Anglo-Saxon Elements

AC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".

ÆCER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".

ÆCERMANN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".

ÆLF Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "elf".

ÆNGLE Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

ÆPPEL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".

ÆSC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".

ÆÐEL Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "noble".

ANNE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".

ANSETL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".

BÆCERE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

BÆRNAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

BÆRNET Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

BAGGA Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Unattested Old English word meaning "bag, badger".

BAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

BAT (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

BEADU Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "battle".

BEALD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bold".

BEAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bean".

BEARN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "child, son".

BEO Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bee".

BEOFOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beaver".

BEONET Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

BEORHT Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bright".

BEORN Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "warrior, man", possibly originally meaning "bear".

BEOS Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

BERE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "barley".

BIRD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bird".

BLAC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pale, shining, white".

BLÆC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "black".

BLAW Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "blue".

BLIÞE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "happy, blithe".

BOLD (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "house".

BOTM Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".

BRAD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "broad".

BREOWAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to brew".

BROC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "brook, small stream".

BRUN (2) Ancient Germanic, Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "brown".

BRYCG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bridge".

BUCC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "buck, male deer".

BULA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bull".

BURG Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "fortress, fortification, castle".

BURNA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spring, fountain, stream".

BUSC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bush".

BYRGEN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "burial mound".

CÆRSE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "watercress".

CEALD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cold".

CEAPIAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to buy, to trade" (of Latin origin).

CEMPA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "champion, warrior".

CENE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bold, keen".

CEOL Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "keel (of a ship)".

CILD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baby, child".

CIRICE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "church" (from Greek).

CLÆG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "clay".

CLIF Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cliff".

CLOH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleft, ravine, cliff".

CNIHT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "servant, apprentice".

COC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a cook".

COCC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rooster, cock".

COLT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "colt".

COT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cottage, small house".

CRAWE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crow".

CUMB Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

CUÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "famous, known".

CWIC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alive".

CYNE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "royal".

CYNING Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "king".

DÆG Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "day".

DÆL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dale, valley".

DAMM Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "dam".

DEAH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dye".

DENU Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "valley".

DEOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dear".

DIC Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "ditch, dike".

DUN Ancient Celtic, Anglo-Saxon
Celtic word meaning "hill, hill fort, citadel", later transmitted to Old English.

DUNN Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dark, brown".

EA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "river".

EAD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "wealth, fortune, riches".

EALD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "old".

EALH Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "temple".

EARD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "land".

EAST (1) English, Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "east".

EAST (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "grace".

ECG Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade, corner".

EG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "island".

ENDE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "end, limit".

EOFOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "boar".

EORL Anglo-Saxon
Old English noble title.

EOWU Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ewe".

FÆGER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful, fair".

FARU Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "journey".

FEARN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fern".

FELD Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "field".

FENN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fen, swamp, peat".

FISC Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "fish".

FLÆD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "beauty".

FORD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ford, river crossing".

FOX Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fox".

FREO Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "free".

FRIÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "peace".

FROST Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic word meaning "frost".

FUGOL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bird".

GÆT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gate".

GAR Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "spear".

GEOC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oxen yoke".

GEONG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young".

GEREFA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "reeve, sheriff, prefect, official".

GIEFU Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "gift".

GLÆD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "bright".

GLÆS Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "glass".

GOD (1) Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "god".

GOD (2) Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "good".

GOLD Anglo-Saxon, Old High German
Old English and Old High German word meaning "gold".

GRÆG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".

GRAF Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grove".

GRAND (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gravel".

GRENE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "green".

GYÐ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "battle".

HÆG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fence, enclosure".

HÆR Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word meaning "rock, heap of stones".

HÆÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heath, wilderness".

HAGA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure".

HALH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "nook, recess".

HAM (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "home, estate, settlement".

HAM (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water meadow, enclosure".

HAMEL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crooked, mutilated".

HAR (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".

HARA (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hare".

HEAFOC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawk".

HEAFOD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "head".

HEAH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "high".

HEARD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "brave, hardy".

HEG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hay".

HELM Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "helmet, protection".

