Old English/Vocabulary/Nouns
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Colours
[edit | edit source]- Black: Blæc, sƿeart
- Blue: blāƿ,hǣƿen
- Colour: (þæt) Blēo
- Golden: Gylden
- Grey: Græg
- Green: Grēne
- Orange: Ġeolurēad
- Purple: (sēo) Purpure, (adj.) Purpuren, (adj.) Ƿeolocbasu
- Red: Rēad
- Silvern: Seolfern
- White: Hƿīt
- Yellow: Ġeolu
To indicate various shades you should use these affixes for colour adjectives:
- bright - sċīr- (bright purple: sċīrbasu）
- dark - ƿann- (dark blue: ƿannhǣƿe)
- pale - -hƿīt (pale yellow: ġeolohƿīt)
Animals
[edit | edit source]- Hound: Se hund
- Cat: Se Catt
- Pig: Þæt sƿīn
- Horse: Þæt Hors
- Cow: Sēo Cū
- Bird: Se fugol, se fugel
- Rat: Se Rætt
- Mouse: Seo mūs
- Hare: Se hara
- Snake: Se snaca
- Owl: Seo ūle
- Fox: Se fox
- Wolf: Se ƿulf
- Deer: Se heorot
Food
[edit | edit source]- sē fōda: food
- sēo hnutu: the nut
- sē mete: the meat
- þæt ealu: the ale
- þæt bēor: the beer
- þæt huniġ: the honey
- þæt brēad: the bread
- sēo meolc: the milk
- sē lēac: the leak
- þæt ƿæter: the water
House
[edit | edit source]- hūs - house
- flōr - floor
- ēagdūru - window
- bed - bed
- ƿæstling - blanket
- bolster - pillow
- dūru - door
- Hlæder - ladder/stairs
- tæpped - carpet
- rūƿa - rug
- rūm - room
- stofa - bathroom
- sēo niþerflōr - lower floor
- sēo upflēring - upper floor
- sēo hēoþu - hall
- þæt meteærn - kitchen
- þæt bæþ - bath
- þæt bedƿahrift - curtain
- sē scēaƿere - mirror (has other meanings)
- sē ƿeall - wall
- sē hrōf - roof
- sēo þæċtiġele - roof tile
- sēo first - ceiling
- sēo rād - furniture
- sēo ġelōman - tool
- sē portic - porch
- þæt biliþ - picture/image/representation
- sēo scilfe - shelf
- þæt hlīnbedd - couch
- sēo cǣġ - key
- þæt loc - lock
- sē heorr - hinge
- sēo būrcote - bedroom
- þæt lēohtfæt - lamp
- sē ġeƿytrūn - garden
- þæt bēodern - dining room
- þæt būr - storehouse
Body
[edit | edit source]- þæt līc - the body
- þæt bān - the bone
- þæt hēafod - the head
- þæt hǣr - the hair
- sēo ansȳn - the face
- þæt ēage - the eye
- se brǣƿ - the eyelid
- þæt ēare - the ear
- þæt ƿang - the cheek
- sēo ċin - the chin
- sēo nosu - the nose
- þæt nosþyrel - the nostril
- se lippa - the lip
- se mūþ - the mouth
- se tōþ - the tooth
- sēo tunge - the tounge
- se hnecca - the neck
- sēo ċeole - the throat
- sēo eaxel - the shoulder
- se hrycg - the back
- se earm - the arm
- sēo fȳst - the fist
- sēo folm - the palm
- sēo hand - the hand
- se finger - the finger
- se þūma - the thumb
- se næġel - the nail
- þæt brēost - the breast
- sēo heorte - the heart
- se būc - the stomach
- þæt lungen - the lung
- se hype - the hip
- þæt þēoh - the thigh
- þæt cnēo - the knee
- se scanca - the leg
- þæt lim - the limb
- sēo tā - the toe
- se hēla - the heel
- se anclēoƿ - the anckle
- se fōt - the foot
Clothes
[edit | edit source]Places
[edit | edit source]- Sē tūn: the town
- Sēo luh: the lake
- Sē mor: the swamp
- þǣt ƿesten: the desert
- þǣt ƿuduland: the forest
- Sēo sǣ: the sea
Maths
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[edit | edit source]People
[edit | edit source]- þā lēode: the people (from a nation)
- Sē fæder: the father
- Sēo mōdor: the mother
- Sē sunu: the son
- Sēo dohtor: the daughter
- Sē brōþor: the brother
- þæt sƿeostor/sƿeoster: the sister
- Sē cyning: the king
- Sēo cƿēn: the queen
- Sē hæleþ: the man, hero, warrior
- Sē æþeling: the prince
- þæt cynn, þæt folc: the people (in general)
- Sēo cƿene: the woman, female serf
- Sēo hōre: the whore