List of Old English Words in the OED/NA

Old English	sp	English
Na	adv	Not, in no way, by no means
Na	conj	Nor, neither
Na	n	Nay, a denial, refusal.
Naam	n	The act of taking goods from another by way of distraint; goods and chattels taken in this way.
Nail	n	A growth of horn-like substance covering end of fingers and toes. 2. defect in stone. 3. metal pin for hammering into wood etc. as way of joining or making fixed.
Nail	vb	Fix or join something together by nailing.
Nail	phr	"A Bed of Nails or Thorns" - annoying, embarrassing or painful situation.
Nail	phr	"Bite One's Fingernails" - to anxiously await a decision.
Nail	phr	"Deaf As a Nail" - stone deaf; very deaf.
Nail	phr	"Drive The Nail Home" - push a matter to a conclusion.
Nail	phr	"Fight Tooth and Nail" - to strive very hard to win. 2. fight fiercely.
Nail	phr	"Go Off the Nail" to behave strangely, go of one's head.
Nail	phr	"Hang On by One's Fingernails" - to have only a slender hold.
Nail	phr	"Hard or (Tough) as Nails" - tough, unfeeling, callous, unsympathetic uncompromising in attitude and action.
Nail	phr	"Hit the Nail on the Head." -- (to aim right, to come to and say to the very point of the matter; to say or do the right thing.) 2. to wisely and shrewdly come to the right conclusion. 3. be accurate, correct.
Nail	phr	"Hung on a Nail" - put in pawn.
Nail	phr	"Nail a lie" - expose an untruth and deception.
Nail	phr	"Nail Back" - fasten something back with a nail.
Nail	phr	"Nail's Breadth" - a small amount.
Nail	phr	"Nail Down" - make someone give a firm and clear statement of his or her purpose and intention. to succeed in obtaining a position, as, "he nailed a job in Martins". 2. to define clearly, pin down, peg down, narrow down, specify; say precisely. 3. make final, finalize, settle. 4. clinch, ensure, hold, settle the matter, sort out. 5. fasten something flat another surface with nails.
Nail	phr	"Nail Drives Out Nail" - a new interest or delay replaces what was previously felt for its predecessor.
Nail	phr	"Nail Onto" - fasten one thing to another with nails.
Nail	phr	"Nail Something Down" - to tie up the loose ends of an arrangement.
Nail	phr	"Nail Someone" - to put the blame on someone.
Nail	phr	"Nail Someone to the Wall." - (like a trophy): said of someone or something finally eliminated or overcome after a protracted and even heroic, effort. 2. to out manoeuvre someone.
Nail	phr	"Nail Up" - fasten something to a surface so that it hangs from that surface. 2. close a door with nails. 3. fix a thing at a height with nail.
Nail	phr	"Of the Nail" - not quite sober.
Nail	phr	"On the Nail" - immediately, on the spot, as in 'pay on the nail'.
Nail	phr	"One Nail Drives Another" - a new pain or problem will stop you worrying or feeling bad about something else
Nail	phr	"On the Nail" - immediately, on the spot at once without delay required of a payment. 3. without the least delay,(chiefly used of making repayments).
Nail	phr	"Right As Nail" - fine, okay, very good.
Nail	phr	"To be Nailed" - to have one's attention fixed on a matter.
Nail-bed	n	The skin beneath the nail plate. Like all skin, it is made of two types of tissues: the deeper dermis, the living tissue which includes capillaries and glands, and the epidermis, the layer just beneath the nail plate, which moves toward the finger tip with the plate.
Nail-biter	n	A person who bites their nails. 2. a worrier, someone who is very anxious.
Nail-biting	adj	Of a situation characterized by or causing suspense, anxiety, nervousness; cliff-hanging, suspenseful. 2. causing severe anxiety or tension.
Nail-bitingly	adv	In a nail-biting manner.
Nailcare	n	The proper maintenance of the fingernails and toenails.
Nail-chapman	n	A trader, dealer or seller of nails.
Nailed	adj	Fastened, studded or constructed with nails, etc.
Nailed-on	adj	Esp. applied as an epithet recently to dramas of loose construction without literary or artistic value.
Nailer	n	One who makes nails. 2. to who job is to hammer in nails. 3. a great, marvellous person, animal or thing; exceptionally good hand at something. n 4. a detective, policeman.
Nailer	n	"As busy as a Nailer" - very busy.
Nailfast	adj	Fastened with nails.
Nail-fold	n	the duplication of the skin which surrounds the edges of the nail; the cuticle.
