Old English Core Vocabulary - 535 Old English Words

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• Andswarian verb answer to
• Andweard adj present
• Andwlita noun m face cp mng antlitz
• Andwyrdan verb answer cp mng antworten
• Anfeald adj simple onefold cp mng einfältig
• Anfloga noun m solitary flier hapax legomenon seafarer
• Angel noun m hook cp mne angle
• Abutan adv about around
• Ac conj but however
• Acennan verb bring give birth
• Acwellan verb kill to
• Adl noun f sickness disease
• Agen adj own
• Aglæca noun m monster combatant terrible poet
• Ahwær adv anywhere
• Alimpan verb befall pass come
• Alyfan verb permit to allow
• Amyrran verb wound cp mne mar
• Numeral an a one
• Conj and
• Anda noun m malice hostility
• Andgit noun n meaning sense
• Andsaca noun m enemy adversary cp mng widersacher
• Anginn noun n beginning
• Anhaga noun m solitary dwells poet
• Anlicnes noun f image
• Anræd adj resolute
• Anwealda noun m ruler lord poet
• Noun ar n copper cp mne ore f
• Ariht adv properly
• Arisan verb arise to
• Arleas adj dishonourable
• Arlice adv honourably kindly
• Arod adj bold
• Arweorþe adj honourable
• Asecgan verb to say tell
• Astyrian verb remove move cp mne stir
• Atelic adj horrible dreadful
• Ateon verb draw unsheathe to
• Atol adj terrible hateful poet
• Attor noun n venom cp mng eiter
• Aþ noun m oath
• Awiht noun n cp mne aught
• Axian verb to ask
• Æ noun f law cp mng ehe
• Æcer noun m cultivated field cp mne acre
• Æfæst adj pious
• Æfen noun m evening cp mne eve
• Æfre adv forever always ever
• Æfter prep after
• Æfterfylgan verb follow to come
• Æghwa pron everyone everything
• Æghwær adv everywhere
• Ægþer pron each both either
• Æht noun f possessions property
• Æl noun m eel
• Ælc pron adj each every
• Ælfscyne adj beautiful fairy occurrences poet
• Ælmihtig adj almighty
• Æmettig adj empty
• Ænig adj any
• Ær adv previously cp mne ere
• Ærende noun n message cp mne errand
• Ærest adj first
• Ærgewinn noun n ancient hostility hapax legomenon dream
• Ærgod adj good times occurrences beowulf
• Ærnan verb run to
• Æsc noun m ash tree spear
• Æscplega noun m spear-fight battle hapax legomenon judith
• Æscrof adj brave battle in
• Æstel noun m pointer one’s place reads occurrences
• Æt prep at
• Ætgædere adv together
• Ætsomne adv together
• Ætywan verb show to appear
• Æþele adj noble
• Æþeling noun m prince atheling
• Æþelo noun n pl origin descent noble lineage
• Baldlice adv boldly
• Bana noun m slayer cp mne bane poet
• Banhus noun n body bone-house occurrences poet
• Banloca noun m bone-enclosure muscles body occurrences poet
• Bar noun m boar
• Bat noun m boat
• Baþian verb bathe to
• Bæc noun n back
• Bæcere noun m baker
• Bæl noun n fire funeral pyre poet
• Bærnan verb burn to
• Bæþ noun n bath
• Prep be about concerning
• Beacen noun n beacon sign
• Beadu noun m battle occurrences poet
• Beadurinc noun m warrior occurrences poet
• Beadurof adj bold battle occurrences poet
• Beag noun m circular ornament neck wrist finger
• Beaggyfa noun m ring-giver lord occurrences poet
• Beaggyfu noun f ring-giving generosity hapax legomenon poet
• Beaghord noun n ring-hoard treasure occurrences beowulf
• Bealdor noun m lord occurrences poet
• Bealu noun n misery harm injury enmity
