English words first recorded in the 8th century

It is inherited from Middle English hervest, inherited from Old English hærfest (“autumn”), from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz, source also of Dutch herfst and German Herbst (“autumn”) and Old Norse…

1. The word for colour is inherited from Middle English hewe, inherited from Old English hīw (“colour, form, appearance, beauty”), also hēow and hīow, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją. It is cognate with…

It is inherited from Middle English kissen, cussen, inherited from Old English cyssan (“to touch with the lips”), from Proto-Germanic *kussjan, also the source of Old Saxon kussian, Old Norse kyssa…

It is inherited from Middle English lavedi, lafdi, ladi, inherited from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord”), apparently literally “one who kneads bread”, a compound of…

1. It is inherited from Middle English lok, inherited from Old English loc (“bolt, fastening; barrier, enclosure; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *lukaną, related to Old English lūcan (“to lock…

It is inherited from Middle English manifold, also manifald, earlier monifold, inherited from Old English manigfeald, in the Anglian dialect monigfald, a compound of manig (“many”) and -feald…

It is inherited from Middle English month (also moneth), inherited from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþ-, which is related to *mēnōn- (“moon”), the source of moon. Its cognates include…

The noun is inherited from Middle English mot, also mote, inherited from Old English gemōt (“meeting, assembly”), with mōt, which occurs in Old English only in compounds before the 12th century. It…

The noun is inherited from Middle English nede, inherited from Old English nīed in the West Saxon dialect, Mercian nēd, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz (“need, compulsion, distress”). It is cognate with…

It is inherited from Old English nest (“bird's nest, snug retreat”), from Proto-Germanic *nistaz (source also of Dutch nest and German Nest, but not found in Scandinavian or Gothic), from PIE…

It is inherited from Middle English non, none, inherited from Old English nān (“not one, not any, no person”), from ne “not” and ān “one”, the source of no and one. Its cognates include Old Saxon…

1. The plant juice is inherited from Middle English sap, also zep, inherited from Old English sæp, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”), which Etymonline and Barnhart give as…

It is inherited from Middle English Satan, also Sathan, inherited from Old English Satan, borrowed from Late Latin Satan, which occurs in the Vulgate only in the Old Testament. Most dictionaries go…

It is inherited from Old English stearc (“stiff, strong, severe”) (about 750), from *starkuz, cognate with Old High German starc (German stark) and Dutch sterk, strong, and Old Norse sterkr. It is…

It is inherited from Middle English thridde (later therdde), inherited from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þriðjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tri-tyo-, a suffixed form of *trei- (“three”)…

It is inherited from Middle English thorn, inherited from Old English þorn (“sharp point on a stem; thorny tree or plant”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle English threshen, inherited from Old English þerscan, with metathesis late þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”). It is cognate with West Frisian terskje…

It is inherited from Old English timber (“building, structure; building material”), from Proto-Germanic *temran, source also of Old Norse timbr and German Zimmer (“room”), according to Watkins from…

1. It is inherited from Middle English shawe, inherited from Old English sceaga (“copse, thicket”), scaga, cognate with North Frisian skage, the farthest edge of cultivated land, and Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle English womman (earlier wumman), inherited from Old English wimman (plural wimmen), an alteration, by assimilation of f to m, of wīfman, a compound, from Old English wīf…

It is inherited from Middle English mapel, inherited from Old English mapul-, found in mapultrēow (“maple tree”) and mapuldur, from Proto-Germanic *maplō, cognate with Old Norse mǫpurr, Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle English medwe, also medewe and medou, inherited from Old English mǣdwe, the form of the oblique cases of mǣd (“meadow”), which gave mead. The OED adds that in Old English…

1. The meadow is inherited from Middle English leie, also lei and lehe, inherited from Old English lēah (“open field, meadow, clearing, untilled land”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz. It is related to…

It is inherited from Middle English hegge, inherited from Old English hecg, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hagjō. It is cognate with hegghe, heg, hegga and Hecke, and Barnhart and Klein add heggr…

It is inherited from Middle English middel, inherited from Old English middel (“equally distant from extremes; intermediate”), from Proto-West Germanic *middila, formed with a suffix from the base…

It is inherited from Middle English anon, also anan and onan, inherited from Old English on ān (“into one”), also on āne and on ānum (“in one”), formed from on (“in, on”) and the accusative, dative…

1. It is inherited from Middle English asshe, inherited from Old English æsċe (“ash”), asce, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ, source also of Old Norse aska, German Asche and Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgo), ashes…

1. The shrub is inherited from Middle English box, inherited from Old English box, borrowed from Latin buxus (“box tree”), from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree”), of unknown origin. Klein…

It is inherited from Middle English brusen, also brisen, inherited from Old English brȳsan (“to crush, pound, bruise”), and in Middle English it was also borrowed from Anglo-Norman bruser and…

1. The young animal is inherited from Middle English calf, inherited from Old English cealf, in Anglian cælf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz. It is cognate with Old Saxon kalf, Middle Dutch calf…

1. It is inherited from Middle English chese, inherited from Old English ċēse, Anglian, and cȳse, West Saxon, from Proto-West Germanic *kasjus, also the source of Old Saxon kāsi, German Käse and…

It is inherited from Middle English clingen, inherited from Old English clingan (“to stick together, congeal; to shrink, wither”), a strong verb with past tense clang and past participle clungen…

It is inherited from Old English clāþ (“a cloth, sail, covering, woven or felted material; garment”), from Proto-Germanic *kalithaz, source also of Dutch kleed and German Kleid (“dress, garment”)…

It is inherited from Old English clyster, cluster, bunch of grapes (before 800), probably from a Germanic base also seen in clot, and related to Low German kluster.

