Browse Glossary
Select a category and then a letter. Click your chosen headword for a concordance ordered by County and Estate.
Note that the General Glossary is selected by default: here we present the correspondences between the LangScape headword and the headwords in selected dictionaries (see Abbreviations); your search criteria will match with any of these. The display also shows how we have treated ‘compounds’ (eg. under ‘burh’, you will see that ‘burhware’ is treated as one LangScape headword but ‘eorþ+burg’ as two).
| LangScape Headword |
OE Dictionaries (DOE/CH) |
PN Elements (PnEl/VEPN) |
Brief Translation |
Comments | See also ‘compounds’ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gesiþ | gesīþ | (ge)sīþ | retainer | ||
| sacu | sacu | - | jurisdiction | ||
| sadelian | sadelian | - | saddled | ||
| sadol | sadol | sadol | saddle | ||
| sagol | sāgol | - | pole | ||
| salu | salu | salu | dark | ||
| sanct | sanct | - | saint | ||
| sand | sand | sand | sand | ||
| sandiht | sandiht | - | sandy | ||
| sap | sāp | - | sap, resin | ||
| sawol | sāwol | - | soul | ||
| sæ | sǣ | sǣ | sea | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| sæccing | sæccing | - | sacking | ||
| sæppe | sæppe | sæppe | fir-tree | ||
| sætere | sǣtere | sǣtere | robber | ||
| sæte1 | -sǣta | sǣte1 | dweller | ||
| sæte2 | sǣta : sǣte | sǣte2 | house | NottsList includes also sæte3 (seat/residence/lofty place) - this is included here | |
| sceacel | sceacel | sceacol | shackle | ||
| sceacere | scēacere | scēacere | robber | ||
| scead | scead | scēad | boundary | ||
| (ge)sceadan | (ge)scēadan | - | to form a boundary | ||
| sceaft | sceaft | Sceaft | shaft | ||
| sceaftrihte | sceaftriht(e) | - | arrow-straight | ||
| sceaga | sceaga | sceaga | small wood | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| scealc | scealc | sc(e)alc | servant | ||
| sceald | sceald | sc(e)ald | shallow | ||
| scealfor | scealfor | scealfor | cormorant | ||
| *scealu | - | *sc(e)alu | shallow | ||
| sceamol | scamol | sceamol | shamble, shelf | ||
| sceap | scēap | scēap | sheep | sceap+wæsce | |
| sceard | sceard | sceard | cleft, gap | This includes both noun and adjective | |
| scearp | scearp | scearp | sharp, steep | ||
| scearu | scearu | scearu : scoru | share, boundary | Includes also PnEl's scoru 'score, mark' | landscearu |
| sceat | scēat | scēat | corner of land | ||
| sceatt | sceatt | - | rent | ||
| *sceldu | - | *sceldu | shallow-place | ||
| scelle | scelle | - | separation | ||
| sceort | scort | sc(e)ort | short | ||
| sceot | (ge)scot | sc(e)ot | shooting | See also scyte | |
| sceota | sceota | sc(e)ota | trout | ||
| sceotan | scēotan | - | to run, flow | ||
| *sceotere | - | *scēotere | shooter | ||
| scid | scīd | scīd | plank | ||
| sciell | sciell | - | shell | ||
| sciene | scīene | scēne | bright | ||
| *sciete | scīete | scīete | corner | ||
| scilling | scilling | scilling | shilling | ||
| scip | scip | - | ship | ||
| scirlett | scīrlett | - | piece of land | ||
| scir1 | scīr | scīr1 | shire | ||
| scir2 | scīr | scīr2 | bright | ||
| *scitere | - | *scitere | channel, sewer | ||
| *scora | - | *scor(a) | shore | ||
| scoren | (ge)scieran | scoren | shorn | ||
| scoru | scoru | scoru | mark, boundary | ||
| Scott | Scottas | Scot(t) | Scot | ||
| scræf | scræf | scræf | hollow, quarry | ||
| screawa | scrēawa | scrēawa | shrew | ||
| *scrippa | - | *scrippa | point | ||
| *scrubb | scrybb | *scrubb | scrub | ||
| scucca | scucca | scucca | demon | ||
| sculan | sculan | - | to have to | ||
| *scydd | scydd | *scydd | shed | ||
| scyfele | scyfele | - | hood | ||
| scyld | scyld : scield | sceld | shield | scield in CH but likely to be scyld in DOE | scild+wyrhta |
| *scylen | - | - | shaly | Suggested in PnDorset 1, p. 94 | |
| scylf | scylf | scelf | shelf, slope | See also Gelling&Cole under scelf | |
| scylian | scylian | - | to separate | ||
| scypen | scipen | scypen | cow-shed | ||
| scyte | scyte | scyte | shooting | See also sceot | *cocc+scyte |
| scytta | scytta | - | shooter | ||
