English words first recorded in the 8th century

It is inherited from Middle English soule, inherited from Old English sāwol (“spiritual and emotional part of a person; life, living being”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō, the source also of Old…

It is inherited from Middle English south (also suth), inherited from Old English sūþ (“southward, in the south”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþaz. This is perhaps literally “sun-side”, from the base of…

It is inherited from Old English spearca, spærca (before 800), from *spark-, cognate with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch sparke; Hoad calls it of unknown origin, while Barnhart compares Latvian…

It is inherited from Middle English speken, inherited from Old English specan, a variant of earlier sprecan (“to utter words, speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, the source also of Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle English spon, inherited from Old English spōn (“chip, shaving, splinter of wood”), from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz, cognate with Middle Dutch spaen, Old High German spān…

It is inherited from Middle English standen, inherited from Old English standan (“to occupy a place; stand firm; continue; resist”), past tense stōd, from Proto-Germanic *standaną, formed with a…

1. The fastener is inherited from Middle English stapel (“post, staple”), inherited from Old English stapol (“post, pillar, column”), from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“pillar”). Its cognates include…

It is inherited from Middle English staren, inherited from Old English starian (“to gaze fixedly”), from Proto-Germanic *star- (“to be rigid”), cognate with Middle Dutch stāren, Old High German…

It is inherited from Middle English stele, inherited from Old English stȳle (Mercian stēle), from the noun use of Proto-Germanic *stahliją (“made of steel”), which is also the source of Old Saxon…

1. It is inherited from Old English stēap (“high, lofty, deep”) (about 725, in Beowulf), from *staupaz, cognate with Old Frisian stāp, high, and Old High German stouf, cliff, and related to stoop…

1. The word for motionless is inherited from Middle English stille, inherited from Old English stille (“motionless, fixed, stationary”), from Proto-West Germanic *stillī, reconstructed by Orel as…

It is inherited from Old English styrian (“to move, agitate”) (about 725, in Beowulf), from *sturjaną, cognate with Old Saxon farsturian, to overturn, Dutch storen and German stören, to disturb, and…

It is inherited from Old English storm (“tempest; onrush, attack; tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), the source also of Old Norse stormr, Dutch storm and German Sturm. Etymonline…

It is inherited from Middle English strete, inherited from Old English strǣt (“paved road, highway, street”) (Mercian strēt), borrowed from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), an early borrowing…

It is inherited from Middle English streng, inherited from Old English streng (“line, cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, also the source of Old Norse strengr, Dutch streng and German…

It is inherited from Middle English strong, inherited from Old English strang (also strong), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz. Its cognates include Old Saxon strang (“strong, bold, severe”), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle English such, also swich, swuch and swulch, inherited from Old English swylc, also swilc and swelc, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed”), a compound of *swa…

It is inherited from Middle English sonne, sunne, inherited from Old English sunne (“the sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnōn, the source also of Old Saxon and Old High German sunna (German Sonne…

It is inherited from Middle English sweren, inherited from Old English swerian (“to take an oath, make a solemn declaration”), from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, also the source of Old Frisian swera…

It is inherited from Middle English swellen, inherited from Old English swellan (“to grow in bulk”), a strong verb with the past tense sweall and the past participle swollen, inherited from…

It is inherited from Old English swift (“moving quickly”), related to swīfan (“to move in a course, sweep”) (see swivel), perhaps originally “turning quickly”, from Proto-Germanic *swip- with a…

It is inherited from Middle English swimmen, inherited from Old English swimman (“to move in or on the water, float”), from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną, cognate with Old Saxon swimman, Dutch zwemmen…

It is inherited from Middle English swingen “to strike, fling, rush”, inherited from Old English swingan (“to beat, strike, scourge; to rush, fling oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *swinganą, which…

It is inherited from Middle English sword, inherited from Old English sweord (also swyrd, Northumbrian sword), from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, which also gave Old Saxon and Old Frisian swerd, Dutch…

1. The drop is inherited from Middle English tere, inherited from Old English tēar, earlier tēahor, tæhher, from Proto-Germanic *tahr-, which also gave Old Norse tár, German Zähre and Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂…

It is inherited from Middle English ten, inherited from Old English tēn, Mercian, West Saxon tīen, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, the source also of Old Saxon tehan, Dutch tien, German zehn, Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle English thanken, inherited from Old English þancian (“to give thanks; to reward”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōjanan, a verb from *þankaz (“thought; gratitude”), the source…

It is inherited from Middle English that, inherited from Old English þæt, the neuter nominative and accusative singular of the demonstrative and definite article sē, feminine sēo, from…

The verb is inherited from Middle English thecchen, later thacchen, inherited from Old English þeccan (“to cover, conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, itself derived from *þaką (“roof”), from…

It is inherited from Middle English thenne, also thanne and than, inherited from Old English þanne, also þænne and þonne. It comes from Proto-Germanic *þan, and is cognate with Old Frisian thenne…

It is inherited from Middle English thenken, later thinken, inherited from Old English þencan (“to conceive in the mind, think”) (past tense þōhte), inherited from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną. It is…

