Hearth Interactive

Words

Words from the sources in their original languages. Each entry gives what the word means and every passage that uses it, with its history and its relatives in other languages where the word games have them.

Latin · Ancient Greek · English · Early Modern English · Middle English · German · Old English · Gothic · Sanskrit · Russian · Lithuanian · Old Norse · Dutch · Old Irish · Welsh

Latin

Ancient Greek

English

  • acre a measure of land
  • alder tree of wet ground, of the…
  • arm upper limb, from shoulder to…
  • axle rod on which a wheel turns
  • bear carry
  • beaver large river rodent that…
  • beech smooth-barked forest tree
  • bind tie up, fasten
  • birch white-barked tree
  • bite cut into with the teeth
  • bottom lowest part, base
  • bough large branch of a tree
  • break split into pieces
  • brother son of the same parents
  • brow eyebrow
  • chin front of the lower jaw
  • choose pick out, select
  • cold low in temperature
  • come move toward, arrive
  • corn grain
  • cow female of cattle
  • crane tall wading bird with a long…
  • daughter female child
  • do perform, carry out
  • door movable panel closing an…
  • ear organ of hearing
  • eat take food into the mouth and…
  • eight the number 8
  • ewe female sheep
  • eye organ of sight
  • fare price of a journey
  • father male parent
  • feather one of the light shafts…
  • fee payment for a service
  • fish cold-blooded animal living in…
  • five the number 5
  • foot end of the leg below the ankle
  • four the number 4
  • full holding as much as possible
  • gall bile
  • gold yellow precious metal
  • goose large waterbird, bigger than…
  • hart male deer, stag
  • have own, hold, possess
  • hazel nut-bearing shrub
  • head top part of the body
  • heart organ that pumps blood
  • horn hard pointed growth on an…
  • hound hunting dog
  • hundred the number 100
  • is (he, she, it) is: present of be
  • kin family, relatives
  • knee joint in the middle of the leg
  • know be aware of, understand
  • lick pass the tongue over
  • light brightness that lets us see
  • long of great length
  • loud strong in sound
  • love deep affection
  • mead drink of fermented honey
  • mere lake, pond
  • mid middle
  • milk white liquid made by female…
  • moon the earth's satellite
  • moss small green plant growing in…
  • mother female parent
  • mouse small rodent
  • name word by which someone is known
  • navel small hollow in the belly
  • needle thin pointed tool for sewing
  • nest structure a bird builds for…
  • new not existing before
  • night time of darkness
  • nine the number 9
  • nose organ of smell
  • now at this time
  • otter river animal that eats fish
  • over above
  • ox cattle used for pulling
  • queen female ruler
  • quick fast
  • red the color of blood
  • salt white mineral used to season…
  • seven the number 7
  • sew join with needle and thread
  • sister daughter of the same parents
  • sit rest on the buttocks
  • six the number 6
  • snow frozen flakes falling from…
  • son male child
  • sow female pig
  • stand be upright on the feet
  • star point of light in the night sky
  • stream small river
  • sweat moisture given off by the skin
  • sweet tasting of sugar
  • tame not wild
  • tear drop from the eye
  • ten the number 10
  • thatch roof of straw or reeds
  • thin slender
  • thou you (one person
  • three the number 3
  • thunder loud noise after lightning
  • timber wood for building
  • toe digit of the foot
  • tongue muscle in the mouth
  • tooth hard bony growth in the jaw…
  • towells towels
  • tree tall woody plant with a trunk
  • two the number 2
  • udder milk gland of a cow or goat
  • wasp stinging insect
  • water clear liquid of rain, rivers…
  • white the color of snow
  • who which person
  • widow woman whose husband has died
  • wind moving air
  • wolf wild animal of the dog family
  • word unit of language
  • worm small soft creature without legs
  • yard enclosed ground by a house
  • yellow the color of lemons
  • yesterday the day before today
  • yoke wooden bar joining two draft…
  • young not old

Early Modern English

Middle English

German

Old English

Gothic

Sanskrit

Russian

Lithuanian

Old Norse

Dutch

Old Irish

Welsh