Middle English (1150-1450) - Englyssh

1. and
2. appel, þe appel, apples
3. blake
4. boke, þe boke, bokes
5. chese, þe chese, cheses
6. chirche, þe chirche, chirches
7. hound, þe hound, houndes
8. to drinke
9. eȝe, þe eȝe, eiȝen
10. fader, þe fader, fadres
11. to ȝyve
12. hous, þe hous, houses
13. yland, þe yland, ylandes
14. dublet, þe dublet, dubletes
15. kyng, þe kyng, kynges
16. lake, þe lake, lakes
17. mylk, þe mylk
18. nyȝt, þe nyȝt, nyȝt
19. old
20. peper, þe peper, peperes
21. quene, þe quene, quenes
22. to rede
23. to synge
24. þinne
25. to understande
26. dale, þe dale, dales
27. wynde, þe wynde, wyndes
29. ȝeer, þe ȝeer, ȝeer
30. noȝt

Þe bigynnyng of þe gospel of Jhesu Crist þe sone of God. For God lovede so þe world þat he ȝaf his oon bigetun sone þat ech man þat bileveþ in him perische not but have everlastynge lijf.
The Bible, Mark 1,1 + John 3,16

1. oon
2. two
3. þre
4. fowre
5. fyve
6. syxe
7. sevene
8. eȝte
9. nyne
10. ten
100. an hundred

Middle English was spoken in:

Lunden
Brestol
York
Iernemouth (Gt. Yarmouth)
Lindecolnea (Lincoln)
Norwiche
Shrovesbury
Oxenford
Saresbury (Salisbury)
Botolfston (Boston)
Lynne (King's Lynn)
Yepiswiche (Ipswich)
Herford
Caunterbury

1. Ȝea. Nay.
2. . . . . .     I do þankingis.

9. Oure fadir þat art in hevenes, halewid be þi name;
10. þi kyngdoom come to; be þi wille don in erþe as in hevene;
11. ȝyve to us þis dai oure breed over oþir substaunce;
12. and forȝyve to us oure dettis, as we forȝyven to oure dettouris;
13. and lede us not in to temptacioun, but delyvere us fro yvel.
The Bible, Matthew 6, 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)

1. soneday
2. moneday
3. tewesday
4. wednesday
5. þursday
6. friday
7. saterday

1. januarie
2. februarie
3. march
4. aprille
5. may
6. june
7. juyl
8. augoste
9. septembre
10. octobre
11. novembre
12. decembre

1. norþ
2. souþ
3. est
4. west

Quotation Marks

Ȝea     [quotation marks not used]

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