Old English (800 - 1150) - Englisc
  1. and
  2. æppel, se æppel, apla
  3. blæc - blæc (m), blacu (f), blæc (n)
  4. boc, seo boc, bec
  5. ciese, se ciese
  6. cirice, seo cirice, cirican
  7. hund, se hund, hundas
  8. drincan
  9. eage, þæt eage, eagan
  10. fæder, se fæder, fæderas
  11. giefan
  12. hus, þæt hus, hus
  13. ieg
  14. cyning, se cyning, cyningas
  15. mere, se mere, mere
  16. meolc, seo meolc
  17. niht, seo niht, niht
  18. eald - eald (m), eald (f), eald (n)
  19. pipor
  20. cwen, seo cwen, cwene
  21. rædan
  22. singan
  23. þynne - þynne (m), þynnu (f), þynne (n)
  24. understandan
  25. dæl, þæt dæl, dalu
  26. wind, se wind, windas
  27. gear, þæt gear, gear
  28. noht
Her ys godspellys angyn Hælyndes Cristes Godes suna. God lufode middaneard swa þæt he sealde his ancennendan sunu þæt nan ne forwurðe þe on hine gelyfð ac hæbbe þæt ece lif.
The Bible, Mark 1,1 + John 3,16

1. an (m), ane (f), an (n)
2. twegen (m), twa (f), tu (n)
3. þrie (m), þreo (f), þreo (n)
4. feower
5. fif
6. siex
7. seofon
8. eahta
9. nigon
10. tien
100. hund

Old English was spoken in:

Lindisfarna ee (Lindisfarne)
Eoforwic (York)
Snotingaham (Nottingham)
Þeodford (Thetford)
Elig (Ely)
Grantanbrycge (Cambridge)
Wigraceaster (Worcester)
Gleawanceaster (Gloucester)
Exanceaster (Exeter)
Wintanceaster (Winchester)
Lundene (London)
Cantwaraburg (Canterbury)
  1. Gea. Na.
  2. . . . . .    Ic do þancas.
9. Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum; Si þin nama gehalgod.
10. To becume þin rice. Gewurþe ðin willa on eorðan swa swa on heofonum.
11. Urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us todæg
12. and forgyf us ure gyltas swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum
13. and ne gelæd þu us on costnunge ac alys us of yfele.
The Bible, Matthew 6, 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)

  1. sunnandæg
  2. monandæg
  3. tiwesdæg
  4. wodnesdæg
  5. þunresdæg
  6. frigedæg
  7. sæternesdæg
  1. æfterra geola
  2. solmonað
  3. hreðmonað
  4. eostermonað
  5. ðrimilcemonað
  6. ærra liða
  7. æfterra liða
  8. weodmonað
  9. haligmonað
  10. winterfilleð
  11. blotmonað
  12. ærra geola
  1. norþ
  2. suþ
  3. east
  4. west
Quotation Marks

Gea     [quotation marks not used]

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