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Here is a compound list of Old English words and there meaning. It’s all listed in alphabetical order. This is helpful if you want to know the meaning of a word. If you don’t find a word in the following list you may need help with, use Google.

A
ABASE: To humble; to lower.
ABATE: Diminish; lessen; lower intensity.
ABBA Aramaic/Hebrew for “father.”
ABHOR: Despise; hate; loathe.
ACQUIT: To hold guiltless.
ADAMANT: A diamond or hard substance.
ADJURE: To command; compel; force.
AFOOT: By feet; performed by foot.
AFORETIME: A previous time.
AFRESH: Again; anew.
AGAR: Another name for Hagar.
AGONE: Gone by; past; ago.
AMIABLE: Likable or friendly. (edited)
ANOINT: To apply oil or ointment.
APOSTLE: Missionary or messenger.
APOTHECARY: Pharmacist or druggist.
ANON: Immediately.
ANTICHRIST: One opposed to Christ.
ARMHOLES: Armpits.
ARRAY: To dress or decorate.
ASSWAGE: Cease from anger; calm down.
ASTONIED: Astonished or amazed.
AVOUCH: Affirm or vouch for.
AWAY WITH: Endure or tolerate.
AXLETREE(S): Axle of a wheel.

B
BACKBITETH: To speak mean or evil about.
BACKBITINGS: Plural of Backbiteth.
BADEST: Asked; told; spoke to; said to
BARBARIAN(S): Culturally rude or crude.
BASE: Low in place or position. (ABASE)
BECAME: Was exactly suited for; fitting.
BDELLIUM: A fragrant gum
BEDSTEAD: Elaborate or rich couch or bed.
BELIED: To lie against; to speak falsely.
BEMOAN: Lament; express pity for.
BERYL: A precious stone.
BESEECH: To call upon; appeal; beg; ask.
BESOM: A broom or stick used to sweep.
BESOUGHT: Entreated; asked; called.
BETROTH(ED): To be engaged to be married.
BETWIXT: Between the two.
BEWITCHED: To fascinate or mislead.
BLAINS: Inflamed skin tumors.
BLAZE: Proclaim; make known; publish.
BLESSED: Happy; receiving of God’s favor
BOSSES: Circular swelling; center of a shield.
BOTCH: An ulcer.
BREACHES: Bays; harbors; creeks.
BREECHES: Short legged trousers.
BRIGANDINES: A coat of armor.
BRUTISH: Stupid.
BUCKLER: A shield. (edited)

C
CALDRONS: A pot; kettle.
CALKERS: Repairers of seams.
CANKER: Dying/ decaying body part or sore.
COMELY: Splendid; fitting.
COMPASS: To surround; encircle.
CONCISION: Cutting off; false circumcision.
CONCORD: Agreement; unison.
CONCOURSE: Gathering or crowd of people.
CONCUBINES: A secondary or inferior wife.
CONFERRED: To speak or talk together.
CONSECRATE: To set apart or separate.
CONSTRAINED: To compel.
CONTEMN: To despise with mockery.
COUNTENANCE: Appearance.
COUNTERVAIL: To make equal or compensate.
COURSE: In portion; part; in turn.
COVERT: A hiding place.
CUBIT: A linear measurement.
CUMBERED: Distracted or burdened with cares.
CUMBERETH: To render useless or vain.
CUMMIN: Plant bearing aromatic seeds.
CUTINSUNDER: To cut into pieces.

D
DAINTIES: Tempting; good tasting; delicacy
DALE: Valley.
DAM: A mother.
DEARTH: Famine, especially from lack of rain.
DEFAMED: Slander; speak evil of.
DEGENERATE: Fallen; undesirable; can’t do good.
DEPUTED: Authorized; appointed; deputized.
DEVIL, HATH A: Has a Devil; crazy or insane.
DIADEM: Turban; crown. Also a jewel stone.
DISQUIET: Disturb; make restless.
DISSEMBLED: To use deceit; to feign or hide.
DISSEMBLERS: Pretenders; hypocrites.
DOTING: To appear to be ill; or sick over.
DRAGONS: Great serpent; jackal or wild dog.
DRAUGHT (waste): Latrine; toilet; sewer.
DRAUGHT (fishing): Fish caught with net
DROPSY: An illness.
DROSS: Impurities found in pure metal.
DROVE: Flock; company.
DRYSHOD: Footed with shoes.
DUKE: A head of a family or tribe.
DURETH: Endures; lasts.
DURST: To dare; venture (edited)

