List of Old English Words in the OED/FR

{|border="1" cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: transparent; border: 1px #cccccc solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" 6.thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed. 7. not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc. 8.(software) with no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification. 9.(software) intended for release, as opposed to a checked version. 10. obtainable without any payment. 11. (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) obtainable without additional payment, as a bonus given when paying for something else. 12. unconstrained. 13. unobstructed, without blockages. 13. unattached or uncombined. 14. not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied. 15. (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose. 16. without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated. 16.(dated) ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited. 17.(dated) invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of. 18.(UK, law, obsolete) certain or honourable; the opposite of base. free service;  free socage. 19. privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
 * Old English||sp||English
 * Frame ||n||OE: progress, profit. 2. advantage, benefit.  3. timber construction fitted together.
 * Frame ||vb||To profit, be of service. 2. to gain ground, get on with; succeed. 3. to make ready for use; also, to furnish with.  4. to prepare timber for use in building; to form the carpenter work in building.  5. to shape, give shape, direction or expression to.  6. to shape one's course, resort to.  7. to adapt, adjust, fit to. 8. conform, fit in. 9. to construct, make,  build (fitting together of parts; adaption to a design).  10.  to contrive a plot, fabricate, compose, put in words.  11. to articulate.  12. form in the mind.  13. to bring to pass. 14. to enclose within a frame.
 * Frame-breaker ||n||One of those who resisted with violence the introduction of frames for weaving stockings; a luddite, troglodyte.
 * Frame-house ||n||A house constructed with a wooden framework covered with boards.
 * Framer ||n||One who frames.
 * Framework ||n||A structure composed of parts framed or fitted together. 2. a frame or skeleton. 3. work done or with a frame.
 * Frame up ||vb||To pre-arrange an event with sinster intent. 2. to fake the result of a race. 3. to make or concoct a false charge against. 4. to enclose within a frame.  5. to serve as a frame for.
 * Framing ||n||The action, method or process of constructing, making or shaping anything. 2. framed work; a frame, a set or system of frames.
 * Frank ||n||One of the Germanic nation, or group of nations, that overran Gaul in the C6th, thus giving the country the name France; (the name it is suggested is from their weapon, "franka"-javelin. 3. in parts of the Near East name given to a person of Western nationality.
 * Frank ||adj||Belonging to, having characteristics or customs of the Franks.
 * Frankish ||adj||Belonging or pertaining to the western (European) nations. 2. language(s)  spoken by the Franks.
 * Freak ||n||OE: freca - a man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man. 2. (UK dialectal,  a fellow; a petulant, young man. "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin, perhaps Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”). 3. a sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. 4. someone or something that is markedly unusual.  5. a hippie. 6. a drug addict.  7 .(of a person) a nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way. 6.(bodybuilding or sport) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds); a footballer with amazing a ability and skill. 7. an enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something. 8.(informal, sometimes affectionate) A very sexually perverse individual.
 * Freak ||vb||To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance. 2. to be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug. 3. to streak; to variegate. 4. to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use. 5. to react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure
 * Freak ||adj||Strange, weird
 * Freak ||phr||"To Freak Out"-
 * Freak ||phr||"Freak Out" -
 * Freakish ||adj||Resembling a freak. 2. strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre. 3. capricious or unpredictable.
 * Freakishly ||adv||In a freakish manner.
 * Freakishness ||n||The character or quality of being frank.
 * Freak show||n||An intentionally shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics, and which may include people who are gigantic, dwarfish, intersexed, physically deformed or with extraordinary diseases, conditions or talents.
 * Freaky ||adj||Resembling a freak. 2. odd, bizarre, unusual. 3. scary, frightening. 4. sexually deviant.
 * Freck ||vb||
 * Freck ||adj||Frack
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Freak ||n||OE: freca - a man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man. 2. (UK dialectal,  a fellow; a petulant, young man. "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin, perhaps Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”). 3. a sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. 4. someone or something that is markedly unusual.  5. a hippie. 6. a drug addict.  7 .(of a person) a nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way. 6.(bodybuilding or sport) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds); a footballer with amazing a ability and skill. 7. an enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something. 8.(informal, sometimes affectionate) A very sexually perverse individual.
 * Freak ||vb||To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance. 2. to be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug. 3. to streak; to variegate. 4. to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use. 5. to react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure
 * Freak ||adj||Strange, weird
 * Freak ||phr||"To Freak Out"-
 * Freak ||phr||"Freak Out" -
 * Freakish ||adj||Resembling a freak. 2. strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre. 3. capricious or unpredictable.
 * Freakishly ||adv||In a freakish manner.
