substance ( mass noun ) ᛫ a theme ? ᛫ a topic ? ᛫ a subject ? ᛫ | N | antimber&andtimber | ME&OE | ||
anvil | anfil | ᛫ an incus ( bone ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
anward | anƿard | ᛫ present ᛫ current ᛫ contemporary ᛫ in one's presence ᛫ | AJ | andweard | OE | |
anward tide | anƿard | ᛫ the present tense ᛬ of the present tense ᛫ | N᛬AJ | andwerd tīd | OE | |
anwarden | anƿarden | ᛫ to make present ᛫ to update ᛫ to modernize ᛫ | V | andward+en | OE+NE | |
anwardening | anƿardening | ᛫ an update ᛫ modernization ᛫ | N | andward+en+ing | OE+NE×2 | |
anword | anƿord | ᛫ an answer ᛬ to answer ᛫ | V | andwurden&andwyrde | ME&OE | |
anwork | anƿork | ᛫ matter ᛫ material ᛫ substance ᛫ | N | andwork | ME | |
anyet | anget | ᛫ perception ᛫ sensation ᛫ understanding ᛫ a sense ( such as sight ) ᛫ an explanation ᛫ sense ( like in makes sense ) ᛫ | N | andȝet&andgit | ME&OE | or: anget (Norse) |
anyetful | andgetful | ᛫ sensible ᛫ intelligible ᛫ | AJ | andgitfull | OE | |
anyetfully | angetfully | ᛫ sensibly ᛫ intelligibly ᛫ | AV | andgitfullīce | OE | |
anyetless | angetless | ᛫ senseless ( as in lacking sensation ) ᛫ senseless ( as in irrational , nonsensical , or foolish ) ᛫ | AJ | andgitlēas | OE | |
anyettle | angettel | ᛫ intelligent ᛫ sensible ᛫ discerning ᛫ | AJ | andgitol/andgyttol | OE | |
anyetty | angetty | ᛫ sensational ( as in sensory ) ᛫ sensible ᛫ | AJ | andȝet+y{andgitlic} | ME+NE | |
anywise | anyƿise | ᛫ in any way or manner ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
ape | ᛫ an ape ᛫ a monkey ᛬ to imitate ᛫ | N᛬V | ape&āpe[apa] | NE&ME | ape had a wider meaning in Middle English | |
apebear | ᛫ a koala ᛫ | N | ape+bear | ANE+NE | calque: monkey-bear | |
apebreadtree | ᛫ a baobab ᛫ | N | ape+bread+tree | NE×3 | calque: monkeybread tree ᛫ note: apenbroodboom | |
apefox | ᛫ a Didelphimorphia animal ( a possum , an opossum ) ᛫ | N | ape-foxe | ANE | [OED] ᛫ poorly attested | |
apely | ᛫ simian ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
aper | ᛫ a copycat ᛫ an imitator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
applewine | appelƿine | ᛫ apple cider ᛫ | N | æppelwīn | OE | |
aquine | acƿine | ᛫ to dwindle away ? ᛫ | V | acwīnan | OE | |
Araby | ᛫ Arabia ᛫ | N(P) | Arabī[Arabia] | ME‹OE‹O | ||
arade | ᛫ instructed ᛫ skilled ᛫ expert ᛫ educated ᛫ | AJ | irade[gerād] | ME | ||
aread | ᛫ to guess ᛫ to conjecture ᛫ to form or render an opinion ᛫ to estimate ᛫ to interpret ᛫ | V | aread&arēden[ārǣdan] | NE&ME | [MW] | |
areading | ᛫ an ordinance ᛫ a decree ᛫ | N | gerǣdnes | OE | ||
argh | arg | ᛫ timid ᛫ cowardly ᛫ pusillanimous ᛫ | AJ | argh/arow[earg] | ME | [OED] ᛫ rhyme: scarf ᛫ or: arf; arch (Scots) |
arghness | argness | ᛫ cowardice ᛫ | N | arghnes | ME | or: arfness |
arise | ᛫ to emerge ᛫ to become apparent ᛫ to come into being ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
arisen | ᛫ proper ᛫ fitting ᛫ seemly ᛫ | AJ | gerisene | OE | ||
arist | ᛫ an arising ᛫ the rising of the sun ᛫ | N | arist | ME | ||
arkenstone | ᛫ a precious stone ᛫ a jewel ᛫ | N | eorcanstān | OE | kin: Eorconbeorht | |
arm | ᛫ poor ᛫ unwealthy ᛫ pitiful ᛫ indigent ᛫ | AJ | arm[earm] | ME | ||
armbigh | armbige | ᛫ a bracelet for wearing on an arm ᛫ an armlet ᛫ | N | earmbēah | OE | |
armbone | ᛫ a humerus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
armchary | armcary | ᛫ sad ᛫ miserable ᛫ | AJ | earmcearig | OE | |
Armeny | ᛫ Armenia ᛫ | N(P) | armenīe/armany/armonye | ME | or: Hayastan ᛫ should rhyme with "harmony"? | |
arming | ᛫ a poor creature ᛫ a wretch ᛫ | N | erming | ME | ||
armth | armþ | ᛫ poverty ᛫ | N | ermthe/armþe | ME | |
arown | arune | ᛫ a mystery ᛫ a sacrament ᛫ mysterium ᛫ | N | gerȳne | OE | |
arrowblaster | arroƿblaster | ᛫ an arbalest ( an arbalist , an arbelest ) | N | arowblaster{arbalest} | ME | eggcorn term ᛫ or: arrowblast |
arrowmaker | arroƿmaker | ᛫ a fletcher ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
arse | ᛫ a derrière ᛫ a posterior ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: ass | |
arsefoot | ᛫ a Podicipedidae bird ( a grebe ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
arseling | ᛫ backwards ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
arsetril | ᛫ an anus ᛫ | N | earsþerl | OE | ||
arveth | arfeþ | ᛫ tribulation ᛫ affliction ᛫ trouble ᛫ labour ᛫ labour ( of pregnancy ) ᛫ toil ᛬ difficult ᛫ | N᛬AJ | arveþ&earfoþe | ME&OE | |
arveth | arfeþ | ᛫ ( denotes difficulty and toil ) ᛫ | PREFIX | earfoþ | OE | |
arvethhield | arfeþheeld | ᛫ ill-inclined ᛫ ill-natured ᛫ | AJ | earfoþhylde | OE | |
arvethly | arfeþly | ᛫ with difficulty ᛫ | AJ | arveþlīch | ME | |
arvethness | arfeþness | ᛫ toil ᛫ hardship ᛫ | N | earfoþnes | OE | |
arvethright | arfeþrigt | ᛫ hard to correct ᛫ | AJ | earfoþrihte | OE | |
arvethrow | arfeþþroƿ | ᛫ a difficult time ᛫ a time of tribulation ᛫ | N | earfoþþrāg | OE | |
arvethsithe | arfeþsiþe | ᛫ a laborious journey ᛫ misfortune ᛫ calamity ᛫ | N | earfoþsīþ | OE | |
arvethteachy | arfeþteacy | ᛫ difficult to show ᛫ difficult to prove ᛫ | AJ | earfoþtǣcne | OE | |
as an aside | ᛫ in passing ᛫ en passant ᛫ | PHRASE | ~ | NE×3 | ||
asake | ᛫ to refuse to acknowledge a charge ᛫ to deny ᛫ | V | onsacan | OE | PST: asook ᛫ PTCP: asaken | |
aseen | ᛫ evident ᛫ visible ᛫ apparent ᛫ | AJ | isẹ̄n | ME | ||
aset | ᛫ to appoint ᛫ | V | aset | ME | ||
Asey | ᛫ Asia ᛫ | N(P) | Assye [Asia] | ME‹O | rhyme: crazy | |
ash | asc | ᛫ ash ᛬ to turn to ash ᛫ to incinerate ᛫ to cremate ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | |
ashen | ascen | ᛫ made from the ash tree ᛫ of or resembling ashes ᛫ pale ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
asher | ascer | ᛫ an incinerator ᛫ a cremator ᛫ a crematory furnace ᛫ a cremation chamber ᛫ | N | ash+er | NE+NE | |
ashes | asces | ᛫ cremains ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
ashgrey | ascgrey | ᛫ cinereous ᛫ | AJ | ash+grey | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
ashhouse | aschuse | ᛫ a crematorium ᛫ a crematory ᛫ | N | ash+house | NE+NE | or: ashinghouse? |
ashing | ascing | ᛫ incineration ᛫ cremation ᛫ | N | ash+ing | NE+NE | |
ashpan | ascpan | ᛫ an ashtray ᛫ | N | ash-pan | NE | [OED] |
aside | ᛫ a digression ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
asit | ᛫ to oppress ᛫ to occupy ᛫ | V | asitten&onsittan | ME&OE | PST: asat | |
asithe | asiþe | ᛫ a comrade ᛫ | N | gesīþ | OE | |
ask | ᛫ a lizard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ask | ᛫ a question ᛫ an inquiry ᛫ a request ᛬ to request ᛫ to inquire ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
askeel | ᛫ a Halosauridae fish ( a halosaur ) ᛫ | N | ask+eel | NE×2 | calque: Echsenaale | |
asker | ᛫ a plaintiff ᛫ a prosecutor ᛫ a claimant ᛫ | N | askere | ME | [OED] | |
asking | ᛫ questioning ᛫ inquiry ᛫ querying ᛫ petitioning ᛫ requesting ᛫ petition ᛫ | N | asking&asking | NE&ME | ||
askingly | ᛫ interrogative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | āsciendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
aslake | ᛫ to abate ᛫ to diminish ᛫ to moderate ᛫ to mitigate ᛫ to appease ᛫ to satisfy ᛫ | V | ~[āslacian] | NE | ||
asoothe | asooþe | ᛫ to prove ᛫ to confirm ᛫ to verify ᛫ | V | isōþien[gesōþian] | OE | |
aspen | ᛫ a Populus tree [ᚹ] ᛫ a poplar ᛫ a cottonwood ᛫ an aspen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Assyrish | Assyrisc | ᛫ Assyrian ᛫ | AJ(P) | assyrisc | OE | |
Assyry | ᛫ Assyria ᛫ | N(P) | assyria | OE | ||
astir | ᛫ to activate ᛫ to put in motion ᛬ active ᛫ in motion ᛫ | AJ | astir&astiren | NE&ME | ||
astride | ᛫ with legs on each side ᛬ with legs on each side of ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | ||
asunder | ᛫ apart ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
asunderhood | ᛫ segregation ᛫ apartheid ᛫ | N | asunder+hood | NE×2 | calque: apartheid | |
asweeve | asƿeef | ᛫ to calm down ᛫ to lull ᛫ to pacify ᛫ to appease ᛫ to put to rest ᛫ to soothe ᛫ | V | aswēve&aswebban | ME&OE | |
at a braid | ᛫ in a moment ᛫ momentarily ᛫ | AV | at a breid | ME | phrase | |
at once | ones | ᛫ simultaneously ᛫ contemporaniously ᛫ equally ᛫ immediately ᛫ instantly ᛫ summarily ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
at unset steven | stefen | ᛫ unexpectedly ᛬ by chance ᛫ | AV | at unset steven | ME | rhyme: seven |
atbraidingly | ᛫ ablative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | ætbregdendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
atburst | ᛫ to break away ᛫ to escape ᛫ | V | atbresten[ætberstan] | ME | brest became burst | |
atease | ᛫ to tear ᛫ to tease ( as in to pull apart ) ᛫ | V | ātǣsan | OE | kin: tease | |
atell | ᛫ number ( grammatical term ) ᛫ a register ᛫ a catalogue ᛫ a catalog ᛬ to register ᛫ to catalog ᛫ to catalogue ᛫ | N | ȝetel&getæl/getel | ME&OE | ||
atew | ateƿ | ᛫ to appear ᛫ to display ᛫ to manifest ᛫ | V | atẹ̄wien{ēowan} | ME | kin: eye |
atfang | ᛫ to claim lost or stolen property ᛫ | V | ætfōn{fang} | OE | ||
atgo | ᛫ to go away ᛫ to pass away ᛫ | V | atgon | ME | ||
Athabasca Mere | ᛫ Lake Athabasca ᛫ | N(P) | Athabasca+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
athel | aþel | ᛫ a noble ᛬ noble ᛫ | N᛬AJ | aþel | ME | |
athelborn | aþelborn | ᛫ nobleborn ᛫ highborn ᛫ patrician ᛫ | AJ | aþelborn | ME | |
athelen | aþelen | ᛫ to ennoble ᛫ | V | æþelian+en | OE+NE | |
atheling | aþeling | ᛫ a noble ᛫ a prince ᛫ | N | atheling[æþeling] | ME | |
athelingen | aþelingen | ᛫ a princess ᛫ | N | æþeling+en | OE+NE | a more historically sound term for "princess" is simply "lady" |
athelkind | aþelkind | ᛫ of noble kind or origin ᛫ | AJ | æþelcund | OE | |
athelly | aþelly | ᛫ nobly ᛫ elegantly ᛫ | AV | æþellīce | OE | |
athelman | aþelman | ᛫ a nobleman ᛫ | N | athelman | ME | |
athelness | aþelness | ᛫ nobility ᛫ | N | æþelnes | OE | |
athelwhite | aþelhƿite | ᛫ a Leontopodium alpinum plant ᛫ edelweiss ᛫ | N | aþel+white | ME+NE | calque: Edelweiß |
athelwield | aþelƿeeld | ᛫ aristocracy ( the political system ) ᛫ | N | athel+wield | NE | |
atithe | atiþe | ᛫ to grant ᛫ to allow ᛫ | V | itīthien[getigþian] | ME | |
atlast | ᛫ finally ᛫ ultimately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
atle | atel | ᛫ terrible ᛫ horrible ᛫ dire ᛫ repulsive ᛫ ugly ᛫ hideous ᛫ | AJ | ātel[atol] | ME | |
atley | ately | ᛫ hideous ᛫ ugly ᛫ | AJ | atelīch[atollīc] | ME | |
atone | ᛫ to make amends ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | equal to: at one | |
atsake | ᛫ to deny ᛫ to abjure ᛫ to renounce ᛫ to repudiate ᛫ to disavow ᛫ to disown ᛫ | V | atsāken[ætsacan] | ME | [OED] ᛫ PST: atsook ᛫ PTCP: atsaken | |
atsammen | ᛫ together ᛫ | AV | atsomne[ætsomne] | ME | ||
atsit | ᛫ to resist ᛫ to oppose ᛫ | V | atsitten | ME | ||
atstall | ᛫ a station ᛫ a camp ᛫ | N | ætsteall | OE | ||
atter | ᛫ poison ᛫ venom ᛫ pus ᛬ to poison ᛫ to envenom ᛫ | N | atter&ǣtrian | NE&OE | ||
attercop | ᛫ a spider ᛫ | N | [āttercoppe/āttorcoppe] | NE | kin: cobweb | |
attercraft | ᛫ the art of poisoning ᛫ wicked sorcery ᛫ | N | ātorcræft | OE | ||
atterdeer | ᛫ a poisonous animal a venomous animal ᛫ | N | atter+deer | NE×2 | ||
atterling | ᛫ a malicious person ᛫ | N | atterling | ME | ||
atterloath | atterloaþ | ᛫ an antidote ᛫ | N | atterlothe | ME | |
attern | ᛫ poisonous ᛫ venomous ᛫ cruel ᛫ ill-natured ᛫ | AJ | attern | ME | ||
attery | ᛫ venomous ᛫ poisonous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Attle | Attel | ᛫ Lazio ? ᛫ Italy ? ᛫ | N(P) | Eatol | OE | kin: Italy |
Attler | Atteler | ᛫ a Latin ? ᛫ an Italian ? ᛫ | N(P) | Eatolware | OE | |
atwain | atƿain | ᛫ in two parts ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
atween | atƿeen | ᛫ between ᛫ | P | atwēn | ME | |
atwind | atƿind | ᛫ to escape ᛫ | V | ~[atwīnden] | NE | PST: atwound ᛫ PTCP: atwound |
atwist | atƿist | ᛫ substance ᛫ | N | ætwist | OE | |
atwite | atƿite | ᛫ to attribute to ᛫ to charge ᛫ to blame ᛫ | V | atwīten | ME | |
aught | augt | ᛫ property ᛫ possession ᛫ | N | aughte[ǣht] | ME | |
aught | augt | ᛫ anything ᛫ | N | ~[āht] | NE | |
aught | augt | ᛫ deliberation ᛫ evaluation ᛫ meditation ᛬ to deliberate ᛫ to evaluate ᛫ to meditate on ᛫ | N᛬V | æht&eahtian | OE&OE | |
Australia | ᛫ Australia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: New Holland | |
avel | afel | ᛫ power ᛫ strength ᛫ | N | āvel[afol] | ME | rhyme: navel ᛫ kin: afl (ON) |
aver | afer | ᛫ vehement ᛫ | AJ | afor | OE | rhyme: waver? ᛫ kin: æfur (Icelandic)? |
awe | aƿe | ᛫ admiration tinged with fear ᛬ to inspire awe ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
awesome | aƿesum | ᛫ incredible ᛫ awe-inspiring ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
awful | aƿful | ᛫ horrible ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
awin | aƿin | ᛫ strife ᛫ struggle ᛫ war ᛫ conflict ᛫ | N | iwin[gewin] | ME | |
awk | aƿk | ᛫ perverse ᛫ sinister ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | |
awn | aƿn | ᛫ one of the slender bristles that terminate the glumes of the spikelet in some cereal and other grasses ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
awork | aƿork | ᛫ a fortress ᛫ a fort ᛫ a castle ᛫ | N | geweorc | OE | |
awortwale | aƿurtƿale | ᛫ to uproot ᛫ to eradicate ᛫ to exterminate ᛫ to extirpate ᛫ | V | āwyrtwalian | OE | |
awrack | aƿrack | ᛫ wrecked ᛫ in ruins ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [CED] |
awry | aƿry | ᛫ contorted ᛫ twisted ᛫ bent ᛫ out of place ᛫ deviant ᛫ perverse ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
axe | ᛫ an axe ᛫ a hatchet ᛬ to strike with an axe ᛫ to cancel ᛫ to cut down ᛫ to remove something ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: ax | |
axle | axel | ᛫ an axis ᛫ a shoulder ᛫ | N | axle&axel[eaxl] | NE&ME | |
axlespan | axelspan | ᛫ a crossbar ᛫ a crosspiece ᛫ | N | eaxlegespann | OE | |
ay | ᛫ eternal ᛬ always ᛫ ever ᛫ continually ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | rhyme: day | |
ayen | agen | ᛫ re- ( in instances which denote a return to a person , place , state , or condition ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ayẹ̄n | ME | example: recall = ayencall |
ayen | agen | ᛫ again ᛫ against ᛫ in opposition to ᛫ in return ᛫ in exchange ᛬ in front of ᛫ against ᛫ in opposition to ᛫ as protection against ᛫ | AV᛬P | ayẹ̄n[ongēn] | ME | |
ayenst | agenst | ᛫ back again ᛬ against ᛬ facing ( an event ) ᛫ anticipating ᛫ expecting ᛫ in contrast with ᛫ | AV᛬P᛬C | ayẹ̄nes/ayẹ̄nest | ME | "unetymological -t mid-14c. standard by early 16c." - Etymonline |
ayet | aget | ᛫ to perceive ᛫ | V | ayiten[āgitan/ongitan] | ME | |
Babilon | ᛫ Babylon ᛫ | N(P) | Babilōn | OE | ||
Babilony | ᛫ Babylonia ᛫ | N(P) | Babilony | ME | ||
babish | babisc | ᛫ infantile ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
babyhood | ᛫ infancy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Babylonish | Babylonisc | ᛫ Babylonian ᛫ | AJ(P) | babilōnisc | OE | |
Babylony | ᛫ Babylonia ᛫ | N | babylonie | OE | ||
back | ᛫ to support ᛫ to sponsor ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
backbite | ᛫ to talk maliciously about someone who is not present ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
backbone | ᛫ the ridgebone ᛫ the spine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
backen | ᛫ to delay ᛫ to retard ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
backer | ᛫ a supporter ᛫ a sponsor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
backfriend | backfreend | ᛫ a friend who is secretly an enemy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
backhanded | ᛫ insincere ᛫ sarcastic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
backleech | backleec | ᛫ a physiatrist ᛫ | N | back+leech | NE×2 | |
backridgebone | backricgbone | ᛫ a thoracic vertebra ᛫ | N | back+ridgebone | NE×2 | |
backslide | ᛫ to regress ᛫ to lapse morally or in the practice of religion ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
backstab | ᛫ to attack someone unfairly in a deceitful and treacherous way ᛫ to betray ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
backstabber | ᛫ a traitor ᛫ a betrayer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
backward | backƿard | ᛫ retrograde ᛫ socially unsophisticated ᛫ socially barbaric ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
backwater | backƿater | ᛫ a remote place ᛫ water held back by an obstruction ᛬ to vacillate on a long-held position ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
backwoods | backƿoods | ᛫ a woody countryside ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
badblood | ᛫ feelings of ill will ᛫ a serious feud ᛫ an inherited immoral nature ᛫ a long-standing grudge ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
baddle | baddel | ᛫ a hermaphrodite ᛫ an intersex person ᛫ | N | bæddel | OE | |
badmouth | badmuþe | ᛫ to disparage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
badow | badoƿ | ᛫ battle ᛫ | N | beado/beadu/beadwe | OE | or: bade (like shadow and shade) |
bag | ᛫ a sack ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N? | ||
Baikal Mere | ᛫ Lake Baikal ᛫ | N(P) | Baikal+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
bake | ᛫ a baked good ᛫ a pie ᛫ pastry ᛫ | N | bāke | ME | same sense as Icelandic "baka" | |
baked good | ᛫ a piece of baked food ᛫ a pastry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bakehouse | bakehuse | ᛫ a bakery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Baker Mere | ᛫ Baker Lake ᛫ | N(P) | baker+mere | NE×2 | ||
bakern | ᛫ a bakery ᛫ | N | bakern | ME | ||
Balaton Mere | ᛫ Balaton Lake ᛫ | N(P) | Balaton+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
bale | ᛫ great evil ᛫ great woe ᛫ great sorrow ᛫ | N | ~[bealo] | NE | ||
balecraft | ᛫ the craft of evil magic ᛫ | N | bealocræft | OE | ||
baleful | ᛫ pernicious ᛫ forebodingly evil ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
balk | ᛫ a ridge ᛫ a mound ᛫ an archery butt ᛫ a ridge left between furrows accidently ᛫ a blunder ᛫ | N | balk[balca] | ME | ||
balk | ᛫ a hindrance ᛫ a check ᛫ a failure ᛬ to pass over ᛫ omit ᛫ to suddenly refuse ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
Balkash Mere | Balkasc | ᛫ Lake Balkhash ᛫ | N(P) | Balkhash+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
ballock | ᛫ a testicle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: bollock | |
ballocks | ᛫ testicles ᛫ nonsense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: bollocks | |
Balt | ᛫ a speaker of a Baltic language ᛫ a Lithuanian ᛫ a Latvian ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹O | ||
Baltland | ᛫ the Baltic states ᛫ the Baltic land region ᛫ | N(P) | Balt+land | NE‹O+NE | ||
ban | ᛫ a proclamation ᛫ an edict ᛫ a decree ᛫ an ordinance ᛬ to summon ᛫ to assemble people [ᛏ] ᛫ to muster [ᛏ] ᛫ to rally [ᛏ] ᛫ | N᛬V | ban&bannen | ME&ME | prohibit/prohibition meaning from French and/or Norse | |
bandog | ᛫ a mastiff ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | band-dog | |
bane | ᛫ death ᛫ destruction ᛫ poison ᛫ a cause of misery ᛫ a murderer ᛫ a killer ᛫ a slayer ᛫ | N | ~[bana] | NE | ||
baneful | ᛫ harmful ᛫ destructive ᛫ deadly ᛫ malignant ᛫ poisonous ᛫ venomous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
banewort | baneƿurt | ᛫ an Atropa belladonna plant ( deadly nightshade ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bangle | bangel | ᛫ to fritter away ᛫ to squander ᛫ to waste ᛫ | V | ~ | ANE | often used with "away" like "bangle away" |
bank | ᛫ an edge of a river lake or watercourse ᛫ an embankment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bare | ᛫ unclothed ᛫ devoid of ᛫ basic and simple ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
barley moon | ᛫ a full moon in August ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
barm | ᛫ a bosom ᛫ a lap ᛫ one's possession ᛫ | N | barm | ME | ||
barm | ᛫ beer froth ᛫ yeast ᛫ leaven ᛫ beer head ( the froth from pouring beer ) ᛫ | N | barm&berm[beorma] | NE&ME | ||
barmcloth | barmcloþ | ᛫ an apron ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
barn | ᛫ a child ᛫ a kid ᛫ | N | barn[bearn] | ME | found in Scots as "bairn" | |
barneken | ᛫ pregnant ᛫ | AJ | bearnēacen | OE | ||
barnteam | ᛫ offspring ᛫ lineage ᛫ | N | barntem | ME | ||
barrow | barroƿ | ᛫ a mountain ᛫ a hill ᛫ a mound ᛫ | N | ~[beorg] | NE | |
barrowlee | barroƿlee | ᛫ a Puma concolor animal ᛫ a cougar ᛫ a puma ᛫ a mountain lion ᛫ a catamount ᛫ a panther ᛫ | N | barrow+lēo | NE+OE‹I | calque: mountain lion |
barrowmouse | barroƿmuse | ᛫ a marmot ᛫ | N | barrow+mouse | NE×2 | calque: mountain-mouse |
barrowroose | barroƿroos | ᛫ a rhododendron ᛫ | N | barrow+roose | NE+ENE | calque: mountain rose |
barton | ᛫ a farmyard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | equal to: barley town? | |
base | ᛫ crimson ᛫ scarlet ᛫ a monarchist ᛬ of crimson hue ᛫ of scarlet hue ᛫ | N᛬AJ | basu/baso | OE | rhyme: gaze | |
basestone | ᛫ topaz ᛫ | N | baswa stān | OE | rhyme: gaze tone ᛫ or: bazestone | |
Baskon | ᛫ a Basque person ᛫ | N(P) | Baskọ̄n | ME‹I | Basque is a reborrowing? | |
Baskonland | ᛫ Basque Country ᛫ | N(P) | Baskọ̄n+land | ME+NE | calque: Baskenland | |
bass | ᛫ a perch fish ᛫ | N | ~[bas][bærs] | NE | ||
bast | ᛫ phloem ᛫ bast fiber ᛫ fiber ᛫ fibre ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bat | ᛫ a mace ᛫ a club ᛫ a cudgel ᛫ a bludgeon ᛫ | N | bat&bat[batt] | NE&ME | ||
batch | bac | ᛫ a group of like things ( esp baked goods ) ᛬ to group like things ᛫ to sort ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | kin: bake |
batch | bac | ᛫ a stream ? ᛫ a brook ? ᛫ a valley ? ᛫ | N | bach | ME | |
bate | ᛫ to get better ᛫ to recover ᛫ | V | batian | OE | ||
baxter | ᛫ a baker ᛫ | N | baxter[bæcestre] | ME | ||
Bayer | Bager | ᛫ a Bavarian ᛫ | N(P) | Bægerum | OE | |
Bayerland | Bagerland | ᛫ Bavaria ᛫ | N(P) | Bægerum+land | OE+NE | |
be | ᛫ to exist ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beacon | ᛫ a signal ᛫ an indication ᛬ to signal ᛫ to indicate ᛫ | N᛬V | beacon&bēacnian | NE&OE | ||
beaconer | ᛫ a signaller ᛫ an indicator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bead | ᛫ a prayer ᛫ a request ᛫ | N | ~[gebed] | NE | ||
beadframe | ᛫ an abacus ᛫ | N | bead-frame | NE | ||
beadful | ᛫ prayerful ᛫ | AJ | beodeful | ME | [OED] | |
beadle | beadel | ᛫ prayerful ᛫ suppliant ᛫ | AJ | bēdul | OE | |
beam | ᛫ a long straight piece of timber ᛫ a tree ᛫ a ray ( of light etc ) ᛫ | N | beam&bēm&bēam | NE&ME&OE | ||
beamish | beamisc | ᛫ beaming with happy optimism ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
bean curd | ᛫ tofu ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bear | ᛫ to carry ᛫ to endure ᛫ to give birth to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: bore ᛫ PTCP: borne | |
bearcat | ᛫ a binturong ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bearen | ᛫ a she-bear ᛫ | N | biren | OE | ||
bearer | ᛫ a carrier ᛫ a bearer ᛫ a porter ᛫ | N | berend | OE | ||
bearing | ᛫ relevance ᛫ posture ᛫ demeanour ᛫ | N | ~{gebǣru} | NE | ||
bearings | ᛫ a direction or a relative position ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bearly | ᛫ ursine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bearwort | bearƿurt | ᛫ a Meum athamanticum plant ( spignel , meum , baldmoney ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
beat | ᛫ rhythm ᛫ a unit of rhythm ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
beat | ᛫ to curb ᛫ to rein in ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to keep in check ᛫ | V | bǣtan | OE | ||
beath | beaþ | ᛫ to foment ᛫ to heat ( esp unseasoned wood in order to straighten it ) ᛫ | V | ~[bēthen][beþian] | ANE | [CED] |
beaver moon | beafer | ᛫ a full moon in November ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
bebathe | bebaþe | ᛫ to suffuse ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bebid | ᛫ to command ᛫ | V | bebēodan | OE | ||
becall | ᛫ to accuse ᛫ | V | becall&bicallen | NE&ME | ||
beck | ᛫ a commanding or summoning motion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
beck | ᛫ a brook ᛫ a small stream ᛫ a rivulet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | ||
beckon | ᛫ to invite ᛫ to invite over ᛫ to summon ᛫ to gesture someone for their presence ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beckoningly | ᛫ indicative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | gebīcnigendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
beclepe | ᛫ to accuse ᛫ to charge against ᛫ to plead or appeal in court ᛫ to apply a term to ᛫ | V | beclepen | ME | PST: beclept | |
beclip | ᛫ to surround ᛫ to encircle ᛫ to embrace ᛫ to clasp ᛫ to enclose ᛫ to contain ᛫ to envelope ᛫ | V | biclippen | ME | ||
becloud | beclude | ᛫ to make obscure or muddled ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
becoming | ᛫ looking good on someone ᛫ decorous ᛫ appropriate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bedder | ᛫ a bed fellow ᛫ | N | gebedda | OE | ||
bedeal | ᛫ to remove from ᛫ to release from ᛫ to deprive of ᛫ | V | bedǣlan | OE | ||
bedelve | bedelf | ᛫ to inter ᛫ | V | bidelven | ME | |
bedesman | ᛫ one who prays for another ᛫ a petitioner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bedfellow | bedfelloƿ | ᛫ a consort ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
bedight | bedigt | ᛫ to equip ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bedip | ᛫ to submerge ᛫ | V | bedipan | OE | ||
bedizen | bedisen | ᛫ to dress ( often in a vulgar or gaudy way ) [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | rhyme: risen; horizon |
bedoven | bedofen | ᛫ drenched ᛫ submerged ᛫ | AJ | ~[bedōven][bedofen] | NE | |
bedrock | ᛫ a substratum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bedsit | ᛫ a one-room apartment serving as both bedroom and living room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: bedsitter | |
bedwell | bedƿell | ᛫ to dwell in ᛫ to inhabit ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
bee | ᛫ a bracelet ᛫ a torque ᛫ an arm ring ᛫ an armlet ᛫ a finger ring ᛫ a collar ᛫ a necklace ᛫ a nose ring ᛫ | N | bee&bei[beah] | NE&ME | ||
beebread | ᛫ pollen ᛫ ambrosia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
beechurl | beecerl | ᛫ a beekeeper of the churl class ᛫ | N | bēoceorl | OE | |
beechwheat | beechƿeat | ᛫ buckwheat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ "buckwheat" is probably from Dutch. |
beed | ᛫ a table ᛫ | N | bēode[bēod] | ME | ||
beedland | ᛫ a tableland ᛫ a plateau ᛫ | N | bēode | ME+NE | calque: tableland | |
beehouse | beehuse | ᛫ an apiary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
beek | ᛫ to charter ᛫ to grant by book or by charter ᛫ | V | gebēcan | OE | ||
beekeeper | ᛫ an apiarist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
beely | ᛫ apian ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
beem | ᛫ a trumpet ᛬ to sound with a trumpet ᛫ | N᛬V | bēme | ME | ||
beerlore | ᛫ brewology ᛫ | N | beerlore | NE | ||
beership | beerscip | ᛫ a banquet with beer ᛫ convivium ᛫ | N | gebēorscipe | OE | |
beestings | ᛫ a colostrum ( esp of a cow ) ᛫ | N | ~[bẹ̄sting][bȳsting] | NE | [CED] | |
beet | ᛫ a boast threat or pledge to do a glorious deed ᛫ | N | beot[bēot] | ME | ||
beet | ᛫ to repair ᛫ to mend ᛫ to revive ᛫ to restore ᛫ to fix ᛫ to correct ᛫ to amend ᛫ | V | beet&bēten[bētan] | NE&ME | kin: boot | |
beetle | beetel | ᛫ to project ᛫ to overhang ᛫ | V | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
beetle | beetel | ᛫ a mallet ᛫ mallet carried on a plow for breaking large clods ᛫ a mace ᛫ | N | bẹ̄tel | ME | |
befall | ᛫ to happen ᛫ to happen to someone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: befell ᛫ PTCP: befallen | |
befalling | ᛫ a happening ᛫ an occurrence ᛫ an event ᛫ an instance of something ᛫ | N | befalling&bifallinge | NE&ME | ||
befasten | ᛫ to fasten ᛫ to entrust ᛫ | V | befæstan | OE | ||
befile | ᛫ to defile ᛫ to vandalize ᛫ to deflower ᛫ | V | ~[befȳlan] | NE | kin: befoul | |
befoe | ᛫ to become a foe of ᛫ to make a foe of someone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beforehand | ᛫ in advance ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
befoul | befule | ᛫ to make foul or dirty ᛫ to pollute ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | kin: befile |
begale | ᛫ to enchant ᛫ to charm ᛫ | V | bigālen[begalan] | ME | ||
begang | ᛫ a course ᛫ a passage ᛬ to commit ᛫ to practise a behaviour ᛫ | N᛬V | begang&begangan | OE | ||
beget | ᛫ to produce ᛫ to create ᛫ to cause ᛫ to sire ᛫ to generate ᛫ to engender ᛫ to conceive ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: begot/begat ᛫ PTCP: begotten | |
begetter | ᛫ a procreator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
begetting | ᛫ conception ᛫ | N | ~[biyetinge] | NE | ||
beghast | begast | ᛫ to inspire ᛫ to amaze ᛫ to shock ᛫ to awe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bego | ᛫ to cover ᛫ to ornament ᛫ to overtake ᛫ | V | bigōn[begān] | ME | found in: woebegone | |
begod | ᛫ to deify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
begone | ᛫ avaunt! ᛫ | I | ~ | NE | ||
begreed | ᛫ to blame ᛫ to charge ( with a crime ) ᛫ to accuse ( of a crime ) ᛫ | V | begrēden[grǣdan] | ME | ||
begripe | ᛫ to grip ᛫ to seize ᛫ to rebuke ᛫ to reprehend ᛫ | V | bigrīpen | ME | ||
begriprown | begriprune | ᛫ a logographic rune ᛫ | N | be+grip+rown | NE×3 | calque: Begriffsrune |
behalf | ᛫ the interests of a person group or principle ᛫ a representative of ᛫ one's stead ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
behaving | behafing | ᛫ behavior ᛫ behaviour ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
behead | ᛫ to decapitate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beheart | ᛫ to enamour ᛫ ravish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
Beheem | ᛫ a Bohemian ᛫ | N(P) | behēmas{bēme} | OE | ||
Beheemland | ᛫ Bohemia ᛫ | N(P) | behēmas+land | OE+NE | ||
beheeve | beheef | ᛫ beneficial ᛫ | AJ | bihēve | ME | |
behest | ᛫ an order ᛫ a command ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
behight | behigt | ᛫ to vow ᛫ to promise ᛫ | V | behight&beheten | NE&ME | |
behirn | ᛫ to put in a corner ᛫ to store away ᛫ | V | bihirnen | ME | ||
behither | behiþer | ᛫ on this side of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
behold | ᛫ to see ( something ) ᛫ to observe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beholden | ᛫ owing obedience or a favour to something or someone ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
beholder | ᛫ an observer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
behoof | ᛫ advantage ᛫ benefit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
behoove | behoof | ᛫ to benefit [ᛏ] ᛫ to suit [ᛏ] ᛫ to be proper for [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
behooveful | behooful | ᛫ expedient ᛫ beneficial ᛫ advantageous ᛫ profitable ᛫ suitable ᛫ proper ᛫ requisite ᛫ | AJ | behoveful&bihọ̄veful | NE&ME | |
behoovely | behoofly | ᛫ expedient ᛫ beneficial ᛫ advantageous ᛫ profitable ᛫ suitable ᛫ proper ᛫ requisite ᛬ advantageously ᛫ profitably ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
behote | ᛫ a promise ᛫ a pledge ᛬ to promise ᛫ to pledge ᛫ | N᛬V | bihōt&bihōten | ME&ME | ||
being | ᛫ existence ᛫ the nature of a being ᛫ an existing thing ᛫ essential nature ᛫ essence ᛫ | N | being&bẹ̄ing | NE&ME | ||
beingless | ᛫ non-existent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
beknow | beknoƿ | ᛫ to know ᛫ to realize ᛫ to recognize ᛫ to acknowledge something as true ᛫ | V | biknouen | ME | |
belap | ᛫ to surround ᛫ to envelop ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
belatch | belac | ᛫ to catch ( like in a trap ) ᛫ | V | belacchen | ME | |
belate | ᛫ to retard ᛫ to slow ᛫ to slow down ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
belated | ᛫ late ᛫ overdue ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
belay | ᛫ to stop ᛫ to cancel (nautical) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
belew | beleƿ | ᛫ to betray ᛫ | V | belǣwan | OE | kin: 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 |
Belgia | ᛫ Belgium ᛫ | N(P) | België | NL | [g] or maybe even [j] but not [dʒ] | |
belide | ᛫ to cover ᛫ | V | behlīdan | OE | kin: lid? | |
belie | ᛫ to misrepresent ᛫ to give a false impression of ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
belight | beligt | ᛫ to illuminate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
belirt | ᛫ to deceive ᛫ to beguile ᛫ to delude ᛫ to defraud ᛫ to cozen ᛫ | V | bilirten | ME | ||
belittle | belittel | ᛫ to denigrate ᛫ to disparage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
belive | belife | ᛫ to stay ᛫ to remain ᛫ | V | bilīven | ME | rhyme: drive |
bell | ᛫ a bellow ᛬ to bellow ( generally used for stag during rutting time ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
bellglass | ᛫ a cloche ᛫ | N | bell-glass | NE | [OED] | |
bellhouse | bellhuse | ᛫ a belfry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bellyache | bellyake | ᛫ to grumble ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
beload | ᛫ to exculpate ᛫ to absolve ᛫ to acquit ᛫ to pardon ᛫ | V | belādian | OE | ||
beltsaw | beltsaƿ | ᛫ a bandsaw ᛫ | N | belt saw | NE | [OED] |
bemean | ᛫ to demean ᛫ to debase ᛫ to degrade ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
bemete | ᛫ to compare ᛫ | V | bemetan | OE | ||
bemiddle | bemiddel | ᛫ to mediate ᛫ | V | be+middle | NE×2 | calque: bemiddelje |
bemiddling | bemiddeling | ᛫ mediation ᛫ | N | be+middle+ing | NE×3 | calque: bemiddelje |
bemoan | ᛫ to complain ᛫ to complain about ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
ben | ᛫ an injury ᛬ to injure ᛫ | N᛬V | benn&bennian | OE | kin: bane | |
benchmark | bencmark | ᛫ a standard ( something others are compared to ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bend | ᛫ a bond ᛫ a band ᛫ a binding commitment ᛫ an obligation ᛫ | N | bende | ME | ||
bendsome | bendsum | ᛫ flexible ᛫ pliable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
bene | ᛫ a request to a god ᛫ an entreaty to a god ᛫ a prayer ᛫ | N&ME | bene&bēne[bēn/bōn] | NE | ||
benetide | ᛫ prayer time ᛫ | N | bēntīd | OE | ||
benim | ᛫ to deprive ᛫ | V | binimen[beniman] | ME | ||
benorth | benorþ | ᛫ north of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
benote | ᛫ to use ᛫ to consume ᛫ | V | benōten[benotian] | ME | ||
bent | ᛫ an inclination ᛬ sharply curved ᛫ dishonest ᛫ corrupt ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Benthamish | Benþamisc | ᛫ of or pertaining to the utilitarianist doctrines of Jeremy Bentham ᛫ | AJ(P) | Bentham+ish | NE×2 | calque: Benthamian |
Bentleyish | Bentleyisc | ᛫ of or relating to American political scientist and philosopher Arthur Fisher Bentley ᛫ | AJ(P) | Bentley+ish | NE×2 | calque: Bentleyan |
bentmoon | ᛫ a crescent moon ᛫ | N | bente mone | ME | ||
benumb | ᛫ to deprive of physical or emotional feeling ᛫ | V | benumb | NE | [LEX] | |
bequeath | becƿeaþ | ᛫ to give ( esp through a will ) ᛫ | V | becweþan | OE | |
bequest | becƿest | ᛫ the act of giving through inheritance ᛫ a legacy ᛫ an inheritance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bere | ᛫ barley ᛫ | N | bēre[bere] | ME | barley comes from "bere-ly" | |
bere | ᛫ -bearing ᛫ | SUFFIX | bere[bǣre] | ME | ||
bereave | bereaf | ᛫ to deprive ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PTCP: bereft |
beright | berigt | ᛫ to entitle ᛫ | V | be+right | NE×2 | |
berise | ᛫ to befit ᛫ | V | birīsen | ME | ||
berman | ᛫ a porter ᛫ a waiter ᛫ | N | berman[bǣrman] | ME | ||
bern | ᛫ a man ᛫ a soldier ᛫ | N | bern[beorn] | ME | ||
bernet | ᛫ arson ᛫ | N | bernet[bærnet] | OE | ||
Bernick | ᛫ the Bernicians ᛫ | N(P) | Beornice | OE‹C? | ||
Bernickrich | Bernickric | ᛫ the Kingdom of Bernicia ᛫ | N(P) | Beornice Rīce | OE‹C?+OE‹C | |
berth | berþ | ᛫ a position ( as in a rank job or role in a group esp in regards to ships ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
berue | bereƿ | ᛫ to repent ᛫ to regret ᛫ to feel remorse ᛫ | V | bireuen | ME | |
beruse | bereƿs | ᛫ to repent ᛫ to feel remorse ᛫ | V | bireusen [behrēowsian] | ME | not akin to "ruse" as in "a trick" |
berusing | bereƿsing | ᛫ repentance ᛫ penitence ᛫ | N | behrēowsung | OE | |
berusingtide | bereƿsingtide | ᛫ a season for penitence ᛫ | N | behrēowsungtīd | OE | |
besee | ᛫ to attend to ᛫ to look after ᛫ to provide for ᛫ to furnish ᛫ | V | besee&bisēn | NE&ME | ||
beseech | beseec | ᛫ to implore ᛫ to plead ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST/PTCP= besought |
beseem | ᛫ to be suitable for ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beset | ᛫ to surround ᛫ to hem in ᛫ to trouble persistently ᛫ to be covered or studded with ᛫ to assail on all sides ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
beshine | bescine | ᛫ to illuminate ᛫ to enlighten ᛫ to dispel ignorance ᛫ | V | bishīnen | ME | |
beshrew | bescreƿ | ᛫ to curse ( to invoke evil upon ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] |
besight | besigt | ᛫ a legal provision ᛫ a legal disposition ᛫ | N | besight | ME | kin: besee ᛫ rare |
besing | ᛫ to sing about ᛫ to celebrate in song ᛫ to enchant ᛫ | V | besing&besingan | NE&OE | ||
besit | ᛫ to sit around something ᛫ to besiege ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: besat | |
besmite | ᛫ to strike forcefully ᛫ to hit forcefully ᛫ to infatuate ᛫ to enamour ᛫ to charm ᛫ to fascinate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
besmitten | ᛫ afflicted or troubled by something ᛫ infatuated ᛫ enamoured ᛫ charmed ᛫ fascinated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
besom | ᛫ a broom ( esp one made of twigs tied to a handle ) ᛫ a bundle of rods or twigs used for flogging ᛫ | N | ~[bē̆sm] | NE | [CED] | |
besouth | besuþe | ᛫ south of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
bespeak | ᛫ to order or reserve something in advance ᛫ to customize [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | bespeak&besprecan | NE&OE | ||
bespoke | ᛫ custom ( as in customized ) ᛫ tailor-made ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bestead | ᛫ situated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
bestir | ᛫ to put into brisk or vigorous action ᛫ to move with life and vigour ᛫ to make active ᛫ to rouse oneself ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bestow | bestoƿ | ᛫ to endow ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bestrew | bestreƿ | ᛫ to cover with scattered objects ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bestride | ᛫ to straddle ᛫ to dominate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
beswathe | besƿaþe | ᛫ to cover ( literally or figuratively ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
beswink | besƿink | ᛫ to produce or acquire through labour ᛫ | V | beswinken | ME | |
betake | ᛫ to grant ᛫ to give a daughter in marriage ᛫ to entrust ᛫ to put in charge ᛫ | V | ~[bitāken] | ME‹(E+N) | ||
beteach | beteac | ᛫ to hand over ᛫ to commit ( like to an asylum ) ᛫ to deliver ᛫ to entrust ᛫ | V | bitēchen&betǣcan | ME&OE | |
betee | ᛫ to devote ᛫ to spend ᛫ | V | bitēn | ME | ||
beteem | ᛫ to allow ᛫ to permit ᛫ to vouchsafe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW]; CED | |
beteld | ᛫ to cover ᛫ to surround ᛫ | V | biteldan | OE | ||
bethatch | beþac | ᛫ to bedeck ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bethew | beþeƿ | ᛫ to enthral ᛫ to enthrall ᛫ to enslave ᛫ to inslave ᛫ | V | be+thew | NE×2 | |
bethink | beþink | ᛫ to reflect ᛫ to meditate ᛫ to ponder ᛫ to meditate on [ᛏ] ᛫ to think about [ᛏ] ᛫ to devise ᛫ to plan ᛫ to contrive ᛫ | V | bethink&bethinken | NE&ME | |
bethought | beþougt | ᛫ thought out ᛫ planned ᛫ premeditated ᛫ | AJ | bithought | ME | |
bethrall | beþrall | ᛫ to enthral ᛫ to enthrall ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
bethring | beþring | ᛫ to throng around ᛫ to press around ᛫ | V | beþringan | OE | PST: bethrang ᛫ PTCP: bethrung |
bethwack | beþƿack | ᛫ to thwack thoroughly ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
betide | ᛫ to happen ᛫ to happen to someone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
betightle | betigtel | ᛫ to accuse ᛫ to charge with a crime ᛫ | V | betīhtlian | OE | |
betimes | ᛫ on time ᛫ promptly ᛫ early ᛫ in due time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
betly | ᛫ excellent ᛫ | AJ | betlīc | OE | ||
betoken | ᛫ to indicate ᛫ to signify ᛫ to portend ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
betroth | betroþ | ᛫ to engage ( to be married ) ᛫ to affiance ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
betrothed | betroþed | ᛫ a fiancé / a fiancée ᛬ engaged ( to be married ) ᛫ affianced ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
betrothing | betroþing | ᛫ an engagement ( to being married ) ᛫ an affiancing ᛫ a betrothal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
better | ᛫ a superior ᛬ to improve ᛫ to make better ᛫ to overcome ᛫ to defeat ᛬ superior ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
betterhood | ᛫ superiority ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
between | betƿeen | ᛫ inter- ᛫ | PREFIX | betweon | OE | |
betwixt | betƿixt | ᛫ between ᛫ | AV&P | ~[betwēox] | NE | |
betwixtblin | betƿixtblin | ᛫ an intermission ᛫ | N | betweohblinness | OE | |
betwixtfack | betƿixtfack | ᛫ an interval ᛫ | N | betweohsfæc | OE | |
betwixtsend | betƿixtsend | ᛫ to intermit ᛫ | V | betwyxsendan | OE | |
betwixtset | betƿixtset | ᛫ interposed ᛫ | AJ | betwyhgeset | OE | |
betwixtwarp | betƿixtƿarp | ᛫ an interjection ( grammatical term ) ᛬ to interject ᛫ | N᛬V | betwyxaworpennyss | OE | |
bever | befer | ᛫ to tremble ᛫ to shake ᛫ to quiver ᛫ to shiver ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
bevering | befering | ᛫ trembling ᛫ vibrato [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | bevering | NE | calque: Bebung |
bewean | beƿean | ᛫ to entertain ᛫ | V | bewenian | OE | |
beweave | beƿeaf | ᛫ to wrap up ᛫ to envelop ᛫ to clothe ᛫ to entwine ᛫ | V | biwēven | ME | PST: bewove ᛫ PTCP: bewoven |
beweep | beƿeep | ᛫ to lament ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bewest | beƿest | ᛫ west of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
bewilder | beƿilder | ᛫ to confuse ᛫ to befuddle ᛫ to disorientate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bewitch | beƿic | ᛫ to cast a spell on ᛫ to enchant and delight ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bewray | beƿray | ᛫ to disclose reveal or divulge a secret ᛫ to expose or rat out someone ᛫ to betray ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
bewrayer | beƿrayer | ᛫ a betrayer ᛫ a divulger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bewrite | beƿrite | ᛫ to write about ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
beyet | ᛫ to beget ᛫ | V | beyeten | ME | PST: beyat ᛫ PTCP: beyetten | |
bid | ᛫ to pray ᛫ to request ᛫ | V | bidden[biddan] | ME | PST: bade ᛫ PTCP: bidden ᛫ kin: bead | |
bid | ᛫ to command ᛫ to order ᛫ | V | ~[biddan&bēodan] | NE | PST: bade ᛫ PTCP: bidden | |
bid | ᛫ to offer ᛫ to bid on an auction ᛫ | V | ~[biddan&bēodan] | NE | PST: bid | |
bidden | ᛫ a barrel ᛫ a tub ᛫ | N | byden | OE | ||
bidding | ᛫ an order ᛫ a command ᛫ an auction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
biddingly | ᛫ imperative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | bebēodendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
biddle | biddel | ᛫ an announcer ᛫ a warrant officer ᛫ a constable ᛫ a bailiff ᛫ a beadle ᛫ | N | bidel[bydel] | ME | kin: beadle (Frankish cognate?) |
bide | ᛫ to wait ᛫ to stay ᛫ to remain ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bidhouse | bidhuse | ᛫ a chapel ᛫ an oratory ᛫ | N | bēdhūs | OE | |
bidword | bidƿord | ᛫ a motto ᛫ | N | bid+word | NE×2 | calque: biedwurd |
Big Dipper | ᛫ a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky which is part of Ursa Major ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | ||
biggen | ᛫ to enlarge ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bight | bigt | ᛫ a curve ᛫ a bend ᛫ a corner ᛫ a bay ᛫ | N | bight&byht | NE&OE | [LEX] (partly) |
bigwheel | bighƿeel | ᛫ a ferris wheel ᛫ | N | big wheel | NE | [MW] |
bile | ᛫ an ulcer ᛫ a carbuncle ᛫ a boil ᛫ a pimple ᛫ a blister ᛫ a callus ᛫ | N | bīl[bȳl] | ME | ||
bilk | ᛫ a cheater ᛫ a hoax ᛬ to cheat ᛫ to defraud ᛫ to deceive ᛫ to craft a hoax ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bill | ᛫ a hooked polearm ᛫ a halberd ᛫ a gisarme ᛫ a falcastrum ᛫ a mattock ᛫ a pickaxe ᛫ a pickax ᛫ | N | bill&bil&bil | NE&ME&OE | ||
billwhite | billhƿite | ᛫ simple ᛫ innocent ᛫ | AJ | bilewhīt | ME | |
billwhitely | billhƿitely | ᛫ simply ᛫ sincerely ᛫ honestly ᛫ | AV | bilehwītlīce | OE | |
bin | ᛫ during ᛫ inside ᛫ within ᛫ | P | binne | ME | ||
bind | ᛫ a restraint ᛫ a predicament ᛬ to restrain ᛫ to connect ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
binder | ᛫ a determiner ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | binder | NE | calque: determiner | |
bindlestiff | bindelstiff | ᛫ a hobo ᛫ a tramp ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
bindstaff | ᛫ a ligature ( writing ) ᛫ | N | bind+staf | NE+ME | inspired by: bindrune | |
bindword | bindƿord | ᛫ a compound word ᛫ | N | bind+word | NE×2 | |
bir | ᛫ to behoove ᛫ ought to ᛫ should ᛫ must ᛫ to deserve to ᛫ to be fitting ᛫ to be likely to ᛫ | V | biren[gebyrian] | ME | NEEDS WORK ᛫ third person only, "it birs him" not "he birs" | |
bird | ᛫ birth ᛫ | N | gebyrd | OE | ||
birdhouse | birdhuse | ᛫ a small house built for nesting birds ᛫ an aviary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
birdlime | ᛫ an adhesive substance used to trap birds ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
birdling | ᛫ turtle ᛫ tortoise ᛫ | N | byrdling | OE | ||
birdlore | ᛫ ornithology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
birdly | ᛫ avian ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
birdspider | ᛫ any tarantula capable of preying on small birds ᛫ a tarantula ( spider in the Theraphosidae family ) [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | equivalents Dutch "vogelspinnen" and German "Vogelspinnen" refer to any tarantula | |
bire | ᛫ an opportunity ᛫ | N | bȳre | OE | ||
birl | ᛫ to spin ᛫ to whirl ᛫ to twirl ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | coined in the 18th century | |
birl | ᛫ to carouse ᛫ | V | ~[birlen][byrlian] | NE | [MW] | |
birler | ᛫ a butler ᛫ a cupbearer ᛫ | N | birler | ME | ||
birr | ᛫ energy ᛫ an impetus ᛫ a force ᛫ a strong wind ᛫ | N | birr&bir[byre?] | NE&ME | ||
birthfather | birþfaþer | ᛫ one's biological father ᛫ | N | birth father | NE | |
birthleech | birþleec | ᛫ an obstetrician ᛫ | N | birth+leech | NE×2 | |
birthmother | birþmoþer | ᛫ one's biological mother ᛫ | N | birth mother | NE | |
birthstead | birþstead | ᛫ a birthplace ᛫ | N | birthsted | ME | |
bisen | ᛫ a model ᛫ an example to follow ᛬ to symbolize ᛫ to betoken ᛫ | N᛬V | bīsne[bȳsen]&bīsnen | ME&ME | ||
bishopric | ᛫ a diocese ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(H+C) | ||
bishoprich | biscopric | ᛫ a bishopric ᛫ | N | bishoprich | ME‹(H+C) | |
bishopswort | biscopsƿurt | ᛫ a Stachys officinalis plant ( wood betony ) ᛫ | N | bishop's wort | NE‹(H+E) | |
bist | ᛫ are ( only for second person singular ) ᛫ | V | bist | ME | unrealistic/fanciful | |
bitter | ᛫ resentful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bitterness | ᛫ resentment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bittock | ᛫ a small bit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
bive | bif | ᛫ to tremble ᛫ | V | bivien | ME | rhyme: give |
black | ᛫ an anarchist [ᚹ] ᛬ anarchistic [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
black gold | ᛫ raw petroleum ᛫ crude oil ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | poetic | |
black horehound | horehund | ᛫ a Ballota nigra plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
black lead | ᛫ graphite ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
black nightshade | nigtscade | ᛫ a Solanum nigrum plant ᛫ a Solanum americanum plant ᛫ a Solanum ptychanthum plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Black Sheep Turkmen | Sceep | ᛫ Qara Qoyunlu / Kara Koyunlu ᛫ | N(P) | Black Sheep Turkomans | NE | |
blacksmith | blacksmiþ | ᛫ a worker in black metals ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
blackthorn | blackþorn | ᛫ a Prunus spinosa plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | also called "sloe" |
blackwort | blackƿurt | ᛫ a Symphytum officinale plant ( comfrey ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | also: knitback; knitwort |
bladderwort | bladderƿurt | ᛫ an Utricularia plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
blain | ᛫ an inflamed swelling or sore on the skin ᛫ | N | ~[blein][blegen] | NE | [MW] ᛫ found in: chilblains | |
blake | ᛫ to pale [ᚾ] ᛬ pale ᛫ pallid ᛫ wan ᛫ withered yellow ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~[blāc] | NE | ||
blank | ᛫ a horse ( originally a white one ) ᛫ | N | blank[blanca/blonca] | ME | ||
blast | ᛫ an explosion ᛬ to explode ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
blastle | blastel | ᛫ explosive material ᛫ a bomb ᛫ | N | blast+le | NE+ME | |
blatant | ᛫ obvious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
blate | ᛫ bashful ᛫ shy ᛫ sheepish ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
blaze | blase | ᛫ a great fire ᛬ to burn fiercely ᛫ | N᛬V | blaze&blæse | NE&OE | |
bleach | bleac | ᛫ to make lighter in hue ᛬ pale ᛫ bleak ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | kin: bleak |
blead | ᛫ fruit ᛫ vegetables ᛫ produce ᛫ vegetation ᛫ crops ᛫ | N | blead&blēd | NE&ME | ||
bleak | ᛫ pale ᛫ wan ᛫ pallid ᛫ desolate ᛫ miserable ᛫ depressing ᛫ uncheery ᛫ | AJ | ~[bleik] | NE‹N | kin: bleach | |
bleat | ᛫ a cry from a sheep goat or calf ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bleck | ᛫ ink ᛫ | N | ~[blēk][blæc] | NE | vowel tended to shorten ᛫ dialectal word | |
bleckern | ᛫ an inkstand ᛫ | N | blæcern | OE | ||
bleckfish | bleckfisc | ᛫ a cephalopod ᛫ | N | blēk+fish | ME+NE | calque: inkfish |
bleckhorn | bleckhorn | ᛫ an inkhorn ᛫ | N | blæchorn | OE | |
blee | ᛫ colouration ᛫ colour ᛫ skin colour ᛫ complexion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
bleefaw | bleefaƿ | ᛫ versicolour ᛫ particoloured ᛫ multicoloured ᛫ polychromatic ᛫ | AJ | blēofāg | OE | |
bleered | ᛫ of myrtle hue ᛫ | AJ | blēorēad | OE | ||
bleeth | bleeþ | ᛫ timid ᛫ apprehensive ᛫ | AJ | blēþ[blēaþ] | ME | |
blench | blenc | ᛫ a trick ᛫ a ruse ᛫ cheating ᛬ to trick ᛫ to cheat ᛫ to elude ᛫ | N᛬V | blench&blenchen&blencan | ME&ME&OE | |
blend | ᛫ a mix ᛫ a composite ᛬ to mix ᛫ to composite ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
bless | ᛫ to sanctify ᛫ to give divine aid ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
blessing | ᛫ divine aid ᛫ a beneficial thing ᛫ one's sanction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
blike | ᛫ to shine ᛫ to gleam ᛫ to twinkle ᛫ to glitter ᛫ to dazzle ᛫ to sparkle ᛫ | V | blīken&blīcan/blician | ME&OE | ||
bliket | ᛫ a coruscation ᛫ a sparkle ᛫ a twinkle ᛫ | N | blīcettung | OE | ||
blin | ᛫ cessation ᛬ to cease ᛫ to desist ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
bliss | ᛫ great happiness ᛫ great joy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
blissen | ᛫ to make blissful or happy ᛫ fill with or impart bliss to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
blissful | ᛫ extremely happy ᛫ extremely joyful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
blissome | blissum | ᛫ joyous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
blithe | bliþe | ᛫ joyful ᛫ cheerful ᛫ carefree ᛫ concernless ᛫ indifferent ᛫ heedless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
blithely | bliþely | ᛫ carelessly ᛫ indifferently ᛫ gladly ᛫ joyfully ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
blithen | bliþen | ᛫ to make or become blithe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
blitheness | bliþeness | ᛫ joy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
blither | bliþer | ᛫ to talk foolishly ᛫ blather ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | rhyme: wither |
blithering | bliþering | ᛫ foolish talk ᛬ talking incoherently ᛫ jabbering ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
blithesome | bliþesum | ᛫ having a cheerful or careless disposition ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
blive | blife | ᛫ actively ᛫ vigorously ᛫ copiously ᛫ rapidly ᛫ without delay ᛫ promptly ᛫ immediately ᛫ all at once ᛫ suddenly ᛫ as soon as possible ᛫ | AD | ~[blīve] | NE | [CED] |
bloak | ᛫ pale ᛫ wan ᛫ pallid ᛫ | AJ | blōk[blāc] | ME | kin: bleak | |
bloakern | ᛫ a light place ᛫ a lamp ᛫ a lantern ᛫ | N | blācern&blācern | ME&OE | ||
bloat | ᛫ livid ᛫ pale ᛫ ghastly ᛫ | AJ | blāt | OE | ||
blood attering | ᛫ blood poisoning ᛫ septicemia ᛫ toxemia ᛫ | N | blood+attering | NE+NE | calque: blood poisoning | |
blood moon | ᛫ a full moon that coincides with a full lunar eclipse and that has an unusually reddish appearance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
blood thinner | þinner | ᛫ an anticoagulant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
bloodbath | bloodbaþ | ᛫ a massacre ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bloodberry | ᛫ a Rivina humilis plant ᛫ pigeonberry ᛫ rougeplant ᛫ coralito ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
bloodleech | bloodleec | ᛫ a haematologist ᛫ a hematologist ᛫ | N | blood+leech | NE×2 | |
bloodletter | ᛫ a phlebotomist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
bloodline | ᛫ a line of descent ᛫ a pedigree ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
bloodsax | ᛫ a fleam ( a tool used for bloodletting and such ) ᛫ | N | blōdseax | OE | ||
bloodsucker | ᛫ a vampire ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bloodtale | ᛫ a tale involving bloodshed and violence ( specifically a cheaply published story of a sensational kind ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
bloodwite | bloodƿite | ᛫ a penalty for committing bloodshed ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bloom | ᛫ a lump of metal ᛫ metal [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | blōme[blōma] | ME | ||
bloom | ᛫ a flower ᛬ to produce flowers ᛫ to flourish ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | ||
bloomcole | ᛫ cauliflower ᛫ | N | bloom+cole | NE×2 | calque: Blumenkohl | |
bloomer | ᛫ a serious or stupid mistake ᛫ a blunder ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
blooming | ᛫ ( used to express annoyance or for emphasis ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bloop | ᛫ a low-pitched beeping sound ᛬ to make a bloop sound ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
blooper | ᛫ an embarrassing public blunder ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bloot | ᛫ sacrifice ᛬ to sacrifice ᛫ | N᛬V | blōt&blōtan | OE | ||
Blootmonth | Blootmonþ | ᛫ November ᛫ | N(P) | Blotmonaþ | OE | |
blossom | ᛫ a flower ᛬ to flower ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
blossom moon | ᛫ a full moon in April ᛫ | N | blossom+moon | NE×2 | calque: flower moon ᛫ or: bloom moon (Norsed English) | |
blossomdeer | ᛫ an Anthozoa animal ( a coral , a sea anemone ) ᛫ | N | blossom+deer | NE | ||
blossomy | ᛫ flowery ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
blow | bloƿ | ᛫ a strike ᛫ a damaging occurrence ᛫ | N | ~[blēwe] | NE | |
blow | bloƿ | ᛫ cocaine ᛬ to make air current ᛫ to fellate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[blāwan] | NE | |
blow | bloƿ | ᛫ the state or period of flowering ᛬ to produce flowers ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[blōwan] | NE | |
blow up | bloƿ | ᛫ to explode ᛫ to make explode ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
blower | bloƿer | ᛫ a telephone ᛫ a phone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
blowth | bloƿþ | ᛫ floruit ᛫ florescence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
blushworthy | bluscƿorþy | ᛫ embarrassing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
bly | ᛫ an appearance ᛫ a faint resemblance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bo | ᛫ both ᛫ | N(PRO) | bō | ME | "both" might be from Norse "báðir" | |
board | ᛫ a plank ᛫ a sign board ᛫ a plate ᛫ a table ᛫ a desk ᛫ a group of officials ᛫ a bureau ᛫ a department ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | meaning inspired partly by Dutch "bord" | |
boatswain | boatsƿain | ᛫ a Petty Officer charged with hull maintenance on a ship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: bosun |
boatward | boatƿard | ᛫ a ship's commander ᛫ | N | bātweard | OE | |
bobcat | ᛫ a Lynx rufus animal ᛫ a Lynx animal [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(C+E) | ||
bode | ᛫ a commandment ᛫ an edict ᛫ a command ᛫ a prescription ᛫ a request ᛫ a message ᛫ a report ᛫ | N | bōd[bod] | ME | ||
bode | ᛫ to declare ᛫ to announce ᛫ to proclaim ᛫ to portend ᛫ to preach ᛫ | V | bode&bōden&bodian | NE&ME&OE | ||
bode | ᛫ a messenger ᛫ ambassador ᛫ herald ᛫ apostle ᛫ angel ᛫ foreboder ᛫ | N | bōde[boda] | ME | ||
bodelock | ᛫ a decree ᛫ an ordinance ᛫ | N | bodlac | ME | ||
bodeword | bodeƿord | ᛫ a commandment ( usually in a religious sense ) ᛫ | N | bodeword | ME | |
bodice | bodis | ᛫ a corset ᛫ stays ᛫ the upper part of a dress ᛫ | N | ~[bodies] | NE | [OED] ᛫ "C16: originally Scottish bodies, plural of body" - CED |
bodily | ᛫ corporal ᛫ material ᛫ corporeal ᛬ forcefully ᛫ in one mass ᛫ as a whole ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
body | ᛫ to embody ᛫ to represent ᛫ to symbolize ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | or: inbody (calque of embody) | |
bodyward | bodyƿard | ᛫ a bodyguard ᛫ | N | body+ward | NE×2 | |
bog | ᛫ a stretch of unforested wetland with acidic peaty soil ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹C | ||
bold | ᛫ a house ᛫ a castle ᛫ a mansion ᛫ an abode ᛫ | N | bōld | ME | ||
bolden | ᛫ to embolden ᛫ to take courage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
bolder | ᛫ a hero ? ᛫ a prince ? ᛫ | N | bealdor/baldor | OE | ||
Boleyn | ᛫ the city of Bologna ᛫ | N | Boleyn | ME | ||
bolster | ᛫ a cushion ᛫ a pillow ᛬ to reinforce ᛫ to boost ᛫ | N᛬V | bolster&bolster | NE&OE | ||
bond | ᛫ a connection ᛫ a tie ᛫ a commitment ᛫ a pledge ᛫ an obligation ᛫ a duty ᛫ a mutual agreement ᛫ a covenant ᛫ a contract ( in all senses ) ᛫ | N | bond&bond | NE‹‹N&ME‹N | ||
bonddom | ᛫ servitude ᛫ bondage ᛫ | N | bondedom | ME‹(N+E) | ||
bondfolk | ᛫ people in a state of bondage ᛫ serfs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bondland | ᛫ land held by tenure of bond service or rent ᛫ | N | bondelond | ME | ||
boneframe | ᛫ a skeleton ᛫ | N | bone+frame | NE×2 | ||
bonehead | ᛫ a stupid person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bonehouse | bonehuse | ᛫ a body ( poetic ) ᛫ a charnel house ᛫ an ossuary ᛫ | N | ~[bānhūs] | NE | |
boneleech | boneleec | ᛫ an orthopaedist ᛫ an orthopedist ᛫ | N | bone+leech | NE×2 | |
boner | ᛫ an erection ᛫ a blunder ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | slang | |
bones | ᛫ dice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
book | ᛫ a tome ᛬ to charter ᛫ to get something reserved ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | PL: books; beech (archaic) | |
book of god | ᛫ a holy book ᛫ the Bible ᛫ the Qur'an ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ or: god's book | |
bookcraft | ᛫ the art of literature ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookend | ᛫ to occur or be located on either side of something ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
booker | ᛫ a writer a scribe an author ᛫ | N | bōcere | OE | ||
bookfell | ᛫ a sheet of vellum parchment or paper ᛫ vellum ᛫ parchment ᛫ paper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookhoard | ᛫ a library ( a collection of books ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookhouse | bookhuse | ᛫ a library ( a building to house books ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bookkeeper | ᛫ an accountant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookland | ᛫ land held by charter or written title which is free from service and fines ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookling | ᛫ a booklet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
booklore | ᛫ bibliology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
booklover | booklufer | ᛫ a bibliophile ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bookly | ᛫ literary ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bookman | ᛫ a literary man ᛫ a scholar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookshop | bookscop | ᛫ a bookstore ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bookspeech | bookspeec | ᛫ literary language ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bookstaff | ᛫ a letter ( like A B or C ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bookward | bookƿard | ᛫ a librarian ᛫ | N | book+ward | NE+NE | calque: bókavörður |
bookwork | bookƿork | ᛫ literary work ᛫ study ᛫ | N | bōcweorc | OE | |
bookwright | bookƿrigt | ᛫ an author of books ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
boomer | ᛫ a large male kangaroo ᛫ a kangaroo ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
boon | ᛫ a benefit ᛫ a favour ᛫ a request ᛫ a petition ᛫ | N | ~[bōn] | NE‹N | ||
boor | ᛫ a peasant ᛫ an uncultured person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹NL | ||
boorish | boorisc | ᛫ rude ᛫ crude ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹NL | |
boose | ᛫ a stall for an animal ( usually a cow ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
boot | ᛫ remedy ᛫ compensation ᛫ amends ᛫ redress ᛬ to avail ᛫ to profit ᛫ to benefit ᛫ to redress ᛫ | N᛬V | boot&bōt | NE&OE | found in: to boot | |
booten | ᛫ to heal ᛫ to cure ᛫ to recover from illness ᛫ | V | botnen | ME | ||
bootet | ᛫ to repair ᛫ | V | bōtettan | OE | ||
bootful | ᛫ useful ᛫ | AJ | bōteful | ME | ||
bootless | ᛫ profitless ᛫ pointless ᛫ unavailing ᛫ ineffectual ᛫ useless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bootworthy | bootƿorþy | ᛫ pardonable ᛫ expiable ᛫ able to get atoned for ᛫ | AJ | bōtwyrþe | OE | |
bore | ᛫ a drill ᛬ to perforate ᛫ to pierce ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
borough | boroug | ᛫ a city ᛫ a municipality ᛫ a fortified settlement ( historical definition ) ᛫ | N | ~[burg/burh/buruh] | NE | or: burgh ᛫ may be "bury" in place names |
borougher | borouger | ᛫ a citizen ᛫ | N | ~{burgware} | NE | |
boroughership | borougerscip | ᛫ citizenship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
borougherwye | borougerƿye | ᛫ a civil war ᛫ | N | borough+er+wye | NE×2+ME | calque: boargeroarloch; Bürgerkrieg |
boroughland | borougland | ᛫ city land ᛫ | N | burhland | OE | |
boroughlaw | borouglaƿ | ᛫ civil law ᛫ | N | borough+law | NE×2‹N | calque: Bürgerliches Gesetz; Burgerlijk Wet |
boroughman | borougman | ᛫ a citizen ᛫ | N | burhman | OE | |
boroughreeve | borougreef | ᛫ a mayor ᛫ a governor of a city ᛫ | N | burhgerefa | OE | could be shortened by analogy with sheriff (boriff? boroughiff?) |
boroughward | borougƿard | ᛫ a city guard ᛫ | N | burhweard | OE | |
boroughwit | borougƿit | ᛫ a city counsellor ᛫ a city counselor ᛫ | N | burhwita | OE | |
boroughy | borougy | ᛫ urban ᛫ municipal ᛫ civil ( as in "having to do with cities" ) ᛫ | AJ | borough+y | NE×2 | |
borrow | borroƿ | ᛫ a guarantor ᛫ a surety ᛫ a piece of armor ᛬ to lend or borrow a surety or a loan ᛫ | N᛬V | borrow&borwen&borgh | NE&ME&ME | becomes -bour/-bor in compounds (harbour/harbor) |
bosom | ᛫ the front of the thorax ( the chest ) ᛫ a person's loving care and protection ᛫ | N | ~[bōsm] | NE | ||
botch | boc | ᛫ to misperform ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bothen | boþen | ᛫ a Rosmarinus officinalis plant ( rosemary ) ᛫ | N | bothen | ME | |
bothhanded | boþhanded | ᛫ ambidextrous ᛬ ambidextrously ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | bothhanded | NE | |
bottle | bottel | ᛫ an abode ᛫ a dwelling ᛫ a habitation ᛫ | N | botel[botl] | ME | |
bough | buge | ᛫ a branch ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: plough |
bouk | book | ᛫ a bulging vessel such as a bottle jug pitcher or bulb ᛫ a belly ᛫ an abdomen ᛫ a torso ᛫ | N | bouk&būc | ME&OE | |
bound | bund | ᛫ going or ready to go towards a specified place ᛫ destined or very likely to have a specified experience ᛫ | AJ | ~[boun][N buinn] | NE‹N | [CED] |
bounden | bunden | ᛫ obligatory ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
bout | bute | ᛫ a period of intense activity which does not last long ᛫ an attack of illness or strong emotion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bow | bue | ᛫ to dwell ᛫ to inhabit ᛫ to occupy ᛫ | V | būan/būgan | OE | kin: bold (dwelling) |
bower | bure | ᛫ a bedroom ( esp a boudoir ) ᛫ a dwelling ᛫ a shady place ( like in a garden ) ᛫ | N | ~[būr] | NE | rhyme: tower |
bower | bure | ᛫ a young hawk ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: tower ᛫ literally: branch-er |
bower | bure | ᛫ a farmer ᛫ a boor ᛫ a jack ( playing cards ) ᛫ a pawn [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | gebūr | OE | rhyme: tower |
bower | boƿer | ᛫ a bowyer ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
bowerbird | burebird | ᛫ an Australasian ptilonorhynchidae bird ᛫ | N | bower bird | NE | |
bowerland | bureland | ᛫ farmland ᛫ land of farmers ᛫ | N | būrlō̆nd | ME | |
bowerthane | bureþane | ᛫ a chamberlain ᛫ | N | burþein[būrþegen] | ME | |
bowman | boƿman | ᛫ an archer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bowmanship | boƿmanscip | ᛫ archery ᛫ toxophily ᛫ | N | bowman+ship | NE+NE | modelled on swordsmanship |
bown | bune | ᛫ to get ready ᛫ to get prepared ᛫ to get going ᛫ | V | bounen | ME‹N | |
Bragman | ᛫ a brahmin ᛫ an Indian ( erroneous ) ᛫ | N | Bragmā̆n | ME‹I | ||
braid | ᛫ a weave of strands ᛫ a sudden jerk ᛫ a moment ᛫ an instant ᛫ a second [ᚹ] ᛬ to intertwine ᛫ to move suddenly ᛫ to rush ᛫ to jump ᛫ | N᛬V | braid&breid&breiden | NE&ME&ME | PST: braided; braid ᛫ "at a braid" = "in a moment" | |
brainleech | brainleec | ᛫ a neurologist ᛫ | N | brain+leech | NE×2 | |
brainpan | ᛫ a skull ᛫ a brain ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
brainwash | brainƿasc | ᛫ to indoctrinate ( in the negative sense ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | calque: 洗腦 |
brake | ᛫ a thicket ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
brakestreeling | ᛫ bremsstrahlung ( an electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle ) ᛫ | N | brake+streel+ing | NE+ME+NE | calque: Bremsstrahlung | |
brambleberry | brambelberry | ᛫ a blackberry ᛫ | N | brǣmelberie | OE | |
brand | ᛫ a torch ᛫ a flame ᛫ a mark made with fire ᛫ a logo or reputation ᛫ a sword ᛫ a mark of disgrace ᛫ a stigma ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | supposedly means "sword" because swords shine kind of like fire | |
brandred | ᛫ a trivet ᛫ | N | brandrād{brandred} | OE | various spellings (brandroad, brandrid, etc) seem plausible | |
brant | ᛫ high ᛫ steep ᛫ erect ᛫ perpendicular ᛫ arched ( eyebrows ) ᛫ | AJ | brant | ME‹N | ||
brass | ᛫ brass ( alloy of copper and zinc ) ᛫ bronze ( alloy of copper and tin ) ᛫ | N | brass&bras[bræs] | NE&ME | brass meant both brass and bronze in Middle English | |
brassy | ᛫ Kyphosus vaigiensis ᛬ resembling brass ᛫ impudent ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
brat | ᛫ a cloak of coarse cloth ᛫ | N | brat[bratt] | ME‹OE‹C | ||
brazen | brasen | ᛫ made of brass ᛫ audacious ᛫ barefaced ᛫ harsh and loud sounding ᛫ resolute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
breach | breac | ᛫ a rupture ᛫ a fissure ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: break |
breadth | breadþ | ᛫ an extent ᛫ a range ᛫ a measure of how broad something is ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
breadthwise | breadþƿise | ᛫ in terms of breadth ᛫ horizontal ᛬ in a horizontal manner ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
breakdown | breakdune | ᛫ a system's collapse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
breakneck | ᛫ dangerously or extremely fast ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
breakth | breakþ | ᛫ brokenness ᛫ | N | brecþ | OE | |
breakwater | breakƿater | ᛫ a jetty ( as in a barrier which protects from waves ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
breast | ᛫ a thorax ᛫ a chest of a creature ᛫ | N | ~[brẹ̄st][brēost] | NE | ||
breastband | ᛫ a brassiere ᛫ a bra ᛫ | N | brẹ̄st band/brestbande | ME | ||
breastbone | ᛫ a sternum ᛫ | N | ~[brẹ̄stbōn] | NE | ||
breastbour | breastbor | ᛫ a breastplate ᛫ a piece of breast armour ᛫ | N | brēostbeorh | OE | |
breastgirdle | breastgirdel | ᛫ a brassiere ᛫ | N | brẹ̄st girdel | ME | |
breathlessness | breaþlessness | ᛫ dyspnea ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bred | ᛫ a surface ᛫ a table ᛫ a tablet ᛫ a board ᛫ a plank ᛫ a log ᛫ | N | bred[bred] | ME | ||
bredheel | ᛫ a platform heel ᛫ | N | bred+heel | OE+NE | ||
bree | ᛫ to fear ᛫ to frighten ᛫ to terrify ᛫ | V | breen[brēgan] | ME | kin: braid ? | |
bree | ᛫ porridge ᛫ pulse ( edible leguminous seeds ) ᛫ meat broth ᛫ vegetable liquor ᛫ aleberry ( ale boiled with spices and sugar ) ᛫ | N | brẹ̄ | ME | kin: brew | |
breeches | breeces | ᛫ pants ᛫ trousers ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: britches, breeks |
breed | ᛫ roasted meat ᛫ grilled meat ᛫ a roast ᛫ barbecue ᛬ to roast ᛫ to fry ᛫ to grill ᛫ to roast ᛫ to barbecue ᛫ | N᛬V | brēde&brēden | ME&ME | ||
breed | ᛫ a sub-type within a species ᛫ | N | ~[brēdan] | NE | kin: brood | |
breem | ᛫ to celebrate someone ᛬ celebrated ᛫ illustrious ᛫ splendid ᛫ vigorous ᛫ fierce ᛫ savage ᛫ ferocious ᛫ tempestuous ᛫ | V᛬AJ | brēme&brēman | ME&OE | ||
breer | ᛫ a briar ᛫ | N | brēr | ME | "briar" may be French influenced | |
breet | ᛫ to break ᛫ to bruise ᛫ to destroy ᛫ to degenerate ᛫ | V | brēotan | OE | ||
brerd | ᛫ a rim ᛫ a brim ᛫ a brink ᛫ an edge ᛫ | N | brērd[brerd/breord] | ME | ||
brewhouse | breƿhuse | ᛫ a brewery ᛫ | N | brewhouse | NE | |
brey | ᛫ a ruler ᛫ | N | brego[bregu/brege] | OE | ||
brich | bric | ᛫ useful ᛫ advantageous ᛫ | AJ | brīce&brȳce | ME&OE | |
bridal | ᛫ a nuptial ᛬ nuptial ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[brȳdealo] | NE | the "-al" at the end isn't from Latin | |
bridelock | ᛫ nuptials ᛫ | N | brūdlāc | ME | ||
bridewort | brideƿurt | ᛫ meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria ) ᛫ Spiraea salicifolia ᛫ Spiraea alba ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bridgeask | bricgask | ᛫ a tuatara ᛫ | N | bridge+ask | NE×2 | calque: Brückenechse |
bridle | bridel | ᛫ the headgear used to control a horse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
brightness | brigtness | ᛫ luminance ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
brightom | brigtom | ᛫ glittering ᛫ scintillation ᛫ twinkling ᛫ a moment ᛫ an instant ᛫ a second [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | bearhtm{bearhtmhwīl} | OE | "moment" by association with the twinkling of an eye |
brightomwhile | brigtomhƿile | ᛫ a moment ᛫ an instant ᛫ a second [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | bearhtmhwīl | OE | |
brim | ᛫ a sea ᛫ an ocean ᛫ water ᛫ a flood ᛫ an edge of water ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
brimhinx | brimhinx | ᛫ a ship ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | brimhengest | OE | |
brimstone | ᛫ sulphur ᛫ sulfur ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
brimyest | ᛫ a mariner or a sailor ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | brimgǽst | OE | ||
brindled | brindelled | ᛫ tabby ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
brine | ᛫ salt water ᛫ water saturated with salt ᛫ saline solution ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
brinetree | ᛫ a mangrove tree ᛫ | N | brine+tree | NE×2 | mangroves grow in brackish water | |
brinewort | brineƿurt | ᛫ a mangrove plant ᛫ | N | brine+wort | NE×2 | mangroves grow in brackish water |
bring about | abute | ᛫ to produce ᛫ to cause ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bring forth | forþ | ᛫ to produce ᛫ to cause ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
bring to mind | ᛫ to remind one of ᛫ to evoke ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
bring up | ᛫ to mention ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
brird | ᛫ to prick ᛫ | V | bryrdan | OE | kin: brord (OE) | |
brise | brise | ᛫ to bruise ᛫ | V | brī̆sen[brȳsan] | ME | |
brist | ᛫ damage ᛫ | N | brist[byrst] | ME | ||
bristle worm | bristel ƿurm | ᛫ a Polychaete animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
bristly oxtongue | oxtung | ᛫ a Helminthotheca echioides plant ᛫ a Picris echioides plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
brit | ᛫ to fragment ᛫ to divide ᛫ to bruise ᛫ to indent ᛫ to shatter ᛫ | V | ~[brittian/bryttian] | NE | kin: brittle; brytja (Icelandic) | |
britch | bric | ᛫ a breach ᛫ | N | bruche | ME | "breach" may be French influenced |
Britenwielder | Britenƿeelder | ᛫ a great king ᛫ a ruler of dispersed lands ᛫ | N(P) | brȳtenwalda | OE | |
Britten | ᛫ Britain ᛫ | N(P) | bryten | OE‹C | ||
britter | ᛫ a dispenser ᛫ a distributor ᛫ | N | brytta | OE | ||
brittle | brittel | ᛫ fragile ᛫ unable to bend without breaking ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Britwales | Britƿales | ᛫ Britons ( in the old non-Anglo-Saxon sense ) ᛫ | N(P) | bretwalas/brytwalas | OE | |
Britwelsh | Britƿelsc | ᛫ Brythonic language ᛬ Brythonic ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | bretwilisc | OE | |
broadcast | ᛫ a transmission ᛬ to transmit ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | ||
broadly | ᛫ generally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
brock | ᛫ a badger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹C? | ||
broken rime | ᛫ a fraction ᛫ | N | broken+rime | NE+ME | calque: broken number | |
Bronding | ᛫ one of the Brondings ᛫ someone from Brännö in Sweden ᛫ | N(P) | Brondingum&Brondingas | OE | ||
brood | ᛫ the young of an animal ᛬ to sit on eggs to hatch them ᛫ to dwell on something that sours one's mood ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
brook | ᛫ to use ᛫ to enjoy ᛫ to consume food or drink ᛫ to stomach ᛫ to tolerate ᛫ | V | brook&brouken[brūcan] | NE&ME | ||
broom | ᛫ a Cytisus scoparius plant ᛫ a sweeping tool ᛫ | N | broom&brọ̄m[brōm] | NE&ME | ||
broomcorn | ᛫ millet ᛫ sorghum ᛫ | N | broom corn | NE | [OED] | |
brord | ᛫ a point ( like of grass or a spear ) ᛫ a prick ᛫ | N | brord | OE | ᛫ glosses Latin "punctus" ᛫ kin: broddr | |
brosen | ᛫ to decay ᛫ to erode ᛫ | V | brosnian | OE | ||
brot | ᛫ a fragment ᛫ | N | gebrot | OE | kin: brittle? | |
brothel | broþel | ᛫ a degenerate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
brothelhouse | broþelhuse | ᛫ a whorehouse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | often shortened to "brothel" |
brother | broþer | ᛫ a friar ᛫ a male member of a religious order ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
brotherbane | broþerbane | ᛫ a fratricide ᛫ | N | brōþorbana | OE | |
brotherhood | broþerhood | ᛫ a fraternity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
brotherly | broþerly | ᛫ fraternal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
brotherslayer | broþerslayer | ᛫ a fratricide ᛫ | N | brotherslayer | NE | |
brotherwife | broþerƿife | ᛫ a brother's wife ᛫ | N | brōþorwīf | OE | |
brow | broƿ | ᛫ terror ᛫ dread ᛫ horror ᛫ | N | brōga | OE | rhyme: grow |
brown | brune | ᛫ a fascist [ᚹ] ᛬ fascistic ᛫ fascist ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
brown coal | brune coal | ᛫ lignite ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
buck | ᛫ a male animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bud | ᛫ a bribe ᛫ | N | bud | ME | believed to be an offshoot of "bode" | |
bugbear | ᛫ an ongoing problem obstacle or adversity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
build | bild | ᛫ a physique ᛫ a structure ᛬ to construct ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
buildcraft | bildcraft | ᛫ the art of architecture ᛫ | N | build+craft | NE×2 | |
builder | bilder | ᛫ a construction worker ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
Bulgar | ᛫ a Bulgarian ᛫ | N(P) | Bulgarisc | OE | or: Pulgar (from OE Pulgare) | |
Bulgaria | ᛫ Bulgaria ᛫ | N(P) | Bulgaria | ME | ||
bulk | ᛫ mass ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bulwark | bulƿark | ᛫ a defensive wall ᛫ a safeguard ᛬ to fortify ᛫ to provide protection ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹NL? | equivalent to "bole"+"work" |
bunch | bunc | ᛫ a multitude ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
burden | birden | ᛫ a heavy load ᛫ duty ᛫ responsibility ᛫ onus ᛫ | N | ~[birthen][byrþen] | NE | |
burdensome | birdensum | ᛫ arduous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
burdock | ᛫ an Arctium plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bure | ᛫ a son ᛫ child ᛫ descendant ᛫ | N | byre | OE | ||
burial | berriel | ᛫ entombment ᛫ | N | burial | NE | |
burly | ᛫ stout ᛫ brawny ᛫ sturdy ᛫ | AJ | ~[borlīch] | NE | ||
burn | ᛫ a small stream ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: bourn (southern England version?) | |
burn | ᛫ a coat of mail ᛫ a hauberk ᛫ a cuirass [ᚹ] ᛫ a corslet [ᚹ] ᛫ a lorica [ᚹ] ᛫ a breastplate [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | byrne{brinie/burn} | OE | ||
buryleeth | berryleeþ | ᛫ an epitaph ᛫ a eulogy ᛫ | N | byrglēoþ | OE | |
bushwhack | buschƿack | ᛫ to ambush ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
business | bisiness | ᛫ affairs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
busk | ᛫ to ready ᛫ to prepare ᛫ to furnish ᛫ to provide ᛫ to adorn ᛫ to clothe ᛫ | V | busken | ME‹N | ||
busy | bisy | ᛫ active ᛫ preoccupied ᛫ | AJ | ~[bisī][bisig] | NE | |
busybody | bisybody | ᛫ a meddling or prying person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
but | ᛫ just ᛫ only ᛫ no more than ᛬ except ᛫ other than ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | ||
butterfish | butterfisc | ᛫ a gunnel ( fish ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE‹‹I+NE) | [LEX] ᛫ gunnel is of unknown, possibly Celtic origin |
butterfly cod | ᛫ a Pterois volitans fish ( a red lionfish ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
butterflytree | ᛫ a Colophospermum mopane tree ᛫ a mopane ᛫ a turpentine tree ᛫ | N | butterfly-tree | NE | source: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service | |
butterpear | ᛫ an avocado ᛫ | N | butter pear | NE | [LEX] | |
buxom | buxum | ᛫ voluptuous ᛫ flexible ᛫ pliant ᛫ compliant ᛫ submissive ᛫ obedient ᛫ meek ᛫ | AJ | ~ | ANE | kin: bow |
by dint of | ᛫ by means of ᛫ by force of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | ||
by heart | ᛫ from memory ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
by hook or by crook | ᛫ by any means necessary ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
by the rood | þe | ᛫ by the cross ! ( a phrase used in oath making ) ᛫ | I | ~ | NE | |
bye | ᛫ to bow ᛫ to bend ᛫ to turn ᛫ to inflect ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | V | gebīgan | OE | ||
bye | ᛫ to bend ᛫ to curve ᛫ to bow ᛫ | V | bȳgan | OE | ||
byedness | ᛫ curvature ᛫ | AJ | gebīgednys | OE | ||
byfare | ᛫ to pass ( as in to go by, not to hand over ) ᛫ | V | by+fare | NE×2 | ||
bygirdle | bygirdel | ᛫ a purse worn at the belt ᛫ | N | bīgirdel[bīgyrdel] | ME | |
bygone | ᛫ a thing dating from an earlier time ᛬ belonging to an earlier time ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
bying | ᛫ case ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | gebīgednys | OE | ||
byland | ᛫ a peninsula ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bylaw | bylaƿ | ᛫ an ordinance from a local authority ᛫ a rule made by a society to control the actions of its members ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
byquid | bycƿid | ᛫ a proverb ᛫ a fable ᛫ | N | bīcwide | OE | |
byre | ᛫ a barn ( esp one for cattle ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
byrlady | ᛫ ( an exclamation of surprise ) ᛫ | I | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
bysmear | ᛫ mockery ᛬ to mock ᛫ deride ᛫ irritate ᛫ reproach ᛫ blaspheme ᛫ defame ᛫ revile ᛫ | N᛬V | bysmer&bysmerian | OE | ||
byspel | ᛫ a parable ᛫ a fable ᛫ a proverb ᛫ | N | bīspel&bigspell | ME&OE | see comment | |
bystander | ᛫ one who is present but not taking part in a situation or event ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bytime | ᛫ leisure time ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
bytongue | bytung | ᛫ a dialect ᛫ | N | by+tongue | NE×2 | |
bytonguelore | bytunglore | ᛫ dialectology ᛫ | N | by+tongue+lore | NE×3 | |
Bytown | Bytune | ᛫ Ottawa ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ceased to be official name in 1854, remains a popular nickname |
byway | byƿay | ᛫ a side road ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
byword | byƿord | ᛫ a proverb ᛫ a proverbial saying ᛫ an epithet ᛫ an adverb ᛫ | N | byword&bijwoord | NE&NL | |
cack | ᛫ excrement ᛫ faeces ᛫ poop ᛫ crap ᛫ dung ᛬ to poop ᛫ to crap ᛫ to shit ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[cac] | NE | ||
cackhouse | cackhuse | ᛫ a privy ᛫ a latrine ᛫ | N | cachūs | OE | |
calfbone | ᛫ the fibula ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
calfbone | ᛫ a fibula ᛫ | N | calf+bone | NE‹N+NE | or: sparlirebone | |
calfflesh | calfflesc | ᛫ veal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
caliphdom | califdom | ᛫ a caliphate ᛫ | N | caliph+dom{caliphate} | O+NE | |
call | ᛫ a hair net ᛫ a kind of headdress ᛫ | N | calle | ME | ||
called for | ᛫ warranted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
callow | calloƿ | ᛫ inexperienced ᛫ bald ᛫ unfledged ᛫ unfeathered ᛫ immature ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
camp | ᛫ a battle ᛫ battle ᛫ combat ᛫ armed conflict ᛬ to fight ᛫ to combat ᛫ to battle ᛫ | N᛬V | camp&campen[gecamp] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
candletree | candeltree | ᛫ a candelabrum ᛫ a chandelier ᛫ | N | candeltrēow | OE | the candle element is ultimately from Latin |
canker | ᛫ cancer ᛫ a plant disease characterized by cankers ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹OE‹I | ||
cankerleech | cankerleec | ᛫ an oncologist ᛫ | N | canker+leech | NE‹I+NE | |
cannel | ᛫ cinnamon ᛫ a Cinnamomum zelanicum tree ᛫ | N | canē̆l | ME‹I | ||
canny | ᛫ pleasant ᛫ fair ᛫ shrewd or astute ( esp in business matters ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
capittle | capittel | ᛫ a chapter ( in all senses ) ᛫ | N | capitle[capitol] | ME‹OE‹I | |
caple | capel | ᛫ an Equidae animal ( esp a horse , esp an adult male horse ) ᛫ | N | ~[kapall][caballus] | NE‹N‹I | |
careful | ᛫ cautious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | Helpful to show the synonyms. | |
careless | ᛫ negligent ᛫ inattentive ᛫ perfunctory ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
carelessness | ᛫ negligence ᛫ inattention ᛫ inattentiveness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
carer | ᛫ a nurse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
caretaker | ᛫ a custodian ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
careworn | careƿorn | ᛫ tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
cart | ᛫ a paper ᛫ a treatise ᛫ | N | carte | ME‹OE‹I | ||
Cartain | ᛫ Carthage ᛫ | N(P) | Cartaina | OE‹O | ||
catbear | ᛫ a panda ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] ᛫ calque of Chinese? | |
Cathom | Caþom | ᛫ Caen ( city in Normandy ) ᛫ | N(P) | Caþum | OE | From the Anglo Saxon Chronicle |
catlore | ᛫ felinology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
catly | ᛫ feline ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
chafer | ceafer | ᛫ a Scarabaeidae insect ( scarab beetles ) ᛫ | N | ~[ceafor] | NE | rhyme: wafer ᛫ kin: chaff (probably) |
chaff | ceaf | ᛫ grain husks ( collective ) ᛫ something worthless ᛫ refuse ᛫ garbage ᛫ trash ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
chaffer | ceafer | ᛫ trade ᛫ commerce ᛫ merchandise ᛫ a commodity ᛬ to trade ᛫ to do business ᛫ | N | chaffer&chaffā̆re | NE&ME‹(I+E) | equal to: cheap fare |
chapman | ceapman | ᛫ a merchant ᛫ a trader ᛫ a peddler ᛫ a bargainer ᛫ | N | chapman | ME | or: cheapman (from variant) |
char | cear | ᛫ a turn ( one's allotted time ) ᛫ a shift ( of work or such ) ᛬ to turn ᛫ to change beliefs or allegiance ᛫ to convert ᛫ | N᛬V | char&chāren&cyrran | NE&ME&OE | kin: chare |
charlady | cearlady | ᛫ a maid ( a cleaning lady ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: charwoman |
charlock | cearlock | ᛫ a Cruciferae plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
chary | ceary | ᛫ wary ᛫ hesitant ᛫ reluctant ᛫ cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something ᛫ anxious about doing something ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | kin: care ᛫ rhyme: cherry (for some at least) |
chavel | ceafel | ᛫ a jowl ᛫ a jaw ᛫ | N | chavel[ceafl] | ME | "jowl" has French influence? |
cheap | ceep | ᛫ bargaining ᛫ a bargain ᛬ to bargain ᛬ inexpensive ᛫ inexpensive and of poor quality | AJ | cheap&chēp&chēpen | NE‹I&ME‹I | terms like "good cheap" simplified to just "cheap" |
cheaping | ceeping | ᛫ marketing ᛫ trading ᛫ bargaining ᛫ | N | chẹ̄pinge | ME‹OE‹I | |
cheapstow | ceepstoƿ | ᛫ a market place ᛫ | N | ceapstōw | OE‹(I+E) | |
chedder | cedder | ᛫ cedar ᛫ | N | cederbēam/cedertrēow | OE‹I‹H | or: cader (from cæderbēam) |
cheed | ceed | ᛫ a pouch ᛫ a bag ᛫ a sack ᛫ | N | cēod | OE | |
cheek | ceek | ᛫ a side of a face ᛫ a side of a window ᛫ a doorjamb ᛫ a doorpost ᛫ | N | ~[chẹ̄ke][cēoce/cēace] | NE | [OED] |
cheekbone | ceekbone | ᛫ a zygomatic bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
cheeky | ceeky | ᛫ impudent ᛫ insolent ᛫ impertinent ᛫ presumptuous ᛫ risqué ᛫ provocative ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
cheel | ceel | ᛫ a small flat-bottomed kind of ship or boat ᛫ | N | cēol | OE | "keel" seems to be Norse |
cheen | ceen | ᛫ a torch ( of a particular kind? ) ᛫ | N | cēn | OE | |
Cheese Week | Cees Ƿeek | ᛫ the last week of eating cheese before Lent ᛫ | N(P) | cȳswuce | OE | |
cheet | ceet | ᛫ a cabin ᛫ a cottage ᛫ | N | chẹ̄te[cēte] | ME | |
chell | cell | ᛫ a gullet ᛫ a front of a neck ᛫ | N | chelle/cholle[ceole] | ME | |
chellender | cellender | ᛫ a Coriandrum sativum plant ( coriander , cilantro ) ᛫ | N | cellendre | OE‹I | |
chester | cester | ᛫ a city ( especially one which was formerly a Roman castrum ? ) ᛫ | N | ceastre | OE‹I | |
chettle | cettel | ᛫ a kettle ᛫ | N | chetel[cetel] | ME | kettle is Norse? |
cheves | ceefes | ᛫ a concubine ᛫ a paramour ᛫ | N | cheves[ciefes/cefes/cyfes] | ME | ANG: ceefs? |
chevesborn | ceefesborn | ᛫ born of a concubine ᛫ bastard ᛫ | AJ | cheves boren | ME | |
chide | cide | ᛫ to admonish ᛫ to rebuke ᛫ to reproach ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
child | cild | ᛫ a juvenile ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | PL: children; childer |
Childermas | cildermas | ᛫ Holy Innocents' Day ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+I) | |
childleech | cildleec | ᛫ a pediatrician ᛫ | N | child+leech | NE×2 | or: barnleech |
childrearing | cildrearing | ᛫ the bringing up of a child ᛫ parenting ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
chilver | cilfer | ᛫ a ewe lamb ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
chine | cine | ᛫ a fissure ᛫ a chasm ᛬ to crack ᛫ to fissure ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[cīnu/cīnan] | NE | |
Chinish | Cinisc | ᛫ Chinese ᛫ | N | Chinish | ANE | [LEX] |
chink | cink | ᛫ a narrow opening ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
chirk | cirk | ᛫ to cheer up ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
chirkel | cirkel | ᛫ the circle of the Zodiac ᛫ | N | circul | OE‹I | |
chirm | cirm | ᛫ noise ᛫ din ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
chirse | cirs | ᛫ a cherry ᛫ | N | ciris/cyrs | OE‹I‹H | |
chirten | cirten | ᛫ beautiful ᛫ | AJ | cyrten | OE | |
chirtenledge | cirtenlecg | ᛫ to beautify ᛫ | V | cyrtenlǣcan | OE | |
chise | cise | ᛫ choosy ᛫ choice ᛫ picky ᛫ petty ᛫ overly critical ᛫ | AJ | chīs | ME | |
chisel | cisel | ᛫ gravel ᛫ | N | chisel/chysel/chesel | ME | |
chistle | cistel | ᛫ a Castanea plant ( a chestnut tree ) ᛫ | N | cystel | OE‹I | also: chistbeam; chistenbeam, stonechist, stonechistle |
chit | cit | ᛫ a young beast ( such as a whelp or a cub or a kitten ) ᛫ a brat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
chokelew | ceokeleƿ | ᛫ apt to choke or suffocate someone ᛫ | AJ | chokeleu | ME | |
choose | ceƿs | ᛫ to pick ᛫ to decide ᛫ to elect ᛫ | V | chēsen | ME | |
chooseling | ceƿsling | ᛫ one of the elect ( of Christian myth ) ᛫ | N | chōsling | ME | |
chooser | ceƿser | ᛫ an elector ᛫ a connoisseur ᛫ | N | chēsere | ME | |
chophouse | ceophuse | ᛫ a steakhouse ᛫ a restaurant that specializes in steaks , chops , and similar fare ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: LEX |
chore | ceore | ᛫ a task ( esp a habitual one ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Christendom | Cristendom | ᛫ Christianity ᛫ the Christian world ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
church | circ | ᛫ a building for worship ᛫ a congregation ᛫ a communion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE&ANE‹‹H | [OED] ᛫ can be used of many religions (and was more often in the past) |
churchly | circly | ᛫ ecclesiastical ᛫ | AJ | ~[cyriclīc] | NE | |
churchman | circman | ᛫ a cleric ᛫ a member of the clergy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(H+E) | |
churchward | circƿard | ᛫ a custodian of a church ᛫ a sacristan ᛫ | N | chircheward | ME‹(H+E) | |
churl | cerl | ᛫ a commoner ᛫ a peasant ᛫ a boor ᛫ | N | ~[chē̆rl] | NE | |
churlborn | cerlborn | ᛫ low-born ᛫ | AJ | ceorlboren | OE | |
churlfolk | cerlfolk | ᛫ the common people ᛫ | N | ceorlfolc | OE | |
churlish | cerlisc | ᛫ servile ᛫ rustic ᛫ rude ᛫ villainous ᛫ unlearned ᛫ | AJ | cherlish | ME | |
churlishness | cerliscness | ᛫ rudeness ᛫ vulgarity ᛫ | N | ceorliscnes | OE | |
Churlwain | Cerlƿain | ᛫ the Big Dipper ᛫ Ursa Major ᛫ the constellation Boötes ᛫ | N | carlewain | ME | |
churly | cerly | ᛫ vulgarly ᛫ in the manner of commoners ᛫ | AV | ceorllīce | OE | |
chy | cie | ᛫ to call ᛫ to call upon ᛫ to invoke ᛫ to summon ᛫ | V | cīgan | OE | |
chyingly | cyingly | ᛫ vocative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | gecēgendlīc{cīgan} | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
cinder | sinder | ᛫ slag ᛫ dross ᛫ impurity of metal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
clad | ᛫ dressed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
clammy | ᛫ cold and damp ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
clash | clasc | ᛫ a conflict ᛬ to conflict ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | onomatopoeic origin |
clauster | ᛫ a cloister ᛫ | N | clauster | OE‹I | ||
cleam | ᛫ to plaster ᛫ to smear ᛫ to anoint ᛫ | V | clēmen[clǣman] | ME | kin: cloam | |
cleancut | ᛫ sharply defined ᛫ unambiguous ᛫ of wholesome appearance ᛫ | AJ | cleancut | NE‹(E+N) | ||
cleanhearted | ᛫ pure in heart ᛫ innocent of heart ᛫ | AJ | clǣnheort+ed | OE+NE | ||
cleanly | ᛫ habitually clean ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
cleanness | ᛫ moral purity ᛫ innocence ᛫ cleanliness ᛫ integrity ᛫ chastity ᛫ celibacy ᛫ | N | cleaness | NE&ME | ||
cleanse | ᛫ to purge ᛫ to purify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
cleat | ᛫ a wedge ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
cleave | cleaf | ᛫ to sever ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: clove; cleft ᛫ PTCP: cloven; cleft |
cleavers | cleafers | ᛫ a Galium aparine plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: clivers |
cleaving | cleafing | ᛫ cleavage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
cleeve | cleef | ᛫ a dwelling ᛫ | N | clēve[cleofa] | ME | |
cleft | ᛫ a fissure ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: cleave | |
clepe | ᛫ to name ᛫ to summon ᛫ to invoke ᛫ to speak ᛫ to utter ᛫ to vocalize ᛫ | V | clēpen[cleopian] | ME | PST: clept | |
clepend | ᛫ a vowel ᛫ | N | cleopigend | OE | ||
clependy | ᛫ vocalic ᛫ | AJ | cleopigend+ly | OE+NE | ||
clerk | ᛫ a cleric ᛫ an office worker ᛫ one who works with records or accounts ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹‹OE‹I | kin: cleric | |
clerkly | ᛫ clerical ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(E‹I+E) | ||
clew | cleƿ | ᛫ an indication ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: clew |
clew | cleƿ | ᛫ a sphere ᛫ a ball of thread ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
clinch | clinc | ᛫ to secure a nail by bending its point ᛫ to settle a matter decisively ᛫ | V | ~[clench] | NE | [CED] |
cling | ᛫ to adhere ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
cling wrap | ƿrap | ᛫ saran wrap ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
clingy | ᛫ sticky ᛫ adhesive ᛫ tenacious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
clip | ᛫ a flexible or spring-loaded device for holding objects ᛫ a metal holder containing firearm cartridges ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
clip | ᛫ to hug ᛫ to embrace ᛫ | V | clippen | ME | same word as "clip" meaning "binding device" | |
clise | ᛫ to close ᛫ | V | clūsen[beclȳsan] | ME | "ū" is /yː/ ᛫ rhyme: rise | |
clising | ᛫ a cell ᛫ | N | clȳsing | OE‹I | kin: clūsen (ME) | |
clithe | cliþe | ᛫ a plaster ᛫ a salve ᛫ a poultice ᛫ | N | clithe[cliþa] | ME | |
cloam | ᛫ earthenware ᛫ crockery ᛬ to plaster with clay [ᛏ] ᛫ to daub ᛬ made of clay or earthenware ᛫ | N᛬AJ | cloam[clām]&clōmen | NE&ME | [CED][MW] | |
clod | ᛫ a lump of something ( esp clay or earth ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
clog | ᛫ a log ᛫ a block of wood to impede an animal's movement ᛫ a block ᛫ a lump that causes a block ᛫ a lump ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
clot | • a mass • a gobbet • a coagulation • a congelation • a concretion ᛬ to coagulate • to congeal • | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
clote | ᛫ the burdock ᛫ the clotbur ᛫ | N | clote | ME | ||
clothe | cloþe | ᛫ to dress ᛫ to give someone clothes ᛫ to endow ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PTCP: clad |
clother | cloþer | ᛫ a person who makes or sells cloth or clothing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
clotted | • coagulated • congealed • concentrated • | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
clough | cluge | ᛫ a steep valley ᛫ a ravine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] ᛫ rhyme: tough |
clout | clute | ᛫ a patch ( of leather cloth metal or code ) ᛫ a blotch ᛫ a heavy blow ᛫ influence ᛬ to patch ( to mend with a patch ) ᛫ | N | clout&clout[clūt] | NE&ME | |
clove | clofe | ᛫ a duplicate charter ᛫ a copy ᛫ a duplicate [ᚹ] ᛬ to copy [ᚹ] ᛫ to duplicate [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | iclova&geclofa | ME&OE | |
clove | clofe | ᛫ something which is cleft ᛫ a den ᛫ a chasm ᛫ a hollow ᛫ a bulbil ᛫ a bit of garlic ᛫ a celler ᛫ | N | clove&clēofa | NE&OE | |
cloven | clofen | ᛫ divided ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
clutchfist | clucfist | ᛫ a miser ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
coaf | ᛫ courageous ᛫ | AJ | cōf[cāf] | ME | ||
coalfish | coalfisc | ᛫ a Pollachius virens fish ( a pollock , a saithe ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | AKA: pollock; saithe |
coalman | ᛫ a collier ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] | |
coalmouse | coalmuse | ᛫ a Periparus ater bird ᛫ | N | coalmouse | NE | |
coaser | ᛫ an emperor ᛫ an imperator ᛫ a caesar ᛫ | N | cāsere | OE‹I | ||
coaserdom | ᛫ imperium ᛫ | N | cāserdōm | OE‹(I+E) | ||
coaserly | ᛫ imperial ᛫ | AJ | cāserlīc | OE‹(I+E) | ||
coasern | ᛫ an empress ᛫ | N | cāsern | OE‹(I+E) | ||
coaserrich | coaserric | ᛫ an empire ᛫ | N | cāsere+rīche | OE+ME | calque: Kaiserreich |
coath | coaþ | ᛫ disease ᛫ illness ᛫ sickness ᛫ | N | coathe[cothe][coþu] | ANE | used only for sheep in Modern English? |
coathed | coaþed | ᛫ diseased ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
cobweb | cobƿeb | ᛫ a spider's web ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
cock | ᛫ a male bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
cocker | ᛫ a quiver ᛫ | N | coker | ME | ||
cocksfoot | ᛫ an Aquilegia plant ( columbine ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
cockshead | ᛫ an Onobrychis plant ( a sainfoin ) ᛫ | N | cock's head | NE | ||
cocky | ᛫ arrogant ᛫ brash ᛫ overconfident ᛫ self-important ᛫ conceited ᛫ officious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
cod | ᛫ a bag ᛫ a sack ᛫ a pouch ᛫ integument ᛫ a scrotum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
codapple | codappel | ᛫ a quince ? ᛫ | N | codæppel | OE | |
codtree | ᛫ a Ceratonia siliqua plant ( a carob or a locust tree ) ᛫ a Prosopsis plant ( an algarroba ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
coffeehouse | coffeehuse | ᛫ a cafe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(O+NE) | |
cold moon | ᛫ a full moon in December ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
coldrife | ᛫ cold ᛫ chilling ᛫ gelid ᛫ frigid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
cole | ᛫ any Brassica oleracea plant ( broccoli , kale , brussels sprouts , cabbage , cauliflower , kohlrabi , gai lan ) | N | ~[cāl]{cawel}{caulis} | NE‹OE‹I | kin: kale | |
coleneep | ᛫ kohlrabi ᛫ | N | cole+nep | NE+ME‹I | calque: Kohlrabi | |
Coleyn | ᛫ the city of Cologne ᛫ | N | Coleyn | ME | ||
colk | ᛫ an apple core ᛫ an onion heart ᛫ a core [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | colk{hertecolk} | ME | kin: kolk (Middle Dutch); kälk (Swedish dialectal) | |
comeback | cumback | ᛫ a retort ᛫ a return to former and higher status ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
comeliness | cumliness | ᛫ beauty ᛫ attractiveness ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
comeling | cumling | ᛫ a foreigner ᛫ a stranger ᛫ an intruder ᛫ a newcomer to a religious faith ᛫ a new convert ᛫ an import ( from abroad ) ᛫ | N | cǒmeling | ME | |
comelithe | cumliþe | ᛫ hospitable ᛫ | AJ | cumlīþe | OE | |
comelitheness | cumliþeness | ᛫ hospitality ᛫ | N | cumlīþness | OE | |
comely | cumly | ᛫ attractive ᛫ agreeable ᛫ suitable ᛫ proper ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
comendliness | cummendliness | ᛫ possibility ᛫ | N | acumendlīcness | OE | |
comendly | cummendly | ᛫ possible ᛫ | AJ | ācumendlic | OE | or: comingly; camely |
comer | cummer | ᛫ a guest ᛫ a stranger ᛫ | N | cǒmere{cuma} | ME | |
con | ᛫ to study attentively ᛫ to study ᛫ | V | ~[cunnan] | NE | [LEX] | |
conned | ᛫ educated ᛫ having studied ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
conner | ᛫ a student ᛫ | N | con+er | NE×2 | ||
cook up | ᛫ to fabricate ᛫ to make ( usually in a shady or rushed way ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
cookiecutter | ᛫ generic ( usually in a bad way ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(NL+E) | ||
cookshop | cookscop | ᛫ a small or informal restaurant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
cooler | ᛫ a refrigerator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
coomb | ᛫ a short valley or hollow on a hillside or coastline ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹C | ||
cop | ᛫ a spider ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | shortened from "atorcoppe" ᛫ kin: cobweb | |
cop | ᛫ the top summit or crest of something ᛫ | N | ~[copp] | NE | [MW] | |
coppen | ᛫ to eagerly await ᛫ | V | copnen | ME | ||
copper | ᛫ copper ᛫ | N | ~[cō̆per][coper][cuprum] | NE‹‹OE‹I‹H | ||
core | ᛫ discrimination ᛫ a decision ᛫ a choice ᛫ | N | core&gecor | ME&OE | ||
corn | ᛫ a grain ᛫ maize ( grain from the Zea mays plant ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
cornhouse | cornhuse | ᛫ a granary ᛫ | N | corne house | ANE | [OED] |