Nail furrow	n	Transverse lines or grooves across the fingernails; transverse depressions in the nail plate caused by temporary cessation of cell division in the proximal nail matrix. The condition may be caused by local disease of the nail fold.
Nail-head	n	An ornament like the head of a nail used chiefly in architecture and clothing.
Nail-headed	adj	Having or resembling a head like that of a nail.
Nail-hole	n	A nail made to take a nail.
Nail-house	n	A private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of huge monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government From calque translation of Mandarin 钉子户 (dīngzihù, “nail house”)
Nailing	n	The act of action of fixing or join something together by nailing.
Nail-knot	n	A type of bend knot used to join two fine lines. Commonly used with fishing lines. The name comes from the use of a nail, or needle, or similar object as an aid to form the knot correctly.
Nail-less	adj	Without or not having nails.
Nailmaker	n	One who makes nails as an occupation.
Nailmaking	n	The act of making nails.
Nailrod	n	A long strip of sheet-iron from which nails are furnished.
Nails	phr	"Hard as nails" - unfeeling, unsympathetic.
Nail-smith	n	Usually written "Naismith" (cnif smit): a maker or forger of nails, spikes etc. 2. possibly also, a soldier. In ancient times all soldiers had to be skilled in maintaining their own weapons, and hence could be highly proficient in such work. Originally a "knifesmith": described a soldier who used a short sword and a "swordsmith" one who used a long sword.
Nailwort	n	A name suggested for Draba verna and Saxifraga tridactiles by Gerarde and applied by Cotgrave to paronychia with reference to their supposed efficaciousness in curing diseases of the finger nails.
Naily	adj	Studded with nails.
Naked	adj	Unclothed, having no clothing on the body, stripped to the skin, nude. 2. destitute of clothing, implying poverty and wretchedness. 3. stripped of usual warm clothing. 4. without weapons: unarmed. 5. without defence or protection; open, unprotected, or exposed to injury. 6. of a sword or other weapon: not covered by a sheath; unsheathed. 7. free from concealment or reserve; plain, straight-forward, outspoken free, as in the naked truth. 8. exposed to view or examination; uncovered, stripped of all disguise or concealment of . 9. plain, obvious, clear. 10. bare, destitute or devoid of something. 11. of a horse without a harness.
Naked	phr	"Be Stark Naked" - be absolutely nude.
Naked	phr	"Naked as The Day He Was Born" -
Naked ape	n	Of the 193 species of monkeys and apes, only humans are not covered with hair. 2. mqn thought of as no more than an evolutionary refinement, a special kind of animal.
Naked eye	n	The eye alone, unaided or unassisted by glasses, or by any other magnifying or optical device.
Naked fallow	n	Ground where no crops are grown at all.
Naked fire	n	An open or uncovered fire and flame.
Naked-flooring	n	The parallel rows of timber on which the floorboards rest.
Naked footed	adj	Bare-footed, without footwear.
Naked ground	n	Devoid of vegetation, trees or foliage.
Naked handed	adj	Bare-handed or empty handed.
Nakedhood	n	The state or condition of being naked.
Nakedish	adj	Somewhat naked.
Naked ladies	n	The meadow saffron or autumn crocus.
Naked light	n	Open flame, such as a match or a burning cigarette, that is a risk in a mine.
Nakedly	adv	In an exposed manner; without protection or defense. 2. without clothing.
Nakedness	n	The state or fact of being naked.
Naked seed	n	A seed which isn't ienclosed in an ovary.
Naked sword	n	A sword having no covering or sheath, especially the usual one.
Naked tree	n	A tree without foliage or with bare limbs.
Naked truth	adj	Speech or conversation without glibness, decoration, but words and pesponses put firmly.
Nakedly	adv	In an exposed manner, without protection or defense. 2. without protection or defense. 3. without clothing. 3. in a manner without covering or disguise; manifestingly; simply, barely.
Naken	vb	To strip a person naked. 2. to divest of clothing or armor; to lay part of the body bare. 3. to strip or deprive someone of something. 4. to lay bare; reveal or disclose.
Nakening	n	The action of something naked or revealed
Name	n	Language unit by which a person or thing is known; a person's reputation. 2. family based on male descent; gens. 3. a well-known or notable person; figure, public figure. 4. by the sanction or authority of. 5. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase, name, epithet. 7. a person, an individual. [poetic]
Name	vb	Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; call. 2. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. 3. charge with a function; charge to be; nominate, make. 4. create and charge with a task or function; appoint, name, nominate. 5. mention and identify by name. 6. make reference to; mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer. 7. discover, key, distinguish, describe. 8. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of. 9. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness. 10. to give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.11. to mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. 12. to designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the festival; to name as captain. 13. to designate someone by name, often one does by way of reprimand. 14. to denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate. 15. the title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Name	phr	"A Household Name" - somebody who is well known.