• Bealuhygdig adj intending evil hostile hapax legomenon beowulf
• Bealusiþ noun m painful journey bitter experience occurrences
• Beam noun m tree cross
• Bearm noun m bosom lap
• Bearn noun n child son cp mne dialect
• Bearu noun m grove
• Bebeodan verb command to
• Gebed noun n prayer
• Bedælan verb deprive to
• Begen adj pron and both
• Begeondan prep beyond
• Begietan verb acquire to get
• Beginnan verb begin to
• Begnornian verb lament to
• Beheafdian verb behead decapitate to
• Behreowsian verb repent to
• Benc noun f bench
• Benn noun f wound occurrences poet
• Beon verb to be
• Beor noun n beer
• Beorg noun m hill mound mountain cp mng
• Beorgan verb save protect to
• Beorht adj bright
• Beorn noun m man warrior poet
• Gebeorscipe noun m beer party
• Beot noun n vow boast
• Beran verb carry bear to
• Berstan verb burst to
• Beswican verb deceive ensnare to
• Bet adv better
• Gebetan verb improve remedy to
• Betweonan prep cp mne between
• Betweox prep between
• Bidan verb await experience to
• Biddan verb bid to ask
• Gebiddan verb pray to
• Bifian verb shake cp mng beben
• Bigong noun m worship
• Bill noun n sword poet cp mng beil
• Bisgu noun f occupation cp mne busy
• Bitan verb bite to
• Blac adj pale cp mne bleak
• Blawan verb blow to
• Blæc adj black
• Blæd noun m glory
• Bletsian verb bless to
• Blod noun n blood
• Boc noun f book
• Bodian verb preach cp mne bode
• Bolster noun n pillow cp mne
• Bricg noun f bridge
• Brim noun n sea poet
• Broga noun m terror danger
• Broþor noun m brother
• Brucan verb enjoy benefit cp l fruor mng
• Brun adj brown black purple red cp mne
• Brytta noun m distributor hands poet
• Burh noun f stronghold enclosure cp mne borough
• Butan prep without except but
• Byrgan verb bury to
• Bysig adj busy
• Bysmor noun m disgrace mockery
• Casere noun m emperor cp mne caesar mng
• Ceald adj cold
• Geceapian verb buy cp mne cheap
• Ceaster noun f town cp l castrum mne
• Cempa noun m warrior
• Cicen noun n chicken
• Cirice noun f church cp medgr kuriakon
• Clipian verb call to
• Clyppan verb embrace cp mne paperclip
• Gecnawan verb recognise perceive understand
• Cniht noun m boy youth
• Cringan verb fall perish poet cp mne cringe
• Cuman verb to come
• Cunnan verb to know
• Cunnian verb find to out
• Cwellan verb kill to
• Cwen noun f woman queen cp mne gynaecology
• Cwic adj alive cp mne quick
• Cyning noun m king
• Cyse noun m cheese cp l caseum
• Cyþan verb make inform reveal
• Dæd noun f deed
• Dæg m day
• Dæl noun m part portion cp mne deal
• Dema noun m judge cp mne deem
• Deofol noun m n devil
• Deop adj deep
• Deor noun n wild animal cp mne deer
• Deorc adj dark
• Digol adj secret
• Dom noun m judgement cp mne doom
• Don verb to do
• Dream noun m joy delight
• Dreogan verb suffer cp mnscots adj driech
• Dreor noun m n dripping blood occurrences poet
• Drihten noun m lord
• Dugan verb mng taugen tüchtig
• Duguþ noun f troop seasoned retainers mature men
• Durran verb dare to
• Duru noun f door
• Gedwyld noun n heresy error
• Dyre adj dear cp mng teuer
• Dyrne adj secret
• Dysig adj foolish cp mne dizzy
• Ea noun f river cp l aqua
• Eac adv also
• Eadig adj blessed happy ead cp christian names
• Eald adj old
• Noun ealdor m leader prince cp mne alderman), 
