List of Old English Words in the OED/AN

Old English	sp	English
An	ia	A
A'name	vb	To mention, name.
A'narrow	vb	To cramp, crush, dishearten.
Anblow	vb	To blow onto or into. 2. to breathe upon, inspire (lit.& fig.)
Anchor	n	A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. 2. an iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. 3. the combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) 4. any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place. 5. marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink. 6. on television: an anchorman or anchorwoman. 7. athletics: the final runner in a relay race. 8. in economics : superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.  10. (fig.) hat which gives stability or security.  11. in architecture: metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. 12. architecture: a carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings.
Anchor	vb	To stop a boat or a ship from moving by releasing the anchor into the water. 2. to present a TV show or radio program., especially the nightly news. 3. to fix something somewhat firmly.
Alwaysness	n	Everlastingness, eternal existence, sempiternity
Anchor	phr	"The Anchor Comes Home" - is dragged from its hold
Anchor	phr	"To be Anchored in Something" - to be firmly based on a certain or particular set of opinions or belief.
Anchor	phr	"To Come to Anchor" - to anchor, tae up a postion of anchor.
Anchor	phr	"To Weigh Anchor" - to take up a ship's anchor, in readinss or so as to be getting or a'sailing away.
Anchor-less	adj	Not having or without an anchor. 2. (fig 7 lit.) without a firm hold; having nothing to repose upon, drifting.
Ancome	n	A boil formeed unexpectedly, a whitlow. nb: sometimes spelled 'oncome.'
And	pfx	Against, in return, opposite, towards, fronting; in combination "and-git" - apprehension.
And	conj	Along with, in addition to; plus.
And-and-all	dtm	In law every each all (used for emphasis and exactness.)
Ande	sfx	OE- ende, end, as in friend, friend; later ant, as waarant, merchant.
Ande	n	Emotion or tendency of mind against emnity, rancour, hatred, animus.
Anders-meat	n	Dinner (aunders, undern-meal)
Andesith	adv	Formerly; (endesith).
And-git	n	Apprehension.
Ands	adj	Opposed to , hostile.
Andseck(h)	n	Denial, abjurgation (O.E. "seac": strife, contention)
Andset(e)	n	Enemy, foe.
Andset(e)	adj	Hostile, set against, hateful, odious, foeish, enemy-like.
Andswere	n	Answer. Also andwurde, andwyrd, answaru.
Andward	adj	Present.
Andwurde	n	Answer.
Ane	n	An older form of 'one.'
Anear	vb	To come or be near (to), be near or close. 2. to draw close, approach,
Aneath	prp	Beneath.
Anele	vb	To anoint religiously. 2. to give the last rites to. 3.
Aneled	adj	Having the last rites, anointed or unctoined.
Aneler	n	One who aneals, such as priest.
Aneling	n	The action of anointing, usu. as a religious rite and specifically the last anointing and extreme unction of the dying.
An'end	adv	At last, in the end, in time. 2. to the end, right through, straight on, constantly, continously, consecutively. 3. almost uninterruptedly, most an end. 4. on end, in an upright position. 5. directly ahead.
Anent	prp	In line with, side by side, in time or company with, besides. 2. on a level in position, rank or value, equal to, on the par with. 3. in the company of, with, among, beside, by. 4. with (fig.) according to the way or manner of. 5. in front of. 6. before the face of, in the sight of, or presence of. 7. in the mental eyes or sight of, reckoning of, opinion, before facing, against, towards. 8. of position: fronting, opposite over against, close to. 9. of motion: against, towards. 10. towards (expressing the bearing action.) 11. in respect of, regards, regarding, concurring, about, as to (limiting or confining to the benefit of the statement; in this sense strengthened with 'as.')
An'erthe	adv	In or into the earth. 2. of position: on or in the earth.
Anether	vb	To bring down, reduced, lower, humilate.
Anew	adv	To renew.
Anewst	adv	Of place: near, hard by. 2. of manner, degree: very new, well-high, closely.
Angel	n	Commom teutonic; OE 'engle' & Latin : 'angelus.' - messenger. 2. an ministering spirit or divine messenger. 3. one of an order of and spiritual beings superior to man in power and intelligence, who are attendants and messengers of the Deity. 4. one of the fallen spirits, who rebelled against God. 5. a gaurdian or attendant spirit (lit. & rhet.) 6. fig. a person who resembles an angel in attributes or actions. 7. any messenger of God; a prophet or preacher. 8. a pastor or minister of a church; a messener (poet.) 9. .
Angel	phr	"Like An Angel" - with purity and innocence.
Angel	phr	"On the Side of the Angels" - in favour or what is correct morally, and righteousness
Angel	phr	" To Be a Fallen Angel' - a previously trusted person who has transgressed.
Angel	phr	To Be No Angel" - to have faults and imperfections.
Angel-hood	n	A condition of an angel. 2. a brotherhood of angels.
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	To remember, comprehend, catch sense of, understand, recognize, acknowledge, confess.
