| New English | Common English |
| Aa n. | River, Stream, Ea |
| Abb n. | The woof or weft in web |
| Abbotric n. | Abbacy, Abbotship |
| Abeilan vb. | Vex, Offend |
| Abane vb. | Put under church ban, Anathemtize, Summarily proclaim |
| Abed adv. | Laid up; To bring-a-bed: to deliver of a child |
| Abede vb | Announce |
| Abere adj. | Clear & evident by proof, manifest, Notorious |
| Abere-murder n. | Plain or downright murder; not manslaughter, unpremeditated killing or chance-medley |
| Abide vb. | Wait, Stay, Remain; Continue to be; Remain true to, Faithful; Stand firm; Put up with |
| Aboutwards adv, | Being near to |
| Acale adj. | Cold |
| Achoke vb. | Suffocate |
| Acheless adj. | Without ache or throb (cf. sickless) |
| Acome vb. | Reach, Attain, Arrive |
| Acre breadth n. | 4 poles or 22 yards |
| Acredale n. | Land in common field |
| Acre length n. | 40 poles or a furlong |
| Acreman n. | Farmer, Husbandman, Cultivator, Ploughman, Till(er)man |
| Ad n. | Fire, Blazing pile, Funeral pyre |
| Adawe vb. | Put to death, Put out of existence, Kill, Execute |
| Adaw vb. | Wake up, Arouse from dream, sleep or swoon |
| Adder n. | A Serpent; The old serpent, the devil, viper |
| Adder’s bolt n. | Dragon-fly; Adder’s fly |
| Addle n. | Stinking liquid, Mire, Putridness. Also Addle-brain, Addle-head |
| Adeem vb. | Judge; Adeem lore: “the court”; Deemship or hood: “The Institution of the Court” |
| Adeaden vb. | Kill, Mortify, |
| Adeave vb | Deafen, Strike deaf |
| Adighting n. | Preparation, Preparing |
| Adownward n. | Life’s latter days |
| Adree vb. | Carry-on, Pass life, Endure, Bear, Last, Suffer |
| Adroff vb. | To drive forth,off or away |
| Adrough vb. | Dry-up, wither |
| Adwesch vb. | Extinguish, Put out, Quench |
| Adwite vb. | Accuse, Reproach |
| Ae (æ) n. | River cf aa, ea |
| Ae (æ) n. | Law of nature, God-hence legislation, rite; marriage, cf Aeubreche |
| Ae pref. | Out of, Un, Less |
| Aerwene n. | Hopelessness, Desperation (Wen:hope) |
| Aerwitt n. | Witless, Unwise |
| Aeubreche n. | Adultery |
| Afare vb. | Depart |
| Afell vb. | Strike down, Fell, Lay low |
| Affright vb. | Frighten,Terrify |
| Afgod vb | Idol, False god, |
| Afgodness n. | Idolatry |
| Afore adv & prep. | (Of place): In front of; (Of time): Before. Also Combinations: Aforehand; Aforethought; Aforetime; Aforeward; Aforesaid. |
| Aforeness n. | Pre-existence |
| Afounder vb. | Disable, Make lame |
| Aft prep. | Behind, In rear, Hind, Stern; 2. Earlier (of time) |
| After adj & adv. | The second of two; Next; Later. Of place: nearer the rear, more aft. Afterness, the quality of being after. In combination: Aftercast: Experimental throw (second throw of the dice);Afterbrain: the posterior lobe; Afterdeal; Afterglow; Afterwit, Afterwort. |
| Aftercomer n. | Successor |
| Aftermost adj | Hindmost; Last in time; |
| Afterness n. | Posterity, the quality of being after. |
| Afterworld n. | Future, Afterlife, Other existence |
| Agilde vb. | Without compensation, without execution of the weregild |
| Again adv. | Back, Back to a former position in return, Anew, Once more, Once repeated, Anything besides, On the other hand. In combination: Againrise: rebel; Againsay: Speak against |
| Aget vb. | Seize |
| Agin prep & conj. | Against |
| Agraith vb. | Prepose, Make ready, 2. Dress, Deck, Accoutre, 3. Make one self ready |
| Agraithing vb..sb. | Attiring, Dressing, Decorating |
| Agrise vb | Quake, Abhor; Horrify,to be horrified |
| Aguilt vb. | Sin, Do wrong, Declare guilty. |
| Ail vb. | Bothers, Troubles, Ills, Indisposes |
| Ail n. | Awn of the barley |
| Ait n. | Islet, Eyot (in The Thames) |
| Aitland n. | Island |
