Old English/Vocabulary/Nouns


Colours edit

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Places edit

  • 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 edit

Music edit

People edit

  • 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