Important roots from old English

[klausnick]

Root
Meaning
Illustrative words

BEOD
Proclaim
forbid, forebode (предвещать, предчувствовать), beadle (церковный сторож)

BEORG
Protect
burglar, belfry, harbinger

BER
bear, carry
birth, bier (похоронные дрожки], wheelbarrow

BID
wait, remain
abide, abode

BIDD, BEAD
offer, pay, ask
bid, beads

BIND
Bind
band, bond, bundle

BIT
Bite

Comments

[klausnick]

Сначала корень, потом его перевод, потом современные слова с эти корнем.

NEAH near neighbor, next, nigh

NIM take nimble, numb

NOSU nose nostril, nuzzle, nozzle

RAD journey road, roadway

RAED interpret read, reader, riddle

REAF seize rob, bereave, bereft

RICE kingdom rich, Richard, bishopric

RIP reap ripe, ripen, reap

SAR pain sore, sorrow, sorry

SCEOT shoot upshot, shuttle, shoot

SCER cut share, shire, sheriff, sheaf, scoop

SEGG say hearsay, saw (a maxim)

SET rest upon seat, settle, soot

SLE strike, slay slaughter, slug, sledge

SMIT smite goldsmith, blacksmith

SNIG creep snail, snake, sneak

SOTH truth forsooth, soothsayer

SPELL story spell, gospel, spellbound (очарованный)

STEAD place homestead, bedstead, instead

STEOR steer, direct steer, steerage, starboard

STIC stick stake, stuck, stitch, stockade

STIG ascend stair, stile, stirrup, sty

STOW place bestow, stowaway

TELL count teller, tally, tell

TEOH draw out tug, taut, tow

THYREL hole nostril, thrill, drill

TIH point out teacher