 * Freakishness ||n||The character or quality of being frank.
 * Freak show||n||An intentionally shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics, and which may include people who are gigantic, dwarfish, intersexed, physically deformed or with extraordinary diseases, conditions or talents.
 * Freaky ||adj||Resembling a freak. 2. odd, bizarre, unusual. 3. scary, frightening. 4. sexually deviant.
 * Freck ||vb||
 * Freck ||adj||Frack
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Freakishness ||n||The character or quality of being frank.
 * Freak show||n||An intentionally shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics, and which may include people who are gigantic, dwarfish, intersexed, physically deformed or with extraordinary diseases, conditions or talents.
 * Freaky ||adj||Resembling a freak. 2. odd, bizarre, unusual. 3. scary, frightening. 4. sexually deviant.
 * Freck ||vb||
 * Freck ||adj||Frack
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Freck ||vb||
 * Freck ||adj||Frack
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Freck ||adj||Frack
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Free ||adj||Unconstrained. 2. not imprisoned or enslaved; as a free man.  2. unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.  3. generous; liberal.  4. (obsolete) clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. 5.  without obligations.
 * Free ||vb||
 * Free ||phr||"Feel Free" - do not hestitate, do as one please.
 * Free ||phr||"Free as the Wind"
 * Free ||phr||"Get Free Of" - to be without
 * Free ||phr||"Give Free Hand to - unrestricted authority.
 * Free ||phr||"Make Free With" - make use of somebody else's property.
 * Free-boot ||vb||
 * Freebooter ||n||
 * Freebooty ||n||
 * Freedman ||n||A slave who has been freed.
 * Freedom ||n||The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved. 2. the lack of a specific constraint. or of constraints in general.  3. frankness, openness, unreservedness. 4. improper familiarity. 5. violation of rites of decorum.
 * Freedom ||phr||"Freedom From" - free from an object or condition, such as fear, hunger, pain, disease, poverty, etc.
 * Freedom-fighter ||n||A person involved in armed conflict against an occupation or repressive government. 2. a revolutionary, insurgent, rebel or insurrectionist.
 * Freedom of Speech ||phr||The right of citizens to speak, communicate, without fear or harm of persecution.
 * Free-for-all ||n||Contest in which everyone has an equal chance.
 * Freehand ||adj||
 * Free-handed ||adj||
 * Free-hearted ||adj||
 * Free-heartedly ||adv||
 * Free-liver ||n||
 * Freely ||adj||Free, frank. 2. generous, noble, excellent, beautifully, lovely.
 * Freely ||adv||In a friendly manner. 2. without reference or restriction. 3. of one's own free will. 4. frankly, openly, costlessly.
 * Freeman ||n||
 * Freeness ||n||State or condition of being free.
 * Freer ||n||One who frees or sets free.
 * Free-ride ||n||(idiom) - an opportunity or benefit which has no cost; esp. one enjoyed or undertaken at the expense of others.
 * Free-rider ||n||Someone who obtains goods and services legally without paying. 2. one who o/w obtains benefit from a public good wiyhout paying for it.
 * Free-spoken ||adj||
 * Free-stone ||n||A type of stone that is comprised of small particles and easily shaped, such as limestone or sandstone. 2. a stone fruit having a stone (pit) that is relatively free of flesh. 2. a clingstone.
 * Free-thinker ||n||
 * Free-thinking ||n||
 * Free-thought ||n||
 * Free-time ||n||Time that can be spent on one's own activities, rather than work. 2. leisure, leisure-time, spare-time.
 * Freeway ||n||A road designed for safe high-speed motoring.
 * Free-will ||n||
 * Free-willer ||n||
 * Freeze ||n||A period of intensely cold weather.  2. a halt of a regular operation.  3.(computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs. 4. a precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.   5. specifically, in finance: block on pay.
 * Freeze ||vb||Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.  2. to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.  3. to drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. 4. to be affected by extreme cold. 5. to become motionless. 6.(fig.) to lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize. 7. to cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. 8. to prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets.  9.  to become solid: solidify; become solid due to low temperature.
 * Freeze ||phr||"Deep-freeze"
 * Freeze ||phr||"Freeze-dry"
 * Freeze ||phr||"Freeze out"
 * Freeze ||phr||"Freeze over"
 * Freeze ||phr||"Freeze Someone Out" -
 * Freeze ||phr||"Freeze Up"
 * Freezing ||n||
 * Freezingly ||adv||
 * Fremd ||n||Foreigner, stranger, enemy.
 * Fremd ||adj||Foreign, strange. 2. wild, not tame. 3. unfriendly. 4. not related, not sib or kin.
