List of Old English Words in the OED/PR

Old English	sb	English
Pratt	n	In OE: guile, trickery. 2. Fraud, prank, frolic. 3. cunning, astuteness.
Preen	n	A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth. 2. (dialectal) a pin. 3. bodkin, brooch.
Preen	vb	To fasten with a pin.
Prettily	adv	In a pretty manner.
Prettiness	n	The quality of being pretty.
Pretty	n	In OE. trick, wile, craftiness, cunning; in the C15th clever, skilful, ingeniously made or cleverly done, artful 2. of things, fine, pleasant, nice, proper (sometimes condescendingly used), but also as general epithet: nice, pleasant, agreeable, fine,swell. 3. Ironically used, fine, wonderful, special: "to come to a pretty position." 4. In golf: the Fairway as opposed to the Rough. 5. a considerable sum or measure or an approximate, as in "pretty nearly", "pretty good", "a pretty penny." 6. having beauty without majesty or stature, pleasing, comely, homely, but aesthetically pleasing to the eye and ear; having a beauty that is attractive rather an imposing. 7. Conversely: insignificant, ordinary.
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Penny" - to be dearly bought; costly.
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Much" - almost, very nearly; pretty well..
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Penny" - to be dearly bought; costly.
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Nearly" - almost; almost completely.
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Up" - make (falsely) pretty or charming.
Pretty	phr	"Pretty Well" - almost, just about, very nearly.
Pretty	phr	"Sitting Pretty" - be comfortably off. 2. in a favorable or advantageous position or circumstance.
Prettyish	adj	"Somewhat pretty.
Prick	n	A depression scratched or carved into the surface. 2. a pointed instrument that holes or punctures. 3. the act of punctures or pricks. 4. the sensation of being pricked. 5. a sharp point, minute mark, spot, dot. 6. marked made by a pricking or puncturing object; a puncture. 7 a target point for archer's aim. 8. a mark denoting degree. 9 a mathematical point. 10. a hare's footprint. 11. a small roll, such as a tobacco prick; spun yarn prick. 12. insulting word for a person who is silly, dopey prick; irritating or ridiculous. 13. euphemism for the penis. 14. a goad for an oxen.
Prick	vb	To puncture, make a hole in, or nick with a small point. 2. stab slightly with a pointed object. 3. cause sharp emotional pain (prick one's conscience). 4. sting as a insect. 5. spur on, incite, goad. 6. in embroidery, outline a pattern or form. 7. to make pungent or sharp. 8. to trace on a chart a ship's course.
Prick	phr	"Prick Up" - listen sharply, have the attention of, as in "prick up one's ears. 2. To prink or spruce up.
Prick	phr	"Prick Up One's Ears" - to pay attention; do best to listen to hat's going on. (an illusion to the twitching of the ears of a horse, when its attention is attracted.
Prick	phr	"Pricking for Sheriff" - the anual choosing of a sheriff used to be done by the king, who marked the names on the list by pricking them with a bodkin at random. Sheriffs are still 'pricked' by sovereign, but the names are chosen beforehand.
Prick	phr	"Prick Off" - to transport seedling by placing them in holes pricked in the ground.
Prick-eared	adj	Said of a dog with upstanding ears. The Puritans or Roundheads were so called because they had their cut short and covered their heads with a black skull-cap drawn down tight, leaving the ears exposed.
Pricker	n	That which pricks; a sharp-pointed instrument.
Pricking	n
Pricking	phr	"Pricking the Sheriff" - the annual choosing of the Sheriffs used to be done by the king, who marked the names on a list by pricking them with a bodkin at random. Sheriffs are still pricked by the Monarch, by the names are chosen beforehand.
Prickle	n	Thorn or spike
Prickle	vb	To feel a tingling or prickling sensation. 2. to prick, as with a goad etc, hence, to goad, instigate.
Prickle apple	n	The soursop, the fruit of the tree Annona muricata of the Carribean.
Pricklefish	n	A stickleback (now rare). 2. a member of the family Stephanoberycidae of small deep-sea fishes of tropical and subtropical waters, which bear spines ventrally and dorsally in front of the caudal fin and typically have toothed scales with backward-pointing spines.
