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[ādihtan] Adjectives from modern English

If it ends in -ian, change that to -isc, but ask first...maybe there's a native word or way to say that. So Gregorian becomes Gregorisc.

[ādihtan] Disciplines and professions

[ādihtan] Sundry

  • biscop - bishop (arcebiscop - archbishop)
  • circolwyrðe [] m (-es/-as) analyst, accountant, actuary (who are nothing like an "electronic computer!")
  • dihtend - (film) director
  • discþegn [] m (-es/-as) dish-servant, dish-bearer, minister of food, server, waiter, seneschal, steward
  • foresittend - president
  • forma þegn - prime minister
  • þegn [] m (-es/-as) 1. servant, one who does service for another, minister, retainer, vassal, follower, disciple; freeman, master (as opposed to slave); courtier, noble (official, as distinguished from hereditary); 2 military attendant, warrior, hero; 2. where the service is of a public or official character, an officer, minister;
  • glīwiend - performing musician
  • lēoþwyrhta - poet
  • mētere - (artistic) painter
  • munuc - monk
  • pāpa - pope
  • plegere - player (of sports)
  • prēost - priest
  • sangere - singer
  • scēawere - actor
  • spærclewyrhta (neologism) - electrical engineer
  • stǣrwrītere - historian
  • swēgcræftmann, swēgcræftmaneren - composer (of music)
  • þēodwita [] m (-n/-n) 1. one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place on the councils of the nation, senator; 2. a man of great wisdom or learning, a sage, learned man;; 2a. used of a poet; 2b. used of a historian or philosopher or man of science
  • ūþwita - philosopher?
  • wordbōcmann - lexicographer
  • wrītere - writer

[ādihtan] Government

  • burglēoda [] m (-n/-n) citizen; burgmann [] m (-es/-menn) citizen
  • burhrǣden [] f (-ne/-na) citizenship
  • scīr [] f (-e/-a) 1. office, appointment, charge, authority, supremacy, business, administration, government; 1a. where the term refers to an English official; 2. a district, province, shire, as an ecclesiastical term diocese, parish, see; 2a. the people of a district, a tribe; 2b. a hut; 3. as a technical English term, a shire; 3a. the people of a shire, the community inhabiting a shire;
  • wyrhtan rihtwrit n patent (neologism)
  • cynewīse f - the state, republic, commonwealth
  • cynelic - adj - public (as opposed to private, school, etc.)
  • folcrīce - n - democracy?

[ādihtan] Foreign relations

  • ǣrendraca [] m (-n/-n) messenger, apostle, ambassador, angel; representative, substitute, proxy

[ādihtan] Executive

  • foresittend - president
  • gerēfa, earlier girǣfa, of uncertain etym.; app. not in any way related to the continental forms cited under GRAF, GRAVE n.3 and n.4 Old Northumbrian had also the form grǣfa whence GRIEVE n.]
1. Hist. a. An Old English official of high rank having a local jurisdiction under the king; the chief magistrate of a town or district. Also, in OE., applied to prefects, governors, etc., of Roman and Jewish times.
On the position of the gerēfa in OE. times see Kemble Saxons in England (1876) II. v. 151-181; and cf. the articles on BOROUGH-REEVE, PORTREEVE, and SHERIFF. Modern writers have sometimes used the OE. form of the word. -- OED [=director of an executive agency?]
  • gerǣswa, an; m. [rǣswa, a chief] A chief, prince; dux, princeps :-- Cymeþ engla gerǣswa the prince of angels cometh, Salm. Kmbl. 223; Sal. 111. [=governor?]
  • gerēfmann [] m (-es/-menn) official, courtier
  • gerēfscipe [] m (-es/-as) reeve’s office, stewardship; consulate
  • gerēfscīr [] f (-e/-a) steward’s office, prefecture
  • rǣdbora [] m (-n/-n) advisor, counselor; (Roman) consul
  • þegn [] m (-es/-as) 1. servant, one who does service for another, minister, retainer, vassal, follower, disciple; freeman, master (as opposed to slave); courtier, noble (official, as distinguished from hereditary); 2 military attendant, warrior, hero; 2. where the service is of a public or official character, an officer, minister;
  • wealdend m ruler (often used for God, but see burgwealda below)