Cornish | Cornisc | ᛫ Cornish language ᛬ Cornish ᛫ Cornubian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | ~ | NE | or: Cornwelsh; Westwelsh (from OE Westwealas) |
cornstone | ᛫ granite ᛫ | N | corn+stone | NE×2 | calque: granite | |
Cornwales | Cornƿales | ᛫ Cornishmen ᛫ | N(P) | cornwealas | OE | or: Cornishman; Westwale (from OE Westwealas) |
Cornwall | Cornƿall | ᛫ Cornubia ᛫ | N(P) | cornwealas | OE | or: Westwales; Cornwales |
Corsick | ᛫ Corsica ᛫ | N(P) | Corsicam | OE | or: Corsica | |
cost | ᛫ a trait ᛫ a property ᛫ an attribute ᛫ a disposition ᛫ a way of doing things ᛫ a procedure [ᚹ] ᛫ a process [ᚹ] ᛫ a method [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | cost | ME‹N | ||
cost | ᛫ a Tanacetum balsamita plant ( costmary , alecost ) ᛫ | N | cost[cost] | ANE‹‹OE‹I‹H | [OED] | |
costen | ᛫ to tempt ᛫ | V | costnien[costnian] | ME | ||
costning | ᛫ temptation ᛫ | N | costning[costnung] | ME | ||
cot | ᛫ a cottage ᛫ | N | cot | OE | ||
cote | ᛫ a cottage ᛫ a cottage's plot of land ᛫ a coop ᛫ | N | cō̆t[cote] | ME | ||
cotman | ᛫ a cottager ᛫ | N | cotman | ME | ||
cotset | ᛫ a cottager ᛫ | N | cotsēt[cotsǣta] | ME | ||
couth | cooþ | ᛫ known ᛫ well known ᛫ familiar ᛫ sophisticated ᛫ refined ᛫ | AJ | couth&couth | NE&ME | |
couther | cooþer | ᛫ an acquaintance ᛫ | N | cuþa | OE | |
couthledge | cooþlecg | ᛫ to befriend ᛫ to make known to yourself ᛫ | V | cūþlǣcan | OE | |
couthly | cooþly | ᛫ surely ᛫ certainly ᛫ familiarly ᛫ courteously ᛫ | AV | cūþelīce | OE | |
couthness | cooþness | ᛫ acquaintance ᛫ | N | cūþnes | OE | |
couthred | cooþred | ᛫ intimacy ᛫ | N | cuþreden | ME | |
cove | cofe | ᛫ a small coastal inlet ᛫ | N | ~[cōfa] | NE | |
covegod | cofegod | ᛫ a household god ᛫ penates ᛫ | N | cōfgod | OE | |
cow | cue | ᛫ a Bos taurus animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | PL: cues; kine |
cowberry | cueberry | ᛫ a berry from a Vaccinium vitis-idaea plant ᛫ a lingonberry ᛫ a mountain cranberry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Crab | ᛫ Cancer ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | ||
crack | ᛫ highly trained and competent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
cradlehood | cradelhood | ᛫ infancy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ or: babehood; babyhood |
craft | ᛫ an art ᛫ a vehicle ᛫ a trade ( as in a profession ) ᛬ to construct ᛫ to develop ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
crafted tongue | tung | ᛫ a constructed language ᛫ a conlang ᛫ | N | crafted+tongue | NE×2 | |
crafter | ᛫ an architect ᛫ an artifex ᛫ | N | cræftiga | NE&OE | ||
craftless | ᛫ artless ᛫ inexpert ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
craftschild | craftscild | ᛫ an apprentice ᛫ | N | NE | ~ | [OED] |
craftsman | ᛫ an artisan ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
craftspeech | craftspeec | ᛫ a craft's jargon ᛫ | N | cræftspræc | OE | |
crafty | ᛫ relating to a craft ᛫ technical ᛫ wily ᛫ skillful ᛫ innovative ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
cram | ᛫ to stuff ᛫ to fill to capacity ᛫ | V | ~[crammen][crammian] | NE | ||
cranesbill | ᛫ a Geranium plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
crank | ᛫ a device which moves something when turned ᛫ methamphetamine ᛬ to turn a crank ᛫ | N᛬V | ~{crancstæf} | NE | ||
crat | ᛫ a chariot ᛫ a cart ᛫ | N | cræt | OE | ||
craw | craƿ | ᛫ the stomach of an animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
creepdeer | ᛫ a reptile ᛫ | N | creep+deer | NE×2 | calque: Kriechtier | |
Crete | ᛫ Crete ᛫ Cretan wine ᛫ | N(P) | Crete&Crēte | NE&ME | ||
cringe | crincg | ᛫ to shudder from embarrassment fear or disgust ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
cringeworthy | crincgƿorþy | ᛫ embarrassing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Cristen | ᛫ Christian ᛫ | AJ | cristen | OE | ||
Croatish | Croatisc | ᛫ Croatian ᛫ | AJ | Croat+ish | NE×2 | |
crock | ᛫ a pot or a jar of earthenware ᛫ something considered to be complete nonsense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
crockwright | crockƿrigt | ᛫ a potter ᛫ | N | crocwyrhta | OE | |
croft | ᛫ a small rented farm comprising of a plot of arable land attached to a house ᛫ | N | croft | NE | ||
croft | ᛫ an underground vault ᛫ a crypt ᛫ a basement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹Þ‹I | ||
crook | ᛫ a hooked staff ᛫ one who engages in fraudulent or criminal practices ᛫ a bend ᛫ a curve ᛬ to bend ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
crooked | ᛫ bent ᛫ twisted ᛫ illegal ᛫ fraudulent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
cropland | ᛫ farmland ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
cropper | ᛫ one who raises a crop ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
crough | croug | ᛫ saffron ᛫ a crocus ᛫ | N | croh | ME | |
crud | ᛫ clabber ᛫ curds ᛫ cottage cheese ᛫ rennet ᛫ junket ᛫ a coagulated substance ᛬ to coagulate ᛫ to congeal ᛫ to curdle ᛫ | N᛬V | crud&crud&crudden | NE&ME&ME | doublet: curd | |
crundle | crundel | ᛫ a mound raised over graves to protect them ᛫ a barrow ᛫ a tumulus ᛫ a burial mound ᛫ | N | crundel | OE | |
cud | ᛫ gum ᛫ resin ᛫ mastic ᛫ quid ᛫ | N | cud[cudu] | ME | ||
cuddy | ᛫ gummy ᛫ resinous ᛫ | AJ | cud+y | ME+NE | ||
cudgel | kicgel | ᛫ a club ᛫ | N | ~[cycgel]{kycglum/kigclas} | NE | "club" is Norse |
culver | culfer | ᛫ a dove ᛫ a pigeon ᛫ | N | ~[culfre][columba] | NE‹I | |
Cumberland | ᛫ Cumbria ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | ||
cumble | cumbel | ᛫ a sign ᛫ a standard ᛫ an ensign ᛫ a banner ᛫ | N | cumbol | OE | |
cun | ᛫ to be able to ᛫ | V | cunnen | ME | PST: could ᛫ PTCP: cunnen ᛫ PRES: can ᛫ PPR: cunning | |
cund | ᛫ ( denotes kind , nature , origin ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | cund | ME | kin: kind | |
cunning | ᛫ ability ᛫ knowledge ᛫ information ᛫ a science ᛫ a field of knowledge ᛫ an art ᛬ experienced ᛫ able ᛫ crafty ᛫ sly ᛫ clever ᛫ guileful ᛫ | N᛬AJ | cunning&cǒnninge | NE&ME | ||
cunt | ᛫ a vulva ᛫ a vagina ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
cutthroat | cutþroat | ᛫ a murderer ᛫ a ruthless person ᛬ ruthless ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
cutwater | cutƿater | ᛫ Rynchops niger ᛫ the forward curve of a ship's stern ᛫ the wedge of a bridge pier ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
daft | ᛫ silly ᛫ insane ᛫ crazy ᛫ mad ( crazy ) ᛫ stupid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dale | ᛫ a valley ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dalk | ᛫ a clasp ᛫ a buckle ᛫ a brooch ᛫ a fibula ᛫ | N | dalk[dalc] | ME | ||
dall | ᛫ eminent ᛫ | AJ | deal/deall | OE | ||
Damask | ᛫ Damascus ᛫ a kind of cloth from Damascus ᛫ | N(P) | damask | ME‹I?‹O | ||
damp | ᛫ moisture ᛫ humidity ᛫ dampness ᛬ moist ᛫ humid ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE‹LG | ||
dapper | ᛫ neat ᛫ spiffy ᛫ stylish ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹NL? | ||
dare | ᛫ a challenge ᛫ a defiance ᛬ to challenge ᛫ to defy ᛫ to venture ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] PST: dared; durst | |
daring | ᛫ adventurous courage ᛬ adventurous ᛫ audaciously bold ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dark | ᛫ aphotic ᛫ atramentous ᛫ caliginous ᛫ cimmerian ᛫ crepuscular ᛫ somber ᛫ solemn ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
darkling | ᛫ in the dark ᛬ darkly ᛫ done or taking place in the dark ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
darkly | ᛫ obscurely ᛫ vaguely ᛫ allusively ᛫ | AD | darkly&derklī | NE&ME | ||
darling | ᛫ a beloved one ᛬ beloved ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
darst | ᛫ leaven ᛫ | N | dærst | OE | ||
darth | darþ | ᛫ a dart ᛫ a javelin ᛫ | N | daroþ | OE | "dart" is French, from Frankish cognate of "daroþ" |
dash | dasc | ᛫ a hyphen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
daughterdaughter | daugterdaugter | ᛫ a maternal granddaughter ᛫ | N | daughter+daughter | NE×2 | based on: sunsunu; dohtorsunu |
daughterson | daugtersun | ᛫ a maternal grandson ᛫ | N | dohtorsunu | OE | |
daven | dafen | ᛫ to suit ᛫ to be fitting ᛬ becoming ᛫ suitable ᛫ proper ᛫ convenient ᛫ | V᛬AJ | dafenian&dafen | OE&OE | |
daw | daƿ | ᛫ a Coloeus monedula bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
daw | daƿ | ᛫ to dawn ᛫ | V | dauen | ME | kin: day |
daws | daƿs | ᛫ days ᛫ | N | dawes | ME | archaic plural form |
day | ᛫ a meeting ᛫ an assembly ᛫ a diet ᛬ to summon to a meeting ᛫ to submit to arbitration ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
dayblindness | ᛫ hemeralopia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
daybook | ᛫ a journal ᛫ a log ᛫ a logbook ᛫ a diary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
daying | ᛫ arbitration ᛫ settlement of a dispute ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
dayish | dayisc | ᛫ diurnal ᛫ | AJ | daiish | ME | |
dayman | ᛫ a journeyman ᛫ | N | NE | ~ | [OED] | |
daymeal | ᛫ a clock ᛫ a sundial ᛫ a waterclock ᛫ a clepsydra ᛫ | N | dægmǣl | OE | literally day-measure | |
daysman | ᛫ an arbitrator ᛫ a mediator ᛫ an umpire ᛫ an arbiter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
daystar | ᛫ Lucifer ( as in the morning star ) ᛫ | N | dægsteorra | OE | ||
dayworker | dayƿorker | ᛫ a journeyman ᛫ | N | NE | ~ | [OED] |
dead | ᛫ to kill ᛫ to die ᛫ | V | dēden[dēadian] | ME | ||
deaden | ᛫ to deprive of vitality or force ᛫ to numb ᛫ to muffle ᛫ to mute ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
deadliness | ᛫ lethality ᛫ mortality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
deadlock | ᛫ a stalemate ᛫ an impasse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
deadly | ᛫ fatal ᛫ lethal ᛬ fatally ᛫ mortally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
deadly nightshade | nigtscade | ᛫ an Atropa belladonna plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
deadname | ᛫ a necronym ᛫ | N | dead+name | NE | ||
deadpan | ᛫ stolid ᛫ impassive ᛫ expressionless ᛫ inexpressive ᛫ neutral ᛫ detached ᛫ impersonal ᛫ dispassionate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
deadshot | deadscot | ᛫ a highly accurate marksman ᛫ | N | dead shot | NE | |
deal | ᛫ a part ᛫ a component ᛫ a portion ᛫ an agreement ᛫ a pact ᛬ to distribute ᛫ to part ᛫ to divide ᛫ to separate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
dealer | ᛫ a divider ᛫ a distributor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dealing | ᛫ a business transaction ᛫ an interaction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dealnim | ᛫ to take part ᛫ to participate ᛫ | V | dǣlniman | OE | ||
dealnimmer | ᛫ a participant ᛫ a participle ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | dǣlnimend | OE | ||
dealnimmerly | ᛫ sharing ᛫ participating ᛫ participal ᛫ | AJ | dǣlnimendlīc | OE | ||
dealth | dealþ | ᛫ a portion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: wealth |
dealy | ᛫ partial ᛫ | AJ | deal+y | NE×2 | ||
dean | ᛫ a valley ᛫ a vale ᛫ a dale ᛫ | N | [dēne][denu/dænu] | NE | [OED] | |
dear | ᛫ expensive ᛫ costly ᛫ cherished ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dearest | ᛫ a favourite ᛫ a beloved one ᛬ favourite ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dearness | ᛫ expensiveness ᛫ costliness ᛫ affection ᛫ fondness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dearsome | dearsum | ᛫ precious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
dearth | dearþ | ᛫ a famine ᛫ scarcity ᛫ paucity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: birth |
dearworthy | dearƿorþy | ᛫ precious ᛫ beloved ᛫ precious ᛫ prized ᛫ | AJ | dereworthi | ME | |
deathknell | deaþknell | ᛫ a sign foretelling the death of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
deathless | deaþless | ᛫ immortal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
deathlessness | deaþlessness | ᛫ immortality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
deathling | deaþling | ᛫ a mortal ᛫ a being subject to death ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
deathlore | deaþlore | ᛫ thanatology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
deathraked | deaþraked | ᛫ a sepulchre ᛫ | N | dēaþræced | OE | |
deathshild | deaþscild | ᛫ a capital crime ᛫ | N | dēaþscyld | OE | |
deathshildiness | deaþscildiness | ᛫ mortality ᛫ | N | dethshildiȝnesse | ME | |
deathshildy | deaþscildy | ᛫ mortal ᛫ liable to death ᛫ | AJ | dethshildiȝ | ME | |
deathsman | deaþsman | ᛫ an executioner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
deathsong | deaþsong | ᛫ a requiem ( in the musical sense ) ᛫ | N | death+song | NE×2 | |
deech | deec | ᛫ to smear ᛫ to daub ᛫ to plaster ᛫ | V | dēchen | ME | |
deed | ᛫ an action ᛫ an act ᛫ a legal document showing bond ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
deedbane | ᛫ an evildoer ᛫ | N | dǣdbana | OE | ||
deedbeet | ᛫ to make amends ᛫ to be penitent ᛫ to repent ᛫ | V | dǣdbētan | OE | ||
deedbeeter | ᛫ a deed amender ᛫ a penitent ᛫ | N | dǣdbēta | OE | ||
deedboot | ᛫ repentance ᛫ penitence ᛫ penance ᛫ | N | dǣdbōt | OE | ||
deedfrom | deedfrum | ᛫ a deed-doer ᛫ an actor ᛫ a causative agent ᛫ | N | dǣdfruma | OE | |
deedlate | ᛫ slow to act ᛫ slothful ᛫ | AJ | dǣdlæt | OE | ||
deedlater | ᛫ a lazy person ᛫ a sluggard ᛫ | N | dǣdlata | OE | ||
deedlean | ᛫ a reward ᛫ recompence ᛫ recompense ᛫ | N | dǣdlēan | OE | ||
deem | ᛫ to regard ᛫ to judge ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
deemer | ᛫ a judge ᛫ | N | dēma | OE | ||
deer | ᛫ an animal ᛫ a beast ᛫ | N | deer | ANE | PL: deer; deers (huntien after deores) | |
deerkind | ᛫ the animal kingdom ᛫ | N | deer+kind | NE×2 | ||
deerleech | deerleec | ᛫ a veterinarian ᛫ | N | deer+leech | NE+ANE | |
deerlife | ᛫ fauna ᛫ | N | deer+life | NE+NE | calque: animal life | |
deerlore | ᛫ zoology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE×2 | ||
deeryard | ᛫ a zoo ᛫ a zoological garden ᛫ | N | deer+yard | NE×2 | calque: diergaarde; Tiergarten | |
deeve | deef | ᛫ proper ᛫ | AJ | idẹ̄fe&gedēfe | ME&OE | kin: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆 |
deft | ᛫ neatly skillful and quick in one's movements ᛫ demonstrating skill and cleverness ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
delf | ᛫ digging ᛫ the act of digging ᛫ an excavation ᛫ a quarry ᛫ a mine ᛫ | N | delf[gedelf] | ME | ||
delfine | ᛫ a dolphin ᛫ | N | delfīn | ME‹I | ||
dell | ᛫ a secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
delve | delf | ᛫ to dig ᛫ to mine to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PTCP: dolven |
delver | delfer | ᛫ a digger ᛫ a tiller ᛫ an excavator ᛫ a miner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
demmerlake | ᛫ magic ᛫ sorcery ᛫ the art of magic ᛫ | N | dweomerlāk/demerlayke | ME | NEEDS WORK | |
Den | ᛫ a Dane ᛫ | N | Dene | OE | or: Deen? | |
Denlaw | Denlaƿ | ᛫ the region in Britain which was governed by Danish law ᛫ the Danelaw ᛫ | N(P) | denelage | OE | |
Denmark | ᛫ Denmark ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | or: Denmarch | |
Dennish | Dennisc | ᛫ Danish language ᛬ Danish ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Dennish[Denisc] | ME | or: Dench (from variant) |
Deprobane | ᛫ Sri Lanka ᛫ Ceylon ᛫ Taprobana ᛫ | N(P) | Dēprobane | OE | ||
Der | ᛫ a Deirian ᛫ | N(P) | Dere | OE‹C | ||
dere | ᛫ hurt ᛫ harm ᛫ injury ᛬ to hurt ᛫ to harm ᛫ to injure ᛫ | N᛬V | dēre | ME | ||
derf | ᛫ tribulation ᛫ affliction ᛫ trouble ᛫ torture ᛫ labour ᛫ | N | derf&deorf | ME&OE | ||
dern | ᛫ to hide ᛫ to conceal ᛬ secret ᛫ hidden ᛫ underhanded ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
derning | ᛫ camouflage ᛫ a disguise ᛫ | N | dern+ing | NE×2 | calque: Tarnung (HG) | |
dernship | dernscip | ᛫ secrecy ᛫ | N | derneshipe | ME | |
Derrich | Derric | ᛫ the Kingdom of Deria ᛫ | N(P) | Dera rīce | OE‹(C+C) | |
derringdo | ᛫ action displaying heroic courage ᛫ | N | derringdo | NE | ||
derve | derf | ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to labour ᛫ | V | deorfan | OE | kin: derf |
devilcraft | defilcraft | ᛫ the art of the devil ᛫ | N | dēofolcræft | OE(I‹H+E) | |
devilfish | defilfisc | ᛫ an octopus ᛫ any cephalopod ᛫ a devil ray ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E‹I‹H+E) | |
devilish | defilisc | ᛫ diabolical ᛫ | AJ | develissh | ME‹(I‹H+E) | |
devilreigh | defilreig | ᛫ a devil ray ᛫ | N | devil ray | NE‹(E‹I‹H+E) | |
devilsdung | defilsdung | ᛫ asafoetida ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | Compare: HG Teufelsdreck; NL duivelsdrek |
dewsnail | deƿsnail | ᛫ a slug ᛫ | N | dew-snail | NE | "slug" is Norse |
dight | digt | ᛫ to prepare ᛫ to ready ᛫ to polish ᛫ to ornament ᛫ to make preparations ᛫ to arrange ᛫ to order ᛫ to organize ᛫ to direct ᛫ | V | dighten[dihtan][dictare] | ME‹OE‹Þ‹I? | |
dighting | digting | ᛫ preparation ᛫ an arrangement ᛫ an ordering ᛫ repairing ᛫ furbishing ᛫ adorning, arraying ᛫ preparing ᛫ treating of a patient ᛫ | N | dighting[dihtung] | ME | |
dile | ᛫ hidden ᛫ secret ᛫ furtive ᛫ cryptic ᛫ | AJ | dīȝel[dīegel] | ME | ||
dill | ᛫ an Anethum graveolens plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dimhouse | dimhuse | ᛫ a lautumia ᛫ a dungeon ᛫ | N | dimhūs | OE | |
din | ᛫ a loud noise ᛫ a loud sound ᛬ to sound loudly ᛫ resound ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
ding | ᛫ a dent ᛫ a blow ᛬ to dent ᛫ to hit ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
dingle | dingel | ᛫ a valley which is small and wooded ᛫ a cleft which is deep and narrow ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] ᛫ kin: Tunc (HG); dyngja (N) |
dingy | ᛫ dull ᛫ drab ᛫ dreary ᛫ discoloured ᛫ dirty ᛫ tarnished ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
dint | ᛫ a blow or stroke ( typically one made with a weapon ) ᛫ force of attack ᛫ an impact ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
dip | ᛫ to baptize ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
dishbearer | discbearer | ᛫ a waiter ᛫ a waitress ᛫ a server of food ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] ᛫ also: disher (which can also mean dishmaker) |
dishthane | discþane | ᛫ an officer in charge of dishes or food ᛫ a dish-bearer ᛫ | N | discþegn{discþēn} | OE | |
distaff | ᛫ a staff for spinning thread ᛫ the domain or work of women ᛬ maternal ᛫ female ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
distaff side | ᛫ the female side of a family ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dit | ᛫ to seal ᛫ to close ᛫ to shut ᛫ to block ᛫ to shut up ᛫ to plug ᛫ | V | ditten[dyttan] | ME | ||
dither | diþer | ᛫ to act nervously or indecisively ᛫ vacillate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
divedopper | difedopper | ᛫ a pelican ᛫ | N | dūfedoppa | OE | |
dizen | disen | ᛫ to dress [ᛏ] ᛫ to attire ᛫ to deck out ᛫ to adorn ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | rhyme: risen; horizon |
dizziness | disiness | ᛫ giddiness ᛫ vertigo ᛫ folly ᛫ stupidity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
dizzy | disy | ᛫ giddy ᛫ vertiginous ᛫ foolish ᛫ stupid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
doall | ᛫ a factotum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dock | ᛫ a Rumex plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
doe | ᛫ a female animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
doff | ᛫ to take off ᛫ to remove an item of clothing ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | from "do off" | |
dogdays | ᛫ a period of stagnation or inactivity ᛫ the period between early July and early September ᛫ | N | dog days | NE | [MW] | |
dogged | ᛫ marked by stubborn determination ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
doglore | ᛫ cynology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dogly | ᛫ canine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dogmad | ᛫ rabid ᛫ | AJ | dog-madness | NE | ||
dogmadness | ᛫ rabies ᛫ | N | dog-madness | NE | ||
dogsbody | ᛫ a menial worker ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dole | ᛫ a share ᛫ something given as charity ᛫ a donation ᛫ | N | ~[dāl][gedāl] | NE | kin: deal | |
doleland | ᛫ an allotted share of commonly held land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | Lands of Doura in Scotland may be contraction of "Doleland" | |
dolk | ᛫ a wound ᛫ | N | dolc/dolh[dolg/dolh] | ME | ||
dolt | ᛫ an idiot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dom | ᛫ ( shows a state or condition ) ᛫ -cracy ᛫ -archy ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
Dominica | ᛫ Dominica ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹O+NE | ||
don | ᛫ to put on ᛫ to dress in ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | from "do on" | |
Donnow | Donnue | ᛫ the river Danube ᛫ | PN | Donua | OE | |
donothing | donoþing | ᛫ a slacker ᛬ idle ᛫ | N᛬AJ | donothing | NE | |
dook | ᛫ a bastard ᛫ | N | dōc | OE | ||
dooken | ᛫ to bastardize ᛫ to bastardise ᛫ | V | dōc+en | OE+NE | ||
doom | ᛫ judgment ᛫ legal decision ᛫ legal ruling ᛬ to sentence ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
doombook | ᛫ a book of decrees or laws ᛫ | N | dōmbōc | OE | ||
doombough | doombuge | ᛫ a judicial branch ᛫ | N | doom+bough | NE×2 | |
doomed | ᛫ judged ᛫ ill-fated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
doomern | ᛫ a court where judgments take place ᛫ a tribunal ᛫ | N | dōmern | OE | ||
doomful | ᛫ full of judgement ᛫ ominous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
doomhouse | doomhuse | ᛫ a courthouse ᛫ | N | dome howse[dōmhūs] | ME | |
doomladen | ᛫ conveying a sense of tragedy ᛫ | AJ | doomladen | NE | ||
doomly | ᛫ judicial ᛫ | AJ | dōmlīc | OE | ||
doomsday | ᛫ judgment day ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
doomsettle | doomsettel | ᛫ a judgment seat ᛫ a tribunal ᛫ | N | dōmsetl | OE | |
doomsman | ᛫ a judge ᛫ an umpire ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
doorthane | doorþane | ᛫ a door-keeper ᛫ a janitor ( as in a doorman ) ᛫ | N | dūruþegn | OE | |
doppet | ᛫ to immerse ᛫ | V | doppettan | OE | ||
dor | ᛫ an insect that buzzes when flying ᛫ | N | ~[OE dora] | NE | found in "dumbledore" | |
dote | ᛫ to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
dought | dugt | ᛫ courage ᛫ valour ᛫ bravery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: doubt |
doughty | dugty | ᛫ brave ᛫ courageous ᛫ valiant ᛫ intrepid ᛫ dauntless ᛫ | AJ | ~[dyhtig] | NE | rhyme: doubty |
douse | duse | ᛫ to immerse ᛫ to dunk or sink into liquid ᛫ to extinguish something like fire ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹N? | |
dout | dute | ᛫ to extinguish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
douth | duþe | ᛫ a troop of retainers ᛫ a retinue ᛫ virtue ᛫ | N | ~[douthe][duguþ] | NE | semantic shift: virtue › virtue of retainers › a troop of retainers |
dove | duf | ᛫ a pigeon ᛫ | N | ~[douve][dufe?] | NE | |
dovehouse | dufhuse | ᛫ a dovecote ᛫ a columbary ᛫ a columbarium ᛫ a pigeon house ᛫ a pigeonry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
dow | due | ᛫ to have use ᛫ to matter ᛫ to be helpful ᛫ to be effective ᛫ | V | douen[dugan/dēah/dēag] | ME | rhyme: plough ᛫ PST: dought |
down | dune | ᛫ a hill ᛫ | N | ~[dūn] | NE | "down" as in "netherwards" comes from this word |
down to earth | dune earþ | ᛫ practical ᛫ realistic ᛫ pragmatic ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
downbeat | dunebeat | ᛫ the accented beat at the beginning of a bar ᛬ sad and pessimistic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
downelf | duneelf | ᛫ a mountain elf ᛫ a mountain fairy ᛫ a mountain nymph ᛫ | N | dūnælf | OE | |
downfall | dunefall | ᛫ a collapse ᛫ a loss of power prosperity or status ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
downgang | dunegang | ᛫ a descent ᛫ a way down ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
downlink | dunelink | ᛫ a transmission or link to the earth from an airborne terminal ᛬ to transmit to the earth ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
downplay | duneplay | ᛫ to de-emphasize ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
downputting | duneputting | ᛫ denigrating ᛫ pejorative ᛫ derogatory ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
downright | dunerigt | ᛫ unambiguous ᛫ utter ᛬ unambiguously ᛫ utterly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
downside | duneside | ᛫ a con ᛫ a negative feature of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
draff | ᛫ swill ᛫ dregs ᛫ refuse ᛫ the damp remains of malt ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
drake | ᛫ trouble ᛫ | N | dracu | OE | kin: dretch | |
drake | ᛫ a dragon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹‹I | ||
drast | ᛫ dregs ᛫ sediment ᛫ scum ᛫ | N | drast | ME | ||
draught | draugt | ᛫ a preliminary version ᛫ a plan ᛫ a map ᛫ a concscription ᛫ a scheme ᛫ a devised thing ᛫ a move ( gaming ) ᛬ to make a draught ᛫ to conscript ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: draft |
draughthouse | draugthuse | ᛫ an outhouse ᛫ a privy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
draughts | draugts | ᛫ checkers ( the game ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
draughtsman | draugtsman | ᛫ a maker of engineering or architectural plans ᛫ an illustrator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: draftsman |
draughty | draugty | ᛫ gusty ( of wind ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: drafty ᛫ [CED] |
draw | draƿ | ᛫ a lottery ᛫ a raffle ᛬ to attract ᛫ to derive ᛫ to pull ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | PST: drew ᛫ PTCP: drawn |
drawback | draƿback | ᛫ an negative feature ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
drawdown | draƿdune | ᛫ a depletion ᛫ a reduction ᛫ a lowering of a water level ᛬ to deplete by using or spending ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [CED][MW] |
drawingroom | draƿingroom | ᛫ a room where visitors may be entertained ᛫ a lounge ᛫ | N | drawing room | NE | |
drawlatch | draƿlac | ᛫ a thief ᛫ a burglar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
dray | ᛫ a band ᛫ a multitude ᛫ | N | gedræg | OE | kin: draw (this word essentially means "what is drawn together") | |
dreadless | ᛫ intrepid ᛫ dauntless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dreap | ᛫ to kill ᛫ to strike down ᛫ | V | drēpen[drepan] | ME | ||
drear | ᛫ blood ᛫ gore ᛫ | N | dreor | OE | ||
dreary | ᛫ gloomy ᛫ cheerless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dreeve | dreef | ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to vex ᛫ | V | drẹ̄ven[drēfan] | ME | |
dreeze | drees | ᛫ to fall ᛫ to perish ᛫ | V | drēsen[dreosan] | ME | |
dreg | ᛫ sediment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
drench | drenc | ᛫ a poisonous or medicinal drink ᛫ a potion ᛬ to soak ᛫ to make drink ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | kin: drink |
dretch | drec | ᛫ to injure ᛫ to damage ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to delay ᛫ to hesitate ᛫ | V | drecchen[dreccan] | ME | |
drib | ᛫ to do by little and little ᛫ to appropriate unlawfully ᛫ to filch ᛫ to defalcate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
drie | ᛫ annoyance ᛫ trouble ᛫ grief ᛫ | N | drī | ME | dreigh and dreich in Scots? | |
drifter | ᛫ a transient ᛫ a vagrant ᛫ a vagabond ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
dright | drigt | ᛫ a host ᛫ a body of retainers or warriors ᛫ a group of people ᛫ a people ᛫ a multitude ᛫ | N | driht | ME | |
drighten | drigten | ᛫ a lord ᛫ a ruler ᛫ a chief ᛫ a leader ᛫ a god ( pagan or otherwise ) ᛫ | N | drihten | ME | |
drightenly | drigtenly | ᛫ lordly ᛫ noble ᛫ | AJ | dryhtlīc | OE | |
drightenship | drigtenscip | ᛫ rulership ᛫ lordship ᛫ domination ᛫ | N | dryhtscipe | OE | |
drightly | drigtly | ᛫ of high rank ᛫ noble ᛫ excellent ᛫ | AJ | drihtlīche[dryhtlīc] | ME | |
dring | ᛫ a warrior ᛫ a soldier ᛫ | N | dring/dreng[dreng] | ME‹N? | or: dreng | |
drinkhail | ( in reply to someone making the " wassail toast " ) | N᛬I | drink heil | ME | ||
drinkshop | drinkscop | ᛫ a shop which sells alcoholic beverages or liquor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
drite | ᛫ to shit ᛫ to poop ᛫ to defecate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
drivel | drifel | ᛫ saliva ᛫ nonsense ᛬ to slobber ᛫ to talk nonsense ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
drone | ᛫ a male bee ᛫ a menial worker ᛫ a remote-controlled or autonomous vehicle ᛫ a robot [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
droof | ᛫ turbid ᛫ disturbed ᛫ sorrowful ᛫ troubled ᛫ | AJ | drōf[drōf] | ME | ||
droovy | droofy | ᛫ stirred up ( of water ) ᛫ muddy murky ᛫ | AJ | drōvi[drōfig] | ME | |
dropmeal | ᛫ one drop at a time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
dropstone | ᛫ a stalactite ᛫ a stalagmite ᛫ a stalagnate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: dripstone | |
dropwort | dropƿurt | ᛫ Filipendula vulgaris ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
dross | ᛫ waste ᛫ something that is base trivial or inferior ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
drought | drugt | ᛫ a water shortage ᛫ a paucity ( semi-poetic ) ᛫ | N | ~[drūgaþ] | NE | |
drove | drofe | ᛫ a herd or flock of animals being driven ᛫ a bunch of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
drowse | druse | ᛫ a state of sleepiness or inactivity ᛬ to be inactive ᛫ to fall into a light slumber ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
drub | ᛫ to beat severely ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
drudge | drucg | ᛫ menial or tedious labour ᛬ to do menial or tedious labour ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
drunken | ᛫ intoxicated ᛫ caused by intoxication ᛫ saturated with liquid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
drunkenness | ᛫ intoxication ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
drunklew | drunkleƿ | ᛫ a drunkard ᛫ an alcoholic ᛬ addicted to drink habitually drunk ᛫ | N᛬AJ | dronkeleu | ME | |
dry | ᛫ a druid ᛫ a magician ᛫ a sorcerer ᛫ a wizard ᛫ a magus ᛫ a mage ᛫ | N | drī[drȳ] | ME‹OE‹C | kin: druid | |
drycraft | ᛫ druidcraft ᛫ sorcery ᛫ the art of magic ᛫ | N | drȳcræft | OE | ||
drycrafty | ᛫ skilled in magic ᛫ skilled in druidic magic ᛫ magical ᛫ | AJ | drȳcræftig | OE | ||
Dubawnt Mere | ᛫ Dubawnt Lake ᛫ | N(P) | Dubawnt+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
duckbill | ᛫ a platypus ᛫ a hadrosaur ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
duckmole | ᛫ a platypus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
dugout | dugute | ᛫ a canoe ᛫ a shelter dug in a hillside ᛫ an area in the side of a trench for quarters storage or protection ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
dull | ᛫ to blunt ᛫ to stupefy ᛫ to tarnish ᛬ blunt ᛫ stupid ᛫ obtuse ᛫ tarnished ᛫ tedious ᛫ boring ᛫ sluggish ᛫ inactive ᛫ stagnant ᛫ | V:AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
dumb | ᛫ stupid ᛫ mute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
dumbness | ᛫ stupidity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dun | ᛫ tan ( the hue ) ᛬ tan coloured ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[dun/dunn] | NE | [MW] | |
dun | ᛫ to make persistent demands for payment ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
dung | ᛫ a dungeon ᛫ a subterranean chamber ᛫ | N | dung/donge[dung] | ME | ||
dunnock | ᛫ a Prunella modularis bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
dusk | ᛫ the night's twilight ( as opposed to the morning's twilight ) ᛬ to darken ᛫ to make gloomy ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
dusky | ᛫ dark in colour ᛫ dim ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Dutch | Duc | ᛫ the Dutch language ᛫ mainland West Germanic language ᛬ of the Netherlands ᛫ of mainland West Germanic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
Dutchland | Ducland | ᛫ the part of Europe where continental West Germanic languages are spoken ᛫ | N(P) | Dū̆chelōnd | ME | |
dwale | dƿale | ᛫ an error ᛫ incorrectness ᛫ | N | dwale[dwola] | ME | |
dwale | dƿale | ᛫ an Atropa belladonna plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
dwalegod | dƿalegod | ᛫ an idol ᛫ a false god ᛫ | N | gedwolgod | OE | |
dwalesome | dƿalesum | ᛫ erroneous ᛫ incorrect ᛫ wrong ᛫ | AJ | gedwolsum | OE | |
dwarf | dƿarf | ᛫ a mythological humanoid usually depicted as short stout mountain dwelling and skilled in certain crafts ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | PL: dwarfs; dwarves |
dwarfdwostle | dƿarfdƿostel | ᛫ a Mentha pulegium plant ( pennyroyal ) ᛫ | N | dweorgedwostle[dwosle] | OE | |
dwease | dƿease | ᛫ foolish ᛫ stupid ᛫ dumb ᛫ | AJ | dwǣs | OE | |
dwell | dƿell | ᛫ a sojourn ᛫ a stay ᛫ a delay ᛬ to live in a place ᛫ to reside ᛫ to remain ᛫ to stay ᛫ to wait ᛫ to procrastinate ᛫ to delay in doing something ᛫ | N᛬V | dwell&dwel | NE&ME | |
dwelling | dƿelling | ᛫ a place of residence ᛫ a habitation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
dwelse | dƿels | ᛫ to stray in a stupor ᛫ | V | dwelsian | OE | |
dwelsing | dƿelsing | ᛫ a stupor which leads one astray ᛫ | N | dwelsinge{dwelsian} | ME | |
dwere | dƿere | ᛫ doubt ᛫ perplexity ᛫ uncertainty ᛫ | N | dwẹ̄re | ME | |
dwild | dƿild | ᛫ error ᛫ heresy ᛫ | N | dwild&gedwild | OE | |
dwildman | dƿildman | ᛫ a heretic ᛫ | N | gedwildmann | OE | |
dwildy | dƿildy | ᛫ erroneous ᛫ heretical ᛫ | AJ | dwild+y | ME+NE | |
dwimmer | dƿimmer | ᛫ illusion ᛫ delusion ᛫ an apparition ᛫ a phantom ᛫ | N | dwimor | OE | resurrected by Tolkien? |
dwimmerly | dƿimmerly | ᛫ as an illusion ᛫ deceptively ᛫ | AV | dwimorlīce | ME | |
dwimmery | dƿimmery | ᛫ illusory ᛫ | AJ | dwimorlīc | OE | |
dwindle | dƿindel | ᛫ to become steadily less ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
dwine | dƿine | ᛫ to waste or pine away ᛫ to languish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
dwolen | dƿolen | ᛫ erroneous ᛫ wrong ᛫ perverse ᛫ | AJ | gedwolen | OE | |
dwolm | dƿolm | ᛫ chaos ᛫ a chasm ᛫ | N | dwolma | OE | |
e | ᛫ a horse ᛫ a steed ᛫ | N | eh | OE | SEE COMMENT FOR PRONUNCIATION | |
ea | ᛫ a law ᛫ a statute ᛫ a custom ᛫ a rule ᛫ | N | ē/eu-/ewe-/eaw-[ǣ] | ME | becomes: ew in compounds | |
ea | ᛫ a river ᛫ | N | ē | ME | ||
eace | ees | ᛫ a bait ᛫ a lure ᛫ | N | ēs | ME | found in: eaceworm |
eaceworm | eesƿurm | ᛫ an earthworm ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
each | eac | ᛫ eternal ᛫ everlasting ᛫ perpetual ᛫ | AJ | ēche[ēce/ǣce] | ME | |
ead | ᛫ prosperity ᛫ happiness ᛫ bliss ᛫ | N | ēad{ME ednesse} | OE | kin: auður | |
eady | ᛫ prosperous ᛫ fortunate ᛫ | AJ | ēdī [ēadig] | ME | ||
eal | ᛫ oil ᛫ | N | ēle/eal/eale[ele] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
eal | ᛫ to kindle ᛫ to burn ᛫ | V | ǣlan | OE | ||
eal | ᛫ an elk ᛫ a moose ᛫ | N | eolh | OE | "elk" seems to be foreign or foreign influenced | |
Ealand | ᛫ Åland ᛫ | N | ea+land | ME+NE | calque: Åland | |
ealberry | ᛫ an olive ᛫ | N | eleberge | OE | ||
ealsand | ᛫ amber ᛫ | N | eolhsand | OE | ||
ealtree | ᛫ an olive tree ᛫ | N | eletreow | OE | ||
eam | ᛫ an uncle ᛫ | N | eame/eme[ēam] | NE | ||
eamdaughter | eamdaugter | ᛫ a paternal female cousin ᛫ | N | eam+daughter | NE×2 | built on analogy with "modry sune" ᛫ see: needmay |
eamson | eamsun | ᛫ a paternal male cousin ᛫ | N | eam+son | NE×2 | built on analogy with "modry sune" ᛫ see: needmay |
ean | ᛫ to give birth to a lamb or a goat ᛫ | V | ēnen[ēanian] | ME | ||
eanling | ᛫ a young lamb ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
ear | ᛫ to plow ᛫ | V | ~[erian] | NE | ||
eard | ᛫ one's character ᛫ a disposition ᛫ a personality [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ērd[eard] | ME | kin: aard (Dutch) | |
earl | ᛫ a count ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
earlap | ᛫ an earlobe ᛫ an ear lobe ᛫ the outer ear ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
earldom | ᛫ a county ( in the sense of " a count's domain " ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
earlen | ᛫ a countess ᛫ | N | earl+en | NE×2 | ||
earmark | ᛫ a distinguishing mark ᛫ a provision in legislation that allocates a specified amount of money towards something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
earn | ᛫ to gain through work ᛫ to deserve ᛫ | V | earn&earnian | NE&OE | ||
earnest | ᛫ seriousness ᛬ serious ᛫ urgent ᛫ intent ᛫ diligent ᛫ important ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
earp | ᛫ brown ( esp dark brown ? ) ᛫ | AJ | eorp | OE | kin: jarpr (Icelandic) | |
earsh | earsc | ᛫ a vivarium ( an animal preserve ) ᛫ | N | ersc | OE | |
earshhen | earschen | ᛫ a quail ᛫ | N | erschenn | OE | |
earshrift | earscrift | ᛫ auricular confession ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
earstone | ᛫ an otolith ᛫ an otolite ᛫ a statoconium ᛫ an otoconium ᛫ a statolith ᛫ | N | ear stone | NE | [OED] | |
earthapple | earþappel | ᛫ a potato ᛫ | N | earthapple | NE | |
earthberry | earþberry | ᛫ a strawberry ᛫ | N | eorþberige | OE | |
earthbiving | earþbifing | ᛫ earthquake ᛫ | N | eorþbifung | OE | |
earthcraft | earþcraft | ᛫ geometry ᛫ | N | eorþcræft | OE | |
eartheal | earþeal | ᛫ petroleum ᛫ | N | earth+eal | NE+ME‹OE‹I | [OED] ᛫ calque: earth-oil |
earthenware | earþenƿare | ᛫ pottery ᛫ ceramics ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
earther | earþer | ᛫ an inhabitant of Earth ᛫ | N | eorþwaru | OE | |
earthern | earþern | ᛫ a tomb ᛫ a sepulcher ᛫ | N | eorþærn | OE | |
earthflax | earþflax | ᛫ asbestos ᛫ | N | earth-flax | ANE | [OED] |
earthgall | earþgall | ᛫ centaury ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
earthhog | earþhog | ᛫ an aardvark ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
earthhouse | earþhuse | ᛫ an underground chamber ᛫ a basement ᛫ a cellar ᛫ a souterrain ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
earthivy | earþify | ᛫ Glechoma hederacea ( ground-ivy ) ᛫ | N | eorþifig | OE | |
earthline | earþline | ᛫ the horizon ᛫ | N | earth-line | NE‹(NE+NE‹‹Þ‹I) | [OED] |
earthling | earþling | ᛫ a plowman ᛫ an inhabitant of Earth ᛫ a worldling ᛫ | N | earthling&irþling | NE&OE | |
earthlore | earþlore | ᛫ geology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
earthly | earþly | ᛫ terrestrial ᛫ tellurian ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
earthman | earþman | ᛫ a human resident or inhabitant of the planet Earth ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
earthnavel | earþnafel | ᛫ asparagus ᛫ | N | eorþnafela | OE | |
earthtar | earþtar | ᛫ asphalt ᛫ | N | eorþtyrewa | OE | |
earthtilth | earþtilþ | ᛫ agriculture ᛫ | N | earthtilth | NE | |
earthwave | earþƿafe | ᛫ a seismic wave ᛫ | N | earth-wave | NE | [OED] |
earthwax | earþƿax | ᛫ ozokerite ᛫ paraffin wax ᛫ | N | earth-wax | NE | [OED] |
earthweal | earþƿeal | ᛫ earthly wealth ᛫ | N | eorþwēla | OE | |
earthwhate | earþhƿate | ᛫ geomancy ᛫ | N | earth+whāte | NE+ME | |
earthwolf | earþƿulf | ᛫ an aardwolf ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
earthy | earþy | ᛫ natural ( the way of the world ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
earwax | earƿax | ᛫ cerumen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
earwig | earƿig | ᛫ a prying informer ᛬ to gain the influence of someone through covert statements ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[earwicga] | NE | |
easel | ᛫ a donkey ᛫ an ass ᛫ | N | esol | OE | ||
East Englerich | Engelric | ᛫ the Kingdom of East Anglia ᛫ | N(P) | ēast Engla Rīce | OE | or: East Engles |
East Timor | ᛫ East Timor ᛫ Timor-Leste ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹(E+O) | ||
easten | ᛫ from the east ᛫ | AV | ēastan | OE | ||
Easterling | ᛫ a native of the Hanseatic region of the Netherlands , Northern Germany , and the Baltic coast ᛫ | N | ēsterling | ME | ||
Eastermonth | Eastermonþ | ᛫ April ᛫ | N(P) | Eastermonaþ | OE | |
Eastern | ᛫ Oriental ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Easterner | ᛫ an Oriental ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
eastle | eastel | ᛫ a table for notes ᛫ a tablet ᛫ | N | ǣstel | OE | |
Eastrich | Eastric | ᛫ Austria ᛫ | N(P) | estrich | ME | |
eath | eaþ | ᛫ ease ᛬ to ease ᛬ easy ᛬ easily ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ᛬AV | eathe[eaþe]; ēthen | ME | |
eathfully | eaþfully | ᛫ easily ᛫ | AV | ethefulli | ME | |
eathhield | eaþheeld | ᛫ satisfied ᛫ contented ᛫ | AJ | ēþhylde | OE | |
eathly | eaþly | ᛫ insignificant ᛫ trivial ᛫ of little worth or value ᛫ | AJ | ēthelich | ME | |
eathmood | eaþmood | ᛫ humble ᛫ lowly ᛫ obedient ᛬ to be humble ᛫ to obey ᛫ to make humble ᛫ to humble ᛫ | AJ | ēaþmōd&ēaþmōdgian | OE | |
eathmoodly | eaþmoodly | ᛫ humble ᛬ humbly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ēaþmōdlic&ēaþmōdlice | OE | |
eathmoodness | eaþmoodness | ᛫ humility ᛫ | N | ēaþmōdnis | OE | |
eathness | eaþness | ᛫ easiness ᛫ facility ᛫ favour ᛫ | N | ēþnes | OE | |
eathom | eaþom | ᛫ (a) breath ᛫ breathing ( esp violent ) ᛫ a puff ᛫ a blast ᛫ a blast or an exhalation of fire or smoke ᛫ (a) vapour ᛫ | N | ēþem[ǣþm/ēþm] | ME | kin: Atem (HG) |
eatinghouse | eatinghuse | ᛫ a restaurant ᛫ an eatery ᛫ | N | eating house | NE | |
eatingroom | ᛫ a dining room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
eattle | eattel | ᛫ gluttonous ᛫ | AJ | etol | OE | |
eattleman | eattelman | ᛫ a glutton ᛫ | N | ettulman | OE | |
eattleness | eattelness | ᛫ gluttony ᛫ | N | etolness | OE | |
eaver | eafer | ᛫ a boar ᛫ | N | eauer[eofor] | ME | |
eaverthring | eaferþring | ᛫ the constellation Orion ? ᛫ | N(P) | eoforþring | OE | literally: boar crowd |
eaves | eafs | ᛫ the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building ᛬ to prune ᛫ | N | eaves[efes]&ē̆vesen | NE&ME | |
eavesdrop | eafsdrop | ᛫ to secretly listen to a conversation ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
eavestrough | eafstroug | ᛫ a rain gutter for a building ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: weaves scoff |
ebb | ᛫ receding tide ᛬ to recede ᛫ to decline ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
ebber | ᛫ laid bare ᛫ revealed ᛫ manifest ᛫ obvious ᛫ unconcealed ᛫ | AJ | ē̆bere[ǣbær] | ME | ||
ed | ᛫ re- ᛫ | PREFIX | ed- | ME | ||
edder | ᛫ a blood vessel ᛫ | N | edre | ME | ||
edder | ᛫ a hedge ᛫ a fence ᛫ an enclosure ᛫ | N | eodor | OE | ||
edderbreach | edderbreac | ᛫ trespassing by means of breaching a fence of hedge ᛫ | N | eodorbrice | OE | |
edfleshhame | edfleschame | ᛫ to reincarnate ᛫ | V | ed+flǣschamian | ME+OE | |
edhew | edheƿ | ᛫ a reform ᛬ to reform ᛫ | N᛬V | ed+hew | NE×2 | PST: edhewn |
edledge | edlecg | ᛫ to repeat ᛫ | V | edlǣcan | OE | |
ednew | edneƿ | ᛫ to renew ᛫ to renovate ᛫ to furbish ᛫ | V | edniwe | OE | |
edstaddle | edstaddel | ᛫ to restore ᛫ to refound ᛫ | V | edstaþelian | OE | |
edwend | edƿend | ᛫ to return ᛫ to turn back ᛫ to reverse ᛫ | V | edwendan{edwenden} | OE | |
edwent | edƿent | ᛫ reverse ᛫ | AJ | edwendan+ed | OE+NE | |
edwharft | edhƿarft | ᛫ a return ᛫ | N | edhwyrft | OE | |
edwist | edƿist | ᛫ sustenance ᛫ being ᛫ existence ᛫ | N | edwist | OE | |
edwistly | edƿistly | ᛫ existing ᛫ subsisting ᛫ substantial ᛫ substantive ᛫ | AJ | edwistlīc | OE | |
edwite | edƿite | ᛫ to censure ᛫ reproach ᛫ reprove ᛫ to criticize ᛫ | N᛬V | edwīten | ME | |
edwiteful | edƿiteful | ᛫ shameful ᛫ disgraceful ᛫ ignominious ᛫ | AJ | edwītfull | OE | |
edwitespeaker | edƿitespeaker | ᛫ a caviller / caviler ᛫ a faultfinder ᛫ | N | edwītspreca | OE | |
edword | edƿord | ᛫ to rephrase ᛫ to reword ᛫ | V | ed+word | OE+NE | |
eelpout | eelpute | ᛫ a Zoarcidae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
eerie | ᛫ strange in a frightening or worrying way ᛫ | AJ | ~[earg?] | NE | ||
eest | ᛫ grace ᛫ | N | ēste&ēst | ME&OE | ||
eestful | ᛫ pleasure-seeking ᛫ fastidious ᛫ palatable ᛫ delicious ᛫ | AJ | ēstful | ME | ||
eesty | ᛫ gracious ᛫ | AJ | ēstig | OE | ||
eft | ᛫ to repeat ᛫ to iterate ᛬ again ᛫ back ( back to where it was ) ᛫ | V᛬AV | eft&eftgian | ME&OE | ||
eft | ᛫ a newt ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
eft | ᛫ re- ᛫ | PREFIX | eft | OE | ||
eftbook | ᛫ to reschedule ᛫ | V | eft+book | ME+NE | or: edbook | |
eftboot | ᛫ a restoration of health ᛫ restitution ᛫ reparation ᛫ | N | eftbōt | OE | ||
eftcome | eftcum | ᛫ to return ᛫ | V | eftcuman | OE | |
eftgive | eftgif | ᛫ to give back ᛫ to return ᛫ | V | eftagyfan | OE | de-Norsed: eftyeaf/eftgeef |
eftleesing | ᛫ redemption ᛫ | N | eftlēsing | OE | ||
eftlooking | ᛫ respect ᛫ | N | eftlōcung | OE | ||
eftnewing | eftneƿing | ᛫ renewal ᛫ | N | eftnīwung | OE | |
eftrun | ᛫ a running back ᛫ a rerun ᛫ | N | eftryne | OE | ||
eftsithe | eftsiþe | ᛫ a journey back ᛫ a return journey ᛫ | N | eftsīþ | OE | |
eftsoons | ᛫ once again ᛫ another time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
eftspelling | ᛫ a recapitulation ᛫ | N | eftspellung | OE | ||
eftwharve | efþƿarf | ᛫ to turn back ᛫ to return ᛫ | V | efthweorfan | OE | |
egg moon | ᛫ a full moon in May ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] ᛫ de-Norsed: ey moon | |
Egypt | ᛫ Egypt ᛫ | N(P) | egipte[egypt] | ME | G as in GOAT not as in GEORGE | |
Egyptish | Egyptisc | ᛫ Egyptian ᛫ | AJ | egiptish | ME | G as in GOAT not as in GEORGE |
eight | eigt | ᛫ persecution ᛬ to persecute ᛫ to pursue ᛫ | N᛬V | ǣht&ēhtan | OE&OE | kin: ōht ᛫ rhyme: height |
eightfold | eigtfold | ᛫ octuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
eighth | eigþ | ᛫ an octave ᛫ an ottava ᛫ a diapason ᛫ an octachord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
eightsome | eigtsum | ᛫ an octet ᛫ an octad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
eke | ᛫ an addition ᛫ an increase ᛬ to add ᛫ to increase ᛫ to enlarge ᛫ to extend ᛫ to expand ᛬ plus ᛬ also ᛫ plus ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AV᛬P | eke&ēke&ēken | NE&ME&ME | ||
eke out | ute | ᛫ to supplement ᛫ to augment ᛫ to obtain with difficulty ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
ekemote | ᛫ a proton ᛫ | N | eke+mote | NE×2 | ||
eken | ᛫ to increase ᛫ to be augmented ᛫ to become pregnant ᛫ | V | ēknen&ēacnian | ME&OE | ||
ekename | ᛫ an epithet ᛫ a nickname ᛫ a surname ᛫ a title ᛫ | N | ēkenāme | ME | "nickname" comes from this word? | |
ekend | ᛫ an adjective ( grammar ) ᛫ | N | īcend | OE | calque: adjective | |
ekenoosle | ekenoosel | ᛫ to degenerate ᛬ degenerate ᛫ | V᛬AJ | geǣcnōslian&ǣcnōsle | OE | |
eking | ᛫ an augment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ekingly | ᛫ adjective ᛫ additive ᛫ | AJ | geīcendlic | OE | ||
el | ᛫ ( denotes strangeness or foreignness ) ᛫ | PREFIX | el | OE | kin: else? | |
elbone | ᛫ an ulna ᛫ | N | elbow+bone | NE×2 | calque: ellepijp | |
elbowbour | elboƿbor | ᛫ a couter ᛫ a cowter ᛫ | N | elbow+beorg{healsbeorg} | NE+OE | |
eld | ᛫ to put off ᛫ to delay ᛫ to deter ᛫ | V | ēlden | ME | ||
eld | ᛫ age ᛫ an age ᛫ a time period ᛫ an epoch ᛫ an era ᛬ to age ᛫ | N᛬V | eld&ēlde&ēlden | NE&ME | both "what is your eld?" and "the dark eld" would be alright | |
elder | ᛫ a senior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
elder | ᛫ a Sambucus nigra plant ( on which the elderberry grows ) ᛫ | N | ~[ellern/eller] | NE | kin: æld (fire)? | |
elderless | ᛫ deprived of parents ᛫ orphaned ᛫ | AJ | ealdorlēas | OE | ||
elderthane | elderþane | ᛫ a principal servant or officer ᛫ | N | ealdorþegn | OE | |
eldfather | eldfaþer | ᛫ a grandfather ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
eldmother | eldmoþer | ᛫ a grandmother ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
eldritch | eldric | ᛫ supernatural ᛫ unearthly ᛫ otherworldly ᛫ strange ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
elevenfold | elefenfold | ᛫ undecuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
elfen | ᛫ a fairy ᛫ a nymph ᛫ a female elf ᛫ | N | ælfen | OE | ||
elfkin | ᛫ the race of elves ᛫ | N | ælfcynn | OE | ||
elflocks | ᛫ a tangled mess of hair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
elfsheen | elfsceen | ᛫ beautiful like an elf ᛫ | AJ | ælfsciēne | OE | |
ell | ᛫ a unit of length equal to 45 inches ᛫ | N | ~[eln] | ANE | supposedly there was a Flemish ell which was 27 inches long | |
elland | ᛫ a foreign land ᛫ | N | elland | OE | ||
ellandish | ellandisc | ᛫ of another land ᛫ foreign ᛫ | AJ | ellendish | ME | |
ellen | ᛫ vigour ᛫ valour ᛫ zeal ᛫ | N | elne[ellen] | ME | ||
ellen | ᛫ to comfort mentally ᛫ to uplift mentally ᛫ | V | elnen[elnian] | ME | ||
ellenly | ᛫ valiant ᛬ daringly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ellenlīc&ellenlīce | OE | ||
ellenmearth | ellenmearþ | ᛫ glory of valour or courage ᛫ | N | ellenmǣrþ | OE | |
ellenwood | ellenƿood | ᛫ to rage with zeal ᛬ furiously zealous ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ellenwōdian&ellenwōd | OE | rhyme: ellenmood |
eller | ᛫ elsewhere ᛫ | AV | ellor | OE | ||
ellerfouse | ellerfuse | ᛫ ready to go elsewhere ᛫ | AJ | ellorfūs | OE | |
ellersithe | ellersiþe | ᛫ a departure ᛫ a journey to elsewhere ᛫ | N | ellorsīþ | OE | |
elning | ᛫ zeal ᛫ | N | elnung/ellung | OE | ||
elp | ᛫ an elephant ᛫ | N | elp[elp/elpend] | ME‹I‹H‹O | ||
elpsbone | ᛫ elephant bone ᛫ ivory ᛫ | N | elpes bon{elpendbǣnen} | ME‹OE‹(O+E) | ||
Elpsbone Shore | Score | ᛫ Cote d'Ivoire ᛫ Ivory Coast ᛫ | N(P) | elpes bon+shore | ME+NE | calque: Ivory Coast |
elpsear | • a Begonia plant ( a begonia ) • | N | elp+s+ear | ME‹I‹H‹O+NE+NE | calque: elephant's-ear | |
elreardiness | ᛫ barbarousness ( as in foreign-speakingness ) ᛫ | N | elreordignes | OE | literally: foreign-voice-y-ness | |
elreardy | ᛫ barbarous ( as in foreign-speaking ) ᛫ | AJ | elreordig | OE | literally: foreign-voice-y | |
elsewhence | elshƿens | ᛫ from elsewhere ᛫ aliunde ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
Elsinore | ᛫ Helsingør ( city in Denmark ) ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | ||
eltheed | elþeed | ᛫ a foreign nation ᛫ | N | elþēod | OE | |
eltheedy | elþeedy | ᛫ foreign ᛫ of a foreign nation ᛫ | AJ | elþeodig | OE | |
emb | ᛫ around ᛫ in the vicinity of ᛬ around ᛫ concerning ᛫ surrounding ᛫ | AV᛬P | embe | ME | [OED] ᛫ "umb" might be Norse | |
emb | ᛫ circum- ᛫ | PREFIX | embe- | ME | "umb" might be Norse | |
emberwood | emberƿood | ᛫ a Caesalpinia echinata plant ( a brazilwood ) ᛫ | N | ember+wood | NE×2 | calque: brazilwood |
emforth | emforþ | ᛫ to the extent of ᛫ in proportion to ᛫ | P | emforth[evenforth] | ME | |
emirdom | ᛫ an emirate ᛫ | N | emir+dom{emirate} | O+NE | ||
emnet | ᛫ a plain ᛫ level ground ᛬ to make level ᛫ | N | emnett&emnettan | OE | ||
emptiness | ᛫ an empty space ᛫ a void ᛫ a vacuum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
en | ᛫ -ize ᛫ -ise ᛫ -ify ᛫ -fy ᛫ -ate ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | found in: "fatten" | |
en | ᛫ ( denotes a sense of pertaining to , or of being made of ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | found in: "wooden" | |
en | ᛫ -ess ᛫ | SUFFIX | -en[-en] | ME | unproductive in Modern English ᛫ see: she-/sce- | |
end | ᛫ a duck ᛫ | N | ende[ened/æned] | ME | ||
end | ᛫ ( present participle suffix ) ᛫ ( agent suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | -end/-and/-ant[-ende] | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED OUTSIDE SPECIAL USE | |
end | ᛫ an objective ᛫ an aim of an action ᛫ a goal ᛫ a purpose for an action ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
endbird | ᛫ an order ( as in arrangement ) ᛬ to set in order ᛫ | N᛬V | endebyrd&endebyrdan | OE | literally end-birth | |
endbirdly | ᛫ ordinal ᛫ | AJ | endebyrdlīc | OE | ||
endbirdness | ᛫ row ᛫ series ᛫ rank ᛫ order of nature ᛫ | N | endebyrdnes | OE | ||
endbrain | ᛫ the telencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ending | ᛫ a conclusion ᛫ a finale ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
endless | ᛫ infinite ᛫ countless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
endly | ᛫ -capable ( active ) ᛫ -able (passive ) ᛫ -ably ( passive ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | enlīc/enlīce/endlīce/enndliȝ | ME | READ ME ᛫ see: -bere ᛫ or: -enly | |
endly | ᛫ final ᛫ terminal ᛫ conclusive ᛬ finally ᛫ at last ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
endsay | ᛫ a conclusion ( as in the closing words of something ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
endtime | ᛫ apocalyptic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Engledom | Engeldom | ᛫ the Anglosphere ᛫ the domain of Englishness ᛫ | N | Engle+dom | ME+NE | |
Englekin | Engelkin | ᛫ the English people ᛫ | N | Angelcynn | OE | |
Engles | Engels | ᛫ Anglos ᛫ Englishmen ᛫ | N(P) | Engles | ME | singular form not attested? |
Engley | Engely | ᛫ Anglic ᛫ | AJ | englelīc | OE | |
Englishen | Engliscen | ᛫ to translate into English ᛫ to express in English ᛫ to Anglicize ᛫ | V | Englishen | ME | |
enough | enuge | ᛫ sufficient ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
ent | ᛫ an ettin ᛫ a giant ᛫ an intelligent walking tree ( modern fantasy ) ᛫ | N | ent | OE | the tree meaning comes from Tolkien | |
entask | ᛫ a dinosaur ᛫ | N | ent+ask | NE×2 | risaeðla | |
entish | entisc | ᛫ gigantic ᛫ | AJ | entisc | OE | |
er | ᛫ anger ᛫ wrath ᛫ ire ᛫ rage ᛬ angry ᛫ wrathful ᛫ ireful ᛫ | N᛬AJ | erre | ME | ||
erd | ᛫ a region ᛫ a dwelling place ᛫ | N | ē̆rd | ME | ||
erdendly | ᛫ habitable ᛫ | AJ | eardigendlīc | OE | ||
erdfast | ᛫ settled ᛫ established in a place ᛫ abiding ᛫ earthfast ᛫ | AJ | eardfæst | OE | ||
erdghost | eardgoast | ᛫ an ethos ( a characteristic spirit of a group period movement etc ) ᛫ | N | ē̆rd+ghost | ME+NE | |
erding | ᛫ habitation ᛫ a habitation ᛫ a habitat ᛫ a tabernacle ᛫ | N | ē̆rding&eardung | ME&OE | ||
erdshrew | erdscreƿ | ᛫ Sorex araneus ( a kind of shrew ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ere | ᛫ pre- ᛫ ante- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | see fore (prefix) | |
ere | ᛫ earlier ᛫ formerly ᛬ before ᛫ sooner than ᛬ before in time ᛫ | AV᛬P᛬C | ere&ǣr | NE&OE | rhyme: air | |
Erelithe | Ereliþe | ᛫ June ᛫ | N(P) | Ærra Liþa | OE | |
erelong | ᛫ before long ᛫ soon ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
erenow | erenue | ᛫ before now ᛫ prior to this point of time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
erer | ᛫ more ere ᛫ earlier ᛫ | AV | ǣror | OE | ||
erewhile | erehƿile | ᛫ a while before ᛫ some time ago ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
ereyesterday | eregesterday | ᛫ the day before yesterday ᛬ on the day before yesterday ᛫ | N᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
Ereyule | Eregeƿl | ᛫ December ᛫ | N(P) | Ærra Geola | OE | Anglisc Spelling based on variant spelling which avoids awkward "geool" |
erf | ᛫ inheritance ᛫ patrimony ᛫ cattle ᛫ heritage ᛫ | N | erve&irfe | ME&OE&OE | or: erve | |
erf | ᛫ an heir ᛫ an inheritor ᛬ to inherit ᛫ | N᛬V | irfa&irfan | OE&OE | ||
erfdeal | ᛫ a division of an inheritance ᛫ | N | irfegedāl | OE | ||
erfland | ᛫ land that passes as an inheritance ᛫ heritable land ᛫ | N | irfeland | OE | ||
erflove | erflofe | ᛫ an heirloom ᛫ | N | irfelāf | OE | |
erfnum | ᛫ an heir ᛫ an inheritor ᛫ a heritor ᛫ | N | ervenāme[yrfenuma] | ME | ||
erfward | erfƿard | ᛫ an heir ᛫ an inheritor ᛫ a heritor ᛫ | N | ervward[erfeweard] | ME | |
erfwrit | erfƿrit | ᛫ a will ( as in a legal testament ) ᛫ | N | irfegewrit | OE | |
erfwriter | erfƿriter | ᛫ a testator ᛫ | N | irfewrītend | OE | |
Erie Mere | Earry | ᛫ Lake Erie ᛫ | N(P) | Erie+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
erm | ᛫ to grieve ᛫ | V | ermen | ME | ||
ermen | ᛫ (denotes universality , immensness , or totality ) ᛫ | AJ | eormen- | OE | ||
ern | ᛫ a building ᛫ | N | ern[ærn] | ME | found in: barn (which means "barley-ern"); saltern | |
ern | ᛫ ( shows the noun is a location ) ᛫ -ery ᛫ | SUFFIX | ern | OE | ||
erne | ᛫ an eagle ᛫ | N | earne&earn/ern[earn] | NE&ME | broad meaning has been restored | |
errand | ᛫ a task ᛫ a mission ᛫ a commission ᛫ a message ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
errander | ᛫ a messenger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
errandghost | errandgoast | ᛫ a spiritual messenger ᛫ an angel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
errandrake | ᛫ an ambassador ᛫ diplomat ᛫ | N | erendrāke[ǣrendraca] | ME | ||
errandsman | ᛫ an ambassador ᛫ | N | erendesmon | ME | [OED] | |
errandwrit | errandƿrit | ᛫ a letter ᛫ a message ᛫ a report ᛫ | N | ǣrendgewrit | OE | |
erst | ᛫ first ᛬ first of all ᛫ sooner than ᛫ before ᛫ once ᛫ erstwhile ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
erstwhile | ersthƿile | ᛫ previous ᛫ former ᛬ previously ᛫ formerly ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
esen | ᛫ a man of the servile class ᛫ | N | esne | OE | ||
Estland | ᛫ Estonia ᛫ | N | Estland{ēstland} | NL | ||
et | ᛫ -ize ᛫ -ise ᛫ -ify ᛫ -fy ᛫ -ate ᛫ | SUFFIX | ettan | OE | like "bōt" (assistance, remedy) to "bōtettan" (to repair) | |
et | ᛫ ( forms nouns from adjectives , verbs , and other nouns ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | et | OE | found in: thicket | |
etched | eced | ᛫ vinegar ᛫ | N | eced[acētum] | OE‹‹I | |
ethe | eþe | ᛫ to breathe ᛫ | V | ēthien[ēþian] | ME | |
ethel | eþel | ᛫ a homeland ᛫ an ancestral land ᛫ a native land ᛫ a fatherland ᛫ an estate ᛫ patria ᛫ | N | ethel | ME | |
ethel | eþel | ᛫ native- ᛫ domestic- ᛫ | PREFIX | eþel | OE | |
ethelward | eþelƿard | ᛫ a ward of one's ancestral land ᛫ | N | eþelweard | OE | |
Ethiopy | Eþiopy | ᛫ Ethiopia ᛫ | N(P) | ethiopy/Ethiopie | ME | |
ettenish | ettenisc | ᛫ giant ᛫ gigantic ᛫ | AJ | ēotenisc | OE | |
ettin | ᛫ an ent ᛫ a giant ᛫ | N | ~[eoten] | NE | kin: jǫtunn (Norse) | |
ettle | ettel | ᛫ intention ᛫ intent ᛬ to intend ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹N | kin: eahtian ᛫ [CED] |
Eufrate | ᛫ the Euphrates ᛫ | N(P) | eufrate | OE | ||
Europish | Europisc | ᛫ European ᛫ | AJ | Europe+ish | NE‹I+NE | |
eve | efe | ᛫ the day evening or other period of time immediately before an event or occasion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
even | efen | ᛫ equal- ᛫ fellow- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
even | efen | ᛫ to even ᛫ to equalize ᛬ equal ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
even | efen | ᛫ to perform ᛫ to execute ᛫ | V | efnan | OE | |
evenamind | efenamind | ᛫ commemoration ᛫ | N | efengemynd | OE | |
evenamindy | efenamindy | ᛫ commemorative ᛫ | AJ | efengemyndig | OE | |
evenborn | efenborn | ᛫ of equal birth ᛫ | AJ | efenboren | OE | |
evenbusiness | efenbusiness | ᛫ a cooperative business ᛫ | N | even+business | NE×2 | |
evenedwistly | efenedƿistly | ᛫ consubstantial ᛫ of the same substance or essence ᛫ | AJ | efenedwistlīc | OE | |
eveneld | efeneld | ᛫ coeval ᛫ of the same age ᛫ | AJ | efeneald | OE | |
evener | efener | ᛫ an equator ᛫ | N | even+er | NE×2 | calque: equator |
evenfall | efenfall | ᛫ dusk ᛫ twilight ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evengivel | efengifel | ᛫ supper ᛫ dinner ᛫ | N | ǣfengifl | OE | |
evenhanded | efenhanded | ᛫ ambidextrous ᛫ impartial ᛫ unbiased ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
evenhandedness | efenhandedness | ᛫ ambidexterity ᛫ ambidextrousness ᛫ impartiality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
evenhearted | efenhearted | ᛫ concordant ᛫ harmonious ᛫ | AJ | efenheort | OE | |
evenhood | efenhood | ᛫ impartiality ᛫ fairness ᛫ equality ᛫ justice ᛫ moderation ᛫ temperance ᛫ | N | ~[ēvenhēde] | NE | |
evening | evening | ᛫ an equal ᛫ a peer ᛫ an equivalent ᛫ | N | ē̆vening[efning] | ME | |
evenledge | efenlecg | ᛫ to imitate ᛫ | V | efenlǣcan | OE | |
evenly | efenly | ᛫ equally ᛬ equal ᛫ of the same rank ᛫ equivalent ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | evenly+ē̆venlī̆ | NE&ME | |
evenmete | efenmete | ᛫ coequal ᛫ equal ᛫ equivalent ᛫ | AJ | evenmete | ME | |
evenminded | efenminded | ᛫ equanimous ᛫ equable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
evenmindedness | efenmindedness | ᛫ equanimity ᛫ equability ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evenness | efenness | ᛫ balance ᛫ equilibrium ᛫ equality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evennight | efennigt | ᛫ equinox ᛫ | N | efenniht | OE | |
evensong | efensong | ᛫ vespers ( the service held at the sixth canonical hour ) ᛫ | N | ~[ēvensō̆ng][ǣfensang] | NE | |
evensorrow | efensorroƿ | ᛫ empathy ᛫ sympathy ᛫ compassion ᛬ to compassionate ᛫ to be sorry for ᛫ to empathize ᛫ to sympathize ᛫ | N᛬V | efensorgian | OE | |
eventide | efentide | ᛫ evening ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evenword | efenƿord | ᛫ synonym ᛫ | N | even+word | NE×2 | calque: evenwoord |
evenwork | efenƿork | ᛫ to cooperate ᛫ to work together ᛫ | V | efenweorcan | OE | |
evenwright | efenƿrigt | ᛫ a coworker ᛫ | N | efenwyrhta | OE | |
ever | efer | ᛫ perma- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
ever | efer | ᛫ a descendant ᛫ | N | eafora | OE | |
everdeath | eferdeaþ | ᛫ permadeath ( gaming ) ᛫ | N | ever+death | NE×2 | calque: permadeath |
Everettish | Eferettisc | ᛫ of or pertaining to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics ᛫ | AJ(P) | Everet+ish | NE×2 | calque: Everettian |
everfern | eferfern | ᛫ a Polypodium vulgare plant ( common polypody ) ? ᛫ an Osmunda regalis plant ( royal fern ) ? ᛫ | N | everfē̆rn | ME | |
everfrost | eferfrost | ᛫ permafrost ᛫ | N | ever+frost | NE×2 | calque: permafrost |
everfrostland | eferfrostland | ᛫ a stretch of tundra ᛫ | N | ever+frost+land | NE×3 | |
everlasting | eferlasting | ᛫ eternal ᛫ permanent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
everlastingness | eferlastingness | ᛫ permanence ᛫ durability ᛫ eternality ᛫ | N | everlasting+ness | NE×2 | |
everlink | eferlink | ᛫ a permalink ᛬ to permalink (create a static address) ᛫ | N᛬V | ever+link{permalink} | NE×2 | calque: permalink |
evermore | efermore | ᛫ eternally ᛫ forever ᛫ always ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
everness | eferness | ᛫ perpetuity ᛫ eternity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evertilth | efertilþ | ᛫ permaculture ᛫ | N | ever+tilth | NE×2 | calque: permaculture |
Everwich | Eferƿic | ᛫ York ᛫ | N(P) | everwich | ME‹OE‹C | less Norse variant of "York" |
Everwichshire | Eferƿicscire | ᛫ Yorkshire ᛫ | N(P) | Eoforwīcscīr | OE | unnecessary alternative |
everyday | eferyday | ᛫ ordinary ᛫ typical ᛫ commonplace ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
everyman | eferyman | ᛫ an average or ordinary person ᛫ a commoner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evest | efest | ᛫ malice ᛫ | N | evest[æfēst] | ME | |
evilcund | efilcund | ᛫ of evil nature ᛫ malignant ᛫ | AJ | yfelcund | OE | |
evildoer | efildoer | ᛫ a malefactor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
evilqueath | efilcƿeaþ | ᛫ to slander ᛫ to curse ( someone ) ᛫ | V | yfelcweþan | OE | |
evilwilling | efilƿilling | ᛫ malevolent ᛫ of evil will ᛫ | AJ | yfelwillende | OE | |
ewbough | eƿbuge | ᛫ a legislative branch ᛫ | N | ē+bough | ME+NE | |
ewbreach | eƿbreac | ᛫ adultery ᛫ | N | ǣwbryce | OE | |
ewbreaker | eƿbreaker | ᛫ an adulterer ᛫ | N | ǣbreca | OE | |
ewe | eƿe | ᛫ a female sheep ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | opposite of: ram |
ewfast | eƿfast | ᛫ firm in observing the law ᛫ pious ᛫ law-abiding ᛫ | AJ | ǣfæst | OE | |
ewfastness | eƿfastness | ᛫ firmness in observing the law ᛫ piety ᛫ | N | ǣfæstnes | OE | |
ewleap | eƿleap | ᛫ a crime ᛫ a violation of the law ᛫ a transgression ᛫ | N | ǣhlȳp | OE | literally law-leap |
ey | ᛫ an egg ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | PL: eyren ᛫ "egg" is Norse | |
ey | ᛫ terror ᛫ | N | ege/ōga{oue} | OE | ||
eye | ᛫ awe ᛫ fear ᛫ terror ᛫ | N | eie[ege] | ME | ||
eyeblink | ᛫ an instant ᛫ a moment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
eyedoor | ᛫ a window ᛫ | N | ēagdūru | OE | "window" is Norse | |
eyeglass | ᛫ a monocle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
eyeleech | eyeleec | ᛫ an ophthalmologist ᛫ | N | eye+leech | NE×2 | |
eyely | ᛫ visible ᛫ ocular ᛬ visibly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
eyering | ᛫ an orbit ( an eye socket ) ᛫ | N | eiring | ME | ||
eyesome | eyesum | ᛫ attractive ᛫ pleasing to the eye ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
eyethril | eyeþril | ᛫ a window ᛫ an eye-hole ᛫ | N | ēagþyrl | OE | |
eyetooth | eyetooþ | ᛫ a canine tooth ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
eyewater | eyeƿater | ᛫ vitreous humour ᛫ aqueous humour ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
eylime | ᛫ egg white ᛫ | N | æglīm | OE | ||
eyse | ᛫ to terrorize ᛫ | V | egesian | OE | ||
eywhite | eyhƿite | ᛫ a protein ᛫ | N | ey+white | NE×2 | calque: eiwit |
eywort | eyƿurt | ᛫ a dandelion ᛫ | N | ægwyrt | OE | |
fack | ᛫ an interval ᛫ a portion of time ᛫ | N | fece/fæce&fæc | ME&OE | ||
fade | ᛫ to direct ᛫ to arrange ᛫ to order ᛫ to dictate ᛫ | V | fade&fadian | ME&OE | ||
fain | ᛫ joyful ᛫ pleased ᛫ gladly willing ᛬ joyfully ᛫ gladly willingly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV᛬I | fain&fain[fægen] | NE&ME | ||
fair | ᛫ just ᛫ equitable ᛫ reasonable ᛫ of decent value ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fairheered | ᛫ blond / blonde ᛫ | AJ | fairhaired | NE | ||
fairminded | ᛫ unbiased and impartial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fairness | ᛫ impartiality ᛫ beauty ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fale | ᛫ a companion ᛫ one who is faithful to another ᛫ | N | fāle | ME | kin fēle/fǣle | |
fall | ᛫ autumn ᛫ | N | ~[feallan] | NE | ||
fall | ᛫ a descent ᛫ a case ( grammatical term ) ᛫ a case [ᚹ] ᛫ an instance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | fyll | OE | ||
fall back | ᛫ to retreat ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: fellback ᛫ PTCP: fallenback | |
fall through | fall þruge | ᛫ to fail as a plan ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: fell through {fell þruge} ᛫ "I wanted to visit but the plan fell through." |
fallgate | ᛫ a portcullis ᛫ | N | fall+gate | NE+NE | calque: HG Fallgatter | |
fallish | fallisc | ᛫ autumnal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fallow | falloƿ | ᛫ pale brown ᛫ tan brown ᛫ tawny ᛫ khaki ᛫ beige ᛫ | AJ | ~[fealu] | NE | |
fallow | falloƿ | ᛫ uncultivated land ᛫ | N | ~[fealh] | NE | |
fallshield | fallsceeld | ᛫ a parachute ᛫ | N | fall+shield | NE+NE | calque: valscherm; Fallschirm |
fallsick | ᛫ epileptic ᛫ | AJ | fyllesēoc | OE | ||
fallsickness | ᛫ epilepsy ᛫ | N | fyllesēocnys | OE | ||
fallsome | fallsum | ᛫ deciduous ( botany ) ᛫ | AJ | fall+some | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
fallwind | fallƿind | ᛫ a katabatic wind ᛫ | N | fall wind | NE | [MW] |
fand | ᛫ a trial ᛫ an attempt ᛬ to try ( in a trial ) ᛫ to try ( to attempt ) ᛫ to endeavour ᛫ to put to a test ᛫ to experiment ᛫ | N᛬V | fond/fand&fonden/fanden | ME | or: fond | |
fane | ᛫ a banner ᛫ a flag ᛫ a vane ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fang | ᛫ to take [ᛏ] ᛫ to capture [ᛏ] ᛫ to catch [ᛏ] ᛫ to seize [ᛏ] ᛫ to receive ( a blow , an honor , etc ) [ᛏ] ᛫ to obtain [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | afọ̄n{fang} | ME | PST&PTCP: fanged ᛫ "fō̆ngen, fē̆ngen are analog. creations, replacing older fọ̄n" - MEC | |
fangle | fangel | ᛫ to invent ᛫ to fashion ᛫ | V | ~ | ANE | [CED] |
fangtooth | fangtooþ | ᛫ a canine tooth ᛫ | N | fængtōþ | OE | |
far | ᛫ distant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
far | ᛫ a bull ᛫ | N | fearr/fear | OE | ||
Far | ᛫ Taurus ᛫ | N(P) | Fearr | OE | ||
farandman | ᛫ a wayfarer ( esp a pedlar or a merchant who travels ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fare | ᛫ a journey ᛫ a voyage ᛫ a transportation fee ᛬ to journey ᛫ to voyage ᛫ to travel ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
fareld | ᛫ a course ᛫ a passage ᛫ a going ᛫ an expedition ᛫ | N | færeld | OE | ||
farfetched | farfecced | ᛫ fanciful ᛫ improbable ᛫ implausible ᛫ unlikely ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
farflung | ᛫ remote ᛫ widely spread ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
farl | ᛫ a cake of a certain type ᛫ a biscuit of a certain type ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
farm | ᛫ food ᛫ sustenance ᛫ entertainment ᛬ to feed ᛫ to sustain ᛫ to entertain ᛫ | N᛬V | feorm&feormian | OE | ||
farmth | farmþ | ᛫ a harbouring ᛫ an entertaining ᛫ a cleansing ᛫ | N | feormþ | OE | |
farness | ᛫ distance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Faroish | Faroisc | ᛫ the Faroese language ᛬ Faroese ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
farrand | ᛫ having a specified form or disposition ᛫ fashioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
farrow | farroƿ | ᛫ a piglet ᛫ a litter of piglets ᛫ | N | farrow&fearh | NE&OE | |
farsighted | farsigted | ᛫ hypermetropic ᛫ hyperopic ᛫ | AJ | far-sighted | NE | [OED] |
farsightedness | farsigtedness | ᛫ hypermetropia ᛫ hyperopia ᛫ | N | far-sightedness | NE | [OED] |
farth | farþ | ᛫ a tide ᛫ a current ᛫ a shore ᛫ | N | faroþ | OE | |
farthing | farþing | ᛫ a quarter ( of something ) ᛫ one-quarter of an old penny ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | equivalent to forth-ing |
fasel | ᛫ progeny ? ᛫ | N | fæsl | OE | poorly attested | |
fass | ᛫ rootlets ᛫ | N | fā̆s[fæs] | ME | ||
fast | ᛫ firm ᛫ solid ᛫ stable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fast | ᛫ ( denotes stability , firmness , solidity , reliability , adherence to ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
fasten | ᛫ to secure ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fasten | ᛫ a fortress ᛫ a stronghold ᛫ a castle ᛫ | N | fæsten | OE | ||
fasthavel | fasþafel | ᛫ stingy ᛫ miserly ᛫ | AJ | fæsthafol | OE | fast-havel |
fastness | ᛫ a secure place ᛫ stability ᛫ immobility ᛫ firmness ᛫ solidity ᛫ obduracy ᛫ obstinacy ᛫ | N | fastness&fastnes | NE&ME | ||
fastshaft | fastscaft | ᛫ solid matter ᛫ | N | fast+shaft | NE+ME | |
fatgoose | ᛫ a penguin ᛫ | N | fat+goose | NE×2 | calque: vetgans | |
fatherland | faþerland | ᛫ the land of one's ancestors or birth ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fatherly | faþerly | ᛫ paternal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fathermurther | faþermurþer | ᛫ patricide ᛫ | N | father+murther | NE+ME | calque: Vatermord |
fathern | faþern | ᛫ paternal ᛫ | AJ | fæderen | OE | |
fathernbrother | faþernbroþer | ᛫ paternal brother ( a brother one shares a father with ) ᛫ | N | fæderenbrōþor | OE | |
fatherslayer | faþerslayer | ᛫ a patricide ᛫ | N | fatherslayer | NE | |
fathom | faþom | ᛫ a unit of length equal to six feet ( 1.8 metres ) ᛬ to grasp ᛫ to imagine [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
fathomless | faþomless | ᛫ immeasurable ᛫ incomprehensible ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fathomlessness | faþomlessness | ᛫ unimaginability ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
faw | faƿ | ᛫ particolored ᛫ variegated ᛫ spotted ᛫ streaked ᛫ | AJ | fawe[fāh] | ME | |
fawn | faƿn | ᛫ to show affection ᛫ to court favour through flattering ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | often found in the term "fawning over" |
fawning | faƿning | ᛫ a rejoicing ᛫ an exultation ᛫ a celebration ᛬ obsequious ᛫ | N᛬AJ | fawning&fægnung | NE&OE | |
fawworm | faƿƿurm | ᛫ a basilisk ᛫ | N | fāgwyrm | OE | |
fax | ᛫ head hair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
faxcloth | faxcloþ | ᛫ a headband ᛫ a hairband ᛫ | N | feaxclāþ | OE | |
faxed | ᛫ maned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
faxedstar | ᛫ a comet ᛫ | N | fax+ed+star | NE×3 | calque: maned star | |
faxfalling | ᛫ loss of hair ᛫ alopecia ᛫ | N | feaxfeallung | OE | ||
faxneedle | faxneedel | ᛫ a hair needle ᛫ | N | feaxnǣdel | OE | |
faxread | ᛫ to dress or trim hair ᛫ | V | feaxgerǣdian | OE | ||
fay | ᛫ a joining ᛫ a combo ᛫ a combination ᛫ a juncture ᛬ to join together ᛫ to attach ᛫ to combine ᛫ | N᛬V | gefēg&feien | OE&ME | ||
faying | ᛫ a conjunction ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | fēging | OE | or: linkword (coined by William Barnes) | |
faze | fase | ᛫ to daunt ᛫ to put off ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to perturb ᛫ | V | ~[fēsen] | NE | |
fea | ᛫ joy ᛬ to rejoice ᛫ to exult ᛫ to celebrate ᛫ | N᛬V | gefēa&gefēon | OE&OE | ||
feamen | ᛫ a damsel ᛫ | N | fǣmne | OE | ||
fearsome | fearsum | ᛫ scary ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
feather | feaþer | ᛫ a pen ᛫ a stylus ᛫ | N | fether&feþer | ME&OE | |
feather star | feaþer | ᛫ a non-stalked crinoid ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | poorly attested |
featherhame | feaþerhame | ᛫ plumage ᛫ | N | fetherhāme | ME | |
featherheaded | feaþerheaded | ᛫ disorganized and foolish ᛫ | AJ | feather-headed | NE | [LEX] |
fee | ᛫ livestock ᛫ cattle ᛫ capital ᛫ money ᛫ wealth ᛫ moveable property ᛫ | N | fee&fē | NE&ME | "fee" as in "fine" is French | |
feeboot | ᛫ monetary compensation ᛫ | N | feohbōt | OE | ||
feeder | ᛫ a tributary ᛫ an affluent ᛫ a branch road or railway line ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
feedingroom | ᛫ a cafeteria ᛫ a canteen ᛫ a refectory ᛫ | N | feeding-room | NE | [OED] | |
feedom | ᛫ capitalism ᛫ | N | fē+dom | ME+NE | ||
feel | ᛫ many ᛬ many ᛫ much ᛬ very ᛫ quite ᛫ much ᛫ greatly ᛫ frequently ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | fēle[fela] | ME | ||
feel | ᛫ excellent ᛫ faithful ᛫ | AJ | fēle&fǣle | ME&OE | ||
feeland | ᛫ a pasture ᛫ pasture land ᛫ | N | feohland | OE | ||
feelfold | ᛫ to increase in number ᛫ to multiply ᛬ manifold ᛫ multiple ᛫ varied ᛫ diverse ᛫ | V᛬AJ | fēlefōlden&fēlefōlden | ME | ||
feeling | ᛫ a sensation ᛫ a sense ᛫ an impression ᛫ an emotion ᛫ a sentiment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
feening | ᛫ a craving for more narcotics ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Feenish | Feenisc | ᛫ Phoenician language ᛬ Phoenician ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Syrofēnisc{φοῖνιξ} | OE | |
Feenishman | Feeniscman | ᛫ a Phoenician ᛫ | N(P) | Syrofēnisc+man | OE+NE | |
feenix | ᛫ a phoenix ᛫ | N | fēnix | ME‹O | ||
feered | ᛫ a company of people ᛫ a band ᛫ a host ᛫ a troop ᛫ companionship ᛫ comradeship ᛫ | N | ferrēde{fēre} | ME | ||
feeth | feeþ | ᛫ walking on foot ᛫ the ability to talk on foot ᛬ to travel on foot ᛫ | N᛬V | fēþe&fēþan | OE | |
feether | feeþer | ᛫ infantry ᛫ a host ᛫ a troop ᛫ tribe ᛫ company ᛫ | N | fēþa | OE | |
feethgang | feeþgang | ᛫ a journey on foot ᛫ | N | fēþegang | OE | |
feethheer | feeþheer | ᛫ a foot army ᛫ a troop of infantry ᛫ | N | fēþehere | OE | |
feigh | feig | ᛫ to make beautiful ᛫ to adorn ᛫ | V | feahen[fǣgan] | ME | |
feist | ᛫ a fart ᛫ a small dog ( esp a feisty one ) ᛬ to fart ᛫ | N᛬V | feist&fīst&fīsten | NE&ME&ME | ||
feisty | ᛫ like a small energetic dog ᛫ spunky ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
feith | feiþ | ᛫ a feud ᛫ | N | fǣhþ{feithhēd}{feied} | OE | equal to: foe+th |
fell | ᛫ a pelt ᛫ hide ᛫ skin ᛫ | N | ~[fel/fell] | NE | [MW] | |
fell | ᛫ to destroy ᛫ to kill ᛫ to fell a tree ᛫ to make something fall ᛫ to strike down ᛫ to defeat ᛫ | V | ~[fellan]{afellen} | NE | ||
fellen | ᛫ made of fell ᛫ made of skin ᛫ | AJ | fellen | OE | ||
felling | ᛫ a clearing ᛫ an open space in a forest ᛫ | N | ~ | ME | ||
fellow | felloƿ | ᛫ a companion ᛫ a comrade ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
fellowless | felloƿless | ᛫ peerless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
fellowred | felloƿred | ᛫ an association ᛫ companionship ᛫ sexual intercourse ᛫ a company of people ᛫ a community ᛫ | N | fē̆laurē̆de | ME‹(N+E) | |
fellowship | felloƿscip | ᛫ a community ᛫ community ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
felly | ᛫ the exterior rim supported by spokes ᛫ a circumference ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
felton | ᛫ a toilet ᛫ a privy ᛫ | N | feltūn | OE | ||
feltwort | feltƿurt | ᛫ a Verbascum plant ᛫ a mullein ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fen | ᛫ a stretch of unforested wetland fed by ground water and runoff ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fenberry | ᛫ a Vaccinium oxycoccos plant ( a cranberry ) ᛫ | N | fen-berry | NE | ||
fengle | fengel | ᛫ a prince ᛫ a princeps ᛫ | N | fengel | OE | |
fennel | ᛫ a Foeniculum vulgare plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fenny | ᛫ boggy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fenow | fenoƿ | ᛫ mold ᛫ | N | fenowed&fyne | NE&OE | |
fenowed | fenoƿed | ᛫ moldy ᛫ decayed ᛫ corrupted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fer | ᛫ ( denotes a negative suddenness and unexpectedness ) ᛫ | PREFIX | fǣr{fērlī}{ferly} | OE | kin: fear | |
ferd | ᛫ a military ᛬ to ready a military for war ᛫ to do military things ᛫ | N᛬V | fẹ̄̆rd&fẹ̄̆rden | ME&ME | ||
ferdfare | ᛫ military service ᛫ the obligation of military service ᛫ a fee to forgo military service ᛫ | N | fẹ̄̆rdfāre | ME | ||
ferdly | ᛫ military ᛫ martial ᛫ | AJ | fyrdlíc | OE | ||
ferdman | ᛫ a soldier ᛫ a militiaman ᛫ | N | fyrdmann | OE | ||
ferdwite | ferdƿite | ᛫ a penalty for evading military service ᛫ | N | fyrdwīte | OE | |
fere | ᛫ a companion ( a comrade , a spouse , a friend , etc ) ᛫ | N | ~[ifẹ̄re][gefēra] | ANE | ||
fere | ᛫ life ᛫ | N | fēre{feore/feorh} | ME | ||
feregiver | feregiver | ᛫ giver of life ᛫ God ᛫ | N | feorhgifa | OE | de-Norsed: fereyeaver/feregeefer |
ferk | ᛫ to support ᛫ to bring in support ᛫ to assist ᛫ to drive ᛫ to rush ᛫ | V | ferken&fercian | ME&OE | ||
ferking | ᛫ provisions ᛫ a sustaining ᛫ | N | fercung | OE | ||
ferly | ᛫ an oddity ᛫ an anomaly [ᚹ] ᛫ a surprise [ᚹ] ᛬ strange ᛫ surprising ᛫ unexpected ᛫ anomalous ᛬ strangely ᛫ surprisingly ᛫ unexpectedly ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | ferly&fērlī | NE&ME | equal to: fear+ly | |
fern | ᛫ ancient ᛫ old ᛫ previous ᛫ past ᛫ | AJ | fern/furn | ME | ||
fern | ᛫ ancient- ᛫ old- ᛫ | PREFIX | fern[fyrn] | ME | ||
fern | ᛫ a Filicophyta plant ᛫ a Filicopsida plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
ferndays | ᛫ days of old ᛫ | N | fyrndagas | OE | ||
fernlore | ᛫ archaeology ᛫ | N | fern+lore | ME+NE | calque: archaeology | |
fernman | ᛫ an ancient ( as in "the ancients" ) ᛫ | N | fyrnman | OE | ||
fernseed | ᛫ one of the asexual dustlike spores of a fern which resemble seeds ᛫ | N | fern seed | NE | ||
fernsitter | ᛫ a rabbit ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | fernsitter | ME | poorly attested | |
ferry | ᛫ a ship used to transport passengers and goods ᛬ to transport ᛫ to convey ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | or: fere (from ME alternative) | |
ferse | ᛫ a verse ᛫ | N | fers | OE‹I | ||
fersh | fersc | ᛫ fresh ᛫ | AJ | fersh | ME | most etymologies say "fresh" is from French "fresche" |
fetch | fec | ᛫ to go after and bring back ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
fether | feþer | ᛫ to burden ᛫ to put a load upon ᛫ | V | fetheren | ME | |
fetter | ᛫ a limit ᛫ a regulation ᛫ a restricter ᛫ a restriction ᛫ a restrainer ᛬ to restrict ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to impede ᛫ to slow down ᛫ to limit ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
fettered | ᛫ restrained ᛫ restricted ᛫ limited ᛫ regulated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fettle | fettel | ᛫ a vessel ᛫ a receptacle ᛫ a cask ᛫ a bag ᛫ a sack ᛫ | N | fētil[fǣtels] | ME | |
fettle | fettel | ᛫ condition ᛬ to repair ᛫ to mend ᛫ to fix ᛫ to put in order ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[fetel] | NE | [MW] |
fettler | fetteller | ᛫ a repairer ᛫ a repairman ᛫ a railway maintenance man ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fewshaft | feƿscaft | ᛫ destitute ᛫ miserable ᛫ squalid ᛫ | AJ | feasceaft | OE | |
fey | ᛫ doomed ᛫ dying ᛫ fraught with fatal consequences ᛫ | AJ | ~[fei][fǣge] | NE | ||
fick | ᛫ deceit ᛫ fraud ᛫ | N | fic&gefic | OE&OE | ||
fickle | fickel | ᛫ unreliable ᛫ disloyal ᛫ treacherous ᛫ deceptive ᛫ deceitful ᛫ | N | fickle&fikel[ficol] | NE&ME | |
fiddle | fiddel | ᛫ a violin ᛫ | N | ~[fiþele] | NE | |
fiddle with | fiddel ƿiþ | ᛫ to manipulate ᛫ to tinker ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fiddlestick | fiddelstick | ᛫ a violin bow ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
fie | ᛫ to despise ᛫ to abhor ᛫ to detest ᛫ to disdain ᛫ to abominate ᛫ | V | fēogan | OE | analogy: lēogan to lie ᛫ kin: fiend | |
fieldelf | feeldelf | ᛫ a field elf ᛫ a field fairy ᛫ a field nymph ᛫ | N | feldælf | OE | |
fieldhen | feeldhen | ᛫ a Perdix bird ( a partridge ) ᛫ | N | field+hen | NE×2 | calque: NL veldhoen |
fieldhouse | feeldhuse | ᛫ a tent ᛫ a building used for sports ᛫ | N | ~[feldhūs] | NE | |
fieldswamb | feeldsƿamb | ᛫ fungus ᛫ | N | feldswamm | OE | |
fiend | feend | ᛫ an evil person ᛫ a lowlife ᛫ a drug addict ᛫ an enemy ᛫ a devil ᛫ the Devil ᛫ a demon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fiendish | feendisc | ᛫ diabolical ᛫ demonic ᛫ extremely cruel ᛫ extremely wicked ᛫ excessively bad , unpleasant , or difficult ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
fiendred | feendred | ᛫ enmity ᛫ | N | fēondrǣden | OE | |
fiendship | feendscip | ᛫ enmity ᛫ foeship ᛫ | N | fēondscip | OE | |
fifth | fifþ | ᛫ a quint ᛫ a pentachord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fifthbeing | fifþbeing | ᛫ a quintessence ᛫ | N | fifte beinge | ME | |
fight | figt | ᛫ to moisten ᛫ | V | fȳhtan | OE | |
fightlock | figtlock | ᛫ combat ᛫ | N | feohtlāc | OE | |
fike | ᛫ to feign ᛫ to dissemble ᛫ to flatter ᛫ to wheedle ᛫ | V | fiken[fician] | ME | ||
fike | ᛫ a fig ᛫ | N | fīke | ME‹I? | ||
filch | filc | ᛫ some stolen thing or things ᛬ to steal ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
file | ᛫ to defile ᛫ to corrupt ᛫ | V | fīlen[fȳlan] | ME | ||
fill | ᛫ chervil ? ᛫ the Thymus serpyllum plant ( breckland thyme ) ? ᛫ | N | fille | OE | ||
film | ᛫ a movie ᛫ a membrane ᛫ skin ᛫ | N | film&filmen | NE&OE | ||
filmcraft | ᛫ the art or craft of making movies ᛫ cinematography ᛫ | N | filmcraft | NE | ||
filmdom | ᛫ the movie industry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
filmgoer | ᛫ a moviegoer ᛫ a cinemagoer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
filmhouse | filmhuse | ᛫ a cinema ᛫ | N | film+house | NE×2 | |
filmish | filmisc | ᛫ filmic ᛫ cinematic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
filmling | ᛫ a short film ᛫ | N | film+ling | NE×2 | ||
filmmaker | ᛫ a cinematographer ᛫ a filmographer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
filmplay | ᛫ a motion picture ᛫ | N | film play | NE | [MW] | |
filmstar | ᛫ a movie star ᛫ | N | film star | NE | ||
filmwright | filmƿrigt | ᛫ a scriptwriter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
filst | ᛫ aid ᛫ assistance ᛫ support ᛫ furtherance ᛫ abetment ᛬ to aid ᛫ to assist ᛫ to support ᛫ to abet ᛫ | N᛬V | filst&filsten | ME&ME | ||
filthfear | filþfear | ᛫ mysophobia ᛫ | N | dirt+fear | NE×2 | |
find | ᛫ to locate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
finding | ᛫ discovery ᛫ a discovery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
findle | findel | ᛫ something found ᛫ a discovery ᛫ an invention ᛫ | N | findles | ME | |
findy | ᛫ capable ᛫ able ᛫ suitable ᛫ proper ᛫ apt or effective language ᛫ | AJ | fīndī&gefyndig | ME&OE | [OED] ᛫ rhyme: windy | |
finger | ᛫ to identify ᛫ to point out ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fingerapple | fingerappel | ᛫ a date ᛫ | N | fingeræppel | OE | |
fingerbone | ᛫ a phalanx of a finger ( anatomy ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fingry | ᛫ digital ᛫ | AJ | finger+y | NE×2 | ||
Finn | ᛫ a Finn ᛫ | N(P) | Finn | OE | ||
fint | ᛫ a tail ᛫ sequel ᛫ consequence ᛫ | N | finta | OE | ||
firebarrow | firebarroƿ | ᛫ a volcano ᛫ | N | fire+barrow | NE×2 | |
firebouk | firebook | ᛫ a Molotov cocktail ᛫ | N | fire+bouk | NE+ME | |
firebrand | ᛫ a torch with a flame ᛫ an argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
firedog | ᛫ an andiron ᛫ a landiron ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | calque: chenet? | |
fireflood | ᛫ a lava flow ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
firefree | ᛫ fireproof ᛫ free from fire ᛫ | AJ | fire-free | NE&ANE | [OED] | |
firehouse | firehuse | ᛫ a fire station ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
firen | ᛫ to sin ᛫ | V | firenian | OE | ||
firenful | ᛫ sinful ᛫ wicked ᛫ | AJ | firenfull | OE | ||
firenlust | ᛫ sinful lust ᛫ wantonness ᛫ | N | firenlust | OE | ||
firepan | ᛫ a brazier ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fires | ᛫ living beings ᛫ humanity ᛫ humans ᛫ | N | fīras | OE | kin: feorm/farm; firihōs (Old Saxon); fīrar (Icelandic) | |
fireward | fireƿard | ᛫ a fire chief ᛫ a fire warden ᛫ a fire marshal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
firewater | fireƿater | ᛫ liquor ᛫ strong alcoholic drink ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | possibly a calque from an American Indian language |
fireweapon | fireƿeapon | ᛫ a firearm ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "earliest use found in Humphrey Barwick (d. 1598)" ᛫ see OXF |
firk | ᛫ to move quickly ᛫ hasten ᛫ to be lively ᛫ to jerk ᛫ to switch ᛫ to fidget ᛫ to fuss ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
firl | ᛫ distance ᛫ | N | firl | OE | ||
firlen | ᛫ distant ᛫ remote ᛫ | AJ | fyrlen | OE | ||
firnut | ᛫ a fircone ᛫ | N | fir+nut | NE×2 | note: pīnhnutu | |
firrow | firroƿ | ᛫ a mountain ᛫ | N | firgen/fyrgen{firegāt} | OE | kin: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌹; पर्वत ᛫ evidence from ME shows loss of /n/ |
firrowbuck | firroƿbuck | ᛫ an ibex ? ᛫ | N | firgenbucca | OE | |
firse | ᛫ to keep away ᛫ to take away ᛫ | V | firsen/fursen[feorsian] | ME | "firse him from me" ᛫ kin: far | |
firsen | ᛫ the heel ᛫ | N | fiersn/fyrsn | OE | ||
first | ᛫ a ceiling ᛫ a roof ᛫ | N | first[first] | ME | ||
first hoad | ᛫ first person ᛫ | N | fyrest hād | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
firstbirth | firstbirþ | ᛫ primogeniture ᛫ | N | first-birthe | ME | |
firsthand | firsþand | ᛫ direct ( without intermediate stages ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
firth | firþ | ᛫ an estuary ᛫ an inlet ᛫ a fjord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
firwit | firƿit | ᛫ curiosity ᛫ | N | firwit/firwet | OE | |
fise | ᛫ to launch ᛫ to send quickly ᛫ to bring quickly ᛫ | V | fūsen[fȳsan] | ME | ||
fishhawk | fischaƿk | ᛫ a Pandion haliaetus bird ( an osprey ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fishhouse | fischuse | ᛫ a fish tank ᛫ an aquarium ᛫ a place where fish is sold ᛫ a small shack used for ice fishing ᛫ | N | ffysche howse | ME&NE | [OED] |
fishlore | fisclore | ᛫ ichthyology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fishly | fiscly | ᛫ piscine ᛫ ichthyic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fishwife | fiscƿife | ᛫ a coarse-mannered woman who is prone to shouting ᛫ a female fishmonger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fishy | fiscy | ᛫ suspicious ᛫ dubious ᛫ questionable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fistfighter | fistfigter | • a pugilist • | N | fist-fighter | NE | [OED] |
fistfighting | fistfigting | • pugilism • pugilistics ᛬ pugilistic • | N:AJ | fist-fighting | NE | [OED] |
fit | ᛫ a section of a narrative ( esp a poem or song ) ᛫ a canto ᛫ a chapter ᛫ | N | fit&fit/fitt[fitte] | NE&ME | "chapter" usage found in "the Hunting of the Snark" | |
fit | ᛫ a sudden and transitory state of activity or feeling ᛫ a paroxysm ᛫ a seizure ᛫ a convulsion ᛫ a tantrum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
fitful | ᛫ sporadic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Fitherrich | Fiþerric | ᛫ a tetrarch ᛫ | N | fyðerríca | OE | |
fivald | fifald | ᛫ a butterfly ᛫ a Lepidopteran insect [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | fifalde | OE | |
fivefold | fifefold | ᛫ quintuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fivel | fifel | ᛫ a monster ᛫ a giant ᛫ | N | fifel | OE | |
fiveling | fifeling | ᛫ a quintuplet ᛫ | N | five+ling | NE+NE | |
fivelish | fifelisc | ᛫ monstrous ᛫ | AJ | fifel+ish | ME+NE | |
fivepenny | fifepenny | ᛫ a nickel [ᚹ] ᛬ worth five cents ᛫ worth five pence ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
fivesome | fifesum | ᛫ a quintet ᛫ a pentad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fizz | fis | ᛫ soda ᛫ pop ᛫ coke ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
flask | ᛫ a flask ᛫ a bottle ᛫ | N | flaxe | OE‹I? | or: flax | |
flat | ᛫ an apartment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
flatware | flatƿare | ᛫ eating utensils such as knives forks and spoons ᛫ cutlery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
flawed | flaƿed | ᛫ imperfect ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | |
flawless | flaƿless | ᛫ perfect ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
flaxen | ᛫ made of flax ᛫ of the pale yellow colour of dressed flax ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
flaxenheered | ᛫ blond ᛫ blonde ᛫ | AJ | flaxenhaired | NE | ||
flay | ᛫ to skin ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fleabane | ᛫ an Erigeron plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fleard | ᛫ falsehood ᛫ deceit ᛫ | N | flērd[gefleard] | ME | ||
flearder | ᛫ a deceiver ᛫ a trickster ᛫ | N | fleardere | OE | ||
fledge | flecg | ᛫ to care for a young bird until it can fly ᛫ to grow feathers ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
fledgling | flecgling | ᛫ an immature or inexperienced person or thing ᛬ nascent ᛫ emerging ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
flee | ᛫ to run away ᛫ to escape ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: fled PTCP: fled | |
fleed | ᛫ to flow ᛫ | V | flēden | ME | kin: flood | |
fleek | ᛫ a frame interwoven with bars and wattles ᛫ a hurdle ᛫ | N | flēke | ME | ||
fleem | ᛫ exile ᛫ an exile ᛫ an outcast ᛬ to outcast ᛫ to exile ᛫ | N᛬V | flēme&flēmen | ME&ME | ||
fleet | ᛫ a navy ᛫ | N | ~[flēot] | NE | ||
fleet | ᛫ a marshland creek ᛫ a marshland channel ᛫ a marshland ditch ᛫ | N | ~[flēot] | NE | ||
fleet | ᛫ to move quickly ᛫ to pass time rapidly ᛫ to fade away ᛫ | V | ~[flēotan] | NE | ||
fleet | ᛫ cream ᛬ to remove cream or scum from ᛫ to skim ᛫ | N᛬V | flēte&flẹ̄ten | OE&ME | kin: flautir | |
fleeting | ᛫ ephemeral ᛫ passing ( short-lived ) | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fleetings | ᛫ curds from which cheese is made ᛫ thick cream which rises to the surface of boiling whey ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [EDD] | |
fleetlord | ᛫ an admiral ᛫ | N | fleet+lord{sciphlāford} | NE×2 | ||
fleettow | fleettoƿ | ᛫ an admiral ᛫ | N | fleet+tow | NE×2 | by analogy with heretowa ᛫ or: fleettough |
flesher | flescer | ᛫ a butcher ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fleshhame | fleschame | ᛫ to incarnate ᛫ to become incarnate ᛫ | V | flǣschamian | OE | |
fleshhamed | fleschamed | ᛫ incarnate ᛫ | AJ | flǣschamod | OE | |
fleshliness | flescliness | ᛫ carnality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fleshly | flescly | ᛫ carnal ᛫ sensual ᛫ having an actual physical appearance ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fleshy | flescy | ᛫ plump ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fley | ᛫ to scare [ᛏ] ᛫ to become scared ᛫ | V | āflēgan | NE | kin: fly?; flee? | |
flightcraft | fligtcraft | ᛫ an airplane ᛫ an aeroplane ᛫ | N | flight+craft | NE×2 | |
flightfear | fligtfear | ᛫ aerophobia ᛫ | N | flight+fear | NE×2 | |
flightfield | fligtfield | ᛫ an airfield ᛫ | N | flight+field | NE×2 | calque: fleanfjild |
flightling | fligtling | ᛫ a refugee ᛫ | N | flight+ling | NE+NE | calque: vluchteling; Flüchtling |
flighty | fligty | ᛫ fickle ᛫ capricious ᛫ volatile ᛫ skittish ᛫ temperamental ᛫ mercurial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
flintstone | ᛫ any hard stone such as flint , quartz , granite , basalt ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
flitch | flic | ᛫ a slab of meat ( esp bacon ) ᛫ a slab of timber ᛫ | N | ~[flicche][flicce] | NE | |
flite | ᛫ a quarrel ᛫ a dispute ᛫ an argument ᛬ to quarrel ᛫ to dispute ᛫ to argue ᛫ to contend ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
flitecraft | ᛫ the art of dialectics ᛫ the art of arguing ᛫ | N | flītcræft | OE | ||
flitecraftly | ᛫ dialectical ᛫ disputational ᛫ | AJ | flītcræftlīc | OE | ||
fliteful | ᛫ contentious ᛫ | AJ | flītful | OE | ||
flitem | ᛫ a lancet ᛫ a scalpel ᛫ | N | flītme | OE | glossary word | |
fliteyern | ᛫ a litigator ᛫ | N | flītgeorn | OE | glossary word | |
fliting | ᛫ a contention ᛫ a debate ᛫ a quarrel ᛫ | N | flite+ing | NE×2 | ||
float | ᛫ a raft ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | raft is Norse | |
flone | ᛫ an arrow ᛫ a bolt ( for a crossbow ) ᛫ a dart ᛫ a bullet [ᚹ] ᛫ a projectile [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | flōn[flān] | ME | ||
floodbank | ᛫ a levee ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE+NE‹‹N) | [OED] ᛫ de-Norsed: floodstath | |
flot | ᛫ water which can be sailed on ᛫ | N | flot | OE | ||
flow | floƿ | ᛫ a flux ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
flowsome | floƿsum | ᛫ fluid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
flowy | floƿy | ᛫ fluid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fluke | flook | ᛫ a Pleuronectiformes fish ᛫ | N | ~[flōc] | NE | |
flukeworm | flookƿurm | ᛫ a parasitic worm ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
flyer | ᛫ something that flies ᛫ a pilot ( of an aircraft ) ᛫ an airman ᛫ an aviator ᛫ an aviatrix ᛫ a leaflet ᛫ a pamphlet ᛫ a brochure ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
fob | ᛫ a little pocket for holding a watch ᛫ a pocket watch chain ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹HG | ||
fodder | ᛫ food for livestock ᛫ inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foe | ᛫ an enemy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foeman | ᛫ an adversary ᛫ | N | ~[fōman] | NE | ||
foeship | foescip | ᛫ enmity ᛫ the opposite of friendship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foken | ᛫ deceit ᛫ fraud ᛫ deceitfulness ᛫ guile ᛬ deceitful ᛫ false ᛫ fake ᛫ | N᛬AJ | fōken&fācen | ME&OE | kin: fake? | |
fokenful | ᛫ deceitful ᛫ fraudulent ᛫ | AJ | fācenful | OE | ||
fokentoken | ᛫ a false signal ᛫ a false sign ᛫ a false token ᛫ a misdirection ᛫ | N | fācentācen | OE | ||
fold | ᛫ earth ᛫ the Earth ᛫ the world ᛫ the people of the world ᛫ dry land ᛫ | N | folde[folde] | ME | ||
fold | ᛫ a political party ᛫ a religious group ᛫ an ideological group ᛫ a fellowship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fold | ᛫ a pen or an enclosure in a field for livestock ᛫ a religious community ᛫ a community ᛫ | N | ~[fōld][fald/falod] | NE | ||
foldway | foldƿay | ᛫ the Earth ᛫ | N | foldweg | OE | |
folk | ᛫ a people ᛫ people ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
folk | ᛫ demo- ᛫ | PREFIX | folc | OE | ||
folkbale | ᛫ torment from the public ᛫ public backlash ᛫ | N | folcbealo | OE | ||
folkcouth | folkcooþ | ᛫ well-known ᛫ widely celebrated ᛫ popular ᛫ | AJ | folccūþ | OE | |
folkdom | ᛫ a democracy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | invented by William Barnes | |
folkish | folkisc | ᛫ characteristic of ordinary people or traditional culture ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
folkland | ᛫ public property ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
folklore | ᛫ traditional customs tales sayings dances or art forms preserved among a people ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
folkmear | ᛫ popular ᛫ folk-known ᛫ | AJ | folcmǣre | OE | ||
folkmoot | ᛫ an assembly of the people ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
folkmorth | folkmorþ | ᛫ a genocide ᛫ | N | folk+morth | NE+ME | calque: Völkermord |
folkname | ᛫ a demonym ᛫ | N | folk+name | NE | ||
folkrich | folkric | ᛫ a democracy ᛫ | N | folk+rīche | NE+ME | |
folkright | folkrigt | ᛫ common law ᛫ | N | folcriht | OE | |
folkshather | folkscaþer | ᛫ people's tyrant ᛫ a villain ᛫ | N | folcsceaþa | OE | or: folkscather (Norse influenced) |
folkstow | folkstoƿ | ᛫ a country place ᛫ a rustic place ᛫ | N | folcstōw | OE | |
folktale | ᛫ a characteristically anonymous tale circulated orally among a people ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
folktelling | ᛫ a census ᛫ | N | folk+tell+ing | NE×3 | calque: volkstelling | |
folktilth | folktilþ | ᛫ pop-culture ᛫ | N | folk+tilth | NE×3 | |
folktow | folktoƿ | ᛫ a popular lead ᛫ a chief ᛫ a chieftain ᛫ | N | folctoga | OE | |
Folkwandering | Folkƿandering | ᛫ the migrations of the Migration Period ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | calque: Völkerwanderung |
folkway | folkƿay | ᛫ a custom or belief common to members of a society or culture ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
folkways | folkƿays | ᛫ the customs of a community ( a culture ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
follow after | folloƿ after | ᛫ to succeed ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
follower | folloƿer | ᛫ a successor ᛫ an adherent ᛫ a pupil ᛫ a partisan ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
following | folloƿing | ᛫ ensuing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
followth | folloƿþ | ᛫ that which follows ᛫ a retinue ᛫ service of a follower ᛫ | N | folgoþ | OE | |
folm | ᛫ a palm of a hand ᛫ a sole of a foot ( rare usage ? ) ᛫ | N | folm&folm | ME&OE | ||
fon | ᛫ a fool ᛫ a buffoon ᛬ to be foolish ᛫ to fool ᛫ to dupe ᛫ | V | fǒnne&fǒnnen | ME‹?&ME‹? | kin: fond | |
fond | ᛫ affectionate towards something ᛫ foolishly affectionate towards something ᛫ foolish ᛫ insipid ᛫ | AJ | fǒnned | NE‹ME‹? | originally past participle of fǒnnen | |
fondest | ᛫ a favourite ᛫ a beloved one ᛬ favourite ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fondle | fondel | ᛫ to caress ᛫ | V | ~[fond] | NE‹ME‹? | kin: fond |
fondness | ᛫ affection ᛫ dearness ᛫ endearment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
footadle | footadel | ᛫ gout ᛫ | N | fōtādl | OE | |
footbone | ᛫ a metatarsal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
footgoer | ᛫ a pedestrian ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
footleech | footleec | ᛫ a podiatrist ᛫ | N | foot+leech | NE×2 | |
footly | ᛫ pedestrian ᛫ | AJ | fōtlic | OE | ||
footman | ᛫ a foot soldier ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
footmeal | ᛫ step by step ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
footmen | ᛫ infantry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
footspoor | ᛫ a footprint ᛫ | N | fōtspor | OE | kin: Fußspur; voetspoor | |
footwelm | footƿelm | ᛫ the sole of the foot ᛫ | N | fōtwelm | OE | |
for | ᛫ because of ᛫ for the sake of ᛫ because ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | ||
for eld | ᛫ for ages ᛫ | AV | for ēlde | ME | ||
for that | þat | ᛫ because ᛫ | AV&C | for that | ME | or: forthat ᛫ to say "because of" say "along of" or "owing to" |
forane | ᛫ beforehand ( denoting anticipation or prevention ) ᛫ | AV | forane | OE | was used with gēan, ongēan, and tōgēanes to mean "against" | |
forbear | ᛫ to avoid ᛫ to abstain ᛫ to refrain when provoked ᛫ to decline ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forbearing | ᛫ forbearance ᛫ | N | forbear+ing | NE×2 | ||
forbid | ᛫ to prohibit ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: forbade ᛫ PTCP: forbidden | |
forbidden | ᛫ prohibited ᛫ verboten ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
forbird | ᛫ forbearance ᛫ abstention ᛫ | N | forbyrd | OE | pretty much the noun equivalent of "forbear" | |
forbode | ᛫ a prohibition ᛫ | N | forbōd[forbod] | ME | ||
forbond | ᛫ a federation ᛫ | N | for+bond | NE×2 | calque: verbond | |
forbow | forbue | ᛫ to avoid ᛫ to evade ᛫ to refrain from ᛫ | V | forbǒuen[forbūgan] | ME | |
forbraid | ᛫ to transform something for the worse ᛫ to corrupt ᛫ to pervert ᛫ to make monstrous ᛫ | V | forbreiden[forbregdan] | ME | ||
forbuy | forbye | ᛫ to bribe ᛫ to ransom a prisoner ᛫ to redeem ᛫ | V | forbīen | ME | |
forby | ᛫ in addition ᛬ past ᛫ near ᛫ besides ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | or: forbye | |
forcouth | forcooþ | ᛫ despised ᛫ infamous ᛫ | AJ | forcūþ | ME | |
ford | ᛫ a shallow spot in a river or stream ᛬ to wade across a ford ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