E
EAR: To work, till, or plough the ground.
EARING: Plowing; tilling the ground.
EARNEST: Unbreakable pledge or promise.
EASTER: Day after feast-Unleavened Bread.
ELDER: Older; greater in age.
ELIAS: Elijah (Greek NT).
ELISEUS: Elisha (Greek NT).
EMERODS: Tumors; hemorrhoids.
EMINENT: Something raised high or elevated.
ESPOUSED: Engaged to be married.
ESPIED: To see; behold.
ESTRANGED: Separated by disagreement.
EUROCLYDON: A furious, northeasterly wind.
EVEN: Evening; dusk.
EVENINGTIDE: Evening time.
EXHORTATION: Encouragement.
EXPOUNDED: To set forth; to declare.
EXTOL: To lift up; esteem; praise.
EXTORTIONERS: Greedy person who extorts others.
EYESALVE: Medicine for the eyes.
EYESERVICE: Looking good while being watched.

F
FABLE: is a narrative in which being irrational, and sometimes inanimate, are, for the purpose of moral instruction, feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions.
FAIN: To desire earnestly; long for; happy.
FAIRS: Wares; merchandise.
FAMILIARS: Intimate friends.
FELLOES: Wheel rim.
FENS: Marsh; swamp.
FENCED: Fortified; protected.
FLAGS: A plant growing in moist places.
FLAY: To strip or tear away.
FLOWERS: Plant; menstrual flow; blood.
FLUX: Bowel disease; dysentery; diarrhea.
FOLDEN: Interwoven; tangled.
FORBEARANCE: Self-restraint.
FORSOOK: To abandon.
FORSWEAR: To swear falsely.
FORTHWITH: Immediately.
FOWLS: Birds.
FRAY: To make afraid; to scare.
FRONTLETS: Forehead (NOT PHYLACTERIES).
FROWARD: Perverse; deceitful; causing frown.
FURLONGS: Approximately 1/8 mile (660 feet).
FURROWS: Groove in earth made by a plow. (edited)

G
GADDEST: To have roamed; gone away.
GAINSAY: Answer; speak against; speak lies.
GAPED: To open wide the mouth.
GIRT: Belted; wrapped.
GOAD: A pointed stick.
GODSPEED: A goodbye hoping God’s blessing.
GOSPEL: Good news (about salvation).
GRACE: Kindness; favor.
GRAVEN: To cut, engrave, or carve.
GRAVITY: Dignity; seriousness.
GRISLED: Spotted; speckled.
GROSS: Fat; thick; large.
GUILE: Deceit; craftiness.

H
HABERGEON: A coat of armor.
HAFT: A handle.
HAIL: A greeting of joy and peace.
HALE: To draw; drag; force.
HALLOWED: To make holy; to set apart.
HALT: Lame; crippled in the feet.
HAP: Good fortune; good luck.
HAPLY: Perhaps.
HAUGHTY: Proud; arrogant; lifted up.
HAUNT: To inhabit, visit, or dwell.
HEADY: Reckless; hasty; headstrong.
HEARTH: A furnace; fire.
HEATH: An evergreen shrub or tree.
HEATHEN: Nations; non-Jews; non-believers
HERETIC: False teacher who causes division.
HEWN: Cut; sawed.
HIN: Liquid measurement (5 liters +/-).
HIRELING: A hired laborer.
HISS: Whistle.
HOLDEN: Held.
HOLLOW: Palm; cup.
HOSEN: Under clothes; hose-like stockings.
HOUGH: See HOCK (Pronounced as HOCK)
HUSBANDMEN: Farmer; person who tends crops.
HYSSOP: A bitter minty herb.

I
IGNOMINY: Contempt; shame; dishonoring.
IMMUTABLE: Unchangeable; unsilenced.
IMPENITENT: Without remorse.
IMPERIOUS: Hard-faced; bold; self exalting.
IMPLACABLE: Unyielding; obstinate; can’t please.
IMPLEAD: Bring accusation against; sue.
IMPORTUNITY: Persistent or urgent requests.
IMPUDENT: Stubborn; hard-faced; rude.
INCONTINENCY: Lack of self-control.
INCONTINENT: Unbridled; uncontrollable.
INDITING: Overflowing; full of.
INFAMY: An evil reputation; disgrace.
INFIDEL: An unbeliever.
INIQUITY: Sin; wickedness; evil.
INORDINATE: Without restraint; immoderate.
INSTANT: Insistent; steadfast; immediately.
INTREAT: Comfort; attempt to reconcile; help.

J
JACINTH: A precious stone.
JANGLING: Foolish; empty talk; argument.
JOINED HARD: Border; adjacent to; connected.
JONAS: Jonah (Greek NT).
JOT: The smallest Hebrew letter (“i”).