[ādihtan] Judicial

  • gerēfærn [] n (-es/-) court-house
  • sprǣcærn [] n (-es/-) a place for speaking, courthouse

[ādihtan] Parliament or Congress

  • mōt [] 1. 1 (usu ge~) n (-es/-) moot (gemot), society, assembly, court, council, synod; ge~ wyrcan to take counsel; litigation; ge~ conflict, encounter;
  • gemōtmann [] m (-es/-menn) orator, counselor


  • mōtbeorh1 [] m (-bēores/-bēoras) hill of meeting
  • mōtgerēfa [] m (-n/-n) moot-reeve, chairman of a moot
  • mōthūs1 [] n (-es/-) moot-hall, place of assembly


  • gerǣdnes, -rǣdnis, -rǣdnys, -ness, e; f. An ordinance, a decree, purpose, an intention, a resolution, condition; consultum :-- Ðis is seō geræ-acute;dnys ðe Eādgār cyng geræ-acute;dde this is the ordinance that king Eadgar ordained, L. Edg. i. pref; Th. i. 262, 2: L. E. G. pref; Th. i. 166, 5: L. Ath. v. pref; Th. i. 228, 6: L. Eth. vi. 1, 2, 3; Th. i. 314, 2, 12, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 150, 33: Th. Chart. 168, 27. In ðas gerēdnisse on this condition, 104, 20. [Cf. Goth. ga-raideins an ordinance.]
  • citizen [] ceasterbūend m, portwer m, portweora m; ~s āðolware m pl; ~s ceasterlēode n pl, ceastersǣtan m pl, ceastersǣte m pl

[ādihtan] Lords/Senate
  • wita1 [] m (-n/-n) sage, philosopher, wise man, adviser, councilor, elder, senator;
  • witenagemōt n


  • senatus [] m? (-es/-as) the senate, senators; pl senatas; dat senatum; senator is also used, but generally wītan is employed to denote the senators;
  • sprǣchūs [] n (-es/-) 1. senate-house, curia, a house for speaking; 1a. auditorium; 1b. a place in which the monastic school was held; 2. guest-quarters (in a monastery), a place in monastery for the reception of guests;
  • rǣdgift [] f (-e/-a) the office of consul, the consulate or consulship [consulatus], the council of the elders, the Senate, council of state, body of senators [senatus]


  • ealdor [] 1. m (-es/-as) elder; chief, governor, leader
  • rǣdbora [] m (-n/-n) advisor, counselor; (Roman) consul
  • þēodwita [] m (-n/-n) 1. one of the wise men of a nation, one whose knowledge fits him for a place on the councils of the nation, senator; 2. a man of great wisdom or learning, a sage, learned man;; 2a. used of a poet; 2b. used of a historian or philosopher or man of science
  • duguþ m - senate, in the sense of the people who make it up

[ādihtan] House of Commons/Representatives
  • lēodstefn [] m (-es/-as) assembly
  • burgwealda m burgess


  • gespelia - representative, thus gespecilanhūs
  • spala [] m (-n/-n) substitute, representative
  • spelian [] wv/t2 3rd pres spelaþ past spelode ptp gespelod to be substitute for, represent, to act as the representative of another, take or stand in, the place of another;
  • speliend [] m (-es/-) substitute, representative, vicar
  • speling [] f (-e/-a) deputyship, the taking the place of another, the acting as a representative of another;
  • spelung [] f (-e/-a) deputyship, the taking the place of another, the acting as a representative of another;
  • speliendhūs seems the best looking to me.

