English words from Old English
- rattickTo shake, rattle, knock about; to be rickety.
- RattlesdenA village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9759).
- reirdUtterance, speech; an instance of this
- resthouseA house where travellers can stay; a guesthouse.
- RhedaA male given name from Arabic.
- RiddifordA surname from Old English.
- RighaleFormer name of Ryall: a village in south Worcestershire, England.
- rightwiseRightly (correctly or justly); rightfully.
- ring-giverA ruler or chieftain who distributed rings or other valuable gifts to loyal warriors, thanes, or retainers as a means of rewarding service and reinforcing bonds of allegiance and mutual obligation.
- ring-hallAn Anglo-Saxon mead hall.
- ring-hoardA large hoard of treasure.
- RishworthA village in Ripponden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0318).
- RomanishPertaining to Roman Catholicism.
- RotherbridgeA village in West Sussex, England.
- RowarthA hamlet in New Mills parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0188).
- rowlockA usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.
- RufforthA village in Rufforth with Knapton parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5251).
- RushmereA surname.
- sail-roadThe ocean; the open sea.
- salternAn area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands.
- sammelSandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
- SanctonA village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).
- SanderfordA surname from Old English.
- SawdonA small village in Brompton parish, (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9484).
- sceatA small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).
- ScothernA village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0377).
- scramasaxPer the prefix, assumed to have been a weaponized (offensive) form of sax (a type of machete (broadly speaking) used by the early medieval Germanic tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons, Franks and the Norse, etc); a large combat knife.
- ScrevetonA village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7343).
- scyleTo hide; to secrete; to conceal.
- SeabertA male given name from Old English.
- sea dragonleafy sea dragon (Phycodurus eques)
- seaxA short Saxon sword.
- SeaxneatA god or legendary king of the Anglo-Saxons
- SeddingtonA hamlet in Sandy parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1747).
- SedgebrookA village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8537).
- senchTo cause to sink.
- shadow-stalkerA monster or other malevolent figure that moves about at night.
- shailTo walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
- ShakerleyA suburban area near Tyldesley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6902).
- SharlandA surname from Old English.
- Shaugh PriorA village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England, north-east of Plymouth (OS grid ref SX5463).
- SherefordA small village in the North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.
- ShibdenA village in West Yorkshire, England.
- shideA piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38 inches in circumference.
- shipfyrdAn Anglo-Saxon naval force or militia; naval fleet; navy.
- shire-reeveA local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
- ShoardA surname from Old English.
- shritheTo move; to proceed; to creep, roam, wander.
- Shrove TuesdayThe day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
- sicklewortA plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
- SidfordA small village on the outskirts of the town of Sidmouth, Devon, England.
- sixhyndmanA man worth six hundred shillings in wergeld.
- Sixpenny HandleyA village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9917).
- skepA basket.
- SloleyA village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2924).
- SmalldonA surname from Old English.
- SmardenA village and civil parish in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8842).
- snatheTo lop; to prune.
- snod upTo trim; to set in order.
- soc and sacThe right of a lord to hear and decide legal cases on his estate without recourse to other courts.
- SomerleyA large English country house in Hampshire, England.
- SoppittA surname from Old English.
- SouthamptonshireHampshire (county in England)
- South CaveA large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9231).
- SouthcoteA suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6972).
- southernwoodAn aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood.
- SouthreyA village in Bardney parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1366).
- SouthropA village in Gloucestershire, England.
- SouthumbrianA member of an Anglo-Saxon people occupying northern Mercia.
- south windA wind blowing from the south.
- spanwannedstuck astride a wall whilst attempting to climb over it.
- SpelsburyA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3421).
- SpetisburyA village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9102).
- spoorsAn occupational surname from Middle English
- spotted dickA steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
- SpringhamA surname from Old English.
- StagsdenA village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9848).
- StaincliffeA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2323).
- staitheA riverbank
- Stamford BridgeThe home stadium of Chelsea Football Club.
- StandonA hamlet in Hursley parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4226).
- StanionA village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186).
- StanworthA surname from Old English.
- StapeleyA hamlet and civil parish (served by Stapeley & District Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6749).
- Staple HillA suburban area in Staple Hill and Mangotsfield parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6576).
- StaploeA village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL140685).
- St IvesA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140).
- St Nicholas at WadeA village and civil parish (served by St Nicholas at Wade and Sarre Parish Council) in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2666).
- StockfordA habitational surname from Old English.
- StofordA village in Barwick and Stoford parish, south of Yeovil, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5613).
- stonewrightmason
- Stony StratfordA suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7940).
- stoundAn hour.
- StreatfieldA surname from Old English.
- SudboroughA village in Northamptonshire, England.
- SudbourneA village in Suffolk, England.
- SudbrookeA village in Lincolnshire, England.
- SudellA surname from Old English.
- SudlowA surname from Old English.
- sulungA unit of land in medieval Kent, comparable to the hide and the carucate.