Staff A of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| abare | ābarian | vb | to disclose, bring to light |
| abay | ābygan | vb | to deflect, bend away |
| abid | ābiddan | vb | to require, demand |
| abive | ābifian | vb | to tremble, quiver |
| abraid | ābregdan | vb | to move quickly |
| abreet | ābrēotan | vb | to destroy, exterminate |
| acomingly | ācumendlic | adj | possible |
| acomingliness | ācumendlīcnes | n | possibility |
| acon | ācunnian | vb | to experience |
| acraft | ācræftan | vb | to devise, think up |
| acrework | æcerweorc | n | fieldwork |
| adwell | ādwellan | vb | to seduce |
| aken | ācennan | vb | to produce, bring forth |
| aqueath | ācweðan | vb | to declare, say forth |
| aquink | ācwincan | vb | to be extinguished or eclipsed |
| aheave | ahebban | vb | to erect, build |
| ain | egenu {ægnan} | n | husk, chaff |
| alderbold | ealdorbold | n | palace |
| alderbottle | ealdorbotl | n | palace |
| alderstool | ealdorstōl | n | the lord's seat, throne |
| ale | alan | vb | to nourish, to grow, produce, to appear |
| alf | Ælf | n | Elbe |
| allwald | ealwealda | n | sovereign king |
| altew | æltǣwe | adj | ordered, ranked, classed |
| ambight | ambeht (cf. OS ambaht, OHG ambahti, ON embætti, GO 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹) | n | office, service, position |
| an- | and- | prefix | opposition, negation, akin to German ent- and Dutch -ont |
| andet | andettan | vb | to confess, acknowledge, praise, glorify |
| anyet | andgit | n | understanding, intellect |
| anyetful | andgitfull | adj | intelligible, sensible |
| anyetly | andgitlīc | adj | sensible, sensory, intelligible |
| ankitheness | andcýðnes | n | evidence |
| anlet | andwlita | n | a face, an appearance |
| anliven | andleofen | n | nourishment |
| anqueath | andcweðan | vb | to contradict |
| anquiss | andcwiss | n | answer |
| ansake | andsacian | vb | to deny |
| anward | andweard | adj | present |
| anwardness | andweardnes | n | presence |
| anwiseness | andwīsnes | n | experience |
| anwist | andwist | n | support |
| anwork | andweorc | n | matter, substance, matterial |
| arm | earmian | vb | to commiserate, have mercy, show pity |
| aspare | āsparian | vb | to preserve |
| aspeed | āspēdan | vb | to survive, escape |
| aspell | āspelian | vb | to represent |
| aspill | āspillan | vb | to destroy |
| aswarken | āswārcnian | vb | to confound |
| aswind | āswindan | vb | to dissolve, fade away |
| athel | æðele | adj | noble |
| athwee | āþwēan | vb | to wash out, cleanse, baptize, anoint |
| athwite | āþwītan | vb | to disappoint |
| atspurn | ætspurnan | vb | to rebel, strike against |
| attle | atol | adj | terrible |
| Attle | Ætla | n(p) | Attila (the Hun); boys' given name |
| attlehew | atolhīwian | vb | to disfigure, make hideous |
| aver | afor/abor | adj | vehement, dire, hateful, austere, bitter |
| awarl | āwærlan | vb | to avoid |
| ax | eax | n | axis, axle-tree |