Name	phr	"Answer to the Name" -acknowledge to the name of , be called.
Name	phr	"By the Name of" - called or known by, having the name of.
Name	phr	"Call Somebody Names" - use insulting names for somebody.
Name	phr	"Drop Names" - to bring in names of well-known persons allegedly known to the speaker into the conversation in an attempt to impress.
Name	phr	"Give a Dog a Bad Name" - to malign a person.
Name	phr	"Have a Black Mark Against One's Name " - to have a tarnished reputation.
Name	phr	"Have One's Name's Up in Lights" - to be a well-known actor or celebrity so that one's name is displayed in lights outside.
Name	phr	"Have To One's Name" - own, possess.
Name	phr	"In All But the Same Name" - of a situation or set of circumstances, but not officially acknowledged or recognized. 2. virtually.
Name	phr	"In Name Only" - in profession, or by title only; not in reality; in name alone, as, a friend in name. 2. of a marriage: platonic, without sexual intercourse. 3. as a mere formality. hardly at all.
Name	phr	"In Name With" - mentioned in connection with one of the other sex.
Name	phr	"In One's Own Name" - independently, without authority.
Name	phr	"In the Name Of." - on behalf of; by the authority of. 2. in one's name. 3. in calling to witness in. 4. invocation of, reliance upon, or devotion to, the persons of the godhead.
Name	phr	"Lend One's Name to Something" - to endorse something. 2. to authorize the use of one's name in support of a cause, undertaking, product.
Name	phr	"Make a Name for Oneself " - to earn a good reputation by virtue of some skill.
Name	phr	"Name a Few" - citing only these.
Name	phr	"Named After" - give a child the same first name as his father, mother, grandparent.
Name	phr	"Name a Rose by any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet" - the form does not affect the substance.
Name	phr	"Name but a Few" - precedes or follows a short list of examples or instances which could be greatly extended.
Name	phr	"Name for" - to intentionally give someone the same name or the derivation of the same name as another person, place or thing.
Name	phr	"Name (no) Names" - announce/not announce the names; identify, praise, criticize, praise, accuse people accused or guilty of crime or misdeeds.
Name	phr	"Name No Names" - refrain from mentioning the names of people involved in an incident, matter, etc., in order to protect them; often with the implication that the hearer could supply them.
Name	phr	"Name of the Game" - the object or issue of an action.
Name	phr	"Name on the Same Day" - to bring into comparison or connection.
Name	phr	"Name the Day" - to mention or specify as something desired, suggested or decided upon. 2. to fix time of a woman to fix the date of her wedding.
Name	phr	"Of Great Name" - have a good reputation.
Name	phr	"One's Good Name" - repute or reputation.
Name	phr	"One's Middle Name" - one's best known attribute.
Name	phr	"Or My Name's Not" - i am definitely certain.
Name	phr	"Put One's Name Down for" - apply for. 2. promise to subscribe a sum.
Name	phr	"Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet" - the form does not effect the substance.
Name	phr	"So-and-So is the Name of the Game" - so-and-so is the name of the game.
Name	phr	"Someone Who Shall Be Nameless" - somebody whom we all know (but not named for effect or to prevent embarrassment)
Name	phr	"Their Name Lives for Evermore" - those consolatory words , frequently used on war memorials.
Name	phr	"To One's Name" - own, belonging to, as in "he hasn't got a proper pair of shoes to his name.
Name	phr	"What's His Name" - someone whose name cannot be remembered.
Name	phr	"What's in a Name?" - names are arbitrary labels
Name	phr	"Worthy of the Name" - deserving of his name or title, as, "any doctor worthy of his name could quickly diagnose the man's illness."
Name	phr	"You Name It." - anything you can ask for or name, no matter what; anything you want. 2. no matter what; whatever you like.
Name-brand	n	A product or item made by a famous maker or manufacturer, as opposed to by a generic manufacturer
Name-calling	n	Abusive or insulting language.
Name-child	n	One called after, named out of regard for another.
Name-cleping	n	Name giving.
Namecouth	adj	Namecund:known by name, name known widely, well-known, famous, celebrated.
Named	adj	Given a name to. 2. specified as a time, sum or place as something desired , suggested or decided on.
Name day	n	The feast day of a saint whose name one bears. 2. day on that a child is named.
Namedly	adv	By name.
Namedrop	vb	To refer to people that one assumes one's audience admire in order to try to impress them.
