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Etymologies                               EE. = Early English       ME. = Middle English


tungle "star" [EE. tungol]
hame"covering" [EE. hama, ME. hame]
frood"experienced" [EE. frod]
theed"nation" [EE. žeod]
athel"noble" [EE. ęšel, ME. athel]
worth *"to become" [EE. weoršan, ME. worthen]
here"army" [EE. here]
gouth"war" [EE. guš]
nim"to take" [EE. niman, ME. nimen]
bloot"sacrifice" [EE. blot]
thild"patience" [EE. žyld]
sweven"dream" [EE. swefn, ME. sweven]
healend"saviour" [EE. hęlend]
lorrew"teacher" [EE. lareow]
behote"promise" [EE. behat]
forbode"prohibition" [EE. forbod, ME. forbode]
staffcraft "grammar" [EE. stęfcręft]
bebode"commandment" [EE. bebod]
fouse"eager" [EE. fus]
frith"peace" [EE. friš]
leeth"poem" [EE. leoš]
thester"darkness" [EE. žeostor]
lichhame"body" [EE. lichama]
ween"expectation" [EE. wen]
frover"comfort" [EE. frofor, ME. frofre]
swink "labour" [EE. swinc, ME. swink]
wite"punishment" [EE. wite, ME. wite]
glew"wise" [EE. gleaw]
ellen"courage" [EE. ellen]
gleed"ember" [EE. gled, ME. glede]
smeat"pure" [EE. smęte]
lief"dear" [EE. leof]
gome"man" [EE. guma, ME. gome]
arist"resurrection" [EE. ęrist, ME. arist]
drighten"lord; The Lord" [EE. dryhten, ME drihten]
whirft"a turning" [EE. hwyrft]
ethel"homeland" [EE. ešel]
shalk"servant" [EE. scealc, ME. schalk]
tharf"need" [EE. žearf]
gnide *"to rub" [EE. gnidan, ME. gniden]
nesh"soft" [EE. hnesce, ME nesche]
snotter"prudent" [EE. snotor]
liss"grace" [EE. liss, ME. lisse]
foor"journey" [EE. for]
galder"incantation"[EE. galdor, ME. galder]
leech"physician"[EE. lęce, ME. leche]
kithe"to make known"[EE. cyšan, ME. kithen]
wist"existance"[EE. wist]
orthank"intellegence"[EE. oršanc]
couth"known"[EE. cuš, ME. cuth]
sib"peace"[EE. sibb, ME. sibbe]
fultum"help"[EE. fultum, ME. fultum]
were"man" [EE. wer, ME. were]
ruth"mercy"[ME. ruše]
swelt *"to die"[EE. sweltan, ME. swelten]
flit"dispute"[EE. flit, ME. flit]
douth"nobility; nobles"[EE. duguš, ME. douthe]
fere"companion"[EE. (ge-)fera, ME. fere]
theeden"a chief"[EE. žeoden]
queem"to gratify"[EE. cweman, ME. quemen]
dight"to arrange"[EE. dihtan, ME. dihten]
swime"dizziness"[EE. swima, ME. swime]
yare"ready"[EE. gearo, ME. yare]
fax"hair"[EE. feax, ME. fax]
ween"to expect"[EE. wen, ME. wene]
trow"to trust"[EE. truwian, ME. trowen]
shild"an offense"[EE. scyld]
thole"to endure"[EE. žolian, ME. žolien]
steven"voice"[EE. stefn, ME. stevne]
shope"poet"[EE. scop]
meed"reward"[EE. med, ME. mede]
wed"pledge"[EE. wedd, ME. wed]
simble"feast"[EE. symbel]
arn"building"[EE. ęrn]
wone"to inhabit"[EE. wunian, ME. wonen]
leed"people"[EE. leod]
bairn"child"[EE. bearn, ME. barn]
forlet"to abandon"[EE. forlętan, ME. forleten]
gidden"goddess"[EE. gyden]
cleep"to call"[EE. clipian, ME. clepen]
halse"to entreat"[EE. healsian, ME. halsien]
leam"ray of light"[EE. leoma, ME. leme]
leman"darling"[ME. lemman]
cheast"strife"[EE. ceast, ME. cheaste]
haftling"a captive"[EE. hęftling]
bea"a ring"[EE. beah]
hode"condition"[EE. had]
thue"slave"[EE. žeow]
leer"cheek"[EE. hleor, ME. lere]
hie"to hasten"[EE. higian, ME. hien]
chigh"to call"[EE. cigan]
teal"blame"[EE. tęl]
stow"place"[EE. stow, ME. stow]
queath *"to say"[EE. cwešan, ME. quešen]
wit"to know"[EE. witan, ME. witen]
grame"rage"[EE. grama, ME. grame]
swike *"to deceive"[EE. swican, ME. swiken]
limp *"to happen"[EE. limpan, ME. limpen]
sax"knife, dagger"[EE. seax, ME. sax]
o *"ever"[EE. a, ME. o]



* Worth, nim, gnide, swelt, queath, swike and limp are all strong verbs, that is verbs that change their vowels. See the Strong Verbs section.

* We are very familiar with the negative form of o in no (the opposite of yes).


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