Staff C of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| cackhouse | cachūs | n | privy, latrine |
| candletree | candeltrēow | n | candelabrum, chandelier |
| Cartain | Cartaina | n(p) | Carthage |
| char | cerran | vb | to turn; to convert |
| cheapstow | cēapstōw | n | marketplace |
| chedder | ceder | n | cedar |
| cheed | cēod | n | pouch, bag, sack |
| cheel | cēol | n | a small flat-bottomed kind of ship or boat |
| cheen | cēn | n | a torch; the rune ᚳ |
| chellender | cellendre | n | coriander, cilantro |
| chessey | ceasega | n | A chooser, elector |
| chester | ceaster | n | castrum, fortress built by the Romans |
| chirkel | circul | n | the circle of the Zodiac |
| chirse | cirse/cyrse | n | cherry |
| chirten | cyrten | adj | beautiful |
| chirtenledge | cyrtenlǣcan | vb | to beautify, to make lovely |
| chistle | cystel | n | chestnut tree |
| chithe | cīþ | n | sprout, sprig, shoot |
| chithefast | cīþfæst | adj | rooted |
| churlborn | ceorlboren | adj | low-born |
| churlfolk | ceorlfolc | n | the common people, the public |
| chy | cīgan {ME icheien} | vb | to call, call upon, invoke, summon, name |
| chying | cīgung | n | calling, invocation, summoning |
| clake | clacu | n | hurt, harm, injury |
| clauster | clauster | n | cloister |
| cleam | clǣman | vb | to smear, daub |
| cleanyearn | clǣngeorn | adj | yearning for purity |
| clepend | cleopigend | n | vowel |
| cleping | clypung | n | calling, crying out, voice |
| cleve | clēofa/clēafa | n | room, chamber, cottage, cliff, hillside |
| cliffy | clifig | adj | steep |
| clipping | clyppung | n | embrace |
| clipple | clypol | adj | vocal |
| clising | clȳsing | n | cell, enclosure |
| cliver | clifer | n | claw, talon |
| cliver | clibbor | adj | adhesive, sticky |
| clom | clumian | vb | to murmur, mutter |
| cludge | clugge/clucge | n | bell |
| coaf | cāf | adj | quick, active, prompt |
| coafness | cāfnes | n | energy, alacrity, promptness |
| coafship | cāfscipe | n | energy, alacrity, promptness |
| coaser | cāsere | n | emperor |
| coaserdom | cāserdōm | n | an emperor's rule; imperium |
| coaserly | cāserlīc | adj | imperial |
| coasern | cāsern | n | empress |
| codapple | codæppel | n | quince (?) |
| comelithe | cumlīþe | adj | hospitable |
| comelitheness | cumlīþness | n | hospitality |
| comendliness | acumendlīcness | n | possibility |
| comendly | acumendlīc | adj | tolerable, bearable; possible |
| costing | costung | n | temptation |
| couther | cuþa | n | an acquaintance |
| couthledge | cūþlǣcan | vb | to befriend, make known to oneself |
| couthly | cūþelīce | adv | certainly, manifestly, familiarly, courteously |
| couthness | cūþnes | n | acquaintance |
| craftspeech | cræftspræc | n | a craft's jargon, scientific language |
| crat | cræt | n | chariot, cart |
| crockwright | crocwyrhta | n | pot worker, potter |
| cumble | cumbol | n | sign, standard, ensign, banner |