Namedrop	n	The practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listeners.
Name-dropper	n	Someone who pretends that famous people are his or her friends. 2. one who habitually refers to famous people as if they were his friends.
Name-dropping	n	Familiar mentioning of the names of important people in order to imply one's own importance.
Name-droppingly	adv	In a name-dropping manner.
Name-giver	n	One who gives names.
Name-giving	n	The act of naming.
Nameless	adj	Being or having an unknown or unnamed soul, nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed. 2. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. 3.undistinguished; not noted or famous. 4 not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; 5. unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. 6. little known, obscure, unacknowledged, undesignated, un-famed, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unsung, without.
Nameless	phr	"Someone Who Shall be Nameless" - someone who we all know (but not named for effect or to prevent embarrassment.)
Namelessly	adv	In a nameless manner or way.
Nameling	n	Person bearing the same name.
Namelore	n	Lore and learning relating to names.
Namely	adv	That is to say, in other words to wit. 2. distinguished, famous, notable.
Name-maker	n	A creator of names.
Namemanship	n	Skill in the use of influential names of people or object. 2. skill in name-dropping.
Namen	vb	To take, (nim).
Namer	n	One who names.
Namesake	n	Person named after another or called by the same name .
Name-son	n	A name child of male sex.
Nameword	n	A designation or name given to an object, person or location, an appellation.
Name-worthy	adj	Worthy of the name one has.
Naming-rights	n	A financial transaction and form of advertising whereby a corporation or other entity purchases the right to name a facility or event, typically for a defined period of time.
Nap	n	A drinking bowl or cup.
Nap	n	A light or short sleep, esp. one take during the day; a doze, kip, a sweet slumber.
Nap	vb	To take a short sleep or doze. 2. be not prepared, caught off guard.
Nap	phr	"Have a Cat Nap" - a brief sleep; doze off; have a power sleep.
Napless	adj	Without a nap, the short fuzzy ends of fibres on the surface of cloth, drawn up in a napping.
Napper	n	One who has a short sleep.
Nappy	n	A round earthen or glass dish with a flat bottom.
Nare	adj	Narrow
Narrow	adj	Not wide; as in "a narrow bridge". 2.limited in size or scope. 3. lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; narrow-minded. 4. very limited in degree. 5. characterized by painstaking careful and detailed examination.
Narrow	n	A narrow strait connecting bodies of water, "The Narrows", as the narrowest part of the Dardanelles.
Narrow	vb	To make or become more narrow or restricted; narrow, contract. 2: define clearly; pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify. 3. to become more focused on an area of activity or field of study. 4. become tight or as if tight; constringe. 5. to lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. 6. to contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge. 7. to become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
Narrow	adj	Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow street; a narrow hem. 2. of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. 3. having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near, as in a narrow miss. 4. limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. 5. contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, as "a narrow understanding." 6. parsimonious; niggardly; stinted, covetous; selfish. 7. scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. Nb: "Narrow" is often prefixed to other words, especially in forming words of obvious meaning; such as, narrow-brimmed, narrow-edged, narrow-headed, narrow-souled,
Narrow	phr	"Fall Narrow" - fall short.
Narrow	phr	"Narrow Down" - reduce the number of people or places being investigated by clearing certain suspects .
Narrow-bed	n	The grave, tomb, narrow-house, earthbed.
Narrow boat	n	A canal boat less than 7 ft (2.1 metres) wide with a maximum length of 70 ft (21.3 metres) and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel.
Narrow-bottomed	adj	A relatively small, deep area in the bottom of a sea or lake. 2. a trench; a long narrow and steep depression at the bottom of the seaa.
Narrow-brained	n	The lowest specimens of humanity: "the most motley, bigoted collection of self-righteous, narrow-brained, non-intelligent idiots I have ever seen".
Narrow-brained	adj	Dull, of low intellect; stupid.
Narrowed	adj	Contracted, constricted, confined; decreased, narrow (in breadth). 2. lacking in breadth of feeling; ungenerous.
Narrowed-necked	adj	Having a small or narrow opening or neck.
Narrow-ended	adj	Narrow or narrowing at the ends.
Narrower	n	Of small or limited width, esp. in comparison with length. 2. limited in area or scope; cramped. 3. lacking flexibility; rigid, narrow in opinions.
Narrow-eyed	adj	Observing closely.
Narrow-hearted	adj	Ungenerous, ignoble, mean.
Narrow-heartedness	n	State or quality of being ungenerous, mean or ignoble.
Narrow-house	n	The grave, tomb, earth-bed, narrow-bed.