| se | sē | - | the | ||
| sealh | sealh | salh | willow | ||
| sealt | sealt | salt | salt | sealtærn | |
| sealtærn | sealtern | salt-ærn | salt-works | ||
| sealtere | sealtere | saltere | salter | ||
| sear | sēar | sēar | barren | ||
| seaþ | sēaþ | sēaþ | pit, hole | ||
| seax | seax | - | dagger | ||
| Seaxe | seaxe | Seaxe | Saxons | Suþseaxe : Westseaxe | |
| secg | secg | secg | sedge | ||
| sele1 | sele | sele1 | dwelling | ||
| *sele2 | - | *sele2 | willow copse | ||
| self | self | - | self | ||
| *(ge)sell | - | (ge)sell | hut | ||
| sellan | sellan | - | to grant | ||
| *senget | - | *senget | (fired) clearing | ||
| seoc | sēoc | - | sick | ||
| seofon | seofon | seofon | seven | ||
| seohtre | seohter | seohtre | drain, ditch | Includes strong & weak forms | |
| seolh | seolh | seolh | seal | ||
| *seoluc | - | *sēoluc | gulley, drain | Includes also *seol | |
| (ge)set | (ge)set | (ge)set | dwelling, fold | ||
| setl | setl | setl | seat, dwelling | weard+setl | |
| (ge)settan | (ge)settan | - | to plant | ||
| sibb | sibb | - | peace | ||
| sic | sīc | sīc | watercourse, ditch | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| sid | sīd | sīd | large | ||
| siere | sīere | - | withered | ||
| siex | siex | sex | six | ||
| siexta | siexta | - | sixth | ||
| siextig | siextig | - | sixty | ||
| sigil | sigil | - | gem | ||
| sigor | sigor | - | victory | ||
| sinder | sinder | sinder | cinder | ||
| sire | - | - | sir | In a Middle English section of text | |
| siþ | sīþ | - | path? | ||
| siþe | sīþe | - | scythe | ||
| siþþan | siþþan : siþ : siþþa | - | then | ||
| sixtyne | sixtӯne | - | sixteen | ||
| slah | slāh | slāh | sloe | ||
| slæd | slæd | slæd | valley | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| *slæget | - | *slæget | pasture | ||
| *slæp | slǣp | *slǣp | slippery place | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| slean | slēan | - | to strike | ||
| sloh | slōh | slōh | slough | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| *slohtre | - | *slōhtre | slough | ||
| slypa | slypa | slipa | mud | ||
| smæl | smæl | smæl | narrow | ||
| *smeagel | - | *smēagel | burrow | ||
| smeoru | smeoru | smeoru | grease | ||
| smeþe | smēþe | smēþe | smooth | ||
| smic | smīc | - | smoke | ||
| smicer | smicer | - | beautiful | ||
| *smite | - | *smīte | dirty stream | ||
| smiþ | smiþ | smiþ | smith | ||
| smiþþe | smiþþe | smiþþe | smithy | ||
| snad | snǣd | snād : snǣd | detached land | Includes snæd | |
| snaw | snāw | snāw | snow | ||
| *snæp | - | *snæp | boggy land | Includes a weak form *snapa which may or may not be related | |
| snite | snīte | snīte | snipe | ||
| *snoc | - | *snōc(a) | point | ||
| soc | soc | soc | sucking, marsh | ||
| socn | sōcn | sōcn | jurisdiction | ||
| sol | sol | sol | slough | See also Gelling&Cole under sol(h) | |
| sona | sōna | - | directly | ||
| sot | sōt | sōt | soot | ||
| spæc | spæc | spēc2 | shoot, brushwood | ||
| spec | sprǣc | spēc1 | speech | ||
| sped | spēd | spēd | abundance | ||
| spedig | spēdig | - | lucky | ||
| spell | spell | spell | speech | spell+stow | |
| splott | splott | splott | plot | ||
| spon | spōn | spōn | firewood, tinder | ||
| *spræg | - | *sprǣg | brushwood | ||
| spreot | sprēot | sprēot | spar | ||
| spring | spring | spring | spring | ||
| staca | staca | staca | stake | ||
| stagga | stagga | stagga | stag | ||
| stan | stān | stān | stone | stan+pytt : *mil+stan : *rod+stan : hwetstan | |
| *stand | - | *stand | standing-place | Includes *stand (strong) & *stande (weak) | |
| standan | standan | - | to stand | ||
| stanen | stǣnen | stǣnen | stone, stony | Includes both stanen & stænen | |
| stanig | stānig | stānig : *stǣnig | stony | Includes both stanig & stænig | |
| staniht | stāniht | stāniht : stǣniht | stony | Includes both staniht & stæniht | |
| stapol | stapol | stapol | post | ||
| *stæfer | - | *stæfer | stake | ||
| stær | stær | stær(e) | starling | ||
| stæþ | stæþ | stæþ | river bank | See also Gelling&Cole under stæth | |