[ādihtan] Regional

  • scīr [] f (-e/-a) 1. office, appointment, charge, authority, supremacy, business, administration, government; 1a. where the term refers to an English official; 2. a district, province, shire, as an ecclesiastical term diocese, parish, see; 2a. the people of a district, a tribe; 2b. a hut; 3. as a technical English term, a shire; 3a. the people of a shire, the community inhabiting a shire;
  • scīrwita [] m (-n/-n) chief man of a shire
  • scīrgemōt [] n (-es/-) shire-moot, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire

See also: Talk:Geānlǣht Underrīcu American

[ādihtan] The Town

  • burgealdor m mayor
  • burggemōt n town-meeting, meeting of townspeople
  • burgmann m resident
  • burgsæl2 [] n (-es/-salu) city-hall, house
  • burgscipe m municipality
  • burgwealda m citizen, burgess
  • burgwita m town-councillor or city-councillor

[ādihtan] Religion

  • Ræd m Logos, the Word, the second person of the holy Trinity and agent of creation (cf. Rede on Þēodisce)
  • discipul [] m (-es/-as) disciple, scholar [L]

[ādihtan] Knowledge : Lárcræft

Lárcræft is knowledge or erudition in general.

  • -cunnung - knowledge derived from exploration, investigation.
  • -cræft - a skill or knowledge that is performed in practical applications.
  • -lār f - a whole body of knowledge; it is kept for reference and teaching.
  • Sprǣccræft - Linguistics (language-skill/knowledge). (Oþþe Sprǣccunnung, sēo Taalkunde on Fresisc.) (neologismus)
  • Stefncunnung -Phonology (neologismus)
  • Stefncræft - Phonetics (neologismus)
  • Stefnincel - Phoneme (neologismus)
  • Stǣr - History
  • Wordstǣrcræft - Etymology; oþþe Wordstǣr
  • Wordbān n etymon
  • Hlīepgear (?) - Leap year (cf mōnan hlȳp; "ON. hlaup-ār is presumably, like other terms of the Roman calendar, imitated from English." -OED)

[ādihtan] Science : Cunnung

In Modern English, science may be derived from the Latin word for knowledge, but regarding the physical sciences, such as physics or astronomy, it means only a specific kind of knowledge, that knowledge that can be derived from investigation, specifically repeatable experimentation. Lárcræft is knowledge or erudition in general. Thus to translate "science" as lárcræft is an error when applied to the "hard" sciences.

Þǣr sind:

  • Cunnung [] f (-e/-a) knowledge; trial, probation, experience; contact, carnal knowledge
  • cunnian1 [] wv/t2 w.g. or a. to search into, try, test, seek for, explore, investigate; experience; have experience of, to make trial of; know
  • OED:
cunning [Verbal n. from CAN v.1 (inf. OE. cunnan, ME. cunnen, connen) in its earlier sense ‘to know’, hence orig. = L. scientia, sapientia. Not recorded in OE. (which had however oncunning accusation, from the deriv. oncunnan to accuse), but like the cognate CUNNING a., common since the 14th c.]
1. Knowledge; learning, erudition. Obs.
  • cȳððu [] f (-e/-a) 1. knowledge of, familiarity or acquaintance with, (1) a matter, subject, etc.,
  • cræft [] m (-es/-as) physical strength, might, courage; science, skill, art, ability, talent, virtue, excellence; trade, handicraft, calling; work or product of art, Hex; trick, fraud, deceit; machine, instrument; in pl great numbers, hosts?
  • lār [] f (-e/-a) lore, learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine; study; precept, exhortation, advice, instigation; history, story; cunning - ac lārcræft is knowledge; erudition - ic sēce mā þǣrof.
  • rīmcræft1 [] m (-es/-as) arithmetic, reckoning, computation, the science of numbers; calendar
  • getælcircul [] m (-es/-as) cycle, series
  • getælcræft [] m (-es/-as) arithmetic
  • woruldwīsdōm [] m (-es/-as) worldly wisdom, science
  • cȳððecræft (neologism) - skill in knowledge, knowledge as a trade.
  • Ac, ic fand on tramete 1240 of Bosworðes wordbēc:
"Þā mīne þēowas sind wīsdōmas and cræftas (sciences and arts)." - Mæg bēon, þæt wīsdōmcræft þæt betste is?
Wē habbaþ rīmcræft swā "science of numbers," þā for hwōn ne cūðe bēon þæt?