K
KERCHIEFS: Veil; covering.
KINDREDS: Tribe; family.
KINE: Cows; cattle.
KNOPS: Decorative knob or ornament.
KNOW: Intimate sexual relations.

L
LADE: To burden; to load.
LANGUISH: Wither; to be made weak.
LASCIVIOUSNESS: Unbridled sexuality or excess.
LAUD: To applaud; praise.
LAVER: Wash basin.
LAWYERS: Person skilled in the Law of Moses.
LEASING: Falsehood; deceit.
LEATHERN: Made of skin.
LEES: Sediment.
LEGIONS: About 3000-6000 (usually soldiers)
LET: Obstruct; hold back (Romans 1:13)
LEVIATHON: Crocodile; dragon; Satan
LEWDNESS: Villainy; wickedness; crime.
LITTER(S): Object carried with poles by others.
LOFT: Story; floor; roof.
LOINS: The lower back; waist.
LOP: To cut off.
LOT: Portion; destiny; fate.
LOWING: Mooing; making cow noises.
LUCRE: Gain (money) from lucrative deal.

M
MANTLE: Garment; covering.
MARTYRS: One who dies for a belief or cause.
MATRIX(S): Womb.
MATTOCK: Hoe; spade; agricultural tool.
MAW: Mouth; throat.
MAZZAROTH: Constellations of the Zodiac signs.
MEAN: Obscure; insignificant. (Acts 21:39)
MEAT: Food.
MEET: Agreeable; fit; proper; suitable.
MESSIAS: Anointed One.
METE: To measure; to deal out.
METEYARD: Measures of length.
MILCH: To suckle or give milk.
MINISHED: To be made few; diminished.
MINISTERS: Servants.
MIRE: Mud; clay-like soil.
MIRTH: Gladness; rejoicing; laughter.
MITE: Small Jewish coin called a lepton.
MITRE: Turban; headdress; ornamental hat.
MORTIFY: To put to death; to take away.
MUNITION: Fortress; stronghold.
MURRAIN: Pestilence; plague; disease.
MUSTERETH: Inspect; assemble (troops).

N
NAUGHT: Nothing; vain; bad.
NECROMANCER: One who talks with the dead.
NEESINGS: Sneezing.
NETHER: Lower.
NETTLES: Thorny shrub; prickly weed.
NIGH: Near.
NITRE: A mineral; carbonate of soda.
NOISOME: Annoying; offensive; harmful.
NOT A WHIT: Not the least bit.

O
OBSTINATE: Stubborn.
ODIOUS: Abhorrent; to stink; loathsome.
OFFSCOURING: Filth; outcast; scraped off pieces.
OMNIPOTENT: All powerful; all mighty.
ON THIS WISE: In this manner.
ORACLE: Inner sanctuary; Holy of Holies.
ORACLES: Declaration; uttering; command.
ORDAINED: To form; appoint; settle; place.
OSEE: Hosea. (Greek NT)
OSSIPHRAGE: Vulture (Breaks bones of its prey.)
OUCHES: Settings for gems; sockets.
OUGHT: Anything; obligation (as in a debt);
OUTWENT: To go beyond; past tense of outgo.

P
PARABLES: A story that involves a comparison.
PASTORS: One who feeds the flock; shepherd.
PAVILION: Tabernacle; dwelling.
PEELED: Bald; bare; smooth.
PERSECUTE: Annoy; harass; oppress.
PHYLACTERIES: Box/straps worn on head/arm.
PITCH: A thick, dark, sticky substance; tar.
PLATTED: Braided; intertwined.
PLEIADES: Star cluster in constellation Taurus.
POLL: Cut off or trim hair. (Ez. 44:20)
PONDERED: To consider carefully; meditate.
POTTAGE: Any boiled dish or food.
POTENTATE: Ruler, Head of State, King, Queen, Emperor, Monarch.
PREDESTINATED: Determined beforehand.
PRESBYTERY: An assembly of elders.
PREVENT: Precede; go before.
PRICKS: Rod with a sharp point.
PRINCIPALITIES: Authorities; areas of authority.
PRIVILY: Secretly.
PROGENITORS: Ancestors; parents.
PROPITIATION: Covering; atoning sacrifice.
PROSELYTE: A Convert; one who is a follower.
PROVENDER: Food for livestock; provision.
PSALMS: A song or melody.
PSALTERY: A stringed musical instrument.
PUBLICAN: A tax collector.
PUTRIFYING: Gangrenous; decaying; rotting. (edited)

Q
QUAKING: Shaking; trembling.
QUICK: Alive
QUICKEN: Make alive; resurrect.
QUIT: Innocent; behaving (1 Cor. 16:3).
QUIVERED: Shook.