fordeal | ᛫ to distribute ᛫ | V | fordǣlan | OE | ||
fordeem | ᛫ to condemn ᛫ to convict ᛫ | V | fordēmen | ME | ||
fordit | ᛫ to close up ᛫ to stop ᛫ | V | forditten | ME | ||
fordo | ᛫ to abolish ᛫ to annul ᛫ to cancel ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: fordid ᛫ PTCP: fordone | |
fordraw | fordraƿ | ᛫ to torture by stretching ᛫ to take away by force ᛫ | V | fordrauen | ME | |
fordrench | fordrenc | ᛫ to intoxicate ᛫ | N | fordrenchen | ME | |
fordrive | fordrife | ᛫ to drive away ᛫ to physically expel ᛫ | V | fordriven | ME | |
fordwine | fordƿine | ᛫ to fade away ᛫ to waste away ᛫ to decay ᛫ to dwindle ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
fore | ᛫ the front ᛬ in front ᛫ | N᛬P | ~ | NE | ||
fore | ᛫ pre- ᛫ ante- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | see ere (prefix) | |
forebear | ᛫ an ancestor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forebisen | ᛫ an example ( good or bad ) ᛫ a model ᛫ an exemplar ᛫ a template ᛫ an archetype ᛫ an allegory ᛫ an analogy [ᚹ] ᛬ to example ᛫ | N᛬V | forebisen&forbisenen | ME&ME | ||
forebode | ᛫ to predict ᛫ to foretell ᛫ to portend ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
foreboder | ᛫ an oracle ᛫ a prophet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foreboding | ᛫ an evil omen ᛬ ominous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
forebody | ᛫ the thorax ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forebook | ᛫ a prelude to a book or series of books ᛫ a preface ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forebrain | ᛫ the prosencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
forebusy | ᛫ to preoccupy ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forecast | ᛫ a prediction ᛬ to predict ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | ||
forecaster | ᛫ a predictor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N+E) | ||
forecoming | ᛫ an advent ᛬ preceding ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
forecool | ᛫ to precool ᛫ | V | fore+cool | NE×2 | by analogy of: preheat | |
fored | ᛫ broken ᛫ | AJ | forod | OE | rhyme: horrid ᛫ what verb does this word come from? | |
foredeal | ᛫ advantage ᛫ | N | ~[fōredēl] | NE | ||
foredeem | ᛫ to expect ᛫ to assume ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
foredoom | ᛫ prejudice ᛬ to judge beforehand ᛫ | N᛬V | fore+doom | NE×2 | ||
foredoor | ᛫ a front door ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forefang | ᛫ to anticipate ᛫ to take beforehand ᛫ | V | fōrefōn | OE | ||
forefather | forefaþer | ᛫ an ancestor ᛫ a precursor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
forefeeling | ᛫ presentiment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forefighter | forefigter | ᛫ a vanguard ᛫ | N | forefightere | ME | |
forefinger | ᛫ the index finger ᛫ the pointer finger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see "shotfinger" | |
foreflood | ᛫ antediluvian ᛫ before the Biblical flood ᛫ | AJ | fore+flood | NE×2 | calque | |
foreganger | ᛫ a predecessor ᛫ a herald ᛫ | N | foreganger | ME | ||
foregate | ᛫ a main entrance ᛫ a front gate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forego | ᛫ to precede ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | often found in the saying "foregone conclusion" | |
foregoer | ᛫ a predecessor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foregoing | ᛫ preceding ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
foregone | ᛫ past ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
foreguess | foregess | ᛫ conjecture ᛫ an assumption ᛬ to assume ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
foregut | ᛫ the anterior part of the alimentary canal of an embryo from the mouth to the duodenum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forehand | ᛫ the chief part ᛫ an advantage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forehanded | ᛫ prudent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
foreheadbone | ᛫ a frontal bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forehouse | forehuse | ᛫ a foyer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
forekidney | ᛫ the pronephros ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foreknow | foreknoƿ | ᛫ to know beforehand ( esp through supernatural means ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
foreknowledge | foreknoƿlecg | ᛫ prescience ᛫ foresight ᛫ precognition ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foreland | ᛫ a cape ᛫ a promontory ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
forelock | ᛫ a lock of hair growing just above the forehead ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forelook | ᛫ a preview ᛬ to preview ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
foremake | ᛫ to prefabricate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
foreman | ᛫ a taskmaster ᛫ a supervisor of work ᛫ a honcho ᛫ a boss ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foremost | ᛫ paramount ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
foremother | foremoþer | ᛫ a female ancestor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
forename | ᛫ a pronoun ᛫ | N | fōrenama | OE | ||
forenamed | ᛫ previously named ᛫ aforementioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
foreneed | ᛫ prerequisite ᛫ | N | fore+need | NE×2 | ||
forenight | forenigt | ᛫ the early part of the evening ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
foreowned | foreoƿned | ᛫ pre-owned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
foreridle | foreridel | ᛫ one who rides ahead ᛫ a precursor ᛫ a harbinger ᛫ | N | forridel | ME | |
forerun | ᛫ to run before ᛫ to come before as a token of something to follow ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forerunner | ᛫ a predecessor ᛫ a precursor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foresee | ᛫ to predict ᛫ to anticipate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
foreseen that | þat | ᛫ provided that ᛫ | C | fōrsẹ̄n that | ME | |
foreset | ᛫ to prepose ᛫ | V | foresetten | ME | ||
foresetting | ᛫ a proposal ᛫ a proposition ᛫ a preposition ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | fōresetnes | OE | ||
foreshadow | forescadoƿ | ᛫ to presage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
foreship | forescip | ᛫ the forward part of a ship ᛫ the prow ᛫ | N | forship | ME | |
foreshow | forescoƿ | ᛫ to show before ᛫ to give warning or promise of ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
foresight | foresigt | ᛫ the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future ᛫ an act of looking forwards ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foresitter | ᛫ a president ᛫ | N | fore+sit+er | NE×3 | calque: Vorsitzende; Forseti | |
foresmack | ᛫ a foretaste ᛫ a sample ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
forespeak | ᛫ to foretell ᛫ to predict ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forespeech | forespeec | ᛫ a preface ᛫ a preamble ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
forestall | ᛫ to obstruct ᛫ to prevent ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forestear | ᛫ prehistory ᛫ | N | fore+stǣr | NE+OE‹I‹H | ||
forestighting | forestigting | ᛫ predestination ᛫ | N | forestihtung | OE | |
foreswayed | foresƿayed | ᛫ swayed beforehand ᛫ biased ᛫ | AJ | fore+sway+ed | NE×3 | |
foretale | ᛫ a prologue ᛫ a prediction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foretell | ᛫ to predict ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forethink | foreþink | ᛫ to premeditate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
forethought | foreþougt | ᛫ a thinking out beforehand ᛫ anticipation ᛫ premeditation ᛬ premeditated ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | var: aforethought |
foretoken | ᛫ a presage ᛫ an omen ᛫ a prognostic ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
foretooth | foretooþ | ᛫ an incisor ᛫ a front tooth ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foreward | foreƿard | ᛫ a scout ᛫ an explorer ᛫ | N | foreweard | OE | |
forewarm | foreƿarm | ᛫ to preheat ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
forewit | foreƿit | ᛫ precaution ᛫ prudence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foreword | foreƿord | ᛫ a preface ᛫ an introduction ( in a document ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
forework | foreƿork | ᛫ a fortifying structure erected for defense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
forfare | ᛫ to perish ᛫ to go to ruin ᛫ to go astray ᛫ to stray ᛫ | V | forfāren | ME | ||
forgather | forgaþer | ᛫ to assemble ᛫ to gather together [ᚾ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
forgivendly | forgivendly | ᛫ dative ( grammar) ᛫ | AJ | forgifendlīc | OE | de-Norsed: foryeavendly/forgeefendly |
forgiveness | forgifness | ᛫ remission ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | de-Norsed: foryeaveness/forgeefeness |
forgo | ᛫ to go or do without ᛫ to refrain from ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forhadness | ᛫ abstinence ( esp food or drink ) ᛫ | N | forhæfednes | OE | [MEC] ᛫ kin: forhabben | |
forhave | forhaf | ᛫ to restrain someone from something ᛫ to abstain ᛫ | V | forhabban | OE | [MEC] ᛫ kin: forhæfedness |
forhew | forheƿ | ᛫ to slash into pieces ᛫ to kill by cutting ᛫ | V | forheuen | ME | |
forhow | forhoƿ | ᛫ to despise ᛫ to reject ᛫ to treat with contempt ᛫ to disregard ᛫ | V | forhouen[forhogian/forhycgan] | ME | |
forked cap | ᛫ a mitre / a miter ᛫ | N | forked cappe | ANE‹(NE+NE‹‹I) | [OED] | |
forleese | ᛫ to abandon ᛫ to forfeit ᛫ to lose something ᛫ to desert ᛫ to damn ᛫ | V | forlēsen | ME | PST: forlore ᛫ PTCP: forlorn | |
forlet | ᛫ to desert ᛫ to forsake ᛫ to neglect ᛫ to abandon ᛫ to reject ᛫ to leave ᛫ to depart ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: forlet | |
forlie | ᛫ to rape ᛫ to fornicate ᛫ | V | forlien | ME | ||
forlier | ᛫ adultery ᛫ fornication ᛫ an adulterer ᛫ an adulteress ᛫ a fornicator ᛬ adulterous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | forliger | OE | ||
forlorn | ᛫ abandoned ᛫ deserted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | from the verb "forleese" | |
form | ᛫ original ᛫ primal ᛫ | AJ | forme | ME | ||
formfather | formfaþer | ᛫ the first father of something ᛫ a progenitor ᛫ | N | formefader | ME | |
formly | ᛫ originally ᛫ primally ᛫ | AV | forme+ly | ME+NE | ||
formmother | formmoþer | ᛫ the first mother of something ᛫ a progenitrix ᛫ | N | formemoder | ME | |
forn | ᛫ previous ᛫ former ᛬ formerly ᛫ previously ᛬ before ( in space or in time ) ᛫ | AJ᛬AV᛬P | forne[forn] | ME | ||
fornigh | fornige | ᛫ very nearly ᛫ almost ᛫ | AV | forneh[fornēah] | ME | |
fornim | ᛫ to remove ᛫ to deprive ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to ransack ᛫ to seize ᛫ | V | fornimen&forniman | ME&OE | ||
fornumb | ᛫ deprived of vigour ᛫ sluggish ᛫ | AJ | fornome | ME | ||
forold | ᛫ to become feeble or decrepit with age ᛫ to go or make out of date [ᚹ] ᛫ to become or make obsolete [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | forōlden | ME | ||
forolded | ᛫ feeble or decrepit with age ᛫ obsolete [ᚹ] ᛫ outdated [ᚹ] ᛫ out of date [ᚹ] ᛫ | AV | forolded | ME | ||
forqueath | forcƿeaþ | ᛫ to deny ᛫ to repudiate ᛫ to reject ᛫ | V | forquēthen[forcweþan] | ME | |
forread | ᛫ to betray ᛫ to lead astray ᛫ | V | forreden | ME | ||
forsake | ᛫ to abandon ᛫ to desert ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: forsook ᛫ PTCP: forsaken | |
forsaken | ᛫ abandoned ᛫ deserted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
forsay | ᛫ to renounce ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
forsench | forsenc | ᛫ to submerge ᛫ | V | forsenchen | ME | |
forshape | forscape | ᛫ to transform or to metamorphose something ( usually for the worse ) ᛫ to distort ᛫ to disfigure ᛫ to degrade ᛫ | V | forshāpen | ME | |
forslack | ᛫ to neglect ᛫ to be neglectful ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
forslow | forsloƿ | ᛫ to procrastinate ᛫ to put off ᛫ to delay ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
forsooth | forsooþ | ᛫ indeed ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
forspeak | ᛫ to bewitch ᛫ to cast a bad spell over ᛫ to renounce ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
forspend | ᛫ to exhaust ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST&PTCP: forspent | |
forspent | ᛫ exhausted ᛫ fatigued ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
forspill | ᛫ to destroy ᛫ to waste ᛫ to demolish ᛫ | V | forspillen&forspillan | ME&OE | ||
forstand | ᛫ to stand up for ᛫ to defend ᛫ to protect ᛫ | V | forstandan&fōrstandan | OE&OE | ||
forstop | ᛫ to stop completely ᛫ to smother ᛫ to block ᛫ | V | forstoppen | ME | ||
forswear | forsƿear | ᛫ to reject upon oath ᛫ to renounce ᛫ to abjure ᛫ | V | ~[forswēren] | NE | |
forswink | forsƿink | ᛫ to exhaust by labour ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
forswy | forsƿy | ᛫ to keep silent ᛫ to be silent ᛫ | V | forswīgian | OE | |
fortee | ᛫ to draw away to evil ᛫ to seduce ᛫ | V | fortēn&fortēon | ME&OE | ||
forth | forþ | ᛫ to advance ᛫ to proceed ᛫ to carry out ᛫ to promote ᛫ to aid or to assist in a task ᛫ | V | fō̆rthen[forþian] | ME | |
forthby | forþby | ᛫ past ᛫ | AV | fō̆rthbī | ME | |
forthen | forþen | ᛫ on that account ᛫ for that reason ᛫ consequently ᛫ | AV&C | ~ | NE | |
forthfare | forþfare | ᛫ to go forth ᛫ to die ᛫ to pass away ᛫ | N᛬V | forthfare&fōrthfāren | ME | |
forthfill | forþfill | ᛫ to enforce ᛫ to fulfil ᛫ | V | forthfillen | ME | |
forthgang | forþgang | ᛫ progress ᛫ a continuance ᛫ a procession ᛫ | N | forthgang&forthgang | NE&ME | |
forthgo | forþgo | ᛫ to proceed ᛫ to continue ᛫ to progress ᛫ | V | forthgon[forþgān] | ME | |
forthink | forþink | ᛫ to regret ᛫ to rethink ᛫ to change one's mind ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] |
forthnim | forþnim | ᛫ to take someone away ᛫ to remove ᛫ to take one's way ᛫ to leave ᛫ | V | forthnimen | ME | |
forthput | forþput | ᛫ to propose ᛫ to put forth ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
forthright | forþrigt | ᛫ unambiguous ᛫ unevasive ᛬ directly forward ᛫ immediately ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [MW] |
forthship | forþscip | ᛫ progress ᛫ | N | forþscype | OE | |
forthtee | forþtee | ᛫ to draw forth ᛫ to quote ᛫ to cite ᛫ | V | forthtēn | ME | |
forthward | forþƿard | ᛫ an agreement ᛫ a contract ᛫ a treaty ᛫ a covenant ᛫ a pledge ᛫ | N | fōrthwārd | ME | |
forthwith | forþƿiþ | ᛫ immediately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
forthwitten | forþƿitten | ᛫ past ᛫ goneby ᛫ | AJ | forthwiten[forþgewiten] | ME | |
forthwitten tide | forþƿitten | ᛫ the past tense ᛬ of the past tense ᛫ | N᛬AJ | forþgewiten tīd | OE | |
fortnight | fortnigt | ᛫ two weeks ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fortnightly | fortnigtly | ᛫ biweekly ᛬ every two weeks ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
fortread | ᛫ to trample ᛫ | V | fortreden[fortredan] | ME | PST: fortrod ᛫ PTCP: fortrodden | |
fortylegs | ᛫ a centipede ᛫ | N | forty-legs | NE‹(E+N) | or: fortyshanks | |
forwander | forƿander | ᛫ to exhaust oneself by wandering ᛫ | V | forwandren | ME | |
forwarry | forƿarry | ᛫ to hex ᛫ to curse something ᛫ | V | forwarien | ME | |
forwhy | forhƿy | ᛫ for the reason that ᛫ the reason why ᛫ | AV | forwhy | ME | |
forwird | forƿird | ᛫ destruction ᛫ perdition ᛫ | N | forwī̆rd | ME | |
forwonder | forƿunder | ᛫ to astonish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
forworth | forƿorþ | ᛫ to perish ᛫ to spoil ᛫ to degenerate ᛫ | V | forwōrthen[forweorþan] | ME | |
forwright | forƿrigt | ᛫ an agent ᛫ a vicegerent ᛫ | N | forwyrhta | OE | |
foryet | ᛫ to forget ᛫ | V | foryeten | ME | PST: foryat ᛫ PTCP: foryetten ᛫ de-Norsed form of "forget" | |
foryield | foryeeld | ᛫ to repay ᛫ to yield what is owed ᛫ to recompense ᛫ | V | forgieldan | OE | |
foryielding | foryeelding | ᛫ retribution ᛫ punishment ᛫ | N | foryēlding | ME | |
foster | ᛫ to cultivate ᛫ to rear another's child ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fosterling | ᛫ a foster child ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fother | foþer | ᛫ a load ( esp a wagon-load or a cart-load ) ᛫ a heavy weight ᛫ a heavy burden ᛫ a large amount ᛫ | N | fọ̄ther[fōþer] | ME | |
fought | fugt | ᛫ moist ᛫ damp ᛫ | AJ | fūht | OE | rhyme: drought ᛫ kin: feucht (HG) |
foughtenfield | fougtenfeeld | ᛫ a battleground ᛫ a battlefield ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foul | fule | ᛫ unclean ᛫ disgusting ᛫ obscene ᛫ vulgar ᛫ detestable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
foumart | ᛫ the European polecat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | likely from "foul"+"marth" | |
foundling | fundling | ᛫ an infant found after its unknown parents have abandoned it ᛫ | N | foundling | NE | [MW] |
fouredged | fourecged | ᛫ square ᛫ | AJ | fēowerecgede | OE | or: fouredge (from fēowerecge) |
fourfold | ᛫ quadruple ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fourfooted | ᛫ quadrupedal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fourling | ᛫ a quadruplet ᛫ | N | four+ling | NE+NE | ||
foursheat | foursceat | ᛫ quadrangular ᛫ | AJ | fēowerscȳte | OE | |
foursome | foursum | ᛫ a quartet ᛫ a tetrad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fourth | fourþ | ᛫ a quarter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fourth | fourþ | ᛫ a quart ( music ) ᛫ a tetrachord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
fourwheeler | fourhƿeeler | ᛫ an ATV ᛫ a quad ᛫ an all-terrain vehicle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fouse | fuse | ᛫ ready ᛫ prepared ᛫ willing ᛫ inclined ᛫ disposed ᛫ | AJ | ~[fūs] | NE | |
fousely | fusely | ᛫ readily ᛫ promptly ᛫ gladly ᛫ | AV | fūslīce | OE | |
fowl | fule | ᛫ a bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fowler | fuler | ᛫ a person who hunts fowl ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
foxly | ᛫ vulpine ᛫ cunning ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
fox's sleep | ᛫ feigned sleep ᛫ | N | fox's sleep | NE | ||
frain | ᛫ to inquire about ᛫ to interrogate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | kin: fricgan | |
fraining | ᛫ inquiry ᛫ interrogation ᛫ an asking ᛫ a question ᛫ | N | fraining | ME | gerund of: frain | |
frainmark | ᛫ a question mark ( ? ) ᛫ | N | frain+mark | NE×2 | ||
fraked | ᛫ bad ᛫ vile ᛫ shameful ᛫ | AJ | fraked[fracod] | ME | ||
frame | ᛫ a context ᛫ an outlining ᛬ to fit into place ᛫ to put into context ᛫ | V | ~[framian] | NE | ||
framework | frameƿork | ᛫ the support structure of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Frank | ᛫ a Frenchman ᛫ a Frank ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | ||
frank | ᛫ a javelin of some sort ᛫ | N | franca | OE | ||
Frankdom | ᛫ the Francosphere ᛫ the domain of Frenchness ᛫ | N | Frank+dom | NE×2 | ||
Frankland | ᛫ France ᛫ | N(P) | francland | OE | ||
fratow | fratoƿ | ᛫ treasure ᛬ to adorn with treasure ᛫ to adorn ᛫ to decorate ᛫ | N᛬V | frætwe&frættewian | OE | |
fraught | fraugt | ᛫ abounding abundant or replete with a bad thing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹NL | [MW] |
frea | ᛫ a lord ᛫ a master ᛫ | N | frēa | OE | ||
freak | ᛫ a capricious action or event ᛫ a distastefully abnormal thing ᛫ | N | ~[frec]? | NE | ||
frech | frec | ᛫ greedy ᛫ voracious ᛫ eager ᛫ bold ᛫ fierce ᛫ | AJ | frecche[frec] | ME | kin: freak? |
freck | ᛫ to checker ᛫ to diversify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | whence comes "freckle" | |
free | ᛫ a woman ? a lady ( a female lord ) ? ᛫ | N | frēo | OE | or: frow? ᛫ kin: frēa (lord)? Frau (German)? Friday? | |
freebooter | ᛫ a pirate ᛫ a lawless adventurer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
freed | ᛫ to experience ( by touch or taste ) ᛫ to experience ( a sensation ) ᛫ to learn through experience ᛫ | V | frēden | ME | PST: fred ᛫ PTCP: fred | |
freedom | ᛫ liberty ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
freek | ᛫ a man who is brave , strong , or martial ᛫ | N | ~[frēke][freca] | EME | or: freak; freik (Scots) | |
freekness | ᛫ danger ᛫ | N | frẹ̄cnes | ME | ||
freeledge | freelecg | ᛫ franchise ( the ability to vote ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
freeload | ᛫ to mooch ᛫ to sponge off another ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
freelock | ᛫ oblation ᛫ | N | frēolāc | OE | ||
freem | ᛫ benefit ᛬ to aid something ᛫ to advance something ᛫ to avail something ᛫ | N᛬V | frēme&frēmen[fremian] | ME | ||
freerunning | ᛫ parkour ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
freestand | ᛫ to be independent ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
freestanding | ᛫ independent ᛫ not supported by or on anything ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
freethinker | freeþinker | ᛫ one who forms opinions on the basis of reason independently of authority ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
freit | ᛫ divination ᛫ augury ᛫ | N | freit | ME‹N? | ||
frelse | frels | ᛫ a celebration of a holiday ᛫ freedom ᛫ immunity ᛫ privilege ᛬ to observe or celebrate a holiday ᛫ to save one from something ᛫ | N᛬V | frēols&frelsen[frēolsian] | ME | from Proto-Germanic combination of "free" and "halse" |
frem | ᛫ to further ᛫ to perform ᛫ to execute ᛫ to operate ᛫ | V | fremmen&fremman | ME&OE | ||
fremmed | ᛫ to alienate ᛫ to estrange ᛬ foreign ᛫ alien | V᛬AJ | fremed&afremdan | ME&OE | or: fremd | |
fremmedfear | ᛫ xenophobia ᛫ | N | fremed+fear | ME+NE | ||
fremmedledge | fremmedlecg | ᛫ to alienate ᛫ | V | fremedlǣcan | OE | |
fremmedling | ᛫ a stranger ᛫ a foreigner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fremming | ᛫ a furtherance ᛫ a performance ᛫ an execution ( of an action ) ᛫ an operation ᛫ | N | gefremming | OE | ||
fremmingbough | fremmingbuge | ᛫ an executive branch ᛫ | N | gefremming+bough | OE+NE | |
Frenchpox | Frencpox | ᛫ syphilis ᛫ | N | French-pox | NE | [OED] |
freshwater | frescƿater | ᛫ of neoclassical economics ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fret | ᛫ to devour ᛫ to consume ᛫ to eat up ᛫ to corrode ᛫ to mortify ᛫ | V | fret&frēten | NE&ME | PST: fretted ᛫ PTCP: fretten | |
frettle | frettel | ᛫ voracious ᛫ gluttonous ᛫ | AJ | fretol | OE | |
Friday | ᛫ Friday ᛫ | N(P) | ~[fryday] | NE | ||
frie | ᛫ to question ᛫ | V | fricgan | OE | ||
friendfoe | freendfoe | ᛫ a frenemy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
friendly | freendly | ᛫ amicable ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
fright | frigt | ᛫ a scare ᛫ terror ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
frighten | frigten | ᛫ to scare ᛫ to terrify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
frightening | frigtening | ᛫ scary ᛫ terrifying ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
frightful | frigtful | ᛫ dreadful ᛫ unpleasant ᛫ ghastly ᛫ nasty ᛫ shocking ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
frike | ᛫ to dance about ᛫ to move briskly ᛫ | V | friken[frician] | ME | ||
Frily | ᛫ Venusian ᛫ Venutian ᛫ | AJ | fry+ly | ME+NE | ||
frim | ᛫ excellent ᛫ vigorous ᛫ flourishing ᛫ | N᛬AJ | frim&freme | NE&OE | ||
frimful | ᛫ beneficial ᛫ | AJ | fremful | ME | ||
Frinight | Frinigt | ᛫ the night following Friday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~[frīgeniht] | NE | |
Fris | ᛫ a Frisian ᛫ | N(P) | frysa | OE | ||
Frish | Frisc | ᛫ the Frisian language ᛬ Frisian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | frysisc | OE | |
Frisland | ᛫ Frisia ᛫ | N(P) | frī̆slō̆nd | ME | ||
frist | ᛫ a limited period ᛫ time allotted for repayment ᛫ a grace period ᛫ credit ᛫ | N | frist&frist/frest | NE&ME | ||
fristing | ᛫ a delay ᛫ a suspension ᛫ a postponement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: first | |
fristmark | ᛫ an interval ᛫ | N | firstmearc | OE | ||
frith | friþ | ᛫ peace ( esp a broad societal kind ) ᛫ | N | frith[friþ] | ME | |
frithe | friþe | ᛫ stately ᛫ beautiful ᛫ | AJ | frīþ | OE | kin: frīðr (N) |
frithend | friþend | ᛫ a peacebearer ᛫ | N | friþiend | OE | |
frithful | friþful | ᛫ peaceful ᛫ gentle ᛫ mild ᛫ | AJ | friþlīc | OE | |
frithguild | friþgild | ᛫ a guild for maintaining peace ᛫ | N | friþgild | OE | |
frithhouse | friþhuse | ᛫ a safehouse ᛫ | N | friþhus | OE | |
frithless | friþless | ᛫ peaceless ᛫ | AJ | friþelēas | OE | |
frithoath | friþoaþ | ᛫ a peace oath ᛫ a truce ᛫ | N | friþāþ | OE | |
frithsome | friþsum | ᛫ peaceful ᛫ pacific ᛫ | AJ | friþsum | OE | |
frithstow | friþstoƿ | ᛫ a refuge ᛫ an asylum ᛫ | N | friþstōw | OE | |
frithwrit | friþƿrit | ᛫ a peace treaty ᛫ | N | friþgewrit | OE | |
frithyearn | friþgearn | ᛫ eager for peace ᛫ | AJ | friþgeorn | OE | |
from | frum | ᛫ a source [ᚹ] ᛫ an origin ᛫ the first part of a series ᛫ an originator ᛫ an author ᛫ a founder ᛫ an inventor ᛫ | N | frume/frome[fruma] | ME | |
from | ᛫ firm ᛫ potent ᛫ | AJ | from | OE | rhyme: bomb | |
from time to time | ᛫ occasionally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
fromchar | fromcar | ᛫ to turn from ᛫ to avert ᛫ | V | fromcyrran | OE | |
fromshaft | frumscaft | ᛫ origin ᛫ | N | frumsceaft | OE | |
fromward | fromƿard | ᛫ away ᛬ from ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | [MW] |
fromwharve | fromhƿarf | ᛫ to depart from ᛫ to turn from ᛫ | V | fromhweorfan | OE | |
frood | ᛫ cautious ᛫ shrewd ᛫ wise ᛫ | AJ | frōd | OE | ||
froover | froofer | ᛫ comfort ᛫ consolation ᛫ solace ᛬ to solace ᛫ to console ᛫ to comfort ᛫ | N᛬V | frọ̄vre&frọ̄vren[frōfrian] | ME&ME | |
frore | ᛫ extremely cold ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
frosh | frosc | ᛫ a frog ᛫ | N | frosh | ME | or: frox (from an OE variant) |
froshdeer | froscdeer | ᛫ an amphibian ᛫ | N | frosh+deer | NE×2 | or: froxdeer ᛫ calque: froskdýr |
frostbearer | ᛫ a cryophorus ᛫ | N | frost-bearer | NE | [OED] | |
frostmoor | ᛫ tundra ᛫ | N | frost+moor | NE×2 | calque of faroese frostmýra and icelandic freðmýri | |
frough | froug | ᛫ brittle ᛫ tender ᛫ frail ᛫ | AJ | frough/frow | ME | rhyme: glow |
froward | froƿard | ᛫ unmanageable ᛫ disobedient ᛫ untoward ᛫ habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
frumth | frumþ | ᛫ a beginning ᛫ an origin ᛫ the beginning of the world ᛫ | N | frumth&frymþ/frumþ | ME&OE | |
Fry | ᛫ an English goddess equivalent to Norse Frigg ᛫ the planet Venus [ᚹ] ᛫ | N(P) | Frie/Frye | ME | or: Frie | |
fuck | ᛫ to copulate ᛫ to copulate with ᛫ to mate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fulcome | fulcum | ᛫ to attain ᛫ to realize ( in all senses ) ᛫ to accomplish ᛫ | V | fulcomen | ME | |
fuldo | ᛫ to complete ᛫ to finish ᛫ | V | fuldọ̄n | ME | PST: fuldid ᛫ PTCP: fuldone ᛫ calque: perfectum | |
fulend | ᛫ to accomplish ᛫ | V | fulenden | ME | ||
fulfill | ᛫ to achieve something ᛫ to carry out a duty ᛫ to satisfy a condition ᛫ to accomplish ᛫ to consummate ᛫ to complete ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
fulfledged | fulflecged | ᛫ fully qualified ᛫ having all credentials ᛫ entire ᛫ authentic ᛫ fully covered with feathers ᛫ | AJ | fullfledged | NE | |
fulfrem | ᛫ to perfect ᛫ | V | fulfremman | OE | ||
fulfremmed | ᛫ perfect ᛫ perfect ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | fulfremed | OE | ||
fulfremmedness | ᛫ perfection ᛫ | N | fulfremednys | OE | ||
full | ᛫ a cup ᛫ a drinking bowl ᛫ | N | ful/full[ful] | ME | ||
full | ᛫ filled ᛫ entire ᛬ very ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~[ful] | NE | found in: know full well | |
full moon | ᛫ the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
fullblown | fullbloƿn | ᛫ completely developed or formed ᛫ ripe ᛫ puffed up ᛫ | AJ | fullblown | NE | |
fullbore | ᛫ full-blown ᛫ made with maximum effort ᛬ with maximum effort or speed ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | fullbore | NE | [MW] | |
fullow | fulloƿ | ᛫ to baptize ᛫ | V | fulwen[fullian] | ME | |
fullstop | ᛫ a period ( as in the punctuation mark ) ᛫ | N | full stop | NE | ||
fully | ᛫ completely ᛫ entirely ᛫ totally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
fulmard | ᛫ a Mustela putorius animal ( European polecat ) ᛫ | N | fū̆lmard | ME | ||
fulought | fulugt | ᛫ baptism ᛫ | N | fulloght{fulluht} | ME | rhyme: full out |
fuloughter | fulugter | ᛫ a baptist ᛫ | N | fulwihtere | OE | rhyme: full outer |
fuloughthood | fulugthood | ᛫ a baptismal vow ᛫ | N | fulwihthād | OE | rhyme: full out hood |
fuloughtstow | fulugtstoƿ | ᛫ a baptistery ᛫ | N | fulwihtstow | OE | rhyme: full out toe |
fulsome | fulsum | ᛫ overzealous ᛫ excessive ᛫ abundant ᛫ copious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
fulth | fulþ | ᛫ abundance ᛫ plenty ᛫ satiety ᛫ repletion ᛫ sufficiency ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
fultom | ᛫ support ᛫ succour ᛫ | N | fultum[fultum] | ME | ||
fulwaxen | fulƿaxen | ᛫ fully grown ᛫ mature ᛫ | AJ | fulwaxen | ME | |
fulwrought | fulƿrougt | ᛫ completed ᛫ | AJ | fulwroht | ME | |
funnyman | ᛫ a comedian ᛫ a humorist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
furlong | ᛫ an eighth of a mile ( 220 yards ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
furrow | furroƿ | ᛫ a trench ᛫ a groove ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
furrow | furroƿ | ᛫ a fir tree ᛫ a pine tree ᛫ | N | furh{furhwudu} | OE | "fir" is Norse |
further | furþer | ᛫ to promote (as in to advance ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
furthering | furþering | ᛫ furtherance ᛫ advancement or promotion in rank or office ᛫ | N | ferthering[fyrþrung] | ME | |
furthermore | furþermore | ᛫ additionally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
furze | furs | ᛫ a Ulex Europaeus plant ᛫ | N | ~[fyrs] | NE | |
futhorc | fuþorc | ᛫ the Anglo-Frisian runic alphabet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gab | ᛫ chatter ᛬ to chatter ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
gable | gabel | ᛫ a facade ᛫ a façade ᛫ | N | gāble[gafl] | ME‹N | modern "gable" is from a French cognate? |
gadling | ᛫ a vagabond ᛫ a person of low birth ᛫ | N | ~[gadeling][gædeling] | ANE | meaning turned negative over time | |
Gaelish | Gaelisc | ᛫ Gaelic language ( Irish Scottish and Manx ) ᛫ Goidelic language ᛬ Gaelic ᛫ Goidelic ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Gael+ish | NE‹C+NE | |
gainly | ᛫ graceful ᛫ wieldy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
gainrising | ᛫ a resurrection ᛫ | N | ~ | ME | ||
gainsaw | gainsaƿ | ᛫ a refutation ᛫ | N | gainsau | ME | |
gainsay | ᛫ to contradict ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
gainsaying | ᛫ opposition ( usually in argument ) ᛫ contradiction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gainstand | ᛫ to oppose ᛫ to resist ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
galder | ᛫ an incantation ᛫ an enchantment ᛫ | N | galdor | OE | hard G: galdere swiðe stronge heo ȝeuen | |
galdercraft | ᛫ the art of incantation or enchantment ᛫ | N | galdorcræft | OE | ||
galdergaler | ᛫ a magical enchanter ᛫ | N | galdorgalere | OE | ||
galderquid | galdercƿid | ᛫ a magical saying ᛫ an incantation ᛫ an enchantment ᛫ | N | galdorcwide | OE | |
galdersong | ᛫ a magic song ᛫ | N | galdorsang | OE | ||
gale | ᛫ a way ᛫ a course ᛫ a course of action ᛫ a way ᛫ a means ᛫ | N | gāle[gal] | ME | ||
gale | ᛫ to cry out ᛫ to bark ᛫ to chirp ᛫ to sing ᛫ to enchant ᛫ | V | gālen&galan | ME&OE | ||
galer | ᛫ an enchanter ᛫ | N | galere | OE | ||
galingale | ᛫ galangal ᛫ the roots of various Alpinia , Kæmpferia , Aristolochia , and Cyperus plants , including in powdered form ᛫ | N | galingāle | ME‹I‹O | ||
gall | ᛫ bile ᛫ impudence ᛫ brazenness ᛫ temerity ᛬ to bother ᛫ to annoy ᛫ to make resentful ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
galled | ᛫ bothered ᛫ annoyed ᛫ troubled ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Gallish | Gallisc | ᛫ Gaulish language ᛬ Gaulish ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | gallisc | OE | or: Gallwelsh |
gallow | galloƿ | ᛫ to terrify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
gallowmood | galloƿmood | ᛫ of a grim or gloomy mood ᛫ | AJ | galgmōd | OE | |
Gallwales | Gallƿales | ᛫ the Celts of Gaul ᛫ Gaul ᛫ Gallia ᛫ | N(P) | galwalas | OE | or: Galland |
galp | ᛫ to gape ᛫ | V | galpen | ME | ||
game | ᛫ eager or willing to do something new or challenging ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
gameful | ᛫ sportive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
gamehouse | gamehuse | ᛫ a casino ᛫ | N | game-house | NE | [OED] |
gamely | ᛫ sportive ᛬ sportively ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
gamesare | ᛫ a console ( gaming ) ᛫ an arcade machine ᛫ | N | game+searu | NE+OE | ||
gamewood | gameƿood | ᛫ a lyre ᛫ a lute ᛫ a guitar [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | gomenwudu | OE | |
gamle | gamel | ᛫ to age ᛬ aged ᛫ | V᛬AJ | gamelian&gamel | OE&OE | |
gammock | ᛫ a piece of fun ᛫ a jest ᛫ a prank ᛫ a practical joke ᛫ a frolic ᛫ an antic ᛫ a trick ᛬ to frolic ᛫ to romp ᛫ to fool about ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
Gandes | ᛫ the Ganges ᛫ | N(P) | gandis/gandes | OE | ||
gang | ᛫ to go ᛫ to proceed ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
gang | ᛫ a going ᛫ a journey ᛫ a path ᛫ a road ᛫ a watercourse ᛫ a process [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | gang&gang | NE&ME | ||
Gangdays | ᛫ Rogation days ᛫ | N | Gangdagas | OE | ||
gangle | gangel | ᛫ to move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
gangling | ᛫ awkwardly tall and thin ᛫ ungraceful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
gangman | ᛫ a member of a gang ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gangway | gangƿay | ᛫ a passageway ᛫ a vomitorium ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gannet | ᛫ a Sulidae bird ᛫ | N | ~[genot] | NE | ||
garclive | garclife | ᛫ an Agrimonia plant ( agrimony ) ᛫ | N | gārclive | ME | |
garish | garisc | ᛫ gaudy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | |
garsedge | garsecg | ᛫ an ocean ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | garsecg | OE | might mean "spear man" or "gar's edge" (promontory's edge) |
Gascon | Gaskon | ᛫ a native of Gascony ᛫ wine from Gascony ᛬ of Gascony ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | ~[gascoine][gascon] | NE | |
gast | ᛫ to scare ᛫ | V | ~[gǣstan] | NE | ||
gastern | ᛫ an inn ᛫ | N | gæstærn | OE | ||
gateway | gateƿay | ᛫ a portal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: yateway |
gavel | gafel | ᛫ tribute ᛫ a rent ᛬ to rent ᛫ | N᛬V | gavel&gafelian | NE&OE | |
gavel | gafel | ᛫ a fork ᛫ | N | gafol | OE | |
geason | ᛫ rare ᛫ uncommon ᛫ unusual ᛫ scarce ᛫ scant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: geazon | |
geld | ᛫ to castrate (esp of an animal) ᛫ to spay (esp of an animal) ᛫ to neuter ᛫ to sterilize ᛫ to weaken ᛫ to trim ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹N | possibly from an unattested *gældan (OE gildet) | |
Germanish | Germanisc | ᛫ Germanic speech ᛬ Germanic ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Germania+ish | OE+NE | the G should either be /g/ or /j/ |
Germany | Germany | ᛫ Germania ᛫ | N(P) | Germania | OE | the G should either be /g/ or /j/ |
gersome | gersum | ᛫ a treasure ᛫ a valuable ᛫ treasure ᛫ valuables ᛫ | N | gersum[gærsama/gersuma] | ME‹OE‹N | |
get rid of | ᛫ to remove ᛫ to clear ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
getter | ᛫ a receiver ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ghastly | gastly | ᛫ frightening ᛫ extremely bad ᛫ unpleasant ᛫ | AJ | ghastly | NE | |
ghost | goast | ᛫ a spirit ( in all senses ) ᛫ | N | ghost | NE | |
ghostgun | goastgun | ᛫ a gun without a serial number ᛫ | N | ghost gun | NE | |
ghostlore | goastlore | ᛫ ghostology ᛫ spectrology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ an actually attested '-lore' word |
ghostly | goastly | ᛫ spiritual ᛫ spectral ᛫ | AJ | ghostly | NE | |
ghostword | goastƿord | ᛫ a word born from an erroneous entry in a book ( esp dictionaries ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gidden | ᛫ a goddess ᛫ | N | gyden | OE | or: godden (the mutated vowel would not necessarily survive normalization) | |
giddy | ᛫ to excite and disorientate ᛬ disorientated and excited ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | kin: god | |
gigant | ᛫ a giant ᛫ | N | gīgant | OE‹I‹H | ||
gild | ᛫ to cover thinly with gold ( literally and figuratively ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
gill | ᛫ ravine ᛫ | N | ~[gil] | NE‹ME‹N | ||
ging | ᛫ a troop ᛫ a band of warriors ᛫ a company of people ᛫ an assemblage of people ᛫ | N | ging | ME | ||
ginge | gincg | ᛫ current ᛫ prevalent ᛫ | AJ | genǧe[genge] | ME | |
gird | ᛫ to gird ( to bind around ) ᛫ | N᛬V | gird&gyrd | NE&OE | ||
girdle | girdel | ᛫ a thing which girds ᛫ a belt ( esp one that holds up stockings ) ᛬ to gird ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
girdledeer | girdeldeer | ᛫ an armadillo ᛫ | N | girdle+deer | NE×2 | calque: Gürteltier |
girn | ᛫ a grimace ᛫ | N᛬V | girn/gurn | NE | kin: grin | |
girn | ᛫ calamity ᛫ | N | gyrn | OE | ||
git | ᛫ a fool ᛫ an idiot ᛫ a moron ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
givel | gifel | ᛫ a meal ᛫ food ᛫ | N | gifl | OE | |
givelness | gifelness | ᛫ liberality ᛫ munificence ᛫ | N | gifolness | OE | |
giveth | gifeþ | ᛫ ordained ( by fate ) ᛫ predetermined ᛫ | AJ | yēvethe[gifeþe] | ME | de-Norsed: yeaveth/geefeþ |
gladden | ᛫ to elate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
gladdon | ᛫ an Iris plant ( flowers ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
glade | ᛫ an open space in a forest ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: glad | |
glar | ᛫ amber ᛫ resin ᛫ | N | glær | OE | ||
glare | ᛫ an intense light ᛫ an angry stare ᛬ to shine intensely ᛫ to give an angry state at something ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
glaring | ᛫ obvious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
glass | ᛫ vitrum ᛫ a mirror ᛬ to mirror ᛫ to reflect ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
glass noodle | noodel | ᛫ a cellophane noodle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+HG) | |
glasscloth | glasscloþ | ᛫ fiberglass ᛫ | N | glass-cloth | NE | [OED] |
glassen | ᛫ to turn to glass ᛫ to vitrify ᛫ | V | glass+-en | NE+NE | ||
glasses | ᛫ spectacles ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
glassrown | glassrune | ᛫ a rune whose shape is mirrored ( so ᛚ as a glassrown would look like ᛏ ) ᛫ | N | glass+rown | NE×2 | calque: Spiegelrune |
glasstone | ᛫ mica ᛫ | N | glass stone | NE | ||
glasswright | glassƿrigt | ᛫ a glassmaker ᛫ a glazier ᛫ a glazer ᛫ | N | glasswryt | ANE | |
glaze | glase | ᛫ gloss ᛫ luster ᛫ lustre ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
glazemill | glasemill | ᛫ calender ( a kind of machine which applies a glaze to a material ) ᛫ | N | glaze+mill | NE‹(E+Þ‹I) | |
glee | ᛫ joy ᛫ music ᛫ entertainment ᛫ sport ᛫ merriment ᛫ amusement ᛫ | N | glee&glẹ̄[glēo/glīw] | NE&ME | ||
gleebeam | ᛫ a harp ᛫ | N | glēobēam | OE | ||
gleecraft | ᛫ the art of music ᛫ minstrelsy ᛫ | N | glēocræft | OE | ||
gleed | ᛫ glowing coal ᛫ an ember ᛫ | N | glede[glēd] | ME | ||
gleemaiden | ᛫ a female musician ᛫ | N | glēomǣden | OE | ||
gleeman | ᛫ a musician ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
glemb | ᛫ a spot ᛫ a blemish ᛫ | N | glemm | OE | ||
glen | ᛫ a narrow valley ᛫ a canyon ? ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹C | ||
glendge | glencg | ᛫ an ornament ᛫ an honour ᛫ a medal [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | glencg | OE | |
glew | gleƿ | ᛫ to rejoice ᛫ to make merry ᛫ to party ᛫ to entertain ᛫ to entertain with music ᛫ to play music ᛫ to make music ᛫ to sing ᛫ | V | gleuen[glīwian/glēowian] | ME | kin: glee? |
glew | gleƿ | ᛫ wise ᛫ skillful ᛫ sagacious ᛫ prudent ᛫ | AJ | glēaw | OE | |
glewer | gleƿer | ᛫ a jester ᛫ a baffoon ᛫ a clown ᛫ | N | glīwere | OE | |
glewly | gleƿly | ᛫ prudently ᛫ wisely ᛫ clearly ᛫ well ᛫ | AV | glēawlīce | OE | |
glewness | gleƿness | ᛫ prudence ᛫ skill ᛫ wisdom ᛫ ability ᛫ acuteness ᛫ | N | glēawnes | OE | |
glib | ᛫ smooth ᛫ slippery ᛫ nonchalant ᛫ superficial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
glide | ᛫ a semivowel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
glim | ᛫ a candle ᛫ a lantern ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | backformation of "glimmer"? ᛫ [LEX] | |
glisten | ᛫ a sparkling light ᛬ to shine with a sparkling light ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
gloaming | ᛫ twilight ᛫ dusk ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Glom | ᛫ one of the Lemovii people ᛫ | N(P) | Glommum | OE | ||
glove | glof | ᛫ a gauntlet ᛫ | N | glove&glove | NE&ME | |
glum | ᛫ sullen ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | first appears in Early Modern English | |
gnast | ᛫ a spark ᛫ a live coal ᛫ a small flame ᛫ a snuff of a candle ᛫ | N | gnōst/gnast | ME | ||
gnaw | gnaƿ | ᛫ to chew away at something ᛫ to corrode something ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
gnawdeer | gnaƿdeer | ᛫ a rodent ᛫ | N | gnaw+deer | NE×2 | calque: knaagdier |
gneed | ᛫ stingy ᛫ niggardly ᛫ scanty ᛫ scarce ᛫ | AJ | gnēde | ME | ||
gnide | ᛫ to rub ᛫ to grind through rubbing ᛫ | V | gnīden | ME | ||
gnorn | ᛫ sadness ᛫ sorrow ᛫ grief ᛬ to grieve ᛫ to lament ᛫ | N᛬V | gnorn&gnornan | OE | ||
gnorny | ᛫ aggrieved ᛫ lamentful ᛫ dejected ᛫ | AJ | gnorn+y | OE+NE | ||
goad | ᛫ a stick for poking ᛬ to provoke ᛫ to encourage ᛫ to prod ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
goad | ᛫ a lack ᛫ | N | gād | OE | kin: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌳𐍅 | |
goan | ᛫ to gape ᛫ | V | gonen | ME | ||
Goat | ᛫ Capricorn ᛫ | PN | ~ | NE | ||
goaten | ᛫ goatish ᛫ hircine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
goatling | ᛫ a kid (as in young goat) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kid is Norse | |
goatsbeard | ᛫ a Tragopogon plant ( salsify ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
goatsucker | ᛫ a Caprimulgidae bird ( a nightjar ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gobetween | gobetƿeen | ᛫ an intermediary ᛫ | N | gobetween | NE | |
god | ᛫ a deity ᛬ to deify ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
godboot | ᛫ atonement ᛫ | N | godbōt | OE | ||
godforsaken | ᛫ dismal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
godhead | ᛫ a god ᛫ a divine nature ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
godhood | ᛫ divinity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
godkind | ᛫ divine nature ᛬ divine in nature ᛫ | N᛬AJ | godcund&godcund | ME&OE | ||
godkindness | ᛫ divine nature ᛫ divinity ᛫ | N | godcundnesse&godcundnys | ME&OE | ||
godlief | godleef | ᛫ theism ᛫ | N | god+lief | NE+ME | |
godlore | ᛫ theology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
godly | ᛫ divine ᛫ pious ᛫ devout ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
godsend | ᛫ a desirable or needed thing or event that comes unexpectedly ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
godsent | ᛫ sent by or as if by God ᛫ unexpectedly beneficial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
godshild | godscild | ᛫ a sin against God ᛫ impiety ᛫ | N | godscyld | OE | |
godshildy | godscildy | ᛫ impious ᛫ | AJ | godscyldig | OE | |
godsib | ᛫ a god parent ᛫ a sponsor ᛫ | N | godsibb | OE | ||
godsibred | ᛫ a godsib kindred ᛫ sponsorship ᛫ | N | gossipred | NE | ||
godspeech | godspeec | ᛫ an oracle ᛫ | N | godgesprǣce | OE | |
godspeed | ᛫ ( an expression of good wishes during an undertaking ) ᛫ | I | Godspeed | NE | ||
godweb | godƿeb | ᛫ cotton ᛫ a precious garment ᛫ fine clothing ᛫ | N | godwebb | OE | |
godwebben | godƿebben | ᛫ made of precious cloth ᛫ of purple hue ? ᛫ | AJ | godwebben | OE | |
godwrack | godƿrack | ᛫ impious ᛫ | AJ | godwrac | OE | |
goings on | ᛫ events ᛫ activities ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
goldhoard | ᛫ a thesaurus ( as in a treasury ) ᛫ | N | goldhord | NE&OE | calque: thesaurus | |
goldmaslin | ᛫ orichalcum ᛫ | N | goldmæstling | OE | kin: maslin | |
goldstone | ᛫ topaz ᛫ chrysolite ᛫ chrysoberyl ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gole | ᛫ lustful ᛫ lascivious ᛬ to be lascivious ᛫ | AJ | gol&gālian | ME&OE | ||
gomb | ᛫ tribute ᛫ | N | gombe | OE | ||
gome | gum | ᛫ a male human ᛫ | N | gǒme[guma] | ME | rhyme: some; come |
gong | ᛫ a lavatory ᛫ an outhouse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gongfarmer | ᛫ a cleaner of privies ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
good | ᛫ to improve [ᛏ] ᛫ to endow ᛫ to enrich ᛫ | V | gọ̄den | ME | ||
gooddoer | ᛫ a benefactor ᛫ a do-gooder ᛫ | N | gọ̄ddọ̄er | ME | ||
gooderheal | ᛫ good fortune ᛬ good luck! ᛫ | N᛬I | gōderhele | ME | ||
goodly | ᛫ considerable in size or quantity ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
goodman | ᛫ Mister ᛫ Mr ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
goodwife | goodƿife | ᛫ Mistress ᛫ Mrs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: goody |
goodwill | goodƿill | ᛫ amity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gorcrow | gorcroƿ | ᛫ a carrion crow ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gore | ᛫ a skirt ᛫ a wedge of cloth or chain mail ᛫ a triangular piece of land ᛫ | N | gōre[gāra] | ME | skirt is Norse | |
gore | ᛫ a javelin ᛫ a spear for throwing ᛫ a dart ᛬ to stab ᛫ | N | gore&gar | NE&OE | ||
gorse | ᛫ an Ulex plant ᛫ a Genista plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
goshawk | goscaƿk | ᛫ an Accipiter bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gosling | ᛫ a young goose ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gospel | ᛫ the message concerning Christ ᛬ to evangelize ᛫ | N᛬V | gospel&godspellian | NE&OE | ||
gospelish | gospelisc | ᛫ evangelical ᛫ | AJ | godspellisc | OE | |
gospeller | ᛫ a missionary ᛫ a proselytizer ᛫ an evangelist ᛫ | N | ~[godspellere] | NE | [OED] | |
Got | ᛫ a Goth ᛫ | N | Gota | OE | ||
Gotland | ᛫ the land of the Goths ᛫ | N | Gotland | OE | ||
Gottish | Gottisc | ᛫ the Gothic tongue ᛬ Gothic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | Gotisc | OE | |
gound | gund | ᛫ eye mucus ᛫ | N | gounde | ME | |
gouth | guþe | ᛫ battle ᛫ war ᛫ combat ᛫ conflict ᛫ | N | gūþ | OE | |
gouth | gouþ | ᛫ war- ᛫ battle- ᛫ | PREFIX | gūþ | OE | |
gouthcraft | guþecraft | ᛫ warfare ᛫ | N | gūþcræft | OE | |
gouthcust | guþecust | ᛫ warlike excellence ᛫ | N | gūþcyst | OE | |
gouthfane | guþefane | ᛫ a military standard ᛫ an ensign ᛫ | N | gūþfana | OE | |
gouthhawk | guþehaƿk | ᛫ a war hawk ᛫ a warmonger [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | gūþhafoc | OE | |
gouthhorn | guþehorn | ᛫ a war horn ᛫ | N | gūþhorn | OE | |
gouthmoot | guþemoot | ᛫ a battle meeting ᛫ | N | gūþgemōt | OE | |
gouthrink | guþerink | ᛫ a heroic warrior ᛫ | N | gūþrinc | OE | |
gouthsare | guþesare | ᛫ a war machine ᛫ arms ᛫ armour ᛫ | N | gūþsearo | OE | |
gouthwain | guþeƿain | ᛫ a war vehicle ᛫ an armoured car ᛫ a tank ᛫ | N | gūþ+wain | OE+NE | |
graff | ᛫ a stylus ᛫ a graphium ᛫ | N | græf{ME gref} | OE‹I‹H | ||
graft | ᛫ a carving ᛫ an engraving ᛫ a sculpture ᛫ a statue ᛫ | N | græft | OE | kin: grave; graf (Middle English) | |
graftiwork | graftiƿork | ᛫ an engraved piece of art ᛫ a carved sculpture ᛫ | N | græftgeweorc | OE | |
graith | graiþ | ᛫ equipment ᛫ apparel ᛫ accouterments ᛬ to prepare ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹N | |
graithly | graiþly | ᛫ preparedly ᛫ | AV | greithlī | ME‹N | |
gram | ᛫ incensed ᛫ furious ᛫ | AJ | gram[gram] | ME | ||
grame | ᛫ rage ᛫ anger ᛫ grief ᛫ vexation ᛫ torment ᛬ to enrage ᛫ to anger ᛫ to infuriate ᛫ to grieve ᛫ to vex ᛫ to torment ᛫ | N᛬V | grā̆m&grā̆men | ME&ME | kin: grēmen | |
grane | ᛫ a mustache ᛫ a moustache ᛫ | N | granu | OE | ||
grassland | ᛫ a stretch of unforested grassy land ᛫ a prairie ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
grasstepper | ᛫ a locust ᛫ | N | gærsstapa | OE | ||
grave | grafe | ᛫ a tomb ᛫ to bury a corpse ᛬ to carve or shape with a chisel ᛫ to sculpt ᛫ to sculpture ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
gravecloth | grafecloþ | ᛫ a pall ᛫ | N | grave-cloth | NE | [OED] |
graver | grafer | ᛫ a sculptor ᛫ an engraver ᛫ a digger ᛫ a miner ᛫ an engraving tool ᛫ | N | grāver[grafere/græfere] | ME | |
gravewax | grafeƿax | ᛫ adipocere ᛫ | N | grave-wax | NE | |
graveyard | grafegeard | ᛫ a cemetery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gray | ᛫ a badger ᛫ a beaver ? ᛫ | N | grei | ME | ||
gread | ᛫ a garment covering the breast ᛫ | N | grēde/greade[grēada] | ME | ||
great | ᛫ size ᛫ greatness ᛫ a majority ᛫ the essence of something ᛫ | N | grēt | ME | kin: grootte (Dutch) | |
great | ᛫ grand ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Great Bear Mere | ᛫ Great Bear Lake ᛫ | N(P) | great+bear+mere | NE×3 | ||
Great Salt Mere | ᛫ Great Salt Lake ᛫ | N(P) | great+salt+mere | NE×3 | ||
greatelder | ᛫ a grandparent ᛫ | N | great+elder | NE×2 | ||
greaten | ᛫ to increase in size extent amount or intensity ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
greaterhood | ᛫ a majority ᛫ | N | greater+hood | NE×2 | ||
greatgun | ᛫ a heavy ordnance piece ᛫ a cannon ᛫ | N | great gun | NE | ||
greathearted | greaþearted | ᛫ magnanimous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
greatpox | ᛫ syphilis ᛫ | N | greatpox | NE | ||
greed | ᛫ an outcry ᛬ to cry out to shout ᛫ | V | grēd&greden | ME&ME | PST: gred ᛫ PTCP: gred | |
Greek | ᛫ a Greek ᛫ | N | ~[Grēcas] | NE | or: Creek (from Crēacas) | |
Greekish | Greekisc | ᛫ the Greek language ᛫ Grecian ᛫ | N᛬AJ | Grekish | ME | |
Greekland | ᛫ Greece ᛫ | N | Grēcland | OE | ||
green | ᛫ an environmentalist ᛬ environmentalistic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
greenback | ᛫ a dollar ( of the United States ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
greenbrass | ᛫ verdigris ᛫ | N | green brass | NE | ||
greeneyed | ᛫ having green eyes ᛫ jealous ᛫ envious ᛫ | AJ | green-eyed | NE | [OED] | |
greenhorn | ᛫ a novice ᛫ a beginner ᛫ a tyro ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Greenlandish | Greenlandisc | ᛫ Greenlandic ᛫ | AJ | Greenland+ish | NE×2 | |
greenlight | greenligt | ᛫ approval ᛬ to approve ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
greenling | ᛫ a Polachius pollachius fish ( a pollock ) ᛫ a Hexagrammidae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
greens | ᛫ green vegetables ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
greenstone | ᛫ jade ᛫ nephrite ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
greenwood | greenƿood | ᛫ a forest that is green with foliage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
greet | ᛫ to lament ᛫ to weep ᛫ | V | ~[grētan] | NE | we already have a word for "to weep" ᛫ [MW] | |
grey | ᛫ gloomy ᛫ uninteresting ᛫ having an intermediate or vague position condition or character ᛫ neutral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: gray | |
greyback | ᛫ a Calidris canutus bird ᛫ a louse ᛫ a soldier of the Confederate States of America ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
greymote | ᛫ a neutron ᛫ | N | grey+mote | NE×2 | ||
greywader | greyƿader | ᛫ a Glariolinae bird ᛫ a pratincole ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
greywater | greyƿater | ᛫ sullage ᛫ | N | gray water | NE | or: graywater |
grill | ᛫ vexation ᛫ offence ᛬ to provoke ᛫ to annoy ᛫ to irritate ᛫ to offend ᛫ | N᛬V | grille&grillen[gryllan] | ME | ||
grim | ᛫ dismal ᛫ gloomy ᛫ forbidding ᛫ sinister ᛫ cynical ᛫ ominous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
grime | ᛫ a mask ᛫ filth or slime that covers something ᛫ | N | grime&grima | NE&OE | ||
grin | ᛫ a noose ᛫ a snare ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
grind | ᛫ a groin ᛫ | N | grīnde | ME | ||
grinder | ᛫ a submarine sandwich ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
grindle | grindel | ᛫ a small stream or ditch ᛫ | N | ~[OE grendel] | NE | |
gripe | ᛫ a griffin ᛫ a vulture ᛫ | N | grī̆p[grīpe] | ME‹I&OE‹I | ||
gripe | ᛫ a complaint ᛬ to complain ᛫ | N᛬V | grīpan | NE | ||
gripping | ᛫ very interesting ᛫ fascinating ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
gripple | grippel | ᛫ covetous ᛫ | AJ | gripel | ME | |
grise | ᛫ to fear ᛫ to be terrified at ᛫ | V | grīsen | ME | kin: grisly | |
grisly | ᛫ inspiring horror and disgust ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
grist | ᛫ ground grain ᛫ grain to be ground ᛫ malt grains which have been cleaned and cracked ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
gristle | gristel | ᛫ tough cartilaginous tendinous or fibrous matter ᛫ cartilage [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
grit | ᛫ small loose particles of stone or sand ᛫ strength of character ᛬ to move with a grating sound ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
grith | griþ | ᛫ peace ᛫ safety ᛫ sanctuary ᛫ clemency ᛫ pardon ᛫ mercy ᛫ | N | grith | ME‹N | |
groat | ᛫ a particle ᛫ a fragment ᛫ | N | grō̆t | ME | or: grot | |
groor | ᛫ terror ᛫ horror ᛬ terrifying ᛫ horrifying ᛫ | N᛬AJ | grure[gryre] | ME | kin: grēosan | |
gropenail | ᛫ a kind of small nail ᛫ | N | grōpnail | ME | ||
ground | grund | ᛫ soil ᛫ reason ( for doing something ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ground meat | grund | ᛫ mince ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
groundbreaker | grundbreaker | ᛫ a pioneer ᛫ an innovator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
groundbreaking | grondbreaking | ᛫ pioneering ᛫ innovating ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
grounddown | grunddune | ᛫ exhausted ᛫ | AJ | ground-down | NE | |
groundless | grundless | ᛫ baseless ᛫ without reason ᛫ unfounded ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
groundline | grundline | ᛫ a baseline ᛫ a foundation ᛫ a basis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: Grundlinien ᛫ or: groundrow (line is a loanword) ᛫ [MW] |
groundnut | grundnut | ᛫ a peanut ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
groundpitch | grundpic | ᛫ a tonic ( in music ) ᛫ | N | ground+pitch | NE×2 | calque: Grundton |
groundsel | grundsel | ᛫ a Senecio vulgaris plant ᛫ | N | ~[grǒundeswilie] | NE | |
groundskeeper | grundskeeper | ᛫ a gardener ᛫ a landscaper ᛫ a caretaker of an estate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | groundsman is more common in Britain |
groundwork | grundƿork | ᛫ a foundation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
grouts | grutes | ᛫ plaster ᛫ lees ᛫ dregs ᛫ | N | grouts[grūt] | NE | [MW] |
grove | grofe | ᛫ a small wood ᛫ an orchard ᛫ a group of trees ᛫ | N | ~[grōve][grāf/grāfa] | NE | |
growingly | groƿingly | ᛫ increasingly ᛫ progressively ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
grownhood | groƿnhood | ᛫ adulthood ᛫ | N | grown+hood | NE×2 | |
growthsome | groƿþsum | ᛫ fertile ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
grub | ᛫ to dig ᛫ to extract by digging ᛫ to pluck hair ᛫ | V | grubben | ME | ||
grunt | ᛫ a low ranking member of a group ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
guild | gild | ᛫ an association of merchants or craftsmen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
guildhall | gildhall | ᛫ a building used as the meeting place of a guild ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
guildsman | gildsman | ᛫ a member of a guild ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
guiltend | giltend | ᛫ a debtor ᛫ an offender ᛫ | N | gyltend | OE | |
gulch | gulc | ᛫ a ravine ᛫ a gorge ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gum | ᛫ the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws ᛫ | N | ~[gōma] | NE | kin: gum | |
gumshoe | gumscoe | ᛫ a kind of shoe ᛫ a detective ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
gun | ᛫ a firearm ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
gundust | ᛫ gunpowder ᛫ | N | gun+dust | NE×2 | ||
gunstone | ᛫ a cannonball ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
gutleech | gutleec | ᛫ a gastroenterologist ᛫ | N | gut+leech | NE×2 | |
hack | ᛫ a tool for rough striking or cutting ( such as a mattock or a miner's pick ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hackle | hackel | ᛫ an outer garment ᛫ a covering ᛫ an animal's skin ᛫ a bird's plumage ᛫ | N | hakel[hacele] | ME | kin: hökull (Icelandic); hakuls (Gothic) |
hackneyed | ᛫ unoriginal ᛫ bland ᛫ cliche ᛫ banal ᛫ trite ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hackster | ᛫ an assassin ᛫ a ruffian ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
had I wist | ƿist | ᛫ regret ᛫ | N | had I wist | ME | |
haff | ᛫ an ocean ᛫ | N | heaf | OE | kin: haven | |
haft | ᛫ the handle of a tool or weapon ᛬ to fit a handle to ᛫ to perform a function ᛫ to process [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
haft | ᛫ a captive ᛫ a prisoner ᛫ captivity ᛫ imprisonment ᛫ possession ᛫ having ᛬ to capture ᛫ to imprison ᛫ | N᛬V | hæft{hæftnẹ̄the} | OE | ||
haftling | ᛫ a captive ᛫ | N | haftling | OE | ||
hag | ᛫ a sorceress ᛫ an enchantress ᛫ a witch ᛫ an unlikable old woman ᛫ | N | ~[hægtesse] | NE | kin: hex | |
hagfish | hagfisc | ᛫ a Myxine fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
haggle | haggel | ᛫ to bargain ᛫ to chaffer ᛫ | V | ~[haccian]? | NE | |
hail | ᛫ a greeting ᛬ to greet ᛬ greetings! ᛫ | N᛬V᛬I | ~ | NE | ||
hake | ᛫ a Merlucciidae fish ᛫ a Phycidae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
haked | ᛫ an Esox fish ( a pike , a pickerel , a ged , a lucet ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
halch | halc | ᛫ to fasten around ᛫ to loop ᛫ | V | halchen | ME | |
hale | ᛫ a nook ᛫ a cranny ᛫ a hiding place ᛫ | N | hāle/hal | ME | ||
hale | ᛫ robust ᛫ healthy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
half | ᛫ semi- ᛫ sam- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
half moon | ᛫ a crescent ᛫ anything crescent shaped ᛫ the moon in its first or last quarter phase ᛫ | N | halfmoon | NE | ||
halfclepend | ᛫ a semi-vowel ᛫ | N | healfclypigende | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
halfgidden | ▪ a demigoddess ▪ | N | half+gyden | NE+OE | ||
halfgod | ᛫ a demigod ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
halfhearted | ᛫ without enthusiasm ᛫ perfunctory ᛫ lackluster ᛫ tepid ᛫ apathetic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
halfheartedness | ᛫ lack of enthusiasm ᛫ perfunctoriness ᛫ tepidity ᛫ apathy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
halfhorse | halfhors | ᛫ a centaur ᛫ | N | half horse | ANE | [OED] |
halftrendle | halftrendel | ᛫ a hemisphere ᛫ | N | healftrendel | OE | |
halfwit | halfƿit | ᛫ a fool ᛫ an idiot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
halfyearly | halfgerely | ᛫ semi-annual ᛬ semi-annually ᛫ | AJ:AV | half-yearly | NE | [OED] |
halidom | ᛫ holiness ᛫ sanctity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
halk | ᛫ a recess or a nook in a building ᛫ a remote corner in an open place ᛫ a cavity ᛫ | N | halk[healoc/healc] | ME | ||
hallmark | ᛫ a defining feature ᛫ a defining characteristic ᛫ a defining attribute ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hallmoot | ᛫ a court baron ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hallow | halloƿ | ᛫ a saint ᛬ to sanctify ᛫ to canonize ᛫ to consecrate ᛫ to dedicate ᛫ to initiate ᛫ to make holy ᛫ | N᛬V | hallow&halwen[gehālgian] | NE&ME | |
hallowdom | halloƿdom | ᛫ sainthood ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hallowing | halloƿing | ᛫ consecration ᛫ sanctification ᛫ | N | hālgung | OE | |
hallowing book | halloƿing | ᛫ a benedictional ᛫ | N | hālgungbōc | OE | |
Hallowmas | Halloƿmas | ᛫ All Saints' Day ᛫ | N | Hallowmas | NE‹(E+I) | |
Hallowtide | Halloƿtide | ᛫ the first week of November ᛫ | N | halowtide | ME | found in MEC under "halwe" |
halm | ᛫ stubble ᛫ straw ᛫ | N | halm[halm/healm] | ME | ||
halse | hals | ᛫ to greet ᛫ to salute ᛫ to predict ᛫ to divine ᛫ | V | halsen&hālsian | ME&OE | |
halse | hals | ᛫ a neck ᛫ a throat ᛫ | N | ~[hals][heals/hals] | NE | did neck once mean "back neck" and halse mean "front neck"? |
halse | hals | ᛫ to hug ᛫ to embrace ᛫ to caress ᛫ to fondle ᛫ to embrace something spiritually or mystically ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
halsebee | ᛫ a torc ᛫ a torq ᛫ a torque ᛫ | N | healsbeag | OE | literally neck-bee | |
halsebour | halsbor | ᛫ a gorget ᛫ | N | healsbeorg | OE | |
halseman | ᛫ an executioner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
halsend | ᛫ an omen ᛫ an augur ᛫ | N | hǣlsend | OE | ||
halser | ᛫ a diviner ᛫ an exorcist ᛫ | N | hǣlsere | OE | ||
halsewort | halseƿurt | ᛫ a Capparis spinosa plant ᛫ a Symphytum album plant ᛫ a Sedum telephium plant ᛫ a throatwort plant ᛫ | N | halswort | ME | |
halsing | ᛫ divination ᛫ fortune telling ᛫ augury ᛫ exorcism ᛫ | N | hālsung | OE | ||
Halsing | ᛫ one of the Hälsings ᛫ | N(P) | Hælsingum | OE | ||
halt | ᛫ to walk with a limp ᛫ to conduct oneself immorally ᛬ lame ᛫ limping ᛫ | V᛬AJ | halt&halten[healtian] | NE&ME | ||
halter | ᛫ a rope for animals or for hanging people ᛫ | N | ~[hælftre] | NE | [MW] | |
ham | ᛫ an enclosure ᛫ a plot of enclosed ground ᛫ | N | hamme&ham | ME&OE | ||
ham | ᛫ the hollow of the knee ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hamble | hambel | ᛫ to disable by severing the hamstring muscles ᛫ | V | ~[hamelen] | NE | |
hame | ᛫ covering ᛫ skin ᛫ integument ᛫ membrane ᛫ the slough of a reptile ᛫ | N | hāme[hama] | ME | ||
hammer | ᛫ a malleus ( bone ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hammerbore | ᛫ a pneumatic drill ᛫ a percussion drill ᛫ a piston drill ᛫ a jackhammer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE+ANE | calque: hammer-drill | |
hammerwort | hammerƿurt | ᛫ a Helleborus niger plant ? ᛫ | N | hamerwyrt | OE | |
hamstring | ᛫ a thigh muscle between the hip and knee ᛬ to disable by cutting the hamstrings ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
handbag | ᛫ a purse ᛫ | N | ~[baggi?] | NE‹N? | ||
handbone | ᛫ a metacarpal ᛫ | N | hand+bone | NE×2 | ||
handbook | ᛫ a manual ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handcloth | handcloþ | ᛫ a handkerchief ᛫ a towel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
handedness | ᛫ hand dominance ᛫ chirality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
handfast | ᛫ a marriage contract ᛬ to become engaged ( as in marriage ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹N | ||
handglass | ᛫ a magnifying glass ᛫ a hand mirror ᛫ | N | hand-glass | NE | [OED] | |
handgun | ᛫ a pistol ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handicap | ᛫ a disability ᛫ a restraint ᛬ to disable ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
handicapped | ᛫ disabled ᛫ | ADJ | ~ | NE | ||
handicraft | ᛫ manual skill ᛫ an occupation requiring skill with the hands ᛫ the articles fashioned by handicraft ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handiness | ᛫ dexterity ᛫ managableness ᛫ manoeuvrability ᛫ convenience ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
handiswink | handisƿink | ᛫ manual labour ᛫ | N | handiswink | ME | |
handle | handel | ᛫ a pseudonym ᛫ a username ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
handler | handeller | ᛫ a manager of animals or a kind of object ᛫ a processor [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
handlings | ᛫ by hand ᛫ manually ᛫ | AV | hondlinges | ME | ||
handly | ᛫ manual ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
handmaid | ᛫ a personal maid or female servant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handman | ᛫ a manservant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handpriest | handpreest | ᛫ a chaplain ᛫ | N | handprēost | OE‹(E+I‹H) | |
handsax | ᛫ a dagger ᛫ | N | handseax | OE | ||
handsel | ᛫ a gift given for good luck at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start of an enterprise ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handset | ᛫ a mobile phone ᛫ a cell phone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
handwhile | handhƿile | ᛫ a short period of time ᛫ a moment ᛫ an instance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
handwrit | handƿrit | ᛫ a manuscript ᛫ a writ written by hand ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
handy | ᛫ useful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hane | ᛫ a rooster ᛫ | N | hana{hanecrau} | OE | ||
hangby | ᛫ a dependent ( used in contempt ) ᛫ | N | hangby | NE | ||
hanger | ᛫ a wood on a steep hillside ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
hangeron | ᛫ a sycophant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hanging | ᛫ a tapestry ᛫ a drapery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
hangman | ᛫ an executioner who hangs the condemned ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hangmat | ᛫ a hammock ᛫ | N | hang+mat | NE+NE | calque: hangmat; Hängematte; Hängmatta | |
hangup | ᛫ a delay ᛬ to suspend ᛫ to delay ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
hansel | ᛫ a token of fortune ( good or bad ) ᛫ a gift given at the beginning of a new year or a new venture meant to bring luck ᛫ | N | ~[hanselle][handselen] | NE | or: handsel | |
hap | ᛫ luck ᛫ fortune ᛫ a chance occurrence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | [LEX] | |
hapful | ᛫ lucky ᛫ fortunate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hapless | ᛫ unfortunate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
haply | ᛫ by accident ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
happening | ᛫ an occurrence ᛫ an event ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E+E) | ||
hapsome | hapsum | ᛫ random ᛫ | AJ | hap+some | N+NE | |
har | ᛫ the hinge of a door or lock ᛫ one of the four cardinal points of the heavens or the earth ᛫ | N | har/harre/herre[heorr] | ME | ||
harbour | harbor | ᛫ a haven ᛫ a barracks ᛫ military quarters ᛫ a sanctuary ᛫ an anchorage ( in some senses ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: heriot; borrow |
hard | ᛫ alcoholic ( of drinks ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hardbound | hardbund | ᛫ constipated ᛫ costive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
harddrive | harddrife | ᛫ a hard disk ᛫ a hard disk drive ᛫ | N | hard drive | NE | |
hardhearted | ᛫ unfeeling ᛫ callous ᛫ obdurate ᛫ cruel ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
hardhew | hardheƿ | ᛫ a Cichorium intybus plant ( chicory ) ᛫ | N | hardhewe | ME | |
hardness | ᛫ inflexibility ᛫ rigidity ᛫ stiffness ᛫ harshness ᛫ rigour ᛫ severity ᛫ cruelty ᛫ obduracy ᛫ obstinacy ᛫ hardiness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hardship | hardscip | ᛫ a difficulty ( esp an unpleasant one ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hardtin | ᛫ pewter ᛫ | N | hard+tin | NE×2 | calque: Hartzinn | |
hardware | hardƿare | ᛫ equipment ᛫ the physical components of an electronic system ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
harebell | ᛫ a Hyacinthus plant ( a hyacinth ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
harebrained | ᛫ foolish ᛫ mad ᛫ insane ᛫ idiotic ᛫ reckless ᛫ rash ᛫ irresponsible ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
hareeyed | ᛫ lagophthalmic ᛫ wide-eyed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | ANE | ||
harehearted | ᛫ timorous ᛫ timid ᛫ easily frightened ᛫ | AJ | harehearted | NE | ||
haresbeard | ᛫ a Verbascum thapsus plant ( great mullein ) ᛫ | N | hares bearde | ANE | poorly attested | |
hareseye | ᛫ a Silene dioica plant ( red campion ) ᛫ | N | hares eie | ANE | poorly attested | |
hareseye | ᛫ lagophthalmus ᛫ lagophthalmia ᛫ | N | hares-eye | NE | ||
haresleep | ᛫ a very light sleep ᛫ | N | hare-sleep | ANE | poorly attested | |
harfee | ᛫ booty ᛫ war spoils ᛫ | N | herefeoh | OE | ||
harfolk | ᛫ army men ᛫ army folk ᛫ | N | herefolc | OE | ||
hargang | ᛫ a military expedition ᛫ | N | heregang | OE | ||
harhithe | harhiþe | ᛫ spoil ᛫ booty ᛫ plunder ᛫ | N | herehȳþ | OE | |
hark | ᛫ ( commands or requests others to pay attention ) ᛫ | I | ~ | NE | ||
hark back | ᛫ to evoke something from the past ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
harken | ᛫ to listen ᛫ to pay attention to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
harkworthy | harkƿorþy | ᛫ noteworthy ᛫ worthy of being paid attention to ᛫ | AJ | hark+worthy | NE×2 | |
harm | ᛫ a field-mouse ᛫ a dormouse ᛫ | N | hearma | OE | ||
harman | ᛫ a soldier ᛫ a warrior ᛫ a militant ᛫ | N | hereman | OE | ||
harmqueath | harmcƿeaþ | ᛫ to revile to speak ill of ᛫ | V | hearmcweþan | OE | |
harmquid | harmcƿid | ᛫ blasphemy ᛫ harmful speech ᛫ | N | hearmcwide | OE | |
harpath | harpaþ | ᛫ a military road ᛫ | N | herepaþ | OE | |
harreif | ᛫ spoil ᛫ booty ᛫ plunder ᛫ that which is reaved by an army ᛫ | N | hererēaf | OE | ||
harrier | ᛫ one who engages in persistent attacks on others or their lands ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
harrow | harroƿ | ᛫ a rake which is heavy and for cultivation ᛬ to use a harrow ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to distress ᛫ to traumatize ᛫ to pillage ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to ravage ᛫ | V | ~[harwe][harwen] | NE | doublet: harry |
harrow | harroƿ | ᛫ a temple ᛫ a shrine ᛫ an idol ᛫ | N | hearg&hearh | OE | survives in place names? |
harry | ᛫ to harass ᛫ to irritate ᛫ to annoy ᛫ to irk ᛫ to pillage ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to ravage ᛫ | V | ~[herien][herigan] | NE | doublet: harrow | |
harsithe | harsiþe | ᛫ a military expedition ᛫ | N | heresīþ | OE | |
harspeed | ᛫ military success ᛫ | N | herespēd | OE | ||
hart | ᛫ a deer ᛫ | N | hart&hert | NE&ME | male-only in Modern English | |
hartclover | hartclofer | ᛫ a Melilotus plant ( melilot ) ᛫ | N | hart-claver | NE | [OED] |
harteamer | ᛫ a general ᛫ | N | heretēma | OE | ||
harthreat | harþreat | ᛫ a troop ᛫ a band of soldiers ᛫ | N | hereþrēat | OE | |
hartmeat | ᛫ venison ᛫ | N | hart+meat{deermeat} | NE×2 | ||
hartow | hartoƿ | ᛫ a general ᛫ a marshal ᛫ a duke ᛫ | N | heretowa | ME | or: hartough |
hartowdom | hartoƿdom | ᛫ a duchy ᛫ a dukedom ᛫ | N | hartow+dom | ME+NE | calque: Herzogtum |
hartowen | hartoƿen | ᛫ a duchess ᛫ | N | heretow+en | NE | |
harvest | harfest | ᛫ the fall or autumn season ᛫ | N | hervest | ME | |
harvest moon | harfest | ᛫ a full moon at or about the time of the autumnal equinox ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED][MW] |
harvestfly | harfestfly | ᛫ a cicada ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
Harvestmonth | Harfestmonþ | ᛫ September ᛫ | N(P) | hærfestmōnaþ | OE | or: Holimonth |
harweed | harƿeed | ᛫ armour ᛫ | N | herewǣd | OE | |
harwoop | harƿoop | ᛫ a war cry ᛫ | N | herewōp | OE | |
hase | ᛫ grey ᛫ gray ᛫ ashen ᛫ | AJ | hasu/haso{haswed} | OE | ||
hasp | ᛫ a fastening device ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hassock | ᛫ a tussock ᛫ a cushion ᛫ | N | ~[hassuc] | NE | ||
hatch | hac | ᛫ a crosier ᛫ | N | hæcce | OE | |
hateful | ᛫ full of hate ᛫ heinous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hatel | ᛫ detestable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
hather | haþer | ᛫ a restraint ᛫ a confinement ᛬ to restrain ᛫ to confine ᛫ | V | heaþor&heaþorian | OE&OE | |
hatshop | hatscop | ᛫ a hat store ᛫ a haberdashery ᛫ a millinery ᛫ | N | hat-shop | NE | [OED] |
hatter | ᛫ clothing ᛫ garments ᛫ clothes ᛫ | N | hater[hæteru/heatru] | ME | plural form seems to have been "hateren" | |
hatter | ᛫ a hat maker ᛫ a hat seller ᛫ a haberdasher ᛫ a milliner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
Hatwere | Hatƿere | ᛫ one of the Chattuarii ( a sub-group of the Franks ? ) ᛫ | N(P) | Hætwerum | OE | |
haugh | haug | ᛫ a low-lying meadow by the side of a river ᛫ | N | ~[healh] | NE | rhyme: scoff; loch |
haulm | ᛫ the stems or tops of crop plants ( esp after the crop has been gathered ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
haveless | hafeless | ᛫ poor ᛫ destitute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
haven | hafen | ᛫ property ᛫ possessions ᛫ | N | hāven[hæfen] | ME | |
haven | hafen | ᛫ a harbour ᛫ a sanctuary ᛫ a port ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
haver | hafer | ᛫ a male goat ᛫ | N | hæfer | OE | |
haverbleat | haferbleat | ᛫ a bittern ᛫ a snipe ᛫ | N | hæferblæte | OE | |
haw | haƿ | ᛫ an enclosure ᛫ a hedge ᛫ | N | hawe | ME | |
Hawaii | ᛫ Hawaii ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹O | or: The Sandwich Islands | |
hawkshaw | haƿkscaƿ | ᛫ a detective ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "from the name of a detective in... The Ticket-of-Leave Man" - Lexico |
hawspind | haƿspind | ᛫ the cheek ᛫ | N | hagospind | OE | "hago" is a variant of "haga" which later bore "haw" |
hawthorn | haƿþorn | ᛫ a Crataegus plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | means enclosure-thorn(?) |
hay | ᛫ an enclosed plot of land ᛫ a deer park ( an enclosed hunting park in a forest ) ᛫ | N | hei[hege/gehæg] | ME | ||
hay moon | ᛫ a full moon in July ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
hayriff | ᛫ a Galium aparine plant ( cleavers ) ᛫ | N | ~[heirive/hayriffe][hegerife] | NE | or: hairif | |
haystold | ᛫ a bachelor ( an unmarried male ) ᛫ a virgin ( male ) ᛫ | N | hægsteald | OE | ||
hayward | hayƿard | ᛫ an agricultural overseer ( one who maintains hedges and the common protects grain and oversees the harvest ) ᛫ | N | hayward&heiward | NE&ME | |
hazel | hasel | ᛫ a Corylus plant ᛫ a light golden brown hue ᛬ hazel in colour ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
hazelwort | haselƿurt | ᛫ an Asarum europaeum plant ( asarabacca ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
he | ᛫ a male ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | in compounds: ( denotes a link to maleness or masculinity , mostly in regards to animals and objects ) | |
head | ᛫ a person ᛫ an individual ᛫ a character ᛫ | N | head&hede | NE&ME | ||
headbone | ᛫ a skull ᛫ a cranium ᛫ | N | heafodban | OE | ||
headborough | headboroug | ᛫ a capital city ᛫ | N | hēafodburh | OE | |
headedder | ᛫ a cephalic vein ᛫ | N | hēafodǣdre | OE | ||
headland | ᛫ a promontory ᛫ coastal land that juts into the sea ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
headleighter | headleigter | ᛫ a chief error ᛫ one of the seven deadly sins ᛫ | N | hēafodleahter | OE | |
headless | ᛫ acephalous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
headlong | ᛫ hasty ᛫ precipitate ᛫ impetuous ᛫ rash ᛫ reckless ᛬ hastily ᛫ precipitately ᛫ impetuously ᛫ rashly ᛫ recklessly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
headly | ᛫ chief ᛫ capital ᛫ | AJ | hēafodlīc | OE | ||
headman | ᛫ a chief man ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
headpan | ᛫ a skull ᛫ | N | hēafodpanne | OE | ||
headset | ᛫ a pair of headphones ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
headship | headscip | ᛫ the position of a leader or head ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
headshop | headscop | ᛫ a shop which sells cannabis paraphernalia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
headspring | ᛫ a source ᛫ a fountainhead ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
headstool | ᛫ a chief seat ᛫ a chief position [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | hēafodstōl | OE | ||
headstrong | ᛫ self-willed and obstinate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
headward | headƿard | ᛫ a chief guardian or officer ᛫ | N | hēafodweard | OE | |
headwater | headƿater | ᛫ the source and initial part of a stream ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
headway | headƿay | ᛫ advance ᛫ progress ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
headwright | headƿrigt | ᛫ a chief workman ᛫ | N | hēafodwyrhta | OE | |
heady | ᛫ intoxicating ᛫ stupefying ᛫ upsetting to the mind or senses ᛫ intellectual and technical ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
healall | ᛫ a panacea ᛫ a universal remedy ᛫ | N | heal-all | NE | ||
healstone | ᛫ some kind of flat cake ᛫ | N | healstān | OE | ||
healthful | healþful | ᛫ salubrious ᛫ conducive to good health ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
heam | ᛫ to shack up with ᛫ to have sex with ᛫ to have intercourse with ᛫ to marry ᛫ | V | hǣman | OE | ||
heamed | ᛫ sexual intercourse ᛫ | N | hǣmed | OE | said like "heem-id", not "heemd" | |
heamedchurl | heamedcerl | ᛫ a married man of the churl class ᛫ | N | hǣmedceorl | OE | |
heamedwife | heamedƿife | ᛫ a married woman of the churl class ᛫ | N | hǣmedwíf | OE | |
heamedy | ᛫ sexy ᛫ sexual ᛫ | AJ | heamed+y | OE+NE | said like: hee-mid-ee | |
hean | ᛫ to insult ᛫ to humiliate ᛫ to debase ᛫ | V | hēnen | ME | ||
heap | ᛫ a crowd ᛫ a pile ᛫ a mass ᛫ much or many of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
heapmeal | ᛫ in large quantities ᛫ in heaps ᛫ heap by heap ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
hearsay | ᛫ a rumour ᛫ gossip ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hearsome | hearsum | ᛫ obedient ᛫ compliant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
hearsomeness | hearsumness | ᛫ obedience ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heart | ᛫ a conscience ᛫ the seat of one's emotions ᛫ a core ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heartache | heartake | ᛫ sorrow ᛫ anguish of the mind ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hearteat | ᛫ to covet ᛫ to envy ᛫ | V | hearteat | NE | [OED] | |
hearten | ᛫ to comfort ᛫ to give courage ᛫ to encourage ᛫ to console ᛫ to reassure ᛫ to exhort ᛫ | V | hearten&herten | NE&ME | ||
heartening | ᛫ inspiring ᛫ encouraging ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
heartfelt | ᛫ sincerely felt or believed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hearth | hearþ | ᛫ a fireplace floor ᛫ a brick stone or concrete area in front of a fireplace ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heartleech | heartleec | ᛫ a cardiologist ᛫ | N | heart+leech | NE×2 | |
heartless | ᛫ unfeeling ᛫ callous ᛫ obdurate ᛫ cruel ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heartlike | ᛫ like a heart ᛫ central ᛫ core ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
heartquake | heartcƿake | ᛫ a heart palpitation ᛫ a feeling of strong or sudden emotion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
heartsick | ᛫ depressed ᛫ despondent ᛫ grieving ᛫ suffering emotional pain or anguish ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heartsickness | ᛫ depression ᛫ despondency ᛫ grief ᛫ emotional pain or anguish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heartsome | heartsum | ᛫ uplifting ᛫ comforting ᛫ lively ᛫ joyful ᛫ pleasant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
heartwrenching | heartƿrencing | ᛫ painfully upsetting or distressing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
hearty | ᛫ cordial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
heast | ᛫ violence ᛬ violent ᛫ | N᛬AJ | hǣst | OE | ||
heath | heaþ | ᛫ uncultivated land ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
heath | heaþ | ᛫ war- ᛫ battle- ᛫ | PREFIX | hēaþu | OE | |
heathen | heaþen | ᛫ a pagan ᛬ pagan ᛫ | N᛬AJ | heathen | NE | |
heathendom | heaþendom | ᛫ paganism ᛫ heathenism ᛫ the state of being heathen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heather | heaþer | ᛫ an Ericaceae plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heathglemb | heaþglemb | ᛫ a war injury ᛫ a war wound ᛫ | N | hēaþuglemm | OE | |
heathweed | heaþƿeed | ᛫ armour ᛫ military clothing ᛫ | N | hēaþuwǣd | OE | |
heatmeter | ᛫ a thermometer ᛫ | N | heat+mete+er | NE×3 | ||
heave | heaf | ᛫ to lift ᛫ to raise ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
heavenly | heafenly | ᛫ divine ᛫ celestial ᛫ wonderful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
heavenrich | heafenric | ᛫ the Kingdom of Heaven ᛫ | N | heofonrīce | OE | |
heavensent | heafensent | ᛫ fortunate appropriate or providential as if ordained by heaven ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
heaver | heafer | ᛫ a lever ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
heaviness | heafiness | ᛫ gravity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heavyhanded | heafyhanded | ᛫ oppressive and clumsy ᛫ | AJ | heavyhanded | NE | |
heavyhandedly | heafyhandedly | ᛫ in a heavyhanded manner ᛫ | AV | heavyhandedly | NE | |
heavywater | heafyƿater | ᛫ deuterium oxide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Hebreish | Hebreisc | ᛫ Hebrew speech ᛬ Hebrew ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | hebrēisc | OE | or: Ebresh |
hedden | ᛫ a hood ᛫ chasuble ᛫ an overcoat ᛫ a mantle ᛫ cloak ᛫ | N | heden | OE | ||
hedge | hecg | ᛫ a fence made of bushes ᛫ a contract reducing exposure to risk ᛬ to enclose or obstruct with hedges ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
hedge | hecg | ᛫ ( denotes itinerancy ) ᛫ | PREFIX | hedge- | NE | as in "hedge-priest" and "hedge-knight" |
heed | ᛫ attention ᛫ notice ᛬ to pay attention ᛫ to pay attention to [ᛏ] ᛫ to act as instructed ᛫ to act as instructed by [ᛏ] ᛫ | N᛬V | heed&hẹ̄d&hẹ̄den | NE&ME&ME | ||
heedern | ᛫ a storehouse ᛫ | N | hēddern | OE | what does "hēdd" mean? | |
heedful | ᛫ attentive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
heedless | ᛫ inattentive ᛫ oblivious ᛫ inobservant ᛫ regardless ᛫ respectless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heedlessness | ᛫ inattention ᛫ inattentiveness ᛫ oblivousness ᛫ inobservance ᛫ disregard ᛫ disrespect ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
heedsome | heedsum | ᛫ attentive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | invented by William Barnes |
heef | ᛫ grief ᛫ | N | hēof | OE | ||
heel | ᛫ to keep secret ᛫ to conceal ᛫ to cover ᛫ | V | ~{hēlen} | NE | ||
heel | ᛫ to conceal ᛫ to cover ᛫ to blot out ᛫ to clothe ᛫ to protect with secrecy ᛫ | V | hēlen[helan] | ME | ||
heelbone | ᛫ a calcaneus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
heem | ᛫ an inhabitant ᛫ | N | hēme | ME | ||
heen | ᛫ to scoff at ᛫ to humiliate ᛫ to debase ᛬ low ᛫ humbled ᛫ humiliated ᛫ abject ᛫ poor ᛫ wretched ᛫ | V᛬AJ | hēnen&hēn | ME&ME | ||
heer | ᛫ an army ᛫ | N | here/heer | ME | ||
heer | ᛫ hair ᛫ | N | hēr | ME | "hair" has been influenced by French "haire" | |
heerbane | ᛫ depilatory ᛫ | N | hair+bane | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes | |
heerclip | ᛫ a barrette ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
heerly | ᛫ military ᛫ | AJ | herelīc | OE | ||
heerwash | hairƿasc | ᛫ shampoo ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heerwax | hairƿax | ᛫ pomade ᛫ | N | hair+wax | NE×2 | |
heeve | heef | ᛫ to grieve ᛫ | V | hēofan | OE | |
heft | ᛫ something's weight ᛫ the ability or influence to get something done ᛬ to hoist ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
heifer | ᛫ a young cow that has not borne a calf ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
height | heigt | ᛫ one of the three dimensions of a solid object , top to bottom ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
heighten | heigten | ᛫ to make higher ᛫ to intensify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
heightfear | heigtfear | ᛫ acrophobia ᛫ | N | height+fear | NE×2 | |
heightwise | heigtƿise | ᛫ in terms of height ᛫ vertical ᛬ in a vertical manner ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
held | ᛫ a Tanacetum plant ( a tansy ) ᛫ | N | helde | ME | [OED] | |
heleth | heleþ | ᛫ a hero ᛫ | N | hēleth[hæleþ] | ME | "health" is pseudo-archaic spelling? |
helethen | heleþen | ᛫ a heroine ᛫ | N | hēleth+en | NE+ME | |
helethish | heleþisc | ᛫ heroic ᛫ | AJ | hēleth+ish | ME+NE | |
helfry | ᛫ gory ᛫ bloody ᛫ | AJ | heolfrig | OE | ||
hellbent | ᛫ determined to achieve something at all costs ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
heller | ᛫ the scale of a balance ᛫ a balance [ᚹ] ᛫ balance [ᚹ] ᛬ to balance on a scale ᛫ to balance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | heolor&heoloran | OE | ||
hellghost | hellgoast | ᛫ an infernal spirit ᛫ | N | hellegāst | OE | |
hellish | ᛫ infernal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Hellmere | ᛫ the river Styx ᛫ | N | hellemere | OE | ||
hellraiser | ᛫ a person who causes trouble through wild behavior ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N+E) | ||
hellrown | hellrune | ᛫ a necromancer woman ᛫ a witch ᛫ a pythonissa ᛫ | N | hellerūne/helrūn | OE | means "hell whisper"? |
hellwight | hellƿigt | ᛫ a creature of hell ᛫ | N | hellwiht | OE | |
hellwite | hellƿite | ᛫ hellish punishment ᛫ gehenna ᛫ hades ᛫ hell ᛫ | N | hellewīte | OE | |
helm | ᛫ a helmet ᛫ | N | helm[helm][helm] | NE | ||
helm | ᛫ to steer a boat or ship ᛫ to manage the running of ᛫ to direct a film ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
helmer | ᛫ a director ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
helper | ᛫ an assistant ᛫ an aide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
helping | ᛫ a portion or serving of food ᛫ an amount or quantity of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
helve | helf | ᛫ the handle of a tool or weapon ᛬ to furnish with a helve ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
helver | helfer | ᛫ blood from a wound ᛫ gore ᛫ cruor ᛫ | N | heolfor | OE | |
hem | ᛫ them ᛫ | N(PRO) | hem | ME | or: em (some claim 'em descends from hem) | |
hem | ᛫ a rim ( esp of stitched cloth ) ᛬ to surround in a restricting way ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
hemp | ᛫ a Cannabis plant ᛫ cannabis ᛫ marijuana ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hempen | ᛫ made of hemp ᛫ | ADJ | hempen | NE | ||
hemptree | ᛫ a Vitex agnus-castus plant ( chaste tree ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hemth | hemþ | ᛫ an undergarment with short sleeves ᛫ a shirt ᛫ | N | hemeþe | OE | kin: Hemd (German) |
hen | ᛫ from this place ᛫ away ᛫ hence ᛫ | AJ | henne | ME | ||
henbell | ᛫ henbane ᛫ a Hyoscyamus plant ᛫ | N | hennebelle | OE | ||
hence | hens | ᛫ from this place ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
henchman | hencman | ᛫ a subordinate ( usually with negative connotations ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: hinxman |
hend | ᛫ courteous ᛫ courtly ᛫ polite ᛫ chivalrous ᛫ beautiful ᛫ pleasant ᛫ gracious ᛫ decorous ᛫ | AJ | hēnde | ME | ||
hendly | ᛫ courteously ᛫ politely ᛫ chivalrously ᛫ | AV | hẹ̄̆ndelī | ME | ||
hendness | ᛫ courtesy ᛫ politeness ᛫ chivalry ᛫ | N | hēnde+ness | ME+NE | ||
hent | ᛫ until ᛫ | P&C | hent | ME | short for "henne to" | |
hent | ᛫ to grasp ᛫ to seize ᛫ to capture ᛫ to arrest ᛫ to encounter ᛫ to experience ᛫ | V | ~[henten][hentan] | NE | kin: hunt | |
henth | henþ | ᛫ humiliation ᛫ abasement ᛫ disgrace ᛫ | N | henthe[hȳnþ/hēnþu] | ME | |
henward | henƿard | ᛫ passing away in time ᛫ fleeting ᛫ brief ᛫ transitory ᛫ transient ᛫ | AJ | heoneward | ME | |
her | ᛫ a lord ᛫ a nobleman ᛫ a superior ᛫ sir [ᚹ] ᛫ mister [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | herre{hearra} | ME | ||
her | ᛫ their ᛫ | N(PRO) | here/hire/hure[heora] | ME | ||
herd | ᛫ a herdsman ᛫ shepherd ᛫ a guardian ᛫ a pastor ᛫ | N | herde | ME | ||
Herdsman | ᛫ the constellation Boötes ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hereat | ᛫ as a result ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
herethrough | hereþruge | ᛫ because of this ᛫ by this means ᛫ | AV | hērthurgh | ME | see: thereby |
hereto | ᛫ to this point matter or topic ᛫ regarding this point matter or topic ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
heriot | ᛫ military equipment ᛫ a return of military equipment ᛫ | N | ~[heregeatu] | NE | ||
herringbone | ᛫ a patch of cirrocumulus clouds ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
herry | ᛫ to honour ᛫ to praise ᛫ to extol ᛫ to celebrate ᛫ | V | ~[herian] | ANE | ||
herryendly | ᛫ laudable ᛫ | AJ | herigendlice[herigendlīc] | ME | ||
hers | ᛫ theirs ᛫ | N(PRO) | hē̆res/hirs | ME | or: "hern", from a Middle English alternative | |
herstpan | ᛫ a frying pan ᛫ | N | hearstepanne | OE | ||
herthbelly | herþbelly | ᛫ a scrotum ᛫ | N | herþbelig | OE | |
herthen | herþen | ᛫ testicles ᛫ | N | herþan | OE | or: herths ᛫ this word is always plural |
hest | ᛫ behest ᛫ a command ᛫ an injunction ᛫ an order ᛫ a precept ᛫ | N | ~[hē̆st][hǣs] | NE | final T appears c1200 and was usual by c1300 according to MEC | |
hew | heƿ | ᛫ a family or household member ᛫ a relative ᛫ a domestic ᛫ a servant ᛫ a retainer ᛫ | N | hewe | ME | |
hew | heƿ | ᛫ to chop at ᛫ to chop down ᛫ to shape ᛫ to form ᛫ to conform ᛫ to forge ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
hewcouth | heƿcooþ | ᛫ familiar ᛫ | AJ | hīwcūþ | OE | |
hewish | heƿisc | ᛫ a family ᛫ a household ᛫ | N | hīwisc | OE | |
hewn | heƿn | ᛫ blue ᛫ azure ᛬ of blue hue ᛫ of azure hue ᛫ | N᛬AJ | hǣwen&hǣwen | ME&OE | |
hewnbill | heƿnbill | ᛫ an Aythya marila or Aythya affinis bird ( a scaup ) ᛫ | N | bluebill | ME+NE | |
hewngreen | heƿngreen | ᛫ blue-green ᛫ cyan ᛫ | AJ | hǣwengrēne | OE | |
hewster | heƿster | ᛫ a dyer ᛫ | N | heuster | ME | |
hex | ᛫ a curse ᛬ to curse ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹HG | kin: hag | |
hext | ᛫ highest ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hide | ᛫ skin ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hidel | ᛫ a secret place ᛫ a hiding place ᛫ a refuge ᛫ | N | hī̆del/hī̆dels[hydels] | ME&OE | ||
hideleech | hideleec | ᛫ a dermatologist ᛫ | N | hide+leech | NE×2 | or: skinleech (Norse influence) |
hideyield | hideyeeld | ᛫ property tax ( tax paid on every hide ) ᛫ | N | hīdgild | OE | |
hidlings | ᛫ secret ᛫ clandestine ᛬ in secret ᛫ secretly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
hie | ᛫ to hasten ᛫ to go quickly ᛫ | V | ~[hīen][hīgian] | NE | [MW] | |
hield | heeld | ᛫ favour ᛫ affection ᛫ good will ᛫ | N | hēlde | ME | |
high | hige | ᛫ to esteem ᛫ to honour ᛫ to exalt ᛫ | V | heien/highen | ME | |
high end | hige | ᛫ of the highest quality ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
highblown | higebloƿn | ᛫ pretentious ᛫ grandiloquent ᛫ exaggerated ᛫ | AJ | high-blown | NE | |
highborn | higeborn | ᛫ of noble birth ᛫ of royal birth ᛫ of rich birth ᛫ patrician ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
highfather | higefaþer | ᛫ a patriarch ᛫ | N | hēahfæder | OE | |
highhall | higehall | ᛫ a palace ᛫ | N | hēah-heall | OE | |
highhearted | higehearted | ᛫ insouciant ᛫ full of gaiety ᛫ full of courage or nobility ᛫ | AJ | highhearted&hēahheort | NE&OE | |
highherd | higeherd | ᛫ a chief pastor ᛫ an archimandrite ᛫ | N | hēahhirde | OE | |
highking | higeking | ᛫ a chief king or ruler ᛫ a king of kings ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
highland | higeland | ᛫ a stretch of high or mountainous land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
highlight | higeligt | ᛫ to emphasize ᛫ to mark out ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
highminded | higeminded | ᛫ proud ᛫ arrogant ᛫ haughty ᛫ imperious ᛫ sophisticated ᛫ cultured ᛫ noble ᛫ honourable ᛫ magnanimous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
highmindedness | higemindedness | ᛫ pride ᛫ arrogance ᛫ haughtiness ᛫ imperiousness ᛫ sophistication ᛫ nobility ᛫ honourableness ᛫ magnamity ᛫ | N | - | NE | [OED] |
highmoody | higemoody | ᛫ proud ᛫ lofty ᛫ haughty ᛫ | AJ | hēahmōd+y | OE | |
highmother | higemoþer | ᛫ a matriarch ᛫ | N | high+mother{hēahfæder} | NE×2 | |
highseld | higeseld | ᛫ a throne ᛫ a position of high rank ᛫ | N | hēahseld | OE | |
highstrung | higestrung | ᛫ tense ᛫ stressed ᛫ nervous ᛫ intense ᛫ type A ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
hight | higt | ᛫ haste ᛫ hurry ᛫ | N | highthe[hīgþ] | ME | kin: hie |
hight | higt | ᛫ expectation ᛫ hope ᛬ to expect ᛫ to hope ᛫ | N᛬V | hight&highten[hyht/hiht] | ME&ME | |
hightide | higtide | ᛫ a culminating point ᛫ a climax ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hightle | higtel | ᛫ to adorn ᛫ to embellish ᛫ to ornament ᛫ to illuminate a book ᛫ | V | hightlen&highten | ME&ME | |
highwayman | higeƿayman | ᛫ a bandit ᛫ a brigand ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hild | ᛫ to skin ᛫ to flay ᛫ to peel ᛫ | V | hilden[hyldan] | ME | ||
hild | ᛫ battle ( poetic) ᛫ war ( poetic) ᛫ | N | hild | OE | ||
hildlate | ᛫ one sluggish in war ᛫ one slow to fight ᛫ a coward ᛫ | N | hildlata | OE | agent suffix likely would have dropped | |
hildspel | ᛫ a speech given before battle ? ᛫ a story about battle ? ᛫ | N | hildespell | OE | ||
hilk | ᛫ a bend ᛫ a turn ᛫ a winding ᛫ curvature ᛫ anfractus ᛫ | N | hylc | OE | ||
hill | ᛫ to cover ᛫ to put a roof on ᛫ to clothe ᛫ to deck out ᛫ | V | hilen | ME‹N | ||
hilling | ᛫ cover ᛫ a cover ᛫ covering ᛫ | N | hilinge | ME‹N | ||
hillock | ᛫ a small hill ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hilt | ᛫ the handle of a sword ᛬ to provide with a hilt ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
himmel | ᛫ a Humulus lupulus plant ( hummel ) ᛫ | N | himele[hymele] | ME | ||
hin | ᛫ him ( accusative ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | hine | ME | ||
hind | ᛫ rear ᛫ posterior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hind | ᛫ a female deer ᛫ | N | ~[hind] | NE | ||
hind | ᛫ a rustic ᛫ a farm worker ᛫ a peasant ᛫ | N | hind[hīne] | NE | [CED][MW] | |
hindberry | ᛫ a raspberry ᛫ | N | ~{hindberige} | NE | ||
hindbrain | ᛫ the rhombencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hinder | ᛫ to obstruct ᛫ to impede ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
hindering | ᛫ a hinderance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hinderland | ᛫ a hinterland ᛫ an uncharted land ᛫ a land surrounding a town or port ᛫ | N | Hinterland | NE‹HG | ||
hinderling | ᛫ a wretch ᛫ a lowly person or beast ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | begat "hilding"? | |
hindersome | hindersum | ᛫ obstructive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
hindgut | ᛫ the caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo including the colon and the rectum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hindlook | ᛫ an afterlook ᛫ a look in review ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hindneck | ᛫ the nape ( esp of birds ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hindsight | hindsigt | ᛫ retrospect ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hinge | hincg | ᛫ a central or pivotal point or principle on which things depend ᛬ to depend on ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
hinx | ᛫ a horse ᛫ | N | hengest[hengest] | ME | kin: henchman | |
hipping | ᛫ a diaper ᛫ a nappy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
hipple | hippel | ᛫ a small heap ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
hipwark | hipƿark | ᛫ sciatica ᛫ | N | hipwerc | OE | |
hird | ᛫ a family ᛫ a household ᛫ a retinue ᛫ a court ( those in the court not the physical court ) ᛫ | N | hīred[hīrēd] | ME | equivilent to: hew+-red | |
hirdman | ᛫ a member of a king's household or court ᛫ a retainer ᛫ a courtier ᛫ | N | hiredman | ME | ||
hire | ᛫ wages ᛫ payment ᛬ to employ ᛫ to engage the service of ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
hireling | ᛫ employee ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hirer | ᛫ an employer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hirn | ᛫ a corner ᛫ a niche ᛫ a remote place ᛫ a cranny ᛫ a recess ᛫ an intricacy ᛫ | N | hī̆rn[hyrne] | ME | ||
hirnstone | ᛫ a cornerstone ᛫ | N | hyrnstān | OE | ||
hirst | ᛫ to fry ᛫ | V | hirsten[hierstan] | ME | ||
hirst | ᛫ equipment ( esp things like armour and weapons but also ornaments ) ᛬ to equip ᛫ to ornament ᛫ | N᛬V | hyrst&hyrstan | OE | ||
hiss | ᛫ a young man ᛫ | N | hyse | OE | ||
hit up | ᛫ to contact ( usually for a service or for socializing ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
hitch | hic | ᛫ a problem ᛫ a snag ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hithe | hiþe | ᛫ a river harbour ᛫ a river landing place ᛫ | N | ~[hȳþ] | NE | |
hithe | hiþe | ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to ravage ᛫ to pillage ᛫ to lay waste to ᛫ | V | hȳþan | OE | |
hither | hiþer | ᛫ to this place ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
hithercoming | hiþercoming | ᛫ arrival to this place ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hitherto | hiþerto | ᛫ up to this time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
hitman | ᛫ a hired killer ᛫ an assassin ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | [OED] | |
hoad | ᛫ a person ᛫ a character in a story ᛫ a sex ᛫ a state ᛫ a condition ᛫ a rank ᛫ a degree ᛫ | N | hōde&hād | ME&OE | becomes: hood as a suffix | |
hoam | ᛫ a cricket ᛫ | N | hāma&hyllhāma | OE&OE | kin: heimo (OHG); Heime (NHG rare) | |
hoar | ᛫ light grey ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hoard | ᛫ a collection of valuable things ᛫ treasure ᛬ to accumulate ᛫ to amass ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
hoardcleeve | hoardcleef | ᛫ a treasure room or chamber ᛫ a treasury ᛫ | N | hordclēofa | OE | |
hoardcove | hoardcofe | ᛫ a place for treasure ᛫ a place where thoughts are stored ᛫ | N | hordcōfa | OE | |
hoarder | ᛫ one who hoards ᛫ a treasurer ᛫ | N | horder&hordere | NE&OE | ||
hoardern | ᛫ a storage place ᛫ a storeroom ᛫ a storehouse ᛫ | N | hordern | OE | ||
hoardlock | ᛫ a treasure chest ᛫ a coffer ᛫ | N | hordloca | OE | ||
hoardvat | hoardfatt | ᛫ a vessel for holding treasure ᛫ | N | hordfæt | OE | |
hoarfrost | ᛫ frozen dew ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hoarstone | ᛫ a stone designating the bounds of an estate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
hoary | ᛫ old fashioned ᛫ musty ᛫ moldy ᛫ grey with age ᛫ outdated [ᚹ] ᛫ obsolete [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hobnob | ᛫ to mix socially ( esp with those of higher status ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
hock | ᛫ the hollow behind the knee ᛫ the popliteal region ᛬ to hamstring ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[hōh] | NE | or: hough | |
hode | ᛫ to ordain ᛫ to consecrate ᛫ | V | hōden[hādian] | ME | ||
hoder | ᛫ clear ᛫ serene ᛫ | AJ | hādor | OE | kin: heiðr (Icelandic) | |
hoff | ᛫ a house ᛫ a palace ᛫ a court ᛫ | N | hof | OE | kin: hovel | |
hogger | ᛫ a swineherd ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hogreeve | hogreef | ᛫ an official charged with preventing or appraising damage done by stray swine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hogsfennel | ᛫ a Peucedanum officinale plant ᛫ | N | hog's fennel | NE | ||
hogshead | ᛫ a large barrel ᛫ a large cask ᛫ a unit of volume ( 52.5 imperial gallons for wine , 54 imperial gallons for beer ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hogwash | hogƿasc | ᛫ nonsense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hold | ᛫ graciously ᛫ kindly ᛫ faithfully ᛫ | AJ | holde[holde] | ME | ||
hold | ᛫ inclined ( literal and figurative ) ᛫ | AJ | heald | OE | ||
holdall | ᛫ a carryall ᛫ an encyclopaedia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
holdend | ᛫ a keeper ( as in a guardian ) ᛫ | N | healdend | OE | ||
holder | ᛫ a container ᛫ a possessor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
holding | ᛫ asset ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
holdship | holdscip | ᛫ loyalty ᛫ fealty ᛫ allegiance ᛫ | N | holdscipe | OE | |
hole | ᛫ to obtain ᛫ | V | hōlen&geholian | ME&OE | ||
holet | ᛫ to greet ᛫ to salute ᛫ | V | hālettan | OE | ||
holibone | ᛫ a sacrum ᛫ | N | holybone | NE | ||
holiday | ᛫ vacation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Holimonth | Holimonþ | ᛫ September ᛫ | N(P) | haligmonaþ | OE | or: Harvestmonth |
holiness | ᛫ sanctity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
holirope | ᛫ Eupatorium cannabinum ( hemp-agrimony ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | ||
Holiwere | Holiƿere | ᛫ Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ᛫ | N(P) | Hālīwer | ME | rhyme: hall-a-ware |
