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)
norþēasterne
1
nosu
3
nosþyrel
1
notu
2
numol
1
nunne
1
næs
1
næġl
1
nā
1
nān
2
nān þȳ lǣs
1
nāwiht
1
nāwþer
1
nāþing
1
nēah
1
nēar
1
nēat
1
nēdiġ
1
nēod
2
nīed
1
nīehsta
1
nīewe
1
nīewian
1
nīewlīċe
1
nīð
2
nīðing
2
nōhwēr
1
nōn
1
nōwiht
1
nū
2
nǣdl
1
nǣdre
1
nǣfre
2
of
2
ofer
17
ofer eall
1
ofer niht
1
ofercuman
1
oferhīeran
1
oferleċġan
1
oferniman
1
ofersteppan
1
ofersċeadwian
1
ofersēon
1
oferwyrċan
1
off
1
offrian
1
ofhende
1
ofn
1
ofspring
1
oft
6
ofþyrsted
1
on
3
on līfe
2
on middan
2
on niht
1
on sundran
1
on sīdan
1
on ān
1
on ōþre wīsan
1
onaelan
1
onbūtan
1
oncnāwan
1
ondōn
1
onforan
2
ongemang
1
onlīċ
1
onlīċe
1
onlūcan
1
onmang
1
onġemang
1
onġēan
1
open
1
openian
1
openung
1
orċeard
1
otor
1
oxa
1
oþer
1
oþþe
1
padde
1
panne
3
papol-stān
1
paradīs
1
part
1
passion
1
pearroc
1
penig
1
peniġ
1
pere
1
pic
1
pilegrī̆m
1
pilian
1
pinca
1
pinn
1
piper
2