R
RABBI: Teacher; master.
RAILING(S): Bitter complaint; denounce; deride.
RAIMENT: Clothing.
RECOMPENCE: Repay; execute revenge; pay back.
REDEEM: Rescue; buy or purchase back.
RENT: Tear; tore; torn.
REPENT(ANCE): Change of mind (toward sin/God).
REPROACH: Disgrace; shame.
REPROOF: Admonition; scolding; rebuke.
REVELATION(S): Revealing; disclosing; exposing.
REVILE: To verbally assault; abuse; vilify.
ROE: Small graceful deer.
RUSH(ES): Reed(s) growing in moist places.

S
SABBATH: A rest; cessation from work.
SACKBUT: A trombone-like musical instrument.
SAINTS: Born again people of God.
SANCTIFICATION: The act of making pure and holy.
SARDINE: A beautiful stone.
SATAN: The Devil; adversary.
SAVIOUR Savior.
SCRIPTURES: That which is written; book; letter.
SEDITIONS: An uproar; insurrection; dissension.
SELVEDGE: End; edge.
SEPULCRES: A place of burial; grave.
SEVERAL HOUSE: Separated house; halfway house.
SHALL: Will (1st person: I or we)
SHALT: Shall (2nd person: thou/you)
SIGNET: A seal or stamp.
SIMILITUDE: A likeness; image; representation.
SMITE: To strike; beat.
SOD: To cook; boil.
SOLACE: Comfort; delight in; peaceful; enjoy..
SOOTHSAYERS: A fortuneteller; astrologer.
SPITE: Vexation; anger; grief.
STEDFAST: Firm; fixed; steady.
STEWARD: Manager; overseer.
STRAIT: Narrow.
SUCCOUR: To help; aid.
SUMPTUOUSLY: Splendidly.
SUPERFLUITY: Super abundance; overflowing.
SUPPLANT: To deceive; defraud.
SUPPLICATIONS: Petition; an expression of need.
SURFEITING: Intoxication; overindulgence.
SURMISINGS: Suspicions; speculation.

T
TABERNACLE: A tent, booth, or dwelling.
TABRET: Tambourine.
TALENTS: A weight, money, or gift.
TARES: Weeds found in grain.
TARRY: Wait; linger; stay; pause
TEMPERANCE: Self-control.
THEE You (object of verb/preposition.)
THENCE: There; that place.
THINE: Your(‘s) (possessive)
THITHER There; away.
THOU You (person or subject).
THY: Yours (possessive)
THRICE: Three or Three times
TIRE: Turban; head ornament.
TITHES: A tenth part; 1/10.
TITTLE: A dot or small punctuation mark.
TOW: The short fibers of the flax plant.
TRESPASSES: Wrong-doing; sin.
TRODDEN: Trampled or walked on.
TWAIN: Two or Twice (edited)

U
UNCTION: An anointing.
UNICORN: A very large wild ox (now extinct).
UNLADE: To discharge; unload.
UNSHOD: Barefoot; without shoes.
UNTOWARD: Unfavorable; unfriendly; perverse.
UPBRAIDETH: Scold; reprimand; confuse.
USURP: To seize; take hold of; intercept.
USURY: Interest (money).

V
VAIN: Foolish; useless; self exalting.
VERILY: Truly; surely.
VERMILION: Red color.
VESTMENTS: Garments; clothing.
VEX: To trouble; disturb.
VIAL: Bowl; goblet; container.
VICTUALS: Food; sustenance.
VILLANY: Folly; evil intent.
VIOL: Musical instrument; a kind of harp.
VOCATION: A calling; invitation; summons.

W
WAX: To grow; become; advance.
WERT: Were; was.
WHENCE: From where.
WHEREFORE: Why; What for?
WHEREINSOEVER: In whatever respect; whichever.
WHEREWITHAL: How? By what means?
WILT: Will
WHITHER: Where; which place.
WHITHERSOEVER: Wherever.
WHOREMONGER: One who buys or sells sex.
WILES: Cunning devices; methods.
WINEBIBBER: One who drinks wine.
WINEFAT: Winepress trough to collect juice.
WIT: To know; to become aware of.
WITHOUT: Outside.
WREST: To twist
WOE: Expression of grief or indignation.
WONT: To be accustomed to; habit.
WORMWOOD: A bitter plant; bitterness.
WOT: To know.

Y
YEA: Yes (excited cheering).
YEAH: Yes; certainly; agreed; affirmative.
YE: You (plural) or everyone, all of you.
YONDER: There; in that place

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