Old English/Vocabulary/Nouns

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 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 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 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 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 Places 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 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