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 grease (1952: fat, organic substance) 33. þat Æȝȝ: egg horn (of bull etc., not 1952)*7 tail feather (large, not down) 37. þat Feax: hair (on head of humans) head (anatomic) ear eye nose mouth þe Toþ: tooth (front, rather than molar); (plural: Tœðe) tongue (anatomical) claw (not in 1952)*6 þe Fot: foot (not leg); (plural: Fœte) þat Knee: knee (not 1952)*5 þie Hand: hand belly (lower part of body, abdomen) neck (not nape!) breasts (female; 1955 still breast)*8 heart liver . drinken: drink (verb); (drinkþ, drank, gedrunken) eat (verb); (ittþ, aat, geetten) bite (verb); (beiteþ, baat, gebitten) see (verb); (siehþ, saah, geseen) hear (verb); (hierþ, hierde, gehierd) know (facts); (waat, wiste, gewitten) sleep (verb); (slæpþ, slepp, geslæpen) die (verb); (stirfþ, starf, is gestorfen) kill (verb); swim (verb); (swimmþ, swamm, is geswummen) fly (verb) walk (verb) come (verb) . licgen: lie (on side, recline); (liȝþ, laag, geleȝen) . sitten: sit (verb); (sittþ, saat, is gesetten) . standen: stand (verb); (stændeþ, stod, is gestanden) . gefen: give (verb); (gifþ, gaaf, gegefen) . secgen: say (verb)*1; (sæȝþ, sæȝde, gesæȝd) . þie Sunne: sun moon (not 1952)*2 star . þat Water: water (noun) . þe Reȝn: rain (noun, 1952 verb); verb: reȝnen, reȝnde, gereȝnd . þe Staan: stone sand (opposite to following) earth (=soil) cloud (not fog) smoke (noun, of fire) fire ash(es) burn (verb intr.!) path (1952 road, trail; not street) mountain (not hill) red (colour) green (colour) yellow (colour) . hweit (ƕeit): white (colour) 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 good 98. rund: round (not 1952)*3 dry (substance!) 100. þe Name: name; (genitive: Namens; plural: Namen)