English words first recorded in the 7th century

The preposition is inherited from Middle English in, inherited from Old English in (“in, into, upon, on, at, among”), from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in”). The adverb is a…

It is inherited from Middle English iren, inherited from Old English īren, a form, with the -s- turned into -r-, of īsen, later īsern or isærn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, which is also the source…

1. The songbird's name is inherited from Middle English larke, a contraction of laverke or laveroc, the source of the Scottish and northern laverock, inherited from Old English lāwerce, also lāferce…

It is inherited from Middle English lether, from Old English leþer, found only in compounds such as leþerwyrhta “leather worker”, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, which also gave Dutch leder, leer…

1. Lime, the mineral, is inherited from Middle English lim, inherited from Old English līm (“sticky substance, birdlime; mortar”), from Proto-Germanic *līmą, cognate with Old Saxon līm, Dutch lijm…

It is inherited from Middle English love, also luve, inherited from Old English lufu (“love, affection, friendliness”), from Proto-Germanic *lubō, cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old Saxon luƀa, Old…

It is inherited from Middle English malt, also malte and mault, inherited from Old English malt in the Anglian dialect and mealt in West Saxon, inherited from Proto-Germanic *maltą. It is cognate…

1. The tissue inside bones is inherited from Middle English marwe, also mergh and marowe, inherited from Old English mearg, also mearh, merg in Anglian and early mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą. It…

The noun is inherited from Middle English might, inherited from Old English miht (“bodily strength, power; authority; ability”), earlier meaht, Anglian mæht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, a suffixed…

It is inherited from Middle English mous, inherited from Old English mūs (plural mȳs), from Proto-Germanic *mūs, which is also the source of Old Saxon mūs, Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German…

1. The louse egg is inherited from Middle English nite, also nete and nitte, inherited from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits. It is cognate with Middle Dutch nete, Dutch neet, Middle…

It is inherited from Middle English nute, note, inherited from Old English hnutu (“nut”), from Proto-Germanic *hnut-, source also of Dutch noot, German Nuss and Old Norse hnot, from…

It is inherited from Middle English oter, inherited from Old English otor, also otr and oter, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, which Etymonline and Hoad write *otraz. It is cognate with Dutch otter…

1. The substance is inherited from Middle English pich, inherited from Old English pic, an early Germanic borrowing (compare Dutch pek and German Pech) of Latin pix (“pitch”), genitive picis…

It is inherited from Middle English plum, later plumme and ploume, inherited from Old English plūme (“plum, plum tree”), which corresponds to Old Saxon plūm, Middle Low German plūme and Old High…

It is inherited from Middle English popi, inherited from Old English popig, earlier popæg, probably an alteration of Vulgar Latin *papāvum, itself an alteration of Latin papāver (“poppy”). The exact…

It is inherited from Middle English quik (“alive, lively”), inherited from Old English cwic (“living, alive”), cwicu, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, the source also of Old Saxon quik, Dutch kwik, Old…

It is inherited from Middle English rein, inherited from Old English reġn (“rain”), often contracted to rēn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, which is also the source of Old Saxon regan, Old Frisian…

It is inherited from Middle English red (also reed), inherited from Old English rēad, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *reudh- (“red, ruddy”), which Etymonline calls the only…

1. The deer is inherited from Middle English ro, also roo, inherited from Old English rā, earlier rāha, from Proto-Germanic *raihô. Its cognates include Old Saxon rēho, Dutch ree, Old High German…

It is inherited from Middle English rother, also roder, rodder and ruder, inherited from Old English rōþor (“paddle, oar; rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“oar, rudder”). Kroonen and Orel take…

1. The willow is inherited from Middle English salwe, inherited from Old English salh (West Saxon sealh), from its inflected stem salg-, from Proto-Germanic *salhjōn. Its cognates are Old High…

It is inherited from Middle English shulder, sholder, inherited from Old English sculdor, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru, the source also of Old Frisian skuldere, Dutch schouder and German…

The verb is inherited from Middle English striden, inherited from Old English strīdan (“to straddle, stand or walk with the legs apart”), recorded only once, beside bestrīdan, the source of…

1. The bird is inherited from Middle English swalwe, inherited from Old English swealwe, from Proto-Germanic *swalwōn, cognate with Old Saxon swala, Dutch zwaluw, Old High German swalawa (modern…

It is inherited from Middle English swan, inherited from Old English swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, a word common to the Germanic languages: compare Old Saxon suan, Middle Dutch swāne, Dutch…

1. The substance is inherited from Middle English ter, later tarre, inherited from Old English teoru, also teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą. It is cognate with Old Frisian tera, Middle Low German…

It is inherited from Middle English thistel, inherited from Old English þistel, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. Its cognates are Old Saxon thistil, Old High German distil, German Distel…

It is inherited from Middle English throte, inherited from Old English þrote (“throat”), also þrotu, implied in þrotbolla (“Adam's apple, larynx”), literally “throat boll”, and related to þrūtian…

It is inherited from Middle English thoume, inherited from Old English þūma (“thumb”), from Proto-Germanic *thūman-, etymologically the stout or thick finger, source also of Dutch duim and German…

It is Middle English tide, inherited from Old English tīd (“point or portion of time, due time, season, hour”), from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, a division of time, source also of Old Saxon tīd, Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle English tinder, also tunder and tender, inherited from Old English tynder, also tyndre, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą (“tinder”). It is cognate with Middle Low German…

It is inherited from Middle English tough, also toge and togh, inherited from Old English tōh (“strong and firm in texture; tenacious”), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz, which Watkins traces to…

It is inherited from Middle English trough, also trogh and trow, inherited from Old English trog, also troh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *trugą. Its cognates are Old Frisian trog, Old Saxon trog…

It is inherited from Middle English waspe, inherited from Old English wæps, also wæfs and wæsp, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”). The forms with p are probably due to the influence of Latin vespa…

It is inherited from Middle English wilwe, also wilghe, inherited from Old English welig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz. Related Germanic forms are Old Frisian wilig, Old Saxon wilgia, Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle English wonder, wunder, inherited from Old English wundor (“a strange or marvellous thing, a supernatural event, an object of astonishment”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą…

It is inherited from Middle English yelwe, inherited from Old English ġeolu, geolwe, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, the source also of Old Saxon and Old High German gelo, Dutch geel, German gelb and…