Vocabulary of Old Frisian (frêsisk)

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Adjectives: predicative - masculine, feminine, neuter
Numerals: masculine, feminine, neuter

1.    mother           môder, thiu môder, môdera
2.    father           feder, thî feder, federa
3.    sister           swester, thiu swester, swestera
4.    brother           brôther, thî brôther, brôthera
5.    daughter           dochter, thiu dochter, dochtera
6.    son           sunu, thî sunu, sunar


1.    water           weter, thet weter
2.    fire           fiûr, thet fiûr
3.    sun           sunne, thiu sunne
4.    moon           môna
5.    wind           wind, thî wind
6.    rain           rein


1.    one           ên, êne, ên
2.    two           twêne, twâ, twâ
3.    three           thrê, thria, thriu
4.    four           fiuwer
5.    five           fîf
6.    six           sex


1.    cat           katte
2.    dog           hund, thî hund, hundar
3.    horse           hengst, thî hengst
4.    cow           kû, thiu kû, kî
5.    fish           fisk, thî fisk, fiskar
6.    bird           fugel
7.    tree           bâm, thî bâm, bâmer
8.    flower          


1.    white           hwît - hwît, hwîte, hwît
2.    black           swart - swart, swarte, swart
3.    red           râd - râd, râde, râd
4.    green           grêne - grêne, grêne, grêne
5.    yellow          
6.    blue           blâw - blâw, blâwe, blâw
7.    grey          
8.    brown           brûn - brûn, brûne, brûn


Old Frisian was spoken in:

Den Helder
Harlingen
Heerenveen
Leeuwarden
Drachten
Dokkum
Delfzijl
Emden
Norden
Aurich
Wittmund
Jever
Wilhelmshaven
Varel
Bremerhaven
Cuxhaven
Bredstedt
Niebüll
Tønder
& The Frisian Islands

  1. sunnendei
  2. mônendei
  3. tîesdei
  4. wônsdei
  5. thunresdei
  6. frîadei
  7. saterdei
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