Angetness	n	Understanding, reception, intelligence, acknowledgement.
Angild	n	Lawful lower payment in atonement, and as compensation, for injury
Angin	n	Beginning.
Angit	n	Perception, understanding, intelligence
Angit	vb	Remember, comprehend, catch sense of, understand, percieve. 2. recognize, acknowledge, confess.
Angle	n	Fishing-hook.
Angle	n	A fishing hook.
Angle	n	One of the lower german tribes that settle in Britain.
Angler	n	One who fishes; a fisherman. 2. fig. one who 'fishes' for information, gossip, and so on.
Angle-Saxon	n	(Angul-Saxon)A member of the germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century. 2. a person of english ethnic descent. 3. a light skinned person presumbably of British, North European descent. 3. the ancestor language of modern English, also called OE. spoken in Britian from about 450AD to 1150 AD.
Angle-Saxon	adj	(Angul-Saxon). Related to the anglo-saxon (angle-saxon) people or language. 2. related to nations which primarily speaks english and influenced by english customs, esp. UK, US, Canada. 3. favourable to a liberal free market economy.
Angle-Saxondom	n	(Angul-Saxondom). The Anglo-saxon domain or community. 2. the collective body of Anglo-saxons. 3. the anglo-saxon race viewed as a whole; a rhetorical phrase for great Britiain, the US and Australia.
Anglish	n	A register of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of Latin or Greek origin
Anglish	adj	Of or pertaining to the Anglish language register.
An'hang	vb	To hang.
An'heat	vb	Heat up or inflame
An'heave	vb	To lift up, heave up.
Anhigh	vb	Make high, exalt, raise, promote. 2. to lift onto the gallows. 3. to raise itself, mount up, increase.
An'hungered	adj	Overcome with hunger, hungry. 2. eagerly, desirous, longing.
An'hungry	adj	hungry, in a hungry state.
Anigh	adv	Near, near by, close to.
A-night	adv	By night, at night.
A-nightertimes	adv	At night times.
A-night-times	adv	In the night time, by night.
Anim	vb	Take, take away
An-inne	prp	Within.
Ankle	n	A joint between the foot and the leg.
Ankle	vb	To use the ankles to good effect in cycling. to walk. 3. to walk on foot.
Ankle-biter	n	Slang for a young child.
Ankled	adj	Furnished with ankles, in combinations as 'fair-ankled.'
Anleth	n	Countenance, face, visage.
An-like	adj	Like, similar, alike. 2. a fellow creature - someone who looks alike to another.
Anlikened	ppl	Made like.
Alikeness	n	The quality of being like to. 2. resemblance, similitude, similarity. 3. anything made in the likeness of some object or thing; a likeness, image, spec. an image og god, an idol, afgod.
An' mod	adj	An'mood. 2. of a like mind, unanimous
Anneal	vb	To set on fire, kindle (lit. & fig.) 2. to subject to the action of fire. 3. to fire, bake, fuse, glaze. 4. to burn in colours upon glass, earthenware, or metal. 5. to enamel by encaustic process. 6. to toughen after exposure to continuous and slowly diminished heat, as glass, steel etc.
Annealed	adj	To be subjected to great heat and then cool or cooled slowly.
Annealer	n	He who, or that which anneals.
Annealing	n	The action or process of annealing.
Annes	n	Aninesse. 2. oneness, unity. 2. loneliness, solitude. 3. oneness of kind, sameness. 4. oneness of mind, concord, agreement.
Anon	adv	(Into one, inone)- in one course, straight on, even. 2. strictly, straightaway, at once direction. 3. misuse: soon, in a little while. 4. now or here again. 5. presently, presently coming. 6. beg your pardon.
Anon	phr	"Anon After" - directly after (also 'after anon.')
Anon	phr	"Anon so( as)" - as soon as ever.
Anon	phr	"Anon to: even to.
Anon	phr	"Ever and Anon" - every now and then.
A'north	adv	On the north, northwards.
Another	dtm	One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one. 2. similar in likeness or in effect. 3. not the same, different. 4. any or some, any different person. 5. indefinitely, anyone else.
Another	phr	"One Another.' - used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more or thing. 2. each other.
Another	phr	"One With Another" - all together; taken on a average.
Anotherness	n	Difference, non-identity.
Anotherwhile	adv	At another time.
Anred	adj	Having a simple aim or object. 2. constant, steadfast.
Anredly	adv	With singleness of heart, steadfastly.
Anredeness	n	Singleness of aim, unaniminity, constantness, staedfastness.
Anredelessness	n	State or quality of lacking or without ananimity, unsingled-mindedness.
An sin(e)	n	Sight, face, aspect. 2. a sight, thing seen. 3. a looking for, longing, desire, want, wont.
Anstand	vb	Withstand, resist, withstand.
Answer	n	A response or reply. 2. something said or done in relation to a statement or question. 4. a solution to a problem. 5. in law, in response to a complaint, responding to every point raised in the complaint and raising counter points.