Narrowing	adj	The act of contracting or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. constriction, restriction, confining. 3. an instance of becoming narrow. 4. of circumstances: tending to constrict freedom. 5. decrease in width.
Narrowish	adj	Inclined to be constricted, restricted, confining.
Narrowishly	adv	In a somewhat narrow manner.
Narrowly	adv	In a narrow manner, not allowing for exceptions. 2. of little breadth, in a narrow manner. 3. without much extent, contractedly. 4. with minute scrutiny, closely as, searchingly. 5. ith little margin or space, by a small distance. 6. sparingly. parsimoniously.
Narrow-minded	adj	Narrow in breadth of view or sympathy; illiberal, prejudice, bigoted. 2. lacking in the breadth of mind; incapable of broad views. 3. not receptive to others ideas, wishes or opinions.
Narrow-mindedly	adj	Lacking tolerance, bigoted, breath of view, or sympathy; petty.
Narrow-mindness	n	The state or quality of having a contracted mental scope. 2. the mindset of being illiberal or bigoted.
Narrow-mouthed	adj	Having a small mouth. 2. an opening of, vessels; rivers.
Narrowness	n	The property of being narrow; having little width. 2. an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behaviour; narrow-mindedness, narrowness. 3. a restriction of range or scope. 4: a small margin; narrowness, slimness. 4. the condition or quality of being narrow.
Narrow seas	n	The channels or "The Narrows" separating Great Britain from the adjacent continent and from Ireland. 2. A strait connecting Upper New York Bay with Lower New York Bay between the western end of Long Island and Staten Island. 3. The Dardanelles' narrowest part.
Narrow shave	n	Close to, but free from, danger; a narrow escape.
Narrow-sighted	adj	Narrow of sight, often owing to a medical condition. 2. fig. narrow of vistas or mental scope.
Narrow-souled	adj	Lacking in breadth of view or feeling for others, ungenerous, illiberal, bigoted, mean, prejudiced, stingy.
Narrow-streeted	adj	Having narrow streets.
Narrowth	n	Narrowness, constraint.
Nathe	n	A variant of nave: the centre of a wheel.
Natheless	adv	Nevertheless, notwithstanding, na the less, nathless, not the less.
Nathmore	adv	Not the more, never the more.
Naught	adj	Wickedness, evil, moral wrong, turpitude, mischief. 2. a wicked or evil thing. 3. of no worth or value; good for nothing; worthless; useless, bad, poor; stark naught. 4. morally bad, wicked, naughty. 5. bad or wrong in method. 6. immoral, vicious. 7. lost, ruin, destroyed. 8. injurious, hurtful, unlucky.
Naught	vb	To efface oneself; to keep quiet or withdraw (usu. in the imperative "let's go and be naught, I say.) 2. bring to naught; annihilate.
Naught	phr	"Bring to Naught" - ruin, baffle.
Naught	phr	"Come to Naught/Nothing." - fail, be unrealized, bring to naught, be ruined. 'All Rob's hopes and dreams came to naught.'
Naught	phr	"Speak Naught" - to be self-effacing; to keep quiet or withdrawn.
Naughting	n	Emptying; excepting. 2. nothingness; worthlessness; shortcomings.
Naughtingly	adv	Wickedly, viciously, 2. wrongly, dishonestly, badly, poorly.
Naughtness	n	State or condition of being naught or nothing. 2. wickedness, turpitude, evilness.
Naughtnessly	adv	In a manner of naughtness.
Naughty	adj	In a naughty or evil manner. 2. wayward, not behaving well, mischievous, bad.
Naughty	phr	"Do the Naughty" - to behave promiscuously.
Naughty	phr	"Have a Naughty" - to have sexual intercourse.
Naughty-bits	n	The parts of a person's body connected with sexual activity or attraction, especially their genitals.
Naughty Nineties	n	The last decades of the C19th, seen as a period of freedom, laxity or decadence in social mores, entertainment, the arts compared with conventional Victorian standards.
Nave	n	Central piece of a wheel, from which the spokes of a wheel radiate.. 2. hub.
Navel	n	The small pit of the abdomen, to which the umbilical was attached. 2. centre or middle point of anything. 3. centre or central point of country, sea, forest etc. 4. middle point of a horse's back.
Navel-knot	n	The knot or knob of the umbilical cord.
Navelled	adj	Knobbed; bull's-eyed. 2. having a navel; set as a navel or hollow.
Navel-string	n	Umbilical cord.
Navel-wort	n	Cotyledon umbilicus; pennywort
Naze	n	OE naes: a promontory; a headland.