holk | ᛫ a hollow ᛫ a cavity ᛬ to dig up ᛫ to excavate ᛫ to hollow out ᛫ | N᛬V | holk[holc]&holken | ME&ME | ||
hollow | holloƿ | ᛫ a cavity ᛫ a hole ᛫ a small valley ᛬ to make or become hollow ᛬ concave ᛫ sunken ᛫ insincere ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
holm | ᛫ an islet ( esp one in a river ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
holm | ᛫ a sea ᛫ an ocean ᛫ a lake ᛫ | N | holm | OE | modern "holm" is from Norse | |
Holmrye | ᛫ one of the Rugii ᛫ | N(P) | Holmrygum | OE | ||
holt | ᛫ a forested hill ᛫ a copse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
holy | ᛫ sacred ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Holy Father | Faþer | ᛫ the Pope ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
home in | ᛫ to focus on ᛫ to track ᛫ to get closer to that which is being chased ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
homefear | ᛫ oikophobia ᛫ ecophobia ᛫ | N | home+fear | NE×2 | ||
homeheast | ᛫ domestic violence ᛫ | N | home+heast | NE+OE | ||
homely | ᛫ domestic ᛫ not elaborate or complex ᛫ plain or unattractive in appearance ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
homespun | ᛫ homely ᛫ unsophisticated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
homeware | homeƿare | ᛫ furniture utensils and decorative objects for domestic use ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
homewares | homeƿares | ᛫ furnishings for the home such as furniture ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hone | ᛫ delay ᛫ hesitation ᛫ | N | hōne | ME‹C | morphed into "wone" in some dialects | |
hone | ᛫ a sharpening stone ᛬ to sharpen ᛫ to refine or to master a skill ᛫ to make more effective ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
honeybear | hunnybear | ᛫ a kinkajou ᛫ | N | honey bear | NE | |
honeywort | hunnyƿurt | ᛫ a Galium cruciatum plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hoo | ᛫ she ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~[heo] | NE | found in West Yorkshire and Lancashire | |
hoodwink | hoodƿink | ᛫ to trick ᛫ to deceive ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
hoof | ᛫ the covering that encloses the feet of ungulate mammals ᛬ to dance ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
hoofdeer | ᛫ an ungulate ᛫ an animal of the clade Ungulata ᛫ | N | hoof+deer | NE×2 | calque: hoefdier, Huftier | |
hookbone | ᛫ a hamate bone ᛫ | N | hook+bone | NE×2 | calque: haakvormig been; Hakenbein | |
hooker | ᛫ a feeling of offence ᛫ mockery ᛫ scorn ᛫ derision ᛫ abusive talk ᛫ | N | hōker[hōcer] | ME | ||
hooks | ᛫ parentheses ( ( ) ) ᛫ brackets ( [ ] ) ᛫ braces ( { } ) ᛫ chevrons ( ⟨ ⟩ ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] | |
hooky | ᛫ catchy ᛫ easily recalled ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
hool | ᛫ vain speech ᛫ slander ᛫ calumny ᛬ to speak evil of ᛫ to slander ᛫ to calumniate ᛫ | N᛬V | hōl&hōlian | OE | ||
hoose | ᛫ an escort ᛫ a company ᛫ a troop ᛫ a band ᛫ a party ᛫ | N | hōs | OE | ||
hopelessness | ᛫ despair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hophead | ᛫ a drug addict ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
hopper | ᛫ a seed basket used by a sower ᛫ | N | hopper | ME | ||
hore | ᛫ filth ᛫ dirt ᛫ mud ᛫ slime ᛫ muck ᛫ crud ᛫ | N | hore[horh] | ME | ||
hore | ᛫ to defile ᛫ to defoul ᛫ to pollute ᛫ to corrupt ᛫ to become corrupt ᛫ | V | hō̆rien | ME | ||
horehound | horehund | ᛫ a Marrubium vulgare plant ᛫ | N | ~[horhoune][hārhūne] | NE | sometimes called "white horehound" |
horewort | horeƿurt | ᛫ a Filago germanica plant ? ᛫ | N | hōrwort | ME | |
horn | ᛫ a telephone (slang) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | especially in the saying "on the horn" | |
hornen | ᛫ made of horn ᛫ | AJ | hornen | ME | ||
horning | ᛫ fornication ᛫ | N | hornung | OE | ||
horningson | horningsun | ᛫ a bastard son ᛫ | N | hornungsunu | OE | kin: Hornung (German) |
hornkin | ᛫ a Hörnchen ᛫ a croissant ᛫ a kifli ᛫ a kipfel ᛫ | N | horn+kin | NE×2 | calque: Hörnchen | |
hornnose | ᛫ a rhinoceros ᛫ | N | horne nose | NE | ||
horny | ᛫ sexually aroused ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
horrow | horroƿ | ᛫ foul ᛫ dirty ᛫ filthy ᛫ slanderous ᛫ | AJ | horrow | ANE | earlier: hory |
horse | hors | ᛫ a horse ( esp a male horse ) ᛫ a stallion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: mare ᛫ male connotation retored as "stallion" may have dampened it |
horsed | • mounted ( on horseback ) • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
horsefeathers | horsfeaþers | ᛫ nonsense ᛫ balderdash ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
horseflesh | horsflesc | • chevaline • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
horseheal | horsheal | • an Inula helenium plant ( elecampane ) • | N | horseheale | ANE | [OED] |
horseleech | horsleec | ᛫ a horse doctor ᛫ a farrier ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
horsely | horsly | • equine • caballine • chevaline • | AJ | ~[horsli] | ANE | [OED] |
horseman | horsman | ᛫ an equestrian ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
horsemanship | horsmanscip | • equestrianism • equitation • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
horsemen | horsmen | • cavalry • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
horseracer | horsraser | • a jockey • | N | horse-racer | NE | [OED] ᛫ non-norse: horsereaser |
horsern | horsern | ᛫ a stable ᛫ | N | horsern | OE | |
horsethane | horsþane | ᛫ an officer in charge of horses ᛫ a marshal ( in the old sense of a horse officer ) ᛫ | N | horsþegn | OE | |
horsewhale | horshƿale | ᛫ walrus ᛫ | N | horshwæl | OE | "walrus" is Norse |
horsh | horsc | ᛫ quick-witted ᛫ mentally sharp ᛫ | AJ | horsc | OE | |
hose | ᛫ a legging ᛫ | N | hose&hōse | NE&ME | see: hosen | |
hosen | ᛫ pants ᛫ trousers ᛫ stockings ᛫ greaves | N | hosen&hōse | NE&ME | or: hoses | |
hote | ᛫ to designate ᛫ to name ᛫ to be designated ᛫ to be named ᛫ | V | hōten | ME | PST: hight; hoted; hote ᛫ PTCP: hight; hoten; hote | |
hough | huge | ᛫ a promontory ᛫ | N | hough[hōh] | ME | rhyme: plough |
hound | hund | ᛫ a canine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
houndberry | hundberry | ᛫ a Solanum nigrum berry ( a European black nightshade berry ) ᛫ | N | hǒundberī[hundesberie] | ME | |
houndfear | hundfear | ᛫ cynophobia ᛫ | N | hound+fear | NE×2 | |
houndfish | hundfisc | ᛫ the Tylosurus crocodilus fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hounding | hunding | ᛫ a cynocephalus ( a mythological dogheaded man ) ᛫ | N | hounding | ME | |
Hounding | Hunding | ᛫ one of the Hundings ᛫ | N(P) | Hūndings | OE | |
houndly | hundly | ᛫ canine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
houndshead | hundshead | ᛫ an Antirrhinum plant ( snapdragon ) ᛫ | N | hundes hēafod | OE | |
houndstongue | hundstung | ᛫ a Cynoglossum officinale plant ᛫ | N | hound's tongue | NE | |
hour | hure | ᛫ especially ᛫ particularly ᛫ | AV | hūre[hūru] | ME | the H is pronounced |
housebreach | husebreac | ᛫ burglary ᛫ | N | ~[hūsbrice] | NE | |
housechurl | husecerl | ᛫ a housecarl ᛫ a huskarl ᛫ | N | house+churl | NE | calque: huskarl. |
housecraft | husecraft | ᛫ domestic science ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
housedeer | husedeer | ᛫ a pet ( an animal kept for company ) ᛫ | N | house+deer | NE×2 | calque: hûsdier |
housefather | husefaþer | • the male head of a household • a patriarch • a paterfamilias • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
housel | husel | ᛫ an offering to a god ᛫ Eucharist material ᛬ to offer to a god ᛫ to take or to give Eucharist material ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | old heathen meaning was Christianised |
houselady | huselady | ᛫ the mistress of a house ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
houseldish | huseldisc | ᛫ a paten ( a Eucharist plate ) ᛫ | N | hūseldisc | OE | |
houselord | huselord | ᛫ the master of a house ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
houselthane | huselþane | ᛫ an acolyte ᛫ | N | hūselþegn | OE | |
housemonger | husemonger | ᛫ a real estate agent ᛫ an estate agent ᛫ a realtor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
housemother | husemoþer | • the female head of a household • a matriarch • a materfamilias • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
houser | huser | ᛫ a member of a household ᛫ | N | hūsa | OE | |
housewares | huseƿares | ᛫ domestic utensils ( esp for the kitchen ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
houth | huþe | ᛫ prey ᛫ spoils ᛫ booty ᛫ | N | hūþe | OE | |
hove | hof | ᛫ a headdress ᛫ a coif ᛫ a turban [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | hǒuve[hūfe] | ME | rhyme: dove |
hove | hof | ᛫ to float ᛫ to hover ᛫ to flutter in the air ᛫ to lie in wait ᛫ to lurk ᛫ | V | hove | ME | rhyme: glove? ᛫ kin: hover |
hove | hof | ᛫ moderation ᛫ discretion ᛫ | N | họ̄f | ME‹N | |
hovel | hofel | ᛫ a shed ᛫ a cottage ᛫ a small house ᛫ a low quality house ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hover | hofer | ᛫ to float ᛫ to hang above something ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
hover | hofer | ᛫ a hump ᛫ a swelling ᛫ a humpback ᛬ humped ᛫ humpbacked ᛫ gibbous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | hofer | OE | rhyme: over |
how | hoƿ | ᛫ anxiety ᛫ | N | hou[hoga] | ME | rhyme: snow |
how | hoƿ | ᛫ to intend ᛫ purpose ᛫ to long after ᛫ | V | ho&houen[hogian]{hycgan} | NE&ME | rhyme: snow |
how | hoƿ | ᛫ to survey ᛫ to inspect ᛫ to view ᛫ to observe ᛫ | V | hāwian&gehāwian | OE&OE | rhyme: snow |
Hown | Hune | ᛫ a Hun ᛫ | N(P) | Hūnas | OE | |
hub | ᛫ a focal point ᛫ a center of activity ᛫ the central part of a wheel or circle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹? | ||
huckster | ᛫ a peddler ᛫ a petty merchant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹‹OE?NL? | ||
hue | heƿ | ᛫ a colour ᛫ | N | hue | NE | |
huer | heƿer | ᛫ toner ᛫ | N | hue+er | NE×2 | |
hulk | ᛫ a hut ᛫ a hovel ᛫ a cabin ᛫ a trading ship ᛫ a warship ᛫ a huge and clumsy person or creature ᛫ | N | hulk[hulc] | ME‹OE | some claim this word comes from Italic, but this is doubtful | |
hulking | ᛫ bulky ᛫ unwieldy ᛫ lumbering ᛫ gigantic ᛫ huge ᛫ enormous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹‹OE‹I | [OED] | |
hulstry | ᛫ latebrosus ᛫ dark ᛫ secret ᛫ | AJ | heolstrig | OE | ||
hundred | ᛫ a division of a county with its own court ᛫ a territorial division containing one hundred homesteads ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hundreds alder | ᛫ a centurion ᛫ | N | hundredes ealdor | OE | ||
Hungery | ᛫ Hungaria ᛫ Hungary ᛫ | N(P) | Hungerie | OE | or: Ungerland (OE alternative) | |
hunter's moon | ᛫ a full moon that follows right after the September equinox ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
hunth | hunþ | ᛫ catch ᛫ prey ᛫ game ᛫ | N | huntaþ | OE | |
hurdle | hurdel | ᛫ a lattice ᛫ a barrier frame ( often used for jumping over in sports ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
hurl | ᛫ a downward rush ᛫ a rush of water ᛬ to rush ᛫ to throw with great force ᛫ to vomit ᛫ | N᛬V | hurl&hurl&hurlen | NE&ME&ME | ||
Huron Mere | Heƿron Mere | ᛫ Lake Huron ᛫ | N(P) | Huron+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
hurst | ᛫ a copse ᛫ a grove ᛫ a sandbank ᛫ a sandbar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hursting | ᛫ a vessel for frying ᛫ | N | hursting | ME | ||
hurtleberry | hurtelberry | ᛫ a berry from a Vaccinium myrtillus plant ᛫ a bilberry ᛫ a European blueberry ᛫ a blaeberry ᛫ a whimberry ᛫ | N | ~[hurtleberry][hurtilberye] | NE | or: whortleberry |
husband | ᛫ a married man ᛫ a cultivator ᛬ to manage prudently and economically ᛫ to use sparingly ᛫ to conserve ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹N | ||
husbandcraft | ᛫ husbandry ᛫ management and conservation of resources ᛫ | N | husband+craft | NE×2 | calque: husbandry | |
husbanding | ᛫ cultivation ᛫ tillage ᛫ farming ᛫ careful management ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
husbandman | ᛫ farmer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
hussy | ᛫ an imprudent or immoral girl or woman ᛫ | N | ~[husewif] | NE | doublet: housewife | |
husting | ᛫ a deliberative assembly or council ᛫ a platform where candidates in an election give speeches ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
hustings | ᛫ a husting ᛫ an election campaign ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
hux | ᛫ an insult ᛫ an insulting remark ᛫ a jeer ᛫ mockery ᛫ | N | hux[husc] | ME | ||
huxly | ᛫ in an insulting or derisive manner ᛫ mockingly ᛫ | AV | huxlīce[huxlic] | ME | ||
huxy | ᛫ insulting ᛫ | AJ | hux+y | ME+NE | ||
hy | ᛫ they ᛫ | N(PRO) | hē/hy/hie[hīe] | ME | rhyme: pie | |
hye | ᛫ thought ᛫ mind ( as in inclination or desire ) ᛫ | N | hie/hige[hyge] | ME | ||
hyeless | ᛫ thoughtless ᛫ mindless ᛫ foolish ᛫ | AJ | hygelēas | ME | ||
ice flow | ise | ᛫ a flow or stream of ice ᛫ a glacier ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ice fox | ise | ᛫ a Vulpes lagopus mammal ( an arctic fox ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ice island | ise iland | ᛫ an iceberg ᛫ | N | ~[island of ice] | NE | |
ice shoal | ise scoal | ᛫ an ice floe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | floe is Norse |
icebarrow | isebarroƿ | ᛫ an iceberg ᛫ | N | ice+barrow | NE×2 | calque: ijsberg |
icebear | isebear | ᛫ a polar bear ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | note: ijsbeer |
icebird | isebird | ᛫ an Alle alle bird ᛫ a little auk ᛫ a dovekie ᛫ a rotch ᛫ a rotche ᛫ | N | ice-bird | NE | [OED] ᛫ auk is Norse |
icebound | isebund | ᛫ frozen in ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
iceclaws | iseclaƿs | ᛫ crampons ᛫ | N | ice-claws | NE | [OED] |
Iceland | Iseland | ᛫ Iceland ᛫ | N | Iceland | NE | |
Icelandish | Iselandisc | ᛫ Icelandic ᛫ | N | Iceland+ish | NE×2 | |
iceweasten | iseƿeasten | ᛫ a stretch of polar desert ᛫ | N | ice+wēsten | NE+ME | |
ickle | ickel | ᛫ a piece of ice ᛫ | N | ikel | ME | found in "icicle" |
ides | ᛫ a magical woman ? ᛫ a demi-goddess ? ᛫ a female ancestral spirit ? ᛫ | N | ides | OE | ||
idish | idisc | ᛫ supellex ᛫ household stuff ᛫ furniture ᛫ furnishings ᛫ utensils ᛫ | N | īdisc | OE | rhyme: eye dish |
idle | idel | ᛫ inactive ᛫ ineffective ᛫ unimportant ᛫ pointless ᛫ vain ᛫ | AJ | idle&idel | NE&OE | |
idlewolder | idelƿulder | ᛫ vainglory ᛫ | N | īdel wuldor | OE | |
idy | ᛫ busy ᛫ active ᛫ | AJ | idig | OE | ||
iffy | ᛫ of dubious authenticity legitimacy or reliability ᛫ dubious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Ihood | ᛫ conscious personality ᛫ the ego ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] ᛫ "earliest use found in John Sparrow (1615–1670)" - Lexico | |
ild | ᛫ mankind ᛫ | N | ilde/ylde | OE | ||
ile | ᛫ a granule ᛫ | N | ile&egl | NE&OE | ||
ile | ᛫ a hedgehog ᛫ | N | igil | OE | ||
Iliamna Mere | ᛫ Iliamna Lake ᛫ | N(P) | Iliamna+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
ilk | ᛫ same ᛫ identical ᛫ | AJ | ~ | ME | "same" is Norse | |
ilk | ᛫ a race ᛫ a kind ᛫ a sort ᛫ a type ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ilkhatred | ᛫ racism ᛫ | N | ilk+hatred | NE×2 | ||
ill | ᛫ a sole of a foot ᛫ | N | ile/yle&ile | ME&OE | kin: il (Icelandic) | |
illwill | illƿill | ᛫ spite ᛫ rancour ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
illy | ᛫ poorly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
ilvet | ilfet | ᛫ a swan ᛫ | N | ilfette | OE | |
Imber | ᛫ one of the Ambrones ᛫ | N(P) | Ymbrum | OE | ||
imen | ᛫ a hymn ᛫ | N | imne[ymen] | ME | "h" form is from the Latin word | |
imm | imm | ᛫ a gem ᛫ a precious stone ᛫ a gemstone ᛫ a jewel ᛫ | N | yimme[gim] | ME | |
immwright | immƿrigt | ᛫ a jeweller ᛫ | N | yim+wright | ME+NE | calque: gemwright |
imp | ᛫ to graft ᛫ to engraft ᛫ to implant ᛫ to inlay ᛫ to vaccinate [ᚹ] ᛫ to inoculate [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹‹Þ‹I | widened meaning borrowed from NL enten and HG impfen | |
impshaft | impscaft | ᛫ a vaccine ᛫ an inoculum ᛫ | N | imp+shaft | ME+NE | calque: entstof; Impfstoff |
in | ᛫ to include ᛫ | V | geinnian{innian} | OE | or: yin (unrealistic/fanciful) | |
in being | ᛫ in essence ᛫ essentially ᛫ basically ᛫ | AV | in being | ME | ||
in keeping with | ƿiþ | ᛫ in accordance with ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
in kind | ᛫ in the form of goods rather than money ᛬ in the same way ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
in name | ᛫ nominally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
in the end | þe | ᛫ ultimately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
in the flesh | flesc | ᛫ in person ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
in tow | toƿ | ᛫ accompanying ᛫ following behind ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
in truth | treƿþ | ᛫ actually ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
inbed | ᛫ to embed ᛫ | V | in+bed | NE‹(I+E) | ||
inblow | inbloƿ | ᛫ to inflate ᛫ | V | inblouen | ME | |
inborn | ᛫ innate ᛫ native ᛫ inherited by birth ᛫ pertaining to by birth ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
inbosom | ᛫ to enclose ᛫ to conceal ᛫ to shelter ᛫ to embrace ᛫ to envelop ᛫ | V | imbosom | NE | ||
inbow | inboƿ | ᛫ to arch ᛫ to curve ᛫ to incline ᛫ | V | inbouen | ME | [OED] |
inbowed | inboƿed | ᛫ concave ᛫ bent inwards ᛫ | AJ | inbowed | ENE | [OED] |
inbowing | inboƿing | ᛫ curvature ᛫ | N | inbowyng | ME | [OED] |
inbreak | ᛫ an invasion ᛫ an incursion ᛬ to break in ᛫ to make an incursion ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
inbreathe | inbreaþe | ᛫ to inhale ᛫ to inspire ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
inbring | ᛫ to bring in ᛫ to introduce ᛫ to confiscate legally ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
ince | ins | ᛫ an ounce ᛫ | N | yntse[uncia] | OE‹I | |
inchmeal | incmeal | ᛫ inch by inch ᛫ little by little ᛫ gradually ᛫ | ADV | inch+meal | NE | |
income | incum | ᛫ to enter ᛫ | V | incomen | ME | PST: incame ᛫ PTCP: income |
incomer | incummer | ᛫ an immigrant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
incund | ᛫ internal ᛫ | AJ | incund | OE | ||
indearing | ᛫ endearing ᛫ cute ᛫ | AJ | endearing | NE | ||
Indish | Indisc | ᛫ Indian speech ᛬ Indian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Ī̆ndish | ME‹O | |
Indonesia | ᛫ Indonesia ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹O | or: Nusantara | |
indwell | indƿell | ᛫ to possess ( as in spiritual possession ) ᛫ to dwell within ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
Indy | ᛫ India ᛫ | N(P) | Ī̆nde/Yndee | ME‹O | ||
ineard | ᛫ to dwell ᛫ to inhabit ᛫ | V | ineardian | OE | ||
infall | ᛫ an incursion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
infare | ᛫ an entrance ᛫ an invasion ᛫ an incursion ᛫ an inroad ᛫ a wedding reception ᛬ to invade ᛫ to enter ᛫ | N᛬V | infare&infaru&inferan | NE&OE&OE | ||
inflow | infloƿ | ᛫ an influx ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
infold | ᛫ to involve ᛫ to embroil ᛫ | V | infōlden | ME | poorly attested | |
ing | ᛫ a meadow ( esp when near a river ) ᛫ | N | ~[ing/eng] | NE | ||
ing | ᛫ -tion ᛫ -ation ᛫ -sion ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
ingang | ᛫ an entrance ᛫ an entryway ᛫ an admission ᛫ permission to enter ᛫ access ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ingle | ingel | ᛫ an angel ᛫ | N | engel | ME‹I‹H‹? | |
ingly | ᛫ angelic ᛫ | AJ | engellīc | OE | ||
ingrave | ingrafe | ᛫ to engrave ᛫ to inscribe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
ingraving | ingrafing | ᛫ an engraving ᛫ an inscription ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
inhide | ᛫ thought ᛫ conscience ᛫ intent ᛫ intention ᛫ intentional purpose ᛫ | N | inihīd[ingehȳd] | ME | ||
inhold | ᛫ to contain ᛫ to possess ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
inholding | ᛫ content ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ink | ᛫ you two ( accusative ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | inc | ME | ||
inker | ᛫ your ( dual you two's ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | incer | OE | ||
inkers | ᛫ yours ( dual you two's ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | incer | OE | ||
inkhorn | ᛫ a fancy word borrowed into English though it is not needed ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(H+E) | ||
inkle | inkel | ᛫ to suspect ᛫ | N᛬V | inkling | NE | |
inkling | ᛫ suspicion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
inkselves | inkselfs | ᛫ you two's selves ᛫ | N(PRO) | inc seluen | ME | |
inlander | ᛫ a native ᛫ | N | inlenda | OE | ||
inlandish | inlandisc | ᛫ native ᛫ indigenous ᛫ | AJ | inlendisc | OE | |
inlay | ᛫ to ornament by embedding ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
inleek | ᛫ an Allium cepa plant ( an onion ) ᛫ | N | hinnelēac[ynnelēac] | ME | ||
inlet | ᛫ a small arm of the sea a lake or a river ᛫ a place or means of entry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
inlighten | inligten | ᛫ to enlighten ᛫ | V | ~[inlī̆ghtnen] | NE | |
inlightening | inligtening | ᛫ enlightenment ᛫ | N | inlighten+ing | ME+NE | |
inlying | ᛫ situated within or inside ᛫ interior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
inname | ᛫ an endonym ᛫ an autonym ᛫ | N | in+name | NE+NE | ||
innard | ᛫ an inner working of something ( such as an organ ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from: inwards | |
innards | ᛫ interior parts or components of something ( esp working parts and organs ) ᛫ | N | ~[inwards] | NE | ||
inner | ᛫ internal ᛫ interior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
innoth | innoþ | ᛫ a womb ᛫ entrails ᛫ a gall bladder ᛫ inner workings ᛫ hidden causes ᛫ | N | innoth[innoþ] | ME | |
input | ᛫ an insertion ᛬ to insert ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
inroad | ᛫ an incursion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
inrown | inrune | ᛫ to encrypt ᛫ | V | in+rown | NE×2 | calque: encrypt |
inruning | ᛫ encryption ᛫ | N | in+rown+ing | NE×3 | calque: encryption | |
insail | ᛫ a seal ᛫ a signet ᛬ to seal ( to place a seal upon ) ᛫ | N᛬V | insegel&inseglian | OE&OE | ||
inset | ᛫ to implant ᛫ | V | insetten | ME | ||
insight | insigt | ᛫ a deep and accurate understanding of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
insooth | insooþ | ᛫ really ᛫ actually ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
instep | ᛫ an entrance ᛫ | N | instæpe | OE | ||
intangling | ᛫ entanglement ᛫ | N | in+tangle+ing | NE×3 | ||
inthrutch | inþruc | ᛫ an impression ᛫ | N | in+thrutch | NE+ME | calque: Eindruck; indruk |
inting | ᛫ a cause ( a reason something happens ) ᛫ | N | intinge&intinga | ME&OE | ||
inward | inƿard | ᛫ internal ᛬ towards the inside ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
inwardly | inƿardly | ᛫ internal ᛬ internally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
inwid | inƿid | ᛫ fraud ᛫ guile ᛫ deceit ᛫ a malicious trick ᛫ | N | inwid[inwit] | OE | |
inwidful | inƿidful | ᛫ deceitful ᛫ guileful ᛫ malicious ᛫ evil ᛫ | AJ | inwitfull | OE | |
inwit | inƿit | ᛫ conscience ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
inwriting | inƿriting | ᛫ an inscription ᛫ | N | inwrītinge | ME | |
inwrought | inƿrougt | ᛫ established ᛫ ingrained ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
ipp | ᛫ an elevated place ᛫ a stage ᛫ a platform ᛫ a dais ᛫ | N | uppe&yppe | ME&OE | ||
Iraq | Irack | ᛫ Iraq ᛫ | N(P) | Iraq | NE‹O | |
Ires | ᛫ Irishmen ᛫ | N | irās | OE | singular form not attested? | |
irl | irl | ᛫ a garment ᛫ attire ᛫ apparel ᛫ garments ᛫ | N | girela | OE | |
iron cloth | cloþ | ᛫ mail ᛫ chainmail ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ironclad | ᛫ covered or protected with iron ᛫ irrefutable ᛫ impossible to contradict ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ironroad | ᛫ a railway ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
irse | ᛫ to anger ᛫ to provoke ᛫ to be angry ᛫ to rage ᛫ | V | irsien[irsian] | ME | ||
irth | irþ | ᛫ ploughing ᛫ tilling ᛫ farming ᛫ produce of a farm ᛫ a crop ᛫ | N | irþ | OE | |
irthland | irþland | ᛫ farmland ᛫ arable land ᛫ | N | irþland | OE | |
irthling | irþling | ᛫ a plougher ᛫ a tiller ᛫ a farmer ᛫ | N | irþling | OE | |
isel | ᛫ a spark ᛫ a cinder ᛫ an ember ᛫ ashes ᛫ ( when plural ) the ruins of a destroyed city ᛫ a cake or a pie baked under hot ashes ᛫ | N | īsel[ysle] | ME | survives as: aizle? | |
ish | isc | ᛫ -ian ᛫ -ic ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
island | iland | ᛫ an isle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
islandish | ilandisc | ᛫ insular ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Israelish | Israelisc | ᛫ Israeli ᛫ Israelite ᛫ | AJ | Israēlisc | OE | |
iss | iss | ᛫ to covet ᛫ | V | yī̆tsen&gītsian | ME&OE | |
issing | issing | ᛫ avarice ( an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions ) ᛫ covetousness ᛫ | N | gītsung | OE | |
ist | ᛫ a tempest ᛫ a hurricane [ᚹ] ᛫ a typhoon [ᚹ] ᛫ a cyclone [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ȳst | OE | ||
Ist | ᛫ one of the Aesti ᛫ | N(P) | Istum | OE | ||
Italish | Italisc | ᛫ Italian ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
itch | icc | ᛫ a poisonous frog ᛫ | N | iche[ȳce] | ME | "icc" spelling follows the three letter rule, like inn/egg/ebb etc |
ithe | iþe | ᛫ a wave ᛫ | N | īthe&ȳþ | ME&OE | |
ithelidder | iþelidder | ᛫ a wave traverser ᛫ ship ᛫ | N | ȳþlida | OE | |
ithelode | iþelode | ᛫ a way across the waves ᛫ a voyage ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | ȳþlād | OE | |
ithing | iþing | ᛫ over-abundance ᛫ redundancy ᛫ an overflowing ᛫ | N | ȳþung | OE | |
ivy | ify | ᛫ a Hedera helix plant ᛫ a Nepeta glechoma plant ᛫ | N | ivy&īvī | NE&ME | |
kale | ᛫ kale ᛫ | N | ~[cōl][cāl] | NE‹ME‹OE‹I | ||
kedlock | ᛫ a Sinapis alba plant ( white mustard ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
keel | ᛫ to cool ᛫ to chill ᛫ | V | ~[cēlan] | NE | kin: cool | |
keel | ᛫ to collapse ᛫ to faint ᛫ to fall ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹N | ||
keeling | ᛫ cooling ᛫ refreshment ᛫ | N | kẹ̄ling[cēling] | ME | ||
keep | ᛫ attention ᛫ notice ᛫ concern ᛫ protection ᛫ vigilance ᛫ a donjon ( a central tower of a castle ) ᛫ a rook [ᚹ] ᛬ to retain ᛫ to care for ᛫ | N᛬V | keep&kēp | NE&ME | ||
keeper | ᛫ a guardian ᛫ a custodian ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
keepsake | ᛫ a memento ᛫ a souvenir ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kemb | ᛫ to comb ᛫ to neaten ᛫ to tidy up ᛫ to card ( to clean with a comb ) ᛫ | V | kemben | ME | found in: unkempt ᛫ kin: comb | |
kemp | ᛫ a champion ᛫ a warrior ᛫ a fighter ᛬ to fight ᛫ | N᛬V | kemp&kempen | NE&ME | kin: champion | |
kemp | ᛫ facial hair ᛫ whiskers ᛫ bristles of hair ᛫ coarse hair ᛫ | N | kemp&cenep | NE&OE | ||
kempt | ᛫ maintained in a neat and clean condition ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ken | ᛫ to beget ᛫ | V | kennen[acennan] | ME | ||
ken | ᛫ one's knowledge , understanding , or sight ᛫ information ᛬ to know ᛫ to ascertain ᛫ to inform ᛫ to make known ᛫ to notify ᛫ | N᛬V | ken&kennen | NE&ME | [LEX] | |
kenbook | ᛫ an encyclopedia ᛫ | N | ken+book | NE×2 | ||
kench | kenc | ᛫ to laugh aloud ᛫ to jeer ᛫ | V | chinken/kenchen | ME | |
kennend | ᛫ a parent ᛫ | N | cennend | OE | literally begetter | |
kenness | ᛫ one's nativity ᛫ | N | cenness | OE | ||
kenning | ᛫ birth ᛫ incarnation ᛫ | N | akennednesse | ME | ||
kenning | ᛫ a metaphor whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | example: brimhengest (sea horse) = ship | |
kenningstow | kenningstoƿ | ᛫ a birthplace ᛫ | N | cenningstōw | OE | |
kenningtide | ᛫ the time of birth ᛫ | N | cenningtīd | OE | ||
kerf | ᛫ the act of cutting ᛫ an incision ᛫ a niche ᛫ a notch ᛫ a slash ᛫ a tally ᛫ a level [ᚹ] ᛫ a degree in a ranking system [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | kerf&kirf[cyrf] | NE&ME | "tally" meaning inspired by German "Einkerbung" | |
kern | ᛫ to form or bear grains or fruit ᛫ to granulate ᛫ to come to fruition ᛫ | V | kirnen[cyrnian/cyrnan] | ME | OED: ". . . cyrnian is apparently implied in the obscure gloss gecyrnode. . . Napier's O.E. Glosses 26/15." | |
kernel | ᛫ a nucleus of a nut , a seed , or a fruit stone ᛫ a nucleus of an atom [ᚹ] ᛫ a granule ᛫ a nodule ᛫ a gland ᛫ a pathological lump ᛫ a tumor ᛫ | N | kernel&kirnel[cyrnel] | NE&ME | [OED] | |
key | ᛫ a solution ᛬ crucial ᛫ indispensable ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
keyboard | ᛫ a panel of keys that operate a computer typewriter or instrument ᛫ a piano [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
keyharp | ᛫ a clavichord ᛫ | N | key+harp | NE×2 | partial calque of clavichord, also by analogy of strikeharp | |
keystone | ᛫ a cornerstone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
khagandom | ᛫ a khaganate ᛫ | N | khagan+dom{khaganate} | O+NE | ||
khandom | ᛫ a khanate ᛫ | N | khan+dom{khanate} | O+NE | ||
kickback | ᛫ a bribe ᛫ | N | kick-back, kickback | NE | ||
kidneyleech | kidneyleec | ᛫ a nephrologist ᛫ | N | kidney+leech | NE×2 | |
killer whale | hƿale | ᛫ an Orca whale ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kiln | ᛫ a furnace ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹ME‹OE‹I | ||
kimmen | ᛫ cumin ᛫ | N | cymen | OE‹I‹? | ||
kin | ᛫ royal ᛫ | AJ | kine[cyne] | ME | ||
kin | ᛫ regal- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | ME | ||
kin | ᛫ ( diminutive suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | from Dutch? | |
kin | ᛫ family members ᛫ a gender ( of nouns ) ᛫ | N | kin&cynn | NE&OE | ||
kinband | ᛫ a royal crown ᛫ | N | cynebænd | OE | ||
kinbarn | ᛫ a royal child ᛫ | N | kinebearn[cynebearn] | NE | ||
kinbench | kinbenc | ᛫ a throne ᛫ | N | kinebenche | ME | |
kinborn | ᛫ of royal birth ᛫ | AJ | kiniborne[cyneboren] | ME | ||
kinborough | kinboroug | ᛫ a royal city ᛫ | N | kineburh | ME | |
kind | ᛫ a type ᛫ a category ᛫ a sort ᛫ genre ᛫ a nature ( of something ) ᛫ nature ( the abstract domain of all that is natural ) ᛫ | N | kind&kind | NE&ME | ||
kind of | ᛫ sort of ᛫ to some extent ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
kind wit | ƿit | ᛫ natural intelligence ( as in common sense ) ᛫ | N | Kynde Wit | ME | |
Kindbook | ᛫ the book of Genesis ᛫ | N(P) | gecyndbōc | OE | ||
kindful | ᛫ natural ᛫ | AJ | kīndeful | ME | ||
kindle | kindel | ᛫ an offspring ᛫ | N | kindel | ME | kin: kind |
kindlimb | ᛫ a sex organ ( a vulva , a uterus , a penis , etc ) ᛫ | N | gecyndlim | OE | ||
kindliness | ᛫ naturalness ᛫ naturality ᛫ | N | kīndelīnesse | ME | ||
kindlore | ᛫ physics ( the study ) ᛫ | N | kind+lore | ME+NE | calque: natuurkunde ᛫ "kind" meant "nature" in Middle English | |
kindly | ᛫ natural ᛫ innate ᛫ intrinsic ᛬ naturally ᛬ please ᛫ | AJ᛬AV᛬I | kindly&kīndelī&ikīndelīch | NE&ME&ME | ||
kindness | ᛫ a kind deed ᛫ a favour ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kindred | ᛫ related ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
kinfolk | ᛫ blood relations ᛫ relatives ᛫ family members ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kingdom | ᛫ a monarchy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kingkin | ᛫ a royal family ᛫ | N | cyningcynn | OE | ||
kinglax | ᛫ a chinook salmon ᛫ | N | king+lax | NE×2 | calque: king salmon | |
kingly | ᛫ royal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
kingmorth | kingmorþ | ᛫ regicide ᛫ | N | king+morth | NE+ME | calque: Königsmord |
kingrich | kingric | ᛫ a kingdom ᛫ | N | kingrīche | ME | |
kingsbloom | ᛫ a Paeonia plant ( a peony / a paeony ) ᛫ | N | kingsbloome | ME‹(E+E‹N) | or: kingsblossom | |
kingsevil | kingsefil | ᛫ scrofula ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kingship | kingscip | ᛫ the state or position of being a king ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kingslayer | ᛫ a regicide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kingsspear | ᛫ an Asphodelus plant ( asphodel ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kinhelm | ᛫ a crown ᛫ a diadem ᛫ a corona ᛫ royal power ( figurative ) ᛫ | N | kinehelm[cynehelm] | ME | ||
kinhome | ᛫ a royal residence ᛫ | N | cynehām | OE | ||
kinhove | kinhof | ᛫ a palace ᛫ | N | cynehof | OE | |
kink | ᛫ a twist ᛫ a curl ᛫ an eccentricity ᛫ a fetish ᛫ a paraphilia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹NL | ||
kinlore | ᛫ genealogy ( the study of families ) ᛫ | N | kin+lore | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes | |
kinly | ᛫ familial ᛫ | AJ | kin+ly | NE×2 | ||
kinmark | ᛫ a mark or sign of royalty ᛫ | N | kinemerk | NE | ||
kinmoot | ᛫ a royal council ᛫ | N | kinemote | ME | ||
kinrich | kinric | ᛫ a monarchy ᛫ | N | kinerīche | ME | |
kinright | kinrigt | ᛫ a royal right ᛫ | N | cyneriht | OE | |
kinrun | ᛫ a family course ᛫ a generation ᛫ posterity ᛫ | N | cynren | OE | ||
kinsettle | kinsettel | ᛫ a throne ᛫ | N | kinesetle[cynesetl] | ME | |
kinship | kinscip | ᛫ relation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kinshipwise | kinscipƿise | ᛫ relative ᛫ | AJ | kinship+wise | NE×2 | |
kinshipwisely | kinscipƿisely | ᛫ relatively ᛫ | AV | kinship+wise+ly | NE×3 | |
kinshroud | kinscrude | ᛫ royal clothing ᛫ royal robes ᛫ a king's raiment ᛫ | N | kinescrud | ME | |
kinslayer | ᛫ a parricide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kinsman | ᛫ a blood relation ᛫ a relative ᛫ | N | kinsman | NE | ||
kinstool | ᛫ a throne ᛫ | N | kinestol[cynestōl] | ME | ||
kinworth | kinƿorþ | ᛫ worthy of a king ᛫ regal ᛫ | AJ | kineworth[cynewyrþe] | ME | |
kinyard | kingeard | ᛫ a sceptre / a scepter ᛫ | N | kineȝerde[cynegyrd] | ME | |
kipe | ᛫ a basket used as a measure for produce ᛫ | N | ~[kī̆pe][cȳpa/cȳpe] | NE | [CED] | |
kir | ᛫ a choice ᛫ an option ᛫ a decision ᛫ a selection ᛫ | N | kī̆re[cyre/cire] | ME | or: chir; cur; chur | |
kirtle | kirtel | ᛫ a gown ᛫ | N | ~[cyrtel] | NE‹I? | from Latin "curtus"? |
kirvet | kirfet | ᛫ a gourd ᛫ | N | cyrfet/cyrfæt | OE‹I | or: curvet (curfet) |
kist | ᛫ virtue ᛫ one's character ᛫ | N | custe[cyst] | ME | ||
kistiness | ᛫ generosity ᛫ liberality ᛫ munificence ᛫ | N | cystignes | OE | ||
kisty | ᛫ devout ᛫ benevolent ᛫ of good character ᛫ | AJ | cystig | OE | ||
kitch | kic | ᛫ a cake ᛫ a baked good ᛫ | N | kichel[cycel] | ME | |
kitchel | kicel | ᛫ a small cake ᛫ a cookie ᛫ | N | kichel[cycel] | ME | |
kitchen | kicen | ᛫ a room where food is prepared ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹Þ‹I | or: cookingroom |
kith | kiþ | ᛫ an acquaintance ᛫ acquaintances ᛫ something one is familiar with ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kithe | kiþe | ᛫ to make known ᛫ to exhibit ( a virtue vice quality ) ᛫ to demonstrate ᛫ | V | ~[kīthen][cȳþan] | NE | [MW] |
kithey | kiþey | ᛫ familiar ᛫ known ᛫ | AJ | cȳþig | OE | |
kittle | kittel | ᛫ to tickle ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹N? | [CED] |
knack | ᛫ a talent for something ᛫ a disposition towards something ᛫ trick ᛫ artifice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
knap | ᛫ a knob ᛫ a tassel ᛫ a button ᛫ a clasp ᛫ a fastener ᛫ a protuberance ᛫ a hilltop ᛫ | N | knap[cnæp] | ME | ||
knape | ᛫ a male infant ᛫ a boy ᛫ | N | ~[knāpe][cnapa] | NE | distantly akin to "knave"? | |
knapling | ᛫ a youth ᛫ an adolescent ᛫ a boy ᛫ | N | cnæpling | OE | ||
knar | ᛫ a crag ( a steep and rugged rock that projects from a rock mass ) ᛫ a protuberance of flesh ᛫ a knot in wood ᛫ | N | knarre[*cnear?] | ME‹OE? | ||
knave | knafe | ᛫ a boy ᛫ a servant boy ᛫ a scoundrel ᛫ a rogue ᛫ a jack ( playing cards ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
knavechild | knafecild | ᛫ a boy ᛫ | N | knavechild | ME | |
knavish | knafisc | ᛫ dishonest ᛫ unscrupulous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
kneat | ᛫ to argue ᛫ to dispute ᛫ to contend ᛫ | V | cnēatian | OE | ||
kneating | ᛫ an argument ᛫ a debate ᛫ a disputation ᛫ | N | cnēatung | OE | ||
knee | ᛫ a generation ᛫ a patella ( bone ) ᛫ | N | knẹ̄&cnēo{cnēores} | ME&OE | ||
kneebending | ᛫ genuflection ᛫ | N | knee+bending | NE×2 | see "cnēowbīging" | |
kneebone | ᛫ a patella ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: kneecap (cap is from Latin) | |
kneebook | ᛫ a book of genealogy ᛫ | N | cnēoresbōc | OE | ||
kneebour | kneebor | ᛫ a poleyn ᛫ | N | knee+beorg{healsbeorg} | NE+OE | |
kneeholm | ᛫ butcher's-broom ( Ruscus aculeatus ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
kneel | ᛫ to genuflect ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
knell | ᛫ a toll ᛫ a sign of the end of something ᛬ to toll ᛫ to announce or summon by tolling ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
knide | ᛫ to beat ? ᛫ | V | cnīdan | OE | ||
knifesmith | knifesmiþ | ᛫ a cutler ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
knight | knigt | ᛫ a warrior ᛫ a young servant ᛫ a military attendant ᛬ to confer knighthood upon ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
knightliness | knigtliness | ᛫ chivalry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
knightling | knigtling | ᛫ a small or petty knight ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
knightly | knigtly | ᛫ chivalrous ᛫ gallant and courtly ᛬ chivalrously ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
knightship | knigtscip | ᛫ a knighthood ᛫ honorific formal address to a knighted person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
kniss | ᛫ to trouble ᛫ | V | cnyssan | OE | ||
knit | ᛫ to fasten by rope or thread ᛫ to tie ᛫ to bind ᛫ to unite ᛫ to combine ᛫ to ally ᛫ | V | knit&knitten[cnyttan] | NE&ME | ||
knitch | knic | ᛫ a bundle ᛫ a faggot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
knittle | knittel | ᛫ knitting thread ᛫ | N | cnyttels | OE | |
knoll | ᛫ a small mound or rounded hill ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
knoller | ᛫ a sexton ᛫ a sacristan ᛫ a segstar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
knoosle | knoosel | ᛫ a progeny ᛫ a genus ᛫ | N | cnōsl | OE | |
knop | ᛫ a knob ( esp an ornamental one ) ᛫ | N | ~[cnop] | NE | [MW] | |
knot | ᛫ node ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
knotty | ᛫ difficultly complex ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
knownothing | knoƿnoþing | ᛫ an ignoramus ᛫ | N | knownothing | NE | |
lackwit | lackƿit | ᛫ a fool ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lade | ᛫ to load ᛫ to burden ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PTCP: laden | |
laden | ᛫ loaded ᛫ weighed down ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Ladoga Mere | ᛫ Lake Ladoga ᛫ | N(P) | Ladoga+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
lady | ᛫ a mistress ᛫ a noblewoman ᛫ an adult human female ᛫ a female lord ᛫ | N | ~{hlāfdige/hlǣfdige} | NE | kin: lord; loaf | |
ladysfinger | ᛫ okra ᛫ | N | lady's-finger | NE | [MW] | |
lair | ᛫ a den ᛫ a refuge or place for hiding ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lairwite | lairƿite | ᛫ a penalty for adultery or fornication ᛫ | N | leirwīte | ME | |
lait | ᛫ electricity ᛫ lightning ᛫ a flash of lightning ᛫ a flame ᛫ a burst of flame ᛫ a fire ᛫ | N | leit | ME | ||
lait | ᛫ to search for ᛫ to seek ᛫ to look for ᛫ to try to find ᛫ | V | ~[leiten][leita] | NE‹N | kin: wlātian ᛫ still alive in some dialects | |
lake | ᛫ amusement ᛫ diversion ᛫ sport ᛫ game ᛬ to play ᛫ to sport ᛫ to game ᛫ | N᛬V | leik&leiken | ME‹N? | ||
lake | ᛫ a pool ᛫ a pond ᛫ a piece of water ᛫ a lake ᛫ | N | lacu | OE‹I | consider instead: law/laƿ | |
laker | ᛫ to scoff at ᛫ to mock ᛫ | V | hlacerian | OE | rare | |
lakering | ᛫ scoffing ᛫ mockery ᛫ scorn ᛫ | N | hlacerung | OE | rare | |
Lammas | ᛫ a holiday on the first of August which involves bringing bread to church ᛫ | N(P) | ~[hlāfmæsse] | NE | ||
landfolk | ᛫ inhabitants of a land ᛫ | N | londfolk | ME | ||
landfowl | landfule | ᛫ a Galliformes bird ᛫ | N | landfowl | NE | |
landimere | ᛫ a land boundary ᛫ | N | ~[OE landgemǣre] | NE | the ge- suffix survived, as also found in "handiwork/handicraft" | |
landlore | ᛫ geography ᛫ | N | land+lore | NE×2 | ||
landman | ᛫ a countryman ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
landseater | ᛫ a colonist ᛫ | N | landsǣta | OE | ||
landshape | landscape | ᛫ to landscape ᛫ to modify a piece of land ᛫ | V | land+shape | NE×2 | |
landship | landscip | ᛫ a tank ( as in the vehicle ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
landsid | ᛫ a custom of a country ᛫ | N | landsidu | OE | ||
landsman | ᛫ a compatriot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lane | ᛫ a course ᛫ a road ᛫ a street ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lank | ᛫ to make or become lank ᛬ slender ᛫ paltry ᛫ straight and limp ᛫ languid ᛫ drooping ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lanky | ᛫ tall slim and awkward ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lap | ᛫ the flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person ᛫ a lobe ( of an ear etc ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lape | ᛫ to lap ᛫ | V | ~ | ANE | [OED] ᛫ "the form lappe, lap may be due to the influence of French laper" - OED | |
lapwing | lapƿing | ᛫ a Vanellinae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
larboard | ᛫ the lefthand side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow) ᛫ port ᛬ pertaining to the left side of a ship ᛫ port ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lark | ᛫ an Alaudidae birds ᛫ one who wakes early ᛫ | N | lark | NE | ||
lark | ᛫ something done for fun esp something mischievous or daring ᛫ an escapade ᛫ | N | ~[skylark] | NE | ||
lashdye | lascdye | ᛫ mascara ᛫ | N | lash+dye | NE×2 | |
last | ᛫ freight ᛫ cargo ᛫ | N | last[hlæst] | ME | ||
last | • to continue • to endure • to persevere • to persist • to be sufficient • to perform ( a task ) • to follow • to accompany • | V | last&last&lǣstan | NE&ME&OE | [OED] | |
lasting | • continuing • enduring • persevering • persisting • permanent • durable • staying • chronic • | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
lastingness | • continuance • duration • endurance • stamina • perseverance • persistance • permanence • permanency • durability • staying power • chronicity • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
lastname | ᛫ a surname ᛫ | N | lastname | NE | ||
lat | ᛫ nausea ᛫ | N | wlǣta{wlatsome} | OE | ||
late | ᛫ a facial expression ᛫ an expression ᛫ a gesture ᛫ an utterance ( of humans or animals ) ᛫ | N | lōt/late | ME | or: loat; lote | |
late | ᛫ recent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lately | ᛫ recently ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
latemost | ᛫ final ᛫ most recent ᛫ | AJ | lātemest[lætemest] | ME | ||
later | ᛫ one who is late or slow ᛫ | N | lata | OE | ||
lateward | lateƿard | ᛫ recently ᛫ | AV | lāteward | ME | |
lath | laþ | ᛫ a thin narrow strip used for support in buildings ᛬ to cover or line with laths ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
lathe | laþe | ᛫ to invite ᛫ to issue an invitation ᛫ | V | lathe[lāthen][laþian] | ANE | |
lathing | laþing | ᛫ an invitation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
latred | ᛫ slow ᛫ tardy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
latsome | latsum | ᛫ nauseous ᛫ disgusting ᛫ repulsive ᛫ repugnant ᛫ abominable ᛫ heinous ᛫ loathsome ᛫ | AJ | wlatsome | ME | |
latter | ᛫ recent ᛫ situated nearer to the end of something than its beginning ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
latterday | ᛫ modern ᛫ contemporary ᛫ | AJ | latterday | NE | ||
latterly | ᛫ recently ᛫ in the later stages of a period of time ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
lattew | latteƿ | ᛫ a guide ( animate ) ᛫ | N | latteu[lādtēow] | ME | |
lattewdom | latteƿdom | ᛫ guidance ᛫ | N | lādtēowdōm | OE | |
laughingstock | laugingstock | ᛫ a person subjected to general mockery or ridicule ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
laughsome | laugsum | ᛫ funny ᛫ humorous ᛫ causing laughter ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] |
laughter | laugter | ᛫ a vice ᛫ an error ᛫ a mistake ᛫ | N | laughter[leahter] | ME | let's rhyme this word with "slaughter" ᛫ or: leighter (from variant form) |
laughtercraft | laugtercraft | ᛫ the art of comedy ᛫ | N | laughter+craft | NE×2 | |
laughtersmith | laugtersmiþ | ᛫ someone who causes laughter ᛫ a comedian ᛫ | N | hleahtorsmiþ | OE | |
laughworthy | laugƿorþy | ᛫ funny ᛫ amusing ᛫ ridiculous ᛫ ludicrous ᛫ laughable ᛫ absurd ᛫ risible ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
lave | lafe | ᛫ rest ( as in remains ) ᛫ remnants ᛫ remains ᛫ survivors ᛫ | N | ~[lāf] | NE | |
lave | lafe | ᛫ to wash ᛫ to pour ᛫ to bathe ᛫ to bathe oneself ᛫ | V | ~[lafian] | NE | |
lavel | lafel | ᛫ a vessel ᛫ | N | lavel[læfel] | ME | |
law | laƿ | ᛫ a body of water ( such as a lake , a pond , a lagoon , or a loch ) | N | lai/laȝe[lagu] | ME | "lay" variant may be from French |
lawbreaker | laƿbreaker | ᛫ a criminal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lawer | laƿer | ᛫ a lawyer ᛫ | N | lawere | ME | |
lawer | laƿer | ᛫ laurel ᛫ bay ᛫ | N | laur{laur-beām} | OE‹I | |
lawful | laƿful | ᛫ legal ( as in "not illegal" ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lawmaker | laƿmaker | ᛫ legislator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lawman | laƿman | ᛫ a law enforcement officer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lawwit | laƿƿit | ᛫ one learned in the law ( such as a barrister a lawyer a paralegal or a judge ) ᛫ | N | lahwita | OE | |
lax | ᛫ a salmon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
laxberry | ᛫ a salmonberry ᛫ | N | lax+berry | NE×2 | calque: salmonberry | |
lay | ᛫ to blame ᛫ | V | lēan | OE | PST: lew ᛫ PP: lain ᛫ kin: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽; lá (Icelandic) | |
lay about | abute | ᛫ a lazy person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
layer | ᛫ level ᛫ tier ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | reek | |
layernaker | ᛫ exfoliator ᛫ | N | layer+nake+er | NE×3 | ||
layout | layute | ᛫ the overall design or structure of something ᛫ a format ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
le | el | ᛫ ( suffix forming nouns from verbs denoting an instrument or means ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | els/el[else] | ME | example: reek+le = reekle (insense) |
le | el | ᛫ ( frequentative verbal suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | found in words like "bubble" |
lea | ᛫ a stretch of grassy or arable land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: leigh (leih) | |
leach | leac | ᛫ the act of leaching ᛫ a substance that is leached ᛫ constituents removed by leaching ᛬ to percolate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[lē̆ch][leccan?] | NE | [MW] ᛫ kin: leak |
lead | ᛫ lead ( metal ) ᛫ a cauldron ᛫ a kettle ᛫ | N | lead&lēd[lēad] | NE&ME | ||
leaden | ᛫ made of lead ᛫ lead coloured ᛫ oppressively heavy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
leading light | ligt | ᛫ a luminary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
leadpitch | leadpic | ᛫ a leading tone ( in music ) ᛫ | N | leading+pitch | NE×2 | calque: leading-tone |
leaf | ᛫ a leaf ᛫ a petal ᛫ a page ( of a book or a website ) ᛫ | N | leaf&lēf | NE&ME | ||
leaf folding | ᛫ origami ᛫ | N | leaf+folding | NE+NEᛣ | calque: 折り紙 origami | |
leafdom | ᛫ foliage ᛫ leafage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
leafing | ᛫ foliation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
leafworm | leafƿurm | ᛫ a caterpillar ᛫ | N | lēafwyrm | OE | |
leam | ᛫ a flame ᛫ a flash ᛫ a gleam ᛫ a ray ᛫ a radiance ᛬ to flame ᛫ to blaze ᛫ to flash ᛫ to glow ᛫ to shine ᛫ to radiate ᛫ to gleam ᛫ | N᛬V | leam&lẹ̄m&lēmen | ANE&ME×2 | ||
lean | ᛫ a loan ᛫ | N | lēn[lēan] | ME | kin: lend | |
leandom | ᛫ feudalism ᛫ | N | lean+dom | NE×2 | calque: Lehnswesen; Leenstelsel ᛫ or: loandom | |
leaning | ᛫ an inclination ᛫ a tendency ᛫ a partiality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
leanland | ᛫ leased land ᛫ feudal land ? ᛫ | N | lǣnland | OE | or: loanland (Norse influenced) | |
leap | ᛫ a basket for carrying grain , bread , gravel , etc ᛫ a basket for holding or catching fish ᛫ the amount of things held in a basket ᛫ | N | lēp[leap] | ME | ||
lear | ᛫ to teach ᛫ to teach oneself ᛫ to instruct ᛫ to educate ᛫ to cultivate ᛫ to train ᛫ | V | lēren[lǣran] | ME | ||
leared | ᛫ educated ᛫ | AJ | lēred | ME | ||
learer | ᛫ a teacher ᛫ a professor ᛫ | N | lērer | ME | ||
learned | ᛫ educated ᛫ scholarly ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
learner | ᛫ a student ᛫ a pupil ᛫ an apprentice ᛫ | N | lērner | ME | ||
learning | ᛫ a lesson ᛫ instruction ᛫ a doctrine ᛫ a maxim ᛫ | N | ~ | NE&ANE | [OED] | |
learninghouse | learninghuse | ᛫ a school ᛫ | N | leornunghus | OE | |
learningman | ᛫ a pupil ᛫ a student ᛫ a disciple ᛫ | N | leornungmann | OE | ||
lease | ᛫ a lie ᛫ falsehood ᛬ to lie ᛫ to slander ᛫ to calumniate ᛫ to malign ᛫ to slander ᛫ to traduce ᛬ false ᛫ deceptive ᛫ destitute ᛫ bereft ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[lēas&lēasian] | NE | ||
lease | ᛫ to collect ᛫ to glean ᛫ to gather ᛫ | V | ~[lēsen] | NE | rhyme: please | |
lease | ᛫ pseudo- ᛫ | PREFIX | leas | OE | ||
leasename | ᛫ a pseudonym ᛫ | N | lease+name | NE | ||
leasesawl | leasesaƿl | ᛫ mendacious ᛫ falsehood saying ᛫ | AJ | lēassagol{soþsawel} | OE | |
leasespel | ᛫ a fable ᛫ a fiction ᛫ | N | lēasspell | OE | ||
leaseteeth | leaseteeþ | ᛫ false teeth ᛫ dentures ᛫ | N | lease+teeth | NE×2 | |
leasow | leasoƿ | ᛫ a pasture ᛬ to pasture ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[lǣswu] | NE | |
least | ᛫ some kind of foot covering ( a shinguard ? ) ᛫ | N | lǣst | OE | glossed as Latin "ocrea" and found in compounds like "lǣstwyrhta" | |
leastwield | leastƿeeld | ᛫ minarchy ᛫ | N | least+wield | NE×2 | |
leat | ᛫ an artificial water trench ( esp one linked to a mill ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
leath | leaþ | ᛫ odium ᛫ enmity ᛫ hatred ᛫ hostility ᛫ | N | lētthe&lǣþþ | ME&OE | kin: loathe? |
leathern | leaþern | ᛫ made of leather ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
leatherwright | leaþerƿrigt | ᛫ a currier ᛫ | N | leþerwyrhta | OE | |
leave | leaf | ᛫ permission ᛫ licence ᛬ to permit ᛫ to allow ᛫ to authorize ᛫ to licence ᛫ | N᛬V | leave&lēven | NE&ME | |
leave out | leaf ute | ᛫ to omit ᛫ to exclude ᛫ to skip over ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
leaveful | leafful | ᛫ allowable ᛫ permissible ᛫ | AJ | lēfful | ME | |
ledge | lecg | ᛫ ( denotes being , becoming , and making ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | lǣcan | OE | example: rightledge = to righten; winterledge = to become winter |
ledger | lecger | ᛫ a book for keeping notes ᛫ A collection of credit and debit entries ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹NL | |
lee | ᛫ protection ᛫ shelter ᛫ a side facing away from the wind ᛬ sheltered from the wind ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lee | ᛫ a lion ᛫ | N | lēo | OE‹I | ||
Lee | ᛫ Leo ᛫ | N(P) | lēo | OE | we have not found this usage of the word but it makes sense | |
leech | leec | ᛫ a physician ᛫ a doctor ᛬ to doctor ᛫ to cure ᛫ to treat ( in the medical sense ) ᛫ | N | leech&lẹ̄chen[lǣce] | NE&ME | |
leechbook | leecbook | ᛫ a medicine book ᛫ | N | lǣceboc | OE | |
leechcraft | leeccraft | ᛫ the medical craft and practice ᛫ | N | ~[lẹ̄checraft] | NE | |
leechdom | leecdom | ᛫ a medicine ᛫ a remedy ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | |
leechhouse | leechuse | ᛫ a hospital ᛫ | N | lǣcehus | OE | |
leechwort | leecƿurt | ᛫ a medicinal plant ᛫ | N | lǣcewyrt | OE | |
leed | ᛫ a person ᛫ | N | lēd[leod] | ME | PL: leeds ᛫ used to mean "people" | |
Leeden | ᛫ Latin speech ᛬ Latin ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | lēden[lǣden/lēden] | ME | ||
leedfrom | ᛫ a national founder ᛫ a founder of a people ᛫ | N | leodfruma | OE | ||
leedhate | ᛫ tyrant ᛫ | N | leodhata | OE | agent suffix likely would have dropped | |
leedshather | leedscaþer | ᛫ a public enemy ᛫ | N | lēodsceaþa | OE | literally people-scather |
leedy | ᛫ personal ᛫ | AJ | leed+y | ME+NE | calque: personal | |
leen | ᛫ a lioness ᛫ | N | lēo+en | OE+NE | or: shelee | |
leep | ᛫ a basket ᛫ | N | lēp[lēap] | ME | ||
leer | ᛫ a cheek ᛫ a face ᛫ one's appearance ᛬ to sneakily look ᛫ | N᛬V | leer&lē̆r[hlēor] | NE&ME | ||
leery | ᛫ cautious ᛫ hesitant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
leese | ᛫ to release ᛫ to free ᛫ to loosen ᛫ to redeem ᛫ to deliver ( as in save ) ᛫ | V | lēsen | ME | or: aleese | |
leeselore | ᛫ soteriology ᛫ | N | aleese+lore | NE×2 | ||
leeser | ᛫ a liberator ᛫ a redeemer ᛫ | N | lēsen+er | ME+NE | ||
leet | ᛫ an intersection ᛫ a crossroads ᛫ | N | ~[lēte] | NE | [MW] | |
leet | ᛫ to cast lots ᛫ to obtain by lot ᛫ | V | hlēotan | OE | kin: hljóta (Icelandic) | |
leeth | leeþ | ᛫ a relief from pain ᛫ peace ᛫ mercy ᛫ | N | lẹ̄th[hlēowþ] | ME | |
leeth | leeþ | ᛫ a poem ᛫ an ode ᛫ | N | lēth | ME | |
leethcraft | leeþcraft | ᛫ poetry ᛫ | N | lēoþcræft | OE | |
leethe | leeþe | ᛫ to free ᛫ to loose ᛫ to spare ᛫ | V | lēthen[leoþian] | ME | |
leether | leeþer | ᛫ a poet ᛫ | N | lēoþere | OE | |
leethwork | leeþƿork | ᛫ composition ᛫ poem writing ᛫ | N | lēoþweorc | OE | |
leethy | leeþy | ᛫ poetic ᛫ symbolic [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | lēoþlīc | OE | |
leeway | leeƿay | ᛫ an amount of freedom or flexibility ᛫ the drift of a ship or plane in a leeward direction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
leftover | leftofer | ᛫ a remnant ᛬ remaining ᛫ residual ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
leftwise | leftƿise | ᛫ counterclockwise ᛫ anticlockwise ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
leighton | leigton | ᛫ a garden ( esp a kitchen garden or a herb garden ) ᛫ | N | leightoun | ME | |
leman | ᛫ a paramour ᛫ a sweetheart ᛫ a mistress ᛫ a lover ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | equal to: lief+man | |
lench | lenc | ᛫ arrogance ᛫ haughtiness ᛫ insolence ᛫ magnificence ᛫ pomp ᛬ to take pride in ᛫ to pride oneself ᛫ | V | wlenchen&wlencu | ME&OE | |
lench | lenc | ᛫ a link ᛫ a chain ᛫ a coat of mail ᛫ | N | hlenca | OE | "link" is Norse |
lend | ᛫ a loin of humans ᛫ loins of humans ᛫ | N | lē̆nd | ME | PL: lends; lenden | |
lend | ᛫ to arrive ᛫ to reside ᛫ to inhabit ᛫ to remain ᛫ | V | lẹ̄nden[lendan] | ME | ||
lend | ᛫ to loan ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | "loan" is Norse | |
lendbone | ᛫ an ilium ᛫ | N | ~ | ME | ||
lendridgebone | lendricgbone | ᛫ a lumbar vertebra ᛫ | N | lend+ridgebone | ME+NE | |
lengthen | lengþen | ᛫ to prolong ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
lense | ᛫ to make lean ᛫ | V | lensen | ME | same suffix as in "cleanse" | |
lent | ᛫ the spring season ᛫ | N | lent/lenten | ME | or: lenten | |
lentlily | lentlilly | ᛫ a daffodil ᛫ | N | lent lily | NE‹(NE+NE‹‹I) | [OED] |
lere | ᛫ empty ᛫ unoccupied ᛫ deserted ᛫ worthless ᛫ unnecessary ᛫ useless ᛫ | AJ | lere | ME | ||
less | ᛫ of lower rank , degree , importance , amount , etc ᛬ not so much or so well ᛬ minus ᛫ diminished by ᛫ | AJ᛬AV᛬P | ~[lē̆s][lǣs] | NE | [CED][MW] | |
lessen | ᛫ to decrease ᛫ to reduce ᛫ to diminish ᛫ to degrade ᛫ to demean ᛫ to disparage ᛫ to debase ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
lessening | ᛫ decreasing ᛫ diminishing ᛫ degrading ᛫ derogatory ᛫ demeaning ᛫ disparaging ᛫ debasing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
lesser | ᛫ minor ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lesserape | ᛫ a gibbon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lesserhood | ᛫ a minority ᛫ | N | lesser+hood | NE×2 | calque: minderheid | |
lest | ᛫ -lessness ᛫ | SUFFIX | -lēste[lēast] | ME | example: orelest = honourlessness | |
lest | ᛫ for fear that ᛫ | C | ~[þȳ lǣs þe] | NE | ||
let | ᛫ an obstruction ᛫ a hindrance ᛫ an obstacle ᛫ an impediment ᛫ a speech impediment ᛫ | N | let[lette] | NE | ||
let down | dune | ᛫ a disappointment ᛬ to disappoint ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
letch | lec | ᛫ to be warm ᛫ to be lukewarm ᛫ to be tepid ᛫ | V | wlechen | ME | |
letdown | letdune | ᛫ a disappointment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
letgame | ᛫ a spoilsport ᛫ | N | lettegame | ME | "let" here means "obstruct" | |
Lett | ᛫ a Latvian ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹HG‹O | [LEX] | |
Lettland | ᛫ Latvia ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹HG‹O | ||
Lettow | Lettoƿ | ᛫ Lithuania ? ᛫ | N(P) | Lettow | ME‹? | |
letty | ᛫ preventive ᛫ obstructive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
letup | ᛫ to cease ᛫ to soften an attack or criticism ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
leven | lefen | ᛫ electricity [ᚹ] ᛫ lightning ᛫ a beam of light ᛫ a flame ᛬ to electrify [ᚹ] ᛫ to shoot out lightning ᛫ | N᛬V | levin/leven&lēven&lēvenen | NE&ME&ME | rhyme: seven ᛫ or: levin |
levenlore | lefenlore | ᛫ electronics ( the study of electrons ) ᛫ | N | levin/leven+lore | ME+NE | rhyme: seven |
levenmote | lefenmote | ᛫ an electron ᛫ | N | levin/leven+mote | ME+NE | rhyme: seven |
leveny | lefeny | ᛫ electric ᛫ electronic ᛫ | AJ | levin/leven+y | ME+NE | rhyme: seveny |
lew | leƿ | ᛫ -prone ᛫ | SUFFIX | -leu[-lǣw] | ME | example: drunklew = prone to drunkeness |
lew | leƿ | ᛫ tepid ᛫ unzealous ᛫ | AJ | ~[leu] | NE | "lukewarm" seems to be a corruption of "lewwarm" ᛫ [MW] |
lew | leƿ | ᛫ a perna ᛫ | N | lēow | OE | kin: lår (Swedish)? |
lewd | leƿd | ᛫ sexually crude ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lewth | leƿþ | ᛫ shelter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
lib | ᛫ medicine ᛫ a drug ᛫ a potion ᛫ poison ᛫ | N | lib/lybb | NE&OE | found in: cheeselip | |
libhouse | libhuse | ᛫ a pharmacy ᛫ a drugstore ᛫ a chemist's shop ᛫ an apothecary ᛫ | N | lib+house | OE+NE | |
liblock | ᛫ the art or crafting of medicine drugs or potions ( often with a negative connotation ) ᛫ | N | lyblāc | OE | ||
liblocker | ᛫ a magician skilled in drugs ᛫ | N | lyblǣca | OE | ||
liblore | ᛫ pharmacology ᛫ | N | lib+lore | OE+NE | ||
libman | ᛫ a pharmacist ᛫ a druggist ᛫ a chemist ᛫ an apothecary ᛫ | N | lib+man | OE+NE | ||
libsen | ᛫ a charm ᛫ an amulet ᛫ | N | lybesn | OE | ||
libster | ᛫ a potion making woman ? ᛫ a witch ? ᛫ | N | lybbestre | OE | ||
lich | lic | ᛫ a corpse ᛫ a cadaver ᛫ an undead creature ( such as a zombie or ghoul ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lichame | licame | ᛫ a body ᛫ a corpse ᛫ | N | lichame | ME | equal to: lich hame (body covering) |
lichbour | licbor | ᛫ a sarcophagus ᛫ | N | līcbeorg | OE | |
lichet | licet | ᛫ to feign ᛫ to pretend ᛫ to profess falsely ᛫ to simulate ᛫ | V | līcettan | OE | or maybe it could be spelled "licket" or "liket" |
lichetter | licetter | ᛫ a feigner ᛫ a pretender ᛫ a hypocrite ᛫ a simulator ᛫ | N | līcettere | OE | |
lichetting | licetting | ᛫ feigning ᛫ pretence ᛫ false representation ᛫ simulation ᛫ hypocrisy ᛫ | N | līcettung | OE | |
lichhouse | lichuse | ᛫ a morgue ᛫ a mortuary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lichhower | lichoƿer | ᛫ a coroner ᛫ | N | lich+how+er | NE+OE+NE | calque: lijkschouwer |
lichrest | licrest | ᛫ a tomb ᛫ a sepulcher ᛫ cemetery ᛫ | N | līcrest | OE | |
lichsong | licsong | ᛫ a funeral song ᛫ a dirge ᛫ | N | līcsang | OE | |
lichthroer | licþroer | ᛫ a leper ᛫ | N | līcþrowere | OE | literally: body sufferer |
lichway | licƿay | ᛫ the path by which the dead are carried to the grave ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
lichyard | licyard | ᛫ a cemetery ᛫ a graveyard ᛫ | N | lichyard | NE | |
lickspittle | lickspittel | ᛫ one who behaves obsequiously to those in power ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lickspittle | lickspittel | ᛫ a sycophant ᛫ a toady ᛫ a fawner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
Lide | ᛫ March ᛫ | N(P) | Lide&Hlȳda | ME&OE | or: Reethmonth | |
lide | ᛫ to sound ᛫ | V | hlȳdan | OE | kin: loud | |
lief | leef | ᛫ a religious faith ᛫ a religion ᛫ | N | lēve{gelēafa} | ME | kin: belief |
lief | leef | ᛫ sir ( vocative ) ᛫ a beloved one ᛬ beloved ᛫ dear ᛬ why! ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬I | lief&lēf[lēof] | NE&ME | |
liefly | leefly | ᛫ precious ᛫ valued ᛫ pleasant ᛫ pleasing ᛫ agreeable ᛫ delightful ᛫ loveable ᛬ willingly ᛫ gladly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | lẹ̄flī[lēoflīce] | ME | |
liefsome | leefsum | ᛫ agreeable ᛫ delightful ᛫ pleasing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
liever | leefer | ᛫ an ideologist ᛫ an ideologue ᛫ a religious person ᛫ | N | lēve+er | ME | |
liever | leefer | ᛫ -ist ( but only for adherents ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | lēve+er | ME+NE | |
life | ᛫ vitality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lifeblood | ᛫ blood needed for life ᛫ the essence or crux of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lifefrea | ᛫ lord of life ᛫ | N | liffrea | OE | ||
lifelode | ᛫ the course of someone's life ᛫ a lifetime ᛫ conduct of life ᛫ way of life ᛫ | N | līflōd[līflād] | ME | ||
lifelore | ᛫ biology ᛫ | N | life+lore | NE×2 | ||
lifesrun | ᛫ a curriculum vitae ᛫ a CV ᛫ a résumé ᛫ | N | life's+run | NE+NE | calque: levensloop; Lebenslauf | |
lifeward | lifeƿard | ᛫ a lifeguard ᛫ | N | life+ward | NE×2 | |
liffet | ᛫ to flatter ᛫ to adulate ᛫ | V | lyffettan | OE | ||
liffeter | ᛫ a flatterer ᛫ an adulator ᛫ | N | lyffetere | OE | ||
liffeting | ᛫ flattery ᛫ adulation ᛫ | N | lyffetung | OE | ||
lift | ᛫ air ᛫ the sky ᛫ the heavens ᛫ an elevator ᛬ to elevate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[lyft] | NE | ||
lift | ᛫ aero- ᛫ | PREFIX | lyft | OE | ||
liften | ᛫ aerial ᛫ | AJ | lyften | OE | ||
liftfleet | ᛫ an air force ᛫ | N | lift+fleet | NE×2 | calque: luchtvloot | |
liftglass | ᛫ a mirage ᛫ | N | lift+glass | NE×2 | calque: luchtspiegeling; Luftspiegelung | |
lifthaven | lifthafen | ᛫ an airport ᛫ | N | lift+haven | NE×2 | calque: luchthaven |
liftlore | ᛫ aerology ᛫ | N | lyft+lore | ME+NE | ||
liftshell | liftscell | ᛫ an atmosphere ᛫ | N | lyft+shell | ME+NE | |
liftship | liftscip | ᛫ an airship ᛫ | N | lift+ship | NE×2 | calque: luchtschip |
liggat | ᛫ a gate ( esp a swinging one ) ᛫ | N | ~[hlidgeat] | NE | ||
light | ligt | ᛫ to come upon ᛫ to discover by chance ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
light saregun | ligt | ᛫ a light machine gun ᛫ | N | light+searu+gun | NE+OE+NE‹N | calque: light machine gun |
Lightbearend | Ligtbearend | ᛫ Lucifer ᛫ | N | lēohtberend | OE | |
lightbere | ligtbere | ᛫ luminous ᛫ brilliant ᛫ splendid ᛫ lightbearing ᛫ | AJ | lēohtbǣre | OE | |
lighteared | ligteared | ᛫ credulous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | light-eared |
lighten | ligten | ᛫ to make or become lighter ᛫ to brighten ᛫ to enlighten ᛫ to flash with lightning ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
lighter | ligter | ᛫ a barge ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ very slight widening |
lightminded | ligtminded | ᛫ not given to heavy thoughts or thinking ᛫ frivolous ᛫ not serious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lightmindedness | ligtmindedness | ᛫ lack of seriousness ᛫ frivolity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lightmood | ligtmood | ᛫ light-hearted ᛫ easy-tempered ᛫ | AJ | lēohtmōd | OE | |
lightmote | ligtmote | ᛫ a photon ᛫ | N | light+mote | NE×2 | |
lightsome | ligtsum | ᛫ lighthearted ᛫ airy ᛫ nimble ᛫ bright ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lightvat | ligtfatt | ᛫ lamp ᛫ lantern ᛫ | N | leohtfæt | OE | |
likelihood | ᛫ probability ᛫ chance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
likely | ᛫ probable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
likely | ᛫ probably ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
liken | ᛫ to compare ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
likeness | ᛫ a resemblance ᛫ a photograph ᛫ | N | [gelicness] | NE | ||
likening | ᛫ a comparison ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
likesome | likesum | ᛫ agreeable ᛫ pleasant ᛫ likable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
likewise | likeƿise | ᛫ similarly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
likeworthy | likeƿorþy | ᛫ likeable ᛫ | AJ | likworthe | ME | |
liking | ᛫ pleasure ᛫ enjoyment ᛫ delight ᛫ | N | liking&līking | NE&ME | ||
lilycrop | lillycrop | ᛫ a lilypad ᛫ | N | lilie croppe | ME | [OED] |
lim | ᛫ to sound ᛫ | V | hlimman | OE | ||
limb | ᛫ a member ᛫ a part ᛫ a branch ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
limbmeal | ᛫ limb from limb ᛫ in pieces ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
lime | ᛫ glue ᛫ mortar ᛫ cement ᛫ calcium oxide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: linden; linden tree | |
lime | ᛫ a Tilia plant ( linden trees , basswood trees , lime trees ) ᛫ | N | ~[line/lind][lind] | NE | ||
limp | ᛫ an event ᛫ a chance happening ᛬ to happen ᛫ to occur ᛫ | N᛬V | limp&gelimp | ME&ME | PST: lamp ᛫ PTCP: lump | |
lin | ᛫ to cease ᛫ to desist ᛫ to stop ᛫ | V | lin[linnen] | NE | ||
linch | linc | ᛫ a ledge ᛫ | N | ~[hlinc] | NE | [CED] |
lind | ᛫ suet ᛫ lard ᛫ fat ᛫ | N | lynd/lind | OE | especially belly/loin fat? | |
line | ᛫ made of flax ᛫ | AJ | lī̆n | ME | ||
linen | ᛫ cloth woven from flax ᛬ made of flax ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ling | ᛫ ( diminutive suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
linger | ᛫ to remain ᛫ to loiter ᛫ | V | lengeren | NE‹ME‹N | ||
linking | ᛫ connecting ᛫ joining ᛫ copular ( like in linking verb ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
linksaw | linksaƿ | ᛫ a chainsaw ᛫ | N | link+saw | NE‹‹N+NE | non-Norse: lenchsaw |
lippen | ᛫ to rely on ᛫ to trust ᛫ to entrust ᛫ | V | ~[lipnen] | NE | "I lippen to your word" not "I lippen your word" | |
lipper | ᛫ a ripple ᛬ to ripple ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ frequentative of 'lap' | |
lippy | ᛫ labial ᛫ | AJ | lip+y | NE×2 | ||
lire | ᛫ flesh ᛫ meat ᛫ | N | lire&līre | NE&ME | ||
lise | ᛫ a report ᛫ fame ᛫ reputation ᛫ renown ᛬ to give credit ᛫ | N᛬V | hlīsa&hlīsan | OE | ||
liss | ᛫ contentment ᛫ relief ᛫ respite ᛬ to relieve ᛫ to assuage ᛫ | N᛬V | lis&lissen[lis] | ME | ||
lissome | lissum | ᛫ nimble ᛫ supple ᛫ agile ᛫ easily flexed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: lissom ᛫ equal to: lithe+some |
list | ᛫ an art ᛫ a craft ᛫ art ᛫ | N | list&list | ME&OE | ||
list | ᛫ desire ᛫ inclination ᛫ craving ᛫ enthusiasm ᛬ to desire ᛫ to crave ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[listen][lystan] | NE | [LEX] | |
listener | ᛫ a microphone ᛫ | N | ~{speaker} | NE | ||
listful | ᛫ attentive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
listless | ᛫ desireless ᛫ lacking enthusiasm spirit and liveliness ᛫ apathetic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lite | ᛫ looks ( usually good looks ) ᛫ beauty ᛫ a countenance ᛫ an appearance ᛫ a style ᛫ an aesthetic ᛬ to look ᛫ to gaze ᛫ | N᛬V | wlite&wlītan{andwlita} | ME&OE | ||
liteful | ᛫ beautiful ᛫ handsome ᛫ comely ᛫ aesthetic [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | wlitefull | OE | ||
liteless | ᛫ hideous ᛫ without beauty ᛫ | AJ | wlitelēas | OE | ||
liteworth | liteƿorþ | ᛫ a ransom ᛫ | N | wliteweorþ | OE | |
litey | ᛫ beautiful ᛫ comely ᛫ attractive ᛫ | AJ | wlitig | OE | ||
lith | liþ | ᛫ a slope ᛫ | N | lith[hliþ] | ME | |
lith | liþ | ᛫ a limb ᛫ a joint ᛫ a segment ᛫ a member ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lithe | liþe | ᛫ to sail ᛫ to travel by sea ᛫ to travel ᛫ to journey ᛫ | V | līthen[līþan] | ME | |
lithe | liþe | ᛫ flexible ᛫ limber ᛫ mellow ᛫ gentle ᛫ mild ᛫ | AJ | lithe&līthe | NE&ME | |
lithe | liþe | ᛫ strong drink ᛫ wine ᛫ | N | līþ | OE | |
litheby | liþeby | ᛫ meek ᛫ compliant ᛫ obedient ᛫ | AJ | lethebei [liþebige] | ME | |
lither | liþer | ᛫ base ᛫ vile ᛫ depraved ᛫ wicked ᛫ lewd ᛫ sordid ᛫ lazy ᛫ worthless ᛬ wickedly ᛫ treacherously ᛫ poorly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | lither[lyþre] | ME | rhyme: slither |
lither | liþer | ᛫ a sling ᛫ a launcher ᛬ to sling ᛫ to launch ᛫ | N᛬V | lithere[liþere]&litheren | ME&ME | |
lithsew | liþseƿ | ᛫ synovia ᛫ synovial fluid ᛫ | N | liþsēaw | OE | |
lithword | liþƿord | ᛫ an article ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | N | lith+word | NE+NE | calque of Dutch "lidwoord" |
litten | ᛫ a graveyard ᛫ a cemetery ᛫ | N | litton[litton][līctūn] | ME | ||
littiness | ᛫ slyness ᛫ craftiness ᛫ cunningness ᛫ astuteness ᛫ | N | lytigness | OE | ||
Little Dipper | Littel | ᛫ a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky which is part of Ursa Minor ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
littlefinger | littelfinger | ᛫ the pinky ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
littlom | ᛫ gradually ᛫ | AV | litlum[lȳtlum] | ME | ||
live | lif | ᛫ to exist ( esp of animate things ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
livelihood | lifelihood | ᛫ a means of securing the necessities of life ᛫ | N | ~[līflōd][līflād] | NE | |
livelong | liflong | ᛫ the orphine ( Hylotelephium telephium ) ᛬ whole ᛫ entire ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
liven | lifen | ᛫ to enliven ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
liveradle | liferadel | ᛫ a liver disease ᛫ | N | liferādl | OE | |
liverwort | liferƿurt | ᛫ a Marchantia polymorpha plant ᛫ | N | ~[liverwort][liferwyrt] | NE | |
livingroom | lifingroom | ᛫ a family room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lix | ᛫ to flash ᛫ to glitter ᛫ | V | līxan | OE | ||
lo | ᛫ ( used to draw attention ) ᛫ | I | lo | NE | ||
load | ᛫ to charge ( with electricity ) ᛫ | V | load&laden | NE&FR | ||
loadboard | ᛫ a pallet ( as in a portable platform for stacking goods ) ᛫ | N | load+board | NE×2 | calque: laadbord | |
loanwend | loanƿend | ᛫ a loan translation ( a calque ) ᛫ | N | loan+wend | NE‹N+ME | calque: loan translation ᛫ or: leanwend (loan is Norse) |
loast | ᛫ a track ᛫ a footprint ᛫ a trace ᛫ a trail ᛬ to track ᛫ to trace ᛫ to trail ᛫ | N | lāst | OE | ||
loath | loaþ | ᛫ averse ᛫ disinclined ᛫ reluctant ᛫ unwilling ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: loth ᛫ [LEX] |
loathe | loaþe | ᛫ to greatly hate ᛫ to detest ᛫ to revile ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
loathly | loaþly | ᛫ loathsome ᛫ repulsive ᛬ reluctantly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~[lāþlic] | NE | |
loathsome | loaþsum | ᛫ repulsive ᛫ offensive ᛫ abominable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
loathspel | loaþspel | ᛫ a tragic story ᛫ an unpleasant story ᛫ | N | lāþspell | OE | |
loave | lofe | ᛫ praise ᛫ good reputation ᛫ price ᛫ value ᛫ an offer for sale ᛬ to praise ᛫ to approve ᛫ to appraise ᛫ to set a price on ᛫ to offer for sale ᛫ | N᛬V | lō̆f&lō̆ven | ME&ME | |
loavebere | lofebere | ᛫ laudatory ᛫ | AJ | lōfbǣre | OE | |
loavedeed | lofedeed | ᛫ a praiseworthy deed ᛫ | N | lōfdǣd | OE | |
loaveful | lofeful | ᛫ amorous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
loavely | lofely | ᛫ praiseworthy ᛫ laudable ᛫ honourable ᛫ | AJ | lōfli | ME | |
loavesome | lofesum | ᛫ deserving praise ᛫ excellent ᛫ noble ᛫ | AJ | lōfsum | OE | |
loavesong | lofesong | ᛫ a song of praise ᛫ a hymn ᛫ a psalm ᛫ | N | lōfsang | OE | |
lock | ᛫ a tuft of hair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lock | ᛫ -ation ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
lock | ᛫ to allure ᛫ to entice ᛫ bait ᛫ | V | loccian | OE | kin: lokken (Dutch) | |
locker | ᛫ to curl ᛫ | V | ~[lokeren] | NE | ||
lockered | ᛫ curly ᛫ curled ᛫ tangled ᛫ matted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lodder | ᛫ a poor person ᛫ a pauper ᛫ a worthless person ᛫ | N | loddere | OE | ||
loddering | ᛫ nonsense ᛫ rubbish ᛫ triviality ᛫ | N | lodrung | OE | ||
lode | ᛫ an exculpation ᛫ a purgation ᛫ an excuse ᛬ to excuse ᛫ to clear one's name ᛫ to exculpate ᛫ | N | lād&lādian | OE&OE | SEE NOTE | |
lode | ᛫ a deposit of ore ᛫ leading ᛫ guidance ᛫ a lodestone ᛫ a magnet ᛫ on object of attraction ᛫ a course ᛫ a journey ᛫ a voyage ᛫ | N | lode&lōd[lād] | NE&ANE&ME | [OED] ᛫ kin: load | |
lodesman | ᛫ a navigator ( distinct from the master and the steersman ) ᛫ a pilot of a ship ᛫ a pilot [ᚹ] ᛫ a guide ( animate ) ᛫ a conductor ᛫ | N | lōdesman[lādman] | ME | ||
lodestar | ᛫ a guiding star ᛫ a tenet ᛫ a guiding principle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
lodestone | ᛫ magnetite ᛫ a naturally occurring magnet ᛫ someone or something that is the focus of attention ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
loft | ᛫ an attic ᛫ a sollar ᛫ a garret ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | [OED] | |
lofty | ᛫ elevated ( literally and figuratively ) ᛫ noble ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
logboat | ᛫ a dugout canoe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
loke | ᛫ a private road ᛫ a blind alley ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
loke | ᛫ to play ᛫ to wave or to swing about ᛫ | V | lācan | OE | ||
loke | ᛫ a present ᛫ an offering or sacrifice of a religious nature ᛬ to offer ( religion ) ᛫ to sacrifice ( religion ) ᛫ | N | lōk[lāc] | ME | found in: wedlock | |
loken | ᛫ to heal ᛫ to cure ᛫ to treat a wound or illness ᛫ to tend to ᛫ to take care of ᛫ to dress a wound ᛫ | V | lācnian | OE | ||
lokening | ᛫ -therapy ᛫ | SUFFIX | lācnung | OE | ||
lokening | ᛫ healing ᛫ cure ᛫ remedy ᛫ medicine ᛫ | V | lācnung | OE | ||
Loller | ᛫ a Lollard ᛫ a protestant [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | loller | ME | SEE NOTE | |
Londonbury | Lundonburry | ᛫ the City of London ᛫ | N | Lundenbyrig | OE | |
lone | ᛫ solitary ᛫ isolated ᛫ sole ᛫ single ᛫ individual ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lonesome | lonesum | ᛫ solitary ᛫ lonely ᛫ unfrequented ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
long | ᛫ to have a strong wish or desire ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
long | ᛫ to concern [ᚾ] ᛫ to pertain [ᚾ] ᛫ to relate [ᚾ] ᛫ to be affiliated [ᚾ] ᛫ | V | lō̆ngen | ME | generally used with "to" | |
long hundred | ᛫ 120 ᛫ | N | long hundred | ME | ||
long sweetening | sƿeetening | ᛫ molasses ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | South & Midland US |
Longbeard | ᛫ a Lombard ᛫ | N(P) | langbeard | OE | ||
longgun | ᛫ a gun with a long barrel ᛫ a cannon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
longminded | ᛫ longanimous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
longmindedness | ᛫ longanimousness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
longmood | ᛫ patient ᛫ | AJ | langmōd | OE | ||
longmoodly | ᛫ patiently ᛫ | AV | langmōdlīce | OE | ||
longmoodness | ᛫ patience ᛫ | N | langmōdness | OE | ||
longplayer | ᛫ a kind of vinyl record ᛫ an album of music which is full length ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "LP" for short | |
longshoreman | longscoreman | ᛫ a stevedore ᛫ a docker ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
longshort | longscort | ᛫ a trochee ᛬ trochaic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | long-short | ANE | [OED] |
longsome | longsum | ᛫ tediously long ᛫ | AJ | ~[langsum] | NE | |
longwinded | longƿinded | ᛫ of continuing at tedious length ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lonk | ᛫ pride ᛫ arrogance ᛬ physically beautiful ᛫ graceful ᛫ noble ᛫ fine ᛫ splendid ᛫ majestic ᛫ arrogant ᛫ haughty ᛫ proud ᛫ pompous ᛫ | N | wlonk[wlanc] | ME | ||
lonkful | ᛫ arrogant ᛫ full of arrogance ᛫ | AJ | wlonkful | ME | ||
loof | ᛫ the palm of the hand ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
lookbook | ᛫ a photo album for a particular thing ( genre , artist , etc ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
looking glass | ᛫ a mirror ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lookout | lookute | ᛫ an observation post ᛫ a sentinel ᛫ sentry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
looks | ᛫ one's physical appearance or attractiveness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
loom | ᛫ an implement ᛫ a means ( figurative ) ᛫ a weaving machine ᛫ a device ᛫ a machine ᛫ | N | loom&lōme | NE&ME | ||
loose | ᛫ relaxed ᛫ unrestrained ᛫ unsecure ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | ||
lootby | ᛫ a concubine ᛫ a paramour ᛫ | N | loteby | ME | ||
looth | looþ | ᛫ booty ᛫ spoils ᛬ to take booty ᛫ | N᛬V | hlōþ&hlōþian | OE | |
lop | ᛫ a spider ᛫ a flea ᛫ a fly ᛫ an insect [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | loppe | ME | ||
lord | ᛫ a master ᛫ a nobleman ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lording | ᛫ a lord ᛫ a sir ᛫ | N | lōrding | ME | "used by persons of humbler station to their superiors; by poets, minstrels, or storytellers to readers or audience" - MEC | |
lordly | ᛫ noble ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lordship | lordscip | ᛫ dominion ᛫ authority ᛫ domain ᛫ jurisdiction ᛫ the state of being a lord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lordswike | lordsƿike | ᛫ a traitor to one's lord ᛫ | N | lordswike | ME | |
lore | ᛫ information ᛫ a system of tenets , principles , and precepts of a field of knowledge , a science , or a religion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lore | ᛫ -ology ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
lorebisen | ᛫ a specimen ᛫ | N | lārbysn | OE | ||
loreboder | ᛫ a preacher ᛫ | N | lārbodung+er | OE+NE | ||
loreboding | ᛫ preaching ᛫ | V | lārbodung | OE | ||
lorebook | ᛫ a textbook ᛫ | N | lārbōc | OE | ||
lorefather | lorefaþer | ᛫ a teacher ᛫ | N | lōrefader | ME | |
lorehouse | lorehuse | ᛫ a school ᛫ a university ᛫ a college ᛫ | N | lārhūs | OE | |
lorel | ᛫ a rogue ᛫ a rascal ᛫ a scoundrel ᛫ a wretched person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
loreless | ᛫ lacking learning or knowledge ᛫ ignorant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
lorelest | ᛫ ignorance ᛫ educationlessness ᛫ | N | lārlēast | OE | ||
lorelistend | ᛫ one who listens to instruction ᛫ a catechumen ᛫ | N | lārhlystend | OE | ||
lorelship | lorelscip | ᛫ rascality ᛫ | N | lorelshipe | ME | |
lorely | ᛫ instructive ᛫ of or pertaining to lore ᛫ | AJ | lārlīc | OE | ||
lorequid | lorecƿid | ᛫ a precept ᛫ a doctrine ᛫ | N | lārcwide | OE | |
loresman | ᛫ an instructor ᛫ an expert ᛫ a master of a field of knowledge ᛫ | N | loresman | ME | earthloresman = geologist" | |
loresmith | loresmiþ | ᛫ a wise man ᛫ | N | lārsmiþ | OE | |
lorespel | ᛫ a sermon ᛫ an epistle ᛫ a homily ᛫ a treatise ᛫ an essay ᛫ | N | lōrspel[lārspell] | ME | ||
loreswike | loresƿike | ᛫ false lore ᛫ pseudo-science ᛫ | N | lārswic | OE | |
lorethew | loreþeƿ | ᛫ a teacher ᛫ an instructor ᛫ a preceptor ᛫ a master of a subject or craft ᛫ a professor [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | lorthew{lareow} | ME | or: larew (from ME lareow, a shortened version of the word) |
lorewit | loreƿit | ᛫ a learned man ᛫ | N | lārwita | OE | |
lorn | ᛫ doomed ᛫ lost ᛫ forlorn ᛫ desolate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
losel | ᛫ a worthless person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
loseyns | ᛫ lasagna / lasagne ᛫ | N | loseyns | ME‹I | ||
loss | ᛫ a defeat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lot | ᛫ a large quantity ᛫ a bunch of people ᛫ a portion ᛫ an allotment ᛫ one's role in life ᛫ a role ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
loth | loþ | ᛫ a cloak ᛫ an upper garment ᛫ a mantle ᛫ | N | loþa | OE | maybe should be "lother"? |
loud | lude | ᛫ noise ᛫ clamor ᛫ tumult ᛬ noisy ᛫ clamorous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | loud&lūde[hlȳd] | NE&ME | |
loudlore | ludelore | ᛫ acoustics ᛫ | N | lūde+lore | ME+NE | |
lough | luge | ᛫ a place ᛫ a stead ᛫ | N | logh[lōh] | ME | rhyme: tough or plough |
lough | luge | ᛫ a loch ᛫ | N | lough[luh] | ME‹OE‹C | rhyme: plough |
louk | look | ᛫ to close ᛫ to shut ᛫ to fasten ᛫ to lock up ᛫ to enclose ᛫ to surround ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | rhyme: luke; brook |
lour | lure | ᛫ a frown ᛫ a scowl ᛫ a sullen look ᛬ to frown ᛫ to scowl ᛫ to look sullen ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[lǒuren] | NE | [OED] ᛫ rhyme: hour |
louse | luse | ᛫ an Anoplura insect ᛫ a Mallophaga insect ᛫ | N | louse | NE | PL: lice |
lousy | lusey | ᛫ full of lice ᛫ of low quality ᛫ contemptible ᛫ paltry ᛫ | AJ | lousy | NE | |
lout | lute | ᛫ to lurk ᛫ to lie hidden ᛫ | V | lǒuten[lūtian]{lōten} | ME | |
lout | lute | ᛫ an awkward brutish person ᛬ to bow in respect ᛫ to submit ᛫ to yield ᛫ | N᛬V | lout[louten] | NE | |
love | luf | ᛫ extreme affection ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
loveapple | lufappel | ᛫ a tomato ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lovebite | lufbite | ᛫ a hickey ᛫ | N | love bite | NE | [OED] |
loveday | lufday | ᛫ a day arranged for reconciliation or arbitration ᛫ | to "break a loveday" is to violate the agreements made on a loveday | |||
loveling | lufling | ᛫ a dear and lovely creature ᛫ a darling ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
lovelorn | luflorn | ᛫ without love ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lovendly | lufendly | ᛫ adorable ᛫ lovable ᛫ | AJ | love+enlīc | NE+ME | |
lovered | lufred | ᛫ love ( opposite of hatred ) ᛫ | N | lovereden | ME | |
lovesome | lufsum | ᛫ affectionate ᛫ amorous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
lovestitch | lufstic | ᛫ a Levisticum officinale plant ( lovage ) ᛫ | N | luuestiche | ME‹OE‹I | [OED] |
lovetoken | luftoken | ᛫ something given as a sign or token of love ᛫ | N | love token | NE | |
loveworthy | lufƿorþy | ᛫ lovable ᛫ meriting love ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
low | loƿ | ᛫ a mound ( esp a burial mount ? ) ᛫ a tumulus ᛫ | N | ~[hlǣw] | NE | rhyme: snow |
low | loƿ | ᛫ to moo ᛫ | V | ~[hlōwan] | NE | rhyme: snow |
low | loƿ | ᛫ a low place ᛫ a commoner ᛫ a humble person ᛫ | N | loue | ME‹N | |
lowend | loƿend | ᛫ of the lowest quality ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
lower chavelbone | loƿer cafelbone | ᛫ a mandible ᛫ | N | lower+chavel+bone | NE‹N+ME+NE | or: nether chavelbone |
lower noseshell | loƿer nosescell | ᛫ an inferior nasal concha ᛫ | N | lower+nose+shell | NE‹N+NE×2 | or: nether noseshell ᛫ calque: onderste neusschelp |
lowkey | loƿkey | ᛫ subtle ᛬ subtly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lowland | loƿland | ᛫ a stretch of low or unmountainous land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
lowlife | loƿlife | ᛫ a despicable person ᛫ a scoundrel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lowling | loƿling | ᛫ a person of low status ᛫ a commoner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
lowminded | loƿminded | ᛫ inclined to vulgar or unworthy things ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E+E) | [MW] |
lox | ᛫ a lynx ᛫ | N | lox | OE | ||
Ludder | ᛫ a Luddite ᛫ one opposed to technological change ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: Ludd | |
lungwort | lungƿurt | ᛫ a Helleborus niger plant ᛫ | N | lǒngwort[lungenwyrt] | ME | |
lur | ᛫ destruction ᛫ perdition ᛫ damage ᛫ loss ᛫ | N | lur/lire/lure[lyre] | ME | ||
lurk | ᛫ a method of fraud ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from the verb "lurk" ᛫ slang | |
lurry | ᛫ destructive ᛫ | AJ | lure+y | ME+NE | ||
lust | ᛫ desire ᛫ appetite ᛫ craving ᛫ | N | lust&lust | NE&OE | ||
lustbere | ᛫ desirable ᛫ | AJ | lustbǣre | OE | ||
lustihood | ᛫ licentiousness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
lusty | ᛫ vigorous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
lutter | ᛫ clear ᛫ pure ᛫ unadulterated ᛫ innocent ᛫ sincere ᛫ authentic ᛫ | AJ | lutter[hlutor] | ME | ||
lutty | ᛫ sly ᛫ crafty ᛫ cunning ᛫ astute ᛫ | AJ | lutiȝ[lytig] | ME | ||
lye | ᛫ fire ᛫ lightning ᛫ plasma [ᚹ] ᛬ to blaze ᛫ | N᛬V | lei/lye&leien[līg] | ME&ME | ||
lyerash | lyerasc | ᛫ a flash of lightning ᛫ | N | līgræsc | OE | [OED] |
Lyor | ᛫ Loire ᛫ | N(P) | ligore | OE | ||
Mackedony | ᛫ Macedonia ᛫ Macedon ᛫ | N(P) | mæcedonie | OE | ||
mad | ᛫ insane ᛫ frenzied ᛫ crazy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
madapple | madappel | ᛫ an aubergine ᛫ an eggplant ᛫ a brinjal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607)" - Lexico |
madden | ᛫ to derange ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
maddock | ᛫ an earthworm ᛫ a maggot ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | ||
madhouse | madhuse | ᛫ a psychiatric institution ᛫ a chaotic place ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
madness | ᛫ insanity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Maid | ᛫ Virgo ᛫ | PN | ~ | ANE | ||
maid | ᛫ a female domestic servant ᛫ a girl ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
maiden | ᛫ a girl ᛫ a young woman ᛫ an unmarried girl ᛫ an unmarried young woman ᛫ a virgin ᛫ | N | ~[mægden] | NE | ||
maidenfly | maidenfly | ᛫ a damselfly ᛫ | N | maiden+fly | NE×2 | calque: damselfly |
maidenhead | ᛫ the hymen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
maidenhood | ᛫ virginity or celibacy ( of both men and women ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
᛫ earnest ᛫ firm ᛫ strenuous ᛫ | AJ | meagol | OE | |||
mailness | ᛫ earnestness ᛫ | N | meagolness | OE | ||
maily | ᛫ earnestly ᛫ strenuously ᛫ | AV | meagollīce | OE | ||
main | ᛫ power ᛫ ability ᛫ efficacy ᛫ capacity ᛫ a military force ᛫ a continuous stretch of land or water ( an ocean ) ᛬ principle ᛫ prime ᛫ chief ᛬ very ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | main&main&mægen | NE&ME&OE | ||
mainframe | ᛫ a large powerful computer used to perform many simultaneous complex tasks ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
mainful | ᛫ powerful ᛫ mighty ᛫ | AJ | mainful | ME | ||
mainhew | mainheƿ | ᛫ a primary colour ᛫ | N | main+hue | NE×2 | |
mainless | ᛫ weak ᛫ feeble ᛫ powerless ᛫ | AJ | mægenlēas | OE | ||
mainly | ᛫ principally ᛫ chiefly ᛫ mostly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
mainstay | ᛫ a chief support ᛫ a regular contributor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "stay" is a nautical word from Old English. | |
mainstream | ᛫ the ideas , attitudes , or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mair | ᛫ to macerate ᛬ meager ᛫ lean | V᛬AJ | mæger&mægerian | OE&OE | kin: meager | |
maister | ᛫ a magister ᛫ a master ᛫ a man having control or authority over a place ᛫ | N | magister/mægister | OEᚠI | ||
maith | maiþ | ᛫ the Anthemis cotula plant ( stinking camomile ) ᛫ | N | maithe | ME | |
maith | maiþ | ᛫ a family ᛫ relatives ᛫ a tribe ᛫ a clan ᛫ | N | mæith&mǣgþ | ME&OE | |
maith | maiþ | ᛫ a girl ᛫ a maiden ᛫ a virgin ᛫ | N | mægþ | OE | |
maithhood | maiþhood | ᛫ virginity ᛫ | N | mægþhad | OE | see: maidenhood |
make | ᛫ a married couple ᛫ a couple ᛫ a mate ᛫ an equal ᛫ a peer ᛫ a rival ᛫ a counterpart ᛬ to mate with ᛫ to marry ᛫ to pair with ᛫ | N᛬V | māke[gemaca]&māken | ME&ME | ||
make | ᛫ to create ᛫ to produce ᛫ to cause ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
make good | ᛫ to repay ᛫ to compensate ᛫ to atone ᛫ to repair ᛫ to restore ᛫ to fulfil ᛫ to satisfy expectations ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
make up | ᛫ to invent ᛫ to fabricate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
makebelief | makebeleef | ᛫ the abstract quality of making believe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
makebelieve | makebeleef | ᛫ the act of pretending ᛬ to pretend ᛬ imaginary ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
makegame | ᛫ an object of ridicule ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
makeover | makeofer | ᛫ an overhaul of something's or someone's appearance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
maker | ᛫ a creator ᛫ a producer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
makeshift | makescift | ᛫ a usually crude and temporary expedient ᛬ impromptu ᛫ ad hoc ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
making | ᛫ cause ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Malawi Mere | Malaƿee | ᛫ Lake Malawi ᛫ | N(P) | Malawi+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
malm | ᛫ a soft crumbly chalky rock or the fertile loamy soil produced as it weathers ᛫ sandy or chalky soil ᛫ | N | malm&malm[mealm] | NE&ME | ||
malshave | malscafe | ᛫ a caterpillar ᛫ | N | malshave | ME | |
mammer | ᛫ to hesitate ᛫ to waver ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
mammer | ᛫ deep sleep ᛫ a sopor ᛫ | N | mamor | OE | ||
man | ᛫ a person ᛫ a human ᛫ a piece ( gaming ) ᛬ to garrison ᛫ to crew ᛫ to operate equipment or machinery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
man | ᛫ one ( generic pronoun ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | man[man] | ME | some believe "one" replacing "man" is from French influence, others disagree | |
man | ᛫ to admonish ᛫ exhort ᛫ | V | manian | OE | ||
manbane | ᛫ tobacco ( slang ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | ||
mand | ᛫ a maund ᛫ a basket ᛫ | N | mand[mand/mond] | ME | ||
mandeed | ᛫ an evil deed ᛫ a crime ᛫ a transgression ᛫ | N | māndǣd | OE | ||
maneater | ᛫ a cannibal ᛫ an animal with a propensity for human flesh ᛫ | N | man-eater | NE | [OED] | |
manful | ᛫ brave and resolute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mani | ᛫ multi- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ found in "manifold" ᛫ rhyme: cranny | |
manibreed | ᛫ multifaceted ᛫ | AJ | manigbrǣde | OE | ||
manifold | ᛫ diverse ᛫ numerous ᛫ complicated ᛫ complex ᛫ plural ᛬ to multiply ᛬ repeatedly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | manifold&manigfildan | NE&OE | ||
manifoldness | ᛫ multiplicity ᛫ complexity ᛫ | N | ~[manigfealdness] | NE | ||
manikin | ᛫ all kinds of ᛫ various ᛫ | AJ | manikin | ME | ||
Manitoba Mere | ᛫ Lake Manitoba ᛫ | N(P) | Manitoba+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
mank | ᛫ to mutilate ᛫ to mangle ᛫ to maim ᛫ | V | manken | ME | ||
mankind | ᛫ humanity ᛫ humankind ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
manlike | ᛫ a human form ᛫ an image of a man ᛫ a humanoid [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | mannlīca | OE | ||
manlore | ᛫ anthropology ᛫ | N | man+lore | NE+NE | ||
manmade | ᛫ made or caused by human beings ᛫ artificial ᛫ | AJ | manmade | NE | ||
Mannish | Mannisc | ᛫ Manx language ᛬ Manx ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Man+ish | NE‹C+NE | calque: Manx |
mannish | mannisc | ᛫ people ᛫ humanity ᛬ human ( of humans ) ᛫ | N᛬AJ | mannish{mennish} | ME | |
mannishly | manniscly | ᛫ humanly ᛫ | AV | mannisclīce | OE | |
mannishness | manniscness | ᛫ humanity ᛫ human nature ᛫ humaneness ᛫ | N | manniscness | OE | |
manoath | manoaþ | ᛫ perjury ᛫ | N | mānāþ | OE | |
manqualm | mancƿalm | ᛫ a plague of man ᛫ | N | manqualm | ME | |
manred | ᛫ a pledge of service ᛫ homage ᛫ | N | manrēden | ME | example: to nim/take/do/fang manred = to pay homage | |
manse | mans | ᛫ to excommunicate ᛫ to curse ᛫ to damn ᛫ | V | mansen/amansen | ME | |
manseed | ᛫ human semen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
manship | manscip | ᛫ respect ᛫ dignity ᛫ gallantry ᛫ chivalry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
manshiply | mansciply | ᛫ honourably ᛫ courteously ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
manslayer | ᛫ one who commits homicide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
manswear | mansƿear | ᛫ to swear falsely ᛫ to perjure ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
mantledeer | manteldeer | ᛫ a tunicate ( an animal of the Tunicata subphylum ) ᛫ | N | mantle+deer | NE‹‹OE‹I+NE | calque: Manteltier; manteldier |
manytongued | manytunged | ᛫ polyglot ᛫ | AJ | many+tongue+ed | NE×3 | |
mar | ᛫ to spoil ᛫ to tarnish ᛫ to damage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
march | marc | ᛫ an Apium graveolens plant ( celery ) ᛫ | N | ~[merch][merece] | ANE | [OED] |
mardy | ᛫ spoiled ( as in " bratty " ) ᛫ | AJ | ~[marred] | NE | used in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire | |
mare | ᛫ a nightmare-causing entity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
mare | ᛫ an adult female horse ᛫ | N | ~[mēre] | NE | ||
mark | ᛫ feature ᛫ characteristic ᛫ attribute ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
mark down | ᛫ to put a lower price on ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
mark up | ᛫ to put a higher price on ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
markdown | markdune | ᛫ a lowering of price ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
marked | ᛫ having an identifying mark or feature ᛫ enjoying fame or notoriety ᛫ being the target of hostile intentions ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
markedly | ᛫ noticeably ᛫ conspicuously ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
marker | ᛫ a notary ᛫ | N | mearcere | OE | poorly attested | |
Markish | Markisc | ᛫ the Mercian tongue ᛬ Mercian ᛫ | N᛬AJ | Marchisce | ME | |
Markishman | Markiscman | ᛫ a Mercian ᛫ | N | Merces | ME | plural: Marks; Markishmen |
Marklaw | Marklaƿ | ᛫ the region in Britain which was governed by Mercian law ᛫ | N(P) | merchinelaga | OE | |
markle | markel | ᛫ a signet ᛫ a seal ᛫ an ensign ᛫ a mark to aim at ᛫ | N | mircels | OE | |
Markrich | Markric | ᛫ the kingdom of Mercia ᛫ | N(P) | Merkyneriche[Miercna Rīce] | ME | or: Mark (ME Merce); March (ME Merce) |
markstead | ᛫ a borderland ᛫ | N | mearcstede | OE | ||
markup | ᛫ a highering of price ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
markworthy | markƿorþy | ᛫ noteworthy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
marmstone | ᛫ marble ᛫ | N | marmestan[marmanstān] | ME | ||
marplot | ᛫ a person or thing which ruins a plan ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
marrow | marroƿ | ᛫ a courgette ᛫ a zucchini ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
marsh | marsc | ᛫ a stretch of unforested wetland ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
marth | marþ | ᛫ a marten ( a kind of weasel ) ᛫ | N | mearþ | OE | |
mash | masc | ᛫ pulp ᛬ to crush or smash something to a pulp ᛫ to press forcefully ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
masker | ᛫ to wander aimlessly ᛫ to bewilder ᛫ to confuse ᛫ to bewitch ᛫ to fascinate ᛫ | V | masker&malskren | NE&ME | of note: malscrung ᛫ [LEX] | |
maslin | ᛫ brass ? ᛫ an alloy of copper with some harder metal ᛫ | N | maslin[mæstling/mæslen] | ANE&ME | [EDD][MEC] ᛫ glosses: aes; aurichalcum; electrum | |
mast | ᛫ forest tree fruit ( acorns , beechnuts , etc ) often used as food for swine ᛫ | N | mast[mæst] | ME | ||
masten | ᛫ a mast-pasture ( a pasture for feeding mast to swine ) ᛫ | N | mæsten | OE | ||
masten | ᛫ to fatten an animal ᛫ | V | masten | ME | ||
mat | ᛫ a pad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹‹I | ||
match | mac | ᛫ a parallel ᛫ a spouse ᛫ a mate ᛫ a pair ᛫ a couple ᛫ | N | match&gemæcca | NE&OE | kin: make |
math | maþ | ᛫ a mowing ᛫ that which is gathered by mowing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | found in "aftermath" |
mathe | maþe | ᛫ a maggot ᛫ a grub ᛫ | N | māthe[maþa] | ME | |
mathel | maþel | ᛫ to speak formally ᛫ to declaim ᛫ to declare ᛫ to give a speech ᛫ | V | mathelen | ME | |
mathelstead | maþelstead | ᛫ a place of assembly ᛫ | N | mæþelstede | OE | |
mathom | maþom | ᛫ a trinket ᛫ a knickknack ᛫ a treasure ᛫ | N | ~[māþum] | NE‹OE | revived by Tolkien |
mathomhouse | maþomhuse | ᛫ a treasury ᛫ | N | māþumhūs | OE | |
mattock | ᛫ a farming tool with right angled blades like a pickaxe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
maw | maƿ | ᛫ a mouth ᛫ a stomach ᛫ appetite ᛫ inclination ᛫ liking ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
maw | maƿ | ᛫ a boy ᛫ a young adult human male ᛫ | N | magu | OE | |
mawk | maƿk | ᛫ a maggot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | kin: maddock |
mawkish | maƿkisc | ᛫ sentimental in an exaggerated or false way ᛫ sappy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | |
may | ᛫ a family member ᛫ a relative ᛫ a kins-person ᛫ a kinsman ᛫ a kinswoman ᛫ | N | mei&mai[mǣg][mæg] | ME&ME | merge of two related words | |
may | ᛫ to mix ᛫ to mash ᛫ to blend ᛫ | V | maȝcen&mecgan | ME&OE | ||
maybe | ᛫ possibly ᛫ perchance ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
mayhap | ᛫ perhaps ᛫ possibly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
mayheamed | ᛫ incest ᛫ | N | mæghǣmed | OE | ||
maywrit | mayƿrit | ᛫ a writing containing a list of kinsmen ᛫ a genealogical table ᛫ pedigree ᛫ | N | mǣggewrit | OE | glossary word |
maze | mase | ᛫ a labyrinth ᛬ to confuse ᛫ to confound ᛫ | N᛬V | maze&māsen | NE&ME | |
meadow | meadoƿ | ᛫ a stretch of grassland ( esp one used for hay ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: mead |
meadowsweet | meadoƿsƿeet | ᛫ a Filipendula ulmaria plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
meal | ᛫ to stain ᛫ to spot ᛫ to mark ᛫ | V | ~[gemǣlan] | ANE | ||
meal | ᛫ a container ᛫ a basin ᛫ a bucket ᛫ a tub ᛫ a measure of time ᛫ | N | mēle[mēle/mǣle] | ME | ||
meal | ᛫ grain which has been turned into a powder ᛫ flour ᛫ | N | ~[mēle][melu/meolo] | NE | ||
mean | ᛫ common ᛫ general ᛫ rude ᛫ cruel ᛫ | AJ | ~[mǣne] | NE | "mean" as in average comes from "medianus" | |
mean | ᛫ to intend ᛫ | V | ~[mǣnan] | NE | ||
meaningly | ᛫ intentionally ᛫ purposely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
meanly | ᛫ common ᛫ shared ᛫ | AJ | menelich | ME | ||
meanname | ᛫ a common noun ᛫ | N | mean+name | NE×2 | calque: common noun; gemǣnelīc nama | |
meanness | ᛫ a piece of commonly held land ᛫ communion ᛫ | N | mēnnesse | ME | Minnises of Kent may come from dialectal alteration of this word | |
meanwealth | meanƿealþ | ᛫ a republic ᛫ | N | mean+wealth | NE×2 | calque: commonwealth |
mearth | mearþ | ᛫ grandeur ᛫ a marvel ᛫ a glorious thing ᛫ | N | mērthe[mǣrþu] | ME | |
meat | ᛫ ( shows the word pertains to food and culinary arts ) ᛫ | PREFIX | mete | OE | example: "meteswamb" means "edible mushroom" | |
meateater | ᛫ a carnivore ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
meatfettle | meatfettel | ᛫ a chest or a cupboard for storing food ᛫ a pantry ᛫ a larder ᛫ a butlery ᛫ | N | meatfittle | ANE | |
meatsax | ᛫ a food knife ᛫ | N | meteseax | OE | ||
meddem | ᛫ common ᛫ average ᛫ mediocre ᛫ | AJ | medeme[medume] | ME | ||
medge | mecg | ᛫ an adult human male ᛫ | N | megge[mecg] | ME | |
meech | meec | ᛫ a sword ᛫ | N | meche[mēce] | ME | |
meechfish | meecfisc | ᛫ a Mugilidae fish ( a mullet ) ᛫ | N | mēcefisc | OE | |
meed | ᛫ a payment ᛫ a reward ᛫ an award ᛫ a bribe ᛫ merit ᛫ desert ᛬ to reward ᛫ to deserve ᛫ to merit ᛫ | N᛬V | mẹ̄de&mẹ̄den[mēd] | ME&ME | ||
meedful | ᛫ meritorious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
meel | ᛫ speech ᛬ to speak ᛫ | N᛬V | mēlen&mǣl&mǣlan | ME&OE&OE | kin: mal (N) | |
meer | ᛫ famous ᛫ renowned ᛫ illustrious ᛫ distinguished ᛫ celebrated ᛫ | AJ | mēr[mǣre] | ME | ||
meet | ᛫ to dream ᛫ to have a vision ᛫ | V | mēten[mǣtan] | ME | ||
meet | ᛫ suitable ᛫ fitting ᛫ proper ᛫ | AJ | ~[gemǣte] | NE | ||
meeth | meeþ | ᛫ abstemiousness ᛫ self-restraint ᛫ self-imposed discipline ᛫ temperance ᛫ capacity ᛫ capability ᛫ | N | mēthe&mǣþ | ME&OE | |
meeth | meeþ | ᛫ exhausted ᛫ weary ᛫ | AJ | mēþe | OE | |
meethe | meeth | ᛫ to restrain oneself ᛫ to bring within bounds [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | mēthen[mǣþian] | ME | rhyme: breathe |
meethful | meeþful | ᛫ temperate ᛫ modest ᛫ undemanding ᛫ moderate ᛫ | AJ | mēthful[mǣþful] | ME | |
meeting | ᛫ a dream ( esp prophetic or admonitory ) ᛫ a vision ᛫ | N | mētinge[mǣting] | ME | ||
meetly | ᛫ suitably ᛫ properly ᛫ | AV | meet+ly | NE×2 | ||
meld | ᛫ to fuse ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
mensk | ᛫ honour ᛫ an honoured state or condition ᛫ honourable ᛫ praiseworthy ᛫ | N᛬AJ | menske | ME‹N | ||
mere | ᛫ a sea ᛫ a lake ᛫ a pond ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | found in: mermaid | |
mere | ᛫ a border ᛫ boundary ᛬ to set a border or boundary ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[mǣre] | NE | ||