Answer	vb	To make a response or reply to. 2. to speak in defence against; to reply on defence to. 3. to reply to a call by someone at door or on a phone, or other pieces of equipment. 4. to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. 5. to be accountable or response - to make amends. 6. to file a legal document in response to a complaint. 7. to correspond to, to be in harmony with, to be in agreement. 8. to be opposite, or to act in opposition.  9. to be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to. 10. to respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute. 11. to be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand. 12.(obs) to render account to or for. 13. (obs) to atone; to be punished for. 14. to be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
Answer	phr	" To Answer Back" - reply cheekily.
Answer	phr	"To Answer for Something" - be responsible or blamed for something. 2. to guarantee.
Answer	phr	"To Answer the Helm" - to respond to a movement of the helm by changing direction, only possible if the ship has steerageway.
Answer	phr	"To Answer To a Name" - to answer or acknowledge when addressed by a name. 2. to have the name of.
Answer	phr	"To Know All the Answers" - to be well-informed, adept, with a whiff of conceit.
Answerer	n	One who replies to a charge, argument. 2. one who replies to a question or appeal. 3. one responsible.
Answering	n	The act of giving an answer.
Answerless	adj	Having or producing no answer.
Answerlessly	adv	In a manner of not having or producing an answer.
Ant	n	Any of the various insect family 'Formicidae' typically living in large colonies, almost entirely of flightless females. 2.an emmet, emse. 3. a web spider: a software that gathers specific information in an automated and orderly way from the internet.
Antdom	n	The state or essence of being an ant. 2. anthood.
Ant-eater	n	A group of Edentates having long thread-like viscuous tongues, and of various species found in South America and Australia.
Anthem	n	From Latin; in OE: a composition, in prose or verse, sung antiphonally. 2. an antiphon.
Ant-hill	n	A mound raised over an ant's nest.
Ant-hilly	adj	Full or abounding in ant hills.
Ant-hood	n	Ant nature; ants collectively.
Anvil	n	The block, usually made of iron, on which the smith hammers and shapes his metal. 2. (transfig.) anything like the smith's anvil in shape or use. 3. on of the bones of the ear, the incus.
Anvil	vb	To work or fashion on an anvil 2. to work at an anvil.
Anviling	n	Hammering. 2. chiefly fig. hammering, hitting, striking, pestering.
Anweald	n	Power, wield, anwald.
Any	adv	To even the slightest extent, at all.
Any	dtm	At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.  2. no matter what kind.
Any	prn	Any ; any thing(s) or person(s).
Any	phr	"Any Old Thing" - anything at all.
Any	phr	"Any Old Way' - carelessly, casually, cursorily, haphazardly, heedlessly, hit or miss, offhandedly, regardlessly, thoughtlessly, unheedingly, unmindfully, unthinkingly, unwarily.
Any	phr	"Any Other Business" - the last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised.
Any-and-all-bid	n	A takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any all shares outstandingly.
Anybody	n	Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. 2. a person of consideration or standing.
Anybody	phr	"Anybody's Guess." - uncertain in outcome, cannot be guessed. 2. a mystery, something unpredictable.
Anyhow	adv	In any way or manner whatever.
Anyhow	cnj	In any case.
Any-kind	n	Also : 'any-kyn.' 2. of any kind. 3. any kind of. 4. any kind of manner.
Any longer	adv	In a negative or interrogative constuctions: free from a given time onwards. 2. anymore.
Anything	n	Note: Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. "Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing."Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. 2. expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.
Anything	adv	In any way, any extent or any degree.
Anything	prn	Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.
Anything	phr	"Anything But" - not in the least, not at allor in any respect, far from. 2. to no degree, no, not at all.
Anything	phr	"Anything Goes" - there are no rules or restrictions. 2. unlimited unrestricted, without restriction. 3. free, wild, fast and loose; unregulated, no holds barred. 4. promiscous, debauched.
Anything	phr	"Anything Like" - anything like, in any respect; at all;
Anytime	adv	At any time.
Anytime	inj	"You're Welcome" - in response to "thank you."
Anytown	n	A place name of a non-specific, non-notable town in the USA.
Anyway	adv	In any way or manner; anyhow; in any measure. 2. (speech act) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. 2. anywise. 3.in any location or any unknown location.
Anyway	cnj	In any case
Anyways	adv	In anyway. 2. anyway, anyhow, in any case.
Anywhat	prn	Any location or unknown location.
Anywhen	adv	At any time, at any point in time, ever.
Anywhence	adv	Anyhere, from anywhere.
Anywhere	adv	To (in the direction of) any location or any unknown location.
Anywhere	prn	Any location or unknown location.
Anywhere else	adv	In any other place.
Anywhereness	n	The state or quality of being anywhere.
Anywhither	adv	To or toward any place. 2. in any direction; whereever, whithersoever.
Anywho	adv	Anyhow.
Anywise	adv	In any manner, way or case, in any degree. 2. at all, anyhow, anyway.