Staff R 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 |
| railthane | hrægelþegn | n | robekeeper |
| rain | regnian | vb | to prepare, arrange, regulate |
| raked | ræced | n | palace |
| rakedly | ræcedlīc | adj | palatine, palatial |
| ram | hramma | n | cramp, spasm |
| ran/ron | hran/hron | n | whale |
| randbigh | randbēag | n | boss of a shield |
| ranroad | hranrād | n | the sea or ocean (poetic) |
| raw | ragu | n | lichen |
| ray | rǣge | n | wild she-goat |
| readingbook | rǣdingbōc | n | lesson book, lectionary |
| reardbearer | reordberend | n | one gifted with speech or voice, a person |
| reasow | rǣswan | vb | to suspect, to suppose, to conjecture |
| reasower | rǣswa | n | a counsellor, chief, one who thinks for the public good |
| reasowing | rǣswung | n | supposition, conjecture |
| reat | rēotan | vb | to lament, to wail in grief |
| redebaner | rǣdbana | n | one who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator |
| redeyift | rǣdgift | n | senate, consulate |
| reef | gehrēfan | vb | to roof, to cover |
| reeklebouk | rēcelsbūc | n | bulging vessel for holding incense |
| reeklevat | rēcelsfæt | n | censer (ornamental container for burning incense) |
| reet | rētan | vb | to cheer, gladden, comfort |
| reeth | hrēþ | n | triumph |
| Reethmonth | hrēþmōnaþ | n(p) | March |
| reethy | hrēþig | adj | triumphant, exultant |
| rem | hremman | vb | to hinder, obstruct, cumber, block progress |
| ren | gerennan | vb | to coagulate (trans.) |
| renk | renc | n | pride, pomp, vanity |
| Restday | restendæg | n | the Hebrew Sabbath (Saturday by extension) |
| richdom | rīcedōm | n | power, rule, dominion |
| richen | rīcen | n | woman endowed with power, female magnate |
| richer | rīca | n | ruler, magnate |
| rideheer | rīdehere | n | a mounted force, a troop of cavalry |
| rightframed | rihtgefremed | adj | rightly constituted, orthodox |
| rightledge | rihtlǣcan | vb | to rectify, correct, amend |
| rightliefful | rihtgelēaffull | adj | holding a true belief, orthodox |
| rightwiseness | rihtwīsness | n | righteousness, justice |
| rightwising | gerihtwīsung | n | justification |
| rimebook | gerīmbōc | n | calendar |
| rimecraft | rīmcræft | n | arithmetic, mathematics, maths, math |
| rimer | rīmere | n | computer, counter, calculator |
| ringsettle | hringsetl | n | circus |
| rissle | rysel | n | soft fat, suet, axle grease |
| rith | hriþ | n | fever |
| rith | ryþþa | n | mastiff, bloodhound, large dog |
| roan | hrān | n | reindeer, caribou |
| rochet | rocettan | vb | to eructate, belch, burp |
| roodfasten | rōdfæstnian | vb | to crucify |
| roof | rōf | adj | vigorous, strong, stout; valiant |
| room | hrūm | n | soot |
| Roomanish | Rōmānisc | adj(p) | Roman |
| rother | rodor | n | heavens, firmament |
| rotherly | rodorlīc | adj | of the firmament, celestial |
| rootfast | rōtfæst | adj | firmly established, firmly rooted |
| rose | rāsian | vb | to explore, to journey |
| rure | hryre | n | fall, destruction, ruin, decay |