Monday, November 5, 2007

Word Hoard

Note: This is still a work in progress

English to Old English translation
Nouns (20)

1. Woods-Wudu

2.Book-boc

3.Road-rad

4. worm-wurm


5.Bells-belle

6.teacher-pedagogos

7. Snow-snaw

8.care-caru


8. Pen-penne

9.leaf-leaf

10.house-hus

11.Shin-scinu

12.Friend-Freond

13.word-word

14.Husband-husbonda

15.water-waeter

16.Mother-modor

17.Mat-matte

18.Father-Faeder

19.board-bord

20. family-hiwscipe

Verbs (10)
run -rinnan
leap-hleapan
walk -wealcan
write -writan
laugh -hlihhan
work -worhte
talk -specan
learn -leornian
read- raedan
yawn-ginian

Adjectives (5)

1.colorful-hiw

2.smart-swaert

3. pretty-praettig

4.dreary-dreorig

5.strong- strange
Prepositions (5)
under-under

of-aef

for-for

along-andlang

throughout-purhut
Adverbs (2)
finally-

recently-
Conjunctions (3)
After-aefter

Although-eallpeah

until-und
Kennings (5)

  1. melon-Koft: A fashionable headcovering worn by young adolescents
  2. Coin-moocher: a person who nabs coins out of the "penny jars" at grocery stores, to pay for their groceries, even though they have sweaty fists full of pennies already.
  3. Kanoodle-man: an individual who shows public displays of affection, while waiting in line at the supermarket.
  4. Stone-oval: a soft, healthy bread eaten primarily by the upper-class citizens living in Brazil.
  5. wonderworker- The habit of exercizing prior or post normal hours. ie. waking up at 4am and working out.

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