Browse Elements

This is a list of elements in which the usage is Old Celtic or Old Irish or Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Saxon Mythology or Biblical Latin or Breton or Celtic Mythology or Cornish or Germanic Mythology or Irish or Irish Mythology or Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend or Late Roman or Welsh or Welsh Mythology.
usage
type
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halh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "nook, recess".
ham 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "home, estate, settlement".
ham 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water meadow, enclosure".
ham 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "summer".
hamel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crooked, mutilated".
har 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".
hara 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hare".
haul Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "sun".
heafod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "head".
heah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "high".
heall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hall, manor".
heard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
hedd Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "peace".
heg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hay".
helm Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "helmet".
hen Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "old".
heofon Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sky, heaven".
heord Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herd".
heorot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hart, deer".
here 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "army".
hierde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herdsman, guardian".
hild Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "battle".
hir Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "long, tall".
hlaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mound, small hill".
hoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hook, angle".
hod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hood, hat".
hof Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "yard, court, house".
hogg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hog".
hoh 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heel, hough, point of land".
holegn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "holly".
holt Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old English, Old Norse, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "forest".
horh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dirt, mud, mucus".
horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German, Old Norse and Old Dutch word meaning "horn".
hors Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "horse".
hrace Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "throat, gorge".
hræfn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "raven".
hriðer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cattle, ox".
hroð Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "fame, glory" (as a vocabulary word, it is spelled hreð).
hun 1 Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish element meaning "bear cub, offspring".
hunig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "honey".
huntian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to hunt".
hus Old High German, Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "house".
hux Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "insult, scorn".
hwæte Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wheat".
hwit Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "white".
hwyfar Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "phantom, demon, magical being".
hyll Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill".
hyrst Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wood, thicket".
ieg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "island".
iesin Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "shining, radiant, beautiful".
ing Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch suffix meaning "belonging to".
inis Old Irish
Irish word meaning "island".
ior Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "lord".
iudd Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Old Breton word meaning "lord".
kambos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "crooked, twisted".
kantos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "border, edge, rim".
kareti Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "to love, to desire".
katus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle".
kentus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "first".
kom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "with".
kū 1 Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "dog".
lad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "course, way".
láech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "warrior".
land Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "land".
lang Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "long".
leac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "leek, herb".
leah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "woodland, clearing".
leof Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dear, beloved".
ler 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sea".
licc Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word (unattested) meaning "stream".
lin Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "flax".
lind 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".
liros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sea, ocean".
lirou Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "sea".
llanw Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "tide, flow".
lliant Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flow, flood".
llin Welsh
Welsh word meaning "flax, linen" (probably of Latin origin).
llwyd Welsh
Welsh word meaning "grey".
llys Welsh
Welsh word meaning "plant".
macc Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "son".
macian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to make".
mad Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "good, fortunate".
máel Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bald, shaved, tonsured", and by extension "devotee, servant".
mael Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Welsh and Breton word meaning "prince, chieftain, lord".
mære Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".
maglos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "noble, chief".
main Welsh
Welsh word meaning "slender, thin".
maith Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "good".
makwos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "son".
mann Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English and Frankish word meaning "person, man".
mansus Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "dwelling".
marca Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "border, boundary, march", of Germanic origin.
marchisus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "marquis".
mariscalcus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "groom", ultimately derived from the Germanic roots *marhaz "horse" and *skalkaz "servant". This is the origin of the English word marshal.
māros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "great, big".
martellus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "hammer".
math Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "bear (animal)".
mātīr Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "mother".
matis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "good".
matta Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "reed mat".
matus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear (animal)", possibly originally from *matis "good".
maur Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "great, big".
middel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "middle".
milde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "gentle, mild, pleasant".
molinus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "mill", from Classical Latin mola.
mona Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moon".
monachus Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "monk".
mór 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "great, big".
mor 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "moor, heath, bog".
mor 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "sea".
mor 3 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "demon, evil spirit".
mori 2 Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sea".
mrogis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "territory, region".
muir Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "sea".
mund Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "protection".
mus Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "mouse".
myrige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pleasant, delightful".
niþer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "down".
niwe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "new".
noíb Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "holy".
norþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "north".
noð Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boldness, daring".
odar Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan".
