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).

beorc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "birch tree".

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).

bera Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bear".

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".

brer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "briar".

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 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill, mountain" (possibly of Celtic origin).

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".

flint Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flint".

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".

gat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "goat".

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, Old Norse, 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, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Germanic word meaning "horn".

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

hræfn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "raven".

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, Old Norse
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, Old Norse
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 1 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 word 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".

scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".

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, Old Norse
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".

wealcan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to move".

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".

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

weosule Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "weasel".

wer 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dam, weir".

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

wīc 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".

wilde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

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

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

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
Germanic element meaning "wolf".

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

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