| abandon | ||||
| Middle English = | abandounen | |||
| abase | ||||
| Middle English = | abassen | |||
| abash | ||||
| Middle English = | abaishen | |||
| above | ||||
| Middle English = | abouyn | |||
| all | ||||
| Middle English = | al | alle | ||
| almond | ||||
| Middle English = | almaunde | |||
| plural = | almondes | almaundys | ||
| and | ||||
| Middle English = | an | |||
| any | ||||
| Middle English = | ony | eny | ||
| arise | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | arisan | |||
| Middle English = | arisen | |||
| arm | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | arm | earm | ||
| definition = | a part of the human anatomy | |||
| Old French = | armer | |||
| definition = | to equip with weapons and/or armour | |||
| Middle English = | armen | |||
| armor | ||||
| Middle English = | armour | armure | ||
| armorer | ||||
| Middle English = | armerer | armurer | ||
| arms | ||||
| Middle English = | armes | |||
| definition = | weapons, heraldry, etc. | |||
| army | ||||
| Middle English = | armey | armye | ||
| aroma | ||||
| Middle English = | aromat | |||
| arouse | ||||
| Middle English = | rouzen | rowsen | ||
| araign | ||||
| Middle English = | arenen | araynen | ||
| arraignment | ||||
| Norman = | arresnesment | arraynement | ||
| arrange | ||||
| Middle English = | arrengen | arrayngen | ||
| array | ||||
| Middle English = | arayen | |||
| Old French = | areyer | arraier | ||
| bare | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | bær | |||
| Middle English = | bare | bar | ||
| baresark | ||||
| Icelandic = | berserkr | |||
| bargain | ||||
| Middle English = | bargain> | bargayne | ||
| Old French = | bargaine | |||
| bark | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | barc | |||
| definition = | As in the bark of a tree. | |||
| Middle English = | barke | |||
| definition = | As in the bark of a tree. | |||
| bark | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | beorcan | |||
| definition = | To bark. | |||
| Middle English = | barken | berken | ||
| definition = | To bark. | |||
| barley | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | bælic | |||
| Middle English = | barly | |||
| barm | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | beorma | |||
| definition = | Yeast from the fermenting of malt liquer. | |||
| Middle English = | barme | berme | ||
| definition = | Yeast from the fermenting of malt liquer. | |||
| barm | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | bearm | |||
| definition = | The bosom or lap. | |||
| barn | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | bern | |||
| Middle English = | barn | bern | ||
| barnacle | ||||
| Middle English = | barnakylle | |||
| definition = | A goose. | |||
| barnacles | ||||
| Old French = | barnac | |||
| definition = | A kind of bit for a horse. | |||
| baron | ||||
| Middle English = | baron | barun | ||
| Old French = | baron | barun | ||
| Old High German = | baro | |||
| definition = | A man. | |||
| be | ||||
| Middle English = | ben | |||
| begin | ||||
| Middle English = | bigynneth | |||
| belly | ||||
| Middle English = | bely | |||
| beneath | ||||
| Middle English = | byneth | by-neþe | ||
| board | ||||
| Middle English = | bord | borde | ||
| boil | ||||
| Middle English = | boyle | buille | ||
| boiling | ||||
| Middle English = | boyling | |||
| boils | ||||
| Middle English = | boylith | boyleth | builleth | |
| definition = | as in water that is boiling. | |||
| bottom | ||||
| Middle English = | bothom | |||
| bread | ||||
| Middle English = | brede | |||
| break | ||||
| Middle English = | breke | |||
| broth | ||||
| Middle English = | brewes | bruet | broþe | brwes |
| brown | ||||
| Middle English = | broune | |||
| butter | ||||
| Middle English = | buttur | butter | ||
| buck | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | bucca | buc | ||
| definition = | a he-goat | |||
| Middle English = | boucken | |||
| definition = | to soak, steep, or boil (clothes) in lye or soap suds, as in the proccess of bleaching or washing, to wash by beating in water | |||
| Middle English = | buc | bucke | ||
| definition = | a male deer, goat, sheep, etc. | |||
| Welsh = | bwch | |||
| definition = | a male deer, goat, sheep, etc. | |||
| Middle High German = | buchen | |||
| definition = | to soak, steep, or boil (clothes) in lye or soap suds, as in the proccess of bleaching or washing, to wash by beating in water | |||
| bucket | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | buc | |||
| Middle English = | boket | |||
| buckle | ||||
| Middle English = | bocle | |||
| Old French = | bocle | bucle | ||
| buckler | ||||
| Old French = | bocler | |||
| buckram | ||||
| Middle English = | bokeram | bockrom | ||
| Old French = | boqueran | |||
| bud | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | budda | |||
| definition = | a beetle | |||
| Middle English = | budda | |||
| definition = | 1. as in rose-bud etc. | |||
| 2. an undevelopped thing or person. | ||||
| budge | ||||
| Middle English = | bowge | |||
| definition = | a bag | |||
| Old French = | bouge | |||
| definition = | a leather bag | |||