List of Old English Words in the OED

Below is a list of O.E. words plucked from the leaves of the O.E.D

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Interpret, Counsel Also: Arghly, Arghness, Arghship, Arghth
 * Old English||English
 * Aa n. ||River, Stream, Ea
 * Abeilan vb.||Vex, Offend
 * Abane vb.||Put under church ban, Anathemtize, Summarily proclaim
 * Abere adj.||Clear & evident by proof, manifest, Notorious
 * Abere-murder n.||Plain or downright murder; not manslaughter, unpremeditated killing or chance-medley
 * Achoke vb.||Suffocate
 * Acheless adj.||Without ache or throb (cf. sickless)
 * Acome vb.||Reach, Attain, Arrive
 * Acreman n.||Farmer, Husbandman, Cultivator, Ploughman, Till(er)man
 * Acredale n.||Land in common field
 * Ad n.||Fire, Blazing pile, Funeral pyre
 * Adawe vb.||Put to death, Put out of existence, Kill, Execute
 * Adaw vb. ||Wake up, Arouse from dream, sleep or swoon
 * Adeem vb.|| Judge;  Adeem lore: "the court"; Deemship or hood: "The Institution of the Court"
 * Adeaden vb.|| Kill, Mortify,
 * Adeave vb||Deafen, Strike deaf
 * Adighting n.||Preparation, Preparing
 * Adree vb.||Carry-on, Pass life, Endure, Bear, Last, Suffer
 * Adroff vb.||To drive forth,off or away
 * Adrough vb.||Dry-up, wither
 * Adwesch vb.||Extinguish, Put out, Quench
 * Adwite vb.||Accuse, Reproach
 * Ae n.||Law of nature, God-hence legislation, rite; marriage
 * Ae pref.||Out of, Un, Less
 * Aerwene n.||Hopelessness, Desperation (Wen:hope)
 * Aerwitt n.||Witless, Unwise
 * Afare vb.||Depart
 * Afell vb.||Strike down, Fell, Lay low
 * Affright vb.||Frighten,Terrify
 * Afgod vb||Idol, False god,
 * Afgodness n.||Idolatry
 * Afore prep.||In front of
 * Aforeness n.||Pre-existence
 * Afounder vb.||Disable, Make lame
 * Aft prep.||Behind, In rear, Hind, Stern; 2. Earlier (of time)
 * Aftercomer n.||Successor
 * Afterness n.||Posterity
 * Afterworld n.||Future, Afterlife, Other existence
 * Agilde vb.||Without compensation, Without execution of the weregild
 * Agin prep & conj.||Against
 * Agraith vb.||Prepose, Make ready, 2. Dress, Deck, Accoutre, 3. Make one self ready
 * Agraithing vb..sb.||Attiring, Dressing, Decorating
 * Ail vb.||Bothers, Troubles, Ills, Indisposes
 * Ail n.||Awn of the barley
 * Ait n.||Islet, Eyot (in The Thames)
 * Aitland n.||Island
 * Aken(ne) vb||Reconnoitre, Recognise
 * Aken vb.||Give birth
 * Akennedness n.||Birth, Generation
 * Akenning n.||Bearing, Generation, Birth
 * Alise vb.||Report, Name by report, allege by report, Rumour
 * Alithe vb.||Go away, Pass by & on
 * Alithe vb.||Dismember, Tear limb from limb
 * All-fired adj.||Infernal, Holocaustic
 * All-heal n.||Panacea
 * All-hood n,||Entirety
 * Allness n.||Universality
 * Almightiful n.||Powerful
 * Almightihood n.||Omnipotence
 * Aloath vb.||Become loathsome, Cause disgust
 * Alow adj,||Low, Low down; Antonym of aloft
 * Alreadiness n.|| State of complete readiness, fuly prepared
 * Altheodi n.||Foreigner
 * Altheodish adj.||Foreign
 * Altogetherness n.||Unity of being, Wholeness
 * Alwayness n.||Everlastingness, Eternal existence, Sempiternity
 * Alwise adj.||In every way, In any way
 * Amber n.||Pail, Bucket, Pitcher, Urn, Cask; Any vessel with one handle
 * Ambaht n.||Hand-maiden, Bondservant, Servant
 * Ameed vb.||Reform
 * Ameek vb.||Make meek, Appease, Soothe
 * Ande n.||Emotion or tendency of mind against emnity, rancour, hatred
 * Anders-meat n.||Dinner (Aunders, Undern-meal)
 * Andseck(h) n.||Denial, Abjurgation (O.E. "Seac": strife, contention)
 * Andset(e) adj.||Hostile, Set against, Hateful, Odious, Foeish, Enemy-like
 * Andswere n.|| Answer. Also Andwurde, Andwyrd
 * Anither vb||Humiliate, Bring down, Reduce, Humble, Lower. Also Anither
 * Anewst adv.||Near, Nigh At hand, In the neighourhood
 * Anewstfolk n.||Neighour(s)
 * Ange n.||Anguish, Affliction, Pain, Strait
 * Anget vb.||Remember, Comprehend, Catch sense of, Understand, Recognize, Acknowledge, Confess, Also Angit & Angetness:understanding, Reception, Intelligence