• Eallwealda noun m all-ruler lord poet
• Earfoþ noun n work hardship mne robot mng
• Earm adj poor mng arm
• Ece adj eternal
• Ecg noun f edge sword
• Eft adv again
• Ege noun m fear
• Ellen noun n courage strength
• Engel noun m angel
• Ent noun m giant cp tolkien’s
• Eorl noun m nobleman
• Faran verb travel cp mne farewell
• Fæder noun m father
• Fæger adj beautiful pleasant cp mne fair
• Feax noun n hair cp tolkien’s shadowfax
• Fela pron many
• Feond noun m enemy
• Feor adj far
• Feorh noun n life
• Ferhþ noun m spirit mind poet
• Fleogan verb fly to
• Folde noun f earth ground
• Folme noun f hand mne palm
• Fon verb catch seize to
• Forhtian verb fear to
• Forlætan verb abandon neglect to
• Forma adj first
• Forst noun m frost
• Frætwe noun f pl ornaments poet
• Frea noun m lord poet cp mng frau
• Fremde adj strange cp mng fremd
• Fremman verb perpetrate cp mng fromm
• Friþ noun m peace cp mng frieden
• Frod adj wise poet cp tolkien’s frodo
• Frofor noun f consolation
• Fruma noun m beginning
• Fugol noun m bird cp mne fowl
• Fultum noun m support help
• Fus adj eager
• Fyr noun n fire
• Fyren noun f crime wickedness
• Galan verb sing cp mne nightingale yell
• Gamol adj ancient poet cp mnda gammel mng
• Gan verb to go
• Gar noun m spear poet cp hrothgar beowulf
• Gast noun m spirit soul angel ghost
• Gear noun n year
• Geard noun m yard enclosure cp tolkien’s isengard
• Geomor adj sad poet cp mng jammer
• Geond prep through throughout
• Geong adj young
• Georn adj eager cp mne yearn mng gerne
• Giedd noun n word speech riddle poet cp
• Giefu noun f gift
• Giet adv yet still
• Gif conj if
• Gioguþ noun f youth young people
• Gnornian verb mourn to
• God adj good,  noun m
• Grædig adj greedy
• Griþ noun n truce
• Guma noun m man poet cp mne bridegroom
• Guþ noun f battle war poet
• Gylp noun m boast pride cp mne yelp
• Gyse adv yes
• Habban verb to have
• Hal adj safe unhurt cp mne
• Halig adj holy
• Ham noun m home
• Hat adj hot
• Hatan verb command order call cp mng heissen
• Hælan verb heal to
• Hælend noun m saviour cp mng heiland
• Hæleþ noun m hero poet cp mng held
• Hæþen adj heathen
• Heafod noun n head
• Heah adj high
• Hearh noun m heathen shrine cp place-name harrow
• Heaþorinc m warrior poet
• Helm noun m protection cover helmet
• Heofon noun m heaven
• Heorot noun m deer stag cp mne hart
• Noun m army cp mng heer
• Hergian verb ravage cp mne harry
• Hild noun f battle cp christian hilda
• Hlaf noun m bread cp mne loaf
• Hlaford noun m lord cp oe hlaf bread
• Hlæw noun m mound barrow cp place-names lewes
• Hleo noun n protection shelter
• Holt noun n wood forest cp mng holz
• Hord noun n hoard
• Hu adv how
• Hund noun m dog cp mne hound
• Hus noun n house
• Hwa pron who
• Hwæt pron what
• Hwær adv where
• Hwæþer conj whether
• Hwelc pron adj and which
• Hwil noun f while
• Hycgan verb plan to think
• Hyge noun m mind heart courage poet cp
• Hyht noun m joy bliss hope
• Hyrde noun m guardian keeper cp mne shepherd
• Hyse noun m warrior poet
• Ic pron i
• Ides noun f lady poet
• Ilca adj pron cp mne ilk
• Isen noun n iron cp mng eisen tolkien’s
• Lac noun n play sacrifice offering cp mne
• Laf noun f remnant left cp mne leave
• Lagu noun f law
• Lar noun f teaching cp mne lore