mereing | ᛫ a written note on a map giving information about a boundary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
mergroat | ᛫ a pearl ᛫ | N | meregrot | OE | eggcorn term | |
merrail | ᛫ a sail ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | merehrægel | OE | ||
merrow | merroƿ | ᛫ soft ᛫ frail ᛫ tender ᛫ | AJ | meruw[mearu] | ME | |
merry | ᛫ cheerful and lively ᛫ festive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
merrymake | ᛫ to celebrate ᛫ to be festive ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
merrymaker | ᛫ a reveler ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
merrymaking | ᛫ festivity ᛫ conviviality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
merryman | ᛫ a jester ᛫ a buffoon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
merrymeeting | ᛫ a festive gathering ᛫ a festival [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
merse | mers | ᛫ to exalt ᛫ to glorify ᛫ to make known ᛫ | V | mǣrsian | OE | |
merswine | mersƿine | ᛫ a dolphin ᛫ | N | ~[mereswīn] | NE | |
meshdoor | mescdoor | ᛫ a screen door ᛫ | N | mesh+door | NE×2 | |
mess | ᛫ to feed ᛫ to furnish with provisions ᛫ | V | metsian | OE | ||
messing | ᛫ provision ᛫ | N | mesing&metsung | ME&OE | ||
mete | ᛫ to paint ᛫ to sculpt ᛫ | V | mẹ̄ten[mētan] | ME | ||
mete | ᛫ a measurement ᛫ a measure ᛫ a mood ( grammar ) ᛫ a measure ( music ) ᛬ to measure ᛫ to regulate ᛫ to moderate ᛫ | N᛬V | gemet&mete&metgian | OE&NE&OE | "mood" from Ælfric the grammarian | |
meted | ᛫ the Maker ᛫ God ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | metod/meodod | OE | ||
metekindly | ᛫ metrical ᛫ | AJ | metcundlic | OE | ||
meteledge | metelecg | ᛫ to moderate ᛫ | V | gemetlǣcan | OE | |
meteyard | ᛫ a measuring rod ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
methinks | meþinks | ᛫ it seems to me ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
meting | ᛫ a measurement ᛫ an amount ᛫ measuring ᛫ dimensions ᛫ | N | meting&mēting | NE&ME | ||
meting | ᛫ -metry ᛫ | SUFFIX | mete+-ing | NE×2 | ||
meting | ᛫ a painting ᛫ a picture ᛫ a sculpture ᛫ an image [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | mēting | OE | ||
mew | meƿ | ᛫ a gull ᛫ a seagull ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
mewel | meƿel | ᛫ a maiden ᛫ a damsel ᛫ | N | mēowle | OE | |
Michigan Mere | Miscigan | ᛫ Lake Michigan ᛫ | N(P) | Michigan+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
mid | ᛫ with ( as in "together" never as in "against" ) ᛫ | P | ~ | ME | found in: midwife | |
mid | ᛫ co- ᛫ | PREFIX | mid | OE | ||
mid eld | ᛫ the middle ages ᛬ medieval ᛫ | N᛬AJ | mid+eld | NE+ME | calque | |
midbody | ᛫ the middle of the body ᛫ the torso ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
midbrain | ᛫ the mesencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
middaily | ᛫ meridian ᛫ | AJ | middæglīc | OE | ||
midday | ᛫ noon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "noon" comes from Latin | |
middenhead | ᛫ a dunghil's top ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
middenstead | ᛫ a dunghil ᛫ the site of a dunghill ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
middleground | middelgrund | ᛫ a compromise ᛫ | N | middle ground | NE | |
middleman | middelman | • an intermediary • a liaison • a retailer • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
middling | ᛫ average ᛫ moderate ᛫ mean ᛫ median ᛫ medium ᛫ mediocre ᛫ intermediate ᛬ fairly ᛫ moderately ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
midge | micg | ᛫ a mosquito [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
midgut | ᛫ the central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
mididone | ᛫ immediately ᛫ | AV | mididọ̄ne | ME | ||
midred | ᛫ a diaphragm ᛫ a greater omentum ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] | |
midriff | ᛫ the midsection of the human torso ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
midsummer | ᛫ the summer solstice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
midthole | midþole | ᛫ to sympathize ᛫ | V | midþolian | OE | |
midtholing | midþoling | ᛫ compassion ᛫ | N | midtholinge | ME | |
midwinter | midƿinter | ᛫ the winter solstice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
midwist | midƿist | ᛫ the act of being with others ᛫ co-being ᛫ participation ᛫ | N | midwist | OE | |
Midyard | ᛫ Earth ᛫ Midgard ᛫ Middle Earth ᛫ | N(P) | middangeard | OE | "Middle Earth" is a corruption of a corruption of Middangeard | |
mield | meeld | ᛫ to accuse ᛫ to tell on someone ᛫ to inform against ᛫ to inform ᛫ to report ᛫ to evince ᛫ to announce ᛫ | V | mẹ̄̆lden&meldian | ME&OE | vowel lengthened in ME? |
mielder | meelder | ᛫ a narrator ᛫ an informer ᛫ an announcer ᛫ | N | melda | OE | |
migh | mige | ᛫ to urinate ᛫ to piss ᛫ to pee ᛫ | V | mīȝen[migan] | ME | |
might | migt | ᛫ ability ᛫ capacity ᛫ power ᛫ | N | might&might | NE&ME | |
mighten | migten | ᛫ to enable ᛫ to empower ᛫ | V | might+en | NE×2 | |
mightened | migtened | ᛫ enabled ᛫ empowered ᛫ | AJ | might+en+ed | NE×3 | |
mighth | migþ | ᛫ urine ᛫ pee ᛫ piss ᛫ | N | miȝethe | ME | rhyme: writhe |
mighthleech | migþleec | ᛫ a urologist ᛫ | N | miȝethe+leech | ME+NE | rhyme: writhe peach |
mightlihood | migtlihood | ᛫ a possibility ᛫ | N | mightly+hood | OE+NE | inspired by: likelihood |
mightly | migtly | ᛫ possible ᛫ | AJ | mihtlic/meahtelic | OE | |
milch | milc | ᛫ able to give milk ᛫ able to be milked ᛫ | AJ | milch | ME | |
milch cow | milc cue | ᛫ a cow kept for milking ᛫ a cash cow ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
mildheart | ᛫ merciful ᛫ | AJ | mildheort | OE | ||
mildheartly | ᛫ mercifully ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | mildheortlīce | OE | ||
mildheartness | ᛫ mercy ᛫ | N | mildheortnes | OE | ||
miles | ᛫ an Atriplex plant ( an orache ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
militish | militisc | ᛫ military ᛫ martial ᛫ | AJ | militisc | OE‹I | |
milkcoffee | ᛫ latte ᛫ | N | milk+coffee | NE×2‹ | calque: caffè latte | |
milken | ᛫ lactael ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
milkhouse | milkhuse | ᛫ a dairy ᛫ a creamery ᛫ a cheesery ᛫ a lactarium ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
milklithe | milkliþe | ᛫ very soft ᛫ very gentle ᛫ soft as milk ᛫ | AJ | meolclīþe | OE | |
milksop | ᛫ a feeble or ineffectual person ᛫ a coward ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
milksoppy | ᛫ timid ᛫ milquetoast ᛫ insipid ᛫ | ADJ | ~ | NE | ||
millbeetle | millbeetel | ᛫ a cockroach ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(I+E) | |
milse | ᛫ mercy ᛫ pardon ᛬ to be merciful to ᛫ to pardon ᛬ mercy me! ᛫ | N᛬V᛬I | milce&milcen | ME | ||
milsey | ᛫ a milk strainer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from milk-sye, from Middle English mylke syhe (milk sieve) | |
milt | ᛫ spleen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
milth | milþ | ᛫ mercy ᛫ | N | milthe | ME | kin: mild |
mimmer | ᛫ to keep in memory ᛫ to remember ᛫ | V | mimorian | OE | ||
min | ᛫ memory ᛫ remembrance ᛫ | N | min | ME | ||
minchen | mincen | ᛫ a nun ᛫ a female monk ᛫ | N | minchen[mynecenu] | ME | should Munich be named this in Anglisc? |
mind | ᛫ to be bothered by [ᛏ] ᛫ to care (if) [ᛏ] ᛫ to keep in mind [ᛏ] ᛫ to call to mind [ᛏ] ᛫ to remember [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | mīnden | ME | "mind your manners", "it is to be minded that", "she minded well", "I mind if you do that" | |
mindfarer | ᛫ a psychonaut ᛫ | N | mind+farer | NE×2 | ||
mindful | ᛫ having mental faculties not dulled by sleep faintness or stupor ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
minding | ᛫ a remembering ᛫ | V | mīnding | ME | ||
mindless | ᛫ senseless ᛫ stupid ᛫ heedless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mindlokening | ᛫ psychiatry ᛫ | N | mind+lācnung | NE+OE | ||
mindlore | ᛫ psychology ᛫ | N | mind+lore | NE | ||
mindly | ᛫ mental ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mindset | ᛫ a mentality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
minge | mincg | ᛫ to mix ᛫ to blend ᛫ to mingle ᛫ | V | mē̆nǧen | ME | rhyme: singe ᛫ kin: mingle |
mingle | mingel | ᛫ to mix ᛫ to associate ( esp at social functions ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
minse | ᛫ to diminish ᛫ to chop into bits ᛫ to mince ᛫ | V | minsian | OE | kin: mince | |
minster | ᛫ a monastery ᛫ | N | minster[mynster] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
mint | ᛫ an intent ᛫ an aiming ᛬ to intend ᛫ to aim ( with a weapon or otherwise ) ᛫ | N | minten[myntan] | ME | ||
mir | ᛫ myrrh ᛫ a Commiphora myrrha plant ᛫ | N | mirre/murre[myrra/myrre] | ME‹OE‹I‹H‹O | or: mur | |
mire | ᛫ a fen ᛫ a bog ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
mirth | mirþ | ᛫ merriment ᛫ jollity ᛫ amusement ᛬ to amuse ᛫ to entertain ᛫ to cheer up ᛫ | N | mirth&mirthen | NE&ME | |
misbegotten | ᛫ illegitimate ( born out of wedlock ) ᛫ ill-conceived ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
misbehaving | misbehafing | ᛫ misconduct ᛫ | N | misbehaving | ME | |
misbeholden | ᛫ disobliging ᛫ unbecoming ᛫ offensive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
misbelieve | misbeleef | ᛫ to disbelieve ᛫ to hold an erronious belief ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
misbid | ᛫ to abuse ᛫ to mistreat ᛫ | V | misbidden | ME | ||
misbirth | misbirþ | ᛫ a miscarriage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
misbrook | ᛫ to misuse ᛫ | V | mis+brook | NE×2 | ||
mischar | miscar | ᛫ to pervert ᛫ | V | miscyrran | OE | |
misdeed | ᛫ an offense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
misdeem | ᛫ to misjudge ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
misdoom | ᛫ a misjudgment / a misjudgement ᛫ | N | misdōm | ME | ||
misfall | ᛫ a mishap ᛫ misfortune ᛬ to suffer bad luck ᛫ to turn out badly ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
misfare | ᛫ an error ᛫ a transgression ᛫ a mishap ᛫ misfortune ᛫ ill fate ᛬ to err ᛫ to transgress ᛫ to go wrong or astray ᛫ to be unfortunate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
misgang | ᛫ a trespass ᛫ | N | misgang | ME | ||
misgiving | misgifing | ᛫ doubt ᛫ apprehension ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | de-Norsed: misyeafing/misgeefing ᛫ usually plural: "misgivings" |
mish | misc | ᛫ to mix ᛫ | V | miscian | OE | |
mishandle | mishandel | ᛫ to maltreat ᛫ to mistreat ᛫ to abuse ᛫ to misuse ᛫ to mismanage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
mishap | mishap | ᛫ an unfortunate accident ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mishappen | mishappen | ᛫ to occur by misfortune ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
mislear | ᛫ to miseducate ᛫ to misinform ᛫ | V | mislēren[mislǣran] | ME | ||
mislike | ᛫ to dislike ᛫ | V | misliken | ME | ||
mislore | ᛫ evil teaching ᛫ misinformation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
misname | ᛫ a misnomer ᛬ to call by a wrong name ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
misnim | ᛫ to mistake ᛫ | V | misnimen | ME | PST: misnam, PTCP: misnum | |
misnimming | ᛫ a mistake ᛫ an error ᛫ | N | misniminge | ME | ||
misput | ᛫ to misplace ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
misqueath | miscƿeaþ | ᛫ to slander ᛫ to calumniate ᛫ to malign ᛫ to slander ᛫ to traduce ᛫ | V | miscweþan | OE | |
misqueme | miscƿeem | ᛫ to displease ᛫ | V | miscwemen | ME | |
misread | ᛫ to misadvise ᛫ to misinterpret ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
misreckon | ᛫ to miscalculate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
misser | ᛫ a half-year ᛫ | N | missere | OE | ||
misshapen | misscapen | ᛫ deformed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
missliness | ᛫ variousness ᛫ diversity ᛫ variability ᛫ ununiformity ᛫ | N | mislīch+ness | ME+NE | ||
missly | ᛫ various ᛫ diverse ᛫ variable ᛫ ununiform ᛬ variously ᛫ diversely ᛫ ununiformly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | mislīch | ME | ||
misspeak | ᛫ to mispronounce ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
mist | ᛫ fog ᛫ a cloud of smoke ᛫ vapour ( including aromatic vapour ) ᛫ a gas ᛫ | N | mist&mist | NE&ME | ||
Mistassini Mere | ᛫ Lac Mistassini ᛫ | N(P) | Mistassini+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
misthee | misþee | ᛫ to fail to improve to degenerate ᛫ | V | misþēon | OE | |
mistide | ᛫ to have bad luck ᛫ to turn out badly ᛫ | V | mistiden | ME | ||
mistihood | ᛫ a mystery ᛫ mystery ᛫ obscurity ᛫ | N | mistīhēd | ME | ||
mistiming | ᛫ an anachronism ᛫ | N | mis+timing | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes | |
mistle | mistel | ᛫ basil ᛫ mistletoe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mistrust | ᛫ distrust ᛫ suspicion ᛬ to distrust ᛫ to have no confidence in ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
misunderstand | ᛫ to misinterpret ᛫ to misconstrue ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
miswend | misƿend | ᛫ to go astray ᛫ to subvert ᛫ to pervert ᛫ to deform ᛫ | V | miswenden | ME | |
miswise | misƿise | ᛫ to misinstruction ᛫ | V | miswissian | OE | |
misworking | misƿorking | ᛫ dysfunctional ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
miswrought | misƿrougt | ᛫ poorly made ᛫ poorly worked ᛫ misworked ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
mithe | miþe | ᛫ to conceal ᛫ to dissemble ᛫ to restrain oneself ᛫ to suppress one's feelings ᛫ to restrain oneself ᛫ to refrain from ᛫ | V | mithen&mīþan | ME&OE | |
mixen | ᛫ a dung heap ᛫ a dunghill ᛫ odure ᛫ | N | ~[mixen]{meox} | NE | kin: "mix" | |
modry | ᛫ an aunt ᛫ | N | moddri[mōdrige] | ME | ||
modrydaughter | moddrydaugter | ᛫ a maternal female cousin ᛫ | N | moddri+daughter | ME+NE | built on analogy with "modry sune" ᛫ see "needmay" |
modryson | moddrysun | ᛫ a maternal male cousin ᛫ | N | moddri sune | ME | see "needmay" |
mold | ᛫ soil ᛫ the surface of the earth ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
moldlore | ᛫ soil science ᛫ | N | mold+lore | NE×2 | ||
Moldova | ᛫ Moldova ᛫ | N(P) | Moldova | I | ||
molten | ᛫ liquefied by heat ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mond | ᛫ a basket ᛫ | N | mand/mond | OE | kin: maund | |
mone | ᛫ social intercourse ᛫ sexual intercourse ᛫ | N | imōne[gemāna] | ME | ||
mone | ᛫ a companion ᛫ a partner ᛫ companionship ᛫ participation ᛫ assistance ᛫ sexual intercourse ᛫ | N | mōn | ME | ||
mone | ᛫ evil ᛫ wickedness falsehood ᛫ evil personified ᛫ the Devil ᛬ wicked ᛫ false ᛫ base ᛫ | N᛬AJ | mon/man/mone[mān] | ME&OE | ||
mong | ᛫ a mixture ᛫ a mingling ᛫ an intermixture ᛫ confusion ᛫ dealings or association between people ᛫ | N | mōng[gemang] | ME | ||
mong | ᛫ to traffic (with) ᛫ to barter ᛫ | V | ~[monger] | NE | backformation of monger which came from mong | |
monger | ᛫ a dealer ᛫ a trader ᛫ | N | monger | NE‹Þ‹I‹H | ||
monkhood | munkhood | ᛫ monasticism ᛫ monachism ᛫ monastic life ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
monkhouse | munkhuse | ᛫ a monastery ᛫ | N | monk house | NE‹OE‹(I+E) | |
monkhouse | munkhuse | ᛫ a monastery ᛫ a cloister ᛫ | N | monk-house | NE‹(NE‹‹I+NE) | [OED] |
monkly | munkly | ᛫ monastic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(O+E) | [MW] |
monkstow | munkstoƿ | ᛫ a monastery ᛫ a hermitage ᛫ | N | munucstōw | OE‹I | |
Monnight | Monnigt | ᛫ the night following Monday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | from mōnanniht or from Monday+night |
monthadle | monþadel | ᛫ menstruation ᛫ | N | mōnaþādl | OE | |
monthadly | monþadly | ᛫ undergoing menstruation ᛫ | AJ | mōnaþādlig | OE | |
monthblood | monþblood | ᛫ menses ᛫ menstrual blood ᛫ | N | mōnaþblōd | OE | |
monthly book | monþly | ᛫ a monthly periodical or magazine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
mood | ᛫ courage ᛫ valor ᛫ a mental state ᛫ an emotional state ᛫ a state of mind ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
moodsick | ᛫ distressed ᛫ of troubled mind ᛫ | AJ | mōdsēoc | OE | ||
moodthrake | moodþrake | ᛫ impetuosity of mind ᛫ impetuous or daring courage ᛫ | N | mōdþracu | OE | |
moonbone | ᛫ a lunate bone ᛫ | N | moon+bone | NE×2 | calque: maanbeen, Mondbein | |
moonling | ᛫ a lunatic ᛫ a crazy or insane person ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
moonly | ᛫ lunar ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
moonmadness | ᛫ lunacy ᛫ | N | moonmadness | NE | ||
moonrown | moonrune | ᛫ a Chinese character ᛫ any character inspired by Chinese characters ( such as those in kana and hangul ) ᛫ | N | moon+rown | NE×2 | potentially offensive ᛫ see: Hanrown |
moonscape | ᛫ a devastated land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
moonshine | moonscine | ᛫ illicitly distilled alcohol ᛫ nonsense ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
moonsick | ᛫ crazy ᛫ lunatic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
moonstruck | ᛫ insane ᛫ crazy ᛫ ludicrous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
moor | ᛫ a stretch of uncultivated highland characterized by low-growing vegetation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
moorfowl | moorfule | ᛫ the Lagopus scotica bird ᛫ | N | moorfowl | NE | |
Moorland | ᛫ Mauritania ᛫ | N(P) | Moor+land | NE‹O+NE | or: Mauritany | |
moorle | moorel | ᛫ a rope for mooring a ship ᛫ pronesium ᛫ | N | mǣrels | OE | |
moose | moos | ᛫ food ᛫ nourishment ᛫ | N | mōs | OE | |
moot | ᛫ an assembly ᛫ a council ᛬ to broach ᛫ to talk about ᛫ to debate ᛫ to argue ᛫ to dispute ᛬ no longer relevant ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
moothall | moothall | ᛫ a room or building in which a moot is held ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mooting | ᛫ conversation ᛫ discussion ᛫ discourse ᛫ debate ᛫ | N | mooting&motung | NE&OE | ||
mootstow | mootstoƿ | ᛫ a meeting place ᛫ a forum ᛫ | N | gemōtstōw | OE | |
more | ᛫ an edible root ( like a carrot or parsnip ) ᛫ a root ᛫ an origin ᛬ to take root ᛫ to root ᛫ | N᛬V | more[more]&mōren | ME&ME | ||
morebeam | ᛫ a Morus plant ( a mulberry tree ) ᛫ | N | mōrbēam | ME‹OE‹I | ||
moreberry | ᛫ a mulberry ᛫ | N | morberi | OE‹I | ||
morecrop | ᛫ a Pimpinella plant ( a pimpernel ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | ||
moreness | ᛫ plurality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
morning beads | ᛫ matins ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Morningland | ᛫ the Orient ᛫ the Far East ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | poetic? | |
morrow | morroƿ | ᛫ the following day ᛫ the time following an event ᛫ the near future ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
morth | morþ | ᛫ murder ᛫ slaughter ᛫ | N | morth | ME | |
mostlings | ᛫ for the most part ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
mote | ᛫ a particle ᛫ an atom ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
motherland | moþerland | ᛫ the land of one's ancestors or birth ᛫ the country which founded a colony ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
motherly | moþerly | ᛫ maternal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
mothermorth | moþermorþ | ᛫ matricide ᛫ | N | mother+morth | NE+ME | calque: Muttermord |
motherslayer | moþerslayer | ᛫ a matricide ᛫ | N | mōdorslaga | OE | |
mothertongue | moþertung | ᛫ one's native language ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
motherwit | moþerƿit | ᛫ common sense ᛫ | N | mother wit | NE | |
mothren | moþren | ᛫ maternal ᛫ | AJ | mēdren | OE | |
mound | mund | ᛫ a hand ᛫ a hand ( a measurement ) ᛫ guardianship ᛫ protection ᛫ | N | mound[mund] | ME | |
moundbreach | mundbreac | ᛫ violation of security ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mount | munt | ᛫ a mountain ᛫ a hill ᛫ | N | munt[mons] | OE‹I | |
mourn | morn | ᛫ to grieve ᛫ | V | ~[mǒrnen][murnan] | NE | |
mousehare | musehare | ᛫ an Ochotona animal ᛫ a pika ᛫ | N | mouse-hare | NE | [OED] |
mousehart | musehart | ᛫ a Tragulidae animal ᛫ a chevrotain ᛫ | N | mouse+hart | NE+NE | [OED] ᛫ calque: mouse-deer |
mouser | muser | ᛫ an animal that catches mice ( esp a cat ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mouthharp | muþeharp | ᛫ a harmonica ᛫ | N | mouth-harp | NE | [OED] |
mouthly | muþely | ᛫ oral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
mouthroof | muþeroof | ᛫ the palate ᛫ | N | mūþhrōf | OE | |
mouthroofy | muþeroofy | ᛫ palatal ᛫ | AJ | mūþhrōf+y | OE+NE | |
mow | muhe | ᛫ to be able to ᛫ to maybe be able to ᛫ to be permitted to ᛫ to be allowed to ᛫ | V | mouen | ME | PST: might ᛫ PTCP: ? ᛫ PRES: may ᛫ PPR: mowing ᛫ rhyme: how |
mowing | muing | ᛫ capable ᛫ able ᛫ | AJ | mouing{mouen} | ME | from the present participle of ME "mouen" |
much | muc | ᛫ large ᛫ big ᛫ | AJ | much/muchel | ME | |
muchel | mucel | ᛫ to increase ᛫ to magnify ᛫ | V | muchelen[miclian] | ME | or: mickle; much |
muchness | mucness | ᛫ majesty ᛫ magnificence ᛫ greatness ᛫ size ᛫ | N | muchelness | ME | |
mudflow | mudfloƿ | ᛫ a flowing or hardened stream of mud ᛫ a lahar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
mug | ᛫ a cup ᛫ face ( colloquial ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
mugwort | mugƿurt | ᛫ an Artemisia vulgaris plant ᛫ an Artemisia plant [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
mum | ᛫ silent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mumble | mumbel | ᛫ a quiet and indistinct utterance ᛬ to murmur ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
mun | ᛫ to remember [ᚾ] ᛫ | V | imunen[gemunan] | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED, CONSIDER: "MIND" INSTEAD | |
munworthy | munƿorþy | ᛫ memorable ᛫ worthy of being remembered ᛫ | V | mun+worthy | OE+NE | |
murder | morþer | ᛫ a murder ᛬ to murder ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ". . . -u- and the -d-. . . probably. . . influence of Anglo-Norman, Old French. . . Latin forms" - OED |
murdersome | morþersum | ᛫ murderous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ". . . -u- and the -d-. . . probably. . . influence of Anglo-Norman, Old French. . . Latin forms" - OED |
murdry | morþry | ᛫ muderous ᛫ | AJ | murder+y | NE×2 | ". . . -u- and the -d-. . . probably. . . influence of Anglo-Norman, Old French. . . Latin forms" - OED |
murk | ᛫ darkness or particles that make it hard to see ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
murken | ᛫ to murmur ᛫ | V | murcnian | OE | ||
murky | ᛫ dark and gloomy ( esp due to thick mist ) ᛫ darkly vague ᛫ obscure ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
mut | ᛫ to be allowed ᛫ to be permitted ᛫ to be compelled ᛫ must ᛫ may ( subjunctive ) ᛫ | V | mọ̄ten | ME | modal verb ᛫ once the present tense of "must" ᛫ shortened ~1500 | |
naft | ᛫ poverty ᛫ indigence ᛫ | N | næft | OE | literally: not-having? ᛫ see: haft | |
nafty | ᛫ poor ( unwealthy ) ᛫ indigent ᛫ | AJ | næftig | OE | ||
nag | ᛫ to niggle or to gripe continuously ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
nailkin | ᛫ a Dianthus plant ( a carnation ) ᛫ | N | nail+kin | NE+ME | calque: Nelke | |
nake | ᛫ to strip ᛫ to undress ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
nake | ᛫ a seacraft ᛫ | N | naca | OE | kin: navy | |
naked | ᛫ stripped ᛫ naked ᛫ undressed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
nakedness | ᛫ nudity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nam | ᛫ am not ᛫ | V | neom | OE | equal to: nay am | |
name | ᛫ a noun ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | calque: nōmen | |
namebook | ᛫ a register of names ᛫ | N | nambōc | OE | ||
namecouth | namecooþ | ᛫ famous ᛫ well-known ᛫ of note ᛫ of renown ᛫ | AJ | namcūþ | OE | |
nameless | ᛫ anonymous ᛫ indefinable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
namelessness | ᛫ anonymity ᛫ indefinability ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
namesake | ᛫ one who is named after another or for whom another is named ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nameshunning | namescunning | ᛫ antonomasia ᛫ | N | name+shunning | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
naming | ᛫ nomination ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nana | ᛫ a grandmother ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nap | ᛫ a cup ᛫ a bowl ᛫ | N | nap[hnæp] | ME | ||
narrow | narroƿ | ᛫ a confinement ᛫ a durance ᛫ a strait ᛫ a difficulty ᛫ | N | nearu | OE | |
narxenwong | narxenƿong | ᛫ a paradise ᛫ | N | neorxenawang | OE | |
narxenwongly | narxenƿongly | ᛫ paradisiacal ᛫ | AJ | neorxnawanglic | OE | |
nary | ᛫ never a ᛫ not a ᛫ not ᛫ neither ᛫ no ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | short for: ne'er a | |
nas | ᛫ not ᛫ | AV | næs | OE | equal to: nā (never) + ealles (completely) | |
natheless | naþeless | ᛫ nevertheless ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
naught | naugt | ᛫ nothing ᛫ a zero ᛫ a null ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
naught but | naugt | ᛫ just ᛫ merely ᛫ nothing but ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
naughth | naugþ | ᛫ zeroth ᛫ 0th ᛫ | AJ | noughth | NE | found in: noughth week |
naughties | naugties | ᛫ the first decade of a century ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
naughty | naugty | ᛫ mischievous ᛫ risqué ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
nave | nafe | ᛫ to not have ᛫ | V | nabban | OE | rhyme: have |
nave | nafe | ᛫ a wheel hub ᛫ | N | nāve[nafa/nafu] | ME | |
navel | nafel | ᛫ an umbilicus ᛫ a belly button ᛫ the central point of a place ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
nay | ᛫ a negative answer ᛬ to reply negatively ᛬ no ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
nay | ᛫ to address ᛫ to accost ᛫ to speak to ᛫ to assail ᛫ | V | nǣgan&genǣgan | OE | ||
naying | ᛫ negative ᛫ | AJ | nay+ing | NE×2 | ||
nayword | nayƿord | ᛫ a term of negation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | coined by Ralph Lever |
ne | ᛫ no ᛫ not ᛫ nay ᛫ nor ᛫ | AV&C | ne&ne | ME&OE | ||
neap | ᛫ to pluck off ᛫ | V | ahnēapan | OE | kin: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽; nypa (Swedish) | |
nearness | ᛫ closeness ᛫ proximity ᛫ intimacy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nearsighted | nearsigted | ᛫ myopic ᛫ | AJ | near-sighted | NE | [OED] |
nearsightedness | nearsigtedness | ᛫ myopia ᛫ | N | near-sightedness | NE | [OED] |
neat | ᛫ a peasant holding land from a lord ᛫ a companion ᛫ a comrade [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | nēt&genēat | ME&OE | ||
neat | ᛫ cattle ᛫ a cow ᛫ a bull ᛫ | N | neat&neat | NE&OE | ||
neath | neaþ | ᛫ beneath ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
neatherd | neaþerd | ᛫ one who looks after neat ( cattle ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
neatland | ᛫ rented land ᛫ feudally owned land ᛫ | N | geneatland | OE | ||
neb | ᛫ a beak ᛫ a nose ᛫ a snout ᛫ a face ᛫ | N | neb&nebb | NE&OE | ||
neckrib | ᛫ a cervical rib ᛫ | N | neck+rib | NE×2 | ||
neckridgebone | neckricgbone | ᛫ a cervical vertebra ᛫ | N | neck+ridgebone | NE×2 | |
need | ᛫ a necessity ᛫ a requirement ᛬ to require ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
needful | ᛫ necessary ᛫ mandatory ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
needfully | ᛫ necessarily ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
needlefish | needelfisc | ᛫ a Belonidae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
needless | ᛫ unnecessary ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
needlework | needelƿork | ᛫ embroidery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
needling | needelling | ᛫ acupuncture ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
needmay | ᛫ a close kinsman or kinswoman ᛫ a cousin ?᛫ | N | nīdmæge&nīdmāge | OE&OE | ||
neednot | ᛫ a superfluity ᛫ an unnecessary thing ᛫ | N | neednot | NE | ||
needs cost | ᛫ necessarily ᛫ | AV | nedes cost | ME | or: needs costs ᛫ this "cost" is not from French | |
needtharf | needþarf | ᛫ necessary ᛫ | AJ | nẹ̄dtharf[nēdþearf] | ME | |
needwise | needƿise | ᛫ by necessity ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
neep | ᛫ a turnip ᛫ | N | ~[nẹ̄p][nǣp] | NE‹ME‹OE‹I | ||
neepseed | ᛫ rapeseed ᛫ | N | nǣpsǣd | OE‹I | ||
neer | ᛫ to save ᛫ to rescue ᛫ | V | nerian&nerian | ME&OE | ||
neer | ᛫ the kidney ᛫ | N | nēre | ME‹LG | ||
neese | ᛫ to inspect ᛫ to visit ᛫ | V | nēosian | OE | ||
neet | ᛫ to enjoy ( to make use of ) ᛫ | V | nēotan | OE | ||
neethe | neeþe | ᛫ to risk ᛫ to venture ᛫ | V | nēþan | OE | |
neeve | neef | ᛫ nephew ᛫ a grandson ᛫ | N | nēve[nefa] | ME | |
neigh | neig | ᛫ local- ᛫ | PREFIX | neigh&nēah | NE&OE | found in "neighbour" |
neighledge | neiglecg | ᛫ to approach ᛫ | V | neighlechen | ME | rhyme: day ledge |
neightheed | neigþeed | ᛫ a neighbouring people or nation ᛫ | N | nēahþēod | OE | rhyme: day weed |
neighwist | neigƿist | ᛫ neighborhood ᛫ society ᛫ fellowship ᛫ | N | nēahwist | OE | |
neither | neiþer | ᛫ neuter ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | naþor | OE | |
nemmen | ᛫ to mention ᛫ to specify ᛫ to refer to ᛫ to designate ᛫ to name ᛫ | V | nemnen{nevenen} | ME | ||
nemmeningly | ᛫ nominative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | nemnigendlīc | OE | ||
nesh | nesc | ᛫ delicate ᛫ feeble ᛫ soft ᛫ tender ᛫ timid ᛫ dainty ᛫ | AJ | ~[hnesce/hnysce/hnæsce] | NE | [LEX] |
neshen | nescen | ᛫ to make tender or soft ᛫ mollify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
neshly | nescly | ᛫ tenderly ᛫ | AV | n̄̆eshlī | ME | |
neshness | nescness | ᛫ docility ᛫ feebleness ᛫ weakness ᛫ softness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ness | ᛫ a headland ᛫ a promontory ᛫ a cape ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
ness | ᛫ -ity ( abstract nominal suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
nestle | nestel | ᛫ to lie comfortably within or against something ᛫ to lie somewhat obscured ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
net | ᛫ cyber- ( but only in internet contexts ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | or: web- | |
nether | neþer | ᛫ lower ᛫ low ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Netherfrankish | Neþerfrankisc | ᛫ Low Franconian ᛫ | N(P) | nether+Frank+ish | NE×3 | calque: Niederfränkisch |
nethergang | neþergang | ᛫ a descent ᛫ | N | niþergang | OE | |
netherheer | neþerhair | ᛫ pubic hair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
netherhose | neþerhose | ᛫ underpants ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Netherlander | Neþerlander | ᛫ one from the Netherlands ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Netherlandish | Neþerlandisc | ᛫ the Dutch language ᛫ of the Dutch ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | ~ | NE | |
nethermind | neþermind | ᛫ the subconscious ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
netherness | neþerness | ᛫ inferiority ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
netherwear | neþerƿear | ᛫ underwear ᛫ undergarments ᛫ lingerie ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Nettilling Mere | ᛫ Nettilling Lake ᛫ | N(P) | Nettilling+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
nettle | nettel | ᛫ an Urtica plant ᛬ to hit with nettles ᛫ to irritate ᛫ to annoy ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
nettlesome | nettelsum | ᛫ annoying ᛫ irritating ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
network | netƿork | ᛫ a system or a group or a chain of interconnected parts ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
neveling | nefeling | ᛫ prone ᛫ face-down ᛫ supine ᛫ face-up ᛫ | AV | nevelinge | ME | |
neverending | neferending | ᛫ infinite ᛫ endless ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
neverland | neferland | ᛫ a utopia ᛫ | N | neverland | NE | |
new | neƿ | ᛫ neo- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
new | neƿ | ᛫ stingy ᛫ niggardly ᛫ miserly ᛫ | AJ | hnēaw | OE | kin: niggard |
New English | Englisc | ᛫ Modern English ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
New Everwich | Neƿ Eferƿic | ᛫ New York City ᛫ New York state ᛫ | N(P) | new+everwich | NE+ME | unnecessary alternative |
New Scotland | Skotland | ᛫ Nova Scotia ᛫ | N(P) | new+Scotland | NE×2 | calque: Nova Scotia |
newborn | neƿborn | ᛫ an infant ᛬ nascent ᛫ reborn ᛫ | N:AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
newel | neƿel | ᛫ a novelty ᛫ novelty itself ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
newel | neƿel | ᛫ prone ᛫ prostrate ᛫ face-down ᛫ deep down ᛫ very low ᛫ | AJ | niwol[neowol] | OE | |
newelness | neƿelness | ᛫ the abyss ᛫ | N | nielnesse | ME | |
newen | neƿen | ᛫ recently ᛫ | AV | neuen[nīwan/nēowan] | ME | |
newfangled | neƿfangelled | ᛫ novel ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
newlings | neƿlings | ᛫ recently ᛫ lately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
newsman | neƿsman | ᛫ a reporter ᛫ a journalist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Nicaragua Mere | ᛫ Lake Nicaragua ᛫ | N(P) | Nicaragua+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
nich | nic | ᛫ not I ᛫ | N(PRO) | nich | ME | equal to: nay ich |
nick | ᛫ to deny ᛫ | V | nikken[niccan] | ME | supposedly comes from Old English "ne ic" (not I) | |
nicker | ᛫ a water spirit ᛫ a mermaid ᛫ a siren ᛫ | N | niker[nicor] | ME | kin: Nixe; nikker; nekker; nøkke; nøkken; näck | |
nift | ᛫ a niece ᛫ a granddaughter ᛫ | N | nifte&nift | ME&OE | ||
nigh | nige | ᛫ to approach ᛬ near ᛬ close to ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬P | nigh&neighen | NE&ME | |
nigh on | nige | ᛫ just about ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
nighness | nigeness | ᛫ proximity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
nightganger | nigtganger | ᛫ a thing that goes about at night ᛫ a night monster ᛫ a hyena ? ᛫ | N | nihtgenga | OE | |
nightish | nigtisc | ᛫ nocturnal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
nightledge | nigtlecg | ᛫ to become night ᛫ | V | nichtlachen | ME | |
nightly | nigtly | ᛫ nocturnal ᛬ happening every night ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
nightrail | nigtrail | ᛫ a loose gown worn at night ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
nightshade | nigtscade | ᛫ a Solanum plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
nightsong | nigtsong | ᛫ compline ᛫ | N | night song[nihtsang] | NE | |
nill | ᛫ will not ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: nould | |
nim | ᛫ to take ᛫ to seize ᛫ to gain ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | kin: numb; nimble ᛫ conjugation regularized around 1600 | |
nimble | nimbel | ᛫ agile ᛫ dextrous ᛫ | AJ | ~[nē̆mel] | NE | kin: nim; numb |
nimbleness | nimbelness | ᛫ agility ᛫ dexterity ᛫ legerity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
nimmer | ᛫ a taker ᛫ a thief ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | dialectal | |
nimth | nimþ | ᛫ unless ᛫ except ᛫ | C | nimþe/nemþe/nymþe | OE | |
nine eyes | ᛫ a lamprey ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | analogy: Neunauge; negenoog; niøje; niauge | |
ninefold | ᛫ nonuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
ninesome | ninesum | ᛫ a nonet ᛫ a nonad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
nip | ᛫ clouds ᛫ mist ᛫ fog ᛫ vapor ᛫ obscurity ᛫ a nebula [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | inip&genip | ME&OE | kin: nebula | |
nip | ᛫ to become low ( such as the setting of the sun or the bowing of one's head ) ᛫ | V | nipen[hnipian] | ME | ||
nipe | ᛫ to become dark ᛫ | V | nīpan | OE | ||
Nipigon Mere | ᛫ Lake Nipigon ᛫ | N(P) | Nipigon+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
nis | ᛫ is not ᛫ | V | nis | OE | equal to: nay is | |
nite | ᛫ to clash ᛫ to butt against ᛫ | V | hnītan | OE | ||
nithe | niþe | ᛫ enmity ᛫ rancour ᛫ spite ᛫ | N | nīth[nīþ] | ME | |
nither | niþer | ᛫ to debase ᛫ to humiliate ᛫ to blight ᛫ to blast (as in blight a plant) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
nithing | niþing | ᛫ a wretch ᛫ an outcast ᛫ a social reject ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
niths | niþs | ᛫ men ᛫ humans ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | niþþas | OE | |
nitten | ᛫ ignorant ᛫ | AJ | nyten | OE | ||
nittenness | ᛫ ignorance ᛫ | N | nytennes | OE | ||
nobbut | ᛫ merely ᛫ just ᛬ except ᛬ except that ᛫ | AV᛬P᛬C | nobbut[nōbut] | NE | [CED][MW] | |
noll | ᛫ a crown of a head ᛫ a head ᛫ a nape ᛫ | N | nol[hnol] | ME | ||
nonce | nones | ᛫ a nonce word ᛫ one occasion ᛬ for one occasion ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
nooth | nooþ | ᛫ boldness ᛫ daringness ᛫ temerity ᛫ | N | nōþ | OE | |
Nornish | Nornisc | ᛫ the Norwegian language ᛬ Norwegian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Norenish/Nornisce{Noreine} | ME | |
Nornishman | Norniscman | ᛫ a Norwegian ᛫ | N(P) | Noreinisce men | ME | or: Norn (from backformation) |
northen | norþen | ᛫ from the north ᛫ | AV | norþan | OE | |
northern lights | ligts | ᛫ the aurora borealis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Northish | Norþisc | ᛫ Nordic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Northman | Norþman | ᛫ a Norseman ( a Dane , a Swede , a Norwegian , an Icelander , a Faroe Islander , etc ) ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Northmannish | Norþmannisc | ᛫ Norse language ᛬ Norse ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | ~ | NE | |
Northumber | Norþumber | ᛫ Northumbria ᛫ the Northumbrians ᛫ | N(P) | Norþhymbre | OE‹(E+C) | |
Northumberrich | Norþumberric | ᛫ the Kingdom of Northumbria ᛫ | N(P) | Norþanhymbra rīce | OE‹(E+C+C) | |
Northumbrish | Norþumbrisc | ᛫ the Northumbrian tongue ᛬ Northumbrian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Norþhymbrisc | OE‹(E+C+E) | |
Norwales | Norƿales | ᛫ Wales ᛫ Cambria ᛫ Welshmen ᛫ | N(P) | norþwalas | OE | |
Norway | Norƿay | ᛫ Norway ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Norwelsh | Norƿelsc | ᛫ Welsh language ᛬ Welsh ᛫ Cambrian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | norþwalas+ish | OE+NE | see: Welsh ᛫ or: Cymraeg |
nosebone | ᛫ a nasal bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nosegristle | nosegristel | ᛫ a septum ᛫ nose cartilage ᛫ | N | næsgristle | OE | |
nosely | ᛫ nasal ᛬ nasally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
nostle | nostel | ᛫ a band or strip of material ᛫ a headband ᛫ a fillet ᛫ | N | nostle | OE | |
nosy | ᛫ inquisitive ᛫ curious ᛫ prying ᛫ snoopy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
note | ᛫ benefit ᛫ usefulness ᛫ profit ᛫ advantage ᛬ to use ᛫ | N᛬V | nōte&nōten | ME&ME | ||
noteful | ᛫ useful ᛫ beneficial ᛫ profitable ᛫ advantageous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
notely | ᛫ beneficial ᛫ useful ᛫ advantageous ᛫ | AJ | nytlīc | OE | ||
nott | ᛫ polled ᛫ hornless ᛫ antlerless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
nottle | nottel | ᛫ useful ᛫ advantageous ᛫ beneficial ᛫ | N | nyttol | OE | |
notwithstanding | notƿiþstanding | ᛫ in spite of this ᛬ despite ᛫ in spite of ᛬ in spite of the fact that ᛫ | AV᛬P᛬C | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
nough | noug | ᛫ bent down ᛫ low ᛫ lowly ᛫ humble ᛫ abject ᛫ mean ᛫ poor ᛫ | AJ | hnāh | OE | rhyme: dough |
nouth | nuþe | ᛫ just now ᛫ at present ᛫ in a moment ᛫ | AV | nouthe | ME | |
now and then | nu and þen | ᛫ occasionally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
nowend | noƿend | ᛫ a sailor ᛫ a mariner ᛫ | N | nōwend | OE | kin: navy |
nowhither | nohƿiþer | ᛫ to nowhere ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
nowise | noƿise | ᛫ in no way or manner ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
numb | ᛫ deprived of the power of feeling ᛫ | AJ | numb | NE | ||
nunhouse | nunhuse | ᛫ a nunnery ᛫ a convent ᛫ | N | nun+house | NE‹‹I+NE | by analogy with monkhouse |
nut | ᛫ a pancreas ( of an animal ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
nye | ᛫ to bend downwards ᛫ to curtsey ᛫ | V | hnīgan | OE | ||
o | ᛫ continually ᛫ always ᛬ aye ! ᛫ | AV᛬I | ō | ME | kin: aye | |
oad | ᛫ a funeral pyre ᛫ | N | ād | ME&OE | ||
oakwern | oakƿern | ᛫ a squirrel ᛫ | N | ocquerne/okerne[ācwern] | ME | |
oal | ᛫ a fire ᛫ a flame ᛫ | N | āl | OE | kin: anneal; ālfæt | |
oalvat | oalfat | ᛫ a vat for placing on fire ( for cooking , etc ) ᛫ | N | ālfæt | OE | |
oast | ᛫ a kiln ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
oath | oaþ | ᛫ a vow ᛫ a pledge ᛫ a sworn declaration ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
oathbreach | oaþbreac | ᛫ perjury ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
oathbreaker | oaþbreaker | ᛫ a perjurer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
oathom | oaþom | ᛫ a son-in-law ᛫ a brother-in-law ᛫ | N | āþum | OE | |
oathworthy | oaþƿorþy | ᛫ able to be trusted under oath ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
ock | ᛫ ( diminutive suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | ||
oddness | ᛫ strangeness ᛫ oddity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
odds and ends | ᛫ miscellaneous things ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
oddsmaker | ᛫ one who reckons betting odds ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
of late | ᛫ recently ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
off the mark | þe | ᛫ inaccurate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
offal | ᛫ garbage ᛫ trash ᛫ waste ᛫ internal organs which are to be discarded ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
offarm | ᛫ to pity ᛫ | V | ofearmian | OE | ||
offcome | offcum | ᛫ an excuse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
offdealing | ᛫ a department ᛫ a division ᛫ | N | off+deal+ing | NE×3 | calque: ôfdieling | |
offgalth | offgalþ | ᛫ a superstition ᛫ | N | æfgælþ | OE | what does "gælþ" mean? |
offhand | ᛫ curt ᛫ abrupt ᛫ informal ( of words or actions ) ᛬ without forethought ᛫ extempore ᛫ extemporaneous ᛫ impromptu ᛫ unpremeditated ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
offhanded | ᛫ of an ungraciously nonchalant manner ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
offhandedly | ᛫ in an ungraciously nonchalant manner ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
offset | ᛫ to counteract ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
offshoot | offscoot | ᛫ a derivative ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ofold | ᛫ simple ᛫ plain ᛫ onefold ᛫ single ᛫ singular ᛫ | AJ | ōfōld | ME | the ō = "Weakened form of ōn pron. used before consonants" - MEC ᛫ possible rhyme: shovelled | |
ofoldly | ᛫ simply ᛫ plainly ᛫ singularly ᛫ | AV | ōfōld+ly | ME+NE | the ō = "Weakened form of ōn pron. used before consonants" - MEC ᛫ possible rhyme: shovelledly | |
often | ᛫ frequent ᛬ frequently ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
oftenness | ᛫ frequency ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
oftseen | ᛫ often seen ᛫ unrare ᛫ common ᛫ usual ᛫ | AJ | oft+seen{seldsēn} | NE×2 | ||
old moon | ᛫ the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: waning moon | |
oldbaken | ᛫ stale ᛫ | AJ | ealdbacen | OE | Also used this way by Dutch and German | |
olden | ᛫ related to former times ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
oldfangled | oldfangelled | ᛫ old-fashioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
oldfarrand | ᛫ old-fashioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
oldmaidish | oldmaidisc | ᛫ prim ᛫ | AJ | oldmaidish | NE | |
olvend | olfend | ᛫ a camel ᛫ | N | olfend/olvend | ME‹I‹H‹O | |
on the mark | þe | ᛫ accurate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
onalike | ᛫ resemblance ᛫ similarity ᛫ simile ᛫ similitude ᛬ similar ᛬ similarly ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | ongelīc | OE | ||
onalikeness | ᛫ a formula ᛫ a pattern ᛫ | N | ongelīcness | OE | ||
onboard | ᛫ in agreement ᛫ being a willing participant or supporter ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ond | ᛫ envy ᛫ jealousy ᛫ malice ᛫ spite ᛫ enmity ᛫ | N | ō̆nd[anda/onda] | ME | ||
onday | ᛫ an appointed day ᛫ an appointment ᛬ to appoint a day ᛫ to appoint ᛫ | N᛬V | āndaga&āndagian | OE | ||
ondy | ᛫ envious ᛫ jealousy ᛫ malicious ᛫ spiteful ᛫ | AJ | andig | OE | ||
one | ᛫ to unify ᛫ to make one ᛫ | V | onen | ME | ||
one | ᛫ uni- ᛫ mono- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
one of a kind | ᛫ unique ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
oneberry | ᛫ a Paris quadrifolia plant ( paris ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
oned | ᛫ united ᛫ unified ᛫ | AJ | one+ed | NE | ||
Oned Kingdom | ᛫ the United Kingdom ᛫ | N | oned+kingdom | NE | ||
onedeal | ᛫ a one-piece swimsuit ᛫ | N | one+deal | NE×2 | calque: one-piece | |
onedom | ᛫ unity ᛫ | N | one+dom | NE×2 | ||
onefold | ᛫ simple ᛫ plain ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
onefoldly | ᛫ simply ᛫ plainly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
onefoldness | ᛫ oneness ᛫ unity ᛫ simplicity ᛫ singleness ᛫ | N | ānfealdnes | OE | ||
Onega Mere | ᛫ Lake Onega ᛫ | N(P) | Onega+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
oneganger | ᛫ a lone traveller ᛫ | N | āngenga | OE | ||
onehood | ᛫ unity ᛫ singularity ᛫ accord ᛫ concord ᛫ agreement ᛫ unanimity ᛫ consensus ᛫ | N | ō̆nhē̆d | ME | ||
onehorn | ᛫ a unicorn ᛫ | N | ānhorn | OE | ||
oneledge | onelecg | ᛫ to unite ᛫ | V | ānlǣcan | OE | |
oneleppy | ᛫ single ᛫ unique ᛫ unmarried ᛫ isolated ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ō̆nlẹ̄̆pī | ME | or: onleppy | |
onemood | ᛫ of one mind ᛫ unanimous ᛫ | AJ | ānmōd | OE | ||
onemoodly | ᛫ unanimously ᛫ | AV | ānmōdlīce | OE | ||
onemoodness | ᛫ unity ᛫ unanimity ᛫ | N | ānmōdnes | OE | ||
oneness | ᛫ unity ᛫ a union ᛫ uniformity ᛫ solitude ᛫ a singularity ᛫ monadity ᛫ a covenant ᛫ an agreement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE&OE | [OED] | |
oneread | ᛫ agreed ᛫ resolute ᛫ unanimous ᛫ | AJ | ānrǣd | OE | ||
onereadly | ᛫ unanimously ᛫ resolutely ᛫ | AV | ānrǣdlīce | OE | ||
onereadness | ᛫ concord ᛫ constancy ᛫ agreement ᛫ | N | ānrǣdnes | OE | ||
onesome | onesum | ᛫ a solo ᛫ a singlet ᛫ a monad ᛫ | N | one+some | NE+NE | modelled after twosome, threesome etc. |
onewield | oneƿeeld | ᛫ an autocracy ᛫ a monocracy ᛫ dictatorship ᛫ | N | ānweald | OE | |
onewielder | oneƿeelder | ᛫ an autocrat ᛫ a monarch ᛫ a dictator ᛫ | N | ānwealda | OE | |
onewye | oneƿye | ᛫ a duel ᛫ | N | ānwīg | OE | |
onfall | ᛫ an attack [ᚹ] ᛫ an assault [ᚹ] ᛬ to attack ᛫ to assault ᛫ to fall upon ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
onfly | ᛫ infectious disease ᛫ | N | onflyge | OE | ||
onflyleech | onflyleec | ᛫ an infectious disease specialist ᛫ | N | onflyge+leech | OE+NE | |
ongoing | ᛫ continuing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
oning | ᛫ unification ᛫ a joining together ᛫ | N | oning | ME | rhyme: running | |
only | ᛫ sole ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
onmarking | ᛫ an inscription ᛫ | N | onmearcung | OE | ||
onnim | ᛫ to adopt ᛫ | V | on+nim | NE+ME | calque: oannimme | |
onset | ᛫ an assault ᛫ an attack ᛫ an initial phase ᛬ to assault ᛫ to attack ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
onslaught | onslaugt | ᛫ a fierce or destructive attack ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Ontario Mere | ᛫ Lake Ontario ᛫ | N(P) | Ontario+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
onyet | ᛫ to perceive ᛫ to comprehend ᛫ | V | onȝiten[ongietan] | ME | or: onget (Norse) | |
oom | ᛫ rust ᛫ | N | ōm | OE | ||
oose | ᛫ a god of the Germanic pantheon ᛫ | N | ōs | OE | PL: eese? | |
oost | ᛫ a knot in a tree ᛫ | N | ōst | OE | ||
oover | oofer | ᛫ a shore ᛫ | N | ọ̄ver[ōfer] | ME | |
ooze | oos | ᛫ goo ᛫ juice sap ᛫ moisture ᛫ a secretion ᛬ to slowly secrete ᛫ | N᛬V | ooze&wōs | NE&OE | |
oozy | oosy | ᛫ juicy ᛫ succulent ᛫ | AJ | oozy&wōsig | NE&OE | |
openarse | ᛫ a medlar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | used by Chaucer and Shakespeare | |
openhearted | ᛫ frank ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
or | ᛫ proto- ᛫ | PREFIX | or | OE | ||
orchard | orcard | ᛫ a fruit tree garden ᛫ | N | ~[ortgeard] | NE‹(I?+E) | kin: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 |
orcheap | orceep | ᛫ gratis ᛫ gratuitously ᛫ without payment ᛫ | AV | orcēape | OE‹(E+I) | |
ord | ᛫ a point ( of a sword , spear, pen , etc ) ᛫ a beginning ᛫ | N | ord | ME | partial calque of "point" | |
ordeal | ᛫ a very unpleasant or dangerous prolonged experience ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ordeer | ᛫ a protozoan ᛫ a protozoon ᛫ | N | or+deer | ME+NE | calque: Urtier | |
ordfrom | ordfrum | ᛫ a source ᛫ an origin ᛫ an originator ᛫ an author ᛫ | N | ordfrumeªruma | ME&OE | |
ore | ᛫ a messenger ᛫ a herald ᛫ an angel ᛫ an envoy ᛫ | N | ār | OE | kin: errand; árr (Norse); 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 | |
ore | ᛫ honour ᛫ a showing of favour ᛬ to honour ᛫ to show favour ᛫ | N᛬V | ore&āren[ār] | ME | ||
ore | ᛫ raw metal ᛫ mineral containing a valuable constituent ( such as metal ) ᛫ | N | ore&ōra | NE&OE | ||
orefast | ᛫ honourable ᛫ | AJ | ārfæst | OE | ||
oreful | ᛫ venerable ᛫ | AJ | ārful | OE | ||
oret | ᛫ to disgrace ᛫ put to shame ᛫ | V | orrettan | OE | ||
oretship | oretscip | ᛫ infamy ᛫ disgrace ᛫ | N | orretscipe | OE | |
oreworthy | oreƿorþy | ᛫ venerable ᛫ | AJ | ārweorþig | OE | |
orf | ᛫ cattle ᛫ livestock ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
orfowl | orfule | ᛫ an archaeopteryx ( dinosaur and early bird ) ᛫ | N | or+fowl | OE+NE | calque: oervogel; Urvögel |
organ | ᛫ an Origanum plant ( oregano , marjoram ) ᛫ | N | ~[OE organa] | NE‹‹OE‹I | [OED] ᛫ or: orrow (since "organ" is probably from French "origane"), analogy: OE "morgen" > NE "morrow". | |
orgel | ᛫ pride ᛫ haughtiness ᛬ proud ᛫ prideful ᛫ | N᛬AJ | orgel[orgol] | ME | kin: orgeuil (French) | |
orgle | orgel | ᛫ a pipe organ ᛫ | N | orgle | ME‹OE‹I | |
orground | orgrund | ᛫ a primal cause ᛫ the ultimate cosmic principle ᛫ | N | or+ground | OE+NE | calque: urgrund |
orlay | ᛫ fate ᛫ destiny ᛫ | N | orlæg | OE | ||
orlay | ᛫ strife ᛫ war ᛫ | N | orlege | OE | ||
ormete | ᛫ without measure ᛫ limitless ᛫ boundless ᛫ too big to measure ᛫ | AJ | ormete[ormǣte] | OE | ||
ormetly | ᛫ excessively ᛫ immensely ᛫ | AV | ormǣtlīce | OE | ||
ormetness | ᛫ excess ᛫ immensity ᛫ | N | ormǣtness | OE | ||
ormood | ᛫ hopeless ᛫ despairing ᛫ without courage ᛫ | AJ | ormōd | OE | ||
ormoodness | ᛫ despair ᛫ desperation ᛫ | N | ormōdness | OE | ||
orn | ᛫ excess ( in a bad way ) ᛬ excessive ᛫ | N᛬AJ | orne | OE‹? | ||
orped | ᛫ stout-hearted ᛫ bold ᛫ valiant ᛫ strong in battle ᛫ splendid excellent ᛫ | AJ | orped | OE | ||
orping | ᛫ respiration ᛫ | N | orpung | OE | ||
orsin | ᛫ original sin ᛫ | N | or+sin | ME+NE | calque: Ursünde | |
orsorrow | orsorroƿ | ᛫ without sorrow ᛫ carefree ᛫ | AJ | orsorg | OE | |
ort | ᛫ a remnant of a meal ᛫ a remnant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | usually found in its plural form: "orts" ᛫ [LEX] | |
orth | orþ | ᛫ breath ᛬ to breathe ᛫ to pant ᛫ | N | orþ/oroþ&orþian | OE&OE | |
orthank | orþank | ᛫ intelligence ᛫ skill ᛫ cunning ᛬ skillful cunning ᛫ | N᛬AJ | orþanc | OE | |
ortongue | ortung | ᛫ a proto-language ᛫ | N | or+tongue | ME+NE | |
ortroth | ortroþ | ᛫ distrust ᛫ suspicion ᛫ | N | ortrouthe | ME | |
ortrow | ortroƿ | ᛫ to be distrustful of ᛫ to have suspicions of ᛫ | V | ortrouen | ME | |
orwold | orƿold | ᛫ an old-growth forest ᛫ a primaeval forest ᛫ a jungle ᛫ | N | or+wōld | OE+ME | calque: Urwald; oerwoud |
ost | ᛫ a tree knot ᛫ | N | ōst | OE | ||
oster | ᛫ an oyster ᛫ | N | ostre | OE‹I | oyster was a later borrowing from French | |
oth | oþ | ᛫ until ᛫ so much as ᛫ as far as ᛫ | C&P | oth&ōþ | ME&OE | |
other | oþer | ᛫ second ( a second thing ) ᛬ second ( second place in a sequence ) ᛫ | N᛬AJ | other&ōþer | NE&OE | Germanic languages used to use "other" for "second" like this |
other hoad | oþer | ᛫ second person ᛫ | N | ōþer hād | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
ought | ougt | ᛫ persecution ᛫ | N | ōht | OE | rhyme: bought ᛫ kin: ēhtan, Acht (HG) |
oughten | ugten | ᛫ the early morning ᛫ the period of twilight before dawn ᛫ | N | ūghten | ME | rhyme: shouten |
oughtsong | ugtsong | ᛫ matins ᛫ nocturns ᛫ | N | oughtsong/vchtsong | ME | [OED] |
oure | ure | ᛫ an aurochs ᛫ | N | oure | ME | |
ourn | urn | ᛫ ours ᛫ | N(PRO) | ouren | ME | optional |
out | ute | ᛫ to exclude ᛫ to eject ᛫ to banish ᛫ to alienate ᛫ to expel ᛫ | V | geutian | OE | or: yout (if the prefix is kept) |
outbear | utebear | ᛫ to support ᛫ bear out ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
outborn | uteborn | ᛫ foreign ᛫ alien ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
outbowed | uteboƿed | ᛫ convex ᛫ bent outwards ᛫ bulging ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
outbreathe | utebreaþe | ᛫ to exhale ᛫ to expire ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
outcast | utecast | ᛫ a pariah ᛬ ostracized ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
outcome | utecum | ᛫ a result ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outcund | utecund | ᛫ foreign ᛫ alien ᛫ strange ᛫ | AJ | ūtacund | OE | |
outdweller | utedƿeller | ᛫ one who lives outside a certain place ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outfare | utefare | ᛫ an expedition ᛫ a going out ᛬ to exit ᛫ | N | ǒutfāre&ǒutfāren | ME&ME | |
outfare | utefare | ᛫ a journey ᛫ an expedition ᛫ an excursion ᛫ | N | vte-far | ME | [OED] |
outflow | utefloƿ | ᛫ an efflux ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outgang | utegang | ᛫ an exit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outgang | utegang | ᛫ fugitive ᛫ transitory ᛫ | AJ | ūþgenge | OE | |
outgo | utego | ᛫ the outlay of money ( opposite of income ) ᛬ to go faster than ᛫ to go more than ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
outgoer | utegoer | ᛫ an emigrant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outgoing | utegoing | ᛫ sociable ᛫ gregarious ᛫ extroverted ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
outhwit | uþeƿit | ᛫ a scholar ᛫ a scribe ᛫ a philosopher ᛫ a specialist ᛫ an expert ᛫ | N | ūþwita | OE | |
outhwitly | uþeƿitly | ᛫ philosophical ᛫ academic ᛫ | AJ | ūþwitlīc | OE | |
outhwitting | uþeƿitting | ᛫ philosophy ᛫ academia ᛫ | N | ūþwitigung | OE | |
outland | uteland | ᛫ a foreign land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outlander | utelander | ᛫ a foreigner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outlandish | utelandisc | ᛫ foreign ᛫ bizarre and strange ᛫ unrealistic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
outlay | utelay | ᛫ an expenditure ᛫ a payment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
outleap | uteleap | ᛫ a fine paid to a lord for leaving his estate without permission ᛫ escape from prison ᛬ to leap out ᛫ to escape ᛫ | N᛬V | outlēp[ūthlēap]&ǒutlēpen | ME&ME | |
outler | uteler | ᛫ an animal left unhoused over the winter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
outlook | utelook | ᛫ perspective ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outlying | utelying | ᛫ lying at a distance from a certain point ᛫ exterior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] |
outname | utername | ᛫ an exonym ᛫ an xenonym ᛫ | N | out+name | NE+NE | |
output | uteput | ᛫ production ᛬ to produce ᛫ to expel ᛫ to dismiss ᛫ | N᛬V | output&outputten | NE&ME | [OED] |
outright | uterigt | ᛫ total ᛫ clear and undisputed ᛬ completely ᛫ not by degrees or instalments ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
outroot | uteroot | ᛫ to root out ᛫ to eradicate ᛫ to exterminate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
outrooting | uterooting | ᛫ eradication ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
outshut | utescut | ᛫ to shut out ᛫ to exclude ᛫ | V | ~ | ANE | |
outspoken | utespoken | ᛫ vocal ( as in willing to express one's ideas ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
outstanding | utestanding | ᛫ prominent ᛫ noticeable ᛫ excellent ᛫ unresolved ( often debtwise ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
outward | uteƿard | ᛫ external ᛫ superficial ᛬ towards the outside | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
outwardly | uteƿardly | ᛫ from the outside ᛫ on the surface ᛫ superficially ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
outwark | uteƿark | ᛫ dysentery ᛫ | N | ūtwærc | OE | |
outwear | uteƿear | ᛫ to deplete ᛫ to exhaust ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
outwelt | uteƿelt | ᛫ to roll out ᛫ | V | ǒutwelten | ME | poorly attested |
outworn | uteƿorn | ᛫ exhausted ᛫ outdated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
outwrest | uteƿrest | ᛫ to extort ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
ouzel | oosel | ᛫ a kind of blackbird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
over against | ofer against | ᛫ as opposed to ᛫ in contrast with ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
overall | oferall | ᛫ all around ᛬ generally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
overalls | oferalls | ᛫ a dungaree ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
overbase | oferbase | ᛫ ultraviolet light ᛬ ultraviolet ᛫ | N᛬AJ | over+basu | NE+OE | |
overblow | oferbloƿ | ᛫ to exaggerate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overblown | oferbloƿn | ᛫ exaggerated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
overboard | oferboard | ᛫ excessive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
overbold | oferbold | ᛫ audacious ᛫ presumptuous ᛫ foolhardy ᛫ temerarious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
overboldness | oferboldness | ᛫ audacity ᛫ presumption ᛫ foolhardiness ᛫ temerity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
overbrim | oferbrim | ᛫ to overflow ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
overbrimming | oferbrimming | ᛫ superfluous ᛫ | AJ | overbrim+ing | NE×2 | |
overcome | ofercum | ᛫ to prevail over ᛫ to win ᛫ to overwhelm with emotion ᛫ to overflow ᛫ to pass come or spread over ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overdo | oferdo | ᛫ to do to excess ᛫ to exaggerate ᛫ to overcook ᛫ | V | overdo | NE | |
overdone | oferdone | ᛫ overcooked ᛫ done to excess ᛫ exaggerated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
overdoor | oferdoor | ᛫ a lintel ᛫ an ornamental panel above a doorway ᛫ | N | ~[oferdyre] | NE | [OED] |
overdrive | oferdrife | ᛫ a function or setting that permits the exceeding of some normal operating level ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
overfall | oferfall | ᛫ to attack ᛫ to assail ᛫ to assault ᛫ to fall upon ᛫ to cover ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ PST: overfell PTCP: overfallen |
overfare | oferfare | ᛫ to traverse ᛫ to pass over ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overfat | oferfat | ᛫ obese ᛫ | AJ | oferfǣtt | OE | |
overfearful | oferfearful | ᛫ overly fearful ᛫ paranoid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
overfearfulness | oferfearfulness | ᛫ paranoia ᛫ | N | over-fearfulnesse | ANE | |
overflow | oferfloƿ | ᛫ excess ᛫ spillage from an overflowing ᛬ to overflow ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
overflowing | oferfloƿing | ᛫ abundant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
overfrim | oferfrim | ᛫ bonus ᛫ | N | over+frim | NE+ME | |
overgo | ofergo | ᛫ to exceed ᛫ to surpass ᛫ to rise above ᛫ to traverse ᛫ cross ᛫ to pass by ᛫ to conquer ᛫ | V | overgōn[ofergān] | ME | PST: overwent; overyeed ᛫ PTCP: overgone |
overkind | oferkind | ᛫ a supercategory ᛫ | N | over+kind | NE×2 | by analogy with underkind |
overking | oferking | ᛫ an emperor ᛫ a king of kings ᛫ | N | overking | NE | |
overlay | oferlay | ᛫ to overcome ᛫ to defeat ᛫ to subdue ᛫ | V | overleien | ME | PST: overlaid ᛫ PTCP: overlaid |
overling | oferling | ᛫ a superior ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
overlink | oferlink | ᛫ a hyperlink ᛫ | N | yond+link | NE×2 | |
overlive | oferlif | ᛫ to survive someone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overlook | oferlook | ᛫ to supervise ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overlook | oferlook | ᛫ an overview ᛫ a place affording a view of what is below ᛫ a balcony [ᚹ] ᛬ to supervise ᛫ to survey ᛫ to fail to observe ᛫ to pass over ᛫ to disregard ᛫ to ignore ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [OED] I think this is the best we're gonna get for 'balcony' |
overly | oferly | ᛫ excessively ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
overman | oferman | ᛫ an Übermensch ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
overmood | ofermood | ᛫ overconfidence ᛫ pride ᛫ hubris ᛫ | N | ofermōd | OE | |
overmoodly | ofermoodly | ᛫ proudly ᛫ arrogantly ᛫ | AV | ofermōdiglīce | OE | |
overmoody | ofermoody | ᛫ proud ᛫ arrogant ᛫ | AJ | ofermōdig | OE | |
overmorrow | ofermorroƿ | ᛫ the day after tomorrow ᛫ on the day after tomorrow ᛫ | N᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
overmuch | ofermuc | ᛫ excessively ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
overnim | ofernim | ᛫ to take by violence ᛫ to violate ᛫ to take away ᛫ to carry off ᛫ to overtake ᛫ | V | oferniman | OE | |
override | oferride | ᛫ to annul ᛫ | V | oferrīdan | OE | |
oversee | ofersee | ᛫ to administer ᛫ to supervise ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overseer | oferseer | ᛫ a supervisor ( esp of workers ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
overself | oferself | ᛫ a superego ᛫ | N | over+self | NE×2 | |
overset | oferset | ᛫ to assail ᛫ to vanquish in battle ᛫ to prevail over ᛫ to oppress ᛫ to tyrannize ᛫ | V | oversetten | ME | |
oversight | ofersigt | ᛫ an unintentional mistake ᛫ supervision ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
oversit | ofersit | ᛫ to neglect ᛫ to omit ᛫ to pass over ᛫ | V | oversitten | ME | |
overspeak | oferspeak | ᛫ to speak too much ᛫ to overstate ᛫ to exaggerate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overspeech | oferspeec | ᛫ excessive language ᛫ loquacity ᛫ exaggeration ᛫ | N | ofersprǣc | OE | |
overstep | oferstep | ᛫ to wrongly or illegally exceed a limit ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
oversty | ofersty | ᛫ to surmount ᛫ to surpass ᛫ to transcend ᛫ to surpass ᛫ | V | oferstīgan | OE | |
oversummer | ofersummer | ᛫ to aestivate / to estivate ᛫ | V | over+summer | NE+NE | modelled on overwinter |
overtake | ofertake | ᛫ to pass a slower object ᛫ to become greater than something else ᛫ to occur unexpectedly ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overthrow | oferþroƿ | ᛫ to depose ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overthwart | oferþƿart | ᛫ to go across [ᛏ] ᛬ crosswise ᛫ transverse ᛫ cross ᛫ contradictory ᛫ contentious ᛬ across ᛫ transversely ᛫ contrariwise ᛫ perversely ᛬ across ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬AV᛬P | overthwert&overthwerten | ME‹E+N | |
overtread | ofertread | ᛫ to trespass ᛫ to interlope ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overtreader | ofertreader | ᛫ a trespasser ᛫ an interloper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
overwalt | oferƿalt | ᛫ overturn ᛫ | V | overwalten | ME | |
overway | oferƿay | ᛫ an overpass ᛫ an elevated highway ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
overween | oferƿeen | ᛫ to presume ᛫ to be over confident ᛫ | V | overwēnen | ME | |
overwhelm | oferhƿelm | ᛫ to inundate ᛫ to have a strong emotional effect on ᛫ to defeat completely ᛫ to overpower ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
overwin | oferƿin | ᛫ to conquer ᛫ to subdue ᛫ to overcome ᛫ | V | overwin&oferwinnan | NE&OE | PST&PTCP: overwon |
overword | oferƿord | ᛫ a refrain ( of a song ) ᛫ a chorus ( of a song ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
overwrit | oferƿrit | ᛫ an epistle ᛫ | N | oferwrit | OE | |
overwrought | oferƿrougt | ᛫ overly complicated ᛫ anxious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
ovest | ofest | ᛫ speed ᛫ haste ᛫ | N | ōfost | OE | seems to be "of"+"-est" ᛫ -est also shows up in earnest |
ovestly | ofestly | ᛫ hastily ᛫ speedily ᛫ | AV | ōfostlīce | OE | |
ovet | ofet | ᛫ a fruit ᛫ a legume ᛫ a pulse ( a kind of legume ) ᛫ | N | ovet | ME | |
owhere | ohƿere | ᛫ anywhere ᛫ | AV | ōwhēr | ME | rhyme: nowhere |
owhither | ohƿiþer | ᛫ to any place ᛫ anywhither ᛫ | AV | ōwhider | ME | |
owing to | oƿing | ᛫ on account of ᛫ because of ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | |
owner | oƿner | ᛫ a possessor ᛫ a proprietor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
ownership | oƿnerscip | ᛫ possession ᛫ proprietorship ᛫ dominion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
ownname | oƿnname | ᛫ a proper noun ᛫ | N | agen nama | OE | calque: nomen proprium |
ownspeech | oƿnspeec | ᛫ an idiom ᛫ a peculiarity of a language ᛫ | N | āgensprǣc | OE | glossary word |
oxgang | ᛫ a measure of land consisting of around 8 to 30 acres ᛫ | N | oxgang | ME | ||
oxter | ᛫ armpit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
oxtongue | oxtung | ᛫ a Picris plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
oxtongue swamb | oxtung | ᛫ a Fistulina hepatica plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
pack | ᛫ a package ᛫ a multitude ᛫ a collective ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
padfoot | ᛫ a barghest ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
panhandler | panhandeller | ᛫ a beggar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
parrock | ᛫ a small field ᛫ a small enclosure ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | "Park" is a kindred word which came from French | |
pat | ᛫ apt ᛫ contrived ᛫ trite ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
pathe | paþe | ᛫ to pave ᛫ | V | pā̆then | ME | |
peabone | ᛫ a pisiform bone ᛫ | N | pea+bone | NE‹ME‹OE‹L | or: peasebone ᛫ calque: erwtenbein, Erbsenbein | |
peach | peac | ᛫ to deceive ᛫ | V | pǣcan | OE | |
pease | ᛫ a pea ᛫ | N | pēse{pease pudding} | ME‹I‹H | PL: peasen ᛫ this word is optional, the mistaken "pea" is fine too | |
pen | ᛫ a small enclosure ( esp for domestic animals ) ᛫ a large country estate ᛫ a plantation ᛬ to put in a pen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
penniless | ᛫ penurious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
pennywharver | pennyhƿarfer | ᛫ a money-changer ᛫ | N | peninghwirfere | OE | |
pepon | ᛫ a melon ᛫ a gourd ᛫ a pumpkin ᛫ | N | pepones | NE‹ME‹OE‹I | attested OE form is plural | |
Perse | ᛫ a Persian ᛫ | N(P) | Perse{Persēas} | OE | ||
Perseland | ᛫ Iran ᛫ Persia ᛫ | N(P) | Perselone | ME | ||
Persish | Persisc | ᛫ Persian ᛫ | AJ(P) | Persisc | OE | or: Persh (shortened) |
persock | ᛫ a peach ᛫ | N | persoc[persica] | OE‹I‹H | μῆλον περσικόν = Persian apple ᛫ "peach" is a cognate | |
petersilly | ᛫ parsley ᛫ | N | petersilige | OE‹I | ||
pettersilly | ᛫ parsley ᛫ | N | petersilige | OE | ||
pichsmolt | picsmolt | ᛫ a mixture of grease and wood tar ᛫ | N | pichsmult | ME | found under "smolt" on MEC |
pickthank | pickþank | ᛫ a sycophant ( esp a talebearing one ) ᛬ sycophantic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
pickup | ᛫ an anacrusis ( in music ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
pig | ᛫ an earthenware jar or pitcher ᛫ a stone bottle ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [EDD] | |
Pight | Pigt | ᛫ a Pict ᛫ | N(P) | peohtas | OE | |
pile | ᛫ a pilum ᛫ | N | pīl[pīl] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
pind | ᛫ to enclose ᛫ to pen ᛫ to impound ᛫ to cage ᛫ to imprison ᛫ to confine ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to limit ᛫ | V | pī̆nden | ME | ||
pine | ᛫ to suffer a mental and physical decline esp because of a broken heart ᛫ to miss or long for ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
pinenut | ᛫ a pinecone ᛫ | N | pīnnote[pīnhnutu] | ME | ||
pinfold | ᛫ a pound for stray animals ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
pinpillow | pinpilloƿ | ᛫ a pincushion ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
pintle | pintel | ᛫ a penis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
pipefitter | ᛫ a plumber ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE‹‹I+NE) | [OED] | |
pitch | pic | ᛫ a tone ( of sound ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[pich] | NE‹ME‹? | kin: prick?; pike? |
pitchladder | picladder | ᛫ a musical scale ᛫ | N | pitch+ladder | NE×2 | calque: Tonleiter; toonladder |
pith | piþ | ᛫ a tissue in the center of certain plant stems ᛫ the essence of something ᛫ a crux ᛫ a gist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
pithy | piþy | ᛫ concise ᛫ succinct ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
pitted | ᛫ pockmarked ᛫ alveolate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
plail | ᛫ playful ᛫ sportive ᛫ jocose ᛫ | AJ | plegol | OE | ||
plaily | ᛫ ludic ᛫ theatrical ᛫ | AJ | pleglīc | OE | ||
plash | plasc | ᛫ a pool of standing water ᛫ a marshy place ᛫ a shallow pond ᛫ | N | ~[plæsc] | NE | kin: splash? |
platch | plac | ᛫ an open space in a town ᛫ a square ᛫ a marketplace ᛫ a plaza ᛫ | N | plæce | OE‹I | "plætsa" is attested once? akin to German "Platz" |
player | ᛫ an entertainer ᛫ a minstrel ᛫ a jester ᛫ a player of a musical instrument ᛫ a juggler ᛫ a performer of plays ᛫ an actor ᛫ a reveler ᛫ | N | pleiere | ME | ||
playhouse | playhuse | ᛫ a theatre ᛫ a theater ᛫ a toy house for children to play in ᛫ | N | ~[pleghūs] | NE | |
playman | ᛫ an actor ᛫ | N | plegmann | OE | ||
playman | ᛫ a player ᛫ an athlete ᛫ a wrestler ᛫ a gymnast ᛫ | N | plegmann | OE | ||
playstow | playstoƿ | ᛫ a gymnasium ᛫ a gym ᛫ a public recreation ground ᛫ a public park ᛫ | N | plegstōw | OE | |
plaything | playþing | ᛫ a toy ᛫ | N | plaything | NE | |
playwright | playƿrigt | ᛫ a dramatist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
plee | ᛫ danger ᛫ peril ᛫ risk ᛬ to endanger ᛫ to risk ᛫ | N | pleoh&pleon | OE&OE | ||
pleely | ᛫ dangerous ᛫ perilous ᛫ hazardous ᛫ | AJ | plēolīc | OE | ||
plight | pligt | ᛫ risk ᛫ peril ᛫ hardship ᛫ responsibility ᛫ culpability ᛫ | N᛬V | plight&pliht | NE&OE | we have other words for "pledge" |
plitch | plic | ᛫ to pull ᛫ to pluck ᛫ | V | plicchen | ME | |
plodder | ᛫ a robot [ᚹ] ᛫ a bot [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | NE | ~ | calque: robot (Czech), from robota (meaning drudgery, toil) | |
plot | ᛫ a piece of land ᛫ a graphic representation ( such as a chart , a diagram , or a map ) ᛫ the course of a story ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ploughsharebone | plugescarebone | ᛫ a vomer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
pluck | ᛫ bird guts ᛫ guts ( as in courage nerve or persistence ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
pluckharp | ᛫ a harpsichord ᛫ | N | pluck+harp | NE×2 | by analogy to strikeharp | |
plucky | ᛫ gutsy ᛫ spunky ᛫ feisty ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
poad | ᛫ a coat ᛫ | N | pād | OE | ||
pock | ᛫ a pus-filled swelling ᛫ a pit esp one formed as a scar ᛬ to scar with pits ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
pockmark | ᛫ mark or scar in skin caused by a pock ᛫ crater in seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
pockmarked | ᛫ having pockmarks ᛫ pitted or scarred with holes ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
pod | ᛫ a seed case for legumes ᛫ a small vehicle ᛫ a pouch ᛬ to bear pods ᛫ to swell or fill ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[pād]? | NE | ||
poll | ᛫ a survey of opinions ᛬ to conduct a survey of opinions ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹NL? | ||
pond duck | ᛫ an Anas platyrhynchos bird ( a mallard ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
popedom | ᛫ a papacy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(H+E) | ||
popingay | ᛫ a parrot ᛫ | N | papejai[papegai/papingai] | ME‹I | we assume English would have borrowed this word even without 1066 | |
poppy tears | ᛫ opium ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
pore | ᛫ to gaze intently ᛫ to read or study attentively ᛫ to think intently ᛫ to ponder ᛫ | V | ~[pouren] | NE | kin: spyrian? | |
port | ᛫ a portal ᛫ an entryway ᛫ | N | port[porta] | OE‹I | ||
port | ᛫ a haven ᛫ a trade-town ᛫ | N | port[portus] | OE‹I | ||
portick | ᛫ a porch ᛫ a portico ᛫ a deck ᛫ a veranda ᛫ a piazza ᛫ | N | portic | OE‹I | ||
Portingale | ᛫ Portugal ᛫ | N(P) | Portingāle | ME‹I | ||
pose | ᛫ a head cold ᛫ catarrh ᛫ | N | ~[pōse][gepōs] | NE | ||
post | ᛫ an upright log , stock , stake, etc ᛬ to put a message on a physical post ᛫ to comment online ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[pō̆st][post] | NE | ||
pote | ᛫ to poke ᛫ to push ᛫ to thrust ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
potgun | ᛫ a mortar ( artillery ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
pothead whale | hƿale | ᛫ a Globicephala cetacean ( a pilot whale ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
potsherd | potscerd | ᛫ a broken piece of ceramic material ( esp one found on an archaeological site ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
potwhale | pothƿale | ᛫ a sperm whale ᛫ a cachalot ᛫ | N | pot+whale | NE×2 | calque: potvis; Pottwal |
pough | puge | ᛫ a pouch ᛫ a poke ᛫ a sack ᛫ | N | poughe[pohha] | ME | rhyme: plough |
pounder | punder | ᛫ a pestle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Pounick | Punick | ᛫ a Carthaginian ᛫ | N(P) | Pūnice{φοῖνιξ} | OE‹H | |
pox | ᛫ a disease with purulent skin eruptions ᛫ Syphilis ᛫ a curse ( figuratively ) ᛬ to infect with pox or Syphilis ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | plural of "pock" | |
prat | ᛫ a prank ᛫ a cunning or mischievous trick ᛬ to prank ᛫ to trick ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
preke | ᛫ an octopus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹? | ||
pretty | ᛫ attractive ᛫ appealing ᛫ clever ᛫ tricky ᛬ quite ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | originally meant "pratty", "tricky/clever" | |
pretty much | muc | ᛫ basically ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
pretty up | ᛫ to beautify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
prick | ᛫ a point ᛫ a pointed object ( a pin , a nail , a penis , etc ) ᛫ a point in space or time ᛫ a target ( esp in archery ) ᛫ | N | prick&prick[prica] | NE&ME | ||
prickle | prickel | ᛫ a tool for pricking or puncturing ᛫ a pricket ᛫ a spike ᛫ a barb ᛫ | N | prikel[pricels] | ME | |
priestshire | preestscire | ᛫ a parish ᛫ | N | prēostscīr | OE‹H+E | |
prod | ᛫ to probe ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
psalm | salm | ᛫ a psalm ᛫ | N | ~[OE sealm] | ANE | "ps" spelling is from the Latin word |
psalter | salter | ᛫ a psalter ᛫ the Book of Psalms ᛫ | N | ~[OE salter] | ANE | "ps" spelling is from the Latin word |
puck | ᛫ a mischievous spirit ᛫ an imp ᛫ a goblin ᛫ a hobgoblin ᛫ a fairy ᛫ a sprite ᛫ a gnome ᛫ a brownie ᛫ a kobold ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: puckle (diminutive) ᛫ kin: púki (Icelandic) | |
puckish | puckisc | ᛫ mischievous ᛫ demonic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
pull down | dune | ᛫ to bring low ᛫ to humble ᛫ to humiliate ᛫ to weaken ᛫ to demolish ᛫ to destroy ᛫ to overthrow ᛫ to depose ᛫ to dethrone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
pung | ᛫ a purse ᛫ | N | pung[pung] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
purple | purpel | ᛫ purple ᛬ of purple hue ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[purpel][purpul] | NE‹ME‹OE‹I | |
purpur | ᛫ a garment of purple ᛫ | N | purpur[purpure] | ME‹OE‹I | or: purper | |
purse | ᛫ a money bag ᛫ a fiscus ( whence comes " fiscal " ) ᛫ | N | purse&purs | ME&OE | ||
pursy | ᛫ fiscal ᛫ | AJ | purse+y | NE×2 | ||
put | ᛫ to emplace ᛫ to place ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
put by | ᛫ to set aside ᛫ to reject ᛫ to discount ᛫ to parry ᛫ to counter ᛫ to avert ᛫ to deflect ᛫ to dissuade ᛫ to evade ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
put forth | forþ | ᛫ to state ᛫ to assert ᛫ to propound ᛫ to display ᛫ to present ᛫ to exhibit ᛫ to publish ᛫ to issue ᛫ to discharge ᛫ to emit ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
put forward | forƿard | ᛫ to propose ᛫ to propound ᛫ to further ᛫ to advance ᛫ to promote ᛫ to push into view or prominence ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
put in | ᛫ to insert ᛫ to install ᛫ to appoint ᛫ to submit ᛫ to tender ᛫ to interpose ᛫ to intervene ᛫ to contribute ᛫ to invest ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
put off | ᛫ to postpone ᛫ to defer ᛫ to remove ᛫ to divest ᛫ to abandon ᛫ to dissuade ᛫ to divert ᛫ to discourage ᛫ to deter ᛫ to disconcert ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
put on | ᛫ to place ᛫ to attach ᛫ to don ᛫ to adopt ᛫ to assume ᛫ to feign ᛫ to pretend ᛫ to deceive ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
put out | ute | ᛫ to depose ᛫ to dismiss ᛫ to expel ᛫ to evict ᛫ to dislocate ᛫ to publish ᛫ to issue ᛫ to distribute ᛫ to extinguish ᛫ to douse ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
put together | togeþer | ᛫ to place side by side ᛫ to juxtapose ᛫ to combine ᛫ to connect ᛫ to unite ᛫ to construct ᛫ to compile ᛫ to compose ᛫ to assemble ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
putch | puc | ᛫ a coup d'etat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹HG | |
quale | cƿale | ᛫ death ᛫ a quelling ᛫ a plague ᛫ | N | quāl | ME | kin: quell |
qualehouse | cƿalehuse | ᛫ a part of a prison for those condemned to death ᛫ | N | qualehuse/cwalhuse | ME | |
qualm | cƿalm | ᛫ a scruple ᛫ | N | qualm[cwealm] | NE | |
qualmish | cƿalmisc | ᛫ nauseated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
qualmstow | cƿalmstoƿ | ᛫ an execution-place ᛫ | N | cwealmstow | OE | |
quartern | cƿartern | ᛫ a prison ᛫ a gaol ᛫ a jail ᛫ a cell ᛫ | N | quartern[cweartern] | ME | |
quarternward | cƿarternƿard | ᛫ a gaoler ᛫ a jailor ᛫ a prison warder ᛫ | N | cwearternweard | OE | |
quead | cƿead | ᛫ evil ᛫ wickedness ᛬ evil ᛫ wicked ᛫ | N᛬AJ | quede | ME | |
queal | cƿeal | ᛫ to die ᛫ to perish ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: quole ᛫ PTCP: quolen ᛫ kin: kill |
queath | cƿeaþ | ᛫ to comment ᛫ to declare ᛫ to say ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: quoth / cwoþ ᛫ PTCP: queathen / cweaþen |
queddle | cƿeddel | ᛫ talkative ᛫ | AJ | cwedol | OE | |
queem | cƿeem | ᛫ pleasure ᛫ satisfaction ᛬ to please ᛫ to satisfy ᛫ to gratify ᛬ pleasant ᛫ agreeable ᛫ comfortable ᛫ | V᛬AJ | queme&quēm&quemen | NE&ME&ME | |
queemful | cƿeemful | ᛫ pleasing ᛫ satisfying ᛫ agreeable ᛫ | AJ | quēmful | ME | |
queenly | cƿeenly | ᛫ reginal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
quell | cƿell | ᛫ to kill ᛫ to snuff out ᛫ to put down ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
queller | cƿeller | ᛫ an executioner ᛫ a killer ᛫ | N | queller[cwellere] | ME | |
quench | cƿenc | ᛫ to overcome ᛫ to subdue ᛫ to destroy ᛫ to relieve ᛫ to extinguish ᛫ to satisfy ᛫ | V | quench&aquenchen | NE&ME | |
quenchcoal | cƿenccoal | ᛫ a person or thing that undermines zeal ( esp with respect to religion ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
quern | cƿern | ᛫ a hand mill for grinding grain ( typically consisting of two circular stones ) ᛫ a mill [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
quetch | cƿec | ᛫ to shake ᛫ to twitch ᛫ to flinch ᛫ to vibrate ᛫ | V | quetch&quecchen | NE&ME | [MW] |
quick | cƿick | ᛫ conscious ᛫ alive ᛫ rapid ᛫ fast ᛫ | AJ | quick&cwic | NE&OE | |
quickbeam | cƿickbeam | ᛫ a Sorbus tree ᛫ a rowan ᛫ a service tree ᛫ a mountain ash ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
quickberry | cƿickberry | ᛫ a juniper berry ᛫ | N | cuicbēam+berry | OE+NE | |
quicken | cƿicken | ᛫ to resurrect ᛫ to rejuvenate ᛫ to animate ᛫ to revive ᛫ to germinate ᛫ to speed up ᛫ to ferment ᛫ | V | quicken&quiken[cwician] | NE&ME | |
quickfee | cƿickfee | ᛫ living property ᛫ living wealth ᛫ cattle ᛫ | N | cwicfeoh | OE | |
quick-in-hand | cƿick-in-hand | ᛫ an Impatiens plant ( balsam ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
quicklime | cƿicklime | ᛫ calcium oxide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
quickness | cƿickness | ᛫ consciousness ᛫ rapidity ᛫ | N | quick+ness | NE×2 | |
quicksilver | cƿicksilfer | ᛫ mercury ( the metal ) ᛫ | N | quicksilver | NE | |
quid | cƿid | ᛫ a statement ᛫ a term ( as in a saying ) ᛬ to utter ᛫ to state ᛫ | N᛬V | quide[cwide]&quidden | ME&ME | |
quild | cƿild | ᛫ a plague ᛫ a pestilence ᛫ a murrain ᛫ | N | cwyld/cwild | OE | |
quillpig | cƿillpig | ᛫ a porcupine ᛫ | N | quill pig | NE | |
quillwort | cƿillƿurt | ᛫ an Isoetes plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
quirk | cƿirk | ᛫ an idiosyncrasy ᛫ | N | quirk | NE‹? | |
quitch | cƿic | ᛫ a Elymus repens plant ( quack grass ) ᛫ | N | quitch | ME | |
quith | cƿiþ | ᛫ a womb ᛫ a matrix ᛫ | N | cwiþ | OE | |
quithe | cƿiþe | ᛫ to lament ᛫ to deplore ( as in bewail ) ᛫ | V | cwīþan | OE | |
quoon | cƿoon | ᛫ to lament ᛫ to deplore ( as in bewail ) ᛫ | V | cwānian | OE | |
quotha | cƿoþa | ᛫ ( used to express surprise or contempt ) ᛫ | I | quotha | NE | equal to "quoth he" |
rack | ᛫ a parrel ᛫ a parrel-rope ᛫ a rope for fastening the middle of a yard to the mast ᛫ | N | rak | ME | ||
rack | ᛫ a mass of high thick fast-moving clouds ᛫ | N | ~[racu?] | NE | ||
rackent | ᛫ a chain ᛫ | N | rakent | ME | ||
radich | radic | ᛫ a Raphanus sativus plant ᛫ | N | radich | ME | "radish" form may be influenced by "radise/radice", says etymonline |
raid | ᛫ a foray ( an incursion ) ᛬ to maraud ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | northern variant of "road" | |
raider | ᛫ a marauder ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from northern variant of "road" | |
rail | ᛫ a garment ᛫ raiment ᛫ an outfit ᛫ clothing ᛫ a cloth ᛫ a rag ᛫ | N | rail[hrægl/hrægel] | ME | ||
railthane | railþane | ᛫ an officer in charge of clothes and vestments ᛫ a robekeeper ᛫ | N | hrægelþegn | OE | [MEC] |
rain | ᛫ arch- ᛫ highest- ᛫ | PREFIX | regn | OE | ||
rain | ᛫ to prepare ᛫ to arrange ᛫ to regulate ᛫ | V | regnian | OE | ||
rainbow | rainboƿ | ᛫ an iris ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
rainbowgleam | rainboƿgleam | ᛫ iridescence ᛫ | N | rainbow+gleam | NE×2 | |
rainpiper | ᛫ a Charadriinae bird ( a plover ) ᛫ | N | rain+piper | NE+NE‹‹OE‹I | calque: German Regenpfeiffer | |
Rainsbury | Rainsburry | ᛫ Regnesburg ᛫ | N | Regnesburh | OE | |
rainshade | rainscade | ᛫ an umbrella ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
rainwold | rainƿold | ᛫ a rainforest ᛫ | N | rain+wold | NE+ME | calque: Regenwald ᛫ or: rainwood |
rake | ᛫ a narrative ᛫ an account ᛫ an exposition ᛫ a treatise ᛫ | N | race&racu | ME&OE | ||
rake | ᛫ a track ᛫ a pass ᛬ to proceed ᛫ to take a course ᛫ | N᛬V | rāke&rāken[racian] | ME&OE | ||
raked | ᛫ a palace ᛫ | N | ræced | OE | ||
rakedly | ᛫ palatine ᛫ palatial ᛫ pertaining to a palace ᛫ | AJ | ræcedlic | OE | ||
rakehell | ᛫ a fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits ᛫ a libertine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rakehelly | ᛫ libertine ᛫ | AJ | rakehell+y | NE×2 | ||
rakeshame | rakescame | ᛫ a disreputable or dissolute person ᛫ a rogue ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ram | ᛫ a male sheep ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | opposite of: ewe | |
ram | ᛫ a cramp ᛫ a spasm ᛫ | N | hramma | OE | kin: hrammr (Icelandic) | |
Ram | ᛫ Aries ᛫ | N(P) | Ramm | OE | ||
ran | ᛫ a whale ᛫ | N | hran | OE | or: ron (from alternative hron) | |
rand | ᛫ a strip of something ( land , meat , etc ) ᛫ a shield ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | rand&rand | ME&OE | ||
randbigh | randbige | ᛫ a boss of a shield ᛫ an umbo of a shield ᛫ | N | randbēag | OE | a boss is a large projecting central piece on a shield |
rank | ᛫ overgrown ᛫ smelly ᛫ virulent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ranroad | ᛫ the sea or ocean ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | hranrād | OE | ||
rare | ᛫ lightly cooked ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
raring | ᛫ eager ᛫ enthusiastic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED][MW] | |
rasen | ᛫ a beam used to support the timbers of a roof ᛫ a wall plate ᛫ a raising plate ᛫ | N | rēsen | ME | ||
rash | rasc | ᛫ a dash ᛫ a hurry ᛫ a rush ᛬ to move quickly ᛫ to hurry ᛫ to rush ᛬ overly hasty ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | rash&rash&rashen[ræscan] | NE&ME&ME | |
ratch | rac | ᛫ a dog that hunts by scent ᛫ | N | racch | ME | |
rathe | raþe | ᛫ eager ᛫ prompt ᛫ rash ᛫ early ᛫ too early ᛫ | AJ | rathe&rāthe&hræþ | NE&ME&OE | |
ratheripe | raþeripe | ᛫ precocious ᛫ rareripe ᛫ | AJ | rathe-ripe | NE | [LEX] |
rathest | raþest | ᛫ soonest ᛫ earliest ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] |
ratsbane | ᛫ rat poison ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ravenflint | rafenflint | ᛫ obsidian ᛫ | N | raven+flint | NE×2 | calque: hrafntinna |
raw | raƿ | ᛫ uncooked ᛫ default ᛫ unmodified ᛫ unrefined ᛫ | AJ | raw[rau][hrēaw] | NE | |
raw | raƿ | ᛫ lichen ᛫ | N | ragu | OE | |
ray | ᛫ a wild she-goat ᛫ | N | rǣge | OE | ||
reach | reac | ᛫ an extent of influence or an effect ᛬ to arrive at ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
reacon | ᛫ apt ᛫ prompt ᛫ capable ᛫ qualified ᛫ | AJ | rēken[recen] | ME | ||
read | ᛫ a lesson ᛫ a reading ᛬ to interpret ᛫ | N᛬V | read&rǣdan&rǣde | NE&OE&OE | ||
reading | ᛫ an interpretation ᛫ interpretation itself ᛫ a lesson ᛫ | N | reading&rǣding | NE&OE | ||
readingbook | ᛫ a lesson book ᛫ a lectionary ᛫ | N | rǣdingbōc | OE | ||
readout | readute | ᛫ a gauge [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ream | ᛫ to expand ( esp a hole ) ᛫ | V | ~[rȳman] | NE | ||
ream | ᛫ cream ᛫ a film or skin on the surface of milk ᛫ consecrated oil ᛫ oil ᛬ to cream forth ᛫ | N᛬V | ream&rēme[rēam] | NE&OE | ||
reap | ᛫ to gather a crop ᛫ to harvest ᛫ to receive something as a consequence ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
rear | ᛫ to raise ᛫ to erect something ᛫ to establish ᛫ to levy ᛫ to breed animals ᛫ to raise a child ᛫ | V | rear&arẹ̄ren | NE&ME | "raise" is Norse ᛫ kin: hræra (Icelandic) | |
reard | ᛫ a voice ( whether human or animal ) ᛫ speech ᛫ a loud vocal outburst ᛫ a cry ᛫ a roar ᛫ | N | rerd&rērd/rearde[reord] | NE&ME | ||
reardbearer | ᛫ a bearer of speech or voice ᛫ a person ᛫ | N | reordberend | OE | ||
rearded | ᛫ voiced ( spoken with vibration of the vocal chords ) ᛫ | AJ | rērd+ed | ME+NE | calque: voiced | |
rearheadbone | ᛫ an occipital bone ᛫ | N | rear+headbone | NE×2 | calque: achterhoofdsbeen; Hinterhauptbein | |
rearhorse | ᛫ a praying mantis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rearmouse | rearmuse | ᛫ a Chiroptera animal ( a bat ) ᛫ | N | ~[rẹ̄remǒus][hrēremūs] | NE | [OED] ᛫ plural: rearmice ᛫ bat is Norse |
rease | ᛫ a rush ᛫ a race ᛫ a charge ( like in battle ) ᛫ an assault ᛫ a moment of time ᛬ to rush ᛫ to race ᛫ to charge ( like in battle ) ᛫ to assault ᛫ | N᛬V | rēs[rǣs] | ME | "race" is Norse | |
reasow | reasoƿ | ᛫ to suspect ᛫ to suppose ᛫ | V | rǣswan | OE | |
reasower | reasoƿer | ᛫ a counsellor ᛫ a chief ᛫ one who thinks for the public ᛫ | N | rǣswa | OE | |
reasowing | reasoƿing | ᛫ supposition ᛫ conjecture ᛫ | N | rǣswung | OE | |
reat | ᛫ to lament or to wail in grief ᛫ | V | rēotan | OE | ||
reave | reaf | ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to rob ᛫ to pillage ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: reft ᛫ PTCP: reft |
reavedeer | reafdeer | ᛫ a carnivore ᛫ an animal of the order Carnivora ᛫ | N | reave+deer | NE×2 | calque: roofdier, Raubtier |
reaver | reafer | ᛫ a robber ᛫ a raider ᛫ a bandit ᛫ a plunderer ᛫ a marauder ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
reck | ᛫ to heed ᛫ to consider ᛫ to be concerned with ᛫ | V | ~[recchen][reccan] | NE | PST: rought ᛫ PTCP: rought | |
reckful | ᛫ cautious ᛫ attentive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
recking | ᛫ concern ᛫ caution ᛫ | N | reck+ing | NE×2 | ||
reckless | ᛫ incautious ᛫ lacking attention ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
reckon | ᛫ to calculate ᛫ to suppose ᛫ to enumerate ᛫ to recite from a list ᛫ to list ᛫ | V | ~[rekenen][recenian] | NE | ||
reckoner | ᛫ a computer ᛫ a calculator ᛫ | N | reckon+er | NE×2 | ||
reckoning | ᛫ a supposition ᛫ a calculation ᛫ an estimation ᛫ a balance sheet ᛫ a bank account [ᚹ] ᛫ a bill ᛫ an invoice ᛫ | N | reckoning&rekening | NE&ME | ||
red | ᛫ a communist ᛫ a socialist ᛬ communistic ᛫ socialistic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
red | ᛫ ( forms nouns showing a condition or a state ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~['-rēden/-rēden][-rǣden] | NE | found in: hatred; kindred | |
Red Russland | ᛫ Red Ruthenia ᛫ | N | red+russland | NE×2‹O | calque: Red Russia | |
redback | ᛫ a yuan ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
redbuck | ᛫ an impala ᛫ | N | red-buck | NE | inspired by: rooibok | |
redd | ᛫ to save ᛫ to rescue ᛫ to free from something unpleasant such as embarrassment ᛫ | V | redden[hreddan] | ME | ||
rede | ᛫ advice ᛫ counsel ᛬ to advise ᛫ to counsel ᛫ | N᛬V | rede&rēd | NE&ME | ||
redebaner | ᛫ one who advises murder but does not commit it ᛫ | N | rǣdbana | OE | ||
redeful | ᛫ wise ᛫ prudent ᛫ providing good counsel ᛫ | AJ | rēdful | ME | ||
redegift | ᛫ a senate ᛫ a consulate ᛫ | N | rǣdgift | OE | use /j/ for English pronunciation ᛫ use /g/ for Norse pronunciation | |
redely | ᛫ promptly ᛫ expeditiously ᛫ vigorously ᛫ surely ᛫ certainly ᛫ explicitly ᛫ | AV | rēdelī[rǣdlīce] | ME | ||
redesman | ᛫ an adviser ᛫ a counsellor ᛫ | N | rēdesman[rǣdesmann] | ME | ||
redflag | ᛫ an indication that something's wrong ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
redshank | redscank | ᛫ a Tringa totanus animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED][MW] |
redstart | ᛫ a Phoenicurus bird ( and other kinds of birds too ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
redware | redƿare | ᛫ terracotta ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
reef | ᛫ robbery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: reave ᛫ or: reef; reif (Scottish) ᛫ [LEX] | |
reef | ᛫ to roof ᛫ to cover ᛫ | V | gehrēfan | OE | kin: roof | |
reek | ᛫ vapour ᛫ a strong bad smell ᛫ | N | ~[rēc] | NE | ||
reekle | reekel | ᛫ incense ᛬ to cense with incense ᛫ | N᛬V | rēkels&rēcelsian | ME&OE | |
reeklebook | reekelbook | ᛫ a bulging vessel for holding incense ᛫ | N | rēcelsbūc | OE | see: bouk |
reeklevat | reekelfatt | ᛫ a censer ( an ornamental container for burning incense ) ᛫ | N | rēcelsfæt | OE | |
reel | ᛫ a kind of spool ᛫ a spool machine ᛫ a kind of dance ᛫ a dance ᛬ to wind on a reel ᛫ to dance ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[rēol] | NE | ||
reese | ᛫ to tremble ᛫ to tremble with rage ᛫ to shudder ᛫ to quake ᛫ to shake ᛫ to rattle ᛫ to clatter ᛫ | V | rēsen[hrisian/hrysian] | ME | rhyme: geese | |
reese | rees | ᛫ to descend ᛫ to fall on one's sword ᛫ to fall out ( of hair ) ᛫ to collapse ᛫ to fall in battle ᛫ | V | rẹ̄sen[hrēosan] | OE | |
reet | ᛫ to cheer ᛫ to gladden ᛫ to comfort ᛫ | V | rētan | OE | kin: rōt | |
reeth | reeþ | ᛫ fierce ᛫ cruel ᛫ wild ᛫ savage ᛫ | AJ | rēþe | ME | |
reeth | reeþ | ᛫ triumph ᛫ | N | hrēþ | OE | |
Reethmonth | Reeþmonþ | ᛫ March ᛫ | N(P) | hrēþmōnaþ | OE | or: Lide |
reethness | reeþness | ᛫ ferociousness ᛫ ruthlessness ᛫ mercilessness ᛫ cruelness ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
reethy | reeþy | ᛫ triumphant ᛫ exultant ᛫ | AJ | hrēþig | OE | |
reeve | reef | ᛫ a bailiff ᛫ a local official ᛫ a magistrate ᛫ a municipal official ᛫ | N | reeve&rẹ̄ve[rēfa] | NE&ME | |
reeveship | reefscip | ᛫ a bailiffship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
reigh | reig | ᛫ fierce ᛫ tempestuous ᛫ | AJ | rẹ̄h&hrēoh | ME&OE | |
reigh | reig | ᛫ a Batoidea fish ( a ray ) ᛫ | N | reihe[reohhe] | ME | |
Reindeer Mere | ᛫ Reindeer Lake ᛫ | N(P) | reindeer+mere | NE‹N+NE | or: Roan Mere | |
reise | ᛫ a journey ᛫ a military expedition ᛫ | N | reis | ME‹NL | ||
rem | ᛫ to hinder ᛫ to block progress ᛫ to obstruct ᛫ to cumber ᛫ | V | hremman | OE | ||
remming | ᛫ a hindrance ᛫ an obstacle ᛫ an obstruction ᛫ | N | hremming | OE | ||
ren | ᛫ to coagulate ᛫ | V | gerennan | OE | kin: run | |
rend | ᛫ to tear into pieces ᛫ to wrench something violently ᛫ to cause great emotional pain to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
rennet | ᛫ a cheeselib ( an enzyme used in making cheese ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rest | ᛫ relief from exertion ᛫ sleep ᛫ inactivity ᛬ to take relief from exertion ᛫ to sleep ᛫ to become inactive ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
rest on | ᛫ to depend on ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
Restday | ᛫ the Hebrew Sabbath ( Saturday by extension ) ᛫ | N | restendæg | OE | ||
resthome | resþome | ᛫ a nursing home ᛫ an old people's home ᛫ an old folk's home ᛫ | N | rest home | NE | [OED] |
retch | rec | ᛫ to explain ᛫ to expound ᛫ to describe ᛫ to interpret ᛫ | V | recchen&arecchen[reccan] | ME&ME | kin: reck; reckless; reckon |
retch | rec | ᛫ to vomit ᛫ to puke ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
retcher | recer | ᛫ an explainer ᛫ an expounder ᛫ a descriptor ᛫ a theorist ᛫ an interpreter ᛫ | N | recchen+er | ME+NE | kin: reck; reckless; reckon |
retching | recing | ᛫ an explanation ᛫ an expounding ᛫ a description ᛫ a theory ᛫ an interpretation ᛫ | N | recchen+ing{arecchen} | ME+NE | kin: reck; reckless; reckon |
rib | ᛫ a joke ᛫ | N | ~[rib-tickle] | NE | ||
ribframe | ᛫ a rib cage ᛫ | N | rib+frame | NE×2 | ||
ric | ᛫ ( shows a jurisdiction dominion or rule over something ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE‹C | ||
rice | rise | ᛫ a twig ᛫ a stick ᛫ a bobbin ᛫ a spool ᛫ | N | ~[hrīs] | NE | |
rich | ric | ᛫ a dominion ᛫ a political entity ᛫ an empire ᛫ a state ᛫ a country ᛫ a nation ᛬ potent ᛫ powerful ᛫ wealthy ᛫ | N᛬AJ | rich&rīche[rīce/ᚱᛁᛁᚳᚾᚫ] | NE‹C&ME‹C | or: rike (northern variant) |
richen | ricen | ᛫ a female magnate ᛫ | N | rīcen | OE | |
richer | ricer | ᛫ a magnate ᛫ | N | rīca | OE | |
rick | ᛫ a stack ᛫ a stook ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rid | ᛫ to disencumber ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
ridding | ᛫ a removal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
riddle | riddel | ᛫ a coarse sieve ᛬ to screen ᛫ to permeate ᛫ to fill with holes ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
rideheer | ᛫ a troop of cavalry ᛫ | N | rīdehere | OE | ||
rider | ᛫ a passenger ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ridge | ricg | ᛫ a ridge ᛫ the back of a creature ᛫ | N | ~[hrycg] | NE | |
ridgebone | ricgbone | ᛫ a backbone ᛫ a spine ᛫ a vertebra ᛫ | N | ~[riggebōn] | NE | |
ridgedeer | ricgdeer | ᛫ a vertebrate ᛫ | N | ridge+deer | NE×2 | inspired by: hryggdýr |
riding | ᛫ a subdivision of a county ( traditionally ones which come in a group of three ) ᛫ an electoral district (Canada) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | ||
rife | ᛫ common ᛫ widespread ᛫ abounding ᛫ plentiful ᛫ frequent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
riff | ᛫ a uterus ᛫ a belly ᛫ | N | hrif | OE | kin: midriff | |
rifle | rifel | ᛫ a long gun with a rifled barrel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹I‹Þ? | |
rift | ᛫ a laena ᛫ cloak ᛫ | N | rift | ME | ||
right | rigt | ᛫ just ᛫ correct ᛬ just ᛫ correctly ᛫ exactly ᛫ precisely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | right&right | NE&ME | |
right ago | rigt | ᛫ just now ᛫ | AV | right+ago | NE×2 | |
righten | rigten | ᛫ to rectify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
rightframed | rigtframed | ᛫ rightly constituted ᛫ orthodox ᛫ | AJ | rihtgefremed | OE | |
rightful | rigtful | ᛫ having a legitimate right to something ᛫ legitimately claimed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
rightfully | rigtfully | ᛫ legitimately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
rightledge | rigtlecg | ᛫ to correct ᛫ to rectify ᛫ | V | rightlechen | ME | |
rightliefful | rigtleefful | ᛫ orthodox ᛫ | AJ | rihtgelēaffull | OE | |
rightlieffulness | rigtleeffulness | ᛫ orthodoxy ᛫ | N | rihtgelēaffulness | OE | |
rightly | rigtly | ᛫ correctly ᛫ justifiably ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
rightminded | rigtminded | ᛫ sane ᛫ decent ᛫ morally upright ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
rightwise | rigtƿise | ᛫ to justify ᛫ to vindicate ᛬ sanctimonious ᛫ moral ᛫ righteous ᛫ just ᛫ clockwise ᛫ | V᛬AJ | righteous&rightwīsen | NE&ME | |
rightwiseness | rigtƿiseness | ᛫ righteousness ᛫ justice ᛫ | N | rihtwīsness | OE | |
rightwising | rigtƿising | ᛫ justification ᛫ | N | gerihtwīsung | OE | |
rim | ᛫ a border ᛫ | N | rim&rima | NE&OE | ||
rime | ᛫ to clear ᛫ to clear up ᛫ to clear away ᛫ to make room ᛫ to die ᛫ to depart ᛫ | V | rīmen[rȳman/rīman] | ME | ||
rime | ᛫ a number ᛬ to number ᛫ to count ᛫ | N᛬V | rime&rimen | ME&ME | ||
rime | ᛫ ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rimebook | ᛫ a calendar ᛫ | N | gerīmbōc | OE | ||
rimecraft | ᛫ arithmetic ᛫ mathematics ᛫ maths ᛫ math ᛫ | N | rimcræft | OE | ||
rimekeeping | ᛫ accounting ᛫ | N | rime+keep+ing | ME+NE×2 | ||
rimer | ᛫ a computer ᛫ a counter ᛫ a calculator ᛫ | N | rimere | OE | ||
rimple | rimpel | ᛫ to crease ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
rimth | rimþ | ᛫ an extent ᛫ a space ᛫ a space of time ᛫ | N | rimth[rȳmþ] | ME | |
rind | ᛫ crust ᛫ bark ᛫ peel ᛫ skin ᛫ cortex [ᚹ] ᛬ to remove the rind from ᛫ to peel ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[rī̆nd][rind] | NE | meaning of "cortex" taken from German which uses "Rinde" for all the meanings of "cortex" | |
Rine | ᛫ the Rhine river ᛫ | N | Rīne | ME | ||
rine | ᛫ a touch ᛫ an effect [ᚹ] ᛬ to touch ᛫ to affect [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | rīnen[hrīnan] | ME | ||
rinendly | ᛫ touchable ᛫ tangible ᛫ physical ᛫ | AJ | rinen+endlic | ME+OE | ||
ring | ᛫ a circle ᛫ a clique ᛫ a cabal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ringleader | ᛫ the leader of a clique or a cabal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ringnet | ᛫ mail ᛫ chainmail ᛫ a coat of mail ᛫ a coat of chainmail ᛫ a hauberk ᛫ a corselet ᛫ | N | ~[hringnet] | NE‹OE | [OED] | |
Rinish | Rinisc | ᛫ Rhenish ᛫ | AJ | Rīnish | ME | |
rink | ᛫ a man ( esp a heroic one ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rinnel | ᛫ a courier ᛫ a runner ᛫ | N | rynel/renel | NE | ||
ripe | ᛫ mature ᛫ ready for use ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ripe | ᛫ to rob ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to ransack ᛫ to rifle through ᛫ to rummage ᛫ to search thoroughly ᛫ | V | ~[rīpen][rīpan] | NE | kin: reap | |
ripen | ᛫ to mature ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
ripple | rippel | ᛫ a coppice? ᛫ | N | rippel | OE | found in the name Ripley (rippel + lēah) |
rise | ᛫ an upward movement ᛫ an increase ᛫ a raise ( a salary increase ) ᛬ to go up ᛫ to ascend ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
rissle | rissel | ᛫ soft fat ᛫ suet ᛫ axungia ᛫ | N | rysel | OE | |
rith | riþ | ᛫ a mastiff ᛫ a bloodhound ᛫ a large dog ᛫ | N | ryþþa | OE | |
rith | riþ | ᛫ a fever ᛫ | N | hriþ | OE | |
rithe | riþe | ᛫ a small stream ᛫ | N | ~[riþ] | NE | [MW] |
rix | ᛫ to rule ᛫ to reign ᛫ to govern ᛫ | V | rixan{gerec?} | ME‹OE‹C | ||
rizzle | risel | ᛫ grease ᛫ | N | risel[rysel] | ME | |
road | ᛫ an arterial ᛫ a passage ᛫ an avenue ᛫ an expressway ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
roadness | ᛫ rhoticity ᛫ | N | road+ness | NE×2 | rho (Ρ) calqued as road (ᚱ) | |
roan | ᛫ a reindeer ᛫ a caribou ᛫ | N | hrān | OE | ||
rochet | rocet | ᛫ to eructate ᛫ | V | rocettan | OE | |
rodden | ᛫ adorned ᛫ | AJ | geroden | OE | past participle of unattested Old English verb | |
rodder | ᛫ the firmament ᛫ outer space ᛫ aether ᛫ | N | rodor | OE | literally meant "wheel"? | |
rodder | ᛫ astro- ᛫ cosmo- ᛫ | PREFIX | rodor | OE | ||
