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)
becweþan
1
bedd
8
befer
1
beforan
2
beginnan
1
behabban
1
behindan
2
behǣs
1
belg
1
belgan
1
belle
2
belt
1
belīefan
3
bemǣnan
1
benc
2
bendan
6
benemnan
1
beniman
2
benċ
1
beodan
1
beorcan
1
beorht
3
beorhtlice
1
beorma
1
beorġe
1
bera
2
beran
6
berende
1
berern
1
berstan
5
berēafian
2
bescīnan
1
besettan
1
besmierwan
1
besprecan
1
bestrīdan
1
bet
1
betera
2
betst
1
betwēonum
1
betwēox
1
bewēpan
1
beþencan
1
beċe
1
beġeondan
1
bicce
1
bicgan
1
biddan
1
bield
1
bielġ
1
bil
3
bindan
3
bineoþan
1
binn
1
birnan
1
bisig
2
bisiġ
1
bisiġnes
1
bisċop
1
bita
1
biter
1
biterlīċe
1
bitter
1
bitula
1
biword
1
blandan
1
bletsian
1
blind
1
blindlīċe
1
blindnes
1
bliss
2
blostm
1
blyscan
2
blysċan
1
blæc
7
blæd
2
blæse
1
blæst
blāwan
3
blēdan
1
blēo
1
blētsian
1
blētsung
1
blīþe
5
blīþelīċe
1
blōd
1
blōdiġ
1
blōma
1
blǣcþa
1
blǣst
1
blǣtan
1
blǣċan
1
boc
2
bodian
4
bodig
3
bodiġ
1