< Old English < Vocabulary

Introduction: Introduction - Grammar - Orthography - I-mutation
Grammar: Nouns - Pronouns - Articles - Adjectives - Numbers - Verbs - Participles - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Interjections - Appositives - Word Formation -


Colours

  • 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

  • Hound: Se hund
  • Cat: Se Catt
  • Horse: Þæt Hors
  • Cow: Sēo Cū
  • Bird: Fugel

Food

  • Hnutu: nut
  • Sē mete: the meat
  • þæt ealu: the ale
  • þæt bēor: the beer

House Items

se Stōl - stool

Body

Clothes

Places

Maths

Music

People

  • 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
This article is issued from Wikibooks. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.