List of Old English Words in the OED/AS

Old English	sp	English
As	adv	To such an extent or degree.
As	conj	In the same way that; according to what. 2. at the same instant that; when. 3. at the same time that; while. 3. varying through time in the same proportion that. 4. considering that, because, since. 5. introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. 6. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. 7. introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. 8. (dialectal)functioning as a relative conjunction; that. 9. expressing concession; though.  10. (obsolete, rare) than.
As	phr	"As and When" - used to indicate both the manner and time of doing something (
As	phr	"As a Whole" - considered as a reference to all its parts; at large.
As	phr	"As Best One Can" - not perfectly but as well as possible in the circumstances
As	phr	"As Black as Coal" - very black, black or dirty.
As	phr	"As Broad as Long" - having a length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as the other. 2. coming to the same result by different ways or procedure.
As	phr	"As Far As" - in respect to, in the score of,as relates. 2. to the best of one's knowledge. 3.
As	phr	"As Far As One Can See" - in one's judgement; to the extent one can judge.
As	phr	"As Far Forth As" - to the greatest extent and distance away from
As	adv	"As Follows" - what is listed as next.
As	phr	"As For" - with regard to
As	phr	"As For One" - as far as one is concerned.
As	phr	"As For Something" - with reference to somebody, something. 2. on the subject of.
As	phr	'As From" - on and after a specified date.
As	phr	"As God is my Witness" - I swear, I vow solemnly; truthfully, honestly; before God.
As	phr	"As Good As One's Word" - true to avow or promise. 2. completely reliable, trustworthy.
As	phr	"As Good as the Next One" - just as good as another thing of the same kind.
As	phr	"As Good as the Next Man" - equally as good, virtuous, able to do something, as most people are (often with the implication that one is just that bit better than most).
As	phr	"As If" - of the same kind. 2. in the same way or manner. 3. what it would be if.
As	phr	"As If This is Not Enough" - in addition to something, or doing something, which in itself would appear to be sufficient in the circumstances.
As	phr	"As If Do Something" - in way that indicates an intention to do something, esp when the action mentioned is just not carried out.
As	phr	"As Is - actual, as thing are. 2. that be, that is, as though. 4 fresh, new.
As	phr	"As It Is" - in the actual and often different to expectation and/or hope. 2. in the present or existing circumstances.
As	phr	"As It Were" - in a way; to a certain extent.
As	phr	"As Long As" - during the whole time that. 2. provide that; only if.
As	phr	"As Long As One's Arm" - very long.
As	phr	"As Mad as a Hatter" - abnormal in behavior - from eccentricity to madness.
As	phr	"As Much" - the extent or quantity just specified.
As	phr	"As Needed" - according to need. 2. as required or done.
As	phr	"As of Now" - starting now (from this moment) and from now on.
As	phr	"As of Old" - in the old familiar way, and used to be, still is the case.
As	phr	"As of Right" - by legal entitlement.
As	phr	"As Often as Not" - about as many times as not.
As	phr	"As One Makes One Bed, One Must Lie On It' - one must suffer the consequences of one's actions or choices.
As	phr	"As One Man" - acting unanimously; in unison, precisely alike.
As	phr	"As One Man to Another" - in a way that acknowledges or assumes quality with; similarity between, oneself and another.
As	phr	"As One Might Say" - a comment attached, often somewhat apologetically, to a statement to conceal one identity.
As	phr	"As Soon As" - immediately at or after an other event.
As	phr	"As Soon as Look at" - very readily
As	phr	"As Such" - considered alone; not including anything. 2. in that particular manner, form or function.
As	phr	"As the Crow Flies" - by the shortest and most direct way.
As	phr	"As Things Run" - according to the usual order, condition, quality.
As	phr	"As Things Stand" - in view of, or taking into consideration, a certain set of circumstances, or some particular situation.
As	phr	"As Though" - as if. 2. in the same way or manner.
As	phr	"As We Have Seen" - as has already been shown, demonstrated or proved.
As	phr	"As Well" - in addition; to an equal extent.
As	phr	"As Well As" - also, too, beside; in conjunction with somebody/something specified.