| Aken(ne) vb | Reconnoitre, Recognise |
| Aken vb. | Give birth |
| Akennedness n. | Birth, Generation |
| Akenning n. | Bearing, Generation, Birth |
| Alb n. | White tunic worn by priests and unconsecrated kings |
| Alder n. | Chief, Prince,Lord 2.Senior. Alderman, Aldermaness, Aldermanship. |
| Ale n. | Beverage made from the infusion of malt by fermentation. |
| Alehoof n. | The herb ground ivy Nepeta Glechoma. |
| Ale-House n. | Tavern, Hotel |
| Alfet n. | The cauldron used in the ordeal of scalding water. |
| Alight vb. | Descend, Dismount, Get down, Chance upon |
| Alike adj. | Similar, Like one another, Identical in form or character |
| Alise vb. | Report, Name by report, allege by report, Rumour |
| Alithe vb. | Go away, Pass by & on |
| Alithe vb. | Dismember, Tear limb from limb |
| Allay vb. | Lay down, set aside; overthrow (a principle)put down or repress; subside or cease; become mild or abate. |
| All-fired adj. | Infernal, Holocaustic |
| All-hallow n. | All saints collectively |
| All-heal n. | Panacea |
| All-hood n, | Entirety |
| Allness n. | Universality |
| Allover adv. | Over the whole extent, absolutely. Cognate: alloverish |
| All-utterly adv. | Wholly, Absolutely |
| All-whole adj. | Entirely |
| Almightiful n. | Powerful |
| Almightihood n. | Omnipotence |
| Aloath vb. | Become loathsome, Cause disgust |
| Aloft adv. | Up, as a star; above; in heaven; high above the earth, on high; on top; into the air; on or to a higher part of the ship |
| Alow adj, | Low, Low down; Antonym of aloft |
| Alreadiness n. | State of complete readiness, fuly prepared |
| Altheodi n. | Foreigner |
| Altheodish adj. | Foreign |
| Altogetherness n. | Unity of being, Wholeness |
| Alwayness n. | Everlastingness, Eternal existence, Sempiternity |
| Alwise adj. | In every way, In any way |
| Amber n. | Pail, Bucket, Pitcher, Urn, Cask; Any vessel with one handle |
| Ambaht n. | Hand-maiden, Bondservant, Servant |
| Ameed vb. | Reform |
| Ameek vb. | Make meek, Appease, Soothe |
| Ande n. | Emotion or tendency of mind against emnity, rancour, hatred |
| Anders-meat n. | Dinner (Aunders, Undern-meal) |
| Andseck(h) n. | Denial, Abjurgation (O.E. “Seac”: strife, contention) |
| Andset(e) adj. | Hostile, Set against, Hateful, Odious, Foeish, Enemy-like |
| Andswere n. | Answer. Also Andwurde, Andwyrd |
| Anither vb | Humiliate, Bring down, Reduce, Humble, Lower. Also Anither |
| Anewst adv. | Near, Nigh At hand, In the neighourhood |
| Anewstfolk n. | Neighour(s) |
| Ange n. | Anguish, Affliction, Pain, Strait |
| Anget vb. | Remember, Comprehend, Catch sense of, Understand, Recognize, Acknowledge, Confess. Also Angit & Angetness: Understanding, Reception, Intelligence |
| Angild n. | Lower payment (lawful) in atonement, and as compensation, for injury |
| Anheat vb. | Heat up or inflame |
| Anhigh vb. | Make high, Exalt |
| Anim vb. | Take, Take away |
| Anotherness n. | Difference, Non-identity |
| Awhile adv. | Atime |
| Anred adj. | Having a simple aim, Constant, Steadfast. Also Anredeness, Anredelessness, Anredly |
| Anstand vb. | Withstand, Resist, |
| Answerlessly adv. | Dumbfounded, Have no answer |
| Anweald n. | Power |
| Afrith vb. | Make peace |
| Aplight adv | In truth, truly, Certainly, surely |
| Aqueath vb. | Speak out, Respond, Echo |
| Aquell vb. | Kill, Slay, Put an end to, Destroy |
| Aqueme n. | Squirrel |
| Aquetch vb. | To move quickly, Shake, Vibrate |
| Aquick vb | Revive, Vivify, Resurrect, give life to |
| Arace vb | Pull up, Snatch, Tear up, Uproot |
| Arede Vb | Determine by counsel, Decree, declare by supernatural counsel, Divine, Augur, Soothsay, Vaticanize, Prophesy, “In a general sense” Utter, Declare, Make known, Tell, Ajudge, Decide, Interpret, Counsel |
