Englisc/Swadesh Liste


 * 1) ic: I (Pers.Pron.1.Sg.)
 * 2) þu: You (2.sg!); plural is ȝiȝ
 * 3) wiȝ: we (1955: inclusive)
 * 4) þis: this (declined according to number/gender/case)
 * 5) þe: that (declined according to number/gender/case)
 * 6) hwa?, ƕa?: who? (declined according to case: hwas, hwam, hwan)
 * 7) hwat?, ƕat?: what? (declined according to case: hwas, hwam, hwat)
 * 8) ne: not (negative particle)
 * 9) all: all (of a number)
 * 10) maniȝ: many
 * 11) aan: one
 * 12) tweȝn/twa: two (tweȝn for masculine nouns, twa for feminine/neuter)
 * 13) great: big
 * 14) lang: long (not 'wide')
 * 15) small: small
 * 16) þat Weif: woman
 * 17) þe Werr: man (adult male human)
 * 18) þe Mann: person (individual human)
 * 19) þe Fisc: fish (noun)
 * 20) þe Fugel: bird
 * 21) þe Hund: dog
 * 22) þie Luus: louse (plural: Lyse)
 * 23) þe Beam: tree (not log)
 * 24) þat Sæd: seed (noun!)
 * 25) þat Leaf: leaf (botanics)
 * 26) þie Wyrt: root (botanics)
 * 27) þie Rind: bark (of tree)
 * 28) þie Hyd: skin (1952: person’s)
 * 29) þat Flæsc: flesh (1952 meat, flesh)
 * 30) þat Blod: blood
 * 31) þe Baan: bone
 * 32) þat Fætt: grease (1952: fat, organic substance); in cooking: þat Smerre
 * 33) þat Æȝȝ: egg
 * 34) þe Horn: horn (of bull etc., not 1952)*7
 * 35) þe Tæȝl: tail
 * 36) þie Feðer: feather (large, not down)
 * 37) þat Feax: hair (on head of humans)
 * 38) þe Hefd: head (anatomic)
 * 39) þat Eare: ear
 * 40) þat Eaȝe: eye
 * 41) þie Nase: nose
 * 42) þe Muuþ: mouth
 * 43) þe Toþ: tooth (front, rather than molar); (plural: Tœðe)
 * 44) þie Tunge: tongue (anatomical)
 * 45) þie Klawe: claw (not in 1952)*6; fingernail: Fingernæȝl
 * 46) þe Fot: foot (not leg); (plural: Fœte)
 * 47) þat Knee: knee (not 1952)*5
 * 48) þie Hand: hand
 * 49) þe Buuk: belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
 * 50) þe Hals: neck (not nape!)
 * 51) þie Bresten: breasts (female; 1955 still breast)*8
 * 52) þat Herte: heart
 * 53) þe Lifer: liver
 * 54) drinken: drink (verb); (drinkþ, drank, gedrunken)
 * 55) etten: eat (verb); (ittþ, aat, geetten)
 * 56) beiten: bite (verb); (beiteþ, baat, gebitten)
 * 57) seen: see (verb); (siehþ, saah, geseen)
 * 58) hieren: hear (verb); (hierþ, hierde, gehierd)
 * 59) witten: know (facts); (waat, wiste, gewitten)
 * 60) slæpen: sleep (verb); (slæpþ, slepp, geslæpen)
 * 61) sterfen: die (verb); (stirfþ, starf, is gestorfen)
 * 62) kwellen: kill (verb);
 * 63) swimmen: swim (verb); (swimmþ, swamm, is geswummen)
 * 64) fliejen: fly (verb)
 * 65) gaan: walk (verb); (gæþ, geng, is gegaan)
 * 66) kommen: come (verb); (kommþ, kaam, is gekommen)
 * 67) licgen: lie (on side, recline); (liȝþ, laag, geleȝen)
 * 68) sitten: sit (verb); (sittþ, saat, is gesetten)
 * 69) standen: stand (verb); (stændeþ, stod, is gestanden)
 * 70) gefen: give (verb); (gifþ, gaaf, gegefen)
 * 71) secgen: say (verb)*1; (sæȝþ, sæȝde, gesæȝd)
 * 72) þie Sunne: sun; (plural: Sunnen)
 * 73) þe Mon: moon (not 1952)*2; (plural: Mone)
 * 74) þe Sterr: star; (plural: Sterren)
 * 75) þat Water: water (noun)
 * 76) þe Reȝn: rain (noun, 1952 verb); verb: reȝnen, reȝnde, gereȝnd
 * 77) þe Staan: stone
 * 78) þe Sand: sand (opposite to following)
 * 79) þe Grund: earth (=soil)
 * 80) þie Wolke: cloud (not fog)
 * 81) þe Smiek: smoke (noun, of fire)
 * 82) þat Fyr: fire
 * 83) þie Æsc(en): ash(es)
 * 84) birnen: burn (verb intr.!)
 * 85) þe Pæþ: path (1952 road, trail; not street)
 * 86) þe Berg: mountain (not hill)
 * 87) read: red (colour)
 * 88) grœn: green (colour)
 * 89) ȝoll: yellow (colour)
 * 90) hweit (ƕeit): white (colour)
 * 91) swart: black (colour)
 * 92) þie Naht: night
 * 93) haat: hot (adjective; 1952 warm, of weather)
 * 94) kald: cold (of weather); (kælder, kældest)
 * 95) full: full *4
 * 96) niw: new
 * 97) god: good; (better, betst)
 * 98) rund: round (not 1952)*3
 * 99) dryg: dry (substance!)
 * 100) þe Name: name; (genitive: Namens; plural: Namen)