Modern English survivals of Old English vocabulary


 

Text Box: Adjectives:
god, good		wid, wide
fæst, fast		halig, holy
rice, rich		an, nan, one, none
heah, hierra, hiehst, high, higher, highest
micel, mara, mæst, much,more, most


Prepositions:	
in, in, on		on, in, on
to, to, toward	for, for
ofer, over		under, under
æfter, after	æt, at
Þurh, through

Conjunctions:	and, ond, and		gif, if  	Þeah, though


          Nouns:

       god, God          dæg, day

       mann, man       hand, hand      

       heofon, heaven cynn, kin

       eorđe, earth      riht, right

       lif, life              Þanc, thank

       lufu, love          engel, angel

       word, word       weorc, work

 

        Pronouns:       

       ic, I          Þu, thou    he, he

       hit, it        Þæt, that   hwa, who

       Þis, this    hwæt, what      

 

        Verbs:     

       sittan, sit         secan, seek

       healdan, hold   bran, bear

       giefan, give      cuman, come

       seon, see          beon, wæs, be, was

       don, dyde, do, did

 

        Adverbs: 

       to, too              eall, all

       swa, so, as                Þær, there

       Þanne, then      nu, now

       ær, ere, before    wide, widely