HEORD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herd".

HEORT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hart, male deer".

HERE (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "army".

HIERDE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herdsman, guardian".

HILD Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "battle".

HLAW Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mound, small hill".

HOC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hook, corner".

HOD (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hood, hat".

HOF Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "garden, courtyard, house, estate".

HOGG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hog".

HOH (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heel, point of land".

HOLEGN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "holly".

HOLT Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old English, Old Norse, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "forest".

HORH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dirt, mud, mucus".

HORN Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Ancient Scandinavian, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "horn".

HRACE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "throat".

HROÐ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "fame".

HRYÐER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cattle, ox".

HUN (1) Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "bear cub, warrior".

HUNIG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "honey".

HUNTIAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to hunt".

HUS Old High German, Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic word meaning "house".

HUX Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "insult, scorn".

HWÆTE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wheat".

HWIT Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "white".

HYLL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill".

HYRST Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "thicket, nest".

LAD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "course, way".

LAND Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Scandinavian
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "land".

LANG Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "long".

LEAC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "leek, herb".

LEAH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "woodland, clearing".

LEOF Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "dear, beloved, agreeable".

LICC Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Unattested Old English word meaning "stream".

LIN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flax".

LIND (2) Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Scandinavian, Swedish
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

MACIAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to make".

MÆR (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "famous".

MANN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "man".

MILDE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "gentle, mild".

MONA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moon".

MONANDÆG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "Monday".

MOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

MUND Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "protection".

MUS Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "mouse".

MYRIGE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pleasant, delightful".

NIÞER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "down".

NIWE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "new".

NORÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "north".

NOÐ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "boldness, daring".

OS Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "god".

PEAC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pointed hill, peak".

PENN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pen, enclosure".

PIPIAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to pipe".

POL Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "pool".

PREOST Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "priest".

RÆD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "counsel".

RÆDE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".

RAHA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".

RAW Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".

READ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".

RIC Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "ruler, mighty, rich".

RIDAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".

RIPEL Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Unattested Old English word meaning "strip of land".

ROD (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".

RUM (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roomy, spacious".

RUN Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "secret lore".

RYGE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".

SÆ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "sea".

SAGU Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".

SAND Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".

SAPE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".

SCEAPHYRDE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".

SCIENE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".

SCIERAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".

SCIR (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".

SCIR (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

SEOLFOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".

SIGE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "victory".

SINGAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".

SMÆL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".

SMIÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".

SNEL Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".

SPERE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear, lance".

STAN (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "stone".

STEARC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rigid, strong".

STEORRA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "star".

STIGWEARD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "steward".

STIÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "hard, stiff, cruel".

STOD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stallion, stud".

STORM Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "storm".

STROD Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".

SU (7) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sow, female pig".

SUMOR Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "summer".

SUNNE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "sun".

SUÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "south".

SWETE Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sweet".

SWIÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "strong".

ÞÆC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "thatch".

ÞORN Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Scandinavian
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "thorn".

ÞROP Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "village".

ÞRYÐ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "strength".

TOLN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "toll, fee, tax".

TUN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

UHTA Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "before dawn".

UNDER Anglo-Saxon, Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Old English word meaning "under".

UPP Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "up".

WACU Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wake, vigil".

WÆGN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wagon".

WÆTER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water".

WEALD (1) Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "power, leader, ruler".

WEALD (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "forest".

WEALH Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "foreigner, Celt".

WEALL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wall".

WEARD Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "guard, guardian".

WEFAN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to weave".

WEG Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "way, path, road".

WELL Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "well, spring, water hole".

WEOH Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "idol, image".

WER (2) Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dam, weir".

WEST Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "west".

WÍC Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "village, town", ultimately from Latin vicus.

WIG Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "war, battle".

WIL Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "will, desire".

WILIG Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "willow".

WINE Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "friend".

WINN Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "meadow, pasture".

WINTER Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "winter".

WORÞ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure".

WUDU Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "tree, wood".

WULF Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, German
Germanic element meaning "wolf", as well as the modern German word for "wolf".

WYNN Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "joy, bliss".

WYRHTA Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wright, maker".