Old English/Vocabulary/Nouns

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

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