roddercraft | ᛫ a spacecraft ᛫ a spaceship ᛫ | N | rodor+craft | OE+NE | ||
rodderfarer | ᛫ an astronaut ᛫ a cosmonaut ᛫ | N | rodder+farer | OE+NE | ||
rodderling | ᛫ a space alien ᛫ | N | rodor+ling | OE+NE | ||
rodderlore | ᛫ astronomy ( the scientific field dealing with celestial objects and space ) ᛫ | N | rodder+lore | OE+NE | ||
rodderly | ᛫ celestial ᛫ | AJ | rodorlic | OE | ||
rode | ᛫ reason ( as in rationality ) ᛬ rational ᛫ reasonable ᛫ | N᛬AJ | rōde&gerād{irā̆d} | ME&OE | SEE NOTE | |
roke | ᛫ expectoration ᛫ spittle ᛫ matter brought up when clearing the throat ᛫ | N | rōkinge&hrāca | ME&OE | ||
Romania | ᛫ Romania ᛫ Rumania ᛫ | N(P) | România | I | ||
Ronding | ᛫ one of the Reudigni ᛫ | N(P) | Rondingum | OE | ||
Rone | ᛫ Rouen ( city in Normandy ) ᛫ | N | Rọ̄ne | ME | ||
rone | ᛫ a rain gutter ᛫ a gutter [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹? | [LEX] | |
roo | ᛫ peace ᛫ stillness ᛫ quietness ᛫ silence ᛫ tranquillity ᛫ | N | rō/roo | ME | ||
rood | ᛫ a cross ᛫ a crucifix ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
roodfasten | ᛫ to crucify ᛫ | V | rodfæstnian | OE | ||
roodhang | ᛫ a crucifix ᛫ a crucifixion ᛫ | N | rōdehengen | ME | ||
roodsithe | roodsiþe | ᛫ a cross-expedition ᛫ a crusade ᛫ | N | rood+sīth | NE+ME | |
roodwye | roodƿye | ᛫ a crusade ᛫ | N | rood+wye | NE+ME | unrealistic/fanciful |
roof | ᛫ vigorous ᛫ strong ᛫ valiant ᛫ | AJ | rof | OE | ||
roof | ᛫ a ceiling ᛫ a palate of a mouth ᛬ to cover ᛫ | V | ~[rọ̄f][hrōf] | NE | ||
roofbone | ᛫ a palatine bone ᛫ | N | roof+bone | NE×2 | as in palate (mouthroof) | |
rook | ᛫ a cheat ᛫ a swindler ᛫ a Corvus frugilegus bird ᛫ | N | ~[hrōc] | NE | ||
Room | ᛫ Rome ᛫ | N | Rōme/Room[Rōme] | ME | ||
room | ᛫ space ᛫ volume ᛫ a section of a building ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
room | ᛫ soot ᛫ | N | hrūm | OE | ||
Roomanish | Roomanisc | ᛫ Roman ᛫ | AJ(P) | Rōmānisc | OE | |
Roomany | ᛫ the Roman Empire ᛫ | N(P) | Rōmā̆nīe | ME | ||
Roomer | ᛫ a Roman ( one who lives in the city of Rome ) ᛫ | N | Rōmwaran | OE | ||
roomet | ᛫ extent ᛫ space ᛫ extension ᛫ clearance ᛫ | N | rīmet[rȳmet] | ME | ||
roomhearted | ᛫ generous ᛫ liberal hearted ᛫ | AJ | rūmheort | OE | ||
roomstead | ᛫ a compartment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
roomth | roomþ | ᛫ capacity ᛫ volume ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
roomtime | ᛫ spacetime ᛫ | N | room+time | NE×2 | ||
roomy | ᛫ spacious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | "room" alone could mean "roomy" in Middle English | |
roomy | ᛫ sooty ᛫ dirty ᛫ bedaubed ᛫ | AJ | hrūmig | OE | ||
roop | ᛫ a cry ᛬ to cry out ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
roor | ᛫ potent ᛫ vigorous ᛫ | AJ | hrōr | OE | rhyme: floor | |
roose | roos | ᛫ a rose ᛫ | N | ~[rōse] | ANE‹‹OE‹I | [OED] ᛫ "The form of the English word was influenced by the French." - Etymonline |
rooselawer | rooslaƿer | ᛫ oleander ᛫ | N | roose+laur | ANE‹‹I+OE‹I | [OED] ᛫ calque: rose laurel, rosebay |
roosemallow | roosmalloƿ | ᛫ a hibiscus ᛫ | N | roose+mallow | ANE+NE‹‹OE‹I | calque: rose mallow |
roost | ᛫ the internal structure of a roof ᛫ an attic ᛫ a sollar ᛫ a garret ᛫ a loft ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
root | ᛫ glad ᛫ cheerful ᛫ | AJ | rōt | OE | kin: rētan | |
rootfast | ᛫ firmly held by the roots ᛫ securely established ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
rop | ᛫ a colon ᛫ an intestine ᛫ intestines ᛫ entrails ᛫ guts ᛫ bowels ᛫ small intestines ᛫ | N | rop&ropp | ME&OE | ||
rose | ᛫ to explore ᛫ to journey ᛫ to adventure ᛫ | V | rāsian | OE | ||
roster | ᛫ a list of names ᛫ a muster roll ᛫ | N | ~[NL rooster] | NE‹NL | ||
rot | ᛫ thick fluid ᛫ scum ᛫ mucus ᛫ | N | hrot | OE | kin: Rotz (German) | |
rotgut | ᛫ low-quality alcoholic liquor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Rothem | Roþem | ᛫ Rouen ( city in Normandy ) ᛫ | N(P) | Roþem | OE | From the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, alternative to Rone |
rother | roþer | ᛫ a bovine ᛫ | N | ~[rother][hrīþer/hrȳþer] | NE | rhyme: bother (see "rother beast" on Lexico) |
rother | roþer | ᛫ comfort ᛫ solace ᛬ to comfort ᛫ to console ᛫ | N᛬V | hrōþor | OE | |
rotherflesh | roþerflesc | ᛫ beef ᛫ | N | rother+flesh | NE×2 | or: rothern flesh (attested as: reþeren flesche) |
rothern | roþeren | ᛫ of oxen ᛫ of cattle ᛫ | AJ | rotheren[hrīþeren/hrȳþeren] | ME | spelling analogy: silvern |
rothhound | roþhund | ᛫ a mastiff ᛫ a molossus ᛫ a large dog ᛫ | N | roþhund | OE | |
router | ƿrooter | ᛫ a machine for woodworking ᛫ a person who uncovers things ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
row | roƿ | ᛫ a series ᛫ a line ᛫ a line of words ᛫ succession ᛫ a rank ( of soldiers etc ) ᛫ a streak ᛫ a stripe ᛫ | N | row&reue[rǣw/rāw] | NE&ME | |
rower | roƿer | ᛫ a heron ᛫ an egret ᛫ | N | hrāgra | OE | |
rown | rune | ᛫ crypto- ᛫ | PREFIX | rown | NE | |
rown | rune | ᛫ a mystery ᛫ a secret ᛫ hidden speech ᛫ a whisper ᛫ a rune ᛬ to whisper ᛫ | N᛬V | rown&roun&rūn{gerȳne} | NE&ME&OE | or: roun |
rowncraft | runecraft | ᛫ arcane knowledge or arts ᛫ | N | rūncræftige | OE | |
rowncrafty | runecrafty | ᛫ learned in arcane knowledge or arts ᛫ | AJ | rūncræftige | OE | |
rownish | runisc | ᛫ runic ᛫ | AJ | rown+ish | NE×2 | |
rownlore | runelore | ᛫ runology ᛫ | N | rown+lore | NE×2 | |
rownshat | runescat | ᛫ a unit of cryptocurrency ᛫ cryptocurrency ᛫ | N | rown+shat | NE+ME | |
rownstaff | runestaff | ᛫ a rune ( a runic character ) ᛫ | N | rūnstæf | OE | |
rowny | runey | ᛫ mystical ᛫ mysterious ᛫ | AJ | rūnlīc | OE | |
rud | ᛫ redness ᛫ blush ᛫ the Tagetes plant ( marigold ) ᛬ to redden ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
ruddle | ruddel | ᛫ red ochre ᛬ to mark with red ochre ᛫ to raddle or twist ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: reddle |
ruddock | ᛫ the Erithacus rubecula bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
ruddock | ᛫ a robin ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
rue | reƿ | ᛫ regret ᛫ remorse ᛬ to regret ᛫ to be penitent ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[reuen][hrēow] | NE | kin: ruth |
ruechary | reƿcary | ᛫ troubled ᛫ anxious ᛫ sorrowful ᛫ | AJ | hrēowcearig | OE | |
rug | ᛫ a carpet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N? | ||
run in | ᛫ a disagreement or conflict ( esp with an established authority ) ᛫ | N | run-in | NE | ||
runaway | runaƿay | ᛫ an estray ᛬ unchecked ᛫ rampant ᛫ fugitive ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
rung | ᛫ a foot bar on a ladder ᛫ a level in a hierarchy ᛫ a rank ᛫ degree [ᚹ] ᛫ grade [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
runnel | ᛫ a rivulet ᛫ a rill ᛫ a gutter ᛫ | N | runnel | NE | ||
runningfowl | runningfule | ᛫ a Cursoriinae bird ᛫ a courser ᛫ | N | running+fowl | NE×2 | calque: renvogel; Rennvogel |
runninghand | runninghand | ᛫ cursive script ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
runthrough | runþruge | ᛫ a rehearsal ᛫ a brief outline or summary ᛫ | N | runthrough | NE | |
runway | runƿay | ᛫ a surface for landings and takeoffs of planes ᛫ a ramp ᛫ a sloped gangway ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
rus | ᛫ the crust or surface of the Earth ᛫ the ground ᛫ | N | hruse | OE | rhyme: does? ᛫ kin: crusta (Latin)? | |
rush | rusc | ᛫ a Juncus plant ᛫ | N | ~[risc/rysc] | NE | |
rushleek | ruscleek | ᛫ an Allium schoenoprasum plant ( chives ) ᛫ | N | ~[riscleac] | NE | |
Russland | ᛫ Russia ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹O | or: Russy; Muscovy | |
ruth | reƿþ | ᛫ pity ᛫ sympathy ᛫ mercy ᛫ remorse regret ᛫ | N | ~[reuth/rewth] | NE‹N | kin: rue |
ruthful | reƿþful | ᛫ merciful ᛫ compassionate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
ruthless | reƿþless | ᛫ remorseless ᛫ cruel ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sackful | ᛫ contentious ᛫ quarrelsome ᛫ | AJ | sacfull | OE | ||
sackless | ᛫ innocent ᛫ blameless ᛫ guiltless ᛫ free of legal charge ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | kin: sake | |
saddletree | saddeltree | ᛫ a Liriodendron tulipifera plant ( a tulip tree ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sade | ᛫ to become sated ᛫ to satisfy ᛫ to satiate ᛫ | V | sate&saden&sadian | NE&ME&OE | form with T apparently influenced by satiare/satiate | |
safin | ᛫ a Juniperus sabina plant ( savin ) ᛫ | N | safine | OE | rhyme: havin' | |
sailcloth | sailcloþ | ᛫ canvas ( or other material used for making sails ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sailorly | sailerly | ᛫ nautical ( in some senses ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sain | ᛫ a sign ᛫ a banner ᛫ a military standard ᛬ to make the sign of the cross on or over ᛫ | N᛬V | sain&segn[segnian] | NE‹‹OE‹I | ||
sake | ᛫ a cause ( a reason for contention ) ᛫ an account ( one's behalf ) ᛫ a suit ( a lawsuit ) ᛬ to sue ᛫ to bring a suit against ᛫ | N᛬V | sake&sāke&sacan | NE&ME&OE | PST: sook ᛫ PTCP: saken | |
sale | ᛫ a main hall in a large building ᛫ a large room ( esp one used for things like banquets ) ᛫ | N | sā̆l[sæl][sele] | ME | Finnish "sali" and OE rune poem used for definition | |
salework | saleƿork | ᛫ goods made for general use ( as opposed to goods made to order ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
sallow | salloƿ | ᛫ a pale yellow colour ᛫ a pale brown colour ᛫ a Salix plant ( pussy willow ) ᛫ a Xanthia insect ᛬ sallow in colour ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
salt pig | ᛫ a salt cellar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | salt cellars are often labelled as salt pigs in online stores | |
saltern | ᛫ a building where salt is made by boiling or evaporation ᛫ | N | ~[sealtern] | NE | ||
saltiness | ᛫ salinity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
salty | ᛫ saline ᛫ irritated and bitter ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
salve | salf | ᛫ an ointment balm cream or paste used for medicinal reasons ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
salvy | salfy | ᛫ sage ( plant ) ᛫ | N | salfige[salvia] | OE‹I | |
sam | ᛫ together ᛫ | AV | sammen | ME | ||
sam | ᛫ to assemble ᛫ to coagulate ᛫ | V | sam&samnen[samnian] | NE&ME | ||
sam | ᛫ half- ᛫ semi- ᛫ | PREFIX | sam | OE | ||
samblind | ᛫ half-blind ᛫ dim-sighted ᛫ | AJ | sandblind | NE | ||
samborn | ᛫ half-born ᛫ aborted ᛫ | AJ | samboren | OE | ||
sameblooded | ᛫ consanguineous ᛫ | AJ | sameblooded | NE | ||
samebloodedness | ᛫ consanguinity ᛫ | N | samebloodedness | NE | ||
samed | ᛫ simultaneously ᛫ together ᛬ together with ᛫ | AV᛬P | sā̆mod[samed/samod/somed] | ME | ||
samedsithe | samedsiþe | ᛫ to accompany ᛫ to travel together ᛫ | V | samodsiþian | OE | |
samedsweyend | samedsƿeyend | ᛫ a consonant ᛫ | N | samodswēgende | OE | |
sameness | ᛫ identicalness ᛫ similarity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
samewist | sameƿist | ᛫ cohabitation ᛫ | N | samwist | OE | |
samey | ᛫ generic ᛫ monotonous ᛫ | AJ+AV | ~ | NE | ||
sameyness | ᛫ genericness ᛫ monotony ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sammening | ᛫ a convention ᛫ a congregation ᛫ a synagogue ᛫ a church ᛫ | N | gesamnung | OE | ||
sammer | ᛫ a collector ᛫ a gatherer ᛫ | N | samnere | OE | ||
samming | ᛫ an assembly ᛫ a council ᛫ | N | samnung | OE | ||
samsodden | ᛫ half-cooked ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
samwaxen | samƿaxen | ᛫ half grown ᛫ | AJ | sāmweaxen | OE | |
samwhole | samhƿole | ᛫ not whole ᛫ in poor health ᛫ | AJ | samhal | OE | |
samwise | samƿise | ᛫ half-wise ᛫ foolish ᛫ simple ᛫ | AJ | sāmwīs | OE | |
samyoung | samyung | ᛫ an adolescent ᛬ adolescent ᛫ | N᛬AJ | samgeong | OE | |
sandglass | ᛫ an hourglass ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sandhill | ᛫ a sand dune ᛫ | N | sand-hill | NE | [OED] | |
Saraken | ᛫ a Saracen ᛫ | N(P) | saracene | OE‹I‹H‹? | kin: Saracen | |
Sarakennish | Sarakennisc | ᛫ Saracen ᛫ | AJ(P) | saracenisc | OE‹I‹H‹? | |
sarch | sarc | ᛫ a shirt ᛫ | N | serc | OE | |
Sardin | ᛫ a Sardinian ᛫ | N(P) | Sardinie | OE | ||
sare | ᛫ an artifice ᛫ a machination ᛫ a machine ᛫ a device ᛫ an engine ᛬ to act with artifice ᛫ to engineer [ᚹ] ᛫ | N᛬V | searu&searwian | OE&OE | ||
sarecraft | ᛫ stratagem ᛫ machination ᛫ engineering [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | searucræft | OE | ||
sarecrafty | ᛫ wily ᛫ cunning ᛫ | AJ | searucræftig | OE | ||
saregun | ᛫ a machinegun ᛫ | N | searu+gun | OE+NE‹N | calque: machinegun | |
sarely | ᛫ ingenious ᛫ artful ᛫ mechanical [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | searulīc | OE | ||
sareman | ᛫ one who makes machines , engines , or machinations ᛫ an engineer ᛫ | N | searu+man | OE+NE | ||
sarenet | ᛫ a net of guile ᛫ a snare ᛫ | N | searunet | OE | ||
sarethank | sareþank | ᛫ a cunning thought device artifice or wile ᛫ | N | searuþanc | OE | |
sarethankle | sareþankel | ᛫ cunning ᛫ sagacious ᛫ shrewd ᛫ | AJ | searuþancol | OE | |
sarewrench | sareƿrenc | ᛫ a crafty trick ᛫ | N | searuwrenc | OE | |
sark | ᛫ a shirt ᛫ | N | ~[serc] | NE | ||
Sarmondish | Sarmondisc | ᛫ Sarmatian language ᛬ Sarmatian ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Sarmondisc | OE | |
Sarmondland | ᛫ Sarmatia ᛫ | N(P) | Sarmondisc+land | OE+NE | ||
satch | sac | ᛫ strife ᛫ conflict ᛫ | N | sæc | OE | kin: sake |
Saturnight | Saturnigt | ᛫ the night following Saturday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE‹(I+E) | |
Saudi Araby | ᛫ Saudi Arabia ᛫ | N(P) | Saudi+Arabī | NE‹O+ME‹O | ||
saught | saugt | ᛫ reconciliation ᛬ to be reconciled ᛫ to reconcile ᛫ to make peace ᛫ | N᛬V | saught&saughten[seaht] | ME&ME | |
saughten | saugten | ᛫ to make peace ᛫ to reconcile ᛫ | V | saughtenen | ME | |
saw | saƿ | ᛫ a narrative ᛫ a saga ᛫ a story ᛫ a saying ᛫ a maxim ᛫ a proverb ᛫ a notion [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | saw&sau[sagu/saga] | NE&ME | see note |
sawbill | saƿbill | ᛫ a Mergus bird ( a merganser ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sawbones | saƿbones | ᛫ a surgeon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sawer | saƿer | ᛫ a sawyer ᛫ | N | sauer | ME | |
sax | ᛫ a kind of short sword ᛫ a knife ᛫ a cutting tool ᛫ | N | sex/sax | ME | ||
sax | ᛫ a Saxophone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Sax | ᛫ a Saxon ᛫ | N(P) | Seaxe | OE | PL: Saxes; Saxen (older form) | |
Saxish | Saxisc | ᛫ Saxon language ᛬ of the Saxons ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[Seaxisc] | ME | |
scalp | skalp | ᛫ a crown ( the top of a head ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
scathe | skaþe | ᛫ to injure ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | see: shathe |
scatheful | skaþeful | ᛫ causing harm or mischief ᛫ injurious ᛫ destructive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
scathefulness | skaþefulness | ᛫ injuriousness ᛫ destructiveness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
scathel | skaþel | ᛫ hurt ᛫ injury ᛬ harmful ᛫ noxious ᛫ injurious ᛫ mischievous ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
scathing | skaþing | ᛫ harshly or bitterly critical ᛫ harmful or painful ᛫ acerbic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
scatterling | skatterling | ᛫ a vagabond ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sclair | sklair | ᛫ a veil ( worn on the head ) ᛫ | N | skleir/scleyre | ME | |
Sclave | Sklafe | ᛫ a Slav ᛫ | N(P) | Sclā̆ve | ME‹I | "Slav" was a reborrowing? |
score | skore | ᛫ the number of points goals runs etc achieved in a game ᛫ a set of twenty ᛬ to gain a point ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹N | |
scough | skoug | ᛫ a forest ᛫ | N | scough | ME‹N | kin: skōgr |
scrawny | scraƿny | ᛫ thin malnourished and weak ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
screed | skreed | ᛫ a long speech or piece of writing ( typically regarded as tedious ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
scurf | skurf | ᛫ flakes on the surface of the skin that form as fresh skin develops below ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
scythe | siþe | ᛫ an agricultural tool with a shaft and a curved blade used for mowing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seabladder | ᛫ a Physalia physalis animal ( a Portuguese man-of-war ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seaborough | seaboroug | ᛫ a seaside settlement ᛫ | N | sǣburh | OE | |
seacow | seacue | ᛫ a manatee ᛫ a dugong ᛫ a Sirenia mammal ᛫ | N | sea cow | NE | |
seadeer | ᛫ a sea creature ᛫ | N | sǣdēor | OE | ||
seadevil | seadefil | ᛫ a manta ray ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seadom | ᛫ a thalassocracy ᛫ a thalattocracy ᛫ | N | sea+dom | NE×2 | ||
seaduck | ᛫ a Fuligulinae bird ( an eider , a scoter ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seaear | ᛫ a Haliotis mollusc ( an abalone , an ormer ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | also: ear shell | |
seaelfen | ᛫ a sea nymph ᛫ | N | sǣælfen | OE | ||
seafareld | ᛫ a sea passage ᛫ | N | sǣfæreld | OE | ||
seafarth | seafarþ | ᛫ the sea shore ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | sǣfaroþ | OE | |
seafear | ᛫ thalassophobia ᛫ | N | sear+fear | NE | ||
seafennel | ᛫ a Crithmum maritimum plant ( samphire ) ᛫ | N | sea fennel | NE‹(E‹E+I) | [OED] | |
seaganger | ᛫ a mariner ᛫ a vessel ᛫ | N | sǣgenga | OE | ||
seaglass | ᛫ isinglass ᛫ | N | sea-glass | NE | [OED] | |
seagreen | ᛫ a blueish green colour ᛫ of a blueish green colour ᛫ | N | sea-green | NE | ||
seahaven | seahafen | ᛫ a seaport ᛫ a town or city with a harbour for seagoing ships ᛫ | N | sea+haven | NE×2 | calque: zeehaven |
seahawk | seahaƿk | ᛫ a Stercorarius bird ( a skua , a jaeger ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seahen | ᛫ a Cepphus bird ( a guillemot ) ᛫ a Uria bird ( a guillemot / a murre ) ᛫ | N | sea-hen | NE | [OED] | |
seahinx | ᛫ a hippopotamus ᛫ | N | sǣhengest | OE | literally sea-horse | |
seahound | seahund | ᛫ a dogfish ᛫ a shark of the small bottom-dwelling variety ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sealily | sealilly | ᛫ a stalked crinoid ᛫ | N | sea lily | NE‹(E+E‹I) | [OED] |
sealine | ᛫ the horizon ( when over water ) ᛫ | N | sea-line | NE | [OED] | |
sealithing | sealiþing | ᛫ seafaring ᛫ | AJ | sǣlīþende | OE | |
sealore | ᛫ oceanography ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sealsmolt | ᛫ melted seal blubber ᛫ seal oil ᛫ | N | seilesmolt | ME | found under "smolt" on MEC | |
sealth | sealþ | ᛫ happiness ᛫ fortune ᛫ prosperity ᛫ | N | sē̆lth[sǣlþ] | ME | |
sealy | ᛫ marine ᛫ thalassic ᛫ oceanic ᛫ | AJ | sǣlīc | OE | ||
seam | ᛫ a line of stitching ᛫ a ridge formed by joined edges ᛫ a stratum ( coal , ore , etc ) ᛫ a suture ᛫ a gully ᛫ a groove ᛫ a crevice ᛫ | N | ~[sēm][sēam] | ME | ||
seamanship | seamanscip | ᛫ skill of sailing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seamere | ᛫ a lagoon ᛫ an enclosed part of the sea ᛫ | N | sea+mere | NE×2 | calque: sea-lake | |
seaminnow | seaminnoƿ | ᛫ an Engraulidae fish ᛫ an anchovy ᛫ | N | sea minnow | ANE | poorly attested |
seamster | ᛫ a tailor ᛫ a seamstress ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
seamy | ᛫ sordid ᛫ disreputable ᛫ distasteful ᛫ ignoble ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
seanettle | seanettel | ᛫ the jellyfish ᛫ | N | sea nettle | NE | |
sear | ᛫ to burn ᛫ to scorch ᛫ to wither ᛫ to dry up ᛫ to mark permanently ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
searaven | searafen | ᛫ A Phalacrocoracidae bird ᛫ a cormorant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | essentially a calque of "cormorant" |
seareaver | seareafer | ᛫ a pirate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seaswallow | seasƿalloƿ | ᛫ a Sterninae bird ( a tern ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seaswamb | seasƿamb | ᛫ a seasponge ᛫ | N | sea+swamm | NE+ME | |
seaswine | seasƿine | ᛫ the porpoise ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
seat | ᛫ an ambush ᛬ to ambush ᛫ to lie in wait to ambush ᛫ | N᛬V | sǣt&sǣtian | OE&OE | ||
seatbone | ᛫ an ischium ᛫ | N | seat+bone | NE×2 | calque: zitbeen, Sitzbein | |
seater | ᛫ an insidiator ᛫ an ambusher ᛫ | N | sǣtere | OE | ||
seath | seaþ | ᛫ a pit ᛫ a hole ᛫ | N | seaþ | OE | |
seave | seaf | ᛫ mind ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | sefa | OE | |
seawarth | seaƿarþ | ᛫ the sea shore ᛫ | N | sǣwaroþ | OE | |
seawight | seaƿigt | ᛫ a sea creature ᛫ | N | sǣwiht | OE | |
sedge | secg | ᛫ a man ᛫ | N | segge[secg] | ME | |
sedge | secg | ᛫ a Cyperaceae plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
see | ᛫ a pupil ( of the eye ) ᛫ | N | sēo | OE | ||
seed | ᛫ a purse ᛫ a money-bag ᛫ a coin-purse ᛫ a wallet ᛫ | N | seode&sēod | ME&OE | ||
seed | ᛫ semen ᛫ sperm ᛫ one's descendants ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seedly | ᛫ seminal ᛫ | AJ | sǣdlīc | OE | ||
seedtime | ᛫ the time to sow seeds ᛫ a time for new development ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seedy | ᛫ sleazy ᛫ untidy ᛫ full of seeds ᛫ infirm ᛫ suffering from a hangover ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
seek | ᛫ to search ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | de-Norsed: seech/seec (found in "beseech") | |
seeksorrow | seeksorroƿ | ᛫ a masochist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | de-Norsed: seechsorrow/seecsorroƿ |
seel | ᛫ happiness ᛫ prosperity ᛫ a proper time ᛫ a good occasion ᛫ an opportunity ᛫ | N | sēle[sǣl] | ME | ||
seel | ᛫ happiness ᛫ prosperity ᛫ good fortune ᛫ luck ᛫ | N | sele | ME | ||
seely | ᛫ spiritually favored ᛫ happy ᛫ blissful ᛫ fortunate ᛫ lucky ᛫ auspicious ᛫ | AJ | sely | ME | doublet: silly | |
seem | ᛫ to bring to an agreement ᛫ to reconcile ᛫ | V | sẹ̄men[sēman] | ME | ||
seem | ᛫ to burden ᛫ to put a load on ᛫ | V | sēmen[sēman/sīman] | ME | ||
seeming | ᛫ apparent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
seemingly | ᛫ apparently ᛫ decorously ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
seemliness | ᛫ propriety ᛫ properness ᛫ appropiateness ᛫ decorum ᛫ decency ᛫ decentness ᛫ civility ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E+E) | [OED] | |
seemly | ᛫ proper ᛫ appropiate ᛫ decorous ᛫ decent ᛫ civil ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | [OED] | |
seendly | ᛫ visible ᛫ | AJ | see+end+ly | NE+ME+NE | ||
seer | ᛫ a person who sees something specified ᛫ a prophet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seethe | seeþe | ᛫ to digest ᛫ | N | ME | ||
seethe | seeþe | ᛫ to boil ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
seethe | seeþe | ᛫ to declare true ᛫ to affirm ᛫ to attest ᛫ to testify ᛫ | V | sēþan | OE | |
seether | seeþer | ᛫ a boiler ᛫ | N | seethe+er | NE×2 | |
seething | seeþing | ᛫ an attestation ᛫ an affirmation ᛫ a proof ᛫ | N | sēþan+ing | OE+NE | |
seethrough | seeþruge | ᛫ transparent ᛫ translucent ᛫ | AJ | seethrough | NE | |
selcouth | selcooþ | ᛫ strange ᛫ unusual ᛫ peculiar ᛫ marvellous ᛫ miraculous ᛫ preternatural ᛫ | AJ | selcouth&selcūþ | NE&OE | |
seld | ᛫ rare ᛫ infrequent ᛬ infrequently ᛫ rarely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | selde | ME | ||
seld | ᛫ a chair ᛫ a seat ᛫ a throne ᛫ | N | sẹ̄lde[seld] | ME | or: sield? (vowel lengthened for at least some speakers) | |
seld | ᛫ rare- ᛫ | PREFIX | seld | OE | ||
seldom | ᛫ infrequent ᛫ rare ᛬ infrequently ᛫ rarely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
seldomly | ᛫ rarely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
seldomness | ᛫ rareness ᛫ rarity ᛫ uncommonness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
seldseen | ᛫ rarely seen ᛫ rare ᛫ uncommon ᛫ unusual ᛫ | AJ | seldsēn | ME | ||
selfeater | ᛫ a cannibal ᛫ | N | selfǣta | OE | ||
selfhood | ᛫ individuality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
selfkill | ᛫ to kill oneself ( accidentally or intentionally ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
selfkiller | ᛫ one who has killed oneself ( accidentally or intentionally ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
selfly | ᛫ personal ᛫ voluntary ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
selfmurther | selfmurþer | ᛫ to suicide ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
selfmurtherer | selfmurþerer | ᛫ a suicide ( one who kills oneself ) ᛫ | N | selfmurther+er | NE×2 | |
selfnamed | ᛫ eponymous ᛫ | AJ | self-named | NE | ||
selfpitch | selfpic | ᛫ autotune ᛬ to autotune ᛫ | N᛬V | self+pitch{autotune} | NE×2 | calque: Autotune |
selfsame | ᛫ identical ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
selfsameness | ᛫ identity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
selfshifter | selfscifter | ᛫ a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
selfshrithe | selfscriþe | ᛫ to automatically act or move ᛫ to motivate oneself ᛫ | V | self+shrithe | NE+ME | |
selfshrithing | selfscriþing | ᛫ automatic ᛫ | AJ | self+shrithe+ing | NE+ME+NE | |
selfstanding | ᛫ independent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
selfweening | selfƿeening | • conceitedness • self-conceit • self-importance • arrogance • egotism • vanity ᛬ conceited • self-important • arrogant • egotistical • vain • opinionated • | N:AJ | self-weening | ANE | [OED] |
selfwield | selfƿeeld | ᛫ autonomy ᛫ self-governance ᛫ | N | self+wield | NE+NE | |
selfwielding | selfƿeelding | ᛫ autonomous ᛫ self-governing ᛫ | AJ | self+wield+ing | NE+NE+NE | |
selk | ᛫ to become sluggish ᛫ | V | āseolcan | OE | ||
sellsword | sellsƿord | ᛫ a mercenary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
selly | ᛫ an unusual thing ᛬ strange ᛫ unusual ᛫ remarkable ᛫ marvelous ᛫ exceptional ᛫ excellent ᛬ wondrously ᛫ strangely ᛫ unusually ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | sellī | ME | ||
sem | ᛫ to remain suspended ᛫ | V | seomian | OE | ||
seme | ᛫ clinch nails ᛫ | N | sēm | ME‹? | always plural? ᛫ seme-nail is attested (spelled "semenaill") | |
semp | ᛫ mustard ᛫ | N | senep | ME‹OE‹Þ‹I‹H | ||
sen | ᛫ very- ᛫ ever- ᛫ | PREFIX | sin | OE | found in: sengreen | |
sench | senc | ᛫ to sink ᛫ to drown [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | senchen[sencan] | ME | |
sendforth | sendforþ | ᛫ a celebration or event to mark a person's departure ᛫ a send-off ᛫ | N | send-forth | NE | Nigerian English |
sengreen | ᛫ the houseleek ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sennight | sennigt | ᛫ a week ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from "seven nights" in Old English |
senshalk | senscalk | ᛫ seneschal ᛫ | N | sen+shalk | ME+ME | |
senth | senþ | ᛫ a synod ᛫ | N | seonoþ | OE‹I | |
senthly | senþly | ᛫ synodal ᛫ | AJ | seonoþlīc | OE‹I | |
Serbish | Serbisc | ᛫ Serbian ᛫ | AJ | Serb+ish | NE×2 | |
sere | ᛫ different ᛫ various ᛫ diverse ᛫ several ᛫ multiple ᛫ | AJ | sẹ̄r | ME‹N | ||
sere | ᛫ dry ᛫ withered ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Sering | ᛫ a Chinese person ? ᛫ | N(P) | Seringum | OE‹I‹H | of note: Σῆρες; Serica | |
sess | ᛫ a seat ᛫ | N | ses/sæs/sesse | OE | kin: sess (Icelandic) | |
sester | ᛫ a vessel for holding liquid ᛫ a pitcher ᛫ a liquid measure ᛫ | N | sester[sextarius] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
set | ᛫ a group ᛬ to place ᛫ to be located ᛫ to install ᛫ to appoint ᛫ | N᛬V | ~{isetten} | NE | ||
setback | ᛫ a regression ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
setdeal | ᛫ a set piece ᛫ | N | set+deal | NE×2 | ||
setness | ᛫ constitution ᛫ a statute ᛫ an ordinance ᛫ | N | setnes | ME | ||
setting | ᛫ a scenario ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
settingtoken | ᛫ an accidental ( in music ) ᛫ | N | setting+token | NE×2 | calque: Versetzungszeichen | |
settle | settel | ᛫ to solve ᛫ to come to rest ᛫ to colonize ᛫ to end a dispute or question ᛫ to resolve ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
settler | setteller | ᛫ a colonist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
settling | ᛫ a settlement ᛫ settlement ᛫ a colony ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
settlings | ᛫ sediment ᛫ dregs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
Sevan Mere | Sefan | ᛫ Sevan Lake ᛫ | N(P) | Sevan+mere | NE‹O+NE | |
Seven Sisters | Sefen | ᛫ the Pleiades ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Sevenboroughs | Sefenborougs | ᛫ Transylvania ᛫ | N | seven+bury | NE | calque: Zevenburgen; Siebenbürgen |
sevenfold | sefenfold | ᛫ septuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sevenleaf | sefenleaf | ᛫ a septfoil ᛫ | N | seofonlēafe | OE | |
sevensome | sefensum | ᛫ a septet ᛫ a heptad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
seventh | sefenþ | ᛫ a septime ᛫ a heptachord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sevenwield | sefenƿeeld | ᛫ a heptarchy ᛫ the seven states of Anglo-Saxon Britain ᛫ | N | seven+wield | NE+NE | |
sew | seƿ | ᛫ juice ᛫ broth ᛫ sauce [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | sewe&sēaw | ME&OE | |
shab | scab | ᛫ a scab ᛫ scabies ᛫ mange ᛫ | N | shab | ME | |
shade | scade | ᛫ a ghost ᛫ a spectre ᛫ a phantom ᛫ rephaite ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shaft | scaft | ᛫ ( element suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | shaft[gesceaft] | ME | |
shaft | scaft | ᛫ a creation ᛫ a creature ᛫ an element ᛫ a substance ᛫ | N | shaft/ishaft&gesceaft | ME&OE | |
shaftlore | scaftlore | ᛫ chemistry ( the study , not the mechanics) ᛫ | N | shaft+lore | ME+NE | |
shaftmote | scaftmote | ᛫ an element particle ( an atom ) ᛫ | N | shaft+mote | ME+NE | |
shag | scag | ᛫ A Phalacrocoracidae bird ᛫ a shag ᛫ a cormorant [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | of sketchy origin, possibly German or Norse |
shake | scake | ᛫ to quiver ᛫ to vibrate ᛫ to convulse ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
shaky | scaky | ᛫ trembling ᛫ unstable ᛫ precarious ᛫ unreliable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shale | scale | ᛫ a nutshell ᛫ a pod ᛫ a husk ᛫ a dish ᛫ a platter ᛫ a scale ( like of a fish ) ᛫ a weighing scale ᛫ | N | shale&shale&scealu | NE&ME&OE | |
shalk | scalk | ᛫ an adult male human ᛫ a person ? ᛫ | N | shalk[scealc] | ME | |
shallen | scallen | ᛫ testicles ᛫ | N | sceallan | OE | plural only |
shallow | scalloƿ | ᛫ superficial ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sham | scam | ᛫ a fabrication ᛫ a counterfeit ᛬ fabricated ᛫ counterfeit ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[shame?] | NE | |
shamble | scambel | ᛫ a stool ᛫ a bench ( esp for meat ) ᛫ a vendor's stall ( esp for meat ) ᛫ a kiosk [ᚹ] ᛫ a booth [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~[shā̆mel][sceamol] | NE‹‹OE‹I | in shambles = in great disorder ᛫ shambles = a meat market |
shamefast | scamefast | ᛫ bashful ᛫ modest ᛫ shy ᛫ shamefaced ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shand | scand | ᛫ a shame ᛫ a disgrace ᛫ infamy ᛫ ignominy ᛫ a scandal ᛬ to disgrace ᛫ to be disgraced ᛫ | N | shand&shonden&scand | NE&ME&OE | |
shandly | scandly | ᛫ disgraceful ᛫ infamous ᛫ shameful ᛫ scandalous ᛫ | AJ | shandly&scandlīc | NE&OE | |
shank | scank | ᛫ a leg ᛫ | N | shank[scanca] | NE | |
shape | scape | ᛫ a form ᛫ a condition which something is in ᛬ to form ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
shapeless | scapeless | ᛫ amorphous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shapelore | scapelore | ᛫ geometry ᛫ | N | shape+lore | NE | |
shapely | scapely | ᛫ attractive in shape ᛫ well-shaped ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shaper | scaper | ᛫ a creator ᛫ | N | shaper&shāper | NE&ME | |
shapeshift | scapescift | ᛫ to transform ᛫ to transmute ᛫ to metamorphose ᛫ to metamorphosize ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
shapeshifting | scapescifting | ᛫ transformation ᛫ transmutation ᛫ metamorphosis ᛬ metamorphic ᛫ protean ᛫ | N᛬AJ | shape-shifting | NE | [OED] |
shapewhile | scapehƿile | ᛫ a destined time ᛫ | N | gescæphwīl | OE | |
share | scare | ᛫ a groin ᛫ a pubic region ᛫ | N | shār[scearu/scaru] | ME | |
sharebone | scarebone | ᛫ a pubis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shareholder | scareholder | ᛫ one who owns shares in a corporation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sharn | scarn | ᛫ dung ᛫ manure ᛫ | N | sharn[scearn] | ME | |
sharp | scarp | ᛫ trenchant ᛫ acute ᛫ quick-witted ᛫ pungent ᛫ a semitone higher than the natural note ( music ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sharper | scarper | ᛫ a swindler ( esp in card games ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
sharpshooter | scarpscooter | ᛫ a sniper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | calque: Scharfschütze |
shat | scat | ᛫ a coin ᛫ money ᛫ currency ᛫ | N | shat/schat&sceatt | ME&OE | |
shathe | scaþe | ᛫ a malefactor ᛫ harm ᛫ injury ᛬ to injure ᛫ to harm ᛫ to scathe ᛫ | V | shāthe&shāthien[sceaþian] | ME&ME | see: scathe |
shave | scafe | ᛫ a sharp tool used for cutting or scraping ᛫ | N | shāve[sceafa/scafa] | ME | |
shaw | scaƿ | ᛫ a grove ᛫ a copse ᛫ a thicket ᛫ | N | shaw&shau[sceaga] | NE&ME | |
shawwort | scaƿƿurt | ᛫ a Fumaria officinalis plant ( common fumitory ) ᛫ | N | scahwwort | ME | |
she | sce | ᛫ a female ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | in compounds: ( denotes a link to femaleness or femininity , mostly in regards to animals and objects ) |
sheaf | sceaf | ᛫ a bundle of objects of one kind ( esp paper ) ᛬ to bundle into sheaves ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
shear | scear | ᛫ to pare ᛫ to prune ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: shore ᛫ PTCP: shorn |
shears | scears | ᛫ scissors ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shearsax | scearsax | ᛫ a razor ᛫ | N | scearseax | OE | |
shearwater | scearƿater | ᛫ a Procellariidae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sheath | sceaþ | ᛫ a scabbard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sheathe | sceaþ | ᛫ to put a weapon back into its sheath ᛫ to encase something in protective covering ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
shed | sced | ᛫ a distinction ᛫ a difference a dividing line ᛫ a division ᛫ a parting in head hair ᛬ to divide ᛫ to separate ᛫ to differentiate ᛫ to distinguish ᛫ | N᛬V | shed&shēd&ishēden[sceada] | NE&ME&ME | |
sheddy | sceddy | ᛫ distinctive ᛫ | AJ | shēd+y | ME+NE | |
Shedland | Scedland | ᛫ Scania ᛫ Scandinavia [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | Scedeland | OE | |
shedlore | scedlore | ᛫ chemistry ᛫ | N | shēd+lore | ME+NE | calque: scheikunde ᛫ based on purism invented by Simon Stevin |
shedmaking | scedmaking | ᛫ differentiation ᛫ discrimination ᛫ | N | shēd+make+ing | ME+NE×2 | calque: onderscheid maken ᛫ inspired by: lovemaking |
shedwise | scedƿise | ᛫ discerning ᛫ | AJ | gescēadwīs | OE | |
shedwiseness | scedƿiseness | ᛫ discretion ᛫ | N | scādwīsnesse[gescēadwīsnes] | ME | |
shee | scee | ᛫ to happen ᛫ to occur ᛫ | V | sēn&scēon | ME&OE | |
shee | scee | ᛫ to quickly fly or run off ᛫ to die ( poetic ) ᛫ | V | scēon | OE | |
sheen | sceen | ᛫ to fragment ᛫ to crack open an oyster ᛫ | V | shēnen[scǣnan] | ME | |
sheen | sceen | ᛫ an attractive gleam ᛬ to shine ᛫ to gleam ᛬ beautiful ᛫ attractive ᛫ radiant ᛫ shiny ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[scīene] | NE | |
sheepflesh | sceepflesc | ᛫ mutton ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sheepish | sceepisc | ᛫ meek ᛫ timid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
sheeply | sceeply | ᛫ ovine ᛫ | AJ | scēaplic | OE | |
sheer | sceer | ᛫ pure ᛫ unadulterated ᛫ pristine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Sheer Thursday | Sceer Þursday | ᛫ Maundy Thursday ᛫ | N(P) | Sheer Thursday | NE | or: Sheer Thunderday |
sheerly | sceerly | ᛫ purely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
sheerness | sceerness | ᛫ purity ᛫ | N | sheer+ness | NE×2 | |
sheet | sceet | ᛫ a broad thin piece of material ᛫ | N | ~{scēat} | NE | |
shelchen | scelcen | ᛫ a maidservant ᛫ a handmaid ᛫ | N | shelchene[scilcen] | ME | |
sheld | sceld | ᛫ variegated ᛫ | AJ | sheld | ME | |
sheldgoose | sceldgoos | ᛫ a Centrornis bird ᛫ a Chloephaga bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shelduck | scelduck | ᛫ any Tadorna bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shellhouse | scellhuse | ᛫ a grotto ( room ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shellpad | scellpad | ᛫ a turtle ᛫ a tortoise ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shelve | scelf | ᛫ to put something on a shelf ᛫ to put a project on hold indefinitely ᛫ to postpone indefinitely ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
shench | scenc | ᛫ a drink ᛫ a draught ᛫ a cup ᛬ Aquarius ᛬ to pour ᛫ to serve a drink ᛫ | N᛬N(P)᛬V | shenche&shenchen[scenc] | ME&ME | |
shend | scend | ᛫ to shame ᛫ to dishonour ᛫ to disgrace ᛫ to bring to ruin ᛫ to vanquish ᛫ to corrupt ᛫ | V | shend&shenden[scendan] | NE&ME | PST: shent ᛫ PTCP: shent |
shepherd | scepherd | ᛫ a sheep herder ᛫ a pastor ᛬ to tend sheep ᛫ to give guidance ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
shepherd leeth | scepherd leeþ | ᛫ an eclogue ( a poem about life as a shepherd free from the complexity and corruption of city life ) ᛫ | N | shepherd+lēth | NE+ME | |
shepherdly | scepherdly | ᛫ pastoral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sheriff | sceriff | ᛫ an official of a shire ᛫ an elected officer responsible for keeping peace in a county ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sheriffdom | sceriffdom | ᛫ the office and domain of a sheriff ᛫ a shrievalty ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shewl | sceƿl | ᛫ a scarecrow ᛫ | N | sheueles | ME | |
shide | scide | ᛫ a piece of hewn timber ᛫ a plank ᛫ a small fragment of wood ᛫ a splinter ᛫ a chip ᛫ | N | shīd | ME | |
shidewall | scideƿall | ᛫ a palisade ᛫ a stockade ᛫ | N | scid wal | ME | |
shield | sceeld | ᛫ a protection ᛫ a defence ᛬ to protect ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
shieldend | sceeldend | ᛫ a protector ᛫ a guardian ᛫ a defender ᛫ | N | scildend | OE | |
shieldock | sceeldock | ᛫ a small shield ᛫ a buckler ᛫ | N | shield+ock | NE×2 | |
shieldtrum | sceeldtrum | ᛫ a compact body of troops forming a battle array shield wall or phalanx ᛫ | N | schiltron | NE | literally: shield troop |
shifty | scifty | ᛫ evasive ( in a dishonest way ) ᛫ dishonest ᛫ unreliable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shild | scild | ᛫ debt ᛫ fault ᛫ | N | shild | ME | |
shildy | scildy | ᛫ guilty ᛫ at fault ᛫ in debt ᛫ | AJ | shildī | ME | |
shill | scill | ᛫ to sound loudly ᛫ to resound ᛬ loud ᛫ resounding ᛫ shrill ᛫ audible ᛫ melodious ᛫ | V | shillen[scillan]&shil[scill] | ME&ME | |
shilling | scilling | ᛫ the standard unit in a system of currency ( a pound , a dollar , a solidus , a shekel , etc ) [ᚹ] | N | shilling&scilling | NE&OE | SEE NOTE |
shillyshally | scillyscally | ᛫ to fail to act resolutely or decisively ᛫ | V | shillyshally | NE | [LEX] |
shinbone | scinbone | ᛫ a tibia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shinbour | scinbor | ᛫ a greave ᛫ | N | shin+beorg{healsbeorg} | NE+OE | |
shinecraft | scinecraft | ᛫ the art of show magic ? ᛫ | N | scīncræft | OE | |
shinecrafter | scinecrafter | ᛫ a show magician ? ᛫ | N | scīncræftiga | OE | |
shinedwale | scinedƿale | ᛫ a delusion or illusion made by magic ᛫ | N | scīngedwola | OE | |
shinelock | scinelock | ᛫ magic ᛫ sorcery ᛫ fantasy ᛫ delusion superstition ᛫ a spectre ᛫ a phantom ᛫ an apparition ᛫ | N | scīnlāc | OE | |
shinelocker | scinelocker | ᛫ a magician ᛫ a sorcerer ᛫ a mage ᛫ | N | scīnlǣca | OE | |
shinely | scinely | ᛫ phantasmal ᛫ spectral ᛫ | AJ | scīnlīc | OE | |
ship | scip | ᛫ a condition ᛫ a position ( such as clerk ) ᛫ a stipend ᛫ | N | shipe[scipe] | ME | |
shipbone | scipbone | ᛫ a scaphoid bone ᛫ | N | ship+bone | NE×2 | calque: os scaphoidum |
shipbreach | scipbreac | ᛫ a shipwreck ᛫ | N | shipbreche | ME | |
shipferd | scipferd | ᛫ a naval force ᛫ | N | scipfird | OE | |
shipheer | scipheer | ᛫ a navy ᛫ | N | sciphere | OE | |
shiplord | sciplord | ᛫ a captain of a ship ᛫ | N | sciphlāford | OE | |
shiply | sciply | ᛫ naval ᛫ | AJ | sciplīc | OE | |
shipman | scipman | ᛫ a sailor ᛫ a seaman ᛫ | N | shipman | ME | |
shipper | scipper | ᛫ a sailor ᛫ a mariner ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shippon | scippon | ᛫ a cattle shed ᛫ | N | ~[scypen] | NE | [LEX] |
shipshape | scipscape | ᛫ in good order ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shipwright | scipƿrigt | ᛫ a builder of ships ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shire | scire | ᛫ a county ᛫ a prefecture ᛫ a region ᛫ a district ( of a country ) ᛫ a province ᛫ | N | shire&shīre[scir] | NE&ME | |
shire | scire | ᛫ bright ᛫ sparkly ᛫ shiny ᛫ clear ᛫ pure ᛫ unadulterated ᛫ unmitigated ᛫ free from blemishes ᛫ | AJ | shīr[scīr/scȳr] | ME | |
shit | scit | ᛫ excrement ᛫ faeces ᛫ poop ᛫ crap ᛬ to excrete ᛫ to defecate ᛫ to poop ᛫ to crap ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: shite |
Shith | Sciþ | ᛫ a Scythian ᛫ an Ossetian ᛫ | N(P) | Sciþþeas | OE | |
Shithish | Sciþisc | ᛫ Scythian language ( Ossetian language by extention ) ᛬ Scythian ( Ossetian by extention ) ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Sciþþisc | OE | |
shive | scife | ᛫ a slice ᛫ a disk [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: schijf |
shivel | scifel | ᛫ a woman's headscarf ᛫ | N | scyfel | OE | |
shiver | scifer | ᛫ to tremble ( esp from cold ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
shoal | scoal | ᛫ an area of shallow water ᛬ shallow ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
shoal | scoal | ᛫ a sandbar ᛫ a large group ᛬ to shallow ᛫ to school (as in fish) ᛬ shallow ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[scolu] | NE | kin: school |
shock | scock | ᛫ a jolt ᛬ to jolt ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹I‹? | |
shoe-leather | scoe-leaþer | ᛫ old-fashioned ᛫ old-school [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | NE | ~ | [MW] |
shoemaker | scoemaker | ᛫ a cobbler ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shoestring | scoestring | ᛫ a shoelace ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shogundom | scogundom | ᛫ a shogunate ᛫ | N | shogun+dom{shogunate} | O+NE | |
Shooter | Scooter | ᛫ Sagittarius ᛫ | N(P) | shēter[scytta] | ME | |
shootingstar | scootingstar | ᛫ a meteor ᛫ | N | shooting star | NE | |
shootout | scootute | ᛫ a gun fight ᛫ an exchange of gunfire ᛫ | N | shoot-out | NE | [OED] |
shop | scop | ᛫ a poet ᛫ | N | scop | ME | |
shopmark | scopmark | ᛫ a trademark ᛫ | N | shop mark | NE | [OED] |
shoppy | scoppy | ᛫ poetic ᛫ figurative [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | scoplic | OE | |
shopsteward | scopsteƿard | ᛫ a union representative ᛫ | N | shop steward | NE | [LEX] |
shore | score | ᛫ coast ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shorelark | scorelark | ᛫ the Eremophila alpestris bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: hornedlark |
short | scort | ᛫ brief ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
short stop | scort stop | ᛫ comma ᛫ | N | short+stop | NE×2 | by analogy with: full stop |
shortcoming | scortcumming | ᛫ a failing ᛫ a deficiency ( a flaw not a lack ) ᛫ a defect ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shorthand | scorþand | ᛫ stenography ᛬ compendious ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
shorthander | scorþander | ᛫ a stenographer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: OED ᛫ also: shorthandman |
shortlong | scortlong | ᛫ an iamb ᛬ iambic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | short-long | ANE | [OED] |
shortsweetening | scortsƿeetening | ᛫ sugar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | South & Midland US |
shot | scot | ᛫ a tax ᛫ | N | shot[scot] | ME | |
shotfree | scotfree | ᛫ free of tax ᛫ | AJ | scotfree | NE | |
shotgun | scotgun | ᛫ a smooth-bore close-range gun ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shoulderblade | scoulderblade | ᛫ a scapula ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: shoulderbone, bladebone |
shove | scuf | ᛫ a push ᛬ to push ᛫ to impel ᛫ to propel ᛫ | V | ~[shǒuven][scūfan] | NE | |
show up | scoƿ | ᛫ to appear ( often when not expected or when in doubt ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
shower | scoƿer | ᛫ one who shows ᛫ a revealer ᛫ a guide ᛫ mirror ᛫ | N | sheuer[scēawere] | ME | rhyme: blower |
showglass | scoƿglass | ᛫ a display case ᛫ a display cabinet ᛫ a showcase ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
showman | scoƿman | ᛫ a performer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
showmanship | scoƿmanscip | ᛫ skill of performing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shraff | scraff | ᛫ a cave ᛫ a cavern ᛫ a den ᛫ | N | shraf&scræf | ME&OE | plural: shraves (by analogy with "staves"); shraffs |
shrafflifelore | scrafflifelore | ᛫ biospeleology ᛫ | N | shraff+life+lore | ME+NE+NE | |
shrafflore | scrafflore | ᛫ speleology ᛫ | N | shraff+lore | ME+NE | |
shrape | scrape | ᛫ to scrape ᛫ | V | shrāpen[scrapian] | ME | "scrape" might be Norse |
shred | scred | ᛫ a scrap ᛫ a twig ᛬ to tatter ᛫ to lacerate ᛫ to rive ᛫ | N | shrad[scrēade] | ME | |
shree | scree | ᛫ to cry out ᛫ to shriek ᛫ | V | scrēon | OE | |
shreemark | screemark | ᛫ an exclamation point ( ! ) ᛫ | N | shriek-mark | NE | |
shrench | screnc | ᛫ to make shrivel ᛫ to make shrink ᛫ | V | shrenchen[gescrencan] | ME | causative of "shrink" |
shrench | screnc | ᛫ to deceive ᛫ to ensnare ᛫ | V | shrenchen[screncan] | ME | |
shrew | screƿ | ᛫ a Soricidae mammal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shrewd | screƿd | ᛫ astute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shrewish | screƿisc | ᛫ ( of a woman ) bad-tempered or aggressively assertive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shride | scride | ᛫ to clothe ᛫ to dress ᛫ | V | shrīden | ME | or: shridefinn?; shrithefinn?; shrithfinn? |
Shridfinn | Scridfinn | ᛫ a Laplander ᛫ a Sami person ᛫ a Lapp ᛫ | N(P) | Scridefinnas | OE | |
shrift | scrift | ᛫ confession ( esp to a priest ) ᛫ absolution by a priest ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹Þ‹I | |
shriftfather | scriftfaþer | ᛫ a confessor ᛫ a priest who hears confessions ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shrike | scrike | ᛫ a Laniidae bird ᛫ a shriek ᛫ | N | ~{scriccettan} | NE | |
shrink | scrink | ᛫ a psychiatrist ᛫ a therapist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shrithe | scriþe | ᛫ to move ( oneself ) ᛫ | V | scrīþan | OE | borrowed into New English by Kevin Crossley-Holland |
shrive | scrife | ᛫ to hear or give a confession ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹I | PT: shrove ᛫ PTCP: shriven |
shroud | scrude | ᛫ a cover ( esp clothing ) ᛬ to cover ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
Shrovetide | Scrofetide | ᛫ the three days before Lent ᛫ | N(P) | Shrovetide | NE | or: Forelent? |
shrubland | scrubland | ᛫ a brushland ᛫ a stretch of shrub-filled land ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
shrutten | scrutten | ᛫ to scrutinize ᛫ | V | scrutnian/scrudnian | OE | |
shruttening | scruttening | ᛫ a scrutinizing ᛫ an investigation ᛫ an examination ᛫ | N | scrutnung | OE | |
shuck | scuck | ᛫ a demon ᛫ a devil ᛫ Satan ᛫ | N | shucke[scucca] | ME | |
shun | scun | ᛫ to avoid ᛫ to evade ᛫ to eschew ᛫ to reject ᛫ | V | ~[shǒnen][scunian] | NE | |
shunworthy | scunƿorþy | ᛫ reproachable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
shurt | scurt | ᛫ to amuse oneself ᛫ to enjoy oneself ᛫ | V | shurten[scyrtan?] | ME | |
shuttle | scittel | ᛫ a bar or a bolt ᛫ a form of transport that travels regularly between two places ᛫ a bus ᛫ | N | shuttle&shittel | NE&ME | |
shuttle | scuttel | ᛫ a shutting mechanism such as a bolt or a bar ᛫ | N | scyttels | OE | |
shy | scy | ᛫ to urge ᛫ to prompt ᛫ | V | scȳan | OE | |
shy | scy | ᛫ to take a sudden fright or aversion ᛫ to recoil ᛫ to boggle ᛫ to avoid ᛬ timid ᛫ bashful ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sib | ᛫ friendliness between states or rulers ᛫ familial relationship ᛫ family ᛫ a relative ᛫ relatives ᛬ related by blood or marriage ᛫ | N᛬ADJ | sib&sibbe | NE&ME | ||
siblair | ᛫ incest ᛫ | N | sibleger | OE | ||
sibred | ᛫ relationship ( including by marriage ) ᛫ consanguinity ᛫ | N | sibrede | ME | ||
sibsome | sibsum | ᛫ peaceable ᛫ pacific ᛫ | AJ | isibsom | ME | |
sibword | sibƿord | ᛫ a cognate ᛫ | N | sib+word | OE+NE | |
sick | ᛫ ill ᛫ unwell ᛫ morbid distasteful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | "ill" is from Norse | |
sick headache | headake | ᛫ migraine ᛫ megrim ᛫ hemicrania ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sicken | ᛫ to become or make sick or disgusted ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
sickening | ᛫ disgusting ᛫ revolting ᛫ repulsive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sicker | ᛫ to assure ᛫ to ensure ᛫ to confirm ᛬ dependable ᛫ safe ᛫ secure ᛫ stable ᛫ genuine ᛫ reliable ᛫ certain ᛫ | V᛬AJ | sikeren&sicker[sicor] | ME‹OE‹I | ||
sickerhood | ᛫ security ᛫ | N | sikerhēde | ME | ||
sickerly | ᛫ surely ᛫ certainly ᛫ indeed ᛫ | ADV | sikerlī | ME‹(I+E) | ||
sickerness | ᛫ certainty ᛫ assurance ᛫ security ᛫ | N | sikernes | ME | ||
sickhouse | sickhuse | ᛫ hospital ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Sickilish | Sickilisc | ᛫ Sicilian ᛫ | AJ | Sicilisc | OE | |
sickly | ᛫ often ill ᛫ indicative of poor health ᛫ nauseating ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sickness | ᛫ illness ailment disease ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sickwain | sickƿain | ᛫ an ambulance ᛫ | N | sick+wain | NE×2 | calque: ziekenwagen |
sid | ᛫ good conduct ᛫ moral behaviour ᛫ modesty ᛫ morality ᛫ a custom ᛫ a manner ᛫ a practice ᛫ a habit ᛫ | N | sidu[sido] | OE | ||
sidden | ᛫ magical soothsaying ? ᛫ seiðr ? ᛫ necromancy ? ᛫ | N | ælfsidene/ælfsidenne | OE | see: sidesa | |
sideheadbone | ᛫ a parietal bone ᛫ | N | ~[sidebone] | NE | ||
sidekir | ᛫ an alternative ᛫ | N | side+kire | NE+ME | ||
sidekirry | ᛫ alternative ᛫ | AJ | side+kire+y | NE+ME+NE | ||
sidelings | ᛫ sideways ᛫ alongside ᛫ furtively ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
sidestand | ᛫ to parallel ᛫ | V | side+stand | NE×2 | ||
sidestander | ᛫ a parallel ᛫ | N | side+stand+er | NE×3 | ||
sidestep | ᛫ to bypass ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
sidewain | sideƿain | ᛫ a sidecar ᛫ | N | side+wain | NE×2 | calque: Seitenwagen |
sidewalk | sideƿalk | ᛫ pavement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sieve | sif | ᛫ to sift ᛫ to strain ᛫ to temse ᛫ | V | ~[sife] | NE | rhyme: give |
sieve out | ute | ᛫ to remove unwanted items ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
sievebone | bone | ᛫ an ethmoid bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sift | ᛫ to examine thoroughly so as to isolate that which is important or sought after ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
sight | sigt | ᛫ view ᛬ to observe ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
sighter | sigter | ᛫ a watery ditch ? ᛫ | N | seohtre | OE | |
sightfield | sigtfeeld | ᛫ a field of vision ᛫ a field of view ᛫ | N | sight+field | NE×2 | |
sightlore | sigtlore | ᛫ optometry ᛫ | N | sight+lore | NE×2 | |
sightly | sigtly | ᛫ pleasing to the eye ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sightseeing | sigtseeing | ᛫ tourism ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sightsman | sigtsman | ᛫ a tour guide ᛫ a tourist guide ᛫ a local guide ᛫ a cicerone ᛫ | N | sights-man | ANE | [OED] |
sike | ᛫ a small stream or rill ( typically one that flows through marshy ground and is often dry in summer ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
sike | ᛫ to sigh ᛫ | V | sīken[sīcan] | ME | ||
sile | ᛫ a cruck ᛫ a curved support beam meant to meet up with a twin ᛫ | N | sīle[sȳl] | ME | ||
Sile | ᛫ the Sun ᛫ Sol ᛫ | N(P) | sigel | OE | ||
Sile | ᛫ ᛋ ᛫ | N(P) | sigel | OE | ||
Siler | ᛫ a sub-Saharan African ᛫ a Nubian ᛫ an Ethiopian ᛫ a Cushite ᛫ | N(P) | sigelwara | OE | ||
Silerland | ᛫ sub-Saharan Africa ᛫ Nubia ᛫ Ethiopia ᛫ Cush ᛫ | N(P) | sigelwara+land | OE+NE | ||
silewharve | silehƿarf | ᛫ a heliotrope flower ᛫ | N | sigelhweorfa | OE | |
sill | ᛫ a foundation beam ᛫ a slab at the foot of an opening ᛫ | N | sill&syll | NE&OE | found in: windowsill | |
sillen | ᛫ a gift ᛫ a donation ᛫ | N | silen&selen/sylen | ME&OE | ||
silverking | silferking | ᛫ a Megalops fish ( a tarpon ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
silvern | silfern | ᛫ made of silver ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
silverside | silferside | ᛫ an Atheriniformes fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
silverthaw | silferþaƿ | ᛫ verglas ᛫ glaze ice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
silverware | silferƿare | ᛫ dishes containers or cutlery made of or coated with silver ᛫ eating and serving utensils made of any material ᛫ cutlery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
simble | simbel | ᛫ continually ᛫ continuously ᛫ | AV | simble[simbel] | ME | |
simble | simbel | ᛫ a feast ᛫ a banquet ᛫ a festival ᛫ a symposium ᛫ a party [ᚹ] ᛬ to feast ᛫ | N᛬V | symbel&symblan | OE&OE | kin: symposium (Greek)? |
simbleday | simbelday | ᛫ a feast day ᛫ a festival day ᛫ | N | symbeldæg | OE | |
simblely | simbely | ᛫ festive ᛫ | AJ | symbellīc | OE | |
simbleness | simbelness | ᛫ festivity ᛫ | N | symbelness | OE | |
simbletide | simbeltide | ᛫ a festival period ᛫ | N | symbeltīd | OE | |
sinagog | ᛫ a synagogue ᛫ | N | sinagō̆g[sinagoga] | ME | ||
sinboot | ᛫ amends for sin ᛫ penance ᛫ | N | synbōt | OE | ||
since | sins | ᛫ because ᛫ | C | ~ | NE | |
sind | ᛫ are ( plural only ) ᛫ | V | sind[sind] | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED | |
Sine | ᛫ Seine ( river in France ) ᛫ | N(P) | Sigen | OE | from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle | |
sine | ᛫ his ᛫ her ᛫ its ᛫ their ᛫ | N(PRO) | sīn | OE | optional pronoun | |
sinew | sineƿ | ᛫ a tendon ᛫ a nerve ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sinewy | sineƿy | ᛫ strong ᛫ muscular ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
singale | ᛫ continuous ᛫ continual ᛫ | AJ | singāle&singal | ME&OE | "sin-gale" not "sing-ale" | |
singaleness | ᛫ perseverance ᛫ constancy ᛫ | N | singalness | OE | ||
singe | sincg | ᛫ to slightly burn ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
singsong | ᛫ a simple and melodic verse ᛫ bad poetry or music ᛬ to make bad music or poetry ᛬ simple and melodic ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sink | ᛫ treasure ( like gold and jewels ) ᛫ | N | sinc | OE | ||
sinkgiver | sinkgifer | ᛫ treasure-giver ( a lord who rewards his thanes ) ᛫ | N | sincgiefa | OE | de-Norsed: sinkyeaver/sinkgeefer |
sinkroom | ᛫ a scullery ᛫ a back kitchen ᛫ | N | sink-room | NE | or: dishroom; washroom | |
sinkstone | ᛫ a jewel ᛫ | N | sincstān | OE | ||
sinkvat | sinkfatt | ᛫ a receptacle for treasure a casket ᛫ | N | sincfæt | OE | |
sint | ᛫ soundness ᛫ | N | gesynto | OE | kin: sound | |
sinwelt | sinƿelt | ᛫ round ᛫ circular ᛫ cylindrical ᛫ | AJ | sinewealt&seonuwealt | ME&OE | literally: ever-rolled? |
sir | ᛫ to plan ᛫ to plot ᛫ to devise ᛫ to machinate ᛫ | V | sirwen&sirwan | ME&OE | kin: searu | |
siring | ᛫ buttermilk ᛫ | N | sȳring | OE | ||
sister | ᛫ a female member of a religious order ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sisterhood | ᛫ a sorority ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sisterly | ᛫ sororal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sitch | sic | ᛫ a stream ᛫ a ditch ᛫ the side of a field ᛫ | N | sī̆ch[sīc] | ME | or: sike (northern variant) |
sitfast | ᛫ firmly stationary ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sithe | siþe | ᛫ a journey ᛫ one's journey through life ᛫ an occasion ᛫ a point in time ᛬ to journey ᛫ to travel ᛫ | N᛬V | sīth | ME | |
sithe | siþe | ᛫ after ᛫ | P&C | sīþ | OE | |
sithe | siþe | ᛫ a fellow ᛫ a companion ᛫ | N | gesīþa | OE | |
sithefat | siþefat | ᛫ a passage ᛫ a journey ᛫ a road ᛫ a path ᛫ a course ᛫ | N | siþfæt | OE | |
sithen | siþen | ᛫ since then ᛫ after that ᛫ after then ᛫ | C | ~ | NE | or: sithens; sith ᛫ "since" is a short version of this word |
sithes | siþes | ᛫ multiplied by ᛫ | P | sīthes | ME | kin: sīth |
sitheship | siþescip | ᛫ a society ᛫ a fellowship ᛫ fellowship ᛫ companionship ᛫ | N | gesīþscipe | OE | |
sittingroom | ᛫ a parlour ᛫ a lounge ᛫ | N | sitting-room | NE | ||
sivestone | sifestone | ᛫ tufa ᛫ | N | seive-stone | ANE | rhyme: give stone |
sixfold | ᛫ sextuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
sixsome | sixsum | ᛫ a sextet ᛫ a hexad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sixth | sixþ | ᛫ a sext ( music ) ᛫ a hexachord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
skeel | ᛫ a vessel such as a bucket , a tub , or a vat used to hold liquid ᛫ | N | skẹ̄le | ME‹N | kin: skjōla | |
skent | ᛫ to entertain ᛫ to amuse ᛫ | V | skenten | ME‹N | kin: skemmta (N) | |
skep | ᛫ a hive ( especially one made of straw ) ᛫ a basket of wickerwork or straw ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹ME‹N | ||
skill | ᛫ to distinguish ᛫ | V | skillen | ME‹N | ||
skimp | ᛫ to economize ᛫ to be stingy ᛫ to be sparing of ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
skindeep | ᛫ superficial ᛫ | AJ | skindeep | NE‹(N+E) | or: hidedeep (skin is Norse) | |
skinflint | ᛫ a miser ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
skinship | skinscip | ᛫ bonding through physical contact ᛫ | N | skin+ship | NE‹N+NE | calque: スキンシップ |
skool | ᛫ a school ( in all senses ) ᛫ | N | scọ̄le[scōl] | ME | ||
skoolman | skoolman | ᛫ a professor ᛫ | N | [scolmann] | NE | |
skyline | ᛫ the horizon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | ||
slack | ᛫ loose ᛫ sluggish ᛫ lazy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
slacken | ᛫ to make or become slack ᛫ to loosen ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
slade | ᛫ a dingle ( a small wooded valley ) ᛫ a small valley ᛫ | N | ~[slā̆de][slæd/sled] | NE | ||
slail | ᛫ a pick ( plectrum ) ᛫ | N | slegel | OE | ||
slake | ᛫ to slacken ᛫ to become less energetic ᛫ to weaken ᛫ to decrease ᛫ to become extinct ᛫ to quench ᛫ to cool with liquid ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
slaked lime | ᛫ calcium hydroxide ᛫ hydrated lime ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
slang | ᛫ jargon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
slaught | slaugt | ᛫ a slaughter ᛫ | N | slaught | ME | kin: slay ᛫ Slaughter is Norse |
slaughthouse | slaugþouse | ᛫ slaughterhouse ᛫ | N | slaught+house | NE×2 | |
slay | ᛫ to kill ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
slayer | ᛫ a killer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sleat | ᛫ to drive game ᛫ to chase down ᛫ | V | slēten[slǣtan] | ME | ||
sleave | sleaf | ᛫ to separate threads ᛫ to divide ᛫ | V | sleave[slǣfan] | NE | [MW] |
sledge | slecg | ᛫ a toboggan ᛫ a sleigh ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sleepern | ᛫ a dorter ᛫ a dormitory ᛫ | N | slǣpærn | OE | ||
sleeplessness | ᛫ insomnia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sleepwalk | sleepƿalk | ᛫ to somnambulate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sleepwalker | sleepƿalker | ᛫ a somnambulist ᛫ a somnambulator ᛫ a somnambule ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sleepwalking | sleepƿalking | ᛫ somnambulation ᛫ somnambulency ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sleepwear | sleepƿear | ᛫ pajamas ᛫ pyjamas ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sleepwort | sleepƿurt | ᛫ lettuce ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
sleepy | ᛫ soporific ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sleevefish | sleeffisc | ᛫ a squid ᛫ | N | sleeve-fish | NE | or: seasleeve |
sleight | sleigt | ᛫ dexterity or cunning ( esp for deception ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | rhyme: bright |
sleight of hand | sleigt | ᛫ legerdemain ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sletch | slec | ᛫ to ease ᛫ to relieve ᛫ to relax ᛫ | V | slechen[gesleccan] | ME | |
slew | sleƿ | ᛫ a Mugilidae fish ( a mullet ) ᛫ | N | slīw | OE | |
slick | ᛫ a film of oil ᛬ smooth wet and slippery ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
slicked | ᛫ lubricated ᛫ oiled ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
slidder | ᛫ slippery ᛫ uncertain ᛫ duplicitous ᛫ treacherous ᛫ | AJ | slider | ME | ||
slike | ᛫ to smoothen ᛫ to polish ᛫ to flatter ᛫ | V | slīke[slīcian] | ME | ||
slipup | ᛫ to err ᛫ to make a mistake ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
slite | ᛫ deterioration ᛫ | N | ~[slītan] | NE | ||
slithe | sliþe | ᛫ dire ᛫ dangerous perilous ᛫ | AJ | slīþe | OE | |
slithers | sliþers | ᛫ scree ᛫ | N | sclithers | NE | [OED] ᛫ "scree" is Norse? |
slive | slife | ᛫ to cut a sliver off something ᛫ to cut ᛫ to slice ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | rhyme: dive |
sliver | slifer | ᛫ a small slice ᛫ a small fraction of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sloom | ᛫ gentle sleep ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sloppy | ᛫ messy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
slot | ᛫ a musical clef [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹NL/LG | calque: Schlüssel; sleutel | |
sloth | sloþ | ᛫ laziness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
slothful | sloþful | ᛫ lazy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
slouch | sluce | ᛫ a lubber ᛫ a lout ᛫ a slacker ᛬ to walk in a stooping way ᛫ to pull one's hat or hood into one's face to conceal it ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
slough | sluge | ᛫ a swamp ᛫ a mire ᛫ | N | [slōh] | NE | rhyme: plough |
slough | sluge | ᛫ discarded skin ᛬ to shed skin ᛫ to shed ᛫ to discard ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | rhyme: tough |
slowheart | sloƿheart | ᛫ bradycardia ᛫ | N | slow+heart | NE×2 | calque: bradycardia |
slur | ᛫ an insult ᛬ to insult ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
smack | ᛫ heroin ᛫ | N | ~[schmeck] | NE‹HG | ||
smack | ᛫ a taste ᛬ to taste ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹NL? | see: smatch ᛫ [LEX] | |
smack of | ᛫ to taste of ᛫ to come across as ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹NL? | ||
smackbound | smackbund | ᛫ bound to taste or opinion ᛫ subjective ᛫ | AJ | smack+bound | NE | |
small | ᛫ miniature ᛫ diminutive ᛫ petite ᛫ unimportant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smallminded | ᛫ petty ᛫ having narrow interests sympathies or outlook ᛫ narrow-minded ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smaragdin | ᛫ an emerald ᛫ | N | smaragdī̆n[smaragdinus] | ME‹I | or: greenyim (coined for Anglish) | |
smart | ᛫ pain ᛬ to hurt ᛫ to pain ᛬ sharp ᛫ sharp minded ᛫ intelligent ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smartful | ᛫ painful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smarting | ᛫ suffering ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smarts | ᛫ intelligence ᛫ know-how ᛫ a kind of cunning in a particular field ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
smatch | smac | ᛫ a taste ᛫ a slight trace ᛬ to taste ᛫ | N᛬V | smatch&smach&smacchen | NE&ME&ME | see: smack |
smatch of | smac | ᛫ to taste of ᛫ to come across as ᛫ | V | smacchen of | ME | |
smatter | ᛫ a slight superficial knowledge of subject ᛬ a small amount of something ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
smear | ᛫ to smear ᛫ to anoint ᛫ | V | smear&ismēren | NE&ME | ||
smearle | smearel | ᛫ an unguent ᛫ an ointment ᛫ an unction ᛫ a salve ᛫ | N | smē̆rels | ME | |
smeat | ᛫ refined ( of gold ) ᛫ refined ( by extension ) ᛫ | AJ | smeat/smēte | ME | ||
smeddum | ᛫ powder ( esp fine powder ) ᛫ fine flour ᛫ | N | ~[smeodoma] | NE | ||
smeech | smeec | ᛫ smoke ᛫ dense vapour ᛬ to emit smoke ᛫ to emit vapor ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
smeek | ᛫ to fumigate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | kin: smoke | |
smeeth | smeeþ | ᛫ to become smooth ᛫ to make smooth ᛫ to expedite [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | smethen | ME | kin: smooth |
smellbrain | ᛫ the rhinencephalon ᛫ | N | smellbrain | NE | ||
smey | ᛫ to scrutinize ᛫ to investigate ᛫ to meditate on [ᚾ] ᛫ to ponder [ᚾ] ᛫ | V | smēȝen[smeagan] | ME | ||
smeying | ᛫ an investigation ᛫ a study ᛫ an inquiry ᛫ | N | smeaȝunge | ME | ||
smicker | ᛫ elegant ᛫ fine ᛫ beautiful ᛫ | AJ | ~[smiker][smicer] | NE | ||
smile | ᛫ a burrow ᛫ a hollow ᛫ a cuniculus ᛫ a place to creep into ᛫ a smial ( a Hobbit-hole ) ᛫ | N | smygel | OE | ||
smilt | ᛫ calm ᛫ serene ᛫ tranquil ᛫ placid ᛫ | AJ | smilte&smylte | ME&OE | ||
smiltness | ᛫ calmness ᛫ serenity ᛫ tranquillity ᛫ peace ᛫ | N | smyltness | OE | ||
smirk | ᛫ a smile ᛬ to smile ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[smirken][smearcian] | NE | ||
smit | ᛫ to contaminate ᛫ to infect ᛫ to stain ᛫ to tarnish ᛫ to sully ᛫ | V | ~[smitten][smittian] | NE | ||
smite | ᛫ to strike hard ᛫ to defeat ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: smote ᛫ PTCP: smitten | |
smith | smiþ | ᛫ a worker in metal ᛬ to treat metal by heating hammering and forging it ᛫ | N᛬V | smith | NE | |
smithe | smiþe | ᛫ a smithy ᛫ a blacksmith's workshop ᛫ | N | smithe[smiþþe] | ME | |
smithy | smiþy | ᛫ a forge ᛫ the workshop of a smith ᛫ | N | smithy | NE | |
smitting | ᛫ infectious ᛫ contagious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
smittle | smittel | ᛫ infectious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | Scottish |
smock | ᛫ a chemise ᛫ a blouse ( esp a long one ) ᛫ a loose overall which protects one's clothes ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
smoke | ᛫ a cigar ᛫ a cigarette ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
smokestack | ᛫ a chimney ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | ||
smolt | ᛫ lard ᛫ | N | smolt[smolt] | ME | ||
smolt | ᛫ serene ᛫ tranquil ᛫ | AJ | smolt | ME | ||
smore | ᛫ to suffocate ᛫ | V | smore&smorian | NE&OE | ||
smother | smoþer | ᛫ a mass of something that stifles or obscures ᛬ to cover with a suffocating effect ᛫ to braise ( stove-top style ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
smow | smue | ᛫ to creep ᛫ to crawl ᛫ | V | smūȝen[smūgan] | ME | rhyme: now |
snake | ᛫ a serpent ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
snakebird | ᛫ an Anhingidae bird ( a darter , an anhinga ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
snakefear | ᛫ ophidiophobia ᛫ | N | snake+fear | NE×2 | ||
snapper | ᛫ a castanet ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE‹HG | [OED] | |
snapshot | snapscot | ᛫ a picture ( esp when taken hastily ) ᛫ a glimpse ᛫ a brief portrayal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NL+E) | or: shot (for short) |
snarch | snarc | ᛫ to shrivel ᛫ to dehydrate ᛫ | V | snarchen&sneorcan | ME&OE | |
snead | ᛫ a cut ᛫ a slice ᛫ a morsel ᛬ to cut to pieces ᛫ to slice to shreds ᛫ | N᛬V | snead&tọ̄̆snēden | NE&ME | ||
snead | ᛫ the handle of a scythe ᛫ | N | snǣd{snēde} | OE | ||
sneakers | ᛫ trainers ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sneem | ᛫ swiftly ᛫ rapidly ᛫ quickly ᛫ immediately ᛫ at once ᛫ | ADV | snēome | OE | ||
snell | ᛫ quick ᛫ fast ᛫ rapid ᛫ | AJ | ~[snel] | NE | ||
snid | ᛫ an incision ᛫ | N | snide | OE | ||
snide | ᛫ counterfeit ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
snidiron | ᛫ a lancet ᛫ | N | snidīsen | OE | means "incision iron"? | |
snike | ᛫ to crawl ᛫ to creep ᛫ to sneak ᛫ | V | snīcan | OE | possibly redundant | |
snit | ᛫ a fit of rage ᛫ a tantrum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹? | ||
snite | ᛫ a snipe ᛫ a Gallinago gallinago bird ᛫ a Lymnocryptes minima bird ᛫ | N | snite[snīte/snyghte] | NE | ||
snite | ᛫ to blow one's nose ᛫ to blow or snuff out a candle ᛫ | V | snite&snīten[snȳtan] | NE&ME | ||
sniter | ᛫ a sniper ᛫ | N | snite+er | NE×2 | "snipe" is Norse | |
snithe | sniþe | ᛫ to cut ᛫ to slice ᛫ to amputate ᛫ | V | snithe&snīþan | NE&OE | |
snithy | sniþy | ᛫ cutting ᛫ sharp ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
snitter | ᛫ prudence ᛫ sagacity ᛫ | N | snitere&snytro | ME&OE | ||
snood | ᛫ a band ribbon cap or hat for keeping hair in place ᛫ | N | ~[snōd] | NE | [LEX] | |
snore | ᛫ daughter-in-law ᛫ a sister-in-law ᛫ | N | snore&snoru | ME&OE | ||
snoter | ᛫ prudent ᛫ sagacious ᛫ | AJ | snoter[snotor] | ME | ||
snoterly | ᛫ wise ᛫ prudent ᛫ philosophical ᛬ wisely ᛫ prudently ᛫ philosophically ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | snotorlīc&snotorlīce | OE | ||
snoterness | ᛫ wisdom ᛫ intelligence ᛫ spiritual enlightenment ᛫ | N | snoterness | ME | ||
snoud | snude | ᛫ quickly ᛫ swiftly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | snūde | OE | |
snow moon | snoƿ | ᛫ a full moon in February ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
snowhen | snoƿhen | ᛫ a Lagopus bird ( a ptarmigan ) ᛫ | N | snow+hen | NE×2 | calque: sneeuwhoen; Schneehuhn |
snowhouse | snoƿhuse | ᛫ an igloo ᛫ | N | snow-house | NE | [OED] |
snowslide | snoƿslide | ᛫ an avalanche ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
snowsparrow | snoƿsparroƿ | ᛫ a Junco bird ᛫ | N | snow sparrow | NE | [OED] |
snowstorm | snoƿstorm | ᛫ a blizzard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
snowwold | snoƿƿold | ᛫ a stretch of taiga ᛫ | N | snow+wold | NE | or: snowwood |
snug | ᛫ trim ᛫ close-fitting ᛫ comfortable ᛫ cozy ᛫ cosy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
so as to | ᛫ in order to ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
so say | ᛫ according to ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | "They're green, so says John." | |
soaksome | soaksum | ᛫ bibulous ᛫ | AJ | soak+some | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
soal | ᛫ a dirty pond ᛫ mire ᛫ mud ᛫ | N | sol | OE | ||
Soalmonth | Soalmonþ | ᛫ February ᛫ | N(P) | Solmonaþ | OE | of note: Sowlegrove |
soapapple | soapappel | ᛫ a Chlorogalum pomeridianum plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sodden | ᛫ soaked ᛫ saturated with liquid ᛫ having drunk an excessive amount of something ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
soft | ᛫ tender ᛫ supple ᛫ quiet ᛫ faint ᛫ calm ᛫ gentle ᛫ non-alcoholic ( of drinks ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
softhail | ᛫ graupel ᛫ | N | soft-hail | NE | [OED] | |
softhearted | ᛫ kind ᛫ tender ᛫ compassionate ᛫ charitable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
softshaded | softscaded | ᛫ pastel ( of a soft and delicate shade of a colour ) ᛫ | AJ | soft+shade+ed | NE×3 | |
softship | softscip | ᛫ a situation marked by ease comfort or convenience ᛫ the opposite of hardship ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
software | softƿare | ᛫ the programs and other operating information used by a computer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sokeman | ᛫ one who holds soken rights ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
soken | ᛫ a search ᛫ a search for levying fees and fines ᛫ a district under the jurisdiction of such searches ᛫ | N | soke&socn | NE&OE | or: soke | |
sole | ᛫ a rope or a wooden yoke ( esp one used to tether cattle ) ᛫ | N | sōl[sāl] | ME | ||
sole | ᛫ to soil ᛫ to dirty ᛫ to sully ᛬ soiled ᛫ dirty ᛫ sullied ᛫ | V᛬AJ | sōle&sole[sol] | ME&ME | ||
solken | ᛫ slothful ᛫ indolent ᛫ lazy ᛫ | AJ | āsolcen | OE | ||
some | sum | ᛫ -ous (suffix of characterization) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
somedeal | sumdeal | ᛫ partial ᛬ partly ᛫ partially ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | somedeal&somedel | NE&ME | |
somewhat | sumhƿat | ᛫ to a degree ᛫ partially ᛫ quite ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
somewhy | sumhƿy | ᛫ for some reason ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
sond | ᛫ a thing which is sent ᛫ a messenger ᛫ an envoy ᛫ a message ᛫ a serving of food ᛫ | N | sond[sand] | ME | ||
sondsman | ᛫ a messenger ᛫ | N | sondesman | ME | or: sondman | |
songbook | ᛫ a book of songs ( esp hymns ) ᛫ a collection of songs ᛫ a musical album [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
son-of-the-sun | sun-of-þe-sun | ᛫ a Fregatidae bird ( a frigatebird ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sonsdaughter | sonsdaugter | ᛫ a paternal granddaughter ᛫ | N | son+daughter | NE×2 | inspired by: sunsunu; dohtorsunu |
sonson | ᛫ a paternal grandson ᛫ | N | sunsunu | OE | ||
sool | ᛫ the sun ᛫ | N | sōl | OE | ||
soom | ᛫ agreement ᛫ concord ᛫ | N | sōme[sōm] | ME | ||
soom | ᛫ united ᛫ unified ᛫ | AJ | gesōm | OE | ||
soon | ᛫ music ᛫ | N | sōn[I sonus] | OE‹I | ||
sooncraft | ᛫ the art of music ᛫ | N | sōncræft | OE‹(I+E) | ||
sooth | sooþ | ᛫ truth ᛫ reality ᛬ real ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
soothbound | sooþbund | ᛫ bound to fact ᛫ objective ᛫ | AJ | sooth+bound | NE×2 | |
soothe | sooþe | ᛫ to gently calm ᛫ to relieve or ease pain ᛫ to verify ᛫ to prove ᛫ to confirm ᛫ | V | soothe&sōþian | NE&OE | |
soother | sooþer | ᛫ a pacifier ᛫ a verifier ᛫ a confirmer ᛫ | N | soothe&sōþian+er | NE&OE+NE | |
soothfast | sooþfast | ᛫ real ᛫ actual ᛫ veracious ᛫ genuine ᛫ | AJ | soothfast&sōthfast | NE&ME | |
soothing | sooþing | ᛫ relaxing ᛫ calming ᛫ relieving ᛫ calmative ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
soothless | sooþless | ᛫ false ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
soothly | sooþly | ᛫ truly ᛫ verily ᛫ actually ᛫ really ᛬ amen ᛫ | AV᛬I | ~[sōthlī] | NE | |
soothquid | sooþcƿid | ᛫ a true saying ᛫ a fact ᛫ | N | sōþcwide | OE | |
soothsaw | sooþsaƿ | ᛫ a true saying ᛫ a proverb ᛫ a maxim ᛫ | N | sothsau | ME | |
soothsawl | sooþsaƿl | ᛫ veracious ᛫ truth saying ᛫ | AJ | sọ̄thsawel/sọ̄thsagel | ME | |
soothsay | sooþsay | ᛫ to predict ᛫ to prophesy ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
soothsayer | sooþsayer | ᛫ a prophet ᛫ a prognosticator ᛫ the mantis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
soothspel | sooþspel | ᛫ a true story ᛫ history ᛫ | N | sōþspell | OE | |
soothy | sooþy | ᛫ sincere ᛫ authentic ᛫ actual ᛫ | AJ | sōþlic | OE | |
sope | ᛫ a small amount of drink ᛫ | N | sope[sopa] | ME | ||
sorely | ᛫ very ( usually in a negative sense ) ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
sorry | ᛫ contrite ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sotship | sotscip | ᛫ folly ᛫ | N | sotship | ME | |
sough | suge | ᛫ a moaning , whistling , or rushing sound like that of wind or water ᛬ to make a sough ᛫ | N᛬V | sough&swǒugh[swōgan] | NE&ME | rhyme: plough; tough (American English only?) |
sought | sugt | ᛫ sickness ᛫ | N | sought[suht] | ME | rhyme: pout |
soulkind | ᛫ spiritual ᛫ | AJ | sāwelcund | OE | ||
soullattew | soullatteƿ | ᛫ a psychopomp ( a spirit , deity , or person who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife ) ᛫ | N | soul+lattew | NE×2 | equal to: soul-guide |
sound | sund | ᛫ secure ᛫ healthy ᛫ valid ᛫ safe ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sound | sund | ᛫ the power of swimming ᛫ a narrow inlet ᛫ a strait connecting two wider areas of water ᛫ | N | sound&sund | NE&OE | |
soundness | sundness | ᛫ security ᛫ safety ᛫ robustness ᛫ competence ᛫ reliability ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sour | sure | ᛫ acid ᛬ acidic ᛫ | N | zuur | NL | |
sourcole | surecole | ᛫ fermented cabbage ᛫ sauerkraut ᛫ | N | sour+cole | NE×2 | calque: Sauerkraut |
sourdock | suredock | ᛫ a Rumex acetosa plant ( sorrel ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
soursop | suresop | ᛫ the fruit of an Annona muricata tree ᛫ a guanabana ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
South Africk | Suþe Africk | ᛫ South Africa ᛫ | N(P) | south+Affrica | NE+OE‹I | |
southen | suþen | ᛫ from the south ᛫ | AV | sūþan | OE | |
southern lights | ligts | ᛫ the aurora australis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Southumber | Suþumber | ᛫ Southumbria ᛫ the Southumbrians ᛫ | N(P) | Sūþanhymbre | OE‹(E+C) | |
Southumberrich | Suþumberric | ᛫ the Kingdom of Southumbria ( Mercia ? ) ᛫ | N(P) | Sūþanhymbre rīce | OE‹(E+C+C) | |
sow | sue | ᛫ to suffer ᛫ to make something suffer ᛫ | V | sǒuen | ME | |
sow | sue | ᛫ an adult female pig ᛫ a siege engine used to shelter wall miners ᛫ | N | sow&sǒue | NE&ME | second meaning is a calque of Latin |
sowbread | suebread | ᛫ a Cyclamen plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
sowel | soƿel | ᛫ a pole ᛫ a post ᛫ | N | souel | ME | |
sowl | sule | ᛫ something eaten with bread , such as meat , pottage , a sauce , etc ᛫ any topping or sauce that goes with bread ᛫ | N | sǒuel[sufel] | ME | |
spadefish | spadefisc | ᛫ a disc-shaped fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
span | ᛫ an extent ᛬ to extend ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
spane | ᛫ to allure ᛫ to lure ᛫ to entice ᛫ | V | spanan{forspannen} | OE | ||
spangle | spangel | ᛫ a sequin ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹NL? | |
Spanishman | Spaniscman | ᛫ a Spaniard ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Spany | ᛫ Spain ᛫ | N(P) | Ispania | OE | ||
spar | ᛫ a piece of timber used in building ᛫ a rafter ᛫ a beam ᛫ a pole or post used as a weapon or bar ᛬ to lock with a spar ᛫ | N᛬V | sparre | ME | ||
spar | • shiny , crystalline , non-metallic mineral that cleaves easily into chips or flakes • | N | ~ | NE‹N | [CED] | |
spare | ᛫ an extra ᛬ to refrain from killing or hurting ᛬ unoccupied ᛫ extra ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~[spær] | NE | ||
sparhawk | sparhaƿk | ᛫ the Accipiter nisus bird ( Eurasian sparrowhawk ) ᛫ | N | sparhauk | ME | |
sparkler | sparkeller | ᛫ a diamond ( informal ) ᛫ a kind of firework that leaves a trail of sparkles ᛫ sparkling wine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
sparling | ᛫ an Osmeridae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sparlire | ᛫ a calf ( of a leg ) ᛫ | N | sparlire | ME | ||
sparrowgrass | sparroƿgrass | ᛫ asparagus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | eggcorn term |
sparstone | ᛫ gypsum ᛫ hydrous calcium sulphate ᛫ | N | sparrestone[spærstān] | ME | ||
speakeath | speakeaþ | ᛫ a speakeasy ᛫ | N | speak+eathe | NE+ME | calque: speakeasy |
speakle | speakel | ᛫ talkative ᛫ loquacious ᛫ | AJ | sprecol | OE | |
speal | ᛫ to save ᛫ to reserve ᛫ to refrain from using or consuming ᛫ to relieve ᛫ to spare ᛫ | V | spēlen[spelian] | ME | ||
spearhalf | ᛫ the male line of descent ᛫ | N | sperehealf | OE | ||
speck | ᛫ a tiny spot ᛫ a tiny stain ᛫ a tiny particle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
speechcraft | speeccraft | ᛫ skill in speech ᛫ rhetoric ᛫ grammar ( esp spoken grammar as opposed to written ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
speechhouse | speechuse | ᛫ an auditorium ᛫ | N | sprǣchūs | OE | |
speechlore | speeclore | ᛫ linguistics ᛫ philology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
speechly | speecly | ᛫ linguistic ᛫ | AJ | speech+ly | NE×2 | calque: sprachlich |
speed | ᛫ success ᛬ to succeed ᛫ to assist ᛫ to accomplish ᛫ to complete ᛫ to hasten ᛫ | N᛬V | speed&spẹ̄de&spẹ̄den | NE&ME&ME | found in: godspeed | |
speedful | ᛫ successful ᛫ prosperous ᛫ | AJ | spedeful | ME | ||
speld | ᛫ a splinter ᛫ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ᛫ a torch ᛫ | N | speld | OE | ||
spelk | ᛫ a splinter ᛬ to splinter ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | "splinter" is Dutch | |
spell | ᛫ a story ᛫ a narrative ᛫ speech with a magical effect ᛫ a state of enchantment ᛫ | N | ~[spell] | NE | ||
spell | ᛫ a short period ᛫ a period spent in an activity ᛬ to represent ᛫ to substitute ᛫ to relieve ( to take the place of ) ᛫ | N᛬V | spell&spelen&spelian | NE&ME&OE | ||
spellbind | ᛫ to fascinate ᛫ to hold the complete attention of someone as though by magic ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
spellbinding | ᛫ fascinating ᛫ engrossing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
spellboder | ᛫ a messenger who relays a story or narrative ᛫ | N | spellboda | OE | ||
spellbound | spellbund | ᛫ fascinated ᛫ entranced ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
speller | ᛫ a representative ᛫ a substitute ᛫ | N | spala{speliend/spāle} | OE | ||
spew | speƿ | ᛫ vomit ᛫ puke ᛬ to vomit ᛫ to puke ᛫ to discharge violently ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
spiderfear | ᛫ arachnophobia ᛫ | N | spider+fear | NE×2 | ||
spild | ᛫ to destroy ᛫ | V | spildan | OE | ||
spill | ᛫ to play ᛫ to revel ᛫ | N᛬V | spilen&spilian | ME&OE | ||
spill | ᛫ a spill ᛬ to spill ᛫ to waste ᛫ | N᛬V | spill&spillan{aspillen} | NE&OE | ||
spiller | ᛫ a player ᛫ a jester ᛫ | N | spilere{spillend} | OE | ||
spilth | spilþ | ᛫ spillage ᛫ material that is spilt ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
spin | ᛫ circular or rotatory movement ᛬ to revolve ᛫ to rotate ᛫ to gyrate ᛫ to whirl ᛫ to contrive ᛫ to devise ᛫ to concoct ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ PST/PTCP: spun | |
spind | ᛫ fat ᛫ | N | spind | OE | ||
spindle | spindel | ᛫ an axis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
spindlehalf | spindelhalf | ᛫ the female line of descent ᛫ | N | spinlehealf | OE | |
spindleshanks | spindelscanks | ᛫ a thin lanky person with long legs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
spinner | ᛫ a spinneret ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] | |
spinster | ᛫ a woman who spins cloth ᛫ an unmarried woman ( esp one beyond the usual age for marriage ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
spir | ᛫ to inquire ᛫ to interrogate ᛫ to investigate through inquiry ᛫ to check for something ᛫ | V | spiren[spyrian] | ME | or: speer (Scotland) | |
spird | ᛫ a stadium ᛫ a racetrack ᛫ a racecourse ᛫ | N | spyrd | OE | ||
spirglass | ᛫ a telescope ᛫ | N | spiren+glass | ME+NE | calque: spyglass | |
spit | ᛫ a dash ( — ) ᛫ a hyphen ( - ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | ||
spitbox | ᛫ a spittoon ᛫ a cuspidor ᛫ a salivarium ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE‹(NE+NE‹‹H) | [OED] | |
spitbreed | ᛫ meat cooked on a spit ᛫ a kebab ᛫ | N | spit+brēd | NE+ME | calque: spitroast | |
spitch | spic | ᛫ bacon ᛫ | N | spich/spik | ME | kin: speck ᛫ or: spick |
spittle | spittel | ᛫ saliva ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
spittle | spittel | ᛫ a spadelike tool with two or more prongs ᛫ | N | spitel | ME | |
spokebone | ᛫ a radius ( bone ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: wandbone | |
spokesman | ᛫ a representative of a group or an individual ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
spoonwort | spoonƿurt | ᛫ a Cochleara plant ( scurvygrass ) ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | [OED] |
spoor | ᛫ a trace ᛫ a track ᛫ a vestige ᛫ | N | spor | OE | kin: spoor (from Dutch) | |
spore | ᛫ a track ᛫ a trace ᛫ a vestige ᛫ | N | spore&spor | ME&OE | ||
spot | ᛫ an area ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
spow | spoƿ | ᛫ to succeed ᛫ to be successful ᛫ | V | spōwan | OE | |
sprank | ᛫ a shoot ᛫ a twig ᛫ a sprig ᛫ | N | spranc | OE | ||
sprat | ᛫ a Sprattus fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sprawl | spraƿl | ᛫ a disorganized unattractive expanse ᛬ spread out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~[spreawlian] | NE | |
sprawling | spraƿling | ᛫ expansive ᛫ extensive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
sprent | ᛫ sprinkled over ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sprind | ᛫ vigorous ᛫ active ᛫ | AJ | sprind[springd] | ME | ||
spring from | ᛫ to be caused by [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
springe | sprincg | ᛫ to sprinkle ᛫ to scatter ᛫ to disperse ᛫ | V | sprengen | ME | |
springly | ᛫ vernal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
springy | ᛫ elastic ᛫ resilient ᛫ bouncy ᛫ lively ᛫ energetic ᛫ jaunty ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
spry | ᛫ agile ᛫ featly ᛫ gracile ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
spur | ᛫ an incentive ᛬ to incentivize ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
spurn | ᛫ to reject with scorn ᛫ to refuse to use ᛫ to kick ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
spurrier | ᛫ a searcher ᛫ an explorer ᛫ an investigator ᛫ a spy [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | āspyrgend | OE | ||
squeezebox | scƿeesbox | ᛫ an accordion ᛫ a concertina ᛫ | N | squeeze-box | NE‹(E+H) | colloquial word |
squelch | scƿelc | ᛫ to squash ᛫ to crush ᛫ to tread and make splashing sounds ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | or: quelch ᛫ first appears in Early Modern English |
squidflesh | scƿidflesc | ᛫ calamari ᛫ | N | squid+flesh | NE | |
squirt | scƿirt | ᛫ a syringe ᛫ liquid which is spirting ᛬ to spirt out a liquid ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[scqwyrt] | NE | first appears in Late Middle English |
staddle | staddel | ᛫ a foundation ᛫ a base ᛫ a prop ᛫ a support ᛬ to base ᛫ to prop ᛫ to support ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: stathel (older) |
staddlely | staddely | ᛫ fundamental ᛫ basic ᛫ | AJ | staddle+y | NE×2 | |
staddler | staddeller | ᛫ a founder ᛫ | N | staþoliend | OE | |
staff | ᛫ a letter ( like A B or C ) ᛫ a written character ᛫ | N | staf&stæf | ME&OE | ||
staffay | ᛫ a combination of letters which forms a syllable or a diphthong ᛫ | N | stæfgefēg | OE | ||
staffcraft | ᛫ grammar ( as in the art of letters spelling and punctuation ) ᛫ | N | stæfcræft | OE | ||
staffkind | ᛫ a font ᛫ a typeface ᛫ | N | staff+kind | NE×2 | ||
staffleighter | staffleigter | ᛫ a grammatical error ᛫ a typo ᛫ | N | stæfleahter | OE | |
stafflither | staffliþer | ᛫ a ballista ᛫ | N | stæfliþere | OE | |
stafflore | ᛫ orthography ᛫ | N | staff+lore | NE×2 | ||
staffly | ᛫ literal ᛫ letter-like ᛬ literally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | stafī/staffliȝ[stæflīc] | ME | ||
staffrow | staffroƿ | ᛫ an alphabet ᛫ | N | stæfrǣw | OE | |
staffwise | staffƿise | ᛫ literate ᛫ lettered ᛫ | AJ | stæfwīs | OE | |
staffword | staffƿord | ᛫ an acronym ᛫ | N | staf+word | ME+NE | calque: letterwoord |
stag | ᛫ a male deer ᛫ | N | ~[stagge] | NE | ||
stair | ᛫ precipitous ( as in steep ) ᛫ | AJ | steire[stǣger] | ME | ||
stake | ᛫ a post ᛫ a post on which a gambling wager is placed ᛫ a wager ᛫ a bet ᛬ to wager ᛫ to bet ᛫ | V | stake&stāke | NE&ME | ||
stal | ᛫ klepto- ᛫ | PREFIX | stæl | OE | stælhere = thieving army ? stælgiest = thieving ghost ? | |
stale | ᛫ a rung in a ladder ᛫ a position in a series ᛫ a tier ᛫ | N | stāle[stalu] | ME | ||
stale | ᛫ robbery ᛫ larceny ᛫ purloining ᛫ | N | stāle[stalu] | ME | kin: steal | |
stalk | ᛫ a main stem of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stalk | ᛫ to pursue stealthily ᛫ | V | ~[stealcung] | NE | ||
stalworth | stalƿorþ | ᛫ brave ᛫ courageous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | or: stalwart |
stand | ᛫ to exist ( esp of inanimate things ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
stand | ᛫ a stance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stand for | ᛫ to represent ᛫ to symbolize ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
standalone | ᛫ an independent thing ᛬ independent ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
standcock | ᛫ a vertical pipe connected to a water supply ᛫ a hydrant ᛫ a fire hydrant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
standin | ᛫ a substitute ᛫ | N | stand-in | NE | ||
standing | ᛫ status ᛫ a status ᛫ a reputation within a group ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
standing stone | ᛫ a monolith ᛫ a menhir ᛫ a stele ᛫ a lith ᛫ an orthostat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
standoffish | standoffisc | ᛫ anti-social ᛫ unsociable ᛫ socially cold ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
stannel | ᛫ a kestrel ᛫ | N | ~[stāngella] | NE | ||
staple | stapel | ᛫ a bar or wire meant for holding things together through piercing and bending ᛫ a pillar ᛫ a column ᛫ a post ᛫ | N | staple&stapol | NE&OE | |
star | ᛫ an asterisk ( * ) ᛫ a celebrity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
starburst | ᛫ a supernova ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
stardom | ᛫ celebrity ( as in the status ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stark | ᛫ stiff ᛫ rigid ᛫ solid ᛫ strong ᛫ severe ᛫ unpleasantly or sharply clear ᛫ severe or bare in appearance ᛫ | AJ | ~[stark] | NE | ||
starken | ᛫ to make unbending or inflexible ᛫ to stiffen ᛫ to make obstinate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
starly | ᛫ astral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
starship | starscip | ᛫ a spaceship ᛫ a spacecraft ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
starshower | starscoƿer | ᛫ an astrologer ᛫ | N | steorscēawere | OE | |
start | ᛫ a tail ᛫ | N | stert[steort] | ME | ||
startail | ᛫ a Phaethon bird ( a tropicbird ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | also: boatswainbird | |
startoken | ᛫ a constellation ᛫ | N | star+token | NE×2 | ||
starving | starfing | ᛫ starvation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
starwatch | starƿac | ᛫ an observatory ᛫ | N | star+watch | NE×2 | calque: sterrenwacht |
stath | staþ | ᛫ a bank ᛫ a shore ᛫ land bordering water ᛫ a wharf ᛫ | N | stath[stæþ] | ME | "wharf" meaning may be from Norse influence |
stave off | stafe | ᛫ to prevent ᛫ to avert ᛫ to ward off ᛫ to keep away ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
stead | ᛫ a station ᛫ a place ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
steadfast | ᛫ steady ᛫ unmoving ᛫ loyal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
steadfastness | ᛫ loyalty ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
steady | ᛫ to stabilize ᛫ stable ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
stealth | stealþ | ᛫ acting in secrecy and cautiousness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: "steal" |
stealthy | stealþy | ᛫ cautious and surreptitious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
steam | ᛫ water vapor ᛫ vapor ᛫ gas ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
stean | ᛫ an earthenware container for liquids or foods ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
steap | ᛫ a stoup ᛫ a drinking vessel ᛫ a cup ᛫ a flagon ᛫ | N | stēap | OE | "stoup" is Norse | |
stear | ᛫ history ᛫ | N | stǣr{ἱστορία} | OE‹I‹H | or: yorelore | |
stearwit | stearƿit | ᛫ a historian ᛫ | N | stǣr+wite | OE‹I‹H+ME | or: yorewit |
steed | ᛫ a horse being ridden or available for riding ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
steel bow | boƿ | ᛫ a crossbow ᛫ an arbalest ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: stockbow |
steen | ᛫ to groan or to rumble or to bellow or to bray loudly ᛫ | V | stēnan | OE | ||
steep | ᛫ to imbue ᛫ to soak ᛫ to fill with ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | "a city steeped in history" ᛫ [LEX] | |
steeple | steepel | ᛫ a tower ᛫ a church tower ᛫ a spire ᛫ | N | ~[stẹ̄pel][stīpel/stēpel] | NE | [LEX] |
steer | ᛫ guidance ᛫ direction ᛫ a rule ᛫ a regulation ᛫ a restraint ᛫ a check ᛬ to direct ᛫ | N᛬V | steor&steoran | OE&OE | ||
steerer | ᛫ a director ᛫ a regulator ᛫ a moderator ᛫ | N | steorend | OE | ||
steet | ᛫ to strike ᛫ to thrust ᛫ to fall heavily ᛫ to push hard ᛫ | V | stē̆ten | ME | ||
stell | ᛫ to set up ᛫ to up-fix ᛫ to mount up ᛫ to place ᛫ to set ᛫ to put in place ᛫ to institute ᛫ to establish ᛫ to install ᛫ | V | stellen | ME | ||
stem | ᛫ a branch in a family ᛬ to descend ᛫ to derive ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
stench | stenc | ᛫ malodorousness or acridness ( of smell ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
step | ᛫ stage ᛫ phase ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stepchild | stepcild | ᛫ an orphan ᛫ a stepchild ᛫ | N | ~ | ME&NE | orphan is the original meaning |
stepdown | stepdune | ᛫ to resign ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
stepwise | stepƿise | ᛫ gradual ᛬ gradually ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
ster | ᛫ ( agent suffix , formerly a feminine agent suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | could be reverted to its old role as the feminine agent suffix | |
stern | ᛫ serious ᛫ unfriendly ᛫ strict ᛫ severe ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
steven | stefen | ᛫ an appointed time ᛫ an appointment ᛫ a tryst ᛬ to set an appointment ᛫ to appoint ᛫ | N᛬V | steven&stevenen | ME&ME | rhyme: seven |
steven | stefen | ᛫ a voice ( whether human or animal ) ᛫ a voice ( grammatical term ) ᛫ a sung melody or tune ᛫ speech ᛬ to voice ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | rhyme: seven |
stevenmeal | stefenmeal | ᛫ by turns ᛫ alternatively ( as in alternating ) ᛫ | AV | stefnmǣlum | OE | rhyme: seven-peel |
stew | steƿ | ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to check ᛫ | V | steuen | ME | |
steward | steƿard | ᛫ a supervisor ᛫ a seneschal ᛬ to supervise ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
stewardship | steƿardscip | ᛫ supervision ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
stick | • to stab • to pierce • to puncture • to fix ( to something ) • to adhere • to impale • to pin • | V | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
stickle | stickel | ᛫ a rapid ᛬ steep ᛫ sloping ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | kin: stehhal (OHG) |
stickle | stickel | ᛫ to argue or contend stubbornly [ᚾ] ᛫ to raise objections ᛫ to scruple ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
stickleback | stickelback | ᛫ a Gasterosteidae fish [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~[stikel] | NE | |
stickler | stickeller | ᛫ a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour ᛫ a referee ᛫ an umpire ᛫ a mediator ᛫ a moderator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ used in Cornish Wrestling but formerly applied to other sports as well |
stickman | ᛫ a croupier ᛫ a stick figure ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
sticky | • adhesive • viscous • viscid • glutinous • | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
stiff | ᛫ rigid ᛫ | AJ | ~[stīf] | NE | ||
stiffness | ᛫ rigidity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stight | stigt | ᛫ to set in order ᛫ to arrange ᛫ to place ᛫ | V | stighten[stihtan] | ME | unrealistic/fanciful |
stightle | stigtel | ᛫ to direct ᛫ to ordain ᛫ to arrange ᛫ to array ᛫ to govern ᛫ to rule ᛫ to manage ᛫ | V | stightelen[stihtan] | ME | |
stightler | stigteller | ᛫ a director ᛫ a manager ᛫ | N | stightelen+er | ME+NE | |
stightling | stigteling | ᛫ management ᛫ | N | stighteling | ME | |
stile | ᛫ a structure for surmounting things ( usually fences and walls ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
still | ᛫ a photograph from a film ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stillness | ᛫ silence ᛫ absence of movement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stilly | ᛫ silent ᛫ calm ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
stilt | ᛫ a Recurvirostridae bird ᛫ a stilt ᛫ an avocet [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sting | ᛫ to stab ᛫ to pierce ᛫ to prick ᛫ | V | ~[stingen] | NE+ME | ||
stink | ᛫ to have a bad odour ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
stinkbird | ᛫ the Opisthocomus hoazin bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stinkbird | ᛫ a hoatzin ᛫ any bird that emits a smell strong enough to confuse or distract a birddog ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
stinking nightshade | nigtscade | ᛫ henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
stinky | ᛫ malodorous odoriferous or acrid ( of smell ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
stint | ᛫ an allotted period of time ᛫ limitation ᛫ restriction ᛬ to limit ᛫ restrain ᛫ discontinue ᛫ to staunch (a flow of liquid) ᛫ to assign to a task ᛫ | N᛬V | stint&stinten[styntan] | NE&ME | [OED] | |
stir | ᛫ to incite to action ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to move ᛫ to move about ᛫ to become active ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
stirrup | ᛫ a stapes ( bone ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stitch | stic | ᛫ a piece ᛫ a fragment ᛫ a part ᛫ a section of a text ᛫ | N | stiche/stech[stycce] | ME | survives as: "steck" in Scots ᛫ kin: שטיק |
stitch | stic | ᛫ a thread or wire fastening ᛫ a stabbing pain ᛫ | N | ~[stice] | NE | |
stitchmeal | sticmeal | ᛫ piecemeal ᛬ piecemeal ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | styccemǣlum | OE | |
stithe | stiþe | ᛫ hard ᛫ stiff ᛫ stubborn ᛫ | AJ | stīþ | OE | |
stithy | stiþy | ᛫ an anvil ᛫ | N | ~[stethi] | NE‹N | [MW] |
stoat | ᛫ a Mustela erminea animal ( a kind of weasel ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹? | ||
stock | ᛫ a supply ᛫ a store of something ᛬ to supply ᛫ to store ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
stock | ᛫ a stump ᛫ a tree trunk ᛫ a log ᛫ a block of wood ᛫ a post ᛫ a trestle ᛫ a handle ᛫ a torso ᛫ a lineage ᛫ a race ᛫ a species ᛫ | N | stock&stok[stocc] | NE&ME | ||
stocky | • stout • sturdy • | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
stodge | stocg | ᛫ heavy , filling , starchy food ᛫ a boring thing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
stold | ᛫ a settled place ᛫ a station ᛫ an abode ᛫ | N | gesteald | OE | kin: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 | |
stonebaby | ᛫ a lithopedion / lithopaedion ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stonebow | stoneboƿ | ᛫ a natural stone arch ᛫ | N | stānboga | OE | |
stonebuck | ᛫ an ibex ᛫ | N | stanbucca | OE | also exists as a calque of German | |
stonecoal | ᛫ anthracite ᛫ a hard variety of coal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stonecraft | ᛫ masonry ᛫ the art or skill of working with stone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stoned | ᛫ intoxicated ᛫ high on drugs ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
stonedelf | ᛫ a quarry ᛫ | N | stāngedelf | OE | ||
stonedelve | stonedelf | ᛫ to mine for stone ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
stonefaw | stonefaƿ | ᛫ paved ᛫ paved with stone ᛫ | AJ | faw&stānfāh | NE&OE | |
stonehawk | stonehaƿk | ᛫ a Falco columbarius bird ( a merlin ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
stonehoney | stonehunny | ᛫ crystallized honey ᛫ | N | stone-honey | NE | [OED] |
stonelime | ᛫ cement ᛫ mortar ᛫ | N | stānlīm | OE | ||
stonelore | ᛫ petrology ᛫ | N | stone+lore | NE×2 | calque: petrology | |
stonemint | ᛫ a Cunila origanoides plant ( American dittany ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stonen | ᛫ made of stone ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | invented by William Barnes | |
stonen | ᛫ to petrify ᛫ | V | stone+en | NE×2 | ||
stonen | ᛫ to turn to stone ᛫ to petrify ᛫ to lithify ᛫ | V | stone+en | NE+NE | ||
stoner | ᛫ one who stones ᛫ a machine to remove pits from fruit ᛫ a frequent user of cannabis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stonerock | ᛫ an obelisk ᛫ | N | stānrocc | OE | ||
stonewall | stoneƿall | ᛫ an obstruction ᛫ a refusal to cooperate ᛬ to obstruct ᛫ to refuse to cooperate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
stonewalled | stoneƿalled | ᛫ surrounded or defined in size and shape by a wall of stone ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
stonework | stoneƿork | ᛫ masonry ᛫ | N | stone-work | NE | [OED] |
stoneworker | stoneƿorker | ᛫ a mason ᛫ a stonemason ᛫ | N | stone-worker | NE | [OED] |
stonewright | stoneƿrigt | ᛫ a stonemason ᛫ | N | stānwryhta | OE | |
stony | ᛫ like stone ᛫ emotionless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
stool | ᛫ a chair ᛫ a pew ᛫ a seat of power ( figurative ) ᛫ an enclosed seat with a chamber pot ᛫ a chamber pot ᛫ | N | stool&stọ̄l&stōl | NE&ME&OE | ||
stoor | ᛫ powerful ᛫ fierce ᛫ cruel ᛫ severe ᛫ | AJ | stọ̄r | ME | ||
stoor | ᛫ incense ᛫ frankincense ᛫ | N | stōr[storax?] | ME‹I | ||
stoorvat | stoorfatt | ᛫ a censer ᛫ | N | stōrfat[stōrfæt] | ME | |