It is inherited from Middle English thritti, later thirty by metathesis of r and i, inherited from Old English þrītiġ, formed from þrīe (“three”) and -tiġ (“group of ten”). Old Frisian thritich…

It is inherited from Middle English thider, later also thither, inherited from Old English þider (“to that place”), an alteration of earlier þæder, Lindisfarne ðadder, under the influence of its…

It is inherited from Old English þū (“thou”), from Proto-Germanic *þū, source also of Dutch and German du, Old Norse þú and Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), from PIE Proto-Indo-European *tu (“you (singular)”), also…

It is inherited from Middle English thousand, inherited from Old English þūsend, from Proto-Germanic *thusundi, the source also of Old Saxon thūsundig, Old Frisian thūsend, Dutch duizend, Old High…

It is inherited from Middle English threde, inherited from Old English þrǣd (“fine cord, especially when twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz “twisted yarn”, the source also of Dutch draad and…

It is inherited from Middle English thonder, inherited from Old English þunor (“thunder; the god Thor”), from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, source also of Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”), Dutch donder and German…

It is inherited from Middle English thus, inherited from Old English þus (“in this way, as follows”), from Proto-Germanic *þus, the source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian thus and Middle Dutch and…

It is inherited from Middle English to, also te, inherited from Old English tō (“to, towards”), also te, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, and is cognate with Old Frisian tō, Old Saxon tō, Dutch toe…

It is Middle English to, inherited from Old English tā (“toe”), plural tān, a contraction of *tāhe (Mercian tāhæ), from Proto-Germanic *taihwō(n), source also of Old Norse tá, Middle Dutch tee…

It is inherited from Middle English treden, inherited from Old English tredan (“to walk, step on, trample, traverse”), a strong verb with the past tense træd and the past participle treden. It comes…

It is inherited from Middle English trewe, inherited from Old English trēowe (“faithful, trustworthy”) (West Saxon trīewe), from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz (“having good faith”). Watkins derives this…

It is inherited from Middle English twein, also tweien and twain, inherited from Old English twēgen (“two”), the nominative and accusative masculine of the Old English numeral whose feminine and…

It is inherited from Middle English two, also twa, inherited from Old English twā, the feminine and neuter form of the numeral; the masculine twēgen survives as twain. It comes from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle English under, inherited from Old English under (“beneath, among, in subjection to”), from Proto-Germanic *under-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dher- (“under”). Its…

It is inherited from Middle English up (“upward”) and uppe (“on high”), inherited from Old English upp (“upward”), used of motion, and uppe (“on high, aloft”), used of position, from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Old English wadan (“to go forward, proceed”) (about 725, in Beowulf), from *wadaną, cognate with Dutch waden, German waten and Old Norse vaða, to wade, and outside Germanic with…

It is inherited from Middle English wal, inherited from Old English weall (“rampart, earthwork; city wall; side of a building”), Anglian wall, an early West Germanic borrowing borrowed from Latin…

It is inherited from Middle English wanen, also wanien, inherited from Old English wanian (“to lessen, diminish, decline”), from Proto-Germanic *wanōną, which Hoad gives as *wanōjan, and Etymonline…

The verb is inherited from Middle English werpen, also warpen, inherited from Old English weorpan (“to throw, cast, fling”), from Proto-Germanic *werpaną. It is a common Germanic strong verb…

It is inherited from Middle English wacchen, inherited from Old English wæccan (“to keep watch, be awake”), from Proto-Germanic *wakjan, from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to be strong, lively”). It…

It is inherited from Middle English we, inherited from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz. Etymonline writes the Germanic form as *wejes and Orel as *wez, with…

It is inherited from Middle English wepen, inherited from Old English wǣpen (“instrument of fighting or defence, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *wēpną, also the source of Old Frisian wēpin, Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle English weri, also wery, inherited from Old English wērig (“tired, exhausted; sad”), also wǣrig, from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, itself from Proto-Germanic *wōr-, a base…

It is inherited from Middle English weder, inherited from Old English weder (“air, sky; breeze, storm”), from Proto-Germanic *wedra- (“wind, weather”), probably from the base of wind. Watkins…

It is inherited from Middle English web, inherited from Old English webb (“woven fabric, tapestry”), related to wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wabjam (“fabric, web”), which is also the…

It is inherited from Old English wegan (“to find the weight of, lift, carry, move”) (about 725, in Beowulf), from *weganą, cognate with Dutch wegen, Old High German wegan, to move, weigh (German…

It is inherited from Middle English welcume, inherited from Old English wilcuma (“welcome guest, welcome!”), with the first part altered under the influence of well, from Old English willa…

1. The adverb is inherited from Middle English wel, inherited from Old English wel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, cognate with Old Frisian wel, Old Saxon wela, Dutch wel, Old High German wola and…

It is inherited from Middle English west, inherited from Old English west (“in or toward the west”), from Proto-Germanic *westaz, which is of uncertain origin. It is usually connected with the root…