As	phr	"As Well as the Next Man" - in a way that is equally as good as the way other people do it (implying that it may even be better).
As	phr	"As Well as Somebody Might" - as may, or might, be expected of somebody in the circumstances.
As	phr	"As Yet" - until now. 2. up to the present. 3. still now.
As	phr	"As You Were" - (usually after the cancelling/rescinding of a command/instruction): return to your positions.
Asad	adj	Sated, weary, hence tired
Asake	vb	Deny, refuse, renounce, forsake
A'sea	adv	To or towards the sea; at sea.
Asear	vb	Dry up, wither
Aseek	vb	To search after, seek.
Aseethe	adv	Seething.
Asench	vb	To cause to sink, submerge, cease
Asend	vb	To send forth.
Aset	vb	To set up, to set out, place, to array, to appoint.
Ash	n	Powdery residue of combustion; the solid remains of a fire. 2. (chemistry) The remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. 3. fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. 4. human (or animal) remains after cremation (ashes.) 5. 9figuratively) what remains after a catastrophe.
Ash	vb	Chemistry, to reduce to a residue of ash; ashing.  2. to hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette. 2. (obsolete,) to cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
Ash	phr	"Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust" - a phrase used at an English burial to denote finality of one's mortal existence.
Ash	phr	"Dust and Ashes" - in the Old Testament times, a person sprinkled earth,dust and ashes over their head as a sign of mourning. Dust and ashes were expressive of one's deep humiliation, insignificance and worthlessness.
Ash	phr	"Lay In Ashes" - to be devastate or destroyed by fire.
A'shake	vb	To sake off, dispel, to be gone, depart.
Ashame	vb	To feel ashamed, shame. 2. to put to shame, to make ashamed.
Ashamed	adj	Feeling shame or guilt.
Ashamedly	adv	With shame. 2. bashfully.
Ashamedness	n	State of being ashamed.
Ashaming	ppl	Putting to shame, making ashamed.
Ash-bin	n	A bucket for ash and rubbish; a ashcan.
Ash-brown	adj	Of brown or brownish ash in colour.
Ashcan	n	A bucket for ash and rubbish; ashcan.
Ash cloud	n	A large cloud of smoke and debris that forms over a volcano after it erupts. Ash clouds consist of several elements, including ash, gases, dust, steam, rock fragments and other materials that come from inside the volcano and combine in the air above the crater.
Ashen	adj	Of, like or resembling ashes. 2. made of ash wood. 3. pertaining to ashes. 4. pale in color, grey.
Ashend	vb	Confound, disagree, curse, reproach
Ash-fire	n	A low fire of ash and cinders used in chemical operations.
Ash-grey	n	Ash grey in colour.
A'shine	adj	Shining.
A'shine	adv	Luminously.
Ash-like	adj	Like or resembling ash in appearance or colour
Ash-looking	adj	Resembling or looking like ash.
Ashore	adv	Towards or on the shore or land.
Ash-pit	n	A pit for ashes.
Ash tree	n	Any of the widely distributed genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family, as the American white ash amd the European ash.
A'shun	vb	To shun, avoid, escape.
Ashunch	vb	Terrify, frighten
Ash-Wednesday	n	The Christian day of penitence, which takes place forty days before Easter.
Ashweed	n	Goutweed, Aegopodium podagraria.
Ash-white	adj	Of a whitish-grey colour.
Ashy	adj	Consisting of ashes. 2. covered or sprinkling of ashes. 3. ash-coloured, deadly pale.
Aside	n	A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. 2. a message that departs from the main subject; digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis.
Aside	adv	Aside or to one side. 2. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts.) 3. not taken into account or excluded from consideration. 4. in a different direction. 5. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose. 6. in reserve; not for immediate use.
Aside	phr	"Aside From" - apart from.
Aside	phr	"At the Side Of" - besides, (fig): standing staunch with your fellows.
Aside	phr	"Set Aside" - put to one side. 2. keep for special purpose or future use.
Aside	phr	"Take Aside" - engage a person in private conversation.
Aside-half	adv	Aside-hand, on or toone side.
Aside-hand	adv	On the side.
