=Ac=, an oak; acorn, Acton [oak-town], Uckfield. =Æcer=, a field; acre, God’s acre [the churchyard]. =Æsc=, an ash; ash, Ascot, Ashby. =Æthele=, noble; Atheling, Ethelbert, Ethelrede [noble in _rede_ or counsel]. =Bacan=, to bake; bake, baker, baxter [a woman baker], batch. =Bana=, a slayer; bane, henbane, baneful. =Beám=, a tree, or anything in a straight line; beam, sunbeam. =Beorgan=, to save or shelter; bury, burgh, harbour, harbinger. =Bigan= or =beogan=, to bend; bow, elbow, buxom. =Bindan=, to bind; bind, band, bundle, bond, bandage. =Blówan=, to blossom; blow, bloom. =Brecan=, to break; break, breakers, breakfast. =Cáld= or =ceald=, cold; cold, chill. =Ceápian=, to buy; chapman, Cheapside, cheap, Chippenham, Copenhagen [= Merchants’ Haven]. =Cunnan=, to know, to be able; can, con, cunning. =Cwellan=, to slay; quell. =Cwic=, alive; quick, quicksand. =Cyning=, a king; king, Kingston. =Dragan=, to drag; drag, draw, dray, draught, dredge, draggle. =Drypan=, to drop; drop, drip, dribble. =Eáge=, an eye; eye, eyebright, daisy [= day’s eye]. =Erian=, to plough; ear. =Faran=, to go; fare, ferry, wayfarer, fieldfare, ford. =Fleógan=, to flee; flee, fly, flight, fledge. =Fleótan=, to float; float, fleet. =Fod=, food; feed, fodder, foster [= foodster]. =Gangan=, to go; go, gang, gait, gangway. =Geard=, an inclosure; yard, orchard, vineyard. =Gód=, good; good, goodwife. =Grafan=, to dig; grave, engraver, groove, grove. =Hál=, sound; hale, heal, healthy, whole, wholesome. =Healdan=, to hold; hold, holding, behold. =Here=, an army; harbour, herring, harbinger [a person sent on before to provide quarters for a _here_ or army]. =Hláf=, a loaf; lady, lord, Lammas (loaf-mass). =Hús=, a house; house, housewife. =Lædan=, to lead; loadstone, loadstar. =Læt=, late; late, latter, last, later, belate. =Lang=, long; long, length, along, linger. =Lif=, life; life, alive. =Mere=, a lake; mere, Windermere, marsh. =Móna=, the moon; moon, month. =Nosu=, or =nasu=, a nose; nose, the Naze, Ness, nostril, Sheerness. =Rædan=, to read; read, rede, riddle. =Reáfian=, to rob; rob, bereave, rover. =Scíran=, to cut; shear, share, shire, shore, short, skirt, ploughshare. =Settan=, to place; =sittan=, to sit; sit, set, seat, settle. =Spell=, a message; gospel [= good spell]. =Stede=, a place; homestead, bedstead. =Stelan=, to steal; steal, stealth. =Stow=, a place; Chepstow, bestow. =Tellan=, to reckon; tell, tale, tell-tale. =Thyrel=, a hole; thrill, nostril, drill. =Tredan=, to tread; tread, treadle. =Wácian=, to watch; wake, watch. =Ward=, a looker at or guard; ward, warden, weir.
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