
Jeffrey Brian Flood
English Words of Anglo-Saxon Origin

ENGLISH WORDS OF ANGLO-SAXON ORIGIN
Some of the bothersome words, almost impossible to remember, that we annoy you with in class. Words from Anglo-Saxon provide the structure of the language, and the most common words, the ones most resistant to change.
This is just a sampling. If you study English and don’t recognize the word, it’s probably from Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse.
In the beginning, before they were Christianized, the Saxons were probably much worse than the Vikings, who raided, while it's possible that the Saxons committed full or partial genocide. Note the word for knife.
And and, ond
An án
Always ealne weg
Any Eanig
Ask ácsian
Before beforan
Busy bysig
Can cann
Child cild
Daughter dóhter
Door duru
Drink drincan
Else elles
Even efen
Feel félan
Fish fisc
Get getan
Go gán
Great great
Help helpan
He hé
It hit
Know cnawan
Knife Seax
Love lufian
Little lytel
Me mé, mec
Mine mín