Asidely	adv	Indirectly.
Asiden	adv	Sidewise, obliquely, aslant, sidewards.
Asideness	n	State of being aside, apartness, isolation
A'sink	vb	To sink down, become submerged.
A'sit	vb	To sit, settle, remain sitting.
Ask	n	A newt, eft, or an asker.
Ask	vb	To request (information, or an answer to a question). 2. to interrogate or inquire of (a person). 3. to request or petition; usually with for. 4. to require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.  5. to invite. 6. to publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons. 7. to take (a person's situation) as an example.
Ask(s)	n	An act or instance of asking.  2. something asked or asked for; an asking; the thing asked, inquiry, a request.
Ask	phr	"Above Asking" - too proud to ask.
Ask	phr	"Ask After" - seek news of one health; inquire after one's happiness.
Ask	phr	"Ask for Somebody' - enquiure about somebody's health, happiness
Ask	phr	"Ask For" - to request.
Ask	phr	"Ask For It" - to deserve one's fate, invite unpleasantness or misfortune
Ask	phr	"Ask Me Another" - used in a quiz, contest etc the contestants has answered all the questions correctly and is asking for one, or a series of harder questions.
Ask	phr	'Ask Of" - request somebody to behave, hope he/she will behave in a certain way; expect of.
Ask	phr	"Ask Out" - invite somebody to go out with you.
Ask	phr	"Ask Over" - to invite to one's house.
Ask	phr	"For the Asking" - freely available.
Ask	phr	"If You Ask Me" - in my view or opinion.
Ask	phr	"I Ask You" - an exclamation of disgust, surprize, etc.
Asked	ppl	Mentioned as a request
Asker	n	A questioner, inquisitor. 2. one who asks favors gifts, supplicants, asker for alms, a professional beggar. 3. a prosecutor, plaintiff. 4. exactor, oppressor.
Asker	n	A lizard, newt, ask.
Asking	n	The action of asking. 2. interrogation, inquiry. 3. the action of requesting a favour, a gift, begging. 4. a petition, prayer, supplication. 5. a price asked, a demand. 6. an appeal, a calling for justice or to the law. 7. oppression, exaction. 8. the publication of the banns of marriage.
Asking	adj	That asks, inquiring, begging, supplicant.
Asking	phr	"For the Asking" - freely available.
Askingly	adv	In a asking manner; inquiringly, with entreaty.
Aslake	vb.	To become slack, slacken, feeble, dimming, growing less, abating. 2. to become less hot, to grow cool. 3. to mitigate, alleviate, assuage, to lessen, abate, diminish. 4. to appease a person.
A'slay	vb	To strike, to strike off. 2. to slay, kill.
Asleep	adj	In a state of sleep. 2. lacking sensation. 3. dormant. 4. dead. 5. of the body's extremities: benumbed and usually tingling.
Asleep	adv	In a sleepy state. 2. in the sleep of death, dead.
Asleep	phr	"Not All Are Asleep Who Have their Eyes Shut" - many people lack awareness and mental alertness.
Aslide	vb	To slide, slip away.
Aslope	adj	Sloping, tilted, oblique.
Aslope	adv	With a slope or descent; in a sloping position.
A'smear	adv	Smeared.
Asnese	vb	To impale, gore, stab
A-soak	adv	Soaking.
A-soft	vb	To make soft, to soften, mitigate.
Asp	n	A water snake. 2. a venomous viper native to South-west Europe. 2. the Eygptian cobra. 3. a type of European fish.
A'spare	vb	To spare, to afford.
A'spare	adv	Sparingly; at liberty.
Aspen	n	Belonging to the asp tree. 2. fig. tremulous, quavering, quaking, timidity (in reference to a woman's tongue).
A'spend	vb	To spend, expend.
Aspen-like	adj	Weak, timorous, feeble.
A'spill	vb	To spill, waste, render useless. 2. to destroy, slay, kill.
A'spread	vb	To spread out, spread abroad.
A'spring	vb	To spring up, leap, spring forth, spread abroad. 2. to spring into existence, originate, arise.
