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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
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