 * Angild n.||Lower payment (lawful) in atonement, and as compensation, for injury
 * Anheat vb.||Heat up or inflame
 * Anhigh vb.||Make high, Exalt
 * Anim vb.||Take, Take away
 * Anotherness n.||Difference, Non-identity
 * Awhile adv.||Atime
 * Anred adj.||Having a simple aim, Constant, Steadfast. Also Anredeness, Anredelessness, Anredly
 * Anstand vb.||Withstand, Resist,
 * Answerlessly adv.||Dumbfounded, Have no answer
 * Anweald n.||Power
 * Afrith vb.||Make peace
 * Aplight adv||In truth, truly, Certainly, surely
 * Aqueath vb.||Speak out, Respond, Echo
 * Aquell vb.||Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy
 * Aqueme n.||Squirrel
 * Aquetch vb.||To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Alise vb.||Report, Name by report, allege by report, Rumour
 * Alithe vb.||Go away, Pass by & on
 * Alithe vb.||Dismember, Tear limb from limb
 * All-fired adj.||Infernal, Holocaustic
 * All-heal n.||Panacea
 * All-hood n,||Entirety
 * Allness n.||Universality
 * Almightiful n.||Powerful
 * Almightihood n.||Omnipotence
 * Aloath vb.||Become loathsome, Cause disgust
 * Alow adj,||Low, Low down; Antonym of aloft
 * Alreadiness n.|| State of complete readiness, fuly prepared
 * Altheodi n.||Foreigner
 * Altheodish adj.||Foreign
 * Altogetherness n.||Unity of being, Wholeness
 * Alwayness n.||Everlastingness, Eternal existence, Sempiternity
 * Alwise adj.||In every way, In any way
 * Amber n.||Pail, Bucket, Pitcher, Urn, Cask; Any vessel with one handle
 * Ambaht n.||Hand-maiden, Bondservant, Servant
 * Ameed vb.||Reform
 * Ameek vb.||Make meek, Appease, Soothe
 * Ande n.||Emotion or tendency of mind against emnity, rancour, hatred
 * Anders-meat n.||Dinner (Aunders, Undern-meal)
 * Andseck(h) n.||Denial, Abjurgation (O.E. "Seac": strife, contention)
 * Andset(e) adj.||Hostile, Set against, Hateful, Odious, Foeish, Enemy-like
 * Andswere n.|| Answer. Also Andwurde, Andwyrd
 * Anither vb||Humiliate, Bring down, Reduce, Humble, Lower. Also Anither
 * Anewst adv.||Near, Nigh At hand, In the neighourhood
 * Anewstfolk n.||Neighour(s)
 * Ange n.||Anguish, Affliction, Pain, Strait
 * Anget vb.||Remember, Comprehend, Catch sense of, Understand, Recognize, Acknowledge, Confess, Also Angit & Angetness:understanding, Reception, Intelligence
 * Angild n.||Lower payment (lawful) in atonement, and as compensation, for injury
 * Anheat vb.||Heat up or inflame
 * Anhigh vb.||Make high, Exalt
 * Anim vb.||Take, Take away
 * Anotherness n.||Difference, Non-identity
 * Awhile adv.||Atime
 * Anred adj.||Having a simple aim, Constant, Steadfast. Also Anredeness, Anredelessness, Anredly
 * Anstand vb.||Withstand, Resist,
 * Answerlessly adv.||Dumbfounded, Have no answer
 * Anweald n.||Power
 * Afrith vb.||Make peace
 * Aplight adv||In truth, truly, Certainly, surely
 * Aqueath vb.||Speak out, Respond, Echo
 * Aquell vb.||Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy
 * Aqueme n.||Squirrel
 * Aquetch vb.||To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Andswere n.|| Answer. Also Andwurde, Andwyrd
 * Anither vb||Humiliate, Bring down, Reduce, Humble, Lower. Also Anither
 * Anewst adv.||Near, Nigh At hand, In the neighourhood
 * Anewstfolk n.||Neighour(s)
 * Ange n.||Anguish, Affliction, Pain, Strait
 * Anget vb.||Remember, Comprehend, Catch sense of, Understand, Recognize, Acknowledge, Confess, Also Angit & Angetness:understanding, Reception, Intelligence
 * Angild n.||Lower payment (lawful) in atonement, and as compensation, for injury
 * Anheat vb.||Heat up or inflame
 * Anhigh vb.||Make high, Exalt
 * Anim vb.||Take, Take away
 * Anotherness n.||Difference, Non-identity
 * Awhile adv.||Atime
 * Anred adj.||Having a simple aim, Constant, Steadfast. Also Anredeness, Anredelessness, Anredly
 * Anstand vb.||Withstand, Resist,
 * Answerlessly adv.||Dumbfounded, Have no answer
 * Anweald n.||Power
 * Afrith vb.||Make peace