[ādihtan] Sciences : Cunnunga

  • -cunnung - knowledge derived from exploration, investigation.
  • -cræft m - a skill or knowledge that is performed in practical applications.
  • -lār f - a whole body of knowledge (which is kept for reference and teaching).


1. agriculture - eorþtilþ
2. biology - līfcunnung

  • þæt fiðerfōtnīeten four-footed animal
  • (fēowerfēte, fēowerfōte, fēowerfōtede - four-footed)

3. geometry - eorþcræft

  • wecg m triangle
  • angle - bȳge m, hwemm m, hyrne m, sceat m, scēata m
  • circle - circul m, trendel m
  • square - fiðerscyte, féowerscyte (adj)
  • boga m arc
  • līne f line, rope
  • spann m measure (line segment?)
  • bred [] n (-es/-u, breodu) surface; board, plank; table, tablet; þā stǣnenan bredu the tables of stone; lytle hūs of bredum small houses with tables, eating-houses, taverns (rectangle?)
  • rihtebred [] n (-es/-u) measure, rule, square, an instrument for measuring
  • stedewang2 [] m (-es/-as) field, plain, a plain, open place

4. logic - flitcræft

  1. Math
  • calculate (verb) - rīman
  • cartesian coordinates - hǣrarōd
  • complete in number - full adj
  • compute (verb) - rīman
  • count (verb) - rīman
  • denominator - undergetæl (neologism)
  • derivative - ofcumende, ofgangendlic, ofgangende, sciriendlic
  • dimension - gemet n (size determined by measurement)
  • distribution - gedāl n (a division, distribution, separation, parting)
  • divide (verb)
    • tōdǣlan - divide one number by another (tōdǣlþ twelf þurh fīf)
    • sciftan (divide, separate into shares)
    • dǣlan
    • gemiddlian (divide, separate in the middle)
  • division - tōdǣlung f
  • divisor - dǣlend m
  • entire - full adj
  • fraction - dāl n (division, allotment, portion), dǣl m (deal, lot, portion)
  • multiplication - manigfealdung, gemanigfealdung f
  • multiply (verb) - gemanigfealdian, manigfealdan
  • number - getæl n (6, 7, etc.), rīm
  • number (verb) - rīman
    • countless number, immense number or quantity - ungerīm n
    • large number - worn m
  • numerator - ofergetæl (neologism)
  • portion - dǣl m (deal, lot, portion); also as some (as opposed to none; dǣl regnes - some rain)
  • quantity - andefn f (quantity, amount)
  • remainder - lǣfung
  • subtract - dōn of, onweg ātēon; (ān lǣs twēntig - 19)
  • whole - full adj
  • mārafeald n multiple (neologism)
  • lǣssadǣl m factor (neologism)
  1. Weather - weder n
    1. cloud - wolcen n
    2. lightning - līget m
    3. rain - regn m
    4. thunder - þunor m

[ādihtan] Technology : Searucræft

  • technology as a science - searucræft (technological skill or knowledge: this is not a neologism.)
  • technology as a device - searu n (that which is contrived with art, a machine, engine, fabric: this is not a neologism.)

(Following are mostly NEW words.)

[ādihtan] Mechanics

  • weorccræft - mechanics
  • orþanc - genius, cleverness, mechanical cunning
  • orþancscipe - mechanics, skillful work
  • orþanclic - ingenious
  • orþancum - skillfully

[ādihtan] Warfare

  • Torpedo - fȳrramm m
  • Cartesian coordinates - hǣrarōd
  • Airstrike - lyftrǣs
  • Aircraft carrier - lyftcræftbora. Compare sweordbora (swordbearer).