stopfire | ᛫ a ceasefire ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stopgap | ᛫ a short term solution ᛬ short-term ᛫ temporary ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | ||
storm | ᛫ a tempest ᛬ to tempest ᛫ to assault with large numbers ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
stound | stund | ᛫ a relatively short length of time ᛫ an hour [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | stound | NE | |
stoundmeal | stundmeal | ᛫ at intervals ᛫ alternatingly ᛫ | AV | stundmǣlum | OE | |
stour | sture | ᛫ a river ᛫ | N | stour[stūr] | ME | still found in a few names of rivers |
stoven | stofen | ᛫ a stump ᛫ | N | stō̆ven[stofn] | ME | rhyme: oven? |
stow | stoƿ | ᛫ a place ᛫ a location ᛬ to store ᛫ to lodge ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | /stoʊ/ |
strackledwales | strackelledƿales | ᛫ the Celts of Strathclyde ᛫ Strathclyde ᛫ | N(P) | stræcledwalas | OE | |
straid | ᛫ to strew ᛫ to scatter ᛫ to disperse ᛫ | V | stregdan | OE | ||
straightforward | straigtforƿard | ᛫ direct ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
strail | ᛫ a blanket ᛫ | N | strail[strǣl] | ME | ||
strake | ᛫ a band or plate of iron used for various things ᛫ a streak ( of thread , light , mud , etc ) ᛫ | N | strake&strāke | NE&ME | ||
strand | ᛫ a beach ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
strawberry moon | ᛫ a full moon in June ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
streak | ᛫ a long thin line ᛫ a stroke ᛫ a series of successful deeds ᛫ | N | ~[strica] | NE | ||
streel | ᛫ an arrow ᛫ a round of ammunition [ᚹ] ᛬ to shoot ᛫ | N᛬V | strele&strǣlian[strǣl] | ME&OE | ||
streelbearer | ᛫ an archer ᛫ an arrow-bearer ᛫ | N | strǣlbora | OE | ||
streeling | ᛫ radiation ᛫ | N | strele+ing | ME+NE | calque: Strahlung | |
streen | ᛫ parturition ᛫ generation ᛫ procreation ᛫ propagation ᛫ a lineage ᛫ an ancestry ᛬ to procreate ᛫ to propagate ᛫ to generate ᛫ | N᛬V | strẹ̄n&strẹ̄nen[strēonan] | ME&ME | "strain" seems to have French influence | |
streen | ᛫ a couch ᛫ a sofa ᛫ a bed ᛫ a resting spot ᛫ | N | strēon/strēowen | OE | ||
streener | ᛫ a procreator ᛫ a generator ᛫ | N | strẹ̄nen+er | ME+NE | ||
streeningly | ᛫ genitive ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | gestrȳnedlīc{gestrēonan} | OE | ||
streeny | ᛫ genetic ᛫ genetical ᛫ | AJ | strain+y | NE×2 | ||
stretch | strec | ᛫ to extend ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
stretch | strec | ᛫ strict ᛫ severe ᛫ rigorous ᛫ stern ᛫ hard ᛫ | AJ | stræc{streche} | OE | PTCP: straught/stretched |
strew | streƿ | ᛫ to distribute randomly ᛫ to spread abroad ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
strewn | streƿn | ᛫ fragmented over an area ᛫ scattered ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
strike | ᛫ to hit ᛫ to attack ᛫ to delete ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: struck ᛫ PTCP: stricken | |
strikeharp | ᛫ a piano ᛫ | N | strike+harp | NE×2 | calque: slagharpa ᛫ or: slayharp (direct cognate calque) | |
strind | ᛫ a race ᛫ a clan ᛫ a lineage ᛫ a generation ᛫ | N | strīnde | ME | ||
string | ᛫ a series of things ᛫ a sequence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
strite | ᛫ an ostrich ᛫ | N | strȳta | OE‹I? | ||
strongbox | ᛫ a secure storage space ᛫ a safe ᛫ a safe deposit box ᛫ a coffer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE+NE‹‹I) | [OED] | |
strongdrink | ᛫ liquor ᛫ | N | strong drink | NE | ||
stronghold | stronghold | ᛫ a fortress ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
stronghouse | stronghuse | ᛫ a fortified or secure building ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
strongman | ᛫ a leader who rules with threats force or violence ᛫ a tyrant ᛫ a dictator ᛫ a despot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
strongroom | ᛫ a secure room ᛫ a vault ᛫ a panic room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
strongwater | strongƿater | ᛫ nitric acid ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
strothe | stroþe | ᛫ marshy land overgrown with brushwood ᛫ | N | strothe[strōd] | ME | |
stroud | strude | ᛫ to plunder ᛫ to pillage ᛫ to defraud ᛫ | V | strūdan | OE | |
strout | strute | ᛫ contention ᛫ an argument ᛫ | N | strǒut{strūtian} | ME | |
stubborn | ᛫ obstinate ᛫ | AJ | ~[stibǒurne] | NE‹? | ||
stuller | ᛫ furtive ᛫ | AJ | stulor | OE | ||
stun | ᛫ to clash ᛫ to crash ᛫ to dash ᛫ to strike ᛫ | V | stunian | OE | ||
stunt | ᛫ a daring or dangerous feat ᛫ skill ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
stunt | ᛫ a check in growth ᛫ a stunted being or thing ᛬ to hinder the growth of ᛫ to perform a stunt ᛫ to show off ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
stunt | ᛫ stupid ᛫ foolish ᛫ fatuous ᛫ | AJ | stunt | OE | ||
stunted | ᛫ prevented from growing ᛫ shorter than usual for one's age ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sturry | ᛫ an Acipenseridae fish ( a sturgeon ) ᛫ | N | styria | OE | ||
sty | ᛫ a path ᛫ a lane ᛫ an approach to something ᛫ a way of conduct ᛫ a method ᛬ to ascend ᛫ to descend ᛫ | N᛬V | stīe&stīgen[stīg] | ME&ME | ||
suckdeer | suckdeer | ᛫ a mammal ᛫ | N | suck+deer | NE×2 | calque: Säugetier; zoogdier |
suckerfish | suckerfisc | ᛫ an Echeneidae fish ( a remora ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sull | ᛫ to dirty ᛫ to corrupt ᛫ to taint ᛫ to soil ᛫ to desecrate ᛫ to sully ᛫ to pollute ᛫ to defile ᛫ | V | sulen[sylian] | ME | ||
sullow | sulloƿ | ᛫ a plough ᛫ a plow ᛫ | N | sulou[sulh] | ME | |
sultandom | ᛫ a sultanate ᛫ | N | sultan+dom{sultanate} | O+NE | ||
summer teal | ᛫ a Spatula querquedula bird ( a garganey ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
summerledge | summerlecg | ᛫ to become summer ᛫ | V | sumerlǣcan | OE | |
summerly | ᛫ estival ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sunbloom | ᛫ a Helianthus annuus plant ( sunflower ) ᛫ | N | sun+bloom | NE×2 | calque: sunflower | |
sundcorn | ᛫ a Saxifraga plant ᛫ | N | sundcorn | ME | ||
sunder | ᛫ to separate ᛫ to split ᛫ to vary ᛫ to differ ᛫ | V | sunder&sǒnderen | NE&ME | ||
sunder | ᛫ private- ᛫ special- ᛫ | PREFIX | sunder | OE | ||
sundercraft | ᛫ a special power ᛫ a special art ᛫ | N | sundorcræft | OE | ||
sunderfee | ᛫ private wealth ᛫ | N | sundorfeoh | OE | ||
Sunderhallow | Sunderhalloƿ | ᛫ a Pharisee ᛫ | N | sundorhālga | OE | |
sundering | ᛫ a separation ᛫ separation ᛫ diversity ᛫ variety ᛫ difference ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sunderledge | sunderlecg | ᛫ to privatize ᛫ | V | sunder+lǣcan | NE+OE | |
sunderly | ᛫ separate ᛫ distinct ᛫ different ᛫ unique ᛫ private ᛫ individual ᛫ especial ᛫ special ᛫ | AJ | sǒnderlī | ME | ||
sunderright | sunderrigt | ᛫ a privilege ᛫ a special right ᛫ | N | sunderriht | OE | |
sundrily | ᛫ variously ᛫ differently ᛫ separately ᛫ distinctively ᛫ distinctly ᛫ singly ᛫ individually ᛫ particularly ᛫ specially ᛫ specifically ᛫ privately ᛫ | AV | sundrily&sonderlī&syndriglic | NE&ME&OE | ||
sundriness | ᛫ diversity ᛫ specialness ᛫ independence ᛫ specialness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sundry | ᛫ various ᛫ different ᛫ separate ᛫ distinctive ᛫ distinct ᛫ single ᛫ individual ᛫ particular ᛫ special ᛫ specific ᛫ private ᛫ | AJ | sundry&sǒndrī&syndrig | NE&ME&OE | ||
sundryman | ᛫ a dealer of sundries ( miscellaneous items ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
sunfast | ᛫ sun resistant ᛫ not liable to fade in sunlight ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Sunfield | Sunfeeld | ᛫ Elysium ᛫ | N(P) | sunnfeld | OE | |
sunfish | sunfisc | ᛫ a Molidae fish ᛫ a Centrarchidae fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sungang | ᛫ the course of the sun ᛫ | N | sungang | OE | ||
sunken | ᛫ submerged ᛫ depressed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
sunly | ᛫ solar ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Sunnight | Sunnigt | ᛫ the night following Sunday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~[sunnanniht] | NE | |
sunroot | ᛫ a Jerusalem artichoke ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE+N) | non-Norse: sunwale | |
sunshade | sunscade | ᛫ a parasol ᛫ an awning ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
sunspider | ᛫ a solifuge ᛫ a camel spider ᛫ a wind scorpion ᛫ | N | sun spider | NE | ||
sunstead | ᛫ a solstice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
Surry | ᛫ Syria ᛫ | N(P) | Surry/Sirie | ME‹O | ||
sussel | ᛫ torment ᛫ anguish ᛫ agony ᛫ | N | sūsl | OE | ||
susselstead | ᛫ a place of torment ᛫ hell ᛫ | N | sūslstede | OE | ||
suster | ᛫ a sister ᛫ | N | suster | ME | "sister" is Norse? | |
suttle | suttel | ᛫ clear ᛫ manifest ᛫ obvious ᛫ evident ᛫ unambiguous ᛫ | AJ | sutel&sutelen[sweotol] | ME&ME | |
suttle | suttel | ᛫ to clarify ᛫ to denote ᛫ to make known ᛫ to show ᛫ | V | isutelen&geswutelian | ME&OE | |
suttleness | suttelness | ᛫ clarity ᛫ | N | sutel+ness | ME+NE | |
suttley | suttely | ᛫ manifest ᛫ | AJ | sutellī[sweotollīc] | ME | |
suttling | suttelling | ᛫ evidence ᛫ | N | sweotolung[swutel] | OE | |
Suttling Day | Suttelling | ᛫ Epiphany Day ᛫ | N(P) | sweotolungdæg | OE | |
swaddle | sƿaddel | ᛫ to wrap a baby in retraining material ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to restrict ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
swail | sƿail | ᛫ heaven ᛫ the divine kingdom ᛫ the realm of the god or gods ᛫ | N | swegl | OE | kin: sun |
swain | sƿain | ᛫ a rustic ᛫ a peasant ᛫ a shepherd ᛫ a page ( an attendant upon a knight ) ᛫ a squire ᛫ a boy ᛫ a young man ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
swair | sƿair | ᛫ a mother-in-law ᛫ | N | sweȝer&sweger | ME&OE | kin: שוויגער |
swake | sƿake | ᛫ feeble with age ᛫ | AJ | swāc[swæc] | ME | |
swallow | sƿalloƿ | ᛫ a gullet ᛫ a lingual nerve and its branches ᛫ a flood ᛫ an outpouring ᛫ a violent onrush ᛫ a vortex ᛫ a vent hole ᛫ a spiracle ᛫ a pit ᛫ | N | [swolwe] | ME | |
swamb | sƿamb | ᛫ fungus ᛫ a mushroom ᛫ a sponge ᛫ | N | swam[swamm] | ME | |
swamblore | sƿamblore | ᛫ mycology ( the study of fungi ) ᛫ | N | swam+lore | ME+NE | |
swamp | sƿamp | ᛫ a stretch of forested wetland ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swanker | sƿanker | ᛫ bending easily ᛫ pliable ᛫ flaccid ᛫ | AJ | swancor | OE | |
swanling | sƿanling | ᛫ a cygnet ᛫ | N | swan+ling | NE×2 | |
swansong | sƿansong | ᛫ a final performance or accomplishment ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | calque: Schwanengesang |
swap | sƿap | ᛫ to exchange ᛫ to trade ᛫ to switch ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swap out | ute | ᛫ to replace ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
sward | sƿard | ᛫ the upper layer of soil ( esp when grassy ) ᛫ skin ( esp of pork ) ᛫ rind ᛫ a patch of calloused skin ᛫ | N | sward&sward | NE&ME | [LEX] |
swarf | sƿarf | ᛫ the bits that come from swarfing ( filings ) ᛬ to grind down ᛫ to file off ᛫ | V | swarf&gesweorfan | NE&OE | [LEX] |
swark | sƿark | ᛫ a dark cloud ? ᛫ | N | swearc/gesweorc | OE | |
swarken | sƿarken | ᛫ to darken ᛫ to becloud ᛫ | V | swurken[sweorcan] | ME | |
swart | sƿart | ᛫ the black hue ᛬ black ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
swarthy | sƿarþy | ᛫ tawny dusky ᛫ dark ᛫ of dark complexioned ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
swath | sƿaþ | ᛫ a broad area of something ᛫ | N | ~[swæþ] | NE | |
swathe | sƿaþe | ᛫ a long strip of something ( esp cloth ) ᛫ a bandage [ᚹ] ᛬ to bandage ᛫ to swaddle ᛫ to envelop ᛫ | N᛬V | ~{unswā̆then} | NE | [CED] |
sway | sƿay | ᛫ bias ᛫ impetus ( of motion ) ᛫ momentum ᛫ command ᛫ dominion ᛫ influence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swayer | sƿayer | ᛫ an influencer ᛫ an influence ᛫ a factor ( a circumstance fact or influence that contributes to a result ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweal | sƿeal | ᛫ to be on fire ᛫ to burn ᛫ | V | swēlen[swelan] | ME | |
sweam | sƿeam | ᛫ to grieve ᛫ | V | swēmen[swǣman] | ME | |
swease | sƿeas | ᛫ one's own ᛫ dear ᛫ beloved ᛫ gracious ᛫ | AJ | swǣs | OE | kin: suēscō (Latin) |
sweaseledge | sƿeaslecg | ᛫ to flatter ᛫ | V | swǣslǣcan | OE | |
sweasely | sƿeasly | ᛫ kind ᛫ pleasant ᛫ agreeable ᛫ | AJ | swǣslīc | OE | |
sweasing | sƿeasing | ᛫ food ᛫ victuals ᛫ refection ᛫ | N | swǣsende | OE | |
sweatcloth | sƿeatcloþ | ᛫ a handkerchief ᛫ | N | swātclāþ | OE | |
sweater | sƿeater | ᛫ a jumper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweathole | sƿeathole | ᛫ a pore for releasing sweat ᛫ | N | ~ | ANE | |
Sweave | Sƿeaf | ᛫ a Swabian ᛫ an Alamanni ᛫ | N(P) | Swǣfas | OE | |
Sweaveland | Sƿeafland | ᛫ Swabia ᛫ Alamannia ᛫ Alemannia ᛫ | N(P) | Swǣfas+land | OE+NE | |
Sweeland | Sƿeeland | ᛫ Sweden ᛫ | N(P) | Sweoland | OE | |
sweer | sƿeer | ᛫ a pillar ᛫ a column ᛫ | N | swēor[swēor] | ME | |
sweer | sƿeer | ᛫ a father-in-law ᛫ | N | swēor | OE | |
Sweerich | Sƿeeric | ᛫ Sweden ( the state not the land ) ᛫ | N(P) | Sweorice | OE | |
sweetbread | sƿeetbread | ᛫ a pancreas of an animal ᛫ a thymus gland of an animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweeting | sƿeeting | ᛫ a sweet kind of apple ᛫ a darling ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweets | sƿeets | ᛫ candy ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweetsop | sƿeetsop | ᛫ the fruit of an Anonna squamosa tree ᛫ a sugarapple ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
sweetwater | sƿeetƿater | ᛫ perfume ᛫ fragrance ᛫ | N | sweet-water | NE | |
sweetwood | sƿeetƿood | ᛫ licorice / liquorice ᛫ a Glycyrrhiza glabra plant ᛫ | N | sweet+wood | NE×2 | calque: zoethout; Süßholz |
sweeve | sƿeef | ᛫ to put to sleep ᛫ to make inactive ᛫ | V | swēven[swefen/swefn] | ME | |
sweight | sƿeigt | ᛫ momentum ᛫ | N | sweight | ME | equal to: sway+th |
swell | sƿell | ᛫ to swell ᛬ nice ᛬ well ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
swelt | sƿelt | ᛫ to die ᛫ to become overcome with emotion or heat or such ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
swelter | sƿelter | ᛫ an uncomfortably hot atmosphere ᛬ to feel uncomfortably hot ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
sweltering | sƿeltering | ᛫ uncomfortably hot ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
swench | sƿenc | ᛫ affliction ᛫ tribulation ᛫ distress ᛬ to afflict ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to distress ᛫ | N᛬V | swenc&swenchen[swencan] | OE&ME | |
swere | sƿere | ᛫ heavy ᛫ grave ᛫ oppressive ᛫ | V | swēre[swǣr] | ME | |
swerely | sƿerely | ᛫ heavily ᛫ grievously ᛫ oppressively ᛫ | AV | swǣrlīce | OE | |
sweremood | sƿeremood | ᛫ of an indolent sluggish disposition ᛫ | AJ | swǣrmōd | OE | |
swetch | sƿec | ᛫ a taste ᛫ a flavour ᛫ an odour, a scent, smell ᛫ an aroma ᛫ | N | swecc | OE | |
swether | sƿeþer | ᛫ to retire ᛫ to withdraw ᛫ to abate ᛫ to subside ᛫ | V | sweþrian | OE | |
swevel | sƿefel | ᛫ sulphur ᛫ sulfur ᛫ brimstone ᛫ | N | swefel[swefel] | ME | |
swevelen | sƿefelen | ᛫ sulfurous ᛫ made of brimstone ᛫ | AJ | sweflene[sweflen] | ME | |
sweven | sƿefen | ᛫ a vision ᛫ a dream ᛬ to dream ᛫ | N | sweven&swē̆venen | NE&ME | rhyme: seven |
swevet | sƿefet | ᛫ sleep ᛫ | N | swevete[sweofot] | ME | |
swey | sƿey | ᛫ a noise ᛫ a sound ᛬ to sound ᛫ to make noise ᛫ | N᛬V | swei&sweien[sweg/swegan] | ME&ME | or: sway |
swike | sƿike | ᛫ deceit ᛫ treachery ᛫ betrayal ᛫ a betrayer ᛫ a cheater ᛬ to deceive ᛫ to betray ᛫ to cheat ᛫ to cease ᛫ to desist ᛫ | N᛬V | swike&swiken[swīcan] | ME&ME | PST: swoke {sƿoke} ᛫ PTCP: swicken {sƿicken} |
swikedom | sƿikedom | ᛫ treason ᛫ treachery ᛫ betrayal ᛫ | N | swikedom | ME | |
swikel | sƿikel | ᛫ treacherous ᛫ | AJ | swicol | OE | |
swiker | sƿiker | ᛫ a traitor ᛫ a deceiver ᛫ | N | swīca | OE | |
swill | sƿill | ᛫ low quality food or drink ᛬ to wash with water ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[swilian] | NE | |
swime | sƿime | ᛫ an unconscious state ᛫ a faint ᛫ | N | swīme | ME | |
swimel | sƿimel | ᛫ an anesthetic ᛫ | N | swīme+le | ME+ME | |
swimmingly | sƿimmingly | ᛫ splendidly ᛫ to happen well and without serious problems ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
swin | sƿin | ᛫ a melody ᛫ | N | swinn | OE | |
swind | sƿind | ᛫ to vanish ᛫ to disappear ᛫ to waste away ᛫ to perish ᛫ | V | swinden | ME | rhyme: find ᛫ PST & PTCP: swound (AS: sƿund) |
swine | sƿine | ᛫ a pig ᛫ pigs ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swineflesh | sƿineflesc | ᛫ pork ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swineherd | sƿineherd | ᛫ a person who tends swine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swinely | sƿinely | ᛫ porcine ᛫ | AJ | swīnlic | OE | |
swinge | sƿincg | ᛫ authority ᛫ influence ᛫ power ᛫ rule ᛫ sway ᛫ licence ( as in artistic licence ) ᛫ impetus ( of motion but also figuratively ) ᛫ impulse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
swingeing | sƿincging | ᛫ drastic ᛫ severe ᛫ extreme ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
swingle | sƿingel | ᛫ a scutch ( a flax beating tool ) ᛬ to beat with a swingle ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
swinish | sƿinisc | ᛫ unpleasant ᛫ contemptible ᛫ pig-like ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
swink | sƿink | ᛫ hard work ᛫ hard labour ᛫ toil ᛫ drudgery ᛬ to work hard ᛫ to labour hard ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | PST: swank ᛫ PTCP: swunk |
swinker | sƿinker | ᛫ a toiler ᛫ a labourer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swinkful | sƿinkful | ᛫ toilsome ᛫ laborious ᛫ | AJ | swincfull | OE | |
swinse | sƿins | ᛫ to make melody or music ᛫ | V | swinsian | OE | same suffix as in "cleanse" |
swinsing | sƿinsing | ᛫ melody making ᛫ | N | swinsung | OE | |
swinsingcraft | sƿinsingcraft | ᛫ the art of making melodies or music ᛫ | N | swinsungcræft | OE | |
swire | sƿire | ᛫ a neck ( of any kind ) ᛫ a vale ᛫ a valley ᛫ | N | swīre | ME | |
swirebigh | sƿirebige | ᛫ a necklace | N | sweorbēah | OE | or: neckbigh |
switchback | sƿicback | ᛫ a roller coaster ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | short for: switchback railway? ᛫ [LEX] |
swith | sƿiþ | ᛫ swift ᛫ rapid ᛫ strong ᛫ excessive ᛫ great ᛬ swiftly ᛫ rapidly ᛫ strongly ᛫ very ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | swith&swīþ | NE&OE | although from "swīþ" the vowel seems to have shortened |
swither | sƿiþer | ᛫ right ( direction ) ᛫ | AJ | swither | ME | |
swither | sƿiþer | ᛫ more ᛫ greater ᛫ superior ᛫ | AV | swīþor | OE | swith+er |
swithly | sƿiþly | ᛫ great ᛫ magnificent ᛫ intense ᛫ | AJ | swīþlīc | OE | |
Switsish | Sƿitsisc | ᛫ Swiss ᛫ | AJ(P) | Switzer+ish | NE×2 | |
swive | sƿife | ᛫ to fuck ᛫ to copulate ᛫ to copulate with ᛫ to mate ᛫ to mate with ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | kin: swivel |
swivel | sƿifel | ᛫ a rotation ᛬ to rotate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
swizzle | sƿisel | ᛫ liquor ᛫ an alcoholic drink ᛫ | N | ~[switchel?] | NE | |
swizzled | sƿiseled | ᛫ mixed ᛫ intoxicated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
swoom | sƿoom | ᛫ to become dark ᛫ | V | swāmian | OE | |
swoon | sƿoon | ᛫ a swineherd ᛫ a swain ᛫ a peasant ᛫ a male servant ᛫ | N | swōn[swān] | ME | |
swoon | sƿoon | ᛫ an instance of fainting ᛬ to faint ᛫ to be infatuated with something ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
swordbelt | sƿordbelt | ᛫ a baldric ᛫ | N | swordbelt | ME | |
swordplay | sƿordplay | ᛫ fencing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
swot | sƿot | ᛫ vigorous study ᛬ to study vigorously ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | kin: "sweat" ᛫ [LEX] |
swow | sƿoƿ | ᛫ one who faints ᛬ to faint ᛫ to swoon ᛫ | N᛬V | swǒuen | ME | rhyme: glow |
swy | sƿy | ᛫ silence ᛬ to be silent ᛫ to become silent ᛫ | N᛬V | swiȝe&swige&swigian | ME&OE&OE | |
sye | ᛫ victory ᛫ | N | siȝe/sy[sige] | ME | found in placenames like "Kinsye" | |
sye | ᛫ to drip ᛫ to strain ᛫ to sift ᛫ to purify ᛫ | V | sye&sīen | NE&ME | ||
sye | ᛫ to descend ᛫ | V | sye&sien | NE&ME | ||
syefast | ᛫ victorious ᛫ triumphant ᛫ | AJ | sigefæst | OE | ||
syekin | ᛫ the Seraphim ᛫ | N | sigorcynn | OE | ||
syeless | ᛫ without victory ᛫ defeated ᛫ | AJ | sigelēas | OE | ||
syely | ᛫ victorious ᛫ | AJ | sigelīc | OE | ||
syereeth | syereeþ | ᛫ triumph ᛫ | N | sigehrēþ | OE | |
syereethy | syereeþy | ᛫ triumphant ᛫ | AJ | sigehreþig | OE | |
Sypress | ᛫ Cyprus ᛫ | N(P) | Sypresse | ME‹H | ||
Tahoe Mere | ᛫ Lake Tahoe ᛫ | N(P) | Tahoe+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
tailbone | ᛫ a coccyx ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
takeover | takeofer | ᛫ a commandeering ᛫ a transfer of power ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: nimover (de-Norsed) |
tale | ᛫ a story ᛫ a number ᛫ a total ᛫ a tally ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
talecraft | ᛫ arithmetic ᛫ | N | tælcræft | OE | ||
talemark | ᛫ a date ( in the meaning related to time ) ᛫ | N | tælmearc | OE | ||
talemete | ᛫ a measure expressed by number ᛫ | N | tælmet | OE | ||
talesome | talesum | ᛫ numerous ᛫ | AJ | tælsum | OE | |
taleteller | ᛫ a storyteller ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
talewise | taleƿise | ᛫ talkative ᛫ tale-telling ᛫ gossipy ᛫ loquacious ᛫ garrulous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | ANE | |
talking book | ᛫ an audio book ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tallow | talloƿ | ᛫ dye ᛫ hard fat or lard ᛬ to dye ᛫ | N᛬V | tallow&telg&telgian | NE&OE&OE | |
talt | ᛫ unstable ᛫ evanescent ᛫ transitory ᛫ | AJ | tealte[tealt] | ME | ||
talter | ᛫ to shake ᛫ to totter ᛫ to stagger ᛫ to be unsteady ᛫ to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition ᛫ | V | tealtrian | OE | ||
tame | ᛫ to subdue ᛫ to domesticate ᛫ to cultivate ᛬ subdued ᛫ domesticated ᛫ cultivated ᛫ tractable ᛫ | V᛬AJ | tame&tāme[OE tam] | NE&ME | ||
Tanganyika Mere | ᛫ Lake Tanganyika ᛫ | N(P) | Tanganyika+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
tap | ᛫ a faucet ᛫ a spigot ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tap | ᛫ to draw liquid from a container ᛫ to exploit a resource or market ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
tape | ᛫ a videocassete ᛫ a cassette ᛫ a video ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
taper | ᛫ a candle ᛫ a slender candle ᛫ a gradual narrowing or decline ᛫ | N | tapor/taper/tapur/teaper | OE | ||
taphouse | taphuse | ᛫ a bar ᛫ a place where alcoholic drinks are sold ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tapper | ᛫ a barkeep ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
taproom | ᛫ a barroom ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tapster | ᛫ a person who draws and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
tar | ᛫ tar ᛫ resin ᛫ gum ᛫ | N | teoru | OE | ||
tare | ᛫ a Vicia plant ( vetch plants ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tarn | ᛫ a steep banked mountain lake or pool ᛫ | N | ~{tjörn} | NE‹N? | ||
tarrow | tarroƿ | ᛫ a small shield ᛫ | N | targe | OE | |
Tarse | ᛫ Tharsia ( roughly Turkestan , Transoxiana ) ᛫ | N | Tarse | ME‹I? | ||
tarse | ᛫ the penis ᛫ | N | ~[teors] | NE | [LEX] | |
tart | ᛫ pungent sour or acidic ᛫ or sharp of taste ᛫ | AJ | ~[tart][teart] | NE | ||
tartree | ᛫ a Eucalyptus plant ᛫ | N | gum tree | NE | ||
tavel | tafel | ᛫ a gaming table ᛫ a boardgame ᛫ a die for gaming ? ᛫ | N | tæfl | OE‹I | kin: table (Latin); tafl (Icelandic) |
taw | taƿ | ᛫ to prepare material ᛫ | V | taw&tawian | NE&OE | in Modern English this word only refers to tanning |
teach | teac | ᛫ to educate ᛫ to indoctrinate ᛫ to instruct ᛫ to school ᛫ to train another ᛫ to tutor ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
teaching | teacing | ᛫ a doctrine ᛫ that which is taught ᛫ | N | tǣcing | OE | |
teaken | ᛫ to present ᛫ | V | tǣcnan | OE | kin: token | |
teal | ᛫ dark cyan ᛫ cyan [ᚹ] ᛫ turquoise [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | this word's definition has been widening to include all cyan and turquoise, not just dark shades of cyan | |
team | ᛫ a line ( often of animals ) ᛫ a line of descendants ᛫ offspring ᛫ a group who work towards the same goal ᛫ | N | team&tēam | NE&OE | ||
teamwork | teamƿork | ᛫ collaboration ᛫ | N | team+work | NEx2 | |
tearbone | ᛫ a lacrimal bone ᛫ | N | tear+bone | NE×2 | calque: traanbeen; Tränenbein | |
tee | ᛫ to extract ᛫ to tug ᛫ to convey ᛫ to train another ᛫ | V | tēn&atēon | ME&OE | ||
teel | ᛫ mocking speech ᛫ ridiculing speech ᛬ to mock ᛫ to ridicule ᛫ | N᛬V | tēl/tēlen[tǣl/tǣlan] | ME | ||
teeler | ᛫ a mocker ᛫ a ridiculer ᛫ | N | tǣlere | OE | ||
teelworthy | teelƿorþy | ᛫ blasphemous ᛫ calumnious ᛫ reprehensible ᛫ | AJ | tǣlwirþe | OE | |
teely | ᛫ blasphemous ᛫ calumnious ᛫ reprehensible ᛫ | AJ | tǣllīc | OE | ||
teem | ᛫ to be prolific ᛫ to abound ᛫ to bring forth offspring ᛫ | V | teem&tīman | NE | ||
teeming | ᛫ abundantly filled ( esp with creatures ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
teen | ᛫ vexation ᛬ to vex ᛫ to irritate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
teenful | ᛫ troublesome ᛫ harmful ᛫ painful ᛫ full of suffering ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
teenle | teenel | ᛫ a wicker basket ᛫ | N | tēnel[tǣnel] | ME | |
teethstraightening | teeþstraigtening | ᛫ orthodontics ᛫ | N | teeth+straightening | NE×2 | |
teigh | teig | ᛫ to intend ᛫ to suppose ᛫ | V | teohhian | OE | analogy: lēhtūn to leighton |
tell | ᛫ to count ( to tally ) ᛫ to recount ᛫ to enumerate ᛫ to pass information ᛫ | V | tell&tellen[tellan] | NE&ME | could this word mean count as in " to qualify "? | |
tellall | ᛫ a book or account in which everything is revealed ᛫ an exposé ᛫ | N | tell-all | NE | [OED] | |
teller | ᛫ a counter (such as a bank teller ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
temse | ᛫ to sift ᛫ to strain ᛫ to sieve ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
tend | ᛫ to kindle ᛫ to ignite ᛫ to incite ᛫ to arouse ( lust anger etc ) ᛫ to inspire ᛫ | V | tē̆nden | ME | ||
tenfold | ᛫ decuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
tenpenny | ᛫ a dime [ᚹ] ᛬ ten cents ᛫ ten pence ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
tensome | tensum | ᛫ a decet ᛫ a decad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
termen | ᛫ a term ᛫ | N | termen | OE‹I | ||
tern | ᛫ a Sternidae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | [LEX] | |
tetter | ᛫ any skin condition characterized by a herpetiform rash and itching ᛫ eczema ᛫ psoriasis ᛫ herpes ᛫ impetigo ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
tetterberry | ᛫ a Bryonia plant ( bryony ) ᛫ | N | tetter-berry | NE | [OED] | |
tetterwort | tetterƿurt | ᛫ a Chelidonium majus plant ( greater celandine ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
tevel | tefel | ᛫ to gamble ᛫ | V | tevelen&tæflan | ME&OE | |
tew | teƿ | ᛫ equipment ᛫ gear ᛫ instruments ᛫ | N | tew{getawa} | ME | kin: taw? |
th | þ | ᛫ -ity ( abstract nominal suffix ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | becomes: -t after fricatives like /f/ ‹f› and /x/ ‹gh›? |
thack | þack | ᛫ to pat ᛫ to dab ᛫ | V | thakken[þaccian] | ME | |
thackboard | þackboard | ᛫ a wooden roofing tile ᛫ a shingle ᛫ | N | thakborde | ME | |
thacktile | þacktile | ᛫ a roofing tile ᛫ | N | thack tile | NE | |
thane | þane | ᛫ a lesser noble ᛫ a retainer ᛫ a vassal ᛫ a servant ᛬ to serve ᛫ to minister ᛫ | N᛬V | thein&theinen | ME&ME | or: thain / þain |
thanedom | þanedom | ᛫ a barony ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thanen | þanen | ᛫ a female thane ᛫ a baroness ᛫ | N | þīnen | OE | |
thaning | þaning | ᛫ service ᛫ a service ᛫ a ministry ᛫ ministry ᛫ a ministration ᛫ | N | theinung | ME | |
thank | þank | ᛫ thinking ᛫ thought ᛫ a thought ᛫ an idea ᛫ | N | thank[þanc]&ithank[geþanc] | ME | |
thankful | þankful | ᛫ grateful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thankfulness | þankfulness | ᛫ gratitude ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thankle | þankel | ᛫ mindful ᛫ thoughtful ᛫ considerate ᛫ | AJ | geþancol | OE | |
thanks | þanks | ᛫ gratitude ᛫ an expression of gratitude ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thanksgive | þanksgif | ᛫ to give or dedicate in token of thanks ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | de-Norsed: thanksyeaf/þanksgeef |
thanksgiving | þanksgifing | ᛫ an expression of gratitude ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | de-Norsed: thanksyeafing/þanksgeefing |
thar | þar | ᛫ to be necessary ᛫ to be required ᛫ to be obligatory ᛫ to be mandatory ᛫ to need ᛫ to require ᛫ | V | thurven/thar[þearfan] | ME | PST: thurt ᛫ see note for wider definition ᛫ "A doghtyar knyght þar not be In batell for to stryke." |
tharf | þarf | ᛫ unleavened ᛫ uncontaminated ᛫ | AJ | therf[þeorf] | ME | |
tharf | þarf | ᛫ a need ᛫ a requirement ᛫ a necessity ᛫ an obligation ᛬ needy ᛫ indigent ᛫ | N᛬AJ | tharf&tharf | ME&ME | |
tharm | þarm | ᛫ an organ ( of a body) ᛫ an intestine ᛫ an entrail ᛫ a gut | N | tharm | ME | |
thasledge | þaslecg | ᛫ to agree ᛫ to accord ᛫ to fit ᛫ | V | þæslǣcan | OE | |
thasly | þasly | ᛫ suitable ᛫ appropriate ᛫ seemly ᛫ comely ᛫ elegant ᛫ harmonious ᛬ suitably ᛫ appropriately ᛫ elegantly ᛫ harmoniously ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | thaslī&þæslīc | ME&OE | |
that | þat | ᛫ the letter eth ( Ð ð ) ᛫ | N | þet | ME | |
thatch | þac | ᛫ a roof of straw or reeds or such ᛫ material for a thatch ᛬ to cover with thatch ᛫ | V | thatch[thach][þeccean] | NE&OE | |
thaught | þaugt | ᛫ a counsel ᛬ to take counsel ᛫ to consult ᛫ | N | þeaht&þeahtian | OE&OE | |
thaughter | þaugter | ᛫ a counsellor ᛫ | N | þeahtere | OE | |
thaughting | þaugting | ᛫ counsel ᛫ consultation ᛫ deliberation ᛫ agreement ᛫ concilium ᛫ consensus ᛫ | N | geþeahting | OE | |
thave | þafe | ᛫ to consent ᛫ to assent to ᛫ put up with ᛫ to tolerate ᛫ to permit ᛫ | V | thaven | ME | |
thaveless | þafeless | ᛫ ineffectual ᛫ feeble ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thaver | þafer | ᛫ a favourer ᛫ a supporter ᛫ a consenter ᛫ | N | geþafa | OE | |
thavesome | þafesum | ᛫ consenting ᛫ tolerating ᛫ | AJ | geþafsum | OE | |
thaving | þafing | ᛫ consent ᛫ toleration ᛫ permission ᛫ | N | þafung | OE | |
the all | þe | ᛫ the universe ᛫ the cosmos ᛫ the macrocosm ᛫ | N᛬ | ~ | NE | |
the anward | þe anƿard | ᛫ the present [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | andweard | OE | |
the bends | þe | ᛫ decompression sickness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Black Sea | þe | ᛫ the sea known to the Romans as Pontus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the British Sea | Britisc | ᛫ the English Channel ᛫ | N | Brittish se | ME | |
the clap | þe | ᛫ Gonorrhea ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Dernwrits | þe Dernƿrits | ᛫ the Apocrypha ᛫ | N(P) | dirngewritu | OE | |
the Dog Star | þe | ᛫ Sirius ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the east | þe | ᛫ the Orient ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the East Sea | þe | ᛫ the Baltic ᛫ | N(P) | ōstsæ[ēst mere] | OE | kin: Oostzee (Dutch) |
the endtime | þe | ᛫ apocalypse ᛫ Armageddon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: the endtimes |
The Fareld | Þe | ᛫ The Passover ᛫ Pesach ᛫ | N(P) | færeld | OE | |
the Faroe Islands | þe Ilands | ᛫ the Faroe Islands ᛫ | N(P) | Faroe Islands | NE | |
the Fish | þe Fisc | ᛫ Pisces ᛫ | N(P) | þe Fisshe/the Fysschys | ME | or: The Fishes |
the Folkwandering Eld | þe Folkƿandering | ᛫ the Migration Period ᛫ | N | folk+wander+ing+eld | NE×4 | calque: Völkerwanderung |
the forthwitten | þe forþƿitten | ᛫ the past [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | forthwiten[forþgewiten] | ME | |
the Great Dying | þe | ᛫ the Permian–Triassic extinction event ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
the Great Eastern Sea | þe | ᛫ the Pacific Ocean ᛫ | N(P) | great+eastern+sea | NE×3 | or: the Great Frithful Sea; the Great Frith Sea |
the Great Indish Sea | þe Indisc | ᛫ the Indian Ocean ᛫ | N(P) | great+Ī̆ndish+sea | NE×3 | |
the Great Northern Sea | þe Norþern | ᛫ the Arctic Ocean ᛫ | N(P) | great+northern+sea | NE×3 | |
the Great Southern Sea | þe Suþern | ᛫ the Antarctic Ocean ᛫ | N(P) | great+southern+sea | NE×3 | |
the Great Western Sea | þe Ƿestern | ᛫ the Atlantic Ocean ᛫ | N(P) | great+western+sea | NE×3 | calque: Great Western Ocean ᛫ or: the Great Atlantish Sea |
the Healend | þe | ᛫ a title of Jesus ( analyzable as " the healing one " ) ᛫ | N(P) | Hēlend[hǣlend] | ME | /hilɛnd/ or /hɛlɛnd/ or /hɛlnd/? |
the Holy Ghost | þe Goast | ᛫ the Holy Spirit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Hurling Time | þe | ᛫ the Peasants' Revolt ( of 1381 ) ᛫ Wat Tyler's Rebellion ᛫ | N(P) | the hurlyng tyme | ME | |
the Island of Man | þe Iland | ᛫ the Isle of Man ᛫ | N(P) | iland+of+man | NE×3 | or: Man |
the itch | þe icc | ᛫ scabies ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
the Morningstar | þe | ᛫ planet Venus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the net | þe | ᛫ the internet ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Netherlands | þe Neþerlands | ᛫ the Netherlands ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
the Nornish Sea | Nornisc | ᛫ the Norwegian Sea ᛫ | N(P) | norenish+sea | ME+NE | calque: Norwegian Sea |
the North Star | þe Norþ | ᛫ the Pole Star ᛫ Polaris ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
the Orchard of Liking | Orceard | ᛫ the Garden of Eden ᛫ | N(P) | Orchard of Liking | ME | |
the other way about | abute | ᛫ vice versa ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Quidbook | Cƿidbook | ᛫ the Book of Proverbs ( Míshlê Shlomoh ) ᛫ | N | cwidbōc | OE | |
the Red Sea | þe | ᛫ the sea between Arabia and Africa ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Shapend | þe Scapend | ᛫ the Creator ᛫ | N | sceoppend | OE | unrealistic/fanciful |
the shaper | þe scaper | ᛫ the creator of the universe ᛫ | N | shaper&shāper | NE&ME | |
the Shipstar | þe Scipstar | ᛫ Polaris ᛫ | N(P) | scipsteorra | OE | |
the South Sea | Suþe | ᛫ the English Channel ᛫ | N(P) | sǒuthsē[suþsæ] | ME | |
the sticks | þe | ᛫ a rural place ᛫ a countryside ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Stony Barrows | þe Barroƿs | ᛫ the Rocky Mountains ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
the Tems | þe | ᛫ the Thames ᛫ | N(P) | Temese/Temze | ME | |
The Tocome | Þe Tocum | ᛫ The Advent ᛫ | N(P) | tōcyme | OE | |
the toward | þe toƿard | ᛫ future [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | toward&tōweard | NE&OE | |
the web | þe ƿeb | ᛫ the internet ᛫ the World Wide Web ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Welsh Sea | þe Ƿelsc | ᛫ the Celtic Sea ᛫ | N(P) | Welsh+sea | NE×2 | calque: Celtic Sea |
the West | þe Ƿest | ᛫ the Occident ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the White Sea | Hƿite | ᛫ the sea between the Kola Peninsula and the rest of Russia ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
the Yellow Sea | þe Yelloƿ | ᛫ the sea between Korea and China ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thearl | þearl | ᛫ greatly ᛫ vigorously ᛫ harshly ᛫ severely ᛫ sorely ᛫ | AV | thearle&þearle | ME&OE | |
theavethorn | þeafþorn | ᛫ any of several types of prickly shrubs ᛫ a thornbush ᛫ a fruit or berry bearing thornbush ᛫ a gooseberry plant ᛫ a blackberry plants ᛫ | N | thẹ̄vethorn | ME | |
thechen | þecen | ᛫ a torch ᛫ | N | thechene{þæcele} | ME | |
thee | þee | ᛫ you ( accusative case ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~[þē] | NE | |
thee | þee | ᛫ to prosper ᛫ to thrive ᛫ to flourish ᛫ | V | ~[þēon] | NE | |
theed | þeed | ᛫ a nation ᛫ a tribe ᛫ a clan ᛫ | N | thede | ANE | |
theed | þeed | ᛫ to connect ᛫ to adhere ᛫ to associate ᛫ to join ᛫ to attach ᛫ | V | iþeoden&geþēodan/þēodan | ME&OE | |
theed | þeed | ᛫ national- ᛫ public- ᛫ | PREFIX | þēod | OE | |
theedbale | þeedbale | ᛫ a national disaster ᛫ | N | þēodbealu | OE | |
theeden | þeeden | ᛫ a leader of a people ᛫ a chieftain ᛫ | N | þēoden | OE | |
theedenhold | þeedenhold | ᛫ faithful to a lord ᛫ | AJ | þēodenhold | OE | |
theedfeend | þeedfeend | ᛫ a public enemy ᛫ | N | þēodfēond | OE | |
theedheer | þeedheer | ᛫ a national army ᛫ | N | þēodhere | OE | |
theedhood | þeedhood | ᛫ nationality ᛫ | N | ~ | NE×2 | |
theedish | þeedisc | ᛫ national ᛫ | AJ | þeodisce[þēodisc] | ME | some use " Theedish " to mean " Germanic " |
theedland | þeedland | ᛫ territory ᛫ a territory ᛫ | N | þēodland | OE | |
theedledge | þeedlecg | ᛫ to nationalize ᛫ | V | thede+lǣcan | NE+OE | |
theedlove | þeedluf | ᛫ patriotism ᛫ | N | thede+love | ME+NE | |
theedly | þeedly | ᛫ gentile ᛫ | AJ | þēodlīc | OE | |
theedness | þeedness | ᛫ conjugation ᛫ a conjunction ᛫ | N | geþēodnes | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
theedom | þeedom | ᛫ activity ᛫ vigor ᛫ industry ᛫ | N | thẹ̄dọ̄m | ME | |
theedship | þeedscip | ᛫ a people ᛫ a fellowship ᛫ a nationality ᛫ | N | þēodscipe | OE | |
theedwit | þeedƿit | ᛫ a senator ᛫ | N | þēodwita | OE | |
theefshoal | þeefscoal | ᛫ a band of thieves ᛫ | N | þēofscolu | OE | |
theenest | þeenest | ᛫ service ᛫ | N | þēnest | OE | |
theet | þeet | ᛫ a pipe ᛫ a tube ᛫ a channel for liquids ᛫ | N | thēote&þēote{wæterþēote} | ME&OE | |
theet | þeet | ᛫ to howl like a wolf ᛫ | V | thēoten&þēotan | ME&OE | |
theft | þeft | ᛫ thievery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
then | þen | ᛫ to extend ᛫ | V | thinnen&þennan | ME&OE | |
thence | þens | ᛫ from that place ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thenceforth | þensforþ | ᛫ from there on out ᛫ from then on ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thengle | þengel | ᛫ a prince ᛫ | N | þengel | OE | kin: þengill (Norse) |
ther | þer | ᛫ -trum ᛫ -tron ᛫ ( shows a noun is a tool or instrument ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | þor/dor | OE | found in: lather; rudder |
thereby | þereby | ᛫ by this means ᛫ as a result of that ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
therewhile | þerehƿile | ᛫ meanwhile ᛫ | AV | thē̆rwhīle | ME | "mean" in "meanwhile" is foreign |
therewith | þereƿiþ | ᛫ in addition ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thern | þern | ᛫ a young woman ᛫ a girl ᛫ a female servant ᛫ a handmaid ᛫ | N | therne | ME | |
thester | þester | ᛫ darkness ᛬ dark ᛫ without light or happiness ᛫ | N᛬AJ | thester | OE | |
thew | þeƿ | ᛫ a bondsman ᛫ a servant ᛫ a slave ᛬ to serve ᛫ | N᛬V | thew&theuien[þēow] | NE&ME | |
thew | þeƿ | ᛫ conduct ᛫ manners ᛫ a moral character ᛫ a virtue ᛫ a vice ᛫ muscle ᛬ to discipline ᛫ | N᛬V | thew&theuen&þēaw | NE&ME&OE | good thew = virtue, bad thew = vice |
thewborn | þeƿborn | ᛫ born into servitude ᛫ | AJ | theuborne | ME | |
thewdom | þeƿdom | ᛫ servitude ᛫ serfdom ᛫ slavery ᛫ a state of bondage ᛫ | N | theudom | ME | |
thewen | þeƿen | ᛫ a bondswoman ᛫ a female servant ᛫ a slave woman ᛫ | N | þēowen | OE | |
thewet | þeƿet | ᛫ slavery ᛫ servitude ᛫ bondage ᛫ | N | þeowet | OE | |
thewfast | þeƿfast | ᛫ virtuous ᛫ moral ᛫ well mannered ᛫ | AJ | þēawfæst | OE | |
thewfastness | þeƿfastness | ᛫ adherence to moral or expected behaviour ᛫ etiquette ᛫ | N | þēawfæstness | OE | |
thewish | þeƿisc | ᛫ servile ᛫ | AJ | thew+ish | ME+NE | |
thewy | þeƿy | ᛫ muscular ᛫ brawny ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thicket | þicket | ᛫ a dense group of bushes or trees ᛫ | N | ~[thiccet] | NE | |
thickness | þickness | ᛫ one of the three dimensions of a solid object , front to back ᛫ a diameter ᛫ viscosity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thie | þie | ᛫ to ingest ᛫ to drink ᛫ to consume ᛫ to beg for food ᛫ to beg ᛫ to plead ᛫ to implore ᛫ | V | thiggen[þicgan] | ME | |
thiefdom | þeefdom | ᛫ kleptocracy ᛫ | N | thief+dom | NE×2 | |
thieve | þeef | ᛫ to steal ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
thiften | þiften | ᛫ a handmaiden ᛫ a female servant ᛫ | N | thuften/thiften[þyften] | ME | |
thighbone | þigebone | ᛫ a femur ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thild | þild | ᛫ patience ᛫ | N | þīld | ME | rhyme: wild |
thildy | þildy | ᛫ patient ᛫ | AJ | geþyldig | OE | |
Thile | Þile | ᛫ mythical land of Thule ᛫ | N | þȳle | OE | |
thilk | þilk | ᛫ that same ᛫ the very thing ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
thill | þill | ᛫ an orator ᛫ a spokesman ᛫ | N | þyle | OE | |
thill | þill | ᛫ a plank ᛫ boarding ᛬ to plank ᛫ to lay boards ᛫ | N | þille&þilian | OE&OE | |
thillcraft | þillcraft | ᛫ elocution ᛫ rhetoric ᛫ | N | þylcræft | OE | |
thilling | þilling | ᛫ plank flooring ᛫ boarding ᛫ a deck of a ship ᛫ | N | þiling | OE | |
thind | þind | ᛫ to swell ᛫ to swell with pride ᛫ | V | þindan | OE | |
thine | þine | ᛫ yours ᛫ your ( when before a vowel sound ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
thing | þing | ᛫ to plea ᛫ to plead ᛫ to advocate ᛫ to intercede ᛫ to make terms ᛫ settle a legal issue ᛫ | V | thingen | ME | |
thinger | þinger | ᛫ an advocate ᛫ an intercessor ᛫ a pleader ᛫ | N | þingere{þingestre} | OE | |
thingstead | þingstead | ᛫ an assembly place ᛫ a forum ᛫ | N | thingstead | NE | |
think | þink | ᛫ to deduce ᛫ to meditate ᛫ to ponder ᛫ to ruminate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE&ME | |
think of | þink of | ᛫ to imagine [ᛏ] ᛫ to conceive of [ᛏ] ᛫ to picture ( in one's mind ) ᛫ to keep in mind [ᛏ] ᛫ to be concerned for [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
think on | þink on | ᛫ to contemplate [ᛏ] ᛫ to consider ( an option ) [ᛏ] ᛫ to put thought into [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
think over | þink ofer | ᛫ to consider ( an option ) [ᛏ] ᛫ to put thought into [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
think through | þink þruge | ᛫ to put a satisfactory amount of thought into [ᛏ] ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
think up | þink up | ᛫ to invent ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
thinker | þinker | ᛫ an intellectual ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thir | þir | ᛫ dry ᛫ arid ᛫ | AJ | þyrre | OE | |
third | þird | ᛫ a tierce ᛫ a tirza ᛫ a trichord ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
third hoad | þird hoad | ᛫ third person | N | þridda hād | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
thirl | þirl | ᛫ a hole ᛬ to pierce ᛫ to penetrate ᛫ to drill ᛫ to bore ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | becomes: tril in compounds |
thirst | þirst | ᛫ a strong desire ( esp for drink ) ᛬ to desire ( esp drink ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
thirsty | þirsty | ᛫ avid ᛫ parched ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thirth | þirþ | ᛫ power ᛫ vigour ᛫ rigour ᛫ | N | thirth[þrȳþ] | ME | |
thither | þiþer | ᛫ to that place ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thitherto | þiþerto | ᛫ up to that time ᛫ until then ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thixel | þixel | ᛫ a pole ᛫ a beam ᛫ | N | þīxl | OE | |
thode | þode | ᛫ a strong wind ᛫ a violent wind ᛫ a whirlwind ᛫ a gale ᛫ | N | ~{þoden} | NE | |
thoft | þoft | ᛫ a rowing bench ᛫ | N | ~[þoft] | NE | |
thoft | þoft | ᛫ an ally ᛫ an associate ᛫ a fellow ᛫ a comrade ᛫ | N | geþofta | OE | |
thoft | þoft | ᛫ to associate ᛫ to ally with ᛫ | V | geþoftian | OE | |
thoftship | þoftscip | ᛫ a fellowship ᛫ an alliance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | þoftscipe | OE | |
thole | þole | ᛫ to endure ( to suffer through ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
tholemood | þolemood | ᛫ patient ᛫ | AJ | thōlemọ̄d[þolemōd] | ME | |
tholemoodness | þolemoodness | ᛫ patience ᛫ | N | thōlemọ̄dnes | ME | |
tholesome | þolesum | ᛫ patient ᛫ | AJ | thole+some | NE×2 | |
thone | þone | ᛫ to moisten ᛬ moist ᛫ | V᛬AJ | þān&þānian | OE&OE | or: thoan |
thong | þong | ᛫ a strip of leather or fabric ᛫ a g-string ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thorn | þorn | ᛫ an annoyance ᛫ a discomfort ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thorn | þorn | ᛫ the letter thorn ( Þ þ ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thorny | þorny | ᛫ annoying ᛫ uncomfortable ᛫ problematic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thorny anteater | þorny | ᛫ an echidna ᛫ | N | spiny anteater | NE | |
thorough | þoroug | ᛫ complete ᛫ detailed ᛫ more than adequate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoroughbred | þorougbred | ᛫ a purebred horse ᛫ a well-bred person ᛫ an athletic person ᛬ purebred ᛫ well-bred ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoroughfare | þorougfare | ᛫ a route ᛫ a main road in a town ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thoroughgoing | þorouggoing | ᛫ complete ᛫ thorough ᛫ with great attention to detail ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoroughlight | þorougligt | ᛫ a light that passes through ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thoroughlights | þorougligts | ᛫ windows on opposite sides of a room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thoroughly | þorougly | ᛫ extensively ᛫ completely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
thoroughsped | þorougsped | ᛫ fully accomplished ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thorp | þorp | ᛫ a village ᛫ a hamlet ᛫ | N | ~[thorp][þorp] | NE | reinforced by Old Norse |
thorpsman | þorpsman | ᛫ a villager ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thost | þost | ᛫ dung ᛫ manure ᛫ excrement ᛫ faeces ᛫ poop ᛫ crap ᛫ shit ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thother | þoþer | ᛫ a sphere ᛫ a globe [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | þōþer | OE | brōþer>brother ᛫ rhyme: brother |
thou | þu | ᛫ you ( nominative ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
though | þuge | ᛫ clay ᛫ | N | þōhe | OE | rhyme: plough? |
thought out | þougt ute | ᛫ planned ᛫ premeditated ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoughtache | þougtake | ᛫ angst ᛫ existential dread ᛫ cognitive dissonance ᛫ | N | thoughtache | NE | rare word |
thoughtfand | þougtfand | ᛫ a thought experiment ᛫ | N | thought+fand | NE+ME | |
thoughtful | þougtful | ᛫ considerate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoughtless | þougtless | ᛫ inconsiderate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thoughtline | þougtline | ᛫ a train of thought ᛫ a line of intellectual development ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
thoughtworld | þougtƿorld | ᛫ a worldview ᛫ a weltanschauung ᛫ | N | thought-world | NE | [OED] |
thousand thousand | þusand | ᛫ a million ᛫ | N | þusend þusend | OE | |
thousandlegs | þusandlegs | ᛫ a millipede ᛫ | N | thousand-legs | NE‹(E+N) | or: thousandshanks |
thove | þofe | ᛫ tufted ᛫ bushy ᛫ tufty ᛫ leafy ᛫ | AJ | thūfe&þūfe | ME&OE | rhyme: shove? |
Thrace | Þrase | ᛫ Thrace ᛫ | N(P) | ~[Thrācia] | NE‹O | |
thrake | þrake | ᛫ power ᛫ force ᛫ | N | þracu{threken} | OE | |
thrakefield | þrakefeeld | ᛫ a force field ᛫ | N | thrake+field | NE×2 | |
thrall | þrall | ᛫ slave ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹N | |
thralldom | þralldom | ᛫ subjugation ᛫ slavery ᛫ bondage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | |
thrave | þrafe | ᛫ to urge ᛫ to reprove ᛫ to rebuke ᛫ | V | þrafian | OE | |
thrax | þrax | ᛫ caries ( the rot of bone and teeth ) ᛫ | N | þreax | OE | |
thray | þray | ᛫ to rebuke ᛫ to reproach ᛫ to chastise ᛫ | V | thraien[þrēagan] | ME | |
threa | þrea | ᛫ a punishment ᛫ punishment ᛫ an infliction ᛫ | N | þrēa{thrē?} | OE | |
threadbare | þreadbare | ᛫ shabby ᛫ frayed ᛫ unoriginal ᛫ bland ᛫ cliche ᛫ banal ᛫ trite ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
threaden | þreaden | ᛫ textile ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thred | þred | ᛫ to deliberate ᛫ | V | þreodian | OE | |
threding | þreding | ᛫ deliberation ᛫ | N | þreodung | OE | |
threeawn | þreeaƿn | ᛫ an Aristida plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
threedealed | þreedealed | ᛫ having three parts ᛫ tripartite ᛫ | AJ | þridǣled | OE | |
threefold | þreefold | ᛫ triple ᛫ having three parts ᛬ triply ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
threehead | þreehead | ᛫ the triceps ᛫ | N | þrihēafdede | OE | |
threehirn | þreehirn | ᛫ a triangle ᛫ | N | þrihyrne | OE | |
threehirned | þreehirned | ᛫ triangular ᛫ | AJ | þrihyrnede | OE | |
threeling | þreeling | ᛫ a triplet ᛫ | N | three+ling | NE+NE | calque: drieling; Drilling |
threeness | þreeness | ᛫ trinity ᛫ trinality ᛫ triplicity ᛫ triformity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
threep | þreep | ᛫ an altercation ᛫ a quarrel ᛫ an argument ᛫ contention ᛬ to quarrel ᛫ to argue ᛫ to contend ᛫ | N᛬V | þrēpe[þrēap]&þrēpen | ME&ME | |
threesheet | þreesceet | ᛫ triangular ᛫ three-cornered ᛫ | AJ | þriscīte{shēte} | OE | |
threeside | þreeside | ᛫ a triangle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
threesided | þreesided | ᛫ triangular ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
threesome | þreesum | ᛫ a trio ᛫ a triad ᛫ a ménage à trois ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
threewheeler | þreehƿeeler | ᛫ any three-wheeled vehicle ᛫ a tricyle ᛫ a tuk-tuk ᛫ a rickshaw ᛫ an auto-rickshaw ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
thresh | þresc | ᛫ to move violently ᛫ to thrash ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
threshold | þrescold | ᛫ the bottom of a doorway ᛫ a limit before something happens ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
threst | þrest | ᛫ to press ᛫ to press together ᛫ to apply downward pressure ᛫ to pressure [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | ithrē̆sten[geþrǣstan] | ME | |
thriddendeal | þriddendeal | ᛫ a unit of liquid measure , often equivalent to one-third of a gallon ᛫ | N | thridden-dē̆l | ME | |
thrift | þrift | ᛫ prudence of money or resources ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thrifty | þrifty | ᛫ prudent with money or resources ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
thril | þril | ᛫ a hole ᛫ an opening ᛫ an aperture ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thrilap | þrilap | ᛫ a trilobite ᛫ | N | thri+lap | NE×2 | |
thrileaf | þrileaf | ᛫ a trefoil ᛫ | N | þrilēafe | OE | |
thrill | þrill | ᛫ a trembling from emotion ᛫ a cause of sudden excitement ᛬ to suddenly excite ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
thrilly | þrilly | ᛫ exciting ᛫ producing a thrill ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Thrimilk | Þrimilk | ᛫ May ᛫ | N(P) | þrimilce | OE | or: thirmilk (by analogy with thirteen) |
thrin | þrin | ᛫ a triplet ᛫ | N | thrin | NE | [OED] |
thriness | þriness | ᛫ a trinity ᛫ the Holy Trinity ᛫ | N | thrinnes[þrinness] | ME | |
thring | þring | ᛫ to press ᛫ to push ᛫ to crowd ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: thrang ᛫ PTCP: thrung |
thringing | þringing | ᛫ urgent ᛫ pressing ᛫ pressure ᛫ | AJ | thring+ing | ME+NE | |
thrinter | þrinter | ᛫ a three-year-old animal ᛫ something three years old [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | thrintǒur[þriwintre] | ME | equal to: three + winter |
thrist | þrist | ᛫ courageous ᛫ audacious ᛫ presumptuous ᛫ bold ᛫ rash ᛫ | AJ | thrīst[þrīst] | ME | rhyme: Christ |
thristledge | þristlecg | ᛫ to become presumptuous ᛫ to presume ᛫ | V | þrīstlǣcan | OE | |
thrithe | þriþe | ᛫ forces ( as in armies ) ᛫ | N | thrith&þrȳþ | ME&OE | "the word seems to occur only in the plural" |
thritheful | þriþeful | ᛫ mighty ᛫ powerful ᛫ strong ᛫ | AJ | þrȳþfull | OE | |
thritongued | þritunged | ᛫ trilingual ᛫ | AJ | thri+tongue+ed | NE×3 | |
thrive | þrife | ᛫ to flourish ᛫ to prosper ᛫ to grow ᛫ to be successful over a relatively long period ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
throatball | þroatball | ᛫ an Adam's apple ᛫ | N | thrōtebolle | ME | |
throattongue | þroattung | ᛫ a uvula ᛫ | N | tunge in the throte | ME | [OED] ᛫ rearranged bc the original is quite unwieldy |
throatwort | þroatƿurt | ᛫ a Campanula trachelium plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
throe | þroe | ᛫ a pang ᛫ a spasm ᛬ to suffer ᛫ to pain ᛫ to suffer martyrdom ᛫ | N᛬V | throe&þrowian | NE&OE | |
Throeingtide | Þroeingtide | ᛫ Passiontide ᛫ | N | þrowingtīd | OE | |
throendly | þroendly | ᛫ passive ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | þrowigendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
throer | þroer | ᛫ a sufferer ᛫ a martyr ᛫ | N | þrowere | OE | |
throng | þrong | ᛫ a crowd ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
throngfear | þrongfear | ᛫ agoraphobia ᛫ | N | throng+fear | NE×2 | |
throsomy | þrosomy | ᛫ smoky ᛫ vaporous ᛫ | AJ | þrosmig | OE | |
throssom | þrossom | ᛫ smoke ᛫ vapor ᛫ | N | þrosm | OE | |
throstle | þrostel | ᛫ a Turdus philomelos bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
throttle | þrottel | ᛫ a throat ᛫ a larynx ᛫ a throttle-valve ᛫ a throttle-control ᛬ to choke ᛫ to strangle [ᛏ] ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
through | þruge | ᛫ a coffin ᛫ a sarcophagus ᛫ a sarcophagus slab ᛫ a mausoleum ᛫ | N | thrūgh[þrūh] | ME | rhyme: plough |
through | þruge | ᛫ via ᛫ | P | ~ | NE | SEE NOTE FOR PRONUNCIATION |
throughbore | þrugebore | ᛫ to bore through ᛫ to perforate ᛫ to transfix ᛫ | V | thurghbōren | ME | |
throughbraid | þrugebraid | ᛫ to transport ᛫ | V | þurhbregdan | OE | |
throughfasten | þrugefasten | ᛫ to transfix ᛫ | V | þurhfæstnian | OE | |
throughgo | þrugego | ᛫ to go through ᛫ to pass through ᛫ | V | thurghgōn&thurghyẹ̄de | ME&ME | |
throughseek | þrougseek | ᛫ to scour ᛫ to examine thoroughly ᛫ to scrutinize ᛫ to ponder ᛫ to reflect on oneself ᛫ | V | thurghsẹ̄chen | ME | |
throughshine | þrugescine | ᛫ transparent ᛫ | AJ | throughshine | NE | |
throughsmow | þrugesmue | ᛫ to creep through ᛫ to pour over ᛫ | V | þurhsmūgan | OE | |
throughstand | þrugestand | ᛫ to persist ᛫ | V | þurhstandan | OE | |
throughtee | þrougtee | ᛫ to carry through ᛫ to achieve ᛫ to accomplish ᛫ | V | þurhtēon | OE | |
throughwon | þrugeƿun | ᛫ to continue [ᚾ] ᛫ to continue [ᛏ] ᛫ to remain ᛫ to endure ᛫ | V | thurghwǒnen[þurhwunian] | ME | |
throw | þroƿ | ᛫ an occasion ᛫ a circumstance ᛫ a relatively short period of time ᛫ an instant ᛫ a moment ᛫ | N | throu[þrāg/þrāh] | ME | |
throwend | þroƿend | ᛫ a scorpion ᛫ | N | þrowend | OE | |
Throwend | Þroƿend | ᛫ one of the Tronds ( a Norse people-group ) ? ᛫ | N(P) | þrowende | OE | kin: Trondheim? |
Throwend | Þroƿend | ᛫ Scorpio ᛫ | PN | þrowend | OE | |
throwing star | þroƿing star | ᛫ a shuriken ᛫ a ninja star ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
thrum | þrum | ᛫ a company of men ᛫ a host of men ᛫ a troop of men ᛫ grandeur ᛫ splendor ᛫ glory ᛫ | N | thrum[þrymm] | ME | |
thrumfast | þrumfast | ᛫ glorious ᛫ majestic ᛫ illustrious ᛫ mighty ᛫ | AJ | þrymfæst | OE | |
thrumfull | þrumfull | ᛫ glorious ᛫ majestic ᛫ illustrious ᛫ mighty ᛫ | AJ | þrymfull | OE | |
thrumly | þrumly | ᛫ magnificent ᛫ splendid ᛫ glorious ᛬ magnificently ᛫ splendidly ᛫ gloriously ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | þrymlīc&þrumlīce | OE | |
thrumsettle | þrumsettel | ᛫ a throne ᛫ | N | thrumsetle[þrymsetl] | ME | |
thrush | þrusc | ᛫ a Turdidae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
thrutch | þruc | ᛫ to push ᛫ to squeeze out ᛫ to pressure ᛫ to force ᛫ to press forward ᛫ to print [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | thricchen[þryccan/þrican] | ME | |
Thunder | Þunder | ᛫ ( an English god equivalent to Thor and equated with Jupiter ) ᛫ the planet Jupiter [ᚹ] ᛫ | N(P) | þunor[þuner] | OE | kin: "thunder" |
Thunderday | Þunderday | ᛫ Thursday ᛫ | N(P) | þundurday/þunresdæi | ME | SEE NOTE |
thunderfear | þunderfear | ᛫ astraphobia ᛫ | N | thunder+fear | NE×2 | |
Thunderly | Þunderly | ᛫ Jovian ᛫ | AJ | þunor+ly | OE+NE | |
Thundernight | Þundernigt | ᛫ the night following Thursday's dusk ᛫ Thursnight ᛫ | N(P) | þunresniht | OE | |
thung | þung | ᛫ any of several poisonous plants ᛫ | N | thung[þung] | ME | |
thungen | þungen | ᛫ grown ᛫ thriven ᛫ advanced ( in quality ) ᛫ | AJ | geþungen | OE | |
thunwang | þunƿang | ᛫ a temple ( anatomy ) ᛫ | N | thunwonge[þunwang] | ME | |
thunwangbone | þunƿangbone | ᛫ a temporal bone ᛫ | N | thunwang+bone | ME+NE | |
Thuring | Þuring | ᛫ one of the Thuringii ᛫ | N(P) | Þyringum | OE | |
Thuringland | Þuringland | ᛫ Thuringia ᛫ | N(P) | Þyringum+land | OE+NE | |
thurrock | þurrock | ᛫ a hold ( of a ship ) ᛫ a bilge ( of a ship ) ᛫ | N | thurrok[þurruc] | ME | |
thurse | þurse | ᛫ a kind of giant-like creature from Germanic mythology ᛫ a giant ᛫ a cyclops ᛫ an ogre ᛫ | N | thurs&þyrs | ME&OE | |
thus | þus | ᛫ in the manner now being indicated ᛫ accordingly ᛫ consequently ᛫ | AV | thus&thus | NE&ME | |
thwack | þƿack | ᛫ a sharp blow ᛬ to strike forcefully with a sharp blow ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
thwarst | þƿarst | ᛫ across ᛫ thwart ᛫ athwart ᛫ transversely ᛫ | AV&P | þweores | OE | |
thwart | þƿart | ᛫ to be across ᛫ to prevent an accomplishment ᛬ crosswise ᛫ transverse ᛫ counter ᛫ contrary ᛫ across ᛬ across ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬AV᛬P | ~[thwert] | NE‹‹N | see: thwares (for native alternative) |
thwartnick | þƿartnick | ᛫ an absolute denial ( law ) ᛫ a flat-out traverse of a plaintiff's charge ᛫ the privilege of so pleading ᛫ | V | thwertnik | ME‹(N+E) | [MEC] |
thwartoverness | þƿartoferness | ᛫ contrariness ᛫ | N | thwertō̆vernes | ME | |
thwartsome | þƿartsum | ᛫ adversative ᛫ | AJ | thwart+some | NE‹‹N+NE | invented by William Barnes |
thway | þƿay | ᛫ to wash ᛫ | V | þwēan | OE | |
thweal | þƿeal | ᛫ a towel ᛫ | N | þwǣle | OE | kin: towel; þwēan; Zwehle |
thwean | þƿean | ᛫ to soften with moisture ᛫ | V | þwǣnan | OE | |
thwear | þƿear | ᛫ to agree ᛫ to make accordant ᛫ to become in accord ᛫ to make harmonious ᛬ agreeable ᛫ harmonious ᛫ compatible [ᚹ] ᛫ | V᛬AJ | geþwǣrian&þwǣre | OE&OE | |
thwearhue | þƿearheƿ | ᛫ a complementary colour ᛫ | N | þwǣre+hue | OE+NE | literally: harmonious-hue |
thwearledge | þƿearlecg | ᛫ to become in harmony with ᛫ to become compatible [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | ithwǣrlēchen | ME | |
thwearness | þƿearness | ᛫ agreement ᛫ harmony ᛫ peace ᛫ consonnance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | geþwǣrnes | OE | |
thwire | þƿire | ᛫ to oppose ᛬ obstinate ᛫ perverse ᛫ crooked ᛫ cross ᛫ | V᛬AJ | thwīre[þwīr]&þweorian | OE&ME | related word: þweorh |
thwirely | þƿirely | ᛫ reversed ᛫ contrary ᛫ opposite ᛫ adverse ᛫ perverse ᛬ awry ᛫ askew ᛫ obstinately ᛫ flatly ( of refusal ) ᛫ perversely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | þweorlīc&þweorlīce | OE&OE | |
thwireness | þƿireness | ᛫ crookedness ᛫ opposition ᛫ perversity ᛫ | N | þweorness | OE | |
thwoast | þƿoast | ᛫ to murmur ᛫ | V | þwāstrian | OE | |
thy | þy | ᛫ your ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
thyself | þyself | ᛫ yourself ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
tich | tic | ᛫ a kid ( a young goat ) ᛫ | N | tiche | ME | |
tid | ᛫ tender ᛫ soft ᛫ nice ᛫ | AJ | tidbit | NE | ||
tidbit | ᛫ a small piece of tasty food ᛫ a small and interesting item of information or gossip ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tidder | ᛫ to treat with tenderness to fondle ᛬ frail ᛫ | V᛬AJ | tidder&tȳdre | NE&OE | ||
tidderness | ᛫ frailty ᛫ | N | tīderness | OE | ||
tide | ᛫ a time ᛫ a period ᛫ a tense ( grammatical term ) ᛬ to happen ᛫ to befall ᛫ to betide ᛫ | N᛬V | tide&tīd&&tīdan | NE&NE&OE | ||
tideghost | tidegoast | ᛫ a zeitgeist ᛫ an ethos of an age ᛫ | N | tide+ghost | NE×2 | calque: Zeitgeist |
tidely | ᛫ temporal ᛫ chronological ᛫ temporary ᛫ | AJ | tide+ly | NE×2 | calque: zeitlich | |
tider | ᛫ to have offspring ᛫ to beget offspring ᛫ to multiply ᛫ | V | tidren | ME | kin: tūdor | |
tidewave | tideƿafe | ᛫ a tsunami ᛫ | N | tide+wave | NE×2 | calque: tidal wave |
tideword | tideƿord | ᛫ a verb ᛫ | N | tide+word | NE×2 | calque: tiidwurd |
tidewrit | tideƿrit | ᛫ a magazine ᛫ | N | tide+writ | NE×2 | calque: tijdschrift |
tidewriter | tideƿriter | ᛫ a chronicler ᛫ an annalist ᛫ | N | tīdwrītere | OE | |
tidings | ᛫ news ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tidy | ᛫ neat ᛫ timely ᛫ seasonable ᛫ opportune ᛫ orderly ᛫ ordered ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
tie | ᛫ a link ᛫ a connection ᛬ to link ᛫ to connect ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
tield | teeld | ᛫ a tent ᛫ a canopy or an awning over a boat ᛬ to pitch a tent ᛫ to set a trap ᛫ to erect something ᛫ | N᛬V | tē̆ld&tē̆lden | ME&ME | |
tigercat | ᛫ any variegated wildcat ᛫ a serval ᛫ an ocelot ᛫ an oncilla ᛫ a margay ᛫ a quoll ᛫ | N | tiger cat | NE‹(E‹I+E) | ||
tight | tigt | ᛫ a practice ᛫ a way of conduct ᛫ | N | tight[tyht] | ME | kin: tee |
tight | tigt | ᛫ to drag something ᛫ to hoist ᛫ to advance to somewhere ᛫ to entice ᛫ to incite ᛫ to instruct ᛫ to train someone ᛫ to discipline someone ᛫ | V | tighten | ME | |
tights | tigts | ᛫ pantyhose ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tile | ᛫ a brick ᛫ a tile ᛫ | N | tigel | OE‹I | ||
tilestone | ᛫ a tile of stone ᛫ | N | tīlestōn[tigelstān] | ME‹(Þ‹I+E) | ||
till | ᛫ to prepare and cultivate land for crops ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
till | ᛫ apt ᛫ suitable ᛫ adequate ᛫ appropriate ᛫ | AJ | til | OE | ||
till | ᛫ a fixed point ᛫ station ᛫ | N | till | OE | ||
tillman | ᛫ a husbandman ᛫ a farmer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tillmoody | ᛫ noble-minded ᛫ | AJ | tilmōdig | OE | ||
tilt | ᛫ incline ᛫ bias ᛫ a jousting contest ᛬ to cause to have an inclination [ᛏ] ᛫ to charge against [ᚾ] ᛫ to joust [ᚾ] ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[tulten/tilten] | NE | [MW] | |
tilt | ᛫ a canopy for a wagon , boat , or stall ᛬ to provide with a tilt ᛫ | N | ~[teld][telte] | NE | [MW] | |
tilth | tilþ | ᛫ agriculture ᛫ cultivation ᛫ tillage ᛫ prepared surface soil ᛫ culture [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | tilth&tilth | NE&ME | |
timber | ᛫ wood for construction ᛬ to construct ᛫ | N᛬V | timber&timbran | NE&OE | ||
timeframe | ᛫ a period of time ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
timekeeper | ᛫ a timepiece ( such as a clock or a watch ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
timelore | ᛫ chronology ᛫ | N | time+lore | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes | |
timely | ᛫ at a favourable time ᛫ opportune ᛫ seasonable ᛫ temporal ᛫ temporary ᛫ transient ᛫ | AJ | ~[tīmelī][tīmlīce] | NE | [OED] | |
timesare | ᛫ a time machine ᛫ | N | time+searu | NE+OE | calque: time machine | |
timetoken | ᛫ a time signature ᛫ | N | time+token | NE×2 | calque: Taktbezeichnung | |
timewise | timeƿise | ᛫ temporal ᛫ chronological ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
timpan | • a drum • | N | tympan | ANE‹‹OE‹I | [OED] | |
tind | ᛫ to set on fire ᛫ to kindle ᛫ to ignite ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | Related to "tinder". | |
tinderbox | ᛫ a potentially dangerous place or situation ᛫ a crisis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tine | ᛫ a point ᛫ a spike ᛫ | N | ~[tind] | NE | ||
tine | ᛫ to enclose ᛫ | V | tine[tun] | OE | ||
tinglass | ᛫ bismuth ( element ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tinmouth | tinmuþe | ᛫ a Pomoxys annularis fish ( a crappie ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tinstone | ᛫ cassiterite ᛫ native tin dioxide ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tintrey | ᛫ torment ᛫ torture ᛫ | N | tintreg | OE | point-agony (tind-treg)? extend-agony (tinnan+treg)? | |
tintreythane | tintreyþane | ᛫ an officer in charge of torture or execution ᛫ | N | tintregþegn | OE | |
tire | ᛫ glory ᛫ | N | tīr[tīr] | ME | ||
tire | ᛫ to feel or make weary ᛫ to lose interest in ᛫ to bore ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
tiresome | tiresum | ᛫ boring ᛫ tedious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
tish | tisc | ᛫ a buzzard ᛫ | N | tysca | OE | or: tisk? |
tit | ᛫ a teat ᛫ a mammary gland ᛫ a nipple ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | teat is Frankish | |
titch | tic | ᛫ a young goat ᛫ | N | tiche | ME | |
tithe | tiþe | ᛫ a tenth ᛬ to give a tithe of something ᛫ to decimate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
tithing | tiþing | ᛫ an administrative region below hundreds ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Titicaca Mere | ᛫ Lake Titicaca ᛫ | N(P) | Titicaca+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
titling | ᛫ an Anthus pratensis bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
titmouse | titmuse | ᛫ a Paridae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tiver | tifer | ᛫ cinnabar ᛫ the orange red hue of cinnabar [ᚹ] ᛬ to paint ( with cinnabar ? ) ᛫ | N᛬V | teafur[tēafor]&atiefran | ME | |
tiver | tifer | ᛫ a sacrifice ᛫ an offering ᛫ a victim ᛫ | N | tiber[tifer] | OE | |
tivering | tifering | ᛫ painting ᛫ | N | tīfrung | OE | |
to boot | ᛫ in addition ᛫ as well ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
to wit | ƿit | ᛫ that is to say ᛫ namely ᛫ specifically ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | originally: that is to wit |
toadstool | ᛫ mushroom ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
toady | ᛫ a sycophant ᛫ a charlatan's assistant ᛬ to engage in sycophancy ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | or: toadeater (original) | |
toaker | ᛫ one's husband's brother ᛫ | N | tācor | OE | ||
Toba Mere | ᛫ Lake Toba ᛫ | N(P) | Toba+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
toburst | ᛫ to rupture ᛫ | V | toborstennisse | ME | ||
toburstenness | ᛫ a rupture ᛫ | N | toborstennisse | ME | ||
tocome | tocum | ᛫ an arrival ᛫ a coming ᛫ the future ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
todeal | ᛫ to divide ᛫ to distribute ᛫ to part ᛫ to separate ᛫ | N᛬V | tōdǣlan | OE | ||
todealedness | ᛫ a division ᛫ a distinction ᛫ a separation ᛫ | N | tōdǣledness | OE | ||
todo | ᛫ a commotion ᛫ a fuss ᛫ | N | todo | NE | ||
todrive | ᛫ to disperse ᛫ to scatter ᛫ to drive away ᛫ to drive out ᛫ to shatter and disperse into pieces ᛫ | V | tọ̄̆drēven[tōdrīfan] | ME | ||
toebone | ᛫ a phalanx of a toe ( anatomy ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tofall | ᛫ an incident ᛫ a befalling ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tofall | ᛫ a coincidence ᛫ | N | to+fall | NE×2 | calque: toeval; Zufall | |
tofare | ᛫ to go in different directions ᛫ to go off separately ᛫ to part ways ᛫ | V | tōfaran | OE | ||
tofloat | ᛫ to float in different directions ᛫ to be dispersed by water ᛫ | V | tōflēotan | OE | ||
tofore | ᛫ in front ᛫ first ᛫ first in importance ᛫ previously ᛬ in front of ᛫ in or into the presence of ᛫ prior to ᛫ preceding ᛫ | AV᛬P | tofore | ME | has conjunction meaning too but I could not make much sense of it so I will return to it later | |
tofore that | þat | ᛫ prior to when ᛫ | C | tofore þat | ME | "To-fore þat þe mounteins were made" - c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)89.2 |
togang | ᛫ access ᛫ admission ᛫ | N | to+gang | NE×2 | calque: tagang | |
token | ᛫ sign ᛫ badge ᛫ marking ᛫ mark ᛫ symbol ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tokenbearer | ᛫ a signifier ᛫ a standard bearer ᛫ | N | tācnberend | OE | ||
tokening | ᛫ a representation ᛫ an indication of something's true condition ᛫ evidence ᛫ gesturing ᛫ a memorial ᛫ a memento ᛫ | N | tōkning | ME | ||
toknow | toknoƿ | ᛫ to discern ᛫ to distinguish ᛫ to know the difference between ᛫ | V | tọ̄̆knouen&tōcnāwan | ME&OE | |
tolimb | ᛫ to dismember ᛫ to remove a limb ᛫ | V | tọ̄̆limen | ME | ||
tolithe | toliþe | ᛫ to dismember ᛫ | V | tolithen [tōliþian] | ME | |
toll | ᛫ tax ᛫ assessment ᛫ fee ᛫ | N | toln | ME | ||
toller | ᛫ a toll-taker ᛫ tax-gatherer ᛫ | N | tollere | OE | ||
toname | ᛫ a surname ᛫ a nickname ᛫ epithet ᛫ | N | toname | ME | ||
tone | ᛫ a twig ᛫ a twig or piece of wood used in augury divination or casting lots ᛫ | N | tān | OE | found in: mistletoe | |
tonglings | ᛫ forceps ᛫ | N | tong+ling+s | NE×3 | invented by William Barnes | |
tongue | tung | ᛫ a lingua ᛫ a language ᛫ an odontophore ᛫ a proboscis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tonguebone | tungbone | ᛫ a hyoid bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tonguefall | tungfall | ᛫ an accent ( in speech ) ᛫ | N | tongue+fall | NE×2 | calque: tongval |
tonguely | tungly | ᛫ lingual ᛬ lingually ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
tool | ᛫ an instrument ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tooler | ᛫ a mechanic ᛫ a technician ᛫ | N | tool+er | NE×2 | ||
toolfall | ᛫ the instrumental case ᛫ | N | tool+fyll | NE+OE | ||
toom | ᛫ empty ᛫ | AJ | ~[tōm] | NE | ||
toot | ᛫ to pry ᛫ to spy ᛫ to peep ᛫ to peek ᛫ to peer ᛫ | V | tōten[tōtian] | ME | ||
tooth | tooþ | ᛫ to indent ᛫ to serrate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
toothed | tooþed | ᛫ dentate ᛫ indented ᛫ jagged ᛫ serrated ᛫ cogged ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
toothleech | tooþleec | ᛫ a dentist ᛫ | N | tooth+leech | NE×2 | |
toothless | tooþless | ᛫ ineffectual ᛫ lacking in means to enforce something ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
toothly | tooþly | ᛫ dental ᛫ dentally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
toothsome | tooþsum | ᛫ delicious ᛫ scrumptious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
topside | ᛫ the upper outer surface of the ship above the waterline ᛬ above decks such as on the bridge ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
topsyturviness | topsyturfiness | ᛫ chaos ᛫ disorder ᛫ | N | topsyturviness | NE | |
topsyturvy | topsyturfy | ᛫ backwards ᛫ upside-down ᛫ chaotic ᛬ backwards ᛫ upside-down ᛫ chaotically ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | topsyturvy | NE | |
tor | ᛫ a peak which is rocky ᛫ a hill which is rocky ᛫ | N | tor[torr] | ME‹‹C | ||
tor | ᛫ a tower ᛫ | N | torr | OE‹I | ||
torght | torgt | ᛫ to make clear ᛬ bright ᛫ splendid ᛫ beautiful ᛫ clear ᛬ beautifully ᛫ clearly ᛫ splendidly ᛫ | V᛬AJ᛬AV | torhte&torht&torhtian | ME&OE&OE | |
torghtly | torgtly | ᛫ splendid ᛬ splendidly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | torhtlīc&torhtlīce | OE | |
torghtness | torgtness | ᛫ glory ᛫ splendour ᛫ | N | torhtness | OE | |
torn | ᛫ anger ᛫ wrath ᛫ trouble ᛬ bitter ᛫ | N᛬AJ | torn | OE | ||
tornquid | torncƿid | ᛫ an utterance that causes grief ᛫ bitter grievous or distressing words ᛫ | N | torncwide | OE | |
torve | torf | ᛫ to throw ᛫ to pelt ᛫ | V | torven[torfian] | ME | |
toshrithe | toscriþe | ᛫ to split apart ᛫ | V | tọ̄̆shrīthen[tōscrīþan] | ME | |
touder | tuder | ᛫ offspring ᛫ progeny ᛫ a foetus ᛫ a fetus ᛫ a race ᛫ a breed ᛫ product ᛫ | N | tūder&tūdor | ME&OE | |
tout | tute | ᛫ to promote ᛫ to publicize ᛫ to advertise ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
toward | toƿard | ᛫ future ᛫ approaching ᛫ promising ᛫ docile ᛫ obedient ᛫ cooperative ᛬ towards ᛫ | AJ᛬P | toward&tōweard | NE&OE | |
toward tide | toƿard | ᛫ the future tense ᛬ of the future tense ᛫ | N᛬AJ | toward tīd | OE | |
towardness | toƿardness | ᛫ the future ᛫ | N | tōweardness | OE | |
town green | tune | ᛫ a town square ( esp one covered in grass ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
toyear | togere | ᛫ this year ᛫ | N&AV | to-year | NE | |
toyen | togen | ᛫ in defence against ᛫ in moral opposition to ᛫ | P | toyēn | ME | |
traughten | traugten | ᛫ to expound ᛫ to explain ᛫ | V | trahtnen[trahtnian] | ME | |
tread | ᛫ to walk upon ᛫ to walk along ᛫ to trot ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: trod ᛫ PTCP: trodden; treaded | |
treadle | treadel | ᛫ a pedal ᛫ a foot lever ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
treehoney | treehunny | ᛫ syrup ᛫ treacle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | poorly attested |
treely | ᛫ arboreal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
treen | ᛫ small domestic wooden objects ( esp antiques ) ᛬ made of tree ᛫ wooden ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
treewright | treeƿrigt | ᛫ a carpenter ᛫ | N | trēowwyrhta | OE | |
trend | ᛫ a general direction in which something is developing or changing ᛫ a fashion ᛬ to bend ᛫ to roll ᛫ to revolve ᛫ to turn ᛫ | N᛬V | trend&trenden | NE&ME | ||
trendle | trendel | ᛫ an orb ᛫ a sphere ᛬ to roll ᛫ to roll around ᛫ | N᛬V | trendel[trendel]&trendlen | ME&ME | |
trendled | trendelled | ᛫ rounded ᛫ round ᛫ circular ᛫ | AJ | trendled | ME | "mið wite spottes sawen al wit & trendled als a wel" |
trendsetter | ᛫ A fashionista ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
trendy | ᛫ new and fashionable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
trey | ᛫ affliction ᛫ suffering ᛫ pain ᛫ vexation ᛫ grievance ᛬ to afflict ᛫ to vex ᛫ to annoy ᛫ to irritate ᛫ to bother ᛫ | N | treien[trega/tregian] | ME | ||
trim | ᛫ to remove excess ᛫ to shorten something's length ᛬ neat ᛫ in shape ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~[trimmen][trymman] | NE | ||
trimmer | ᛫ a political pragmatist ᛫ a political opportunist ᛫ a political moderate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
trind | ᛫ a ball ?᛫ | N | trinda | OE | ||
trod | ᛫ a track ᛫ a foot print ᛫ a trace ᛫ | N | trod | ME | ||
troth | troþ | ᛫ faith ᛫ a religion ᛫ a creed ᛫ a doctrine ᛫ loyalty ᛫ fidelity ᛫ allegiance ᛫ adherence to one's oaths ᛫ | N | troth&treuth | NE&ME | |
troth | troþ | ᛫ ( denotes allegiance ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | troth&treuth | NE&ME | |
trothful | troþful | ᛫ faithful ᛫ loyal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
trothless | troþless | ᛫ unfaithful ᛫ disloyal ᛫ impious ᛫ undevout ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
trothplight | troþpligt | ᛫ a betrothal ᛬ to betroth ᛬ betrothed ᛬ engaged ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
trough | troug | ᛫ a duct ᛫ a minimum ( mathematics ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | rhyme: scoff |
trouth | truþe | ᛫ a trumpeter ᛫ | N | trūþ | OE | |
trow | troƿ | ᛫ to trust ᛫ to believe in ᛫ to have faith in ᛫ | V | ~[trēowan] | NE | rhyme: grow ᛫ [LEX] |
trowfast | troƿfast | ᛫ loyal ᛫ faithful ᛫ | AJ | trēowfæst | OE | |
trowless | troƿless | ᛫ faithless ᛫ infidel ᛫ | AJ | trēowlēas | OE | |
truce | treƿs | ᛫ a pledge ᛫ a treaty ᛫ an armistice ᛬ to pledge ᛫ | N᛬V | truce&getrȳwþ | NE&OE | |
truck | ᛫ to fail ( at something ) ᛫ to fail ( a duty ) ᛫ to be insufficient ᛫ to be deficient ᛫ | V | truken&trucian | ME&OE | ||
true allow | treƿ alloƿ | ᛫ an Aloe vera plant ᛫ | N | true+alewe | NE+OE | calque: true aloe |
trum | ᛫ firm ᛫ safeguarded ᛫ | AJ | trum&trum | ME&OE | kin: trim | |
trum | ᛫ a troop of soldiers ᛫ an army ᛫ forces ( as in armies ) ᛫ a company ᛫ a military array ᛫ | N | trume&truma | ME&OE | kin: sheltron | |
trundle | trundel | ᛫ to move or cause to move slowly and heavily typically in a noisy or uneven way ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
truse | treƿs | ᛫ to swear to the truth of ᛫ to guarantee [ᚹ] ᛫ | V | treousen[trēowsian/trȳwsian] | ME | |
trustworthy | trustƿorþy | ᛫ reliable ᛫ dependable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
trusty | ᛫ reliable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
truthful | treƿþful | ᛫ honest ᛫ sincere ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
truthfulness | treƿþfulness | ᛫ honesty ᛫ sincerity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Tuesday | Teƿsday | ᛫ Tuesday ᛫ | N(P) | ~{tisday/tisdæi/tyseday} | NE | or: Tyesday |
Tuesnight | Teƿsnigt | ᛫ the night following Tuesday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~[tīwesniht] | NE | or: Tyesnight |
tumb | ᛫ to dance ᛫ to jump ᛫ to dance and jump about ᛫ | V | tumben[tumbian] | ME | kin: "tumble" | |
tun | ᛫ a large cask ᛫ a fermenting vat ᛫ 2240 pounds ( by extension an indefinite large quantity ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | not the same as "tonne" | |
tunereeve | tunereef | ᛫ a praetor ᛫ a bailiff ᛫ | N | tūngerēfa | OE | |
tungle | tungel | ᛫ a planet ᛫ a moon ᛫ | N | tungol | ME | meaning has been narrowed |
tunglecraft | tungelcraft | ᛫ planetology ᛫ | N | tungolcræfte | ME | meaning has been modernised |
tungler | tungeller | ᛫ an astronomer ᛫ | N | tunglere | OE | |
tunsingwort | tunsingƿurt | ᛫ a Veratrum album plant ( white hellebore ) | N | tunsingwurt | ME | |
turd | ᛫ a piece of solid faeces ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
turdle | turdel | ᛫ a pellet of faeces ( like that of a sheep ) ᛫ | N | tirdel[tyrdlu] | ME | |
turf | ᛫ territory ᛫ an area of influence ᛫ the top layer of Earth with grass ᛫ sod ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
turfen | ᛫ made of turf ᛫ covered with turf ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
Turkana Mere | ᛫ Lake Turkana ᛫ | N(P) | Turkana+mere | NE‹O+NE | ||
tusk | ᛫ a tenon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: tush (from a Middle English alternative) | |
twain | tƿain | ᛫ two ᛬ to split into two ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
twaincloud | tƿainclude | ᛫ cumulostratus ᛫ | N | twain cloud | NE | [MW] |
tweak | tƿeak | ᛫ modification ᛬ to modify ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
tweam | tƿeam | ᛫ to divide ᛫ to separate ᛫ to cause dissent among ᛫ to estrange ᛫ | V | twēmen/tweamen&twǣman | ME&OE | |
tweaming | tƿeaming | ᛫ a division ᛫ a separation ᛫ a distinction ᛫ | N | twǣming | OE | |
tween | tƿeen | ᛫ doubt ᛫ ambiguity ᛫ uncertainty ᛬ to doubt ᛫ to question ( as in to lack confidence in ) ᛫ | N᛬V | tweon[twēon]&tweonen | ME&ME | OE also had "twēo" |
tweenbrain | tƿeenbrain | ᛫ the diencephalon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tweenendly | tƿeenendly | ᛫ dubitative ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | tweōnigendlīc/twȳnigendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
tweenle | tƿeenel | ᛫ doubtful ᛫ ambiguous ᛫ uncertain ᛫ | AJ | twēonol | OE | |
Twelve Tokens | Tƿelf | ᛫ the Zodiac ᛫ | N | twelf tacna | OE | |
twelvefold | tƿelffold | ᛫ duodecuple ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | [OED] |
twi | tƿi | ᛫ duo- ᛫ bi- ᛫ do- ᛫ double- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
twibill | tƿibill | ᛫ an axe , halberd , or mattock which is double bladed ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | equivalent to twi-bill ᛫ [LEX] |
twichore | tƿicore | ᛫ a double duty ᛬ double duty ᛫ | N᛬AJ | twi+chore | NE×2 | |
twiddle | tƿiddel | ᛫ a tilde ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | name used in mathematics ᛫ or: squiggle |
twifoldly | tƿifoldly | ᛫ double ᛫ dual ᛫ | AJ | twīfoldlī | ME | |
twig | tƿig | ᛫ a branch ( esp a small one ) ᛫ | N | twig&twig | NE&OE | |
twiganger | tƿiganger | ᛫ Doppelgänger ᛫ | N | twi+gang+er | NE×3 | calque: Doppelgänger |
twihorned | tƿihorned | ᛫ bicornous ᛫ | AJ | twi+horned | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
twill | tƿill | ᛫ a fabric with a twill weave ᛬ to weave such a pattern ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
twin | tƿin | ᛫ a double ᛬ double ᛫ dual ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
twinay | tƿinay | ᛫ double negative ᛫ | N | twi+nay | NE×2 | |
twine | tƿine | ᛫ a string of two or more strands twisted together ᛫ a twist ᛫ a convolution ᛬ to twist ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
twinge | tƿincg | ᛫ a sharp pain ᛫ a pang ᛬ to pinch ᛫ to cause a sharp pain ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
Twins | Tƿins | ᛫ Gemini ᛫ | N(P) | þe Twynnes | ME | or: Twissen/Atwissen/Twisses/Atwisses (OE getwisan) |
twinter | tƿinter | ᛫ a two year old creature ᛫ | N | twinter | ME | equal to: twi-winter |
twinword | tƿinƿord | ᛫ a doublet word ᛫ | N | twin+word | NE×2 | |
twispeech | tƿispeec | ᛫ deceit ᛫ slander ᛫ | N | twispeche | ME | |
twissel | tƿissel | ᛫ a double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree ᛫ a junction ᛫ a road or river fork ᛬ double ᛫ twofold ᛫ | N᛬AJ | twissel&twisla[twis] | NE&OE | |
twist | tƿist | ᛫ to writhe ᛫ to contort ᛫ to twine ᛫ to coil ᛫ to turn ᛫ to sprain ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
twister | tƿister | ᛫ a tornado ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
twitchen | tƿiccen | ᛫ a narrow passage ᛫ a lane ᛫ an alley ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
twiteethed | tƿiteeþed | ᛫ bidental ᛫ | AJ | twi+teethed | NE×2 | |
twitongued | tƿitunged | ᛫ bilingual ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
twiway | tƿiƿay | ᛫ a place where two roads meet ᛫ | N | twiweg | OE | |
twiway | tƿiƿay | ᛫ a crossroads of two roads ᛫ | N | twiweg | OE | |
twiwield | tƿiƿeeld | ᛫ dyarchy / diarchy ᛫ | N | twi+wield | NE | |
twodeal | tƿodeal | ᛫ a two-piece swimsuit ( a bikini ) ᛫ | N | two-piece | NE‹(E+I) | |
twofold | tƿofold | ᛫ double ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
twofooted | tƿofooted | ᛫ bipedal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
twoling | tƿoling | ᛫ a doublet [ᚹ] ᛫ a twin crystal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
twoness | tƿoness | ᛫ duality ᛫ doubleness ᛫ duplicity ᛫ biformity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
twosided | tƿosided | ᛫ bilateral ᛫ | AJ | two+sided | NE×2 | |
twosome | tƿosum | ᛫ a couple ᛫ a pair ᛫ a duo ᛫ a duet ᛫ a diad ᛫ a duad ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
twoth | tƿoþ | ᛫ second ( a second thing ) ᛬ second ( second place in a sequence ) ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | this word has an analogy with Dutch's "tweede" |
twowheeler | tƿohƿeeler | ᛫ a bicycle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
tye | ᛫ a box of small size ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
tye | ᛫ a piece of enclosed land ᛫ a pasture ᛫ a common ᛫ | N | tye&tye[tīg] | NE&ME | kin: zīh (OHG)?; teigur (Icelandic)? | |
tye | ᛫ a pull ᛫ a tug ᛫ | N | tyge | OE | ||
Tye | ᛫ an English god equivalent to Norse Tyr ᛫ the planet Mars ᛫ | N(P) | tī{tig/tiig?} | OE | or: Tew (Cotton MS Cleopatra A III f.64r) ᛫ kin: Tuesday | |
Tyeling | ᛫ a Martian ᛫ an inhabitant of Mars ᛫ | N | tī+ling{earthling} | OE+NE | analogy: Earthling ᛫ or: Tyeman (analogy: Earthman) | |
Tyely | ᛫ Martian ᛫ | AJ | tī+ly | OE+NE | ||
Ukraine | Ucraine | ᛫ Ukraine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹O | or: Ocraine ᛫ IPA: /ʊkɹeɪn/ or /ukɹeɪn/ (see note) |
umb | ᛫ around ( both locational and temporal ) ᛫ concerning ᛫ regarding ᛫ after ( temporal ) ᛫ | P | umbe | ME | ||
umb | ᛫ circum- ᛫ | PREFIX | umb[ymb] | ME | ||
umbecast | ᛫ to travel around ᛫ to explore ᛫ to cast about ᛫ to ponder ᛫ | V | umbecasten | ME | ||
umbeight | umbeigt | ᛫ a collection ᛫ a combination ᛫ a collation ᛫ | N | ymbeaht | OE | |
umbethink | umbeþink | ᛫ to remind oneself ᛫ to consider [ᛏ] ᛫ to remember ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | umb-be-think |
umbfang | ᛫ to circumscribe ᛫ to encompass ᛫ to surround ᛫ | V | unymbfangen/umbfōn | OE | ||
umbfare | ᛫ a circuit ᛫ a going around ᛫ | N | ymbfær | OE | ||
umbflow | umbfloƿ | ᛫ a circulation of fluid ᛫ | N | umb+flow | NE×2 | |
umbgang | ᛫ a circling ᛫ a circuit ᛫ a circumference ᛫ | N | ymbgang | OE | ||
umbgo | ᛫ to encompass ᛫ to surround ᛫ | V | umbegon | ME | ||
umbhang | ᛫ to hang round with clothing or ornament ᛫ to drape ᛫ to deck ᛫ | V | ymbhōn | OE | ||
umbhow | umbhoƿ | ᛫ solicitude ᛫ anxiety ᛬ solicitous ᛫ anxious ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ymbhoga | OE | |
umblithe | umbliþe | ᛫ to circumnavigate ᛫ | V | ymblīþan | OE | |
umbloater | ᛫ a spectator ᛫ an observer ᛫ | N | ymbwlātend | OE | ||
umbloud | umblude | ᛫ an umlaut ᛫ | N | umb+loud | ME+NE | calque: Umlaut |
umbset | ᛫ to siege ᛫ to blockade ᛬ set around ᛫ | AJ&P | ymbset&ymbgesett | OE&OE | ||
umbsnithe | umbsniþe | ᛫ to circumcise ᛫ | V | ymbsnīþan | OE | |
umbspeak | ᛫ to discuss ᛫ | V | ymbsprecan | OE | ||
umbspeech | umbspeec | ᛫ discussion ᛫ | N | umbsprǣc | OE | |
umbstandness | ᛫ circumstances ᛫ | N | ymbstandenness | OE | ||
umbtrim | ᛫ to surround ᛫ to fortify ᛫ | V | ymbtrymian | OE | ||
umbtrimming | ᛫ a fortification ᛫ | N | ymbtrymming | OE | ||
umbwend | umbƿend | ᛫ to transform ᛫ to convert ᛫ | N | ymbwendan | OE | |
umbwharft | umbhƿarft | ᛫ a circle ᛫ an orbit ᛫ | N | ymbhwyrft | OE | |
umbwharve | umbhƿarf | ᛫ to revolve around ᛫ to orbit around ᛫ | V | ymbhweorfan | OE | |
unache | unake | ᛫ to relieve from pain ᛫ soothe ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unakin | ᛫ unrelated ᛫ dissimilar ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unalike | ᛫ different ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unalikeness | ᛫ difference ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
unamete | ᛫ immeasurable ᛫ immense ᛬ immeasurably ᛫ immensely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | unimēte | ME | ||
unanswering | unansƿering | ᛫ unresponsive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unanyetty | ᛫ nonsensical ᛫ | AJ | un+andȝet+y | NE+ME+NE | ||
unathelness | unaþelness | ᛫ ignobility ᛫ | N | unæþelness | OE | |
unbelief | unbeleef | ᛫ disbelief ᛫ an absence of religious belief ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unbeliever | unbeleefer | ᛫ a nonbeliever ᛫ a heretic ᛫ a heathen ᛫ | N | unbeliever | NE | |
unbidden | ᛫ uninvited ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unbiseny | ᛫ irregular ᛫ unruly ᛫ | AJ | un+bīsen+y | NE+ME+NE | ||
unblithe | unbliþe | ᛫ melancholic ᛫ | AJ | unblithe | ME | |
unbodied | ᛫ incorporeal ᛫ formless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unbodily | ᛫ incorporeal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
unbootly | ᛫ irremediable ᛫ without remedy ᛫ | AJ | unbotelich | ME | ||
unbraid | ᛫ to disentangle ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unbuild | unbild | ᛫ to deconstruct ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unburden | ᛫ to exonerate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
uncanny | ᛫ strange in an unsettling way ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unchurch | uncirc | ᛫ to excommunicate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹(E+H) | |
unclothe | uncloþe | ᛫ to undress ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
uncouth | uncooþ | ᛫ clumsy ᛫ awkward ᛫ crude ᛫ rude ᛫ unrefined ᛫ unfamiliar ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
uncouthness | uncooþness | ᛫ unfamiliarity ᛫ crudeness ᛫ impoliteness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
undear | ᛫ cheap ᛫ disesteemed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
undeathshildiness | undeaþscildiness | ᛫ immortality ᛫ | N | undethshildiȝnesse | ME | |
undeed | ᛫ an ill deed ᛫ an evil action ᛫ a crime ᛫ a misdeed ᛫ | N | undǣd | OE | ||
under | ᛫ sub- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | ||
underbear | ᛫ to support ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] | |
underborough | underboroug | ᛫ a suburb ᛫ | N | underburh | OE | |
underborougher | underborouger | ᛫ an inhabitant of a suburb ᛫ | N | underburhware | OE | |
underbow | underboƿ | ᛫ to submit ᛫ | V | underbugan | OE | |
undercome | undercum | ᛫ to be affected by ᛫ to undergo ᛫ to submit ᛫ to come through ᛫ to come under ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
undercut | ᛫ to offer goods or services at a lower price than a competitor ᛫ to undermine ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
underdelve | underdelf | ᛫ to undermine ᛫ | V | underdelven[underdelfan] | ME | |
underfang | ᛫ to receive ᛫ to accept ᛫ to assume ( a position or office ) ᛫ | V | underfongen | ME | ||
undergo | ᛫ to experience ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: underwent; underyede ᛫ PTCP: undergone | |
underground | undergrund | ᛫ a subway ᛫ a metro ᛫ a subterranean space or channel ᛬ subterranean ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
underhanded | ᛫ clandestine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
underking | ᛫ a viceroy ᛫ a petty king ᛫ a tribal ruler ᛫ | N | underking | ME | ||
underlet | ᛫ to sublet ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
underlie | ᛫ to be the basis foundation or cause of something ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
underling | ᛫ a subordinate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
underly | ᛫ inferior ᛬ at a lower level ᛫ insufficiently ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
underlying | ᛫ implicit ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
undermakeup | ᛫ primer ( makeup ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
undermeaning | ᛫ a connotation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
undern | ᛫ 9 AM ᛫ the time between 9 AM and 10 AM ᛫ tierce ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
undernim | ᛫ to rebuke ᛫ to reprove ᛫ to censure ᛫ to find fault with ᛫ to criticize ᛫ | V | undernimen | ME | ||
undernye | ᛫ to go under ᛫ to succumb to ᛫ to under go something bad ᛫ | V | underhnīgan | OE | ||
underpin | ᛫ to give support, strength, or a basic structure to something ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
underred | ᛫ infrared light ᛬ infrared ᛫ | N᛬AJ | under+red | NE×2 | ||
underroom | ᛫ a basement or a cellar ( if it's comprised of only one room otherwise use "underrooms" ) ᛫ | N | under+room | NE×2 | ||
undersaregun | ᛫ a submachine gun ᛫ | N | under+searu+gun | NE+OE+NE‹N | calque: submachine gun | |
underscore | underskore | ᛫ to point up ᛫ to emphasize ᛫ to reinforce a point ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
underseek | ᛫ to investigate ᛫ | V | undersēchen | ME | ||
underseeking | ᛫ investigation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
understand | ᛫ to comprehend ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
undertaker | ᛫ a funeral director ᛫ a contractor ᛫ a publisher ᛫ a producer ᛫ a manager ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N+E) | [OED] | |
undertaking | ᛫ a project ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
undertheed | underþeed | ᛫ to subject ᛫ to subjugate ᛫ | V | underthẹ̄den[underþeodan] | ME | |
undertheedingly | underþeedingly | ᛫ subjunctive ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | underþēodendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
undertilth | undertilþ | ᛫ a subculture ᛫ | N | under+tilth | NE×2 | |
undertongue | undertung | ᛫ a sublingua ᛫ | N | undertunge | OE | |
underwater | underƿater | ᛫ subaqueous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
underway | underƿay | ᛫ in progress ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
underway | underƿay | ᛫ an underpass ᛫ a tunnel ᛫ | N | under+way | NE+NE | by analogy with overway |
underwend | underƿend | ᛫ to subvert ᛫ | V | underwendan | OE | glossary word |
underwood | underƿood | ᛫ understorey ᛫ boskage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | aka: undergrowth |
underwrite | underƿrite | ᛫ to subscribe ᛫ | V | underwrītan | OE | |
underyet | ᛫ to notice ᛫ to realize ᛫ to make an observation ᛫ to discover ᛫ | V | underyēten | ME | PST: underyat ᛫ PTCP: underyetten | |
underyoke | ᛫ to subjugate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
undo | ᛫ to unfasten ᛫ to cancel ᛫ to reverse ᛫ to destroy to cause the downfall of ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
undought | undugt | ᛫ cowardice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
undoughty | undugty | ᛫ uncourageous ᛫ unvaliant ᛫ cowardly ᛫ | AJ | undoughti | ME | |
undouth | unduþe | ᛫ vice ᛫ | N | un+douth | NE+ME | |
undrunken | ᛫ sober ᛫ | AJ | undrunken | ME | ||
undying | ᛫ immortal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unearth | unearþ | ᛫ to find in the ground by digging ᛫ to discover something hidden through investigation ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
uneath | uneaþ | ᛫ uneasy ᛫ difficult ᛫ hard ᛬ uneasily ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
unendingly | ᛫ infinitive ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | ungeendiendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar | |
unendly | ᛫ infinite ᛫ endless ᛬ infinitely ᛫ unendingly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | ||
uneven | unefen | ᛫ unequal ᛫ unequally balanced ᛫ not level or smooth ᛫ odd ( of numbers ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unevenhood | unefenhood | ᛫ inequality ᛫ | N | un+even+hood | NE×3 | calque: ongelijkheid |
unfair | ᛫ unjust ᛫ inequitable ᛫ unsporting ᛫ unattractive ᛫ ugly ᛫ | AJ | unfair&unfair | NE&ME | ||
unfairness | ᛫ injustice ᛫ inequity ᛫ unattractiveness ᛫ ugliness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
unfetter | ᛫ to release from restraint or inhibition ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unfettered | ᛫ unrestrained ᛫ laissez-faire ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | "unfettered capitalism" | |
unfledged | unflecged | ᛫ inexperienced ᛫ novice ᛫ not yet mature ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unfold | ᛫ to develop ᛫ to come undone ᛫ to become revealed ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unfolk | ᛫ to depopulate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | coined by William Barnes | |
unfriend | unfreend | ᛫ to defriend ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unfrith | unfriþ | ᛫ unpeace ᛫ strife ᛫ discord ᛫ dissension ᛫ | N | unfrith | ME | |
unfrost | ᛫ to defrost ᛫ | V | un+frost | NE | ||
ungainly | ᛫ clumsy ᛫ unwieldy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ungodly | ᛫ impious ᛫ sinful ᛫ immoral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ungraith | ungraiþ | ᛫ unprepared ᛫ unready ᛫ | AJ | ungreith | ME‹N | |
ungraithly | ungraiþly | ᛫ unpreparedly ᛫ unreadily ᛫ | AV | ungreithlī | ME‹N | |
ungrounded | ungrunded | ᛫ baseless ᛫ unfounded ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
unhallow | unhalloƿ | ᛫ to make profane ᛫ to desecrate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unhandy | ᛫ hard to handle ᛫ inconvenient ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unhealth | unhealþ | ᛫ infirmity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
unhealthful | unhealþful | ᛫ insalubrious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
unhearsome | unhearsum | ᛫ disobedient ᛫ | AJ | unhersum | ME | |
unhearsomeness | unhearsumness | ᛫ disobedience ᛫ | N | unhersumnesse | ME | |
unheed | ᛫ to ignore ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unheel | ᛫ to uncover ᛫ to reveal ᛫ to expose ᛫ | V | ~{hēlen} | NE | ||
unhill | ᛫ to uncover ᛫ to expose ᛫ | V | unhilen | ME‹N | ||
unhinge | unhincg | ᛫ to derange ᛫ to make mentally unbalanced ᛫ to bereave of stability ᛫ to throw into disorder ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unhinged | unhincged | ᛫ mentally unbalanced ᛫ deranged ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unk | ᛫ us two ( accusative ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | unc | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED | |
unkempt | ᛫ having an untidy or dishevelled appearance ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unker | ᛫ my and your ᛫ | N(PRO) | unker | ME | ||
unkers | ᛫ mine and yours ᛫ | N(PRO) | unker+s | OE+NE | ||
unkinly | ᛫ unsuitable ᛫ improper ᛫ | AJ | uncynlīc | OE | ||
unknowledge | unknoƿlecg | ᛫ ignorance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unkselves | unkselfs | ᛫ we two's selves ᛫ | N(PRO) | unke seoluen | ME | |
unlaw | unlaƿ | ᛫ a crime ᛫ lawlessness ᛫ a fine for the breaking of a law ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
unlawful | unlaƿful | ᛫ illegal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹(E+N+E) | |
unleed | ᛫ wretched ᛫ miserable ᛫ | AJ | unlēde | ME | ||
unlib | ᛫ poison ( esp when used in witchcraft and sorcery ) ᛫ | N | unlybba | OE | ||
unlibwright | unlibƿrigt | ᛫ a maker of poisons ( esp a witch or sorcerer ) ᛫ | N | unlybwyrhta | OE | |
unlift | ᛫ bad air ᛫ malaria ᛫ | N | unlyft | OE | ||
unlike | ᛫ different ᛫ dissimilar ᛬ different from ᛫ in contrast to ᛫ uncharacteristic of someone ᛫ dissimilar to ᛫ | AJ᛬P | ~ | NE | ||
unlikeness | ᛫ a difference ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
unlikeworthy | unlikeƿorþy | ᛫ unlikable ᛫ unworthy of like ᛫ | AJ | unlīcwirþe | OE | |
unlittiness | ᛫ ugliness ᛫ disfigurement ᛫ | N | unwlitigness | OE | ||
unlitting | ᛫ disfiguring ᛫ | N | unwlitigung | OE | ||
unlitty | ᛫ to make or become ugly ᛫ to disfigure ᛬ ugly ᛫ | V᛬AJ | unwlitig&unwlitigian | OE | ||
unluck | ᛫ bad fortune ᛫ misfortune ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] | |
unmaiden | ᛫ to take the virginity of ᛫ to deflower ᛫ to disvirgin ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ also: unmaid | |
unmaidening | ᛫ defloration ᛫ deflowering ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ also: unmaiding | |
unmake | ᛫ to disassemble ᛫ to destroy ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unman | ᛫ one considered beneath the status of a man ᛫ | N | unman[unmann] | ME | ||
unmannish | unmannisc | ᛫ inhuman ᛫ inhumane ᛫ | AJ | un+mannish | NE+ME | |
unmeet | ᛫ improper ᛫ unsuitable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
unmerry | ᛫ unpleasant ᛫ unfair ᛫ | AJ | unmyrige | OE | ||
unmight | unmigt | ᛫ weakness ᛫ lack of strength ᛫ feebleness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unmighten | unmigten | ᛫ to disempower ᛫ to disable ᛫ | V | un+might+en | NE×3 | |
unmightly | unmigtly | ᛫ impossible ᛫ | AJ | unmeahtelīc | OE | |
unmighty | unmigty | ᛫ weak ᛫ feeble ᛫ powerless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unmilse | ᛫ sternness ᛫ wrath ᛫ | N | unmilts | OE | ||
unmilsendly | ᛫ unpardonable ᛫ | AJ | unmiltsigendlīc | OE | ||
unmilsing | ᛫ want of consideration ᛫ impiety towards God ᛫ pitilessness towards men ᛫ | N | unmiltsung | OE | ||
unmingle | unmingel | ᛫ to separate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unmirth | unmirþ | ᛫ sadness ᛫ misery ᛫ | N | unmyrhþ | OE | |
unmood | ᛫ despondency ᛫ dejection ᛫ | N | unmōd | OE | ||
unmoody | ᛫ fainthearted ᛫ humble ᛫ | AJ | unmōdig | OE | ||
unn | ᛫ to grant ᛫ to allow ᛫ to permit ᛫ | V | unnan | OE | look up "the three-letter rule" | |
unnithing | unniþing | ᛫ an honest person ᛫ one accepted by their community ᛫ | N | unnīþing | OE | |
unoften | ᛫ infrequently ᛫ seldom ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
unorn | ᛫ simple ᛫ plain ᛫ unexcessive ᛫ modest ᛫ unelaborate ᛫ unattractive ᛫ of low or humble rank , status , or quality ᛫ decrepit ᛫ | AJ | unorne | ME‹OE‹? | ||
unready | ᛫ unprepared ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unrearded | ᛫ voiceless ( spoken without vibration of the vocal chords ) ᛫ | AJ | un+rērd+ed | NE+ME+NE | ||
unrede | ᛫ bad advice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
unriddle | unriddel | ᛫ to solve ( to figure out ) ᛫ to explain ( to make understandable ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unride | ᛫ unrestrained ᛫ uncontrolled ᛫ excessive ᛫ inordinately great ᛫ unmitigated ᛫ immoderate ᛫ | AJ | unrīde[ungerȳde] | ME | ||
unrightful | unrigtful | ᛫ illegitimate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unrightfully | unrigtfully | ᛫ illegitimately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
unrightly | unrigtly | ᛫ incorrectly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
unroadness | ᛫ non-rhoticity ᛫ | N | road+less+ness | NE×3 | ||
unrode | ᛫ unreasonable ᛫ unwise ᛫ irrational ᛫ | AJ | ungerād | OE | ||
unroot | ᛫ sad ᛫ sorrowful ᛫ distressed ᛫ displeased ᛫ | AJ | unrọ̄t&unrōt | ME&OE | kin: rōt | |
unrown | unrune | ᛫ to decrypt ᛫ to unencrypt ᛫ | V | un+rown | NE+ME | |
unrowned | unruned | ᛫ decrypted ᛫ unencrypted ᛫ | N | un+rown+ed | NE+ME+NE | |
unseely | ᛫ unhappy ᛫ miserable ᛫ unfortunate ᛫ unlucky ᛫ wretched ᛫ | AJ | unsely | ME | ||
unseemly | ᛫ inappropriate ᛫ indecent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unseendly | ᛫ invisible ᛫ | AJ | un+see+end+ly | NE×2+ME+NE | ||
unseenly | ᛫ invisible ᛫ | AJ | unsēnelī | ME | ||
unsefful | ᛫ senseless ᛫ | AJ | unseffull | OE | ||
unset | ᛫ to depose ᛫ to displace ᛫ | V | unsettan | OE | ||
unsettling | ᛫ disquieting ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unsheer | unsceer | ᛫ impure ᛫ | AJ | un + sheer | NE×2 | |
