| cabbage | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | caul | |||
| Middle English = | cabbish | caboge | ||
| Old French = | cabus | caboch | ||
| cabin | ||||
| Middle English = | caban | |||
| Old French = | cabane | |||
| cable | ||||
| Middle English = | cable | cabel | ||
| cackle | ||||
| middle English = | cackelen | |||
| cade | ||||
| Middle English = | cad | cade | ||
| definition = | a lamb | |||
| cadge | ||||
| Middle English = | caggen | |||
| cadger | ||||
| Old French = | cagier | |||
| definition = | someone who carries falcons or other birds for sale in cages | |||
| cage | ||||
| Old French = | caige | |||
| Old High German = | chevia | |||
| cahier | ||||
| Old French = | caier | |||
| cairn | ||||
| Gaelic = | carn | |||
| definition = | a heap | |||
| caitiff | ||||
| Old French = | caitif | |||
| definition = | a captive, wretched man. | |||
| cake | ||||
| Middle English = | kake | |||
| caldron | ||||
| Middle English = | caldron | caudron | ||
| Old French = | caudron | chaudron | ||
| calf | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | cealf | |||
| Old High German = | calb | |||
| cast | ||||
| Middle English = | caste | |||
| chamberlain | ||||
| Middle English = | jamberlayne | chamberleyne | ||
| cheese | ||||
| Middle English = | chese | |||
| cinnamon | ||||
| Middle English = | canal | cannell | ||
| clean | ||||
| Middle English = | clene | |||
| cleave | ||||
| Middle English = | cleue | |||
| clear | ||||
| Middle English = | clere | |||
| cloth | ||||
| Middle English = | cloþe | |||
| cloves | ||||
| Middle English = | clowys | clowes | ||
| coffin | ||||
| Middle English = | coffyn | |||
| cold | ||||
| Middle English = | colde | cold | ||
| color | ||||
| Middle English = | coloure | |||
| plural = | colourys | |||
| cream | ||||
| Middle English = | creme | |||
| cool | ||||
| Middle English = | kele | |||
| curdle | ||||
| Middle English = | crudde | |||
| curds | ||||
| Middle English = | croddys | |||
| cut | ||||
| Middle English = | kytte | kut | kyt | kutte |
| dab | ||||
| Middle English = | dabben | |||
| dace | ||||
| Middle English = | darce | darse | ||
| Old French = | dars | |||
| dad | ||||
| Middle English = | dadd | dadde | ||
| daffodil | ||||
| Middle English = | affodylle | |||
| dag | ||||
| Middle English = | dagge | |||
| definition = | decorative point on the edge of a garment or on a tent. | |||
| Old French = | dague | |||
| dagger | ||||
| Welsh = | dagr | |||
| daily | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | dæglic | |||
| Middle English = | dayly | |||
| dates | ||||
| Middle English = | datys | |||
| definition = | the fruit. | |||
| degree | ||||
| Middle English = | degre | |||
| dish | ||||
| Middle English = | dysshe | dissh | ||
| plural = | dysshys | |||
| draw | ||||
| Middle English = | drawe | |||
| definition = | as in "to draw water form the well." | |||
| dredge | ||||
| Middle English = | dragge | dregge | ||
| dress | ||||
| Middle English = | dressen | dresse | ||
| Old French = | dresser | |||
| drift | ||||
| Middle English = | dryft | drift | ||
| drink | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drinc | |||
| definition = | a drink. | |||
| Middle English = | drink | drinke | ||
| definition = | a drink. | |||
| drink | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drincan | |||
| definition = | to drink. | |||
| Middle English = | drinken | |||
| definition = | to drink. | |||
| drip | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | dryppan | |||
| Middle English = | dryppen | |||
| drive | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drifan | |||
| Middle English = | driven | drifen | ||
| drivel | ||||
| Middle English = | drivelen | |||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drefian | |||
| drizzle | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | dreosan | |||
| droll | ||||
| Old French = | draule | drolle | ||
| drone | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | dran | dræn | ||
| Middle English = | drane | drone | ||
| droop | ||||
| Middle English = | droupen | |||
| drop | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drapa | |||
| definition = | as in a drop of water. | |||
| Middle English = | drope | |||
| definition = | as in a drop of water. | |||
| Old High German = | drope | |||
| definition = | as in a drop of water. | |||
| drop | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | droppan | |||
| definition = | to let water fall in drops. | |||
| Middle English = | droppen | |||
| definition = | to let water fall in drops. | |||
| dross | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | dros | |||
| Middle English = | drosse | |||
| drove | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | draf | |||
| Middle English = | draf | drove | ||
| drovy | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drofi | drof | ||
| Middle English = | drovy | drovi | ||
| drown | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drunenian | |||
| Middle English = | drownen | drunenen | ||
| drowse | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drusan | drusian | ||
| drub | ||||
| Anglo-Saxon = | drepan | |||
| drudge | ||||
| Middle High German = | druggen | |||
| duchy | ||||
| Middle English = | duchie | duchee | ||
| Old French = | duchee | duchet | ||
| duck | ||||
| Middle English = | duken | douken | ||
| definition = | to duck, dive or stoop | |||
| Middle High German = | tuchen | |||
| definition = | to duck, dive or stoop | |||
| duds | ||||
| Middle English = | dudde | |||
| definition = | cloth, cloak | |||
| due | ||||
| Old French = | deu | |||
| duke | ||||
| Middle English = | duc | duke | duk | |
| Old French = | duc | dux | ||
| Dulcimer | ||||
| Old French = | doulcimer | |||
| dulse | ||||
| Gaelic = | duileasq | |||
| dumb | ||||
| Low German = | dum | |||