Prickliness	n	The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines. bristliness, spininess, thorniness. raggedness, roughness - a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven.
Prickling	n	A prickling or stinging sensation.
Prickly	adj	Having, furnished, being armed, or full with prickles. 2. smarting, tingling, having the sensation many prickling points.
Prickly ash	n	A prickly shrub or tree (Zanthoxylum americanum) of the rue family, with pungent and aromatic bark.
Prickly-heat	n	A common name for Lichen tropicus, an imflammatory disorder (miliaria) of the sweat glands, prevalent in hot countries, with eruptions of small sores and a tingling pricking sensation.
Prickly pear	n	Any species of the Cacteous opuntia, prickly plant with pear-shaped fleshy edible fruit; also the fruit
Prickshaft	n	An arrow.
Prick-song	n	Music sung from notes written or pricked in on a parchment; as distinct from that sung from memory.
Prickwood	n	Dogwood, prick timber, the spindle tree.
Pricky	adj	Having pricks, pricles of spines; obnoxious, detestable
Pride	n	Self-respect. 2. over-high opinion of oneself, one's position. 3. feeling of pleasure; approval, about something one is responsible for or has a connection with.
Pride	phr	"Fly Pride Says the Peacock" - a bird proverbial for pride, the pot calling the kettle black.
Pride	phr	"Pride Comes/Goes Before a Fall' - an adaptation of 'pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride	phr	"Pride of the Morning" - the early mist or shower which indicates or promises a fine day. The morning is too proud to come out in all its/her glory all at once - or the proud beauty being thwarted weeps and pouts a while.
Pride	phr	"Pride Oneself On" - regard as a special reason for pride or satisfaction. 2. take pride in.
Pride	phr	"Swallow One's Pride" - humble oneself.
Pride	phr	"Take Pride In" - feel proud about.
Prideful	adj	Full of pride; arrogant, scornful.
Pridefully	adv	A high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity., importance, merit or superiority. 2. pleasure or satsfaction taken in an achievement, possession or association. 3. parenatl pride.
Pridefulness	n	The state or condition of being prideful; pride.
Prideless	adj	Without pride, unassuming.
Pridingly	adj	With a show of pride; vauntingly; proudly.
Priest	n	One trained in the work of religion and religious matters. 2. 'romish' godsmith soul-carer, soul-whisperer, man of the cloth.
Priest	phr	"The High Priest of Something" - the leading advocate of something.
Priestcraft	n	Priestly policy. 2. the stratagems practiced by priests to obtain power, influence etc.
Priestdom	n	The office or duty of a priest. 2. priests collectively.
Priesthole	n	A hiding place for a Roman Catholic priest during times of religious persecution.
Priesthood	n	The or position of a priest. 2. priests generally or collectively.
Priest-like	adj	Like a priest. 2. in the manner of or befitting a priest; priestly.
Priestliness	n	Of or relating to a priest or the priesthood. 2 characteristic of or suitable for a priest. 3. state or quality of being like a priest.
Priestly	adj	Pertaining to a priest. 2, befitting a priest.
Priest-ridden	adj	Under the domination of priests.
Proud	adj	Having feelings marked by pride. 2. stately 3. stiff, cold, in behaviour. 4. of things, important-looking, causing respect.
Proud	phr	"Do Somebody Proud" - treat somebody very well.
Proud	phr	"Proud as a Peacock" - very proud.
Proud	phr	"Proud Of" - feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you can measure your self-worth. 2. pleased with (as of one's child or children).
Proud	phr	"Proud of Something" - protruding, or extending, above something.
Proud	phr	"Stand Proud" - in engineering said of a project which sticks out (farther or above a particular plane than required).
Proudfall	n	The forelock or front hair.
Proudflesh	n	Flesh or tissue around a wound which is healing.
Proudful	adj	Proud-hearted; full of pride.
Proud-hearted	adj	Haughty, arrogant.
Proudish	adj	Somewhat proudish.
Proudness	n	Pride, state of having or feeling proud.