unshildy | unscildy | ᛫ innocent ᛫ | AJ | unscyldig | OE | |
unshod | unscod | ᛫ bare-footed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unsidey | ᛫ neutral ᛫ | AJ | un+side+y | NE×3 | calque: ûnsidich | |
unsightly | unsigtly | ᛫ ugly ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unsooth | unsooþ | ᛫ untruth ᛫ falsehood ᛫ | N | unsōþ | OE | |
unstaffwise | unstaffƿise | ᛫ illiterate ᛫ | AJ | unstæfwīs | OE | |
unsteadfast | ᛫ capricious ᛫ vacillating ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [CED] | |
unstill | ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to disquiet ᛫ | V | unstillen | ME | ||
unsunderendly | ᛫ inseparable ᛫ indivisible ᛫ | AJ | unasundrodlic | OE | ||
unsung | ᛫ something which has not been lauded or appreciated ᛫ not sung about ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
unsuttle | unsuttel | ᛫ vague ᛫ unclear ᛫ | AJ | un+sutel | NE+ME | |
unsuttleness | unsuttelness | ᛫ ambiguity ᛫ vagueness ᛫ unclearness ᛫ | N | un+sutel+ness | NE+ME+NE | |
unsweven | unsƿefen | ᛫ a bad vision ᛫ a bad dream ᛫ a nightmare ᛫ | N | unswefen | OE | |
unsyefast | ᛫ unvictorious ᛫ untriumphant ᛫ not successful ᛫ | AJ | unsigefæst | OE | ||
untellendly | ᛫ indescribable ᛫ | AJ | untellendlīce | ME | ||
unthank | unþank | ᛫ ingratitude ᛫ harm ᛫ injury misfortune ᛫ thanklessness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unthatch | unþac | ᛫ to uncover ᛫ | V | unþeccan | OE | |
unthew | unþeƿ | ᛫ a vice ᛫ | N | untheu | ME | |
unthrift | unþrift | ᛫ wastefulness ᛫ extravagance ᛫ a spendthrift ᛫ a prodigal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unthrifty | unþrifty | ᛫ prodigal ᛫ wasteful ᛫ ( of plants or livestock ) not strong or healthy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unthrutchen | unþrucen | ᛫ to depressurise ᛫ | V | un+thrutch+en | NE×3 | |
unthwear | unþƿear | ᛫ to disagree ᛬ discordant ᛫ not in agreement ᛫ not in harmony ᛫ dissonant [ᚹ] ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ungeþwǣr | OE | |
unthwearness | unþƿearness | ᛫ discord ᛫ disagreement ᛫ disharmony ᛫ dissonance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ungeþwǣrness | OE | |
untime | ᛫ an inappropriate or an improper time for something ᛫ | N | untime | ME | ||
untine | ᛫ to free ᛫ to unbind ᛫ to unenclose ᛫ | V | untynan | OE | ||
untold | ᛫ not narrated ᛫ not recounted ᛫ too great to be recounted or numbered ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
untoward | untoƿard | ᛫ awkward ᛫ clumsy ᛫ ungainly ᛫ unruly ᛫ intractable ᛫ adverse ᛫ unpropitious ᛫ improper ᛫ indecorous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED][MW] |
untrum | ᛫ unfirm ᛫ sick ᛫ sickly ᛫ infirm ᛫ ill ᛫ | AJ | untrum | ME | ||
untruth | untreƿþ | ᛫ falsehood ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
untruthful | untreƿþful | ᛫ dishonest ᛫ insincere ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
untruthfulness | untreƿþfulness | ᛫ dishonesty ᛫ insincerity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
untwee | untƿee | ᛫ certainty ᛫ no doubt ᛫ | N | untwēo | OE | |
unwaxen | unƿaxen | ᛫ ungrown ᛫ prepubescent [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | unweaxen | OE | |
unwealthiness | unƿealþiness | ᛫ poverty ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unwealthy | unƿealþy | ᛫ poor ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unweapon | unƿeapon | ᛫ to disarm ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unweather | unƿeaþer | ᛫ bad weather ᛫ a storm ᛫ a tempest ᛫ | N | unweder | OE | |
unwed | unƿed | ᛫ unmarried ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwemmed | unƿemmed | ᛫ untainted ᛫ pure ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwieldy | unƿeeldy | ᛫ difficult to handle because of its size shape or weight ᛫ too big or disorganized to manage well ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwight | unƿigt | ᛫ an evil spirit ᛫ a monster ᛫ | N | unwight{uvættr} | ME | |
unwin | unƿin | ᛫ an unfriend ᛫ a foe ᛫ an enemy ᛫ an adversary ᛫ | N | unwin | ME | |
unwind | unƿind | ᛫ to relax ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unwinsome | unƿinsum | ᛫ unpleasant ᛫ disagreeable ᛫ | AJ | unwynsum | OE | |
unwisdom | unƿisdom | ᛫ folly ᛫ lack of wisdom ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
unwise | unƿise | ᛫ foolish ᛫ insensible ᛫ imprudent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwist | unƿist | ᛫ unknown ᛫ unrecognized ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwit | unƿit | ᛫ to derange ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
unwitting | unƿitting | ᛫ unaware ᛫ unintentional ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwold | unƿold | ᛫ to deforest ᛫ | V | un+wold | NE×2 | |
unwolding | unƿolding | ᛫ deforestation ᛫ | N | un+wold+ing | NE×3 | |
unwont | unƿont | ᛫ not used to ᛫ unaccustomed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unworship | unƿorscip | ᛫ irreverence ᛬ to dishonour ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
unworth | unƿorþ | ᛫ to disrespect ᛫ to dishonour ᛫ to degrade ( using language or a gesture ) ᛬ disrespect ᛫ dishonour ᛫ | N᛬V | unworth&unworthen | ME&ME | |
unworthy | unƿorþy | ᛫ unsuitable ᛫ undeserving ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unwrast | unƿrast | ᛫ depraved ᛫ | AJ | unwrest | ME | |
unwry | ᛫ to uncover ᛫ expose ᛫ take off ᛫ untie ᛫ behold ᛫ perceive ᛫ | V | unwrīen | ME | ||
unyielding | unyeelding | ᛫ constant ᛫ ceaseless ᛫ stubborn ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
unyoke | ᛫ to remove a yoke ᛫ to free from oppression ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
unyore | ᛫ unprepared ᛬ recently ᛫ soon ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ungēara | OE | ||
upbeat | ᛫ an unaccented beat in a musical measure ᛬ lively and positive ᛫ sanguine ( as in optimistic ) ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | ||
upbraid | ᛫ the act of reproaching ᛫ contumely ᛬ to severely criticize ᛫ to treat with contempt ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
upbrook | ᛫ to deplete ᛫ to use up ᛫ | V | up+brook | NE×2 | ||
upend | ᛫ to tip over ᛫ to ruin ᛫ to invalidate ᛫ to overthrow ᛫ to throw out ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
upgang | ᛫ a climb ᛫ an ascent ᛫ a way up ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
upheaving | upheafing | ᛫ a bouleversement ᛫ a cataclysm ᛫ a paroxysm ᛫ a tumult ᛫ a turmoil ᛫ an upheaval ᛫ | N | ~{upheaval} | NE | |
uphold | ᛫ to support ᛫ to maintain ᛫ to confirm ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
upkeep | ᛫ maintenance ᛬ to maintain ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
upland | ᛫ a rural area ᛫ the country ᛬ rural ᛫ rustic ᛫ country ᛫ pastoral ᛫ bucolic ᛫ | N᛬AJ | ~{uplō̆ndish} | NE | last attested: 1522 (noun); 1670 (adjective) | |
uplift | ᛫ to give someone encouragement ᛫ to lift one's spirits ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
uplink | ᛫ a transmission or link to an airborne terminal like a satellite ᛬ to transmit by means of an uplink ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
upnimming | ᛫ an undertaking ᛫ an enterprise ᛫ a project ᛫ | N | upniminge | ME | "take" is from Norse | |
upper chavelbone | cafelbone | ᛫ a maxilla ᛫ | N | upper+chafel+bone | NE+ME+NE | calque: bovenkaakbeen |
upper noseshell | nosescell | ᛫ a superior nasal concha ᛫ | N | upper+nose+shell | NE×3 | calque: oderste neusschelp |
upperhand | ᛫ advantage or control ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
upright | uprigt | ᛫ vertical ᛫ honourable ᛫ moral ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
uprising | ᛫ insurrection ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
uproot | ᛫ to extirpate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | ||
upset | ᛫ an overturning ᛫ distemper ᛬ to overturn ᛫ to capsize ᛫ to trouble ᛫ to distress ᛬ overturned ᛫ distressed ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] | |
upshot | upscot | ᛫ the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion action or series of events ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
upside | ᛫ a pro ᛫ a positive feature of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
upsodown | upsodune | ᛫ upside down ᛫ inverted ᛫ inside out ᛫ everted ᛫ | AV | up-sō̆-dǒun | ME | or: upsadown; upsedown; upsedone ᛫ begat: upside down |
upspring | ᛫ origin ᛬ to originate ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | PST: upsprung/upsprang ᛫ PTCP: upsprung | |
upstand | ᛫ a roof section that turns up against something ᛬ to stand up ᛫ arise ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
upstander | ᛫ one who stands up for something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
upstanding | ᛫ reputable ᛫ standing up ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
upstir | ᛫ a commotion ᛫ a disturbance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
uptake | ᛫ absorption or occupation of a limited resource ᛫ a ventilation pipe ᛬ to take up ᛫ to expend or to occupy a limited resource ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | ||
upwind | upƿind | ᛫ to wind upwards ᛫ to wind up ( a device ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
utmost | ᛫ ultimate ᛫ the most extreme ᛫ farthest ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
utter | ᛫ to state ᛫ to say ᛫ to display goods ᛫ to put goods up for sale ᛫ to release ( for sale ) ᛫ | V | utter&outren | NE&ME | ||
uttering | ᛫ statement ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | ||
utterless | ᛫ ineffable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
utterly | ᛫ completely ᛫ absolutely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | ||
vat | fat | ᛫ a vessel ᛫ a jug ᛫ a tub ᛫ a cask ᛫ a barrel ᛫ | N | ~[fā̆t][fæt] | NE | or: fat (dialectal) |
vattle | fattel | ᛫ a container or a receptacle ( esp for liquids or food ) ᛫ a large container ( vats , ships , etc ) ᛫ | N | fētles | ME | |
vixen | fixen | ᛫ a female fox ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: fixen (dialectal) |
wad | ƿad | ᛫ shallow water ᛫ a ford ᛫ | N | wæd | OE | or: wade (from ME wā̆de)? |
wade | ƿade | ᛫ to walk ( generally through liquid ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wagtail | ƿagtail | ᛫ a Motacillidae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: wagstart |
wail | ƿail | ᛫ to lament ᛫ to deplore ᛫ to grieve bitterly ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wain | ƿain | ᛫ wagon ᛫ cart ᛫ car ᛫ automobile ᛫ vehicle ᛬ to transport by vehicle ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | "wagon" is Dutch |
wainer | ƿainer | ᛫ a driver of a vehicle ᛫ | N | wægnere | OE | |
wainreeve | ƿainreef | ᛫ one who has charge of vehicles ᛫ | N | wægngerēfa | OE | |
wainshed | ƿainsced | ᛫ a garage ᛫ | N | wain+shed | NE×2 | |
wainway | ƿainƿay | ᛫ a road for vehicles ᛫ | N | wægnweg | OE | |
wainwright | ƿainƿrigt | ᛫ a builder of vehicles ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waistbour | ƿaistbor | ᛫ a fauld ᛫ | N | waist+beorg{healsbeorg} | NE+OE | |
waker | ƿaker | ᛫ awake ᛫ spiritually awake ᛫ active ᛫ attentive ᛫ | AJ | wāker[wacor] | ME | |
wal | ƿal | ᛫ the slain ᛫ casualties ( dead ones ) ᛫ slaughter ᛫ carnage ᛫ | N | wal[wæl] | ME | |
walbase | ƿalbase | ᛫ vermillion ᛫ | N | wealhbasu | OE | literally Celtic/Italic purple |
wald | ƿald | ᛫ in case ᛫ in case that ᛫ | C | wald&weald | ME&OE | |
Wale | Ƿale | ᛫ a Celt ᛫ | N(P) | wāle&wealh | ME&OE | shows up as wal- and -wall as an affix |
wale | ƿale | ᛫ a choice ᛫ an option ᛫ an election [ᚹ] ᛫ a vote [ᚹ] ᛬ to choose ᛫ to opt ᛫ to elect [ᚹ] ᛫ to vote [ᚹ] ᛬ choice ᛫ select ᛫ excellent ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | wale&walen | ME‹N&ME‹N | |
wale | ƿale | ᛫ a ridge ᛫ a swollen mark left on flesh by a blow ᛫ | N | ~[walu/wala] | NE | |
Walekin | Ƿalekin | ᛫ the Celtic people ᛫ | N(P) | wealhcyn | OE | |
walhawk | ƿalhaƿk | ᛫ gyrfalcon ᛫ Falco rusticolus ᛫ | N | wealhheafoc | OE | |
walkirry | ƿalkirry | ᛫ a valkyrie ? ᛫ a witch ᛫ a sorceress ᛫ a female demon ᛫ a female deity ᛫ | N | walkirie[wælcyrge] | ME | literally slain-chooser ᛫ rhyme: wall-slurry? shall-slurry? |
wall | ƿall | ᛫ to go on pilgrimage ᛫ | V | wallen | ME | |
waller | ƿaller | ᛫ a pilgrim ᛫ | N | wallen+er | ME+NE | Compare MHG wallære |
wallime | ƿallime | ᛫ mortar ( a mixture of lime or cement sand and water used for bonding building blocks ) ᛫ | N | wealllīm | OE | |
walling | ƿalling | ᛫ a pilgrimage ᛫ | N | wallen+ing | ME+NE | |
wallow | ƿalloƿ | ᛫ to roll about in mud or water ᛫ to indulge ᛫ to overindulge ( esp in self-pity or grief ) ᛫ | V | ~[walwian] | NE | |
wallow | ƿalloƿ | ᛫ to roll around in something ( such as mud ) ᛫ to roll ᛫ | ||||
wallow | ƿalloƿ | ᛫ to fade ᛫ to shrivel up ᛫ to become enfeebled ᛫ to become infertile ᛫ | V | welwen[wealwian] | ME | "Halliwell gives wallow = to fade away, as a Somerset word" - Bosworth-Toller |
wallowfowl | ƿalloƿfule | ᛫ a dodo ᛫ | N | wallow+fowl | NE×2 | calque: walgvogel |
walm | ƿalm | ᛫ a surge ᛫ a spout ᛫ a gushing forth of fluid ᛬ to surge ᛫ to spout ᛫ to boil up ᛫ to gush forth ᛫ | V | walm&walm[wilm/wælm] | NE&ME | [MW] |
walmore | ƿalmore | ᛫ a carrot ᛫ a parsnip ᛫ an Apiaceae plant [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | walmore | ME | |
walnut | ƿalnut | ᛫ a hardwood Juglans tree of the genus ᛫ the nut of the Juglan tree ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
walreef | ƿalreef | ᛫ loot taken from the slain ᛫ | N | wælrēaf | OE | or: walreef; walreif (Scottish) |
walrest | ƿalrest | ᛫ a resting place for the slain ᛫ | N | wælrest | OE | |
walstod | ƿalstod | ᛫ an interpreter ᛫ | N | wealhstod | OE | of note: weallstaðel |
walt | ƿalt | ᛫ to turn over ᛫ to invert ᛫ to topple ᛫ to consider ( as in to think over ) ᛬ unstable ᛫ | V᛬AJ | walt[wealt] | NE | |
wamble | ƿambel | ᛫ a reeling or staggering gait or movement ᛬ a wambling ( esp of the stomach ) ᛬ to feel nausea ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
wan | ƿan | ᛫ an abundance ᛫ an excess ᛫ an alternative ᛫ an option ᛫ | N | wōne/wan/wane | ME‹N | |
wan | ƿan | ᛫ pale ᛫ sickly-looking ᛫ dim ᛫ faint ᛫ bland ᛫ uninteresting ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wan | ƿan | ᛫ ( denotes absence / absense ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | found in: wanton |
wand | ƿand | ᛫ to flinch ᛫ to startle ᛫ to shrink from ᛫ | V | wonden [OE wandian] | ME | [OED] ᛫ rhymes with: bond |
wandbone | ƿandbone | ᛫ a radius ( bone ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(N+E) | or: spokebone ("wand" is Norse) |
wandering | ƿandering | ᛫ itinerant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wanderword | ƿanderƿord | ᛫ a word that has spread to many languages ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wane | ƿane | ᛫ a lack ᛫ a shortage ᛫ a decrease ᛫ a diminution ᛫ an absence ᛬ to diminish ᛫ to fade ᛬ insufficient ᛫ imperfect ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | wane&wāne[wana] | NE+ME | |
wanendly | ƿanendly | ᛫ diminutive ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | wanigendlīc | OE | from Ælfric's Grammar |
wang | ƿang | ᛫ a cheek ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wanger | ƿanger | ᛫ a pillow ᛫ | N | wonger/wanger | ME | |
wangle | ƿangel | ᛫ to get or achieve through deceitful or manipulative means ᛫ to falsify ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
wangtooth | ƿangtooþ | ᛫ a molar ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wanhope | ƿanhope | ᛫ despair ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waning moon | ƿaning | ᛫ the moon at any time after full moon and before new moon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: old moon |
wanion | ƿanion | ᛫ the waning of the moon ᛫ a curse ᛫ vengeance ( esp in the saying "with a wanion" ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from the present participle "waniand" |
wankle | ƿankel | ᛫ weak ᛫ unsteady ᛫ untrustworthy ᛫ unstable ᛫ mutable ᛫ inconstant ᛫ fickle ᛫ irresolute ᛫ wobbly ᛫ insecure ᛫ | AJ | wankel[wancol] | ME | |
wanrest | ƿanrest | ᛫ restlessness ᛫ a pendulum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wanshaft | ƿanscaft | ᛫ misfortune ᛫ | N | wansceaft | OE | |
wansilly | ƿansilly | ᛫ melancholic ᛫ | AJ | wansǣlig | OE | |
wanspeed | ƿanspeed | ᛫ ill fortune ᛫ | N | wanspēde | ME | |
wanthriven | ƿanþrifen | ᛫ stunted ᛫ decayed ᛫ in a state of decline ᛫ emaciated ᛫ weakly ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wanton | ƿanton | ᛫ uneducated ᛫ unrestrained ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | kin: team; tow |
wanwit | ƿanƿit | ᛫ an idiot ᛫ a fool ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
war | ƿar | ᛫ a hard or rough patch of skin ᛫ a callus ᛫ a knot or a burl in wood ᛫ | N | warre[wearr] | ME | rhyme: lore (A after W regularly sounds like O, as in swan, water, etc) |
ward | ƿard | ᛫ a district ᛫ a section of a hospital ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
ward | ƿard | ᛫ a guard ᛫ a guardian ᛫ a sentinel ᛫ a gaoler ᛫ a jailor ᛫ a protection ᛫ guard ᛬ to guard ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | "warden" is from Frankish |
ward off | ƿard off | ᛫ to repel ᛫ to avoid being hit by something ᛫ to keep at bay ᛫ to protect against ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wardman | ƿardman | ᛫ a guard ᛫ watchman ᛫ a gaoler ᛫ a jailer ᛫ | N | wardman | ME | |
wardsettle | ƿardsettel | ᛫ a guard post ᛫ | N | wardsetle | ME | |
ware | ƿare | ᛫ alga ᛫ seaweed ᛫ | N | wor/ware[wār] | ME | |
ware | ƿare | ᛫ to guard oneself ᛫ to be on one's guard ᛫ to give heed ᛫ to beware of ᛫ to avoid ᛫ to shun ᛬ aware ᛫ conscious ᛫ wary ᛫ vigilant ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
ware | ƿare | ᛫ a commodity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waregoose | ƿaregoose | ᛫ the Branta bernicla bird ( a brant ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
warehouse | ƿarehuse | ᛫ a place for storing large numbers of products ᛬ to store ( as in a warehouse ) ᛫ to institute people ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
waren | ƿaren | ᛫ inhabitants ( plural only ) ᛫ | N | gewaran | OE | becomes: -er as a suffix |
waresawl | ƿaresaƿl | ᛫ cautious of speech ᛫ | AJ | wærsagol{soþsawel} | OE | |
wark | ƿark | ᛫ pain ᛫ suffering ᛬ to suffer ᛫ to pain ᛫ to hurt ᛫ | N᛬V | wark[wærc/wærcan] | ME | |
warkand | ƿarkand | ᛫ painful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
warkleech | ƿarkleec | ᛫ an anesthesiologist / an anaesthesiologist ᛫ an anesthetist / an anaesthetist ᛫ | N | wark+leech | ME+NE | |
warlock | ƿarlock | ᛫ a sorcerer or a magician ( esp an evil one ) ᛫ | N | ~[warlou][wǣrloga] | NE | doublet: warlow |
warlow | ƿarloƿ | ᛫ a traitor ᛫ an oath-breaker ᛫ | warlou[wǣrloga] | ME | literally: oath-liar ᛫ doublet: warlock | |
warn | ƿarn | ᛫ to inform ᛫ to notify ᛫ to notify of danger or risk ᛫ | V | warn&warnen | NE&OE | kin: aware ᛫ this word was broader in Middle English |
warp | ƿarp | ᛫ to bend ᛫ to twist ᛫ to distort ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
warple | ƿarpel | ᛫ a varvel ᛫ | N | wyrpel | OE | |
warry | ƿarry | ᛫ a monster ᛫ a criminal ᛫ a felon ᛫ | N | wari[wearg] | ME | or: warough; warrow ᛫ "warg" reintroduced by Tolkien |
warry | ƿarry | ᛫ to complain about ᛫ to speak profanely ᛫ to swear ᛫ to curse ᛫ to curse someone ᛫ to rail against ᛫ to trashtalk ᛫ | V | warien | ME | |
warryen | ƿarryen | ᛫ a monstress ᛫ a criminaless ᛫ a feloness ᛫ | N | grundwyrgen | OE | |
warrylore | ƿarrylore | ᛫ criminology ᛫ | N | wari+lore | ME+NE | |
warryness | ƿarryness | ᛫ evil ᛫ villainy ᛫ | N | weargness | OE | |
warryqueath | ƿarrycƿeaþ | ᛫ to curse ᛫ | N | weargcweþan | OE | |
warryqueddle | ƿarrycƿeddel | ᛫ foul-mouthed ᛫ prone to cursing ᛫ slanderous ᛫ | AJ | weargcwedol | OE | |
warth | ƿarþ | ᛫ a shore ᛫ a ford ᛫ | N | warth[waroþ] | ME | kin: ware (alga) |
warthfarth | ƿarþfarþ | ᛫ a shore wave ᛫ | N | waroþfaroþ | OE | |
wary | ƿary | ᛫ to fulminate ᛫ to rant ᛫ to speak profanely ᛫ to curse ᛫ to invoke divine wrath on someone ᛫ | V | wā̆rien | ME | |
wary | ƿary | ᛫ cautious ᛫ guarded ᛫ careful ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
washhouse | ƿaschuse | ᛫ a building used for laundry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
washing | ƿascing | ᛫ laundry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
washland | ƿascland | ᛫ land that is periodically flooded ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
washroom | ƿascroom | ᛫ a laundry room ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wassail | ƿassail | ᛫ a salutation of good health ᛫ a toast ᛬ toast! ᛫ cheers! ᛫ health to you! ᛫ | N᛬I | wassail | ME‹N | |
wassom | ƿassom | ᛫ growth ᛫ increase ᛫ produce ( edible plants ) ᛫ vegetables ᛫ fruit ( including figuratively ) ᛫ | N | wastme&wæstm | ME&OE | |
wassombere | ƿassombere | ᛫ fruitful ᛫ fertile ᛫ fruit-bearing ᛫ | AJ | wastmbēre | ME | |
watch | ƿac | ᛫ a vigil ᛫ observation ᛫ surveillance ᛫ guard ᛬ to observe ᛫ to surveil ᛫ to guard ᛫ | N:V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
watcher | ƿacer | ᛫ an observer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
watchful | ƿacful | ᛫ vigilant ᛫ observant ᛫ alert ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
watchfulness | ƿacfulness | ᛫ insomnia ᛫ inability to sleep ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
watchhouse | ƿachuse | ᛫ a police station ᛫ a guard house ᛫ | N | watch-house | NE | [OED] |
watchman | ƿacman | ᛫ a sentry ᛫ a sentinel ᛫ a guard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
watchword | ƿacƿord | ᛫ a password ᛫ | N | ~[waccheword] | NE | |
water dropwort | ƿater dropƿurt | ᛫ an Oenanthe plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
water elm | ƿater elm | ᛫ a Planera aquatica plant ( a planertree ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
water horehound | ƿater horehund | ᛫ a Lycopus plant ( AKA bugleweed and gypsywort ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
water strider | ƿater strider | ᛫ a Gerridae insect ᛫ a water skeeter ᛫ a pond skater ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
waterask | ƿaterask | ᛫ a newt ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waterbear | ƿaterbear | ᛫ a tardigrade ᛫ | N | water bear | NE | [MW] |
waterbuck | ƿaterbuck | ᛫ an African antelope ( Kobus ellipsiprymnus ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Waterer | Ƿaterer | ᛫ Aquarius ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ or: Waterman |
waterflask | ƿaterflask | ᛫ a water flask ᛫ a water bottle ᛫ a pitcher ᛫ | N | wæterflaxan | OE‹I? | or: waterflax |
waterfowl | ƿaterfule | ᛫ an Anseriformes bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waterfree | ƿaterfree | ᛫ waterproof ᛫ devoid of water ᛫ | AJ | water-free | NE&ANE | [OED] |
waterhen | ƿaterhen | ᛫ a Rallidae bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waterhog | ƿaterhog | ᛫ a capybara ᛫ | N | water hog | NE | [Encyclopædia Britannica] |
waterhorse | ƿaterhorse | ᛫ a hippopotamus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waterleat | ƿaterleat | ᛫ an aqueduct ᛫ | N | wætergelǣt | OE | |
waterleech | ƿaterleec | ᛫ any Hirudinea animal ᛫ | N | wā̆terlẹ̄che | ME | |
waterlily | ƿaterlilly | ᛫ a Nymphaeaceae plant ( a water lily , a lotus ) ᛫ a Nelumbonaceae plant ( a lotus ) ᛫ | N | water-lily | NE | [OED] |
waterlode | ƿaterlode | ᛫ a channel for water ᛫ an aqueduct ᛫ | N | wā̆ter-lōde | ME | |
waterly | ƿaterly | ᛫ aquatic ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Waterman | Ƿaterman | ᛫ Aquarius ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | [OED] ᛫ or: Waterer |
watermark | ƿatermark | ᛫ a distinguishing mark impressed on paper ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
watermole | ƿatermole | ᛫ a desmon ᛫ a platypus ᛫ | N | water mole | NE | [MW] |
waterouzel | ƿateroosel | ᛫ Cinclus cinclus ᛫ Cinclus mexicanus ᛫ | N | waterouzel | NE | |
waterpipe | ƿaterpipe | ᛫ a water organ ᛫ a hydraulus ᛫ | N | waterpipe | ME | |
waterscooter | ƿaterscooter | ᛫ a jet ski ᛫ a personal watercraft ᛫ | N | water scooter | NE‹(E+N) | |
watershed | ƿatersced | ᛫ a water basin ᛫ a turning point ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
watertight | ƿatertigt | ᛫ having no obvious flaws or weaknesses ᛫ impervious to valid criticism ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
waterwall | ƿaterƿall | ᛫ a moat ᛫ | N | waturwal | ME | [OED] |
waterwave | ƿaterƿafe | ᛫ a wave of water ᛫ a tsunami ᛫ | N | water-wave | NE | [OED] |
waterway | ƿaterƿay | ᛫ a navigable river ᛫ a canal ᛫ a stretch of sea or lake ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
wattle | ƿattel | ᛫ an Acacia plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | from Australian English |
wattle | ƿattel | ᛫ poles for constructing walls ᛫ poles laid on a roof to support thatch ᛫ | N | ~[wā̆tel][watel/watul] | ME | |
wave | ƿafe | ᛫ a fluctuation ᛫ a spectacle ᛬ to fluctuate ᛫ to wonder at ᛫ | N᛬V | wave&wafian | NE&OE | |
waverly | ƿaferly | ᛫ theatrical ᛫ | AJ | wæferlīc | OE | |
waverness | ƿaferness | ᛫ a public exhibition ᛫ | N | wæferness | OE | |
waving | ƿafing | ᛫ amazement ᛫ spectacle ᛫ | N | wafung | OE | |
wavingstow | ƿafingstoƿ | ᛫ a place for spectacles ᛫ a theatre ᛫ | N | wafungstōw | OE | |
waw | ƿaƿ | ᛫ to stir ᛫ to move ᛫ to sway ᛫ | V | wawen[wagian] | ME | rhyme: law |
wax | ƿax | ᛫ to increase ᛫ to become larger ᛫ to become stronger ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
waxing moon | ƿaxing | ᛫ the moon at any time after new moon and before full moon ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waxleaf | ƿaxleaf | ᛫ wax paper ᛫ | N | wax+leaf | NE×2 | |
waxlight | ƿaxligt | ᛫ a candle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
way | ƿay | ᛫ a style of doing something ᛫ a method ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
waybroad | ƿaybroad | ᛫ a Plantago major plant ᛫ | N | ~[wegbrade] | NE | or: waybread; whiteman's foot; ripple grass; Englishman's foot |
wayfare | ƿayfare | ᛫ traveling ᛫ a journey ᛬ to travel to journey ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
wayfarer | ƿayfarer | ᛫ a traveller ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wayfaring | ƿayfaring | ᛫ traveling ᛫ itinerant ᛫ peregrine ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
wayfinder | ƿayfinder | ᛫ a navigator ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wayfinding | ƿayfinding | ᛫ navigation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
waylay | ƿaylay | ᛫ to ambush ᛫ to accost ᛫ to intercept ᛫ to impede ᛫ to obstruct ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
wayleat | ƿayleat | ᛫ a junction ᛫ | N | weilete | ME | |
wayless | ƿayless | ᛫ directionless ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wayward | ƿayƿard | ᛫ difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour ᛫ uncontrollable ᛫ ungovernable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
waywiser | ƿayƿiser | • a pedometer • an odometer • a perambulator • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
waywrit | ƿayƿrit | ᛫ a passport ᛫ | N | way+writ | NE×2 | calque: IS vegabréf |
weal | ƿeal | ᛫ wealth ᛫ riches ᛫ possessions ᛫ prosperity ᛫ good fortune ᛫ welfare ᛫ | N | weal&wēle | NE&ME | kin: wealth |
wealsman | ƿealsman | ᛫ a statesman ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wealthlore | ƿealþlore | ᛫ economics ( the field of study ) ᛫ | N | wealth+lore | NE×2 | |
wealthy | ƿealþy | ᛫ affluent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wean | ƿean | ᛫ to train ᛫ to practice ᛫ to accustom ᛫ to train to lose a dependency ( esp milk or drugs ) ᛫ | V | wean&wenian | NE&OE | |
weapon | ƿeapon | ᛫ an arm ᛬ to arm ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[wǣpnian] | NE | |
weaponbearer | ƿeaponbearer | ᛫ one who is armed ᛫ | N | wǣpenberend | OE | |
weaponed | ƿeaponed | ᛫ armed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
weaponedhood | ƿeaponedhood | ᛫ manhood ᛫ | N | wǣpnedhād | OE | |
weaponedkind | ƿeaponedkind | ᛫ the male sex ᛫ | N | wǣpnedcyn | OE | |
weaponhalt | ƿeaponhalt | ᛫ an armistice ᛫ | N | weapon+halt | NE×2 | |
weaponhouse | ƿeaponhuse | ᛫ an armoury ᛫ | N | wǣpenhūs | OE | |
weaponing | ƿeaponing | ᛫ arms ᛫ | N | wǣpnung | OE | |
weaponless | ƿeaponless | ᛫ unarmed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [MW] |
weaponthrake | ƿeaponþrake | ᛫ force of arms ᛫ | N | wǣpenþracu | OE | |
weaponwifester | ƿeaponƿifester | ᛫ a hermaphrodite ᛫ an intersex person ᛫ | N | wæpenwīfestre | OE | |
weaponwrixle | ƿeaponƿrixel | ᛫ an armed conflict ᛫ | N | wǣpengewrixl | OE | |
wear | ƿear | ᛫ a covenant ᛫ a compact ᛫ an agreement ᛫ a pledge ᛫ a pact [ᚹ] ᛫ an alliance [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | wǣr | OE | rhyme: sear ᛫ kin: warlock |
weared | ƿeared | ᛫ confederated or allied by treaty ᛫ confederated ᛫ allied ᛫ | AJ | gewǣred | OE | kin: warlock |
weariness | ƿeariness | ᛫ fatigue ᛫ lassitude ᛫ reluctance to experience more of something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wearisome | ƿearisum | ᛫ tedious ᛫ tiresome ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
weary | ƿeary | ᛫ tired ᛫ fatigued ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
weasand | ƿeasand | ᛫ the oesophagus ᛫ the gullet ᛫ | N | ~[wesand] | NE | |
weast | ƿeast | ᛫ to lay waste to ᛫ to ravage ᛫ to devastate ᛫ to waste away ᛬ desolate ᛫ deserted ᛫ uninhabited ᛫ barren ᛫ | V᛬AJ | wēsten&wēste | ME&ME | |
weasten | ƿeasten | ᛫ a wasteland ᛫ a desert ᛫ | N | wẹ̄sten | ME | rhyme: best inn |
weastenlox | ƿeastenlox | ᛫ a caracal ᛫ a desert lynx ᛫ Persian lynx ᛫ | N | wēsten+lox | ME+OE | Caracals are also known as "desert lynx" and "Persian lynx". |
weastensettler | ƿeastensetteler | ᛫ a hermit ᛫ | N | wēstensetla | OE | |
weathe | ƿeaþe | ᛫ to hunt ᛫ to chase ? ᛫ | V | wǣþan | OE | kin: wāþ |
weatherglass | ƿeaþerglass | ᛫ a barometer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
weatherlore | ƿeaþerlore | ᛫ meteorology ᛫ | N | weather+lore | NE+NE | |
weathershell | ƿeaþerscell | ᛫ a troposphere ᛫ | N | weather+shell | NE×2 | |
weaveloom | ƿeafloom | ᛫ a loom ᛫ | N | weave+loom | NE×2 | this word is to let "loom" to go back to its broader meaning |
webber | ƿebber | ᛫ a weaver ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
webleaf | ƿebleaf | ᛫ a webpage ᛫ | N | web+leaf | NE×2 | |
webstead | ƿebstead | ᛫ a website ᛫ | N | web+stead | NE×2 | |
webthew | ƿebþeƿ | ᛫ a web server ᛫ | N | web+thew | NE | |
webwright | ƿebƿrigt | ᛫ a fuller ᛫ | N | webwyrhta | OE | |
wed | ƿed | ᛫ a security ( something given to secure the fulfilment of an obligation ) ᛫ a contract ᛫ a pledge ᛬ to pledge ᛫ to marry ᛫ | N᛬V | wed&weddian | NE&OE | |
wedbreach | ƿedbreac | ᛫ adultery ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wedbreaker | ƿedbreaker | ᛫ an adulterer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wedded | ƿedded | ᛫ married ᛫ pledged ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wedgebone | ƿecgbone | ᛫ a sphenoid bone ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wedgewriting | ƿecgƿriting | ᛫ cuneiform ᛫ | N | wedge-writing | NE | |
wedlock | ƿedlock | ᛫ marriage ᛫ matrimony ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wedlockly | ƿedlockly | ᛫ matrimonial ᛫ | AJ | wedlock+ly | NE×2 | |
wedlow | ƿedloƿ | ᛫ a pledge breaker ᛫ | N | wedlowe[wedloga] | ME | or: wedlock (in keeping with warlock) |
Wednesday | Ƿednesday | ᛫ Wednesday ᛫ | N(P) | ~{Wodenesday} | NE | or: Woodnesday |
Wednesnight | Ƿednesnigt | ᛫ the night following Wednesday's dusk ᛫ | N(P) | ~[wōdnesniht] | NE | |
wedset | ƿedset | ᛫ mortgage ᛬ to mortgage ᛫ | N᛬V | wedsetten | ME | found in Scotland as "wadset" |
wee | ƿee | ᛫ diminutive ᛫ minute ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
weed | ƿeed | ᛫ a garment ᛫ a vestment ᛫ clothing ᛫ dress ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
weed | ƿeed | ᛫ an ague ᛫ a sudden fever ᛫ | N | ~[wedenonfa] | NE | |
weed | ƿeed | ᛫ to act crazy ᛫ to rage ᛫ | V | wēdan | OE | kin: wood; Wednesday |
weedle | ƿeedel | ᛫ penury ᛫ indigence ᛫ extreme poverty ᛬ to beg ᛬ poor ( lacking wealth ) ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | wēdle[wǣdl]&wēdlen | ME | |
Weedmonth | Ƿeedmonþ | ᛫ August ᛫ | N(P) | wēodmōnaþ | OE | |
weedtree | ƿeedtree | ᛫ a sassafras tree ᛫ | N | weed+tree | NE×2 | calque: ague tree |
weekly book | ƿeekly | ᛫ a weekly periodical or magazine ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
weem | ƿeem | ᛫ to allure ᛫ to attract ᛫ to entice ᛫ to seduce ᛫ | V | gewēman&wēman | OE&OE | kin: wōma |
ween | ƿeen | ᛫ to suppose ᛫ to be of the opinion ᛫ to opine ᛫ to expect ᛫ to anticipate ᛫ | V | wēnen | ME | |
weening | ƿeening | ᛫ a supposition ᛫ an opinion ᛫ an expectation ᛫ an anticipation ᛫ | N | wēning | ME | |
weep | ƿeep | ᛫ to cry ᛫ to shed tears ᛫ to exude liquid ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
weer | ƿeer | ᛫ to guard ᛫ to defend ᛫ to defend an ideological position ᛫ | V | wēren[werian] | ME | |
weeved | ƿeefed | ᛫ an altar ᛫ | N | weved[weofod]{wīgbed} | ME | |
weeze | ƿees | ᛫ to ooze ᛫ to steep in a liquid ᛫ to macerate ᛫ to saturate ᛫ | V | wēsen | ME | kin: ooze |
weft | ƿeft | ᛫ the crosswise threads on a loom ᛫ the yarn used for the weft ᛫ a hair extension ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
weigh | ƿeig | ᛫ to assess the nature or importance of ᛫ to compare importance ᛫ to have weight ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
Weighs | Ƿeigs | ᛫ Libra ᛫ | PN | weighes | ME | |
weighs | ƿeigs | ᛫ a set of scales ᛫ a balance ᛫ | N | weyes | ANE | [OED] |
weight | ƿeigt | ᛫ importance ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
weighty | ƿeigty | ᛫ important ᛫ | AJ | ~{HG wichtig} | NE | |
weir | ƿeir | ᛫ a dam of a low and regulatory nature ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
welfare | ƿelfare | ᛫ the health happiness and fortunes of a person or group ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
welkin | ƿelkin | ᛫ a cloud ᛫ clouds ᛫ sky ᛫ | N | welkin&wolcne | NE&ME | |
well | ƿell | ᛫ to rise to the surface ᛫ to bubble forth ᛫ to gush up ᛫ to gush forth ᛫ to flow ᛫ to brim up ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
well | ƿell | ᛫ a trunk of a car ᛫ a boot of a car ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
wellaway | ƿellaƿay | ᛫ alas! ( expresses sadness or regret ) ᛫ | I | wellaway[weg-lā-weg] | NE | |
weller | ƿeller | ᛫ lips ᛫ labium ᛫ | N | weler | ME | |
wellheeled | ƿellheeled | ᛫ affluent ᛫ | AJ | wellheeled | NE | |
wellhung | ƿellhung | ᛫ dry aged ( of meat ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wellnigh | ƿellnige | ᛫ almost ᛫ nearly ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
wellread | ƿellread | ᛫ erudite ( from reading books ) ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wellspring | ƿellspring | ᛫ a fountain ᛫ a fount ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wellwilling | ƿellƿilling | ᛫ benevolent ᛫ benignant ᛫ of good will ᛫ | AJ | welwillende | OE | |
Welsh | Ƿelsc | ᛫ Celtic language ᛬ Celtic ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | welsh+welisc | ME+OE | see: Norwelsh |
welt | ƿelt | ᛫ to topple ᛫ to fall over ᛫ to fall in defeat ᛫ to overturn ᛫ to overset ᛫ to throw over ᛫ | V | welten | ME | |
welter | ƿelter | ᛫ a general confusion ᛬ to roll around ᛫ wallow ᛫ luxuriate ᛫ rise and fall ᛫ tumble over ᛫ | N᛬V | welter&welter | NE&ME | |
wem | ƿem | ᛫ a stain ᛫ a bruise ᛫ a blemish ᛫ a fault ᛫ a defect ᛫ an impurity ᛫ a scar ᛫ a cicatrix ᛬ to disfigure ᛫ to blemish ᛫ to vitiate ᛫ to scar ᛫ to cicatrize ᛫ | N᛬V | wem&wem&wemman | ANE&ME&OE | |
wemdeed | ƿemdeed | ᛫ a trespass ᛫ a crime ᛫ | N | wammdǣd | OE | |
wemful | ƿemful | ᛫ flagitious ᛫ guilty ᛫ | AJ | wammful | OE | |
wemlust | ƿemlust | ᛫ a foul pleasure ᛫ an allurement ᛫ seduction ᛫ | N | wammlust | OE | |
wemmy | ƿemmy | ᛫ stained ᛫ bruised ᛫ faulty ᛫ defective ᛫ impure ᛫ | AJ | wem+y | ME+NE | |
wemquid | ƿemcƿid | ᛫ slander ᛫ blasphemy ᛫ | N | wammcwide | OE | |
wen | ƿen | ᛫ a boil or a growth on the skin ᛫ a sebaceous cyst ᛫ a cyst ᛫ an overcrowded city ᛫ | N | ~[wen] | NE | [LEX] |
wench | ƿenc | ᛫ an unlikeable or disreputable woman ᛫ a girl ᛫ a young woman ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | often has a negative connotation today |
wenchel | ƿencel | ᛫ a girl ᛫ a young woman ᛫ | N | wenchel | ME | "wench" comes from this word |
wend | ƿend | ᛫ a turn ᛫ a change ᛫ a transformation ᛬ to turn ᛫ to change ᛫ to alter ᛫ to go ᛫ to travel ᛫ to traverse ᛫ to translate ᛫ | N᛬V | wend&wenden&wend | ME&ME&OE | PST: wended; went ᛫ consider using "wend into" for "translate to" |
wendendliness | ƿendendliness | ᛫ mutability ᛫ changeableness ᛫ | N | āwendedlicnes | OE | |
wendendly | ƿendendly | ᛫ capable of movement ᛫ capable of change ᛫ versatile ᛫ | AJ | awendedlic | OE | |
Wendland | Ƿendland | ᛫ the country of the Wends ᛫ | N(P) | Weonodland | OE | |
Wendle | Ƿendel | ᛫ a Vandal ᛫ | N(P) | Wendel Sea | NE | |
Wendle Sea | Ƿendel | ᛫ Mediterranean Sea ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | |
Went | Ƿent | ᛫ the people of Gwent ᛫ | N(P) | wente{wentsǣte} | OE | |
went | ƿent | ᛫ a passageway ᛫ a lane ᛫ an alley ᛫ a course ᛫ a disposition ᛫ a method ᛫ a plan of action ᛫ a turning ᛫ a change of direction ᛫ | N | went | ME | assumed to be linked to the verb "wenden" |
wepman | ƿepman | ᛫ an adult human male ᛫ | N | wepman[wǣpmann] | ME | short for "weapon man" ᛫ opposite of wifeman (woman) |
were | ƿere | ᛫ an adult human male ᛫ a male ᛫ a husband ( a male spouse ) ᛫ | N | were&wer | NE&OE | rhyme: where |
wered | ƿered | ᛫ a multitude of men ᛫ a band assembled for military purposes ᛫ a legion ᛫ a troop ᛫ | N | wēred[weorod] | ME | |
werehatred | ƿerehatred | ᛫ misandry ᛫ | N | were+hatred | NE×2 | calque: misandry |
werely | ƿerely | ᛫ male ᛫ masculine ᛫ masculine ( grammatical term ) ᛫ | AJ | werlic | OE | |
wern | ƿern | ᛫ a refusal ᛬ to refuse ᛫ | N᛬V | wernen&wirn | ME&OE | |
Wern | Ƿern | ᛫ one of the Varini or Varinnae ᛫ | N(P) | Wernum | OE | |
werve | ƿerf | ᛫ a beast of burden ᛫ a riding animal ᛫ | N | werve[weorf] | ME | |
wesend | ƿesend | ᛫ a bison ᛫ | N | wesend | OE | |
Wesleyish | Ƿesleyisc | ᛫ of or pertaining to Methodism ᛫ | AJ(P) | NE | calque: Wesleyan | |
Wessexlaw | Ƿessexlaƿ | ᛫ the region in Britain which was governed by West Saxon law ᛫ | N(P) | westesaxene-lega | OE | |
westen | ƿesten | ᛫ from the west ᛫ | AV | westan | OE | |
Western | Ƿestern | ᛫ Occidental ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Westerner | Ƿesterner | ᛫ an Occidental ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wetbrain | ƿetbrain | ᛫ Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wetch | ƿec | ᛫ to rouse ᛫ to provoke ᛫ to arouse ᛫ | V | wecchen&awecchen | ME | |
wether | ƿeþer | ᛫ a male sheep ᛬ Aries ᛫ | N᛬N(P) | wether[weþer] | ME | |
wetherflesh | ƿeþerflesc | ᛫ the flesh of a sheep or ram mutton ᛫ | N | wetheres flesh | ME | |
wetland | ƿetland | ᛫ a stretch of habitually wet land ( including swamps marshes fens bogs and mires ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wettener | ƿettener | ᛫ moisturizer ᛫ | N | wet+en+er | NE×3 | |
wey | ƿey | ᛫ to move ᛫ to move something ᛫ to convey ᛫ | V | weien/aweien/awecgan | ME | kin: weigh; bewegen |
whalebird | hƿalebird | ᛫ a prion bird ᛫ a petrel bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whalebone | hƿalebone | ᛫ baleen ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: whalehorn (only attested once) |
whalelore | hƿalelore | ᛫ cetology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whaleshot | hƿalescot | ᛫ spermaceti ᛫ whale oil ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whall | hƿall | ᛫ procax ᛫ impudent ᛫ insolent ᛫ | AJ | hweall | OE | |
wharft | hƿarft | ᛫ a circuit ᛫ a circle ᛫ a revolution ᛫ an orbit ᛫ a conversion ᛫ a turning ᛫ | N | hwearft | OE | |
wharftle | hƿarftel | ᛫ propaganda ᛫ | N | hwearft+le | OE+ME | literally: turning-instrument/means |
wharftspit | hƿarftspit | ᛫ a rotisserie ᛫ | N | wharft+spit | ME+NE | inspired by: Drehspieß |
wharve | hƿarf | ᛫ to turn ᛫ to rotate ᛫ to convert ᛫ | V | wharven | ME | |
wharvebone | hƿarfbone | ᛫ a vertebra ᛫ a bodily joint ᛫ | N | hweorfban | OE | |
wharveful | hƿarfful | ᛫ fickle ᛫ | AJ | hwurful | OE | |
wharvel | hƿarfel | ᛫ a turbine ᛫ | N | wharve+le | NE+NE | calque: hverfill |
wharvely | hƿarfly | ᛫ changeable ᛫ turnable ᛫ mutable ᛫ | AJ | hwurflīc | OE | |
wharver | hƿarfer | ᛫ a changer ( esp a currency changer ) ᛫ a joint ᛫ a whorl ᛫ | N | hwerfere&hweorfa | OE | |
wharver | hƿarfer | ᛫ -trope ᛫ | SUFFIX | hweorfa | OE | |
whas | hƿas | ᛫ sharp ᛫ keen ᛫ | AJ | hwæs | OE | DUBIOUS ᛫ kin: hvass (N) |
what | hƿat | ᛫ ( commands or requests others to pay attention ) ᛫ | I | what | ME | |
what | hƿat | ᛫ eager ᛫ | AJ | what&hwæt | ME&OE | |
whate | hƿate | ᛫ fortune ᛫ fortune as a causal force ᛫ divination ᛫ an augury ᛫ an omen ᛫ | N | whāte&hwatu | ME&OE | |
whater | hƿater | ᛫ an augur ᛫ diviner ᛫ | N | hwata | OE | |
whather | hƿaþer | ᛫ to roar ? ᛫ to foam ? ᛫ | V | hwaþerian | OE | I don't trust Bosworth's definition |
whating | hƿating | ᛫ divination ᛫ | N | hwatung | OE | |
whatness | hƿatness | ᛫ quiddity ᛫ the essential nature of something ᛫ a definition ᛫ a je ne sais quoi ᛫ | N | ~ | NE&ANE | [OED] |
whaup | hƿaup | ᛫ a curlew ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: OE hūilpa ᛫ onomatopoeia ᛫ "au" pronounced as in "August" |
wheatmeal | hƿeatmeal | ᛫ wheaten meal ᛫ flour made from wheat ᛫ | N | hwǣtemelu | OE | as compared to oatmeal, cormeal, peameal, etc |
wheedle | hƿeedel | ᛫ to cajole ᛫ to coax ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wheel | hƿeel | ᛫ a pustule ᛬ to pustulate ᛫ to fester ᛫ to suppurate ᛫ | V | whēle[hwelian] | ME | |
wheen | hƿeen | ᛫ a considerable amount or number ᛫ | N | ~[hwēne] | NE | |
whelk | hƿelk | ᛫ a Buccinidae animal ( sea snail ) ᛫ | N | ~{welk}{weoloc} | NE | |
whelk | hƿelk | ᛫ a pimple ᛫ | N | ~[hwylca] | NE | [LEX] |
whelkred | hƿelkred | ᛫ the colour of the dye made from Buccinidae snails ᛫ scarlet ᛫ purple ᛬ scarlet ᛫ purple ᛫ | N᛬AJ | welkenrēd&weolocrēad | ME&OE | or: whelkenred |
whelm | hƿelm | ᛫ to cover ᛫ to submerge ᛫ to engulf ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
whelp | hƿelp | ᛫ a young offspring of a canid ᛫ a puppy ᛫ an insolent youth ᛬ ( of animals ) to give birth ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
whelpling | hƿelpling | ᛫ a little whelp ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whelve | hƿelf | ᛫ to invert ᛫ to turn upside down ᛫ | V | whelven | ME | |
whem | hƿem | ᛫ a corner ᛫ an angle ᛬ to angle ᛫ to slope ᛫ to incline ᛫ | N | hwem&hwemman | OE | |
whence | hƿens | ᛫ from where ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
wher | hƿer | ᛫ a cooking vessel ᛫ a cauldron ᛫ a kettle ᛫ a pot ᛫ | N | hwer[hwer] | ME | |
wherefore | hƿerefore | ᛫ for what reason ᛬ as a result of which ᛫ | AV᛬C | ~ | NE | |
whereof | hƿereof | ᛫ of what ᛫ of which ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
wherewithal | hƿereƿiþal | ᛫ the ability standing or resources to do something ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wherwhet | hƿerhƿet | ᛫ a Cucumis sativus plant ( a cucumber ) ᛫ | N | werwette[hwerhwette] | ME | |
whet | hƿet | ᛫ to stimulate ᛫ to sharpen ᛫ to excite ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
whey | hƿey | ᛫ serum ᛫ blood serum ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
whichness | hƿicness | ᛫ a quality ᛫ | N | hwilcness&gehwilcness | OE | |
whig | hƿig | ᛫ a liberal ( in the classical sense ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
while | hƿile | ᛫ a period of time ᛬ to pass time in leisure ᛬ at the same time ᛫ whereas though ᛫ | N᛬V᛬C | ~ | NE | |
whilend | hƿilend | ᛫ temporary ᛫ transitory ᛫ transient ᛫ ephemeral ᛫ | AJ | whilwende[hwīlwende] | ME | |
whilere | hƿilere | ᛫ a short time ago ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
whilestitch | hƿilestic | ᛫ a fragment of time ᛫ | N | hwīlstycce | OE | |
whilf | hƿilf | ᛫ to arch ᛫ vault ᛫ | V | hwilf | OE | |
whilom | hƿilom | ᛫ former ᛬ formerly ᛫ in the past ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
whimsiness | hƿimsiness | ᛫ caprice ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whimsy | hƿimsy | ᛫ capricious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
whinge | hƿincg | ᛫ to complain ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
whirlbone | hƿirlbone | ᛫ a patella ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [MW] |
whirligig | hƿirligig | ᛫ any spinning toy ( a top , a pinwheel ) ᛫ a merry-go-round ᛫ a carousel ᛫ a whirligig beetle ᛫ | N | ~ | NE+N | |
whirlpool | hƿirlpool | ᛫ a vortex ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whirlth | hƿirlþ | ᛫ vorticity ᛫ | N | whirl+th | NE×2 | |
whirlwind | hƿirlƿind | ᛫ a tornado ᛫ a column of whirling air ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whirlybird | hƿirlybird | ᛫ a helicopter ( slang ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
whist | hƿist | ᛫ silent ᛫ quiet ᛬ shh ! ᛫ hush ! ᛫ quiet ! ᛫ | AJ᛬I | whist | ME | |
whistle | hƿistel | ᛫ a flute ᛫ a pipe for music ᛫ | N | whistle&whistle | NE+ME | |
whit | hƿit | ᛫ a very small part or amount ᛫ the smallest possible portion of something ᛫ an iota ( not literally the Greek letter ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
whitch | hƿic | ᛫ a chest ( as in large box ) ᛫ | N | whicche[hwicce] | ME | found in: Whitcher (surname) |
Whitches | Hƿicces | ᛫ the Anglo-Saxon people of Hwicce , a small state which extended over Gloucestershire , Worcestershire , and part of Warwickshire ᛫ | N(P) | Hwiccas | OE | |
white bothen | hƿite boþen | ᛫ an Chrysanthemum leucanthemum plant ( ox-eye daisy ) ᛫ | N | whit bothen | ME | |
white death | hƿite deaþ | ᛫ tuberculosis ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
white lead | hƿite lead | ᛫ ceruse ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
White Russland | Hƿite | ᛫ Belarus ᛫ | N(P) | white+Russ+land | NE×2‹+NE | calque: Беларусь ᛫ commonly calqued in Germanic languages |
White Sheep Turkmen | Sceep | ᛫ Aq Qoyunlu / Ak Koyunlu ᛫ | N(P) | White Sheep Turkomans | NE | |
white whale | hƿite hƿale | ᛫ a Delphinapterus leucas cetacean ( a beluga whale ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whiteant | hƿiteant | ᛫ a termite ᛫ | N | white ant | NE | |
whiteback | hƿiteback | ᛫ an Aythya valisineria bird ( a canvasback ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whitehot | hƿitehot | ᛫ incandescent ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
whitemeat | hƿitemeat | ᛫ a dairy product ᛫ | N | whītmē̆te | ME | "meat" here doesn't refer to flesh |
whitepepper | hƿitepepper | ᛫ an Eruca vesicaria plant ( arugula ) ᛫ | N | whītpeper | ME | |
whiterat | hƿiterat | ᛫ Mustela erminea ? ᛫ | N | whītrat | ME | |
whitesmith | hƿitesmiþ | ᛫ a worker in white metals ( esp a tinsmith ) ᛫ a worker in metalic finishing , polishing , or galvanizing ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whitethorn | hƿiteþorn | ᛫ common hawthorn ( Crataegus oxyacantha ) ᛫ buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ) ᛫ | N | whītthorn | ME | |
whitewater | hƿiteƿater | ᛫ any turbulent water as found in rapids ᛫ ( figuratively ) turbulent conditions ᛫ | N | white water | NE | |
whitewhale | hƿitehƿale | ᛫ an obsession ᛫ | N | white whale | NE | figurative meaning from Moby-Dick |
whith | hƿiþ | ᛫ a breeze ᛫ an aura ᛫ | N | hwiþa | OE | kin: hviða (Icelandic) |
whither | hƿiþer | ᛫ to where ᛫ to which ᛫ wherever ᛫ to what place ᛫ to what condition ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
whiting | hƿiting | ᛫ a Merlangius merlangus fish ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whitret | hƿitret | ᛫ a weasel or stoat ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: whittret |
Whitstow | Hƿitstoƿ | ᛫ Mount Lebanon ᛫ Lebanon ( poetic) [ᚹ] ᛫ | N(P) | hwītstōw | OE | |
Whitsun | Hƿitsun | ᛫ Pentecost ᛫ | N(P) | ~ | NE | or: Whitsunday; Whit Sunday |
Whitsunday | Hƿitsunday | ᛫ Pentecost ( a Christian festival held on the seventh Sunday after Easter ) ᛫ | N | ~[Hwīta Sunnandǣg] | NE | or: Whitsun ᛫ [LEX] |
Whitsuntide | Hƿitsuntide | ᛫ the weekend or week including Whitsunday ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
whittle | hƿittel | ᛫ a knife ᛫ a clasp-knife ᛬ to reduce gradually ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
whittle | hƿittel | ᛫ a blanket ᛫ a mantle ᛫ a flannel petticoat ᛫ a cape ᛫ a double blanket worn over the shoulders ᛫ | N | whittle[whītel/whyttel] | NE | |
whoaster | hƿoaster | ᛫ to whisper ᛫ murmur ᛫ mutter ᛫ | V | hwāstrian | OE | |
whole | hƿole | ᛫ entirety ᛫ a thing complete in itself ᛬ entire ᛫ intact ᛬ entirely ᛫ | N᛬AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
wholehearted | hƿolehearted | ᛫ sincere and fully committed ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wholesale | hƿolesale | ᛫ done on a large scale ᛫ extensive ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wholesome | hƿolesum | ᛫ conducive to good health and well-being ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wholewise | hƿoleƿise | ᛫ as a whole ᛫ completely ᛫ all at once ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
wholf | hƿolf | ᛫ an arch ᛫ a vault ᛫ | N | wholffe/wholve[hwealf] | ME | |
wholly | hƿolly | ᛫ totally ᛫ entirely ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
whoon | hƿoon | ᛫ a little ᛫ a few ᛫ | AJ | hwōn | OE | |
whoonly | hƿoonly | ᛫ small ᛫ little ᛫ slight ᛫ | AJ | hwōnlīc | OE | |
whoop | hƿoop | ᛫ to threaten ᛫ | V | hwōpan | OE | |
whoost | hƿoost | ᛫ a cough ᛬ to cough ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[hwōstan] | NE | |
whooze | hƿoos | ᛫ to cough ᛫ | V | hwōsan | OE | |
whore | hƿore | ᛫ a prostitute ᛫ a hooker ᛬ to prostitute ᛫ | N᛬V | ~[hōr] | NE | |
whoredom | hƿoredom | ᛫ prostitution ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whorehouse | hƿorehuse | ᛫ brothel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whorekeeper | hƿorekeeper | ᛫ a pimp ᛫ a madam ᛫ | N | whore-keeper | NE | [OED] |
whoreling | hƿoreling | ᛫ a fornicator ᛫ an adulterer ᛫ | N | horling | ME | |
whoreson | hƿoresun | ᛫ an unpleasant or greatly disliked person ᛫ a scoundrel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
whoso | ƿhoso | ᛫ whoever ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | "whoever" is Anglisc too ᛫ or: whosoever |
wick | ƿick | ᛫ a residence ᛫ a home ᛫ a collection of homes ᛫ a settlement ( a village , a town , a city ) ᛬ to encamp ᛫ to lodge (as in stay) ᛫ | N | wick[wī̆k]&wī̆ken[wīcian] | NE‹‹I&ME‹‹I | |
wicken | ƿicken | ᛫ a duty ᛫ a responsibility ᛫ an office ᛫ a position ᛬ to hold an office ᛫ | N᛬V | wīken&wīcnian | ME&OE | |
wickeny | ƿickeny | ᛫ official ᛫ having the approval or authorization of an authority [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | wīken+y | ME+NE | |
wickner | ƿickner | ᛫ an official ᛫ an officer ᛫ | N | wickner&wīcnere | NE&OE | |
wide | ƿide | ᛫ widely- ᛫ | PREFIX | wīd | OE | |
widegale | ƿidegale | ᛫ spacious ᛫ vast ᛫ extensive ᛫ wide of passage ᛫ | AJ | wīdgal | OE | |
widegaleness | ƿidegaleness | ᛫ spaciousness ᛫ vastness ᛫ extensiveness ᛫ | N | wīdgalness | OE | |
widegangle | ƿidegangle | ᛫ roving ᛫ | AJ | wīdgangol | OE | |
wideness | ƿideness | ᛫ width ᛫ breadth ᛫ vastness ᛫ spaciousness ᛫ capaciousness ᛫ | N | wīdenes | ME | |
widge | ƿicg | ᛫ a horse ᛫ | N | ~[wicg] | NE | |
widowsweeds | ƿidoƿsƿeeds | ᛫ black clothes worn by a widow in mourning ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
width | ƿidþ | ᛫ one of the three dimensions of a solid object , side to side ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wield | ƿeeld | ᛫ to rule ᛫ to reign ᛫ to control ᛫ to command ᛫ to govern ᛫ | N᛬V | wield&wēld[weald/wald] | NE&ME | |
wield | ƿeeld | ᛫ command ᛫ control ᛫ rule ᛫ reign ᛫ dominion ᛫ domain ᛫ domination ᛫ governance ᛫ | N | wẹ̄ld | ME | |
wieldcraft | ƿeeldcraft | ᛫ politics ᛫ statecraft ᛫ the craft of ruling ᛫ the craft of government ᛫ | N | wẹ̄ld+craft | ME+NE | |
wielder | ƿeelder | ᛫ a ruler ᛫ a controller ᛫ a governor ᛫ a master ( ownershipwise not skillwise ) ᛫ | N | ~[walda] | NE | |
wieldy | ƿeeldy | ᛫ easily controlled or handled ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wife | ƿife | ᛫ a female ᛫ | N | wife&wīf[wīf] | NE&ME | |
wifehatred | ƿifehatred | ᛫ misogyny ᛫ | N | wife+hatred | NE×2 | calque: misogyny |
wifeleech | ƿifeleec | ᛫ a gynecologist ᛫ a gynaecologist ᛫ | N | wife+leech | NE×2 | |
wifely | ƿifely | ᛫ uxorial ᛫ female ᛫ feminine ᛫ grammatically feminine ᛫ | AJ | wifely&wiflic | NE&OE | |
wig | ƿig | ᛫ an insect ᛫ a bug ᛫ | N | earwig&wicga | NE&OE | |
wigh | ƿige | ᛫ an idol ᛫ | N | wīh | OE | kin: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 |
wight | ƿigt | ᛫ brave ᛫ valiant ᛫ courageous ᛫ physically powerful ᛫ | AJ | wight[vīgt] | ME‹N | |
wight | ƿigt | ᛫ a creature ( esp a supernatural one ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
Wight Island | Ƿigt Iland | ᛫ the Isle of Wight ᛫ | N(P) | Wight+island | NE×2 | |
wike | ƿike | ᛫ to give up ᛫ to yield ᛫ | V | wīken | ME | |
wiking | ƿiking | ᛫ a pirate ᛫ a Viking ᛫ | N | wīcing | OE | of note: utwikingan (note the K) |
wild | ƿild | ᛫ savage ᛫ undomesticated ᛫ uncultivated ᛫ uncivilized ᛫ hard to control ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wildcraft | ƿildcraft | • wilderness survival skills • | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
wilder | ƿilder | ᛫ a wild beast ᛫ | N | wildor | OE | |
wilderness | ƿilderness | ᛫ an uncultivated and uninhabited region ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wildling | ƿildling | ᛫ a wild plant or animal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wildman | ƿildman | • a barbarian • a savage • an uncivilised or primitive person • | N | wild man | NE | [OED] |
wildness | ƿildness | ᛫ savagery ᛫ fierceness ᛫ ferocity ᛫ viciousness ᛫ ferality ᛫ barbarism ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
wildware | ƿildƿare | • furs ( as a product ) • | N | ~ | ME | [OED] |
wile | ƿile | ᛫ divination ᛬ to divine ᛫ | N᛬V | wī̆ȝel[wī̆gle] | ME | |
wile | ƿile | ᛫ a trick ᛫ a stratagem ᛬ to trick ᛫ to entice ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE‹ME‹? | |
wilfully | ƿilfully | ᛫ purposely ᛫ on purpose ᛫ by design ᛫ intentionally ᛫ deliberately ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
will | ƿill | ᛫ a testament ( in the legal meaning ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
will | ƿill | ᛫ determination ᛫ self-control ᛫ a fixed desire or intention ᛬ to intend something to happen ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
willed | ƿilled | ᛫ having determination ᛫ deliberate ᛫ bequeathed in a will ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
willess | ƿilless | ᛫ not exercising one's will ᛫ involuntary ᛫ intestate ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
willful | ƿillful | ᛫ intentional ᛫ deliberate ᛫ stubborn ᛫ determined ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
willing | ƿilling | ᛫ ready ᛫ eager ᛫ inclined ᛫ prompt to act ᛫ done without reluctance ᛫ volitional ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
willowwort | ƿilloƿƿurt | ᛫ an Epilobium plant ( willowherb ) ᛫ | N | willow-wort | NE | [OED] |
willsome | ƿillsum | ᛫ desirable ᛫ amiable ᛫ | AJ | wilsǒm&wilsum | ME&OE | |
willsomeness | ƿillsumness | ᛫ devotion ᛫ devoutness ᛫ a vow ᛫ | N | wilsumness | OE | |
willynilly | ƿillynilly | ᛫ without choice ᛫ by compulsion ᛫ haphazardly ᛫ without direction or planning ᛫ | AV | willynilly | NE | |
wilven | ƿilfen | ᛫ a female wolf ᛫ | N | wylfen | OE | |
wily | ƿily | ᛫ beguiling ᛫ guileful ᛫ scheming ᛫ tricky ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wimple | ƿimpel | ᛫ a veil ( esp a face veil ) ᛫ | N | ~[wimpel] | NE | |
win | ƿin | ᛫ a friend ᛫ a comrade ᛫ | N | wine | ME | |
win | ƿin | ᛫ joy ᛫ delight ᛫ pleasure ᛫ enjoyment ᛫ | N | ~[win][wynn] | NE | or: wen (Kentish) |
win | ƿin | ᛫ to attain ( usually in some kind of contest ) ᛫ to achieve victory ᛫ | V | ~[winnen][winnan] | NE | |
Win | Ƿin | ᛫ [ᚹ] ᛫ | N(P) | wynn | OE | |
win over | ofer | ᛫ to convince somebody ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
winch | ƿinc | ᛫ a capstan ᛫ a reel ᛫ a roller ᛫ a pulley ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
Wind | Ƿind | ᛫ a Wend ᛫ a Sorb ᛫ | N(P) | Winedas | OE | |
windbells | ƿindbells | ᛫ wind chimes ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
windbreaker | ƿindbreaker | ᛫ a wind-resistant jacket ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
windfall | ƿindfall | ᛫ a sudden and large benefit often when unexpected ᛫ a bonanza ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
windfucker | ƿindfucker | ᛫ a kestrel bird ᛫ ( a term of opprobrium ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: windhover |
windharp | ƿindharp | ᛫ an Aeolian harp ᛫ an Aeolian lyre ᛫ an anemochord ᛫ | N | wind-harp | NE | [OED] |
windhole | ƿindhole | ᛫ the glottis ᛫ | N | wynt-hole | ME | [OED] |
windhover | ƿindhofer | ᛫ a kestrel bird ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | see: windfucker |
Windland | Ƿindland | ᛫ the land of the Wends and Sorbs ᛫ Lusatia ᛫ | N(P) | Weonodland | OE | |
windmare | ƿindmare | ᛫ a wind spirit said to be responsible for echoes ᛫ an echo [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | windumær | OE | widened by analogy with: nightmare |
windmeter | ᛫ an anemometer ᛫ an anemograph ᛫ | N | wind+mete+er | NE+NE+NE | ||
windpipe | ƿindpipe | ᛫ trachea ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
winebearer | ƿinebearer | ᛫ a sommelier ᛫ a wine-waiter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE+NE | [LEX] ᛫ by analogy |
wineberry | ƿineberry | ᛫ a grape ᛫ | N | wīneberie[wīnberige] | ME‹OE‹Þ‹(I+Þ) | |
winehouse | ƿinehuse | ᛫ a winery ᛫ a public house where wine is drunk ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(NE+NE‹‹Þ‹I) | [OED] |
winelore | ƿinelore | ᛫ oenology ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
winetree | ƿinetree | ᛫ a vine ᛫ | N | wīntrēow | OE | |
wineyard | ƿineyard | ᛫ a vineyard ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
winfast | ƿinfast | ᛫ joyous ᛫ joyful ᛫ | AJ | wynfæst | OE | |
wining | ƿining | ᛫ rope or canvas for sailmaking binding of sails etc ᛫ | N | wining | ME | |
winless | ƿinless | ᛫ friendless ᛫ | AJ | winelēas | OE | |
winly | ƿinly | ᛫ pleasant ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
winnow | ƿinnoƿ | ᛫ to blow through grain to remove chaff ᛫ to remove lesser things ᛫ | V | ~[windwian] | NE | |
winship | ƿinscip | ᛫ friendship ᛫ | N | winescipe | OE | |
winsome | ƿinsum | ᛫ pleasant ᛫ agreeable ᛫ delightful ᛫ | AJ | ~[wynsum] | NE | |
winster | ƿinster | ᛫ left ( direction ) ᛫ sinister ᛫ | AJ | winstre | ME | |
Winterfulth | Ƿinterfulþ | ᛫ October ᛫ | N(P) | Winterfylleth | OE | |
winterledge | ƿinterlecg | ᛫ to become winter ᛫ | V | winterlǣcan | OE | |
winterly | ƿinterly | ᛫ hibernal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wird | ƿird | ᛫ fate ᛫ destiny ᛫ | N | wē̆rd/wird | ME | kin: weird (from Scots) |
wirdless | ƿirdless | ᛫ ill-fated ᛫ improvident ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wirespel | ƿirespel | ᛫ a telegram ᛫ | N | wire+spel | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
wiretree | ƿiretree | ᛫ A myrtle tree ᛫ | N | wīrtrēow | OE | |
wise | ƿise | ᛫ a manner ᛫ a fashion ᛫ a method ᛬ to make apparent ᛬ sagacious ᛫ prudent ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | wise&wīs&wīsen[wīsian] | NE&ME&ME | |
wisecrack | ƿisecrack | ᛫ a quip ᛫ a witticism ᛬ to quip ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
wisehead | ƿisehead | ᛫ a smart aleck ᛫ a wiseacre ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wishendly | ƿiscendly | ᛫ desirable ᛫ wishable ᛫ | AJ | gewȳscendlic | OE | |
wishful | ƿiscful | ᛫ desirous ᛫ aspiring ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wishingly | ƿiscingly | ᛫ optative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | gewȳscendlic | OE | |
wishywashy | ƿiscyƿascy | ᛫ weak ᛫ watery ᛫ feeble wavering ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wising | ƿising | ᛫ guidance ᛫ instruction ᛫ | N | wissung | OE | |
Wisland | Ƿisland | ᛫ a region in Poland ᛫ | N(P) | Wīsleland | OE | |
Wisle | Ƿisel | ᛫ the Vistula ᛫ | N(P) | Wīsle | OE | |
wisp | ƿisp | ᛫ a thin piece of something ᛫ a tendril ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wispy | ƿispy | ᛫ delicate and tendril-like ᛫ diaphanous ᛫ gauzy ᛫ airy ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wiss | ƿiss | ᛫ certain ( as in sure not as in particular ) ᛫ sure ᛬ certainly ᛫ surely ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | wis/wiss/wisse | ME | |
wissly | ƿissly | ᛫ certainly ᛫ surely ᛫ | AV | wislī | ME | or: wissly |
wist | ƿist | ᛫ provisions ( esp food ) ᛫ subsistence ᛫ | N | wist[wist] | ME | |
wistful | ƿistful | ᛫ full of regretful longing ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wit | ƿit | ᛫ a wiseman ᛫ a counsellor ᛫ a member of parliament ᛫ a congressman ᛫ an assemblyman ᛫ | N | wite[wita] | ME | PL: wits; witten |
wit | ƿit | ᛫ we two ( nominative ) ᛫ | N(PRO) | wit | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED |
wit | ƿit | ᛫ -ologist ᛫ | SUFFIX | wite | ME | |
wit | ƿit | ᛫ human reason ᛫ astuteness ᛫ cleverness ᛫ intelligence ᛫ sensory perception ᛬ to know firsthand ᛫ to experience [ᛏ] ᛫ | N᛬V | wit&witen | NE&ME | |
witch | ƿic | ᛫ an elm ᛫ an elm-like tree ᛫ | N | wich[wice] | ME | |
witch | ƿic | ᛫ a sorcerer ᛫ a sorceress ᛫ a diviner ᛫ a potion maker ( including magical and poisonous ) ᛫ | N | witch[wicca][wicce] | NE | masculine "wicca" and feminine "wicce" merged in Middle English |
witch | ƿic | ᛫ ( denotes the characteristic of having pliant branches ) ᛫ | PREFIX | ~[wice] | NE | |
witcraft | ƿitcraft | ᛫ logic ᛫ the art of reasoning ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | coined by Ralph Lever in 1573? |
wite | ƿite | ᛫ to depart ᛫ to pass away ᛫ | V | wīten | ME | PST: wote ᛫ PTCP: witten |
wite | ƿite | ᛫ a punishment ᛫ a fine ᛫ a penalty ᛬ to punish ᛫ | N᛬V | wīte&wīten[wīte][wītan] | ME&ME | recommendation: use "shild" for "guilt" |
witefast | ƿitefast | ᛫ penally enslaved ᛫ | AJ | wītefæst | OE | |
witeful | ƿiteful | ᛫ responsible ( as in guilty ) ᛫ | AJ | wite+ful | ME+NE | |
witehouse | ƿitehuse | ᛫ a torture-house ᛫ | N | wītehūs | OE | |
witelock | ƿitelock | ᛫ punishment ᛫ torment ᛫ pain ᛫ | N | wītelāc | OE | |
witener | ƿitener | ᛫ a punisher ᛫ a tormentor ᛫ | N | wītnere[wītnere] | ME | |
witerail | ƿiterail | ᛫ sackcloth ( as in clothing worn as punishment ) ᛫ | N | wītehrægel | OE | |
witestow | ƿitestoƿ | ᛫ a place for punishment or torment ᛫ | N | wītestōw | OE | |
witeswing | ƿitesƿing | ᛫ a stroke given as punishment ᛫ chastisement ᛫ | N | wīteswinge | OE | |
witethew | ƿiteþeƿ | ᛫ someone who is in slavery as part of punishment ᛬ in slavery as punishment for a crime ᛫ | N᛬AJ | wīteþēow | OE | |
witeworthy | ƿiteƿorþy | ᛫ deserving to be punished ᛫ | AJ | wīteweorþ | OE | |
witeyard | ƿiteyard | ᛫ a place for punishment ᛫ | N | wītegeard | OE | |
with | ƿiþ | ᛫ counter- ᛫ anti- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
with child | ƿiþ cild | ᛫ pregnant ᛫ | PP | ~ | NE | [OED] |
with wiss | ƿiþ ƿiss | ᛫ certainly ᛫ surely ᛫ | AV | mid gewisse | OE | |
withal | ƿiþal | ᛫ in addition ᛫ additionally ᛫ nevertheless ᛬ with ( used at the end of a clause ) ᛫ | AV᛬P | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
withbraid | ƿiþbraid | ᛫ to withhold ᛫ to hold back ᛫ to restrain ᛫ to check ᛫ | V | withbreiden&wiþbregdan | ME&OE | |
withcall | ƿiþcall | ᛫ to call back ᛫ to retract ᛫ to call off ᛫ to recant ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
withchoose | ƿiþceoos | ᛫ to reject ᛫ to disapprove ᛫ to choose against ᛫ | V | wiþceosan | OE | PTCP: withchosen ᛫ PST: withchose |
withdraught | ƿiþdraugt | ᛫ a withdrawal ᛫ an extraction ᛫ a retreat ᛫ a private chamber ᛫ an act of abstinence ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: withdraft |
withdraw | ƿiþdraƿ | ᛫ to remove ᛫ to retreat ᛫ to extract ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
withdrawing | ƿiþdraƿing | ᛫ a withdrawal ᛫ a removal ᛫ an extraction ᛫ a retreat ᛫ subtraction ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
withdrawn | ƿiþdraƿn | ᛫ socially cold ᛫ taken away ᛫ abstract [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
withe | ƿiþe | ᛫ a cord ᛫ a band ᛫ a thong ᛫ a twig ᛫ a rod ᛫ a Salix tree ( a willow ) ᛫ | N | withe&wiþþe | NE&OE | |
withebone | ƿiþebone | ᛫ a clavicle ᛫ | N | wiþobān | OE | |
wither | ƿiþer | ᛫ hostility ᛫ opposition ᛫ resistance ᛬ to resist ᛫ to oppose ᛬ in opposition ᛫ in opposition to ᛬ against ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AV᛬P | wither&wiþer&wiþeren | NE&ME&ME | |
wither | ƿiþer | ᛫ counter- ᛫ anti- ᛫ | PREFIX | ~ | NE | |
witherchrist | ƿiþercrist | ᛫ an antichrist ᛫ | N | wiþercrist | OE | |
witherdeed | ƿiþerdeed | ᛫ a counteraction ᛫ a reaction ᛫ a countermeasure ᛫ | N | wither+deed | NE×2 | |
withermood | ƿiþermood | ᛫ adverse ᛫ hostile ᛫ contrary ᛫ having the mind set against something ᛫ | AJ | wiþermōd | OE | |
withermoodness | ƿiþermoodness | ᛫ adversity ᛫ | N | wiþermōdness | OE | |
witherqueath | ƿiþercƿeaþ | ᛫ to contradict ᛫ | V | wiþercweþan | OE | |
witherquidder | ƿiþercƿidder | ᛫ a contradicter ᛫ | N | wiþercwida | OE | |
withersake | ƿiþersake | ᛫ apostate ᛫ renegade ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
withershins | ƿiþerscins | ᛫ counter-clockwise ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
witherward | ƿiþerƿard | ᛫ adverse ᛫ contrary ᛫ opposite [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
witherweight | ƿiþerƿeigt | ᛫ a counterweight ᛫ an opposite [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
witherwin | ƿiþerƿin | ᛫ an opponent ᛫ an enemy ᛫ an adversary ᛫ | N | witherwin | ME | means: counter-friend |
withhold | ƿiþhold | ᛫ to refrain from granting , giving , or allowing ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
withmeet | ƿiþmeet | ᛫ to compare ᛫ | V | wiþmetan | OE | |
withmeetly | ƿiþmeetly | ᛫ comparative ᛫ comparably ᛫ | AJ | wiþmetenlīc&wiþmetenlīce | OE | |
withqueath | ƿiþcƿeaþ | ᛫ to contradict ᛫ | V | withquethen | ME | |
withsake | ƿiþsake | ᛫ to argue against ᛫ to speak against ᛫ to oppose ᛫ to refuse to acknowledge ᛫ to deny ᛫ to disavow ᛫ | V | withsaken | ME | |
withsaw | ƿiþsaƿ | ᛫ resistance ᛫ objection ᛫ opposition ᛫ | N | withsawe | ME | |
withsay | ƿiþsay | ᛫ to deny ᛫ to dispute ᛫ to decline ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
withset | ƿiþset | ᛫ to block ᛫ to obstruct ᛫ to hinder ᛫ to mount opposition ᛫ to oppose ᛫ to deflect ᛫ | V | withsetten[wiþsettan] | ME | |
withsit | ƿiþsit | ᛫ to oppose ᛫ to resist ᛫ | V | withsitten | ME | |
withstand | ƿiþstand | ᛫ to resist ( successfully ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
withtee | ƿiþtee | ᛫ to withdraw ᛫ to abstain ᛫ to refrain ᛫ | V | withten | ME | |
withwind | ƿiþƿind | ᛫ a Lonicera periclymenum plant ( common honeysuckle ) ᛫ | N | withewind | ME | |
withy | ƿiþy | ᛫ Salix viminalis ( osier ) ᛬ flexible ( like a withe ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
witier | ƿitier | ᛫ a prophet ᛫ | N | wītie[wītega] | OE | |
witless | ƿitless | ᛫ foolish ᛫ stupid ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
witling | ƿitling | ᛫ one who thinks oneself to be witty ( derogatory ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
witship | ƿitscip | ᛫ science ᛫ | N | wit+ship | NE×2 | calque: wittenskip |
witshipper | ƿitscipper | ᛫ a scientist ᛫ | N | wit+ship+er | NE×3 | calque: wittenskipper |
witshippy | ƿitscippy | ᛫ scientific ᛫ | AJ | wit+ship+y | NE×2 | calque: wissenschaftlich |
witsick | ƿitsick | ᛫ possessed ᛫ controlled by an evil spirit ᛫ | AJ | witsēoc | OE | |
witted | ƿitted | ᛫ appointed ᛫ ordained ᛫ assured ᛫ certain ᛫ sure ᛫ | AJ | witod | OE | |
wittedly | ƿittedly | ᛫ certainly ᛫ surely ᛫ truly ᛫ indeed ᛫ | AV | witodlīce | OE | |
wittenmoot | ƿittenmoot | ᛫ a parliament ᛫ a congress ᛫ a legislative assembly ᛫ | N | witena gemot | OE | or: witsmoot; wittensmoot |
witting | ƿitting | ᛫ intentional ᛫ deliberate ᛫ aware knowledgeable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wittingly | ƿittingly | ᛫ knowingly ᛫ consciously ᛫ designedly ᛫ deliberately ᛫ intentionally ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
wittom | ƿittom | ᛫ a dowry ᛫ | N | wituma | OE | |
witwanton | ƿitƿanton | ᛫ one who indulges in idle foolish and irreverent fancies ᛬ to indulge in vain sportive or irreverent wit ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
witword | ƿitƿord | ᛫ a testament ( as in a will ) ᛫ the testament ( as in the divine covenant with the faithful ) ᛫ | N | witword&witword | ME&OE | |
wity | ƿity | ᛫ to prophesize ᛫ | V | wītegian | OE | |
witybook | ƿitybook | ᛫ a prophetical book ᛫ a book of prophecies ᛫ | N | wītegbōc | OE | |
witydom | ƿitydom | ᛫ prophecy ᛫ divination ᛫ | N | wītegdōm | OE | |
witydomly | ƿitydomly | ᛫ prophetic ᛫ prophetical ᛫ | AJ | wītedōmlīc | OE | |
witying | ƿitying | ᛫ prophecy ᛫ prophesizing ᛫ | N | wītī̆inge[wītegung] | ME | |
wityster | ƿityster | ᛫ a prophetess ᛫ | N | wītegestre | OE | |
wive | ƿife | ᛫ to marry a woman ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [CED] |
wizen | ƿisen | ᛫ to wither ᛬ withered ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
wizened | ƿisened | ᛫ shrivelled or wrinkled with age ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
woaden | ƿoaden | ᛫ indigo ( the colour of woad ) ᛫ king blue ᛬ of indigo hue ᛫ of king blue hue ᛫ | N᛬AJ | wǣden | OE | |
woak | ƿoak | ᛫ weak ᛫ easily broken ᛫ paltry ᛫ insignificant ᛫ debilitated ᛫ frail ᛫ lacking of willpower ᛫ | AJ | wōke[wāc] | ME | "weak" is Norse |
woakmood | ƿoakmood | ᛫ morally weak ᛫ fainthearted ᛫ | AJ | wācmōd | OE | |
woakness | ƿoakness | ᛫ weakness ᛫ | N | woknesse | ME | |
woan | ƿoan | ᛫ to moan ᛫ to wail ᛫ to complain ᛫ | V | wōnen[wānian] | ME | |
woath | ƿoaþ | ᛫ hunting ᛫ a hunt ᛫ a chase [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | wāþ | OE | kin: wǣþan; waith (Norse) |
woe | ƿoe | ᛫ misery ᛫ distress ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woebegone | ƿoebegone | ᛫ sad ᛫ miserable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
woeful | ƿoeful | ᛫ sorrowful ᛫ sad ᛫ deplorable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
woesome | ƿoesum | ᛫ terrible ᛫ miserable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
Woing | Ƿoing | ᛫ one of the Vangiones ᛫ | N(P) | Woingum | OE | |
wold | ƿold | ᛫ a forest ᛫ | N | wōld[weald] | ME | |
wolder | ƿulder | ᛫ glory ᛫ splendour ᛫ | N | wulder&wuldor | ME&OE | |
wolderbee | ƿulderbee | ᛫ a crown ᛬ to crown ᛫ to coronate ᛫ | V | wuldorbēah&wuldorbēagian | OE&OE | |
wolderen | ƿulderen | ᛫ to glorify ᛫ | V | wuldor+en[wuldrian] | OE | |
wolderful | ƿulderful | ᛫ glorious ᛫ | AJ | wuldorfull | OE | |
wolf moon | ƿulf | ᛫ a full moon in January ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
wolfhearted | ƿulfhearted | ᛫ cruel ᛫ | AJ | wulfheort | OE | |
Wolfing | Ƿulfing | ᛫ one of the Wulfings ᛫ | N(P) | Wulfingum | OE | |
wolfsbane | ƿulfsbane | ᛫ an Aconitum plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wolfshead | ƿulfshead | ᛫ an outlaw ( who may be killed as if they were a wolf ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | definition needs confirmation |
wolfsmilk | ƿulfsmilk | ᛫ any Euphorbia plant ( spurge ) ᛫ | N | wolf+s+milk | NE×3 | calque: wolfsmelk; Wolfsmilch |
wolven | ƿulfen | ᛫ a female wolf ᛫ | N | wulvene | ME | |
woman | ƿuman | ᛫ an adult female human ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | opposite of wepman |
womansrighter | ƿumansrigter | ᛫ an advocate for women's rights ᛫ a feminist ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
womb | ƿomb | ᛫ uterus ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
won | ƿun | ᛫ a custom ᛫ a tradition ᛫ a habit ᛫ a practice ᛫ a convention ᛫ a dwelling ᛬ to get accustomed ( to wean ) ᛫ to dwell ᛫ | N᛬V | wǒne&wǒnen | ME&ME | kin: wont |
wonder | ƿunder | ᛫ a miracle a marvel ᛫ marvelling ᛬ to be curious about ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
wonderchild | ƿundercild | ᛫ a child prodigy ᛫ | N | wonder child | NE | |
wonderdeed | ƿunderdeed | ᛫ a miracle ᛫ | N | wundordǣd | OE | |
wondersome | ƿundersum | ᛫ wondrous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wondertale | ƿundertale | ᛫ a fairy tale ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wonderworker | ƿunderƿorker | ᛫ a miracle worker ᛫ a thaumaturge ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wone | ƿone | ᛫ an expedient ᛫ a course ᛫ an alternative ᛫ a choice ᛫ an expectation ᛫ luck ᛫ fortune ᛫ an opinion ᛫ abundance ᛫ an excess ᛫ one's assets ᛫ | N | wōn[vān] | ME‹N | |
wong | ƿong | ᛫ a field ᛫ a prairie ᛫ a plain ᛫ | N | wong | ME | |
wongdog | ƿongdog | ᛫ a prairie dog ᛫ | N | wong+dog | ME+NE | calque: prairie dog |
wongwolf | ƿongƿulf | ᛫ a coyote ᛫ | N | wong+wolf | ME+NE | see: wongdog/ƿongdog ᛫ Hurlebatte: I say we borrow "coyote" into Anglish |
woning | ƿoning | ᛫ a dwelling ᛫ an abode ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wonlief | ƿunleef | ᛫ traditionalism ᛫ | N | wǒne+lēve | NE+ME | |
wonly | ƿunly | ᛫ common ᛫ customary ᛫ usual ᛫ | AJ | iwonelīch | ME | |
wonner | ƿunner | ᛫ a dweller ᛫ an inhabitant ᛫ | N | ~[wǒner]{wuna} | NE | |
wont | ƿont | ᛫ a mole ᛫ | N | wont | ME | |
wont | ƿunt | ᛫ used to ᛫ accustomed to ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | past particile of "wone" (from ME verb "wonen) |
wontly | ƿuntly | ᛫ usually ᛫ customarily ᛫ habitually ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
woo | ƿoo | ᛫ to court ᛫ to attempt to seduce ᛫ | V | ~[wōgian] | NE | this word can have honourable and dishonourable connotations |
wood | ƿood | ᛫ madness ᛫ rage ᛫ fury ᛬ to be or become frenzied ᛬ insane ᛫ deranged ᛫ crazy ᛫ rabid ᛫ frenzied ᛫ furious ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | wood&wōd&wōden | NE&ME&ME | or: weed (from wēd form) |
woodant | ƿoodant | ᛫ a carpenter ant ᛫ a termite ᛫ | N | wood ant | NE | |
woodbine | ƿoodbine | ᛫ a Lonicera periclymenum plant ( honeysuckle ) ᛫ | N | ~[wọ̄debī̆nd] | NE | |
woodcoal | ƿoodcoal | ᛫ lignite ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woodcock | ƿoodcock | ᛫ a Scolopax bird ᛫ | N | ~[wuducoc] | NE | |
woodelf | ƿoodelf | ᛫ a wood elf ᛫ a wood fairy ᛫ a wood nymph ( a dryad ) ᛫ | N | wuduælfen | OE | |
woodelfen | ƿoodelfen | ᛫ a dryad ᛫ a female wood-elf ᛫ a wood-nymph ᛫ | N | wuduælfen | OE | |
Wooden | Ƿooden | ᛫ ( an English god equivalent to Norse Odin ) ᛫ the planet Mercury [ᚹ] ᛫ | N(P) | Wōden[wōden] | ME | found in: Woodnesborough ᛫ or: Weeden |
Woodenly | Ƿoodenly | ᛫ Mercurian ᛫ | AJ | wooden+ly | ME+NE | |
wooder | ƿooder | ᛫ a madman ᛫ an enraged man ᛫ | N | wōda | OE | |
woodland | ƿoodland | ᛫ a stretch of timberland ᛫ a forest ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woodlectric | ƿoodlectrick | ᛫ one or more wild plants belonging to the lettuce family ᛫ | N | wọ̄delēctric | ME | |
woodmarch | ƿoodmarc | ᛫ a Sanicula europaea plant ( sanicle ) ᛫ | N | wood march | ANE | [OED] |
woodmare | ƿoodmare | ᛫ a wood spirit said to be responsible for echoes ᛫ an echo [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | wudumær | OE | widened by analogy with: nightmare |
woodmerch | ƿoodmerc | ᛫ a Sanicula europea plant ᛫ | N | wọ̄demerch | ME | |
woodruff | ƿoodruff | ᛫ a Galina odoratum plant ᛫ | N | ~[wọ̄derōve] | NE | |
woodsour | ƿoodsure | ᛫ an Oxalis acetosella plant ᛫ | N | wọ̄desǒur[wudusūre] | ME | |
woodwale | ƿoodƿale | ᛫ a Picus viridis bird ᛫ an Oriolus oriolus bird ᛫ | N | ~[wọ̄dewāle] | NE | |
woodward | ƿoodƿard | ᛫ a forester ᛫ | N | wọ̄deward | ME | |
woodwool | ƿoodƿool | ᛫ cotton ᛫ | N | wode woul | ANE | |
woodworker | ƿoodƿorker | ᛫ carpenter ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woodworking | ƿoodƿorking | ᛫ carpentry ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woodwose | ƿoodƿose | ᛫ a wild man of the woods ᛫ a faun ᛫ a satyr ᛫ | N | ~[wōdewōse][wuduwāsa] | NE | What does "wāsa" mean? |
woody nightshade | ƿoody nigtscade | ᛫ a Solanum dulcamara plant ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wooer | ƿooer | ᛫ a suitor ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
woof | ƿoof | ᛫ a set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom ᛫ a fabric ᛫ the texture of a fabric ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wooker | ƿooker | ᛫ increase ᛫ growth ᛫ | N | wōcor | OE | |
wool | ƿool | ᛫ pestilence ᛫ | N | wōl | OE | |
woolock | ƿoolock | ᛫ courtship ᛫ | N | wohlac | ME | |
woolward | ƿoolƿard | ᛫ dressed in woollen clothing as an act of penance ᛫ penitent [ᚹ] ᛫ | AJ | wōlward | ME | |
woom | ƿoom | ᛫ a sound ᛫ a noise ᛫ | N | wōma | OE | kin: vox (Latin); wēman |
woop | ƿoop | ᛫ a cry ᛫ lamentation ᛫ | N | wōp | OE | |
woopleeth | ƿoopleeþ | ᛫ a tragedy ᛫ | N | wōplēoþ | OE | |
woor | ƿoor | ᛫ to disturb ᛫ to distract ᛫ | V | wọ̄ren | ME | |
woorhen | ƿoorhen | ᛫ a pheasant ᛫ | N | wōrhana | OE | NEEDS ATTESTATIONS |
wooth | ƿooþ | ᛫ song ᛫ voice ( esp in song ) ᛫ sung poetry ᛫ eloquent speech ᛫ | N | wōþ | OE | kin to wode?; ōðr? |
woothcraft | ƿooþcraft | ᛫ the art of poetry and songwriting ᛫ | N | wōþcræft | OE | |
word for word | ƿord | ᛫ verbatim ᛫ | AJ&AV | ~ | NE | |
wordbook | ƿordbook | ᛫ a dictionary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordcraft | ƿordcraft | ᛫ the art of rhetoric ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordfast | ƿordfast | ᛫ reliable ᛫ true to one's word ᛫ | AJ | wordfast[wordfæst] | ME | |
wordful | ƿordful | ᛫ talkative ᛫ verbose ᛫ full of words ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wordglew | ƿordgleƿ | ᛫ prudent in speech ᛫ | AJ | wordglēaw | OE | |
wordhoard | ƿordhoard | ᛫ a vocabulary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordiness | ƿordiness | ᛫ verbosity ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordlist | ƿordlist | ᛫ a glossary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+I) | coined by William Barnes ᛫ this meaning of list has Italic influence |
wordlock | ƿordlock | ᛫ a speech ᛫ an oration ᛫ | N | wordlāc | OE | |
wordlore | ƿordlore | ᛫ the study of words ᛫ | N | word+lore | NE×2 | |
wordly | ƿordly | ᛫ verbal ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wordmark | ƿordmark | ᛫ a term ( as in a binding condition ) ᛫ | N | wordgemarc | OE | |
wordplay | ƿordplay | ᛫ a play on words ᛫ a pun ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordsammener | ƿordsammener | ᛫ a collector of words ᛫ | N | wordsamnere | OE | |
wordsnoter | ƿordsnoter | ᛫ eloquent ᛫ | AJ | wordsnotor | OE | |
wordsnotering | ƿordsnotering | ᛫ a sophism ( not necessarily in a negative sense? ) ᛫ | N | wordsnotorung | OE | |
wordstock | ƿordstock | ᛫ a vocabulary ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wordwinsome | ƿordƿinsum | ᛫ pleasant in speech ᛫ affable ᛫ | AJ | wordwynsum | OE | |
wordwise | ƿordƿise | ᛫ sophist ᛫ | AJ | wordwīs | OE | |
wordy | ƿordy | ᛫ verbose ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
work | ƿork | ᛫ a product ᛫ effort ᛬ to operate ᛫ to function ᛫ to labour ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | PST: worked ᛫ PTCP worked |
work | ƿork | ᛫ to manufacture ᛫ to fashion ᛫ to bring about | V | ~ | NE | PST: wrought ᛫ PTCP wrought |
work up | ƿork up | ᛫ to agitate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | PST: worked up; wrought up |
worker | ƿorker | ᛫ a labourer ᛫ an employee ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [OED] |
workfellow | ƿorkfelloƿ | ᛫ a co-worker ᛫ associate ᛫ colleague ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+N) | |
working | ƿorking | ᛫ operation ᛬ functioning | N᛬AJ | ~ | NE | |
workmate | ƿorkmate | ᛫ a coworker ᛫ a colleague ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹(E+LG) | [OED] ᛫ or: workmake/ƿorkmate |
works | ƿorks | ᛫ ( denotes a factory ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
workshop | ƿorkscop | ᛫ a studio ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
workstead | ƿorkstead | ᛫ a workplace ᛫ a workshop ᛫ a workstation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
worldaught | ƿorldaugt | ᛫ worldly possessions ᛫ worldly property ᛫ | N | weoroldǣht | OE | |
worlddeal | ƿorlddeal | ᛫ a continent ᛫ | N | world+deal | NE×2 | calque: werelddeel |
worldkin | ƿorldkin | ᛫ a microcosm ᛫ a diminutive or miniature world ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | or: worldchin (-kin is said to be from Dutch) |
worldlaw | ƿorldlaƿ | ᛫ secular law ᛫ | N | weoroldlagu | OE | |
worldly | ƿorldly | ᛫ secular ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
worldwide | ƿorldƿide | ᛫ global ᛬ globally ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
worm | ƿurm | ᛫ a serpent ᛫ a dragon ᛫ a reptile ᛫ a creeping insect ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
worm moon | ƿurm | ᛫ a full moon in March ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
wormkin | ƿurmkin | ᛫ reptile kind ᛫ serpent kind ᛫ | N | wyrmcyn | OE | |
worrywart | ƿurryƿart | ᛫ one who worries excessively ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
worsen | ƿursen | ᛫ to deteriorate ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
worship | ƿorscip | ᛫ -latry ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
worsom | ƿorsom | ᛫ pus ᛫ purulent matter ᛫ corrupt matter ᛫ | N | worsum[worms/worsm] | ME | |
worstwield | ƿorstƿeeld | ᛫ kakistocracy ᛫ | N | worst+wield | NE×2 | |
wort | ƿurt | ᛫ a herb ᛫ an herb ᛫ a plant ᛬ to season ᛫ to spice ᛫ | N᛬V | wort&wyrtian | NE&OE | |
worteater | ƿurteater | ᛫ a herbivore ᛫ an herbivore ᛫ | N | wort+eater | NE×2 | |
worter | ƿurter | ᛫ a herbalist ᛫ an herbalist ᛫ | N | wort+er | NE×2 | calque: hē̆rber |
worth | ƿorþ | ᛫ an enclosure ᛫ a court ᛫ a courtyard | N | worth[worþ] | ME | still found in names like Wentworth |
worth | ƿorþ | ᛫ to become ᛫ to exist ᛫ ( passive voice auxiliary ) ᛫ be ( subjunctive ) ᛫ | V | worthen[weorþan] | ME | SEE NOTE |
worth | ƿorþ | ᛫ value ᛫ merit ᛬ valued at ᛫ priced at ᛫ | N᛬P | worth | NE | |
worthful | ƿorþful | ᛫ valuable ᛫ precious ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
worthless | ƿorþless | ᛫ not valuable ᛫ useless ᛫ despicable ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
worthmind | ƿorþmind | ᛫ dignity ᛫ honour ᛫ reverence ᛫ | N | worthmint[weorþmynd] | ME | or: worthmint |
worthness | ƿorþness | ᛫ dignity ᛫ nobility ᛫ reverence ᛫ | N | worthnesse[weorþness] | ME | |
worthwhile | ƿorþhƿile | ᛫ worth the time money or effort spent ᛫ of value or importance ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
worthy | ƿorþy | ᛫ to honour ᛫ to exalt ᛫ to esteem ᛫ to respect ᛫ to set a value upon ᛫ | V | worthī̆en | ME | not from weorþian |
worthy | ƿorþy | ᛫ -able ( but only in some usages like " loveable " ) ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
worthy | ƿorþy | ᛫ suitable ᛫ deserving ᛫ important ᛫ significant ᛫ | AJ | worthy&worthī | NE&ME | |
wortlife | ƿurtlife | ᛫ flora ᛫ | N | wort+life | NE+NE | calque: plant life |
wortlore | ƿurtlore | ᛫ botany ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | invented by William Barnes |
wortmong | ƿurtmong | ᛫ a spice ᛫ | N | wyrtgemang | OE | |
wortwale | ƿurtƿale | ᛫ the wale of a wort ( its roots ) ᛬ to plant ᛫ | N᛬V | wortwāle&wyrtwalian | OE | |
wortward | ƿurtƿard | ᛫ a gardener ᛫ | N | wyrtweard | OE | |
wory | ƿory | ᛫ confused ᛫ perplexed ᛫ troubled ᛫ disturbed ᛫ turbid ( of water ) ᛫ dirty ( of water ) ᛫ | AJ | wori | ME | |
wough | ƿuge | ᛫ crookedness ᛫ error ᛫ wickedness ᛫ injustice ᛫ wrongness ᛬ crooked ᛫ bent ᛫ wrong ᛫ unfair ᛫ injust ᛫ unjust ᛫ | N᛬AJ | wough[wōh] | ME | rhyme: plough |
wough | ƿoug | ᛫ a wall ᛫ | N | wough[wāh/wāg] | NE | rhyme: woe (OED) ᛫ "wall" is couth in many kinds of Anglish |
woughrift | ƿougrift | ᛫ a curtain ᛫ | N | wāgrift | OE | rhyme: woe-lift |
would-be | ƿuld-be | ᛫ having the desire or potential to be [ᛏ] ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wound | ƿund | ᛫ an injury ( esp one involving laceration ) ᛬ to injure ( esp involving laceration ) ᛫ | N᛬V | ~ | NE | |
wrake | ƿrake | ᛫ vengeance ᛫ revenge ᛫ retribution ᛫ punishment ᛫ destruction ᛫ ruin ᛫ annihilation ᛬ to punish ᛫ to exact vengeance ᛫ | N᛬V | wrake&wraken[wracian] | ME&ME | or: wreach (from ME wrēch) |
wrangle | ƿrangel | ᛫ to argue ᛫ to dispute ᛫ to bicker ᛫ to herd ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wrast | ƿrast | ᛫ delicate ᛫ elegant ᛫ splendid ᛫ | AJ | wrast[wrǣst] | ME | |
wrath | ƿraþ | ᛫ anger ( esp vindictive anger ) ᛬ to rage ( esp with vindictive anger ) ᛫ | N᛬V | wrath&wratthen | NE&ME | |
wrathe | ƿraþe | ᛫ a prop ᛫ a stay ᛫ support ( lit and fig ) ᛫ | N | wraþu | OE | |
wray | ƿray | ᛫ to make visible ᛫ to reveal ᛫ to disclose ᛫ to divulge ᛫ to expose ᛫ to betray a secret ᛫ | V | wreien | ME | |
wrayingly | ƿrayingly | ᛫ accusative ( grammar ) ᛫ | AJ | wrēgendlīc | OE | glossary word |
wreak | ƿreak | ᛫ to inflict ᛫ to drive out ( to expel ) ᛫ to drive in ( to impress ) ᛫ | V | wreak&wrecan | NE&OE | PST: wreaked ("wrought" is a mistaken past tense) |
wreat | ƿreat | ᛫ a jewel ᛫ an ornament ᛫ | N | wrǣt | OE | |
wreath | ƿreaþ | ᛫ ring of twisted material ( esp ornamental and of plant material ) ᛫ a garland ᛫ a laurel ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wreathe | ƿreaþ | ᛫ to envelop ᛫ to coil ᛫ to entwine ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED][MW] |
wreathen | ƿreaþen | ᛫ twisted ᛫ made into a wreath ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
wreatly | ƿreatly | ᛫ wondrously ᛫ curiously ᛫ | AV | wrǣtlīce | OE | |
wreaty | ƿreaty | ᛫ wondrous ᛫ curious ᛫ | AJ | wrǣtlīc | OE | |
wrench | ƿrenc | ᛫ a trick ᛫ an artifice ᛫ a distortion ᛫ a modulation ᛫ a wile ᛫ | N | wrench&wrenc | NE&OE | |
wrenchwise | ƿrencƿise | ᛫ unjust ᛫ injust ᛫ | AJ | wrencwīs | OE | |
wrength | ƿrengþ | ᛫ wrongness ᛫ incorrectness ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wrest | ƿrest | ᛫ to forcibly pull from something's grasp ᛫ to take after considerable effort or difficulty ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [LEX] |
wretch | ƿrec | ᛫ an unfortunate person ᛫ a miserable person ᛫ a vile person ᛫ | N | ~[wrecca] | NE | kin: wreck |
wrethe | ƿreþe | ᛫ to prop ᛫ to support ( lit and fig ) ᛫ | V | wreþian/wreoðien | OE | |
wride | ƿride | ᛫ a stalk ᛫ a stem ᛫ a shoot ᛬ to grow ᛫ to flourish ᛫ to blossom ᛫ to bloom ᛫ to burgeon ᛫ | N᛬V | wrīde&wrīd&wrīdan | ME&OE&OE | |
wright | ƿrigt | ᛫ a creator ᛫ a craftsman ᛫ a producer ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
wright | ƿrigt | ᛫ -maker ᛫ -builder ᛫ -developer ᛫ | SUFFIX | ~ | NE | |
wrile | ƿrile | ᛫ clothing ᛫ a garment ᛫ | N | wrigels | OE | kin: wry |
wring | ƿring | ᛫ a press ᛫ a wine press ᛫ an olive press ᛬ to press ᛫ to grab and twist ᛫ | N᛬V | wring&wring&press | NE&ME | |
wristbone | ƿristbone | ᛫ a carpal ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
writ | ƿrit | ᛫ a document ᛫ a text ( as in a physical medium with writing on it ) ᛫ a record kept in writing ᛫ a legal instrument ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
writbred | ƿritbred | ᛫ a writing tablet ᛫ | N | writbred | OE | |
write | ƿrite | ᛫ to inscribe ᛫ to inscript ᛫ to text (in any sense) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
writhe | ƿriþe | ᛫ to squirm ᛫ to distort ᛫ to confine ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [OED] |
writsax | ƿritsax | ᛫ a stylus ᛫ a pen [ᚹ] ᛫ | N | writseax | OE | |
wrixle | ƿrixel | ᛫ change ᛫ exchange ᛬ to change ᛫ to exchange ᛫ to exchange ideas ᛫ to alternate ᛫ | N᛬V | wrixlen&wrixl | ME&OE | |
wrixley | ƿrixely | ᛫ alternate ᛫ | AJ | gewrixlic | OE | |
wroot | ƿroot | ᛫ a snout ᛬ to dig with one's snout ᛫ to dig ᛫ to root around ᛫ to attack in a wedge formation ᛫ | N᛬V | wrōt[wrōt]&wrọ̄ten | ME&ME | |
wroth | ƿroþ | ᛫ angry ᛫ irate ᛬ angrily ᛫ irately ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | wroth&wroth[wrāþ] | NE&ME | rhyme: cloth ᛫ kin: wrath |
wrothen | ƿroþen | ᛫ to anger ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | |
wrotherheal | ƿroþerheal | ᛫ disastrously ᛫ | AV | wrōtherhēle | ME | |
wrought | ƿrougt | ᛫ an accusation ᛫ a false accusation ᛫ slander ᛫ calumny ᛫ | N | wrōht | OE | rhyme: thought? |
wry | ƿry | ᛫ to cover ᛫ to conceal ᛫ to shield ᛫ to protect ᛫ to be covered ᛫ to be blanketed ᛫ to put a lid over ᛫ to clothe ᛫ | V | wrīen[wrēon] | ME | |
wry | ƿry | ᛫ to contort ᛫ to deviate ᛫ to writhe ᛫ to twist ᛫ to bend ᛬ twisted ᛫ bent ᛫ crooked ᛫ out of place ᛫ sardonic ᛫ | V᛬AJ | ~[wrīgian] | NE | |
wurmel | ƿurmel | ᛫ an Origanum majorana plant ( marjoram ) ᛫ | N | wurmele[wurmille] | ME | |
wurp | ƿurp | ᛫ to recover ( from an illness , etc ) ᛫ | V | wurpen&wirpan | ME&OE | |
wurst | ƿurst | ᛫ a sausage ᛫ | N | ~ | NE‹HG | |
wuther | ƿuþer | ᛫ to blow with a dull roar ᛫ | V | ~ | NE‹N | |
wuthering | ƿuþering | ᛫ blowing strongly with a roaring sound or characterized by such a sound ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE‹N | |
wye | ƿye | ᛫ a human adult ( esp male ) ᛫ a man ᛫ a sir ᛫ | N | wī[wīga] | ME | |
wye | ƿye | ᛫ war ᛫ combat ᛫ conflict ᛬ to fight ᛫ to combat ᛫ to war ᛫ | N᛬V | wī[wīg]&wīgan | ME&OE | meaning broadened in ME |
wyehouse | ƿyehuse | ᛫ a military tower ᛫ a defensive building ᛫ an arx ᛫ a turris ᛫ | N | wīghūs | OE | |
wyer | ƿyer | ᛫ a warrior ᛫ | N | wye+er[wiga] | ME | |
wyesmith | ƿyesmiþ | ᛫ a warrior ᛫ a war smith ᛫ | N | wīgsmiþ | OE | |
yack | geak | ᛫ an accent ( a way of uttering words ) ᛫ a tone ( an inflection of voice ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | onomatopoeia |
yaffle | yaffel | ᛫ a Picus viridis bird ( green woodpecker ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
yair | geare | ᛫ an enclosure for fish ᛫ | N | ~[yā̆re][gear] | NE | [MW] |
yard | geard | ᛫ a length of three feet ᛫ a branch ᛫ a swig ᛫ a rod ᛫ a staff ᛫ a stick ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yardland | geardland | ᛫ a virgate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yardstick | geardstick | ᛫ a standard basis of calculation ᛫ | N | yard+stick | NE×2 | |
yare | geare | ᛫ gear ( equipment ) ? ᛫ a gear [ᚹ] ᛬ to gear up ᛫ to prepare ᛫ to procure ᛫ to supply ᛫ to equip ᛫ prepared ᛫ available ᛫ eager ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AJ | yaren[gearwian]&gearwe | ME&OE | kin: gear |
yared | geared | ᛫ geared up ᛫ ready ᛫ prepared ᛫ procured ᛫ supplied ᛫ equipped ᛫ | AJ | yaren+ed | ME+NE | |
yarewordy | geareƿordy | ᛫ ready in words ᛫ eloquent ᛫ fluent ᛫ | AJ | gearowyrdig | OE | |
yark | geark | ᛫ to prepare ᛫ to ready ᛫ to marshal ᛫ | V | yarken[gearcian] | ME | |
yarrow | gearoƿ | ᛫ an Achillea millefolium plant ᛫ | N | ~[gearwe] | NE | |
yate | geate | ᛫ a gate ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yatow | geatoƿ | ᛫ equipment ᛫ | N | geatwe/geatu | OE | |
yclept | ᛫ called ᛫ named ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | ||
ye | ge | ᛫ and ᛫ also ᛫ | C | ye&ge | ME&OE | kin: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 |
ye | ge | ᛫ you guys ᛫ y'all ᛫ youse ᛫ | N(PRO) | ~ | NE | |
yea | gea | ᛫ an affirmative answer ᛬ to reply affirmatively ᛬ yes ᛬ ( shows approval or that a vote was positively cast ) ᛫ | N᛬V᛬AV᛬I | ~ | NE | rhyme: way |
yeap | geep | ᛫ a gap ? ᛫ an expanse of space ? ᛬ spacious ᛫ | N᛬AJ | gēap&gēap | OE&OE | |
yearbook | gerebook | ᛫ an almanac ᛫ | N | year-book | NE | [OED] |
yearday | gereday | ᛫ an anniversary ᛫ | N | year+day | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
yeardole | geredole | ᛫ an annuity ᛫ | N | year+dole | NE×2 | invented by William Barnes |
yearhundred | gerehundred | ᛫ century ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yearly | gerely | ᛫ annual ᛬ annually ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
yearmarket | geremarket | ᛫ a fair ᛫ | N | gēarmarket{mercatus} | OE‹(E+I) | |
yearn | gearn | ᛫ to have a strong desire for something ᛫ to long ᛫ | V᛬AJ | yearn[georn] | NE | |
yearnendly | gearnendly | ᛫ desirable ᛫ yearnable ᛫ | AJ | girnendlic | OE | |
yearnful | gearnful | ᛫ desirous ᛫ eager ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
yearsgift | geresgift | ᛫ a customary feudal payment commonly made at the turn of the year ᛫ | N | yēres yēve | ME | de-Norsed: yearsyeave/geresgeef |
yearten | gereten | ᛫ a decade ᛫ | N | year+ten | NE×2 | calque: jaartien |
yearthousand | gereþusand | ᛫ a millennium ᛫ | N | year+thousand | NE×2 | calque: Jahrtausend |
yeartide | geretide | ᛫ a season ᛫ | N | year+tide | NE×2 | calque: jiertiid |
Yeat | Geet | ᛫ a Geat ᛫ | N | gēat | NE | |
yeath | geeþ | ᛫ foolishness ᛫ | N | gēaþe | OE | |
Yeatish | Geetisc | ᛫ the Geatish language ᛬ of Geats ᛫ | N᛬AJ | gēat+ish | NE×2 | |
Yeatland | Geetland | ᛫ Geatland ᛫ | N | gēat+land | NE×2 | |
yeave | geef | ᛫ a gift ᛬ to give ᛫ | N᛬V | yēve&yēven[gefan] | ME&ME | PST: yave ᛫ PTCP: yeaven ᛫ de-Norsed form of "give" |
yeaword | geaƿord | ᛫ a term of affirmation ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | coined by Ralph Lever |
yed | ged | ᛫ a musical poem riddle or proverb ᛬ to recite in song ᛫ to exaggerate ᛫ | N᛬V | yed&gid&giddian | NE&OE&OE | |
yedding | gedding | ᛫ a poem ᛫ a song ᛫ a recitation of a verse narrative ᛫ | N | yeddinge[geddung] | ME | |
yeed | geed | ᛫ went ( past tense of go ) ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | or: yede |
yeek | geek | ᛫ the Cuculus canorus bird ( European cuckoo ) ᛫ | N | yēk[gēac] | ME | |
yeem | geem | ᛫ diligence ᛫ attention ᛫ adherence ᛬ to take notice of ᛫ to do duty ᛫ to adhere to doctrine ᛫ to attend to ᛫ to tend for ᛫ | N᛬V | yēme&yēmen[gȳman] | ME&ME | |
yeemer | geemer | ᛫ miserable ᛫ in dire circumstances ᛫ unfortunate ᛫ unfavourable ᛫ distressful ᛫ dismal ᛫ lugubrious ᛫ melancholic ᛫ | AJ | yọ̄mer/gemer[gēomor] | ME | kin: yammer (probably) ᛫ or: yoomer |
yeemerly | geemerly | ᛫ miserably ᛫ unfortunately ᛫ unfavourably ᛫ distressfully ᛫ dismally ᛫ lugubriously ᛫ melancholily ᛫ | AV | yọ̄merlī[gēomorlīce] | ME | or: yoomerly |
yeemless | geemless | ᛫ negligent ᛫ careless ᛫ | AJ | gȳmelēas | OE | |
yeemlessness | geemlessness | ᛫ negligence ᛫ neglect ᛫ carelessness ᛫ | N | gȳmelēast | OE | or: yeemlest |
yeen | geen | ᛫ against ᛫ in opposition ᛫ opposite ᛫ next to ᛫ bordering ᛫ placed against ᛫ in contact with ᛫ | P | yẹ̄n&gēan | ME&OE | |
yeet | geet | ᛫ to pour ᛫ to libate ᛫ to found metal ᛫ | V | yēten&geotan | ME&OE | PST: yote ᛫ PTCP: yoten |
yeeter | geeter | ᛫ a caster of metal ᛫ a founder of metal ᛫ | N | yētere | ME | |
yeld | geld | ᛫ barren ( of animals ) ᛫ infertile ᛫ unproductive ᛫ immature ( of animals ) ᛫ | AJ | ~[yēld][gelde] | NE | |
yellow | gelloƿ | ᛫ yellow ᛫ cowardly ᛫ craven ᛫ pusillanimous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | [OED] |
yellow bothen | gelloƿ boþen | ᛫ a Chrysanthemum segetum plant ( corn marigold ) ᛫ | N | yelwe bothen | ME | |
yellowadle | gelloƿadel | ᛫ jaundice ᛫ | N | yelow ādle | ME | |
yellowbell | gelloƿbell | ᛫ a Tecoma stans plant ᛫ | N | yellow bell | NE | |
yellowred | gelloƿred | ᛫ orange ᛫ | AJ | yellow+red{geolorēad?} | NE×2 | |
yelp | gelp | ᛫ a crying out ᛫ a boast ᛬ to cry out ᛫ to boast ᛫ | N᛬V | yelp&yelpen[gilpan] | NE&ME | |
yelse | gels | ᛫ luxury ᛫ voluptuousness ᛫ | N | gǣlsa{gēlsunge} | OE | pre-cluster shortening + liquid C. failure to lengthen (milce, horse, force) |
yelt | gelt | ᛫ a young sow ᛫ | N | ~[yelte][gilte] | NE | |
yencome | gencum | ᛫ a return ᛬ to return ᛫ | N᛬V | yẹ̄ncǒme | NE | |
yenner | genner | ᛫ asylum ᛫ refuge ᛫ sanctuary ᛫ | N | gener | OE | |
yennerstead | gennerstead | ᛫ an asylum ᛫ a place of refuge ᛫ a sanctuary ᛫ | N | generstede | OE | |
yeoman | geoman | ᛫ a free man who works his own land ᛫ a subordinate to an official ᛫ a pawn ( chess ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | [CED] |
yer | ger | ᛫ to make a strident sound ᛫ | V | yerren | ME | |
yerk | gerk | ᛫ to sharply strike ( esp with a cane whip or flog ) ᛫ to pull or push suddenly ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | OED ᛫ or: yark ᛫ kin: jerk? |
yern | gern | ᛫ eager ᛬ eagerly ᛫ | AJ᛬AV | ~[yern][georn] | ANE | |
yernly | gernly | ᛫ eagerly ᛫ fervently ᛫ | ADV | yernli | ME | |
yest | gest | ᛫ a guest ᛫ | N | gest | OE | "guest" is Norse |
yestereve | gesterefe | ᛫ yesterday evening ᛬ on yesterday evening ᛫ | N᛬AV | yesterēven{yersten efe} | ME | |
yesternight | gesternigt | ᛫ last night ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yesteryear | gestergeer | ᛫ last year ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yet | get | ᛫ to get ᛫ to obtain ᛫ to acquire ᛫ | V | gē̆ten/yeten[gitan] | ME | PST: yat {geat} ᛫ PTCP: yetten {getten} |
yetling | getling | ᛫ a vessel of cast metal ᛫ a flat metal plate used for cooking ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | kin: yeet |
yever | gefer | ᛫ greedy ᛫ covetous ᛫ gluttonous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | rhyme: ever |
yevery | gefery | ᛫ very hungry ᛫ ravenous ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
yew | geƿ | ᛫ a four-footed bird ᛫ a griffin ᛫ | N | eoh/giw/giow | OE | |
Yew | Geƿ | ᛫ one of the Aviones ᛫ someone from Öland in Sweden ᛫ | N(P) | Eowum | OE | |
yewd | geƿd | ᛫ a flock ᛫ a herd ᛫ | N | ēowde | OE | |
Yewland | Geƿland | ᛫ Öland ᛫ | N | Eowland | OE | |
yex | gex | ᛫ a hiccup ᛬ to hiccup ᛫ | N᛬V | yexen/yesken | ME | or: yesk |
yield | geeld | ᛫ payment ᛫ tax ᛫ profit ᛫ an amount of production ᛬ to pay ᛫ to give up ᛫ to hand over ᛫ to surrender ᛫ to quit ᛫ to concede ᛫ | N᛬V | yield&yēld | NE&ME | |
yift | gift | ᛫ a contribution ᛫ a gift ᛫ a present ᛫ | N | yift | ME | de-Norsed form of "gift" |
yisel | gisel | ᛫ a hostage ᛫ | N | gīsel[gīsel] | ME | rhyme: feisal |
yiselyield | giselgeeld | ᛫ ransom ᛫ | N | gīsel+yield | OE+NE | literally: hostage payment |
yit | git | ᛫ you two ( nominative ) ᛫ | N(PN) | ȝit[git] | ME | ARCHAIC & NOT RECOMMENDED |
yoke | geoke | ᛫ a neck frame ᛫ oppression ( poetic ) ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
yon | geon | ᛫ that ( something close to neither speaker nor listener ) ᛫ | AJ&N(PN) | ~ | NE | |
yond | geond | ᛫ trans- ᛫ | PREFIX | yond- | ME | |
yond | geond | ᛫ over there ᛬ throughout ᛫ through ᛫ over ᛬ that ᛫ those ᛫ | AV᛬P᛬D | yond&yond[geond] | NE&ME | |
yonder | geonder | ᛫ over there ᛫ | AV | ~ | NE | |
yondfare | geondfare | ᛫ to journey through ᛫ travel across ᛫ traverse ᛫ | V | yondfāren | ME | |
yondgang | geondgang | ᛫ to go about ᛫ perambulate ᛫ | V | geondgangan | OE | |
yondlight | geondligt | ᛫ to enlighten ᛫ | V | geondlīhtan | OE | |
yondseek | geondseek | ᛫ to search thoroughly ᛫ pervade ᛫ | V | geondsēcan | OE | |
yondshrithe | geondscriþe | ᛫ to traverse ᛫ | V | geondscrīþan | OE | |
yondshrithing | geondscriþing | ᛫ traversal ᛫ | N | geondscrīþing | OE | |
yore | geore | ᛫ time long past ᛬ in the past ᛫ | N᛬AV | ~ | NE | |
yorelore | georelore | ᛫ history ᛫ | N | yore+lore | NE×2 | or: stear (OE stǣr from Greek ἱστορία) |
yoreyearn | georegearn | ᛫ nostalgia ( in the temporal sense ) ᛫ | N | yore+yearn{friþgeorn} | NE×2 | |
Youdish | Geudisc | ᛫ Jewish speech ᛬ Jewish ᛫ Judean ᛫ | N(P)᛬AJ(P) | Jūdēish[Iūdēisc] | ME‹I‹H‹O | |
Youdishman | Geudiscman | ᛫ a Jew ᛫ a Judean ᛫ | N(P) | Jūdēish+man | ME+NE | |
younger | geunger | ᛫ junior ᛫ | AJ | ~ | NE | |
youngerdom | geungerdom | ᛫ juniorship ᛫ juniority ᛫ | N | geongordōm | OE | |
youth | geƿþ | ᛫ a juvenile ᛫ | N | ~ | NE | |
youthen | geƿþen | ᛫ to de-age ᛫ | V | ~ | NE | [MW] |
Yuletide | Geƿltide | ᛫ Christmas ᛫ the time around Christmas ᛫ | N(P) | Yuletide | NE | Anglisc Spelling based on variant spelling which avoids awkward "geool" |