Old Frisian (1200-1500) - Frēsisk


Old Frisian was spoken over a similar time period to Middle English (1150-1450), but had more in common with Old English (pre-1150). In late Old Frisian "v" was sometimes written for "w" in words like "winna" (to win), "vinna". This change of "w" to "v" occurred in most of the Germanic languages except English. In the Scandinavian languages this was reflected in writing, but in German and Dutch "w" continued to be written.


* = hypothetical

1. brōther    brother        1. jē    yes        1.   
2. swester    sister        2. nē, nā    no        2.   
3. sunu    son        3.           3.   
4. dochter    daughter        4.           4.   
5. feder    father                  5.   
6. mōder    mother        1. sunnandei    Sunday        6.   
          2. mōnendei    Monday        7.   
1.           3. tīesdei    Tuesday          
2. sumer    summer        4. wōnsdei, wensdei    Wednesday        1. ik bin, ik bim    I am
3. herfst    autumn        5. thunresdei    Thursday        2. thū bist    you are
4. winter    winter        6. frigendei    Friday          
          7. *sunnavend    Saturday        3. hī ist    he is


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