1. It is Middle English cu, inherited from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-Germanic *kwōz, earlier *kwom, source also of Old Frisian ku, Dutch koe, German Kuh and Old Norse kýr, from PIE…

It is inherited from Middle English devel, inherited from Old English dēofol (“devil, evil spirit”), earlier diobul, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος…

1. The device is inherited from Middle English fanne, inherited from Old English fann (“winnowing basket or shovel”), earlier fon, borrowed from Latin vannus (“winnowing fan”), perhaps related to…

1. The tool is inherited from Middle English file, also vile, inherited from Old English fēol, Mercian fīl, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *peig- (“to cut, mark by…

It is Middle English foul, inherited from Old English fūl (“rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, source also of Dutch vuil, German faul (“rotten, lazy”), Old Norse fúll and…

It is inherited from Middle English furwe, also forowe and forgh, inherited from Old English furh (“furrow, trench made by a plough”), from Proto-Germanic *furhs. Its Germanic cognates include Old…

It is inherited from Middle English greting, inherited from Old English grēting, the verbal noun of grētan, the ancestor of greet, with the suffix -ing. The verb meant to come in contact with…

It is inherited from Middle English gronen, also granen and granien, inherited from Old English grānian (“to groan, lament, murmur”), from Proto-Germanic *grainōną, which Etymonline gives as *grain-…

It is inherited from Middle English her, inherited from Old English hǣr, also hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hēran, the source also of Old Saxon and Old High German hār, Old Norse hár, Old Frisian hēr…

The noun is inherited from Middle English handel, inherited from Old English handle, formed from hand and the instrumental suffix -el, as in thimble from thumb and spindle from spin. The verb is…

It is Middle English, inherited from Old English hearpere (“one who plays the harp”), an agent noun from the verb harp. Compare German Harfner.

It is inherited from Middle English heren, inherited from Old English hīeran (Anglian hēran), from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Its cognates include Old Frisian hēra, Old Saxon hōrian, Dutch horen…

It is inherited from Middle English hernet, also harnet and harnette, inherited from Old English hyrnet, also hyrnetu, earlier hurnitu and hirnitu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu…

It is inherited from Middle English impe (“shoot, sprig, offspring”), inherited from Old English impa (“young shoot, graft”), formed from the verb impian (“to graft”). The Old English verb…

The verb is inherited from Middle English icchen, also yicchen, inherited from Old English giccan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan, the source also of Old Saxon jukkian, Middle Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle English kilne, also kulne, inherited from Old English cylen, also cyln and cylene, borrowed from Latin culīna (“kitchen, cooking stove”). The OED explains the Old English…

It is inherited from Middle English kite, also kyte and kete, inherited from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”). Wiktionary takes the Old English word from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, a diminutive…

1. The salmon is inherited from Middle English lax, also lex, inherited from Old English leax, also læx and lex, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. It is cognate with Old High German lahs, German Lachs…

It is inherited from Middle English lot, inherited from Old English hlot (“an object used to decide someone's share; what falls to a person by lot”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą, related to the…

It is inherited from Middle English madde, inherited from Old English gemǣdd, the plural gemædde, earlier gemǣded (“rendered insane”), past participle of an unrecorded verb *gemǣdan “to make…

It is inherited from Middle English martirdom, inherited from Old English martyrdōm, which is formed from Old English martyr + -dōm. Bosworth–Toller records it as a masculine noun and compares Old…

It is inherited from Middle English midwei, also middewai, inherited from Old English midweg (“midway”), formed from Old English midd + weg, the ancestors of mid and way. Compare Middle Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle English mile, inherited from Old English mīl, from Proto-West Germanic *milja, also the source of Middle Dutch mīle, Dutch mijl, Old High German mīla and German Meile…

1. The herb is inherited from Middle English minte, inherited from Old English minte, from Proto-West Germanic *minta, borrowed from Latin menta, also mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē)…

1. The word for a stack of hay is inherited from Middle English moue, also mowe, inherited from Old English mūga, also mūha and mūwa, from Proto-West Germanic *mūgō and Proto-Germanic *mūgô. It is…

It is inherited from Middle English on, inherited from Old English on, originally an unstressed variant of an (“in, on, into”), which Barnhart finds about 700. The OED notes that the older form…