[ādihtan] Communication

  • Camera - sienasearu m (Fotoaparat)
  • Broadcasting - brādweorpung f
  • Television - feorrsīen f (compare German Fernsehen)
  • TV/radio channel - feorrflēot, str m
  • Receiver - feorfecca m
  • Telephone - feorrspreca m (compare German Fernsprecher)
  • Electronic communication - spærclemōtung f

[ādihtan] Transport

  • Lift - ūphebbend m
  • Enclosed elevator - ūpcleofa m
  • Submarine - dȳfendbāt m
  • Airplane - lyftwægn str m
  • Pilot - stēorrēðra m (-n/-n) (steersman, master of a ship, shipper, captain)
  • Flyer, crew - lyftlāca m
  1. Outer space - rodor
    1. Spaceship - rodorscip n
    2. Astronaut - rodorlāca m

[ādihtan] Physics/Chemistry

  1. Mass - micelnes f
    1. Matter - dāh gen. dāges, n
    2. Particle - grot n
  2. Molecule - gemot n ("group of atoms")
  3. Atom - mot n
    1. Nucleus - cyrnel
    2. Proton - steorrla m ("little star, positive charge" This fits its technical definition.)
    3. Neutron - steorrel n ("little star, neutral charge" This fits its technical definition.)
    4. Electron - spærclu f ("little spark, negative charge." This fits its technical definition.) glær, amber? --> mōtung.
  4. Isotope - elmot n ("strange atom" with a strange number of (neutrally charged) neutrons. This fits its technical definition.) The Greek word means "same place", perhaps efensteall, although this no longer fit the word's current definition.
  5. Ion - elmote f ("strange atom" with a strange number of (negatively charged) electrons. This fits its technical definition.) The Greek word means "moving thing", the present participle of ienai go, although this no longer fit the word's current definition.

Other technical words: getrum, blōma, clott

  • iso- = efn- (literal translation from Greek)

[ādihtan] Electronics & Computing

  • Electricity - spærclecræft m
  • Electronics - spærcleweorc
  • Electronic device - spærclesearu
  • Electrical current - spærclestrēam m
  • Stream of electrons - spærcla strēam m
  • Electronic computer - spærcletelle f
  • Computing, computer science - spærcletellung f

[ādihtan] Nations, nationalities, and languages

worulddǣl - continent (by analogy with German Weltteil)

[ādihtan] Nations and continents

  • Asia - Asia
    • Cīna - China
    • Folclicu Cynewīse Cīnan - People's Republic of China
    • Cynewīse Cīnan - Republic of China (Taiwan)
    • Corea - Korea
    • Iapan - Japan
    • India - India
    • Īrac - Iraq
    • Īran - Iran
    • Pacistan - Pakistan
  • Australia and Oceania
  • Norþamerica, Middelamerica, Sūþamerica:
    • Bolifia - Bolivia
    • Canada - Canada
    • Ecwador - Ecuador
    • Falcland Īege - Falkland Islands
    • Geānlǣht Rīcu American - United States of America
    • Mexico, Geānlǣht Rīcu Mexican - Mexico
    • Columbia - Columbia
    • Feneswela - Venezuela

[ādihtan] Nationalities

List of nouns for nationalities. Nominative plural masculine, unless otherwise specified.

