Old English Dictionary
A free online mini version of the Old English dictionary. You can browse the list of 500 words below and can use that for translation. The original Old English or Anglo-Saxon Dictionary consists of thousands of words that can not be displayed here. That's why we added the most common words in the below list. You can also use our anglo saxon english translator to translate Modern English into old English.
| Modern English | Old English |
|---|---|
| now | nū |
| or | oþþe |
| on | on |
| one | ān |
| people | lēode |
| play | pleġan |
| place | stōw |
| quite | swīðe |
| really | sōþlīċe |
| right | riht |
| so | swā |
| some | sum |
| say | secgan |
| the | se þæt |
| to | to |
| that | þæt |
| up | upp |
| use | brūcan |
| very | swīþe |
| we | wē |
| what | hwæt |
| when | hwænne |
| all | eall |
| about | ymb |
| after | æfter |
| because | forþām |
| been | bēon |
| before | ǣr |
| could | meahte |
| can't | ne mæg |
| called | genemned |
| don't | ne |
| different | frēc |
| enough | genōg |
| for | for |
| from | fram |
| first | forma |
| get | begietan |
| going | gangan |
| have | habban |
| how | hū |
| here | hēr |
| i | ic |
| it | hit |
| I'm | ic eom |
| into | intō |
| just | ānra |
| job | weorc |
| know | cnāwan |
| keep | gehealdan |
| like | gelīc |
| little | lytel |
| love | lufu |
| my | mīn |
| more | mā |
| most | mǣst |
| of | ofer |
| put | settan |
| rather | hātan |
| she | hēo |
| us | ūs |
| will | wyllan |
| also | ēac |
| any | ænig |
| away | weg |
| back | bæc |
| big | micel |
| better | betera |
| come | cuman |
| country | land |
| did | dyde |
| everybody | æghwylc |
| feel | fēolan |
| give | ġiefan |
| high | hēah |
| if | gif |
| important | mǣre |
| it's | hit is |
| kind | gecynd |
| make | macian |
| much | micel |
| new | nīwe |
| only | āna |
| other | ōþer |
| out | ūt |
| part | dǣl |
| run | rinnan |
| see | ġeseon |
| go | gān |
| be | bēon |
| and | ond |
| am | eom |
| is | is |
| are | synd |
| was | wæs |
| were | ƿǣron |
| being | beon |
| has | hafaþ |
| had | hæfde |
| having | hæfende |
| do | dōn |
| does | dēð |
| doing | dōnde |
| can | cunnan |
| would | wolde |
| shall | sculan |
| should | sculdor |
| may | mæg |
| might | faran |
| must | sceal |
| dare | dyrstan |
| need | neod |
| a | ān |
| again | eft |
| an | ān |
| as | swā |
| at | æt |
| but | ac |
| by | bi |
| day | dæg |
| even | efen |
| good | gōd |
| he | hē |
| her | hēo |
| him | hine |
| his | his |
| in | in |
| its | his |
| look | lōcian |
| man | mann |
| many | fela |
| me | mē |
| no | nā |
| not | ne |
| our | ūre |
| over | ofer |
| take | niman |
| than | þonne |
| their | hiera |
| them | hīe |
| then | þonne |
| there | þǣr |
| these | þās |
| they | hīe |
| think | þencan |
| time | tīma |
| two | twā |
| want | willan |
| way | weg |
| well | wel |
| which | hwilc |
| who | hwā |
| with | wiþ |
| year | ġēar |
| you | þū |
| your | þīn |
| able | mihtig |
| against | ongean |
| among | gemang |
| another | oþer |
| anything | ǣnig þing |
| around | here |
| ask | āscian |
| become | becuman |
| best | betst |
| between | betwēonan |
| both | bēgen |
| bring | bringan |
| call | cleopian |
| came | cōm |
| cannot | ne mæg |
| case | casus |
| change | wendan |
| children | cild |
| city | ceaster |
| close | clūs |
| company | gefērscipe |
| course | rād |
| cut | ceorfan |
| each | ǣlc |
| early | ǣr |
| education | tīd |
| ever | ǣfre |
| every | ǣlc |
| everything | ǣghwæt |
| example | ǣfenlēoht |
| family | fæmne |
| few | fēawa |
| find | findan |
| follow | fylgan |
| found | gefunden |
| four | feower |
| friend | frēond |
| group | gefērscipe |
| hand | hand |
| happen | gelimpan |
| hard | heard |
| help | helpan |
| home | hām |
| house | hūs |
| interest | ġeþēodnes |
| last | æftemest |
| late | lāt |
| later | lāt |
| learn | leornian |
| left | winstriht |
| let | lǣtan |
| life | līf |
| line | līn |
| live | libban |
| long | lang |
| lot | hlot |
| low | lāh |
| main | mǣre |
| mean | mænan |
| mile | here |
| mind | gemynd |
| minute | mīnūt |
| miss | missan |
| money | feoh |
| month | mōnað |
| morning | morgen |
| mother | mōdor |
| move | mūfan |
| name | nama |
| never | nǣfre |
| next | nēxt |
| night | niht |
| nothing | nāwiht |
| number | nūmer |
| often | oft |
| once | ǣne |
| open | open |
| order | bebeodan |
| party | ƿeorþung |
| plan | geþeaht |
| point | gāra |
| power | miht |
| probably | geswutelung |
| problem | forðfaran |
| program | tācen |
| provide | forðfaran |
| question | frægn |
| room | rūm |
| same | ilca |
| school | scolu |
| set | set |
| show | scūr |
| side | sīdan |
| since | siþ |
| small | lytel |
| something | sumthing |
| state | stæte |
