My WordHoard

Noun- used to name a person, place, animal, thing, and abstract idea

woman/wife- cwene

man- monn

child- bearn

family- cyÞÞ

music/joy- drēam

water/sea- flōd

help/support/protection- fultum

teacher- lārēow

gift- lēan

memory- gemynd

friend- frēond

marriage/ sexual intercourse- synscipe

town/village- tūn

bad weather- unweder

criminal/ evil spirit- wearg

forest- holt

walrus- horshwæl

scholar/writer- bōcere

clothes- clāp

song/speech- cwidegiedd

Verb- carries the idea of being or action in a sentence

laugh- hlehhan

pray/ask- biddan

read- rædan

give birth to- ācennan

travel- faran

teach/instruct- tæcon

attack/approach- nægan

think of/imagine- (ge)Þencan

love- lufian

perform/experience- drēogan

Adjectives- modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words

many- fela

strong/powerful- strang

beautiful/pleasant- fæger

innocent/honest- bilewite

weary from drinking mead/hung over- medowērig

Adverb- indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers the questions, “how?” “when?” “where?” “how much?”

deeply- dēope

very- ful

Conjunctions- a joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence

and- ond

but- ac

so that/because- Þæt

Prepositions- usually indicates that temporal, spatial, or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence

on- an

in/into- innan

behind- beæftan

over- ofer

between- betwēonan

Kennings- 2 nouns put together, noun creatively renamed

information-giver/ teacher/ ingefeallan-giefend

world-view/ computer/ ymbhwyrft- inscēawung

story-teller/ television/ lár-átellan

emergency-help/ paramedic/ nied-helpe

weather-person/ meteorologist/ weder-mann

My 2 sentences

The information-giver taught the children how to read.
Se ingefeallan-giefend tæcon se cildfaru hū tō rædan.

The weather-person expected bad weather for today.
Se weder-mann àbídan unweder fore tōdæg.