Historial names

  • Ǣgypte - Egyptians
  • Bægere - the Bavarians
  • Bægware - the Bavarians
  • Bryttas - Britons
  • Dene - Danes
  • Gēatas - Geats, sing. Gēat
  • Gotan - Goths, sing. Gota
  • Ēastengle - East Anglians
  • Engle - English, Angles
  • Este - Este, tribe on the Baltic
  • Finnas - Lapps, Finns?
  • Francan - Franks
  • Galleas - Gauls
  • Grēcas - Greeks
  • Īotan - Jutes
  • Iūdēas - Jews
  • Mierce - Mercians
  • Peohtas - Picts
  • Perse - Persians
  • Rōmāne - Romans
  • Scottas - Scots
  • Seaxe - Saxons
    • Ealdseaxe - continental Saxons
    • Ēastseaxe - East Saxons, Essex people
    • Sūþseaxe - South Saxons, Sussex people
    • Westseaxe - West Saxons, Wessex people
  • Spēne - Spaniards
  • Swǣfas - Suevi, Swabians
  • Swēon - Swedes
  • Trōiāne - Trojans
  • Wēalas - Welshman, sing. Wealh

Modern names

  • Bryttas - Britons
  • Dene - Danes
  • Engle - English, Angles
  • Este - Estonians? (see talk)
  • Finnas - Finns
  • Francan - French? (see talk)
  • Grēcas - Greeks
  • Iūdēas - Jews
  • Spēne - Spaniards
  • Þēode - Germans? (see talk)
  • Wēalas - Welshman, sing. Wealh
  1. For nīwum Englisce Roman, brūcaþ Rōmānisc in ǣngum gewritnamum, ac in þā gewritu, brūcaþ hwæt þu wilt (I guess we can use Rēmisc as a word for colloquial speech about Rome? i.e., when Johnny Random speaks, he says "In þǣre Rēmiscan byrg seah ic, þæt...). And thus, Rōmānisc would be the "regular" word.

[ādihtan] People's Names

List of attested names in Old English

  1. Carl m (-es/-as) - Charles
  2. Elizabeþ f (-e/-a) - Elizabeth
  3. Wolflord - Wolfhere

[ādihtan] Sprǣca (Languages)

Organized alphabetically by ISO 639 codes.

  • als - Alemannisc - Alemannic
  • ang - Englisc - Old English or Anglo-Saxon
  • ar - Arabisc - Arabic
  • be - Hwītrussisc - Belarusian
  • csb - Cascūbisc - Katsubish
  • cy - Wielisc - Welsh
  • da - Denisc - Danish
  • de - Þēodisc - German
  • el - Grēcisc - Greek (not Crēcisc)
  • en - Nīwe Englisc- Modern English
  • es - Spēonisc - Spanish
  • et - Estōnisc - Estonian
  • fi - Finnisc - Finnish
  • fr - Frencisc - French
  • fy - Friesisc - Frisian
  • ga - Īrisc - Irish
  • he - Hebrēisc - Hebrew
  • hi - Hindisc - Hindi
  • hr - Croatisc - Croatian
  • is - Īslendisc - Icelandic
  • it - Italisc - Italian
  • ku - Curdisc - Kurdish
  • kw - Cornisc - Cornish
  • la - Lǣden - Latin
  • lb - Luxemburgisc - Luxembourgish
  • lt - Liþūanisc - Lithuanian
  • nl - Niðerlandisc - Dutch
  • no - Norþwegisc - Norwegian
  • n? - Noren - Norse / Norn
  • fa - Persisc - Persian
  • pl - Polisc - Polish
  • pt - Portuglisc - Portuguese
  • ro - Rōmānisc - Romanian
  • ru - Russisc - Russian
  • se - Swēonisc - Swedish
  • sk - Slofacisc - Slovak
  • sl - Slofenisc - Slovenian
  • sr - Serbisc - Serbian
  • tr - Turcisc - Turkish
  • uk - Ūcrægnisc - Ukrainian