| still | stille |
| story | talu |
| study | stōwe |
| such | swilc |
| system | geweald |
| talk | sprecan |
| tell | secgan |
| thing | þing |
| those | þā |
| thought | þanc |
| through | þurh |
| three | þrī |
| together | tōgædere |
| too | tō |
| try | þrēagan |
| turn | turnian |
| under | under |
| until | oþ |
| usually | gewunelīce |
| water | wæter |
| week | wucu |
| while | þenden |
| why | hwī |
| work | weorc |
| world | weoruld |
| write | wrītan |
| young | geong |
| actually | sōðlice |
| add | ād |
| almost | ælceast |
| already | ær |
| although | þēah |
| answer | andswaru |
| appear | ā-rīsan |
| area | land |
| argue | ā-rǣdan |
| arm | earm |
| art | cræft |
| available | āfēr |
| beautiful | beorht |
| bed | bedd |
| bill | bill |
| bit | bita |
| black | blæc |
| blue | blāw |
| body | bodig |
| book | bōc |
| break | brecan |
| brother | brōþor |
| build | ġebyrd |
| building | bylding |
| business | bisignes |
| buy | bycgan |
| car | carr |
| care | caru |
| carry | carran |
| cause | ætstæðe |
| center | middangeard |
| certain | gewiss |
| certainly | gewisslice |
| check | ceac |
| child | cild |
| church | cirice |
| clear | clǣne |
| common | gemǣne |
| community | gemǣnscipe |
| complete | fulfremman |
| consider | ġetēon |
| continue | healdan |
| cost | cost |
| create | cēosan |
| crime | scyld |
| cultural | lǣwendlic |
| culture | gelēafa |
| dark | dēorc |
| data | dæta |
| decide | āsecgan |
| decision | gedāl |
| degree | hætu |
| department | æmtig |
| describe | gereccan |
| develop | getimbran |
| die | sweltan |
| door | duru |
| draw | dragan |
| drive | drīfan |
| drop | droppian |
| during | duru |
| east | ēast |
| easy | ēaþe |
| eat | etan |
| economy | ǣconomy |
| edge | ecg |
| effort | nīwung |
| election | ēofer |
| energy | efne |
| environment | folian |
| especially | sēlest |
| establish | folian |
| event | gesceaft |
| evidence | fēolgan |
| exactly | efne |
| except | būtan |
| experience | ondrædan |
| eye | ēage |
| face | andwlita |
| fact | soð |
| factor | fisc |
| fail | mislician |
| fall | feallan |
| far | feorr |
| father | fæder |
| fear | fyrhto |
| figure | fīgur |
| fill | fyllan |
| film | fīsl |
| fine | fæġer |
| fire | fȳr |
| fish | fisc |
| floor | flōr |
| hello | hāl |
| goodbye | ġefrēosan |
| please | bēn |
| thank you | þancian |
| yes | ġēse |
| happy | blīðe |
| sad | sārig |
| excuse me | Forlētan mē |
| sorry | sārig |
| bad | yfel |
| food | fōda |
| phone | fēn |
| sleep | slǣpan |
| drink | drincaþ |
| walk | gangan |
| read | rǣdan |
| listen | hlystan |
| speak | sprecan |
| quiet | swiċe |
| loud | hlūd |
| hot | hāt |
| cold | ceald |
| afternoon | æfen |
| evening | æfen |
| today | tōdæg |
| tomorrow | tōmorgen |
| yesterday | gistran dæg |
| person | persuna |
| adult | adult |
| woman | wīf |
| boy | cnapa |
| girl | mægden |
| sister | sweostor |
| parent | fæder |
| baby | cild |
| grandparent | Ealdordugu |
| uncle | ēam |
| aunt | eam |
| cousin | gebrōðor |
| neighbor | nēahgebur |
| teacher | lārēow |
| student | leornere |
| doctor | læce |
| nurse | hælese |
| police | policie |
| firefighter | fyrleornere |
| engineer | īnġeīera |
| farmer | fugolere |
| chef | cōc |
| waiter | Þegn |
| driver | Drīfere |
| pilot | flīegende |
| artist | list-wyrhta |
| musician | mūsician |
| singer | swinsung |
| dancer | dǣncere |
| actor | spelere |
| writer | writere |
| painter | mālere |
| photographer | līcneswyrhta |
| designer | getimbrere |
| scientist | cræftiga |
| researcher | ræswa |
| office | hūs |
| market | mearc |
| shop | shop |
| store | stōr |
| mall | torp |
| restaurant | gæst |
| café | Cæf |
| library | lībrarī |
| museum | mūseweard |
| park | ƿeard |
| playground | Lacstede |
| gym | Gymnasium |
| hospital | hāt |
| clinic | lǣcedōm |
| pharmacy | Lǣcedōm |
| bank | benc |
| post office | Posthus |
| airport | flughafen |
| station | stede |
| bus | bys |
| train | tǣn |
| bicycle | bicge |
| motorcycle | Mōtorbēag |
| boat | bāt |
| ship | scip |
| airplane | Flugende |
| taxi | Tæxisc |
| subway | Underweg |
| highway | Hēahweg |
| road | rād |
| street | stret |
| path | pæþ |
| bridge | brycg |
| tunnel | Tunel |
| map | mǣp |
| town | tūn |
| village | wīc |
| nation | þēod |
| earth | eorþe |
| space | spāc |
| star | steorra |
| sun | sunn |
| moon | mōna |
| planet | eorðe |
| wind | wind |
| storm | storm |
| weather | weder |
| season | tīd |
| spring | springan |
| summer | sumor |
| winter | winter |
| flower | blōstm |
| tree | trēow |
| grass | græs |
| leaf | lēaf |
| forest | wudu |
| mountain | beorg |
| river | ēa |
| lake | sǣ |
| ocean | sæ |
| sea | sǣ |
| beach | bæce |
| island | īeg |
| desert | weste |