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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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