Staff I of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
[ᚹ] = widened meaning
Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
ides | ides | n | virgin (?), magical woman (?), demi-goddess (?) |
idish | īdisc | n | furniture, furnishings; utensils |
idy | idig | adj | busy, active |
ild | ilde/ylde | n | mankind (poetic) |
ile | igil | n | hedgehog |
ilvet | ilfette | n | swan |
in | innian | vb | to get within, put in, bring in, put up, lodge |
ince | yntse | n | ounce |
incund | incund | adj | internal, inward; intimate |
indrive | indrīfan | vb | to impel, to send forth, to utter |
ineard | ineardian | vb | to dwell, to inhabit |
inge | engu | n | narrowness; confinement |
ingly | engellīc | adj | angelic |
inhide | ingehȳd | n | thought, conscience, intent, purpose |
inlander | inlenda | n | a native |
inlandish | inlendisc | adj | native, indigenous |
insail | insegel | n | seal, signet |
insail | inseglian | vb | to seal, to place a seal upon |
insetten | inseten | n | institution |
instep | instæpe | n | entrance |
inting | intinga | n | cause, sake, plea, case, reason |
inthought | ingeþōht | n | conscience |
inwid | inwid | n | fraud, guile, deceit; malicious trick |
inwidful | inwitfull | adj | deceitful, guileful, malicious, evil |
inwitness | ingewitnes | n | consciousness |
Ires | Īras | n(p) | Irishmen, the Irish |
irl | girela | n | a garment; attire, apparel, garments |
irth | irþ | n | ploughing, tilling, farming; produce of a farm |
irthland | irþland | n | farmland, arable land |
irthling | irþling | n | husbandman, farmer, tiller, ploughman |
Israelish | Israēlisc | adj(p) | Israeli, Israelite |
ist | ȳst | n | tempest, whirlwind, hurricane [ᚹ], typhoon [ᚹ], cyclone [ᚹ] |
itch | ȳce {iceom} | n | poisonous frog |
ithelidder | ȳþlida | n | wave-traverser, ship (poetic) |
itheloave | ȳþlāf | n | the shore left bare by the waves; detritus on the shore |
ithelode | ȳþlād | n | way across the waves, voyage (poetic) |
ithing | ȳþung | n | fluctuation; inundation, overflowing; over-abundance [ᚹ] |