• Laþ adj hateful hostile cp mne loathsome
• Læne adj temporary transitory granted lent
• Leas adj devoid cp mne
• Leax noun m salmon cp mnsw gravad lax
• Leode noun pl people cp mng leute
• Leof adj beloved dear cp mne love mng
• Leoht noun n light
• Leoþ noun n song poem poetry cp mng
• Lic noun n body cp mng leiche
• Lichama noun m body cp mng leichnam
• Lif noun n life
• Lind noun f shield lindenwood
• Lof noun n praise cp mng lob
• Lofgeorn adj eager praise cp beowulf
• Lufu noun f love
• Lyft noun f air sky breeze cp mng
• Magan verb competent cp mne
• Man n crime
• Manig adj many
• Maþelian verb speak poet to
• Maþm m treasure
• Mæg noun m kinsman
• Mægen n strength power army cp mne main
• Mægþ noun f maiden
• Mære adj famous glorious notorious cp mng märchen
• Mearc noun f boundary region border cp mne
• Mearh m horse cp mne mare
• Mece noun m sword poet
• Meodo noun m mead cp tolkien’s meduseld
• Meotod noun m creator poet literally measurer cp
• Mere noun m pool lake
• Micel adj great large much
• Mid prep amid with among
• Middle middangeard noun m world earth cp tolkien’s
• Miht noun f might
• Mod noun n spirit courage mind cp mne
• Modig adj brave bold arrogant cp mne moody
• Modor noun f mother
• Mona noun m moon
• Morþor noun n crime violence torment cp mne
• Motan verb allowed cp mne
• Mund noun f hand protection cp mng vormund
• Gemynd noun n mind remembrance
• Mynster noun n monastery church cp mne minster
• Nædre noun f snake serpent
• Næss noun m headland bluff cp fife ness
• Neah adj near
• Noun m neorxnawang paradise oe wang field
• Niman verb cp mne numb mng nehmen
• Niþ noun m hatred malice trouble cp mng
• Genog adj enough
• Nu adv now
• Nytt noun f utility cp mng nutzen mndu
• Ofer prep over
• Ofermod noun n pride arrogance overconfidence cp battle
• Offrian verb offer to
• Oft adv often
• Onfon verb receive accept cp mng empfangen
• Ongean adv back again
• Ongietan verb understand perceive to
• Onginnan verb begin to
• Ord noun m point spear vanguard
• Oþer adj other
• Oþ þæt conj until
• Oþþe conj or
• Pæþ noun m path
• Penig noun m penny
• Preost noun m priest cp medl presbyter
• Rand noun m shield shield-boss poet
• Ræd noun m advice cp mng rat
• Rædan verb read instruct give counsel rule
• Gereord noun n speech voice
• Cp mne rice noun n kingdom bishopric mng
• Rinc noun m man warrior poet
• Rod noun f rood cross
• Rodor noun m sky heaven
• Run noun f secret meditation cp mng raunen
• Sacu noun f battle
• Samod adv time together too
• Sar adj sore
• Sarig adj sorrowful cp mne
• Sawol noun f soul
• Sæ noun f m sea
• Sceadu noun f shadow
• Scealc noun m man warrior cp mne marshal=officer
• Sceat noun m surface region cp mne sheet
• Sceatt noun m money payment cp mne scotfree
• Sceþþan verb injure cp mne scathing
• Sceawian verb cp mne show mng schauen
• Scieppan verb create cp mng schöpfen
• Sculan verb cp mne to
• Se seo þæt pron the
• Secan verb seek to
• Secg noun m man warrior poet
• Secgan verb to say
• Sefa noun m heart poet
• Sele noun m hall house poet
• Sellan verb give sell to
• Sendan verb send throw hurl
• Seon verb to see
• Gesib adj related cp mne sibling
• Sibb noun f peace cp mne gossip
• Sige noun m victory cp christian siegfried mng
• Simle adv always