| steall | steall | stall | site, stall | ætsteall : borg+steall : burh+steall : hamsteall : hege+steall : *tun+steall | |
| steap | stēap | stēap | steep | ||
| stearc | stearc | stearc | stiff | ||
| stede | stede | stede | place, site | burh+stede : ciric+stede : hamstede : tun+stede | |
| stefn | stefn | - | message, stem | ||
| steng | steng | steng | pole | ||
| *steorf | - | *steorf | poor pasture | ||
| steorfa | steorfa | - | pestilence | ||
| steort | steort | steort | tail (of land) | ||
| sticce | - | sticce | ridge, balk? | Not listed in CH with this sense | |
| stician | stician | - | to run, lie | ||
| sticol | sticol | sticol | steep | ||
| stig | stīg : stige | stīg | path | Includes both strong & weak forms. See also Gelling&Cole | anstig |
| stigel | stigel | stigel | stile | ||
| stigu | stig | stigu | sty | ||
| stille | stille | - | still | Not in PnEl, but included in Notts List | |
| *stint | - | *stint | sandpiper | ||
| stiþe | stīþe | stīþe | (a plant) | ||
| stoc | stoc | stoc | place | ||
| stocc | stocc | stocc | post | heafod+stocc | |
| stoccen | stoccen | stoccen | post-built | ||
| stod | stōd | stōd | stud (of horses) | stod+fald | |
| stow | stōw | stōw | place | cot+stow : cwealm+stow : holding+stow : pleg+stow : spell+stow : wic+stow | |
| strand | strand | strand | shore | ||
| stræt | strǣt | strǣt | highway, (Roman) road | See also Gelling&Cole. | herestræt |
| stream | strēam | strēam | stream, current | ||
| streaw | strēaw | strēaw | straw | ||
| streccan | streccan | - | to stretch | ||
| streit | - | - | straight | ||
| streon | strēon | (ge)strēon | treasure, procreation | ||
| strod | strōd | strōd | marshy brushwood | See also Gelling&Cole | |
| studu | studu | - | post | ||
| *stumbel | - | *stumbel | stump | ||
| stund | stund | - | time | ||
| stut1 | stūt | stūt1 | gnat | ||
| *stut2 | - | *stūt2 | stumpy hillock | ||
| stybb | stybb | stubb : stybb | stump | Includes both PnEl's stubb & stybb | |
| *stybbuc | - | - | stump? | ||
| stycce | stycce | stycce | piece | ||
| *styfic | - | *styfic | stump | ||
| *stynt | stynt | *stynt | boundary | ||
| styria | styria | - | fish (sturgeon?) | ||
| sucga | sugga | *succa : *sugge | sparrow? | includes *succa and *sugge | |
| *sugga | - | *sugga | swamp | ||
| sugu | sugu | sugu | sow | ||
| sulh | sūl | sulh | plough, furrow | ||
| *sulig | - | *sulig | pigsty | ||
| sulung | sulung | - | sulung, hide | ||
| sum | sum | - | some | ||
| sumor | sumor | sumor | summer | ||
| sundor | sundor | sundor | separate | ||
| sunne | sunne | - | sun | Not in PnEl, but included in Notts List | |
| sunu | sunu | - | son | ||
| sur | sūr | sūr | sour | ||
| suþ | sūþ | sūþ | south | Suþseaxe | |
| suþan | sūþan | sūþan | from/in the south | ||
| suþeast | sūþēast | - | south-east | ||
| suþerne | sūþerne | sūþerne | southern | ||
| suþeweard | sūþeweard | - | southward | ||
| suþhealf | sūþhealf | - | south side | ||
| *suþlang | - | - | south-running | Apparently not recorded outside charter-bounds | |
| suþrihte | sūþrihte | - | directly southwards | ||
| Suþseaxe | Sūþ-seaxan | - | South Saxons | ||
| suþweard | suþweard : suþweardes | - | southwards | ||
| suþwest | sūþwest | - | south-west | ||
| swa | swā | - | so | ||
| swan2 | swān | swān2 | herdsman | ||
| swan1 | swan | swan1 | swan | ||
| swaswa | - | - | just as | ||
| swealwe1 | swealwe | swalwe1 | swallow | ||
| *swealwe2 | - | *swalwe2 | rushing water | ||
| (ge)swelg | geswelg | swelg | whirlpool, gulf | Includes apparently weak forms | |
| swelgend | swelgend | swelgend | whirlpool, deep place | ||
| *swelle | - | *swelle | swelling | ||
| sweora | swēora | swēora | neck, col | ||
| sweord | sweord | sweord | sword | ||
| sweotol | sweotol | - | clear | ||
| sweotolian | sweotolian | - | to show | ||
| swete | swēte | swēte | sweet | ||
| swift | swift | - | swift (adj.) | ||
| *swille | - | *swille | swill | ||
| swin | swīn | swīn | pig | ||
| syle | syle | syle | bog | ||
| syll | syll | - | sill, foundation | ||
| syrfe | syrfe | - | service-tree |