 * French ||n||
 * French ||vb||
 * French-berry |||n||
 * French-horn ||n||
 * French-like ||adj||
 * French-window ||n||
 * Fresh ||adj||Sweet, fresh, tasteless. 2. newly produced or obtained. 2. not cooked, dried, frozen, not from storage, or spoiled. 3. (of plant material) still green and not dried. 4. refreshing or cool. 5.(of water) without salt; not saline.  6. rested; not tired or fatigued.  7. in a raw or untried state; inexperienced, uncultured.  8.youthful; florid.  9. rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. 10. sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious
 * Fresh ||n||A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood. 2. a stream or spring of fresh water.  3. the mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
 * Fresh ||phr||"Fresh as a Daisy" -very fresh
 * Fresh-blood ||n||Newly joined members of some organization.
 * Freshen ||vb||To become fresh. 2. to make fresh. 3. of a cow- to begin or resume giving milk, esp. after calving. 4. to make less salty. 5. to separate, as water, from saline ingredients. 5. to refresh, revive. 6. to top up a drink.
 * Freshener ||n||Something that freshens
 * Fresher ||n||A fresh breeze.
 * Freshers' week ||n||The week before the academic year of a university begins, usually a time of artying by the students.
 * Freshly ||adv||Recently, newly. 2. in a rude or imperfect manner.
 * Freshman ||n||Tyro, raw recruit, newcomer. 2. a novice, one in the rudiments of knowledge. 3. a person of either sex entering the first year of a  institution, esp. a university.
 * Freshman-ship ||n||The state or condition of being a freshman. 2. the time or period during which one is a freshman. 3. the personality and charactertics of a freshman.
 * Freshness ||adj||State or quality of being fresh.
 * Fresh-new ||adj||Unpracticed.
 * Fresh-run ||n||A fish,esp. a salmon, that runs up a river from the sea.
 * Freshwater ||n||A body of freshwater, as opposed to seawater.
 * Freshwater ||adj||Living in freshwater. 2. unskilled of a seaman.
 * Fresh-watered ||adj||Unskilled, raw.
 * Fret ||vb||
 * Fret ||phr||"To Fret the Heart" -
 * Fretter ||n||
 * Fretting ||n||
 * Friday ||n||The fifth day of the week.
 * Friday ||n||"Black Friday"
 * Friday ||n||"Good Friday"
 * Friend ||n||A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. 2. a boyfriend, girlfriend, lover. 3. an associate who provides assistance; an ally. 4. a person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted, an acquaintance.  5. person who backs or supports something; (person who backs something): admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter. 6.(informal) an object or idea that can be used for good. 7.(colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative). 8.(computing, programming) in object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.  9.(obsolete) a paramour of either sex, a lover.  10. (person whose company one enjoys): buddy, chum, mate, pal, crony, amigo, bro.
 * Friend ||vb||
 * Friend ||phr||"To Make Friends" - to be friendly to others.
 * Friended ||adj||
 * Friendless ||adj||Destitute of friends.
 * Friendlessness ||n||
 * Friendlike ||n||
 * Friendlily ||adv||
 * Friendliness ||n||
 * Friendly ||adv||
 * Friendship ||n||
 * Fright ||n||
 * Fright ||vb||
 * Frighted ||adj||
 * Frighten ||vb||
 * Frightful ||adj||
 * Frightfully ||adv||
 * Frightfulness ||n||
 * Frim ||adj||Vigorous, flourishing, plump. 2. abundant in sap, juicy, abundant. 3. soluble, fusible.
 * Frith ||n||
 * Frith ||n||A wood, wood country,
 * Frithborgh ||n||Frankpledge?
 * Frithsoken ||n||A palce of safety, asylum, a sanctuary.
 * Frithstool ||n||
 * Frog ||n||
 * Frog ||vb||
 * Frog ||phr||"Frog in the Throat"-
 * Frog-eater ||n||
 * Froggy ||n||
 * Froggy ||adj||
 * Frogmouth ||n||
 * Frogwort ||n||
 * From ||prp||
 * From ||phr||"From door to Door"
 * From ||phr||"From time to Time"
 * From ||phr||"From Oneself"
 * From ||phr||"From Amidst"
 * Fromwards ||adv||prp
 * Frost ||n||
 * Frost ||vb||
 * Frost-bite ||n||
 * Frost-bitten ||adj||
 * Frost-dew ||n||Hoar-frost, rime
 * Frosted ||adj||
 * Frosting ||n||
 * Frostless ||adj||
 * Frostily ||adv||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Freshman-ship ||n||The state or condition of being a freshman. 2. the time or period during which one is a freshman. 3. the personality and charactertics of a freshman.
