Old English Word Roots
The building blocks of English vocabulary. Every root below traces a word back to its Latin, Greek, or older origin — follow a root to see every word that grew from it.
Old English (2565)
guttas
1
gyldan
1
gylden
1
gylt
6
gyltig
1
gyltiġ
1
gyrdan
1
gyrdel
1
gædeling
1
gæsne
1
gād
1
gān
4
gānian
1
gārlēac
1
gāst
1
gāstlīċ
1
gōd
4
gōdlic
1
gōdlīċe
1
gōdnes
1
gōs
1
gǣstan
1
habban
4
haccian
1
haga
1
hagazussa
1
hamm
1
hamor
1
hand
12
handcræft
1
handfull
1
handlian
1
handlung
1
hatian
1
heafod
10
heahfore
1
heald
1
healdan
6
healf
2
healfweġ
1
heall
1
healm
1
healt
1
healtian
1
heard
5
heardlīċe
1
hearm
2
hebban
4
hecg
1
hefig
1
hefiġ
1
hefiġlīċe
1
hell
5
help
3
helpan
1
hem
1
hentan
1
heofon
1
heofonlīċ
1
heonan
4
heorcnian
1
heorte
17
herebeorg
1
hergian
2
hete
3
heċġ
1
hider
2
hieldan
1
hieran
1
hierd
1
him
1
him selfum
1
hindan
3
hindrian
3
hire
2
his
1
hit
1
hittan
1
hladan
2
hlanc
1
hleahtor
1
hlenċe
1
hleonian
1
hleow
1
hlid
2
hlinian
1
hlot
1
hlysnan
1
hlædel
1
hlæhhan
3
hlāf
2
hlāford
2
hlēapan
2
hlēapewince
1
hlēor
2
hlūd
2