List of Old English Words in the OED/AB

Old English	sp	English
Aback	adv	Backwards, 2. in the rear.
Aback	phr	"To Be Aback Of" - at the back of, behind.
Aback	phr	"To be Taken Aback" - to be caught in the front suddenly, by a shift of wind and driven astern. 3. fig. to be disconcerted by a sudden event or situation. 3. to surprise or discomfit by a sudden and unlooked-for check.
Aback	phr	"To Come Aback" - to retreat, withdraw.
Aback	phr	"To Drive Aback" - to repulse.
Aback	phr	"To Hold Aback" - restrain, hinder.
Aback	phr	"To Put Aback" - repel, reject.
Aback	phr	"To Stand Aback from" - to stay or reamin aloof. 2. to allow. 3. to eschew.
Abackward	adv	Backward.
Abaft	adv	Of direction: backward, in the rear.
Abane	vb	Put under church ban, abanne, anathemtize, summarily proclaim.
Abare	vb	To uncover, reveal.
Abb	n	The woof or weft in web. 2. threads in a woven fabric.
Abbot	n	The head priest or religious minister of an abbey.
Abbotric	n	Abbacy, abbotship
Abbotship	n	The office or rule of an abbot. 2. abbotical term of office.
A-be	vb	To be.
A-be	phr	"To Let A-be" - to let or leave alone.
Abear	n	Bearing, gesture, action, behaviour.
Abear	vb	To tolerate, endure. 2. to bear, carry. 3. to endure, suffer, now always " cannot abear." 4. to manage or comport oneself. 5. a word of honourable antiquity, widely found throughout the dialects; in London speech considered a vulgarism.
Abearing	n	The action of managing or behaving oneself, as in 'good abearing.' 2. abearance.
Abeat	vb	To beat, strike, hit.
Abecede	n	Alphabet.
Abeche	vb	To feed.
Abed	vb	To confine to bed (by illness).
Abed	adv	Laid up; to bring-a-bed: to deliver of a child
Abed	phr	"To bring a-bed" - to give birth.
Abede	vb	Announce.
A-before	adv	Of former times.
Abeilan	vb	Vex, offend.
Abelde	vb	To become bold or bolder.
Abere	adj	Clear & evident by proof, manifest, notorious
Abere-murder	n	Plain or downright murder; not manslaughter, unpremeditated killing or chance-medley
Abide	vb	Wait, stay, remain; continue to be; remain true to, faithful; stand firm; put up with. 2. to wait, stay remain. 3. to wait defiantly, to face. 4. to wait submissively. 5. to wait the issue of, to wait for. 6.
Abide	phr	"To Abide By" - to remain with, true to, to stand firm.
Abider	n	One who abides: waits, continues, remain faithful, stands firm, faces up to, submits. 2. one who lives or abides in a certain place for a long time.
Abiding	n	The action or state of one who abides. 2. an abode, an abiding place. 3. lasting, complying.
Abiding	adj	Lasting, remaining, steadfast; faithful.
Abiding	phr	"To be law-abiding" - to adhere to the law and lawful command.
Abiding-house	n	Place of abode or dwelling.
Abidingly	adv	In an abiding manner and way. 2. assiduously, patiently. 3. endurinfly, permanently.
Abidingness	n	Permanence, lastingness.
Abier	vb	Up or upon a bier or coffin; into the coffin.
Abite	vb	To bite, nip, taste.
Ablend	vb	To blind.
Ablow	vb	To blow or breathe into. 2. to puff up something, to cause to swell.
Ablow	adv	Blooming, blowing.
Abode	n	Delay, stay, dwelling-place. nb: OE. 'bode' - waiting, expectation.
Abode	n	(Abide)The action of waiting, delaying.
Abode	vb	To presage, prognosticate, forebode, to be ominous.
Abode	phr	" To be Without Abode" - without delay.
Aboding	adj	Foreboding, portenting, omnious.
About	adv	Of position: around the outside; on or towards every side; all round. 2. on any side; near. 3. nearly, all but. 4. of movement and motion: round, in revolution. 5. in circumference. 6. in a roundabout way, therefore astir, on the move, prevailing.
About	prp	Of position: Of position: around the outside; on or towards every side; all round. 2. somewhere, near, in or near. 3. at hand. 4. in connexion with, attached to as an attribute or circumstance. 5. concerned, touching on. 6. of time near, close to. 7. of quantity: near, close to. 8. of motion : to and fro; round.
About	phr	"To Come About" - to revolve (as time); come about or come to pass.
About	phr	"To Bring About" - to cause to revolve, bring to pass, to eventuate.
About	phr	"to go about To Do" - to endeavour.
About	phr	"To Wrong Way About" - by the wrong end or side.
Aboutwards	adv	Being near to
Above	n	Heaven.
Above	adv	Overhead, vertically up, on high, on top. 2. in heaven (in OE.); beyond the level of reach. 3. on the outside; covering all. 4. higher in many senses. 5. in addition,
Above	phr	"Over and Above" -
Above	phr	"Above All" -
Above-given	adv	Supplied or put above, written above, abovesaid.
Abovesaid	adj	Mentioned higher up on a document or page, previously mentioned, aforesaid.
Abow	vb	To bend, incline; fig, to do homage, submit.
Abraid	n
Abraid	vb	To wrench out or away from. 2. pull out, snatch,, withdraw (a sword). 3. to start usually out of step. 4. a swoon or fit, to awake. 5. to spring or dart. 6. arouse or startle. 7. to break forth abruptly into speech, to cry out. 8. ejaculate. 9. to frequent, resort to.
Abreak	vb	To break into pieces. 2. to break forth, burst out.
Abreast	adv	With breasts, or fronts, in line; side by side; on a parallel with.
Abreathe	vb	To give time to recover breathe.
Abroad	n	Any region outside one's homeland. 2.
Abroad	adv	Broadly, widely, at large. 2. over a broad wide surface. 3. widely asunder, with fragments or portions widely scattered. 4. widely apart, with the parts or lims widespread. 5. at large, freely moving about; fig. current in the outside world. 6. out of one's home or abode; outdoors; out in the open air. 7. out of the home country, in or into a foreign country. 8. wide of the mark of truth; astray. 9. out, over, thrusted out.
Abroad	prp	Throughout.
Abroad	phr	"To Go Abroad" -
Abrood	vb	Of a bird: on its brood or nest (eggs), to be hatching eggs.
Abrook	vb	To bear, abear, tolerate, brook, endure.
Abuilding	adj	Being built.
Aburden	vb	To burden, oppress.
Aburst	vb	In a burst of rage, in a bursting condition.