 * Freshness ||adj||State or quality of being fresh.
 * Fresh-new ||adj||Unpracticed.
 * Fresh-run ||n||A fish,esp. a salmon, that runs up a river from the sea.
 * Freshwater ||n||A body of freshwater, as opposed to seawater.
 * Freshwater ||adj||Living in freshwater. 2. unskilled of a seaman.
 * Fresh-watered ||adj||Unskilled, raw.
 * Fret ||vb||
 * Fret ||phr||"To Fret the Heart" -
 * Fretter ||n||
 * Fretting ||n||
 * Friday ||n||The fifth day of the week.
 * Friday ||n||"Black Friday"
 * Friday ||n||"Good Friday"
 * Friend ||n||A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. 2. a boyfriend, girlfriend, lover. 3. an associate who provides assistance; an ally. 4. a person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted, an acquaintance.  5. person who backs or supports something; (person who backs something): admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter. 6.(informal) an object or idea that can be used for good. 7.(colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative). 8.(computing, programming) in object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.  9.(obsolete) a paramour of either sex, a lover.  10. (person whose company one enjoys): buddy, chum, mate, pal, crony, amigo, bro.
 * Friend ||vb||
 * Friend ||phr||"To Make Friends" - to be friendly to others.
 * Friended ||adj||
 * Friendless ||adj||Destitute of friends.
 * Friendlessness ||n||
 * Friendlike ||n||
 * Friendlily ||adv||
 * Friendliness ||n||
 * Friendly ||adv||
 * Friendship ||n||
 * Fright ||n||
 * Fright ||vb||
 * Frighted ||adj||
 * Frighten ||vb||
 * Frightful ||adj||
 * Frightfully ||adv||
 * Frightfulness ||n||
 * Frim ||adj||Vigorous, flourishing, plump. 2. abundant in sap, juicy, abundant. 3. soluble, fusible.
 * Frith ||n||
 * Frith ||n||A wood, wood country,
 * Frithborgh ||n||Frankpledge?
 * Frithsoken ||n||A palce of safety, asylum, a sanctuary.
 * Frithstool ||n||
 * Frog ||n||
 * Frog ||vb||
 * Frog ||phr||"Frog in the Throat"-
 * Frog-eater ||n||
 * Froggy ||n||
 * Froggy ||adj||
 * Frogmouth ||n||
 * Frogwort ||n||
 * From ||prp||
 * From ||phr||"From door to Door"
 * From ||phr||"From time to Time"
 * From ||phr||"From Oneself"
 * From ||phr||"From Amidst"
 * Fromwards ||adv||prp
 * Frost ||n||
 * Frost ||vb||
 * Frost-bite ||n||
 * Frost-bitten ||adj||
 * Frost-dew ||n||Hoar-frost, rime
 * Frosted ||adj||
 * Frosting ||n||
 * Frostless ||adj||
 * Frostily ||adv||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frim ||adj||Vigorous, flourishing, plump. 2. abundant in sap, juicy, abundant. 3. soluble, fusible.
 * Frith ||n||
 * Frith ||n||A wood, wood country,
 * Frithborgh ||n||Frankpledge?
 * Frithsoken ||n||A palce of safety, asylum, a sanctuary.
 * Frithstool ||n||
 * Frog ||n||
 * Frog ||vb||
 * Frog ||phr||"Frog in the Throat"-
 * Frog-eater ||n||
 * Froggy ||n||
 * Froggy ||adj||
 * Frogmouth ||n||
 * Frogwort ||n||
 * From ||prp||
 * From ||phr||"From door to Door"
 * From ||phr||"From time to Time"
 * From ||phr||"From Oneself"
 * From ||phr||"From Amidst"
 * Fromwards ||adv||prp
 * Frost ||n||
 * Frost ||vb||
 * Frost-bite ||n||
 * Frost-bitten ||adj||
 * Frost-dew ||n||Hoar-frost, rime
 * Frosted ||adj||
 * Frosting ||n||
 * Frostless ||adj||
 * Frostily ||adv||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * From ||phr||"From Oneself"
 * From ||phr||"From Amidst"
 * Fromwards ||adv||prp
 * Frost ||n||
 * Frost ||vb||
 * Frost-bite ||n||
 * Frost-bitten ||adj||
 * Frost-dew ||n||Hoar-frost, rime
 * Frosted ||adj||
 * Frosting ||n||
 * Frostless ||adj||
 * Frostily ||adv||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frosted ||adj||
 * Frosting ||n||
 * Frostless ||adj||
 * Frostily ||adv||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frostiness ||n||
 * Frosty ||adj||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frost-smoke ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||
 * Frostwort ||n||