English words first recorded in the 7th century

It is inherited from Middle English toun, inherited from Old English tūn (“enclosure; enclosed land with its buildings; village”), from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fenced place”), which Barnhart and…

It is inherited from Middle English erl, inherited from Old English eorl (“brave man, warrior; nobleman”), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz, source also of Old Saxon and Old High German erl, man…

It is inherited from Middle English warde, inherited from Old English weard (“a guarding, protection; a guard”), from Proto-Germanic *wardō, from an extension of the root of wary and ware, the PIE…

It is inherited from Old English þēofþ (“theft”) (West Saxon þīefþ, later þȳft), from Proto-Germanic *þeubiþō, from *þeubaz, thief, and the abstract suffix *-iþō (see -th). It is cognate with Old…

It is inherited from Middle English thef, inherited from Old English þēof, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz, cognate with Old Frisian thiāf, Old Saxon thiof, Dutch dief, Old High German diob (modern…

It is inherited from Middle English prest, preost, inherited from Old English prēost, probably a shortening of the older West Germanic form seen in Old Saxon and Old High German prēstar and Old…

1. The value is inherited from Middle English worth, inherited from Old English weorþ (“of a specified value; worthy, valued, honourable”), from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, which is of uncertain origin…

It is inherited from Middle English wrihte, inherited from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), a metathesized variant of earlier wyrhta, from wyrċan (“to work”) (see work), from Proto-West…

It is inherited from Middle English and, inherited from Old English and, also ond and end, from Proto-Germanic *andi; Etymonline and Barnhart give the Proto-Germanic form as *unda. It is cognate…

It is inherited from Middle English anything, also enything, inherited from Old English ǣniġ þing, a compound of ǣniġ (“any”) and þing (“thing”), that is, any and thing. It was written as two words…

It is inherited from Middle English ape, inherited from Old English apa, with a feminine ape, inherited from Proto-Germanic *apô, the source also of Old Saxon apo, Dutch aap, Old High German affo…

1. The aspen tree is inherited from Middle English aspe, also apse and espe, inherited from Old English æspe, also æps and æpse, from Proto-Germanic *aspō. It is cognate with Old High German aspa…

It is inherited from Middle English bed, inherited from Old English bedd (“bed, couch; garden plot”), from Proto-Germanic *badja-, the source also of Old Saxon bed, Old High German betti, German…

It is Middle English, inherited from Old English bēo (“bee”), from Proto-Germanic *bīōn, source also of Old Norse bý, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene) and Middle Dutch bie (Dutch bij), from…

It is inherited from Middle English beche, inherited from Old English bēce, also bǣce and earlier bōece, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). The OED, Barnhart, Hoad and Ayto…

1. The insect is inherited from Middle English bitil, inherited from Old English bitela, earlier bitula, apparently “little biter”, from bītan (“to bite”) (see bite), from Proto-Indo-European…

It is inherited from Middle English beli, bely, inherited from Old English belg (“leather bag, purse, pod, husk, bellows”) (West Saxon belig, bylig, Anglian bælg), from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, bag…

It is inherited from Middle English birche, northern birk, inherited from Old English birce, also bierce and byrce, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle English blak, inherited from Old English blæc, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burned”), the source of Old Saxon blac (“ink”), Old High German blah (“black”), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle English bladdre, earlier bladre (about 1150), inherited from Old English blǣdre, also blǣddre, with the Anglian form blēdre, inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ. It is…

It is inherited from Middle English bor, also bore, boor and northern bar, inherited from Old English bār (“boar”), from Proto-Germanic *bairaz, reconstructed by Kroonen as *baira-. The word is…

It is inherited from Middle English bodi, inherited from Old English bodig, earlier bodæi or bodeg. It corresponds to Old High German botah, but has no relatives outside West Germanic, and its…

It is inherited from Middle English bon, inherited from Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainan, the source also of Old Norse bein, Dutch been and German Bein. It is absent in Gothic and…

1. It is inherited from Middle English bolle, later bowle, inherited from Old English bolla (“pot, cup, bowl”), from Proto-Germanic *bullōn, the source also of Old Norse bolli “bowl” and Old High…

It is inherited from Middle English brom, also brome and brume, inherited from Old English brōm (“broom (the shrub)”), from Proto-Germanic *brēmaz (“thorny bush”). It is cognate with Old High German…

It is inherited from Middle English broun, inherited from Old English brūn (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, the source also of Dutch bruin, German braun and Old Norse brúnn, from…

It is inherited from Middle English butterflie, inherited from Old English buttorflēoge, a compound of butere (“butter”) and flēoge (“fly”) (see butter and fly). Similar names are Dutch botervlieg…

It is inherited from Middle English candel, inherited from Old English candel (“lamp, lantern, candle”), an early church borrowing from Latin candēla (“a light, torch, candle”), from candeō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English cheste, inherited from Old English ċest, ċist (“box, coffer, casket”), an early Germanic borrowing (Proto-Germanic *kistō) from Latin cista (“box, basket”), from…