[ādihtan] Town, city, region names - British Isles

  1. R = County or region; T = Town or city.
  2. We are regularizing ceastre/ceaster/cestre --> ceaster, and hām/ham/hamm --> hām.
  3. Where a county name is not specified, it is the same as the city name but with scīr (f). E.g. Wigranceaster (town: Worcester) --> Wigranceasterscīr (county: Worcestershire)
  • T Baddanburg f - Badbury, Dorsetshire, formerly Baddanburgum
  • T Badecan wielle f - Bakewell, Derbyshire; [Badec’s well]
  • T Bancorena burg f - Bangor, in Wales
  • R Barocscīr f - Berkshire
  • T Bēamdūn f - Bampton, Devonshire
  • T Bēamflēot m - Beamfleet, Bamfleet, Benfleet Essex, or Beamfled
  • T Bedanford m - Bedford
  • T Buccingahām m - Buckingham
  • T Cant ? - Kent
  • T Cantwaraburh - Canterbury
  • T Ceaster f - Chester
  • T Certes īeg f - Chertsey
  • T Cetrehta m - Catterick, near Richmond, Yorkshire
  • T Cippanhām m - Chippenham, Wilts
  • T Cledemūða m - Gladmouth, Cledmouth, South Wales
  • T Coludes Burg f - Colud's City, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland
  • T Coneceaster f - Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle
  • T Corfes Geat n - Corfgate, Purbeck, Dorsetshire
  • R Cornweall m - Cornwall
  • T Creccagelād f - Cricklade, Wiltshire
  • T Crecganford m - Crayford, Kent
  • T Cridiantūn m - Crediton, Devonshire
  • T Crūwland n - Crowland or Croyland, Lincolnshire
  • R Cumberland n - Cumberland
  • R Defenascīr f - Devon
  • T Deoraby n? - Derby
  • T Dofras ? - Dover
  • R Dornsǣton f - Dorset
  • T Dūnholm m - Durham
  • R Ēastengle mpl - East Anglia
  • R Ēastreding m - East Riding (of Yorkshire)
  • R Ēastseaxe mpl - Essex
  • T Finchāmstede m - Finchampstead, Berkshire
  • T Gloweceaster f - Gloucester
  • T Grontabricg f - Cambridge
  • T Hæstingaceaster f - Hastings
  • R Hamtūnscīr f - Hampshire
  • T Hereford m - Hereford
  • T Huntandūn f - Huntingdon
  • T Liferpōl m - Liverpool
  • T Lincolia ? - Lincoln
  • T Lonceaster f - Lancaster
  • T Lunden ? - London
  • R Mǣrsēasīde f - Merseyside
  • T Mameceaster f - Manchester
  • R Middelseaxe mpl - Middlesex
  • R Norþfolc n - Norfolk
  • T Norþhumberland n - Northumberland
  • T Oxnaford m - Oxford
  • T Plymmūtha m - Plymouth
  • R Rōteland n - Rutland
  • R Sciropescīr f - Shropshire
  • T Sealhwudu m - Selwood
  • T Snotingahām m - Nottingham
  • R Snotingahāmscīr f - Nottinghamshire
  • T Stæfford m - Stafford
  • R Stæffordscīr f - Staffordshire
  • R Sumorsǣtan f - Somerset
  • T Sūþfolc n - Suffolk
  • T Sūþgeweorc n - Southwark
  • T Sūþhāmtūn m - Southhampton
  • R Sullig f - (Isles of) Scilly
  • R Sūþfolc n - Suffolk
  • R Sūþrīeg f - Surrey
  • R Sūþseaxe mpl - Sussex
  • T Tynanmūtha m - Tynemouth
  • T Wærincwīc f - Warwick
  • R Westmōringaland m - Westmorland
  • R Westseaxe mpl - Wessex
  • T Wigranceaster f - Worcester
  • R Wiltūnscīr f - Wiltshire
  • R Wīt ? - (Isle of) Wight

[ādihtan] Town, city, region names - other

  1. R = County or region; T = Town or city.
  • R Friesland n - Friesland
  • T Rōm f - Rome (Rōmburg is also correct, but we must opt for one or the other for consistency - Rōm is suggested)
  • T Trajectum - Utrecht