| Aredde vb. | Set free, Liberate, Deliver |
| Arepe vb. | Take hold of, Seize |
| Arese vb. | Shake violently |
| Arethede n, | People of former times, of antiquity, The Eretheod, The Erethede |
| Areward adv. | Formerly, Before, Ereward |
| Arfname n. | Inheritor, Heir |
| Argh-hood n. | Cowardice, Timidness. Also Arghly, Arghness, Arghship, Arghth |
| Aright-half n. | On the right side, Arightly |
| Arime vb. | Count, Enumerate |
| Arine vb. | Touch |
| Arist n. | Sunrise; The act of arising, from a bed, a chair |
| Armthe n. | Misery Pity, Wretchedness. Also: Armlich, Armlike |
| Arval n. | Funeral feat, Wake |
| Arvethness n. | Difficulty, Trouble. Also: Arveth, Arvethlich, Arvethlike |
| Arworthly adv. | Honourably, Reverently |
| Asad adj. | Sated, Weary, Tired |
| Asake vb. | Deny, Refuse, Renounce, Forsake |
| Asear vb. | Dry up, Wither |
| Asench vb. | Sink, Submerge, Cease |
| Ashend vb. | Confound, Disagree, Curse, Reproach |
| Ashunch vb. | Terrify, Frighten |
| Asideness n. | State of being aside, Apartness, Isolation |
| Aslake vb. | Become slack, feeble, Dimming, Less, Abating |
| Asnese vb. | Impale, Gore, Stab |
| Aslant adv. | Obliquely |
| Asterve vb. | Die, esp. of hunger |
| Astint vb. | Bring to a standstill |
| Astoniedness n. | State of numbness, Stupor, Torpor |
| Asunderness n. | Separateness |
| Aswelt vb. | Perish, Die, Become extinct |
| Aswerve vb. | Put to sleep, Stun, Put to death, Execute |
| Aswike vb. | Cease, Desist, Fail, Give up |
| Aswind vb. | Languish, Vanish,Perish |
| Aswink vb. | Labour or toil for |
| Aswolkeness n. | Sloth, Laziness |
| A’sye vb. | Sink down, Set |
| Atblench vb. | Escape |
| Atbraid vb. | Snatch or draw away |
| A’tee vb. | Drag or draw away |
| Atelich adj. | Frightful, Horrible, Terrible, Hideous, Horrible, Ugly. Also: Atelike, Atel, Attlelike |
| Atell vb. | Count, Reckon |
| Atend vb. | Set fire to, Kindle |
| A’tene vb. | Vex, Irritate, Annoy |
| Atfare vb. | Go away, Set forth, Escape, Flee, Atflee |
| Atfong vb. | Seize upon, Atfang |
| Atfore adv. | In front of |
| Athel adj. | Good of family, Noble of birth, Eminent of things, of actions, character; Noble, Excellent, Splendid |
| Atheling n. | Member of nobility, Prince, Royal, Royal heir- apparent, |
| Athelmood n. | Noble-minded |
| Athele vb. | Honour, Dignify |
| Athester vb. | Grow dim, Darken, Become obscure |
| A-this-half adv. | On this side |
| Athold vb. | Withstand, Keep back, |
| Atter n. | Venom, esp that of a reptile; Gall; also fig: Foul matter, Pus, |
| Atter vb. | Envenom, Poison |
| Attercop n. | Spider; Venomous person |
| Attery adj. | Mixed with gall, Purulent |
| Atwite vb. | Cast imputation on, Reproach, Upbraid, Blame, Twit |
| Aught n. | Possession, Property, 2. Livestock, Cattle 3. Anything owned |
| Aughtly adj. | Worthy, Noble, 2. Doughty, Reliable |
| Aughtship n. | Valour, Worth |
| Aweald vb. | Have control of, Wield. Also: Aweald, Awold |
| Awane adj. | Waning, Diminishing |
| Awarie vb. | Curse, Damn |
| Awaring n. | Cursing, Damning |
| Awarp vb. | Throw, Cast away |
| Awayward adj. | Turned away, or in the other direction |
| Awede vb. | Become mad, Furious, Frantic, Angry, lose one’s senses |
| Awedness n. | State of being awed |
| Awhape vb. | Amuse, Stupefy with fear, Confound utterly |
| Awhere vb. | Vex, Trouble |
| Awherf vb. | Turn away |
| Awhether adv. | Nevertheless |
| Awhiles adv. | At times, Whilom |
| Awlated adj. | Disgusted |
| Awlench adj. | Splendid |
| Awly adj. | Awful,Dreadful, Terrible |
| Awrath vb. | Make angry |
| Awreaking n. | Revenge |
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