English words from Middle English
- accessarySomeone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- accidenceThe inflection of words.
- accidieSloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
- accloyTo drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
- accollTo embrace; cling to.
- accordableAble to be given or dispensed.
- accordmentAgreement; reconcilement.
- accreaseTo increase.
- accroachTo hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
- accurseTo damn; to wish misery or evil upon
- accustomanceCustom; habitual use.
- achateAn agate.
- acknowTo recognize.
- acoldFeeling cold.
- acremanA leader of a plowing team in medieval England.
- adauntTo subdue.
- adawTo daunt, overcome, subdue.
- addeemTo adjudge; to try, test.
- admeasureTo measure.
- adminishTo reduce in size or magnitude; to diminish.
- adrawTo draw out; to draw (a sword).
- adreadTo dread, fear greatly.
- adreeTo carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).
- adventurouslyIn an adventurous manner.
- advoutrerAn adulterer.
- advoutressAn adulteress.
- advoutryadultery
- advowsonThe right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- advowtryadultery
- aeromancerA practitioner of aeromancy.
- aeromancyDivination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- aeryDated spelling of eyrie.
- afareTo depart.
- afearTo imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.
- afearedAfraid.
- affeebleTo enfeeble.
- affeerTo assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
- affirmerOne who affirms.
- affirminglyin an affirming manner
- affranchiseTo free from obligation, servitude or service.
- affrayerOne involved in an affray.
- aforehandBeforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
- afraidlyIn an afraid manner.
- afreardafraid
- after-With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect, denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.
- afterbornBorn after the father's death; posthumous.
- afterburthenAfterbirth.
- afterclapAn additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
- aftercomerOne coming after; a successor; (in the plural) posterity.
- aftercomingA following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
- afterdealDisadvantage.
- afterlingOne who comes after or later; an aftercomer; one who is late.
- after-rewardA reward that follows or which comes after
- afterstrokeA stroke which follows another
- aftertaleEvil talk; slander; defamation.
- again-Prefix meaning again, against, back, or in return.
- againrisingResurrection.
- againsawContradiction; gainsaying
- againsayTo contradict; to gainsay.
- againstandTo stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
- -ageForming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection.
- agednessThe state or quality of being aged.
- ageestafraid, astonished
- agenbiteRemorse, ayenbite.
- aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
- agnailTorn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
- AgravainOne of the knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.
- agreeabilityThe property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
- agricultoragriculturist, farmer
- ahintbehind
- ahungeredPinched with hunger; very hungry.
- aidanthelpful, assisting
- aketonA stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
- -alOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
- aldayFor the whole day; all day.
- alder-Of all; having the greatest degree of something, prefixed to superlative adjectives and adverbs.
- AlderburyA village and civil parish south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1827).
- alderliefestOften used as an epithet when addressing someone: most beloved.
- alehoofground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
- AlemannishSynonym of Alemannic.
- Alexander the GreatA king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia.
- alfinA bishop.
- algorismCalculation with Arabic numerals.
- alightenTo alight, to dismount or get down from.
- alkinOf all or every kind; all kinds or sorts of; intermingled and various.
- all-Indicates complete power or authority in an area.
- allegeanceAlleviation, relief.
- allegementAllegation.
- allegorizeTo interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- all hailUsed as a friendly or respectful salutation to acclaim, greet, or welcome someone: (I wish you) all health or good fortune!
- AllhallowmasAll Saints' Day.
- allodgeTo lodge; to stay temporarily.
- all-overOver the whole area or extent.
- allowinglyIn an allowing or permissive manner.
- allthingeverything
- almainA German.
- almanderalmond tree
- almightalmighty
- almondineLike or of the almond or almond tree.
- almond milkA milky liquid made from almonds and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.