óen Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "one".
oíph Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "beauty, appearance, form".
ol Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "footprint, track".
ór Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "gold" (of Latin origin).
os Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "god".
oss Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "deer, stag".
peac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pointed hill, peak".
penn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pen, enclosure".
penning Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "penny".
perla Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "pearl".
pipian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to peep, to pipe".
pitinnus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "small".
planca Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "plank".
pol Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "pool".
preost Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "priest".
pritanī Brythonic (Hypothetical)
Brythonic word meaning "Briton, Celt of the British Islands".
ræd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "counsel, advice".
ræde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".
raha Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".
raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".
read Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".
ri 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".
rí Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "king".
ric Anglo-Saxon
Old English affix meaning "ruler, king".
rice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "power, rule, realm" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).
ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".
rígain Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rí).
rippel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "coppice, grove, thicket".
ris Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ardour, enthusiasm, glory".
rīxs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "king".
rocca Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "rock", possibly of Celtic origin.
rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".
rod 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wheel".
ron 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "spear".
rosarium Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "rosary".
rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".
rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".
run Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "secret lore, rune".
ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".
sæ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sea".
sagu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".
sand Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".
sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".
sceaphyrde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".
scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".
sciene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".
scieran Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".
scir 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".
scir 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".
seaxa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.
sedom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus".
sen 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "old".
senos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "old".
seolfor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".
síd Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus", both from a root meaning "to sit".
sídach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "wolf".
sige Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "victory".
singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".
slán Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "health, safety" and also "challenge, defiance".
smæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".
smiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".
snaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "snow".
snel Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".
sniþan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut".
sóer Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "free".
spere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear, lance".
stan 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stone".
stearc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rigid, strong".
steorra Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "star".
stigweard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "steward".
stiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, stiff, cruel".
stoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "place, dwelling" (occurring mostly in place names).
stod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stallion, stud".
storm Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "storm".
strod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".
su 7 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sow, female pig".
sumor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "summer".
sunne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sun".
suþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "south".
swan Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "swan".
swete Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sweet".
swiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strong".
tagc Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peace".
tal 3 Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Breton word meaning "forehead, brow, front, extremity, end".
taran Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "thunder".
teg Welsh
Welsh word meaning "beautiful, handsome".
tene Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".
þæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roof, thatch".
þorn Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse
Old English and Old Norse word meaning "thorn".
þrop Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "village".
þryþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "strength".
tigerna Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "lord, ruler".
tigernos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "lord, ruler".
tigirn Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".
tind Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "point, tine".
tiro Late Roman
Vulgar Latin word meaning "to pull".
toln Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "toll, fee, tax".
toranos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "thunder".
toutā Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "people, tribe".
transversare Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "to cross".
tref Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "village, settlement".
túath Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "people, country".
tufa Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "helmet crest".
tuile Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flooding, abundance".
tun Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
tut Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "people, country".
uhta Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "before dawn".
under Anglo-Saxon, Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Old English and Germanic word meaning "under".
upp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "up".
wacu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wake, vigil".
wægn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wagon".
wær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "aware, cautious".
wæter Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water".
walos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "chief".
warda Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "guard, guardian", of Germanic origin.
wastos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "servant".
wealcan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to move".
weald 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "powerful, mighty" or "power, authority".
weald 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "forest".
wealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "foreigner, Celt".
weall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wall" (of Latin origin).
weard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "guard, guardian".
wefan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to weave".
weg Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "way, path, road".
welig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "willow".
weoh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "idol, image".
weosule Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "weasel".
wer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dam, weir".
werra Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "war", of Germanic origin.
west Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "west".
wic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "village, town", ultimately from Latin vicus.
wig Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "war, battle".
wiht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "creature, being, wight, thing".
wilde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".
willa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "will, desire".
wille Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "well (for water), water hole, stream".
windos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "white".
wine Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "friend".
winn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "meadow, pasture".
winter Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "winter".
wiros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "man".
wlatis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sovereignty".
womb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "belly, womb, hollow".
worþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure".
wudu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "tree, wood".
wulf Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "wolf".
wynn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "joy, bliss".
wyrhta Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "maker, worker, wright".