[ādihtan] Phrases

  • Sēo ēac - 'See also'
  • ēac X gehāten - 'also known as X'
  • tō bisene, tō bisne, for bisne - 'for example' (cf. German zum Beispiel)
  • ūtanwearde bendas - external links
  • and so forth, etc. - and swā forþ, asf.
  • cuman of - 'to come from' - ic cume of Īrlande (I come from Ireland)
  • cuman + ptp - 'to get x, to become x' - þā cōm Gallicanus ēac tō Gode gebogen (then Gallicanus also got converted)
  • cuman ūp - 'to be born in a country' - ic wæs ūp gecumen in American (I was born in America)
  • cuman forþ - 'to be carried out successfully, succeed' - gif se āþ forþ cume (if the oath succeeds)
  • cuman + infinitive - (to express manner or purpose) - hē cōm lǣdan he came leading, came to lead; sunnan lēoma cymþ scīnan a sunbeam shall come shining or begin to shine; cōm grētan came to greet; cōm weorc scēawian come to view the work
  • onginnan + infinitive - (to attempt to, try to; to begin to) - hē ongann cuman he attempted to come
  • dōn hwone tō hwǣm' - to make someone something - Rōmāne hie tō gafolgieldum dȳdon the Romans made them tributaries
  • æht besittan - to sit in council - Ealdormenn besǣton æht

[ādihtan] Speech

  • It is time for you to go - tīd is þæt þū fēre

[ādihtan] Directions

[ādihtan] Verbs of motion

[ādihtan] Adverbs of motion

  • hider - to here, hither
  • hanon - from here, hence
  • þider - to there, thither
  • þanon - from there, thence
  • gegnum - away, forwards, straight on, thither (poetic, formal word) (seems like geradeaus, DE)

[ādihtan] Numbers

  1. ān; forma
  2. twēgen, twā, tū; ōðer
  3. þrīe, þrēo; þridda
  4. fēower; fēorða
  5. fīf; fīfta
  6. six; sixta
  7. seofon; seofoða
  8. eahta; eahtoða
  9. nigon; nigoða
  10. tīene; tēoða
  11. endleofan; endleofta
  12. twelf; twelfta
  13. þrēotīene; þrēotēoða
  14. fēowertīene; fēowertēoða
  15. fīftīene; fīftēoða
  16. sixtīene; sixtēoða
  17. seofontīene; seofontēoða
  18. eahtatīene; eahtatēoða
  19. nigontīene; nigontēoða
  20. twentig; twentigoða
  21. ān and twentig; ān and twentigoða

30. þrītig; þrītigoða 40. fēowertig; fēowertigoða 50. fīftig; fīftigoða 60. sixtig; sixtigoða 70. hundseofontig; hundseofontigoða 80. hundeahtatig; hundeahtatigoða 90. hundnigontig; hundnigontigoða 100. hund, hundred, hundtēontig; hundtēontigoða 110. hundendleofantig; hundendleofantigoða 120. hundtwelftig; hundtwelftigoða 200. tū hund 300. þrēo hund 1000. þūsend

  • Hē rīcsode seofon mōnþas - he ruled seven months. (hē rīcsode 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 mōnþas)
  • hē rīcsode seofon and þrītig wintra - he ruled thirty-seven years (wintra in genitive plural).

[ādihtan] Parts and Counting

  • a certain, some - sum (noun) - sum mann - a certain man
  • one of - sum + genitive - ic wæs þāra manna sum - I was one of the men
  • some of - sum + pronoun/article - mid sumum þǣm fultume - with some of the help; sume hīe - some of them

[ādihtan] Words for animal articles

  • Þæt Gebǣre - behavior
  • Geþoftung - reproduction (from the verb geþoftian)
  • Sēo Feðer - feather (pl: feðera)
  • Þæt fiðere - wing (pl: fiðeru)

[ādihtan] Other Parts of Speech

Wikipedia: Adjectives Wikipedia: Adverbs

[ādihtan] See also

Wikipedia:Old English morphology

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