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)
swearm
1
swelgan
1
swelh
1
swellan
1
swelċ
1
sweord
1
sweostor
2
swerian
3
swift
1
swilc
1
swillan
1
swimman
2
swincan
1
swingan
2
swingell
1
swirman
1
swollen
1
swustor
1
swā
1
swāpan
1
swāt
2
swēte
2
swētnes
1
swīfan
1
swīn
1
swīþe
1
syll
1
syndrig
1
synn
2
synnfull
1
sæd
2
sæl
1
sæp
7
sæterdæġ
1
sāpe
2
sār
3
sārig
1
sāriġ
1
sāwol
1
sċafan
1
sċamian
1
sċeacan
1
sċeaduwe
1
sċeal
1
sċeamol
2
sċearp
1
sċearplīċe
1
sċearu
1
sċeolu
1
sċeort
1
sċielfe
1
sċiell
1
sċiftan
1
sċildtruma
1
sċilling
1
sċip
1
sċipwræc
1
sċolde
1
sċoppa
1
sċortlīċe
1
sċortnes
1
sċrincan
1
sċrūd
1
sċymrian
1
sċyrte
1
sċēaf
1
sċēat
1
sċēata
1
sċēaþ
1
sċēoh
1
sċīete
1
sċīr
2
sċīrġerēfa
1
sċōh
1
sċūr
1
sċǣre
1
sēarian
1
sēcð
1
sēd
1
sēoc
1
sēocnes
1
sēon
3
sēothan
1
sēċan
2
sīcan
1
sīd
1
sīde
4
sīþe
1
sīþþan
1
sōfte
2
sōftnes
1
sōna
2
sōth
2
sōthian
1
sōþfæst
1
sōþian
1