Staff D 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 |
| dall | deal/deall | adj | proud, exulting, eminent |
| darst | dærst | n | leaven |
| darth | daroþ/daraþ | n | dart, javelin |
| daughterson | dohtorsunu | n | maternal grandson |
| daven | dafen | adj | becoming, suitable, proper, convenient |
| daymeal | dægmǣl | n | clock, sundial, waterclock, clepsydra |
| dealnim | dǣlniman | vb | to take part, to participate |
| dealnimmend | dǣlnimend | n | partaker, participant; participle (grammar) |
| dealnimming | dǣlnimung | n | share, portion; participation |
| deathdole | dēaþgedāl | n | the separation of body and soul upon death |
| deathraked | dēaþræced | n | sepulchre |
| deathshild | dēaþscyld | n | capital crime |
| deedbane | dǣdbana | n | evildoer, perpetrator of murder |
| deedbeet | dǣdbētan | vb | to make amends, be penitent, repent |
| deedbeeter | dǣdbēta | n | deed amender, a penitent |
| deedboot | dǣdbōt | n | repentance, penitence, penance |
| deedfrom | dǣdfruma | n | deed-doer, perpetrator, causative agent |
| deedlate | dǣdlæt | adj | slow to act, slothful |
| deedlater | dǣdlata | n | lazy person, sluggard |
| deedlean | dǣdlēan | n | a reward; recompense |
| dele | delu | n | nipple |
| Den | Dene | n(p) | Dane |
| Deprobane | Dēprobane | n(p) | Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Taprobana |
| derf | deorf | n | labour, trouble, tribulation |
| dernliership | dyrnlegerscipe | n | adultery |
| derst | dyrst | n | tribulation |
| dibb | dybbian | vb | to pay attention |
| dileful | dīegolful | adj | mysterious |
| dileness | dīegelnes/dīgolnes | n | solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, recess |
| dimhouse | dimhūs | n | dungeon |
| dishthane | discþegn {discþēn} | n | officer in charge of dishes, dish-bearer |
| divedopper | dūfedoppa | n | pelican |
| Donnow | Donua | n(p) | the river Danube |
| dook | dōc | n | bastard, mongrel; hybrid |
| doombook | dōmbōc | n | a book of decrees or laws |
| doomern | dōmern | n | a tribunal, court where judgments take place |
| doomly | dōmlīc | adj | judicial |
| doomsettle | dōmsetl | n | judgment-seat, tribunal |
| doorthane | dūruþegn | n | doorkeeper, doorman |
| doppet | doppettan | vb | to immerse |
| drake | dracu | n | trouble, affliction |
| dray | gedræg | n | band, multitude, tumult |
| dreadcouth | drēadcūþ | adj | infamous |
| drear | drēor | n | blood, gore |
| dree/dry | drēogan | vb | to suffer, endure |
| drightly | dryhtlīc/drihtlīc | adj | lordly, noble, distinguished |
| drightness | drihtnes | n | lordliness, power, majesty |
| drightship | dryhtscipe | n | rulership, lordship, domination |
| droovy | drōfig | adj | draffy; dreggy, dirty |
| drycraft | drȳcræft | n | druidcraft, sorcery, the art of magic |
| drycrafty | drȳcræftig | adj | skilled in magic or sorcery, magical |
| dwallcraft | dwolcræft | n | foolish craft, idolatry; magic |
| dwallenly | dwolenlic | adj | foolish, senseless |
| dwallgod | gedwolgod | n | idol, false god |
| dwallspeech | dwolsprǣc | n | heretical teaching |
| dwally | dwollīce | adv | foolishly, heretically, erroneously, ignorantly |
| dwease | dwǣs | adj | dull, foolish, stupid, dumb |
| dwell | dwelian | vb | to deceive, mislead, lead astray |
| dwelse | dwelsian | vb | to stray in a stupor |
| dwild | gedwild/gedwyld | n | error, heresy |
| dwildman | gedwildmann | n | heretic |
| dwolen | gedwolen | adj | erroneous, wrong, perverse |
| dwolm | dwolma | n | chaos; a chasm |