Ass	n	Any of the several horse-like aniamls, esp Equus Africanus often domesticated and used as a beast of burden. 2. stupid person, fool, idiot.
Ass	phr	"Every Ass Thinks Himself Worthy to Stand with the King's Horses" - the equality of the "great" and the "humble"
Ass	phr	"Make an Ass of Oneself" - to make oneself look foolish.
Ass	phr	"Well, Well! Honey is not for the Ass's Mouth" - persuasion will not persuade fools.
Ass	phr	"Wherever an Ass Falls, There He Never Falls Again" - one often learns the hard way: by experience.
Ass-headiness	n	Stupidity, asinine behavior, foolishness..
Assish	adj	Asinine, stupid.
Assishly	adv	In an asinine or stupid manner.
Assishness	n	Asininity, stupidity, foolishness, stultiness.
Ass-like	adj	Asinine; ass-headish, stupid.
Asself	vb	To take to oneself; to appropriate.
Assy	adj	Asinine, stupid, stulted.
A'stand	vb	To stand up. 2. to come to a stand, stop, arrive. 3. to remain standing, to continue, abide, resist. 4. to withstand.
A-stare	adv	Staring. 2. prominent.
A'start	vb	To start up, to start off. 2. to start into existence, happen, befall, fall out. 3. get way, avoid, shun, escape. 4. remove, withdraw, desist.
A'start	adv	With a start, suddenly.
A'steal	vb	To steal or slip away.
A-steep	adv	Steeping or soaking way.
Asteer	adv	Earlier form of stir. 2. in stirring up, moving about, in motion; stirring out of bed. 3. in excitement.
A'stell	vb	To set up, set afoot, establish.
Asterve	vb	To die, esp. of hunger. 2. to starve out, destroy, kill.
Astint	vb	To bring to a standstill.
Astir	vb	To stir up, move, disturb. 2. to excite physically and emotionally
Astir	adv	Stirring up, esp. out of bed and moving about in motion; fig. in excitement. see "a'steer.'
Astirbroad	adv	Stirring abroad, moving from place to place.
As-told-to	adj	Usually in reference to a book or some written article: of a biographical account, etc. written by a professional author using material gathered from personal conversation with the subject.
A-straddle	adv	In a straddling position with legs stretch out widely across something or someone.
A-straddle	phr	"A-straddling Of" - a bestriding manner.
A-strand	adv	On or along the strand or shore.
A'stream	adv	In a stream; that streams, streaming, flowing.
A'strength	vb	To strengthen, establish, confirm.
A'stride	adv	With one leg on each side, as a person on a horse. 2. with the legs stretched far apart.
A'sty	vb	To go up, ascend. 2. to rise with its summit. 3. to go or come down, descend. 4. to rise in arms. nb:stygend,
A'stying	n	Ascension.
Asunder	adv	To break into separate pieces or parts.
Asunder	vb	To split in parts.
Asundering	n	The act of putting asunder. 2. separation.
Asunderness	n	The state of being asunder. 2. separation, separateness.
A'swarm	adv	Swarmingly, in a thronging, crowdedly.
A'sweat	adv	Sweating, moist.
A'sweeten	vb	To make sweet or sweeter, dulcify. 2. to make less bitter.
Aswelt	vb	To perish, die, become extinct.
Asweve	vb	Put to sleep, put to death, kill, execute. 2. to stun.
A'sweven	n	Sleep. 2. a dream, a vision seen in sleep.
A'sweye	vb	To betray, desert. abandon. 2. to desist, cease, stop.
Aswike	vb	To cease, desist, fail, give up
A'swind	vb	To languish away, vanish, perish.
A'swind	adj	Languishing, worn out, enervated.
A'swing	adv	Swinging, swaying.
A'swink	vb	Labour or toil for
A'swithe	vb	To do as quickly as possible
A'swithe	adv	As quickly as possible.
A'swolkeness	n.	Sloth, laziness.
A'swoon	adv	In a swoon or faint.
A'swoon	phr	"To Fall Aswoon." - to faint away.
A'swough	vb	To overgrow, choke.
A'swough	adv	Falling in a faint or swoon.
A'sye	vb.	Sink down, set