It is inherited from Middle English clawe, inherited from Old English clawu (“claw, talon, hoof, hook”), a new nominative formed from the oblique cases (clawe); the older nominative was clēa, the…

It is inherited from Middle English clout, early Middle English clut, inherited from Old English clūt (“small piece of cloth, patch; metal plate”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz. It is…

It is inherited from Middle English comb, inherited from Old English camb, later, chiefly in Anglian, comb, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, literally…

It is inherited from Middle English coke, inherited from Old English cōc, about 700, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cocus (“cook”), from Latin coquus, a variant of which is cocus, from coquō (“to cook…

1. It is inherited from Old English corn (“a seed of grain; grain”), from Proto-Germanic *kurną (“small seed”), source also of Old Frisian and Old Saxon korn, Dutch koren, German Korn, Old Norse…

1. The inlet is inherited from Middle English cove, inherited from Old English cofa (“small room, chamber, cell; cave, den”), from Proto-Germanic *kubô. It is cognate with Middle Low German kove…

It is inherited from Old English cropp (“head or top of a herb; bird's craw”), cognate with Old High German kropf (“swelling on a bird's throat, craw”) and Old Norse kroppr, body. The common notion…

1. The share and the verb “to distribute” are inherited from Middle English del and delen, inherited from Old English dǣl (“a part, share”) and dǣlan (“to divide, distribute”), from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle English dile, also dille, inherited from Old English dile, also dyle, from Proto-Germanic *deliz. It is cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Old High German tilli…

It is inherited from Old English disc (“plate, bowl, platter”), an early West Germanic borrowing, like Old Saxon disk (“table”) and Old High German tisc (“dish, table”) (German Tisch, table), all…

It is inherited from Middle English eie, earlier ehe, inherited from Old English ēage (West Saxon), ēge (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *augon, the source also of Old Saxon ōga, Dutch oog, Old High…

It is inherited from Middle English fern, also ferne, inherited from Old English fearn, from Proto-Germanic *farnaz, which is also the source of Old Saxon farn, Middle Dutch varen, Dutch varen, Old…

The noun is inherited from Middle English feter, inherited from Old English feter, also fetor, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”). It is cognate with Old Saxon feteros (“fetters”), Middle Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle English finch, also fincq and fynch, inherited from Old English finc, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz. Hoad, the Shorter Oxford and the ODE call it a West Germanic word, and…

It is inherited from Middle English fle, also flei, inherited from Old English flēah, also flēa, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz. It is cognate with…

It is inherited from Middle English forth, inherited from Old English forþ (“forward, onward”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), also the source of Old Saxon forth, Dutch voort and German…

It is inherited from Middle English from, inherited from Old English from, earlier fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram, cognate with Old Saxon fram, Old High German fram and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram, “from…

It is inherited from Middle English garlek, inherited from Old English gārlēac, a compound of gār (“spear”) and lēac (“leek”) (see gar and leek), from the shape of the cloves, which recall a…

It is inherited from Middle English gate, yate, inherited from Old English geat, gæt (“gate, door, opening, passage”), from Proto-Germanic *gatan, the source also of Old Norse gat “opening…

It is inherited from Middle English gle, also gleo and glew, inherited from Old English glīw, also glēo and glēow, recorded as gliu about 700 and glio before 800. The Old English word, a strong…

It is inherited from Middle English gote, inherited from Old English gāt (“she-goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaitaz, source also of Dutch geit, German Geiß, Old Norse geit and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits)…

It is inherited from Middle English grene, inherited from Old English grēne, Northumbrian groene, from Proto-Germanic *grōnijaz, an -n- formation from the base of grow and grass. Its cognates…

It is inherited from Middle English greie, inherited from Old English grǣg, Mercian grēi, from Proto-Germanic *grewa-, the source also of Old Norse grár, Dutch grauw and German grau. It has no…

It is inherited from Middle English half, inherited from Old English half (“side, part”) (West Saxon healf), from Proto-Germanic *halba- (“something divided”). Its relatives include Dutch half…

1. Lame is inherited from Middle English halt, inherited from Old English healt, recorded in the compound lemphalt (“limping”), from Proto-Germanic *haltaz, cognate with Old Saxon halt, Old Frisian…

It is inherited from Middle English hare, inherited from Old English hara, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, a common Germanic word for the animal, which Orel, Köbler and…

It is inherited from Middle English hawethorn, inherited from Old English hagaþorn, earlier hæguþorn and hægþorn, a compound from Old English haga (“hedge, enclosure”) + þorn (“thorn”). It thus…

It is inherited from Middle English hasel, inherited from Old English hæsel, also hæsl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”), which Etymonline gives as *koselo-…

It is inherited from Middle English hering, inherited from Old English hǣring, Anglian hēring, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hāring, a West Germanic word that Etymonline gives as *heringgaz…

It is Middle English hod, inherited from Old English hōd (“hood, soft head covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, cognate with Old Frisian hōd, Dutch hoed (“hat”) and German Hut (“hat”), and…

It is inherited from Middle English hok, inherited from Old English hōc (“hook, angle”), found before 700 in the compound wēodhōc “weed hook”, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. It corresponds to Old…