 * Aplight adv||In truth, truly, Certainly, surely
 * Aqueath vb.||Speak out, Respond, Echo
 * Aquell vb.||Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy
 * Aqueme n.||Squirrel
 * Aquetch vb.||To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Anred adj.||Having a simple aim, Constant, Steadfast. Also Anredeness, Anredelessness, Anredly
 * Anstand vb.||Withstand, Resist,
 * Answerlessly adv.||Dumbfounded, Have no answer
 * Anweald n.||Power
 * Afrith vb.||Make peace
 * Aplight adv||In truth, truly, Certainly, surely
 * Aqueath vb.||Speak out, Respond, Echo
 * Aquell vb.||Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy
 * Aqueme n.||Squirrel
 * Aquetch vb.||To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Aquell vb.||Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy
 * Aqueme n.||Squirrel
 * Aquetch vb.||To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Aquick vb||Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Arace vb||Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Arede Vb||Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, "In a general sense"- Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide
 * Aredde vb.||Set free, Liberate, Deliver
 * Arepe vb.||Take hold of, Seize
 * Arese vb.||Shake violently
 * Arethede n,||People of former times, of antiquity, The Eretheod, The Erethede
 * Areward adv.||Formerly, Before, Ereward
 * Arfname n.||Inheritor, Heir
 * Argh-Hood n.||Cowardice, timidness,
 * Arethede n,||People of former times, of antiquity, The Eretheod, The Erethede
 * Areward adv.||Formerly, Before, Ereward
 * Arfname n.||Inheritor, Heir
 * Argh-Hood n.||Cowardice, timidness,
 * Arfname n.||Inheritor, Heir
 * Argh-Hood n.||Cowardice, timidness,
 * Argh-Hood n.||Cowardice, timidness,
 * Aright-half n.||On the right side, Arightly
 * Arime vb.||Count, Enumerate
 * Arine vb.||Touch
 * Arist n.||Sunrise; The act of arising, from a bed, a chair
 * Armthe n.||Misery Pity, Wretchedness. Also: Armlich, Armlike
 * Arval n.||Funeral feat, Wake
 * Arvethness n.||Difficulty, Trouble. Also: Arveth, Arvethlich, Arvethlike
 * Arworthly adv. ||Honourably, Reverently
 * Asad adj.||sated, weary, tired
 * Asake vb.||Deny, Refuse, Renounce, Forsake
 * Asear vb.||Dry up, Wither
 * Asench vb.||Sink, Submerge, Cease
 * Ashend vb.||Confound, Disagree, Curse, Reproach
 * Ashunch vb.||Terrify, Frighten
 * Asideness n.||State of being aside, Apartness, Isolation
 * Aslake vb.||Become slack, feeble, Dimming, Less, Abating
 * Asnese vb.||Impale, Gore, Stab
 * Aslant adv.||Obliquely
 * Asterve vb.||Die, esp. of hunger
 * Astint vb.||Bring to a standstill
 * Astoniedness adj.||Benumbed, Stupored, Torpored
 * Asunderness n.||Separateness
 * Aswelt vb.||Perish, Die, Become extinct
 * Aswerve vb.||Put to sleep, Stun, Put to death, Execute
 * Aswike vb.||Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish
 * Ashunch vb.||Terrify, Frighten
 * Asideness n.||State of being aside, Apartness, Isolation
 * Aslake vb.||Become slack, feeble, Dimming, Less, Abating
 * Asnese vb.||Impale, Gore, Stab
 * Aslant adv.||Obliquely
 * Asterve vb.||Die, esp. of hunger
 * Astint vb.||Bring to a standstill
 * Astoniedness adj.||Benumbed, Stupored, Torpored
 * Asunderness n.||Separateness
 * Aswelt vb.||Perish, Die, Become extinct
 * Aswerve vb.||Put to sleep, Stun, Put to death, Execute
 * Aswike vb.||Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish
 * Astint vb.||Bring to a standstill
 * Astoniedness adj.||Benumbed, Stupored, Torpored
 * Asunderness n.||Separateness
 * Aswelt vb.||Perish, Die, Become extinct
 * Aswerve vb.||Put to sleep, Stun, Put to death, Execute
 * Aswike vb.||Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish
 * Aswerve vb.||Put to sleep, Stun, Put to death, Execute
 * Aswike vb.||Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish
 * Aswike vb.||Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish
 * Aswind vb.||Languish, vanish,Perish