• Sinc noun n treasure
• Singal adj perpetual
• Siþ noun m journey fate lot venture
• Siþþan adv since afterwards later
• Slean verb strike beat cp mne slay
• Smeagan verb examine to think
• Snottor adj wise poet
• Sona adv immediately soon
• Sorg noun f sorrow grief trouble
• Soþ adj true cp mne sooth
• Sped noun f success quickness cp mne good
• Spell noun n story message cp mne gospel
• Sprecan verb speak cp mng sprechen
• Stan noun m stone
• Stefn noun f voice cp mng stimme
• Stow noun f place cp place-names felixstowe walthamstow
• Stræl noun m f arrow cp mng strahl
• Sum adj pron and a
• Gesund adj unharmed uncorrupted cp mne sound
• Sunne noun f sun
• Sunu noun m son
• Swa adv so thus
• Sweart adj dark black cp mne swarthy
• Swefn noun n dream
• Swelc adj such
• Sweord noun n sword
• Sweostor noun f sister
• Sweotol adj clear manifest
• Swincan verb labour toil struggle
• Swiþe adv greatly very
• Symbel noun n feast
• Syn noun f crime sin
• Teon verb draw drag cp mng ziehen
• Tid noun f time cp mne tide
• Til adj good
• Tir noun m glory cp mng zier
• Torht adj bright
• Noun treow n tree,  f faith trust loyalty
• Tun noun m town village
• Tungol noun n star
• Twegen num cp mne twain mark
• Tweo noun m doubt uncertainty
• Þa adv conj and then
• Þær adv conj and there
• Þeah adv though
• Þeaw noun m custom practice
• Þegn noun m thane nobleman retainer warrior
• Þeod noun f people nation cp mng deutsch
• Geþeode noun n language
• Þeoden noun m prince lord cp tolkien’s king
• Þeow noun m slave servant cp wealhtheow beowulf
• Þolian verb suffer to
• Þonne adv then
• Þrowian verb suffer to
• Þrym noun m glory
• Þurfan verb to need
• Þurh prep through
• Uhta noun m f period dawn cp mndu
• Uncuþ adj unknown strange cp mne uncouth
• Ut adv out
• Wæl noun n slaughter carnage cp mne valkyrie
• Wæstm noun m fruit
• Wield wealdan verb control cp mne mng walter
• Wealdend noun m ruler lord
• Weard noun m guardian cp mne ward
• Weaxan verb grow cp mne wax
• Wen noun f expectation hope cp mng wahnsinn
• Wendan verb turn translate change cp mne wend
• Weorþan verb happen cp mng werden
• Wer noun m man cp mne werewolf l
• Werod noun n troop company
• Wic noun n abode cp place-names ipswich norwich
• Wif noun n woman wife
• Wig noun n war battle
• Wiga noun m warrior poet
• Wiht noun f n creature cp mng wicht
• Willan verb to want
• Wine noun m friend lord poet cp names
• Gewinn noun n war battle strife
• Winnan verb struggle fight to
• Gewinnan verb conquer win to
• Wita noun m wise man counsellor cp oe
• Witan verb to know
• Wite noun n punishment
• Wiþ prep against from with
• Wlanc adj proud
• Wolcen noun n m cloud sky cp mng
• Woruld noun f world
• Wraþ adj hostile cp mne wroth
• Wræcca noun m wanderer exile
• Wrecan verb avenge to
• Writan verb write cp mng ritzen
• Wudu noun m wood forest tree
• Wuldor noun n glory
• Wundor noun n miracle wonder
• Wunian verb dwell cp mng wohnen
• Wynn noun f joy cp mne winsome
• Wyrcan verb make form produce
• Wyrd noun f fate event cp mne weird
• Wyrm noun m worm serpent
• Wyrt noun f herb plant vegetable cp mne
• Yfel adj evil cp mng übel
• Ymb prep about concerning
• Yrmþu noun f hardship
• Yrre noun n anger
• Yþ noun f wave

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