Vocabulary of Old Saxon (sahsisk)

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

1.    mother           môdar, thiu môdar, môdar
2.    father           fadar, thê fadar, fadar
3.    sister           swestar, thiu swestar, swestar
4.    brother           brôđar, thê brôđar, brôđar
5.    daughter           dohtar, thiu dohtar, dohtar
6.    son           sunu, thê sunu, suni


1.    water           watar, that watar
2.    fire           fiur, that fiur, fiur
3.    sun           sunna, thiu sunna
4.    moon           mâno, thê mâno, mânun
5.    wind           wind, thê wind
6.    rain           regan, thê regan


1.    one           ên, ên, ên
2.    two           twêne, twâ, twê
3.    three           thria, thria, thriu
4.    four           fiuwar
5.    five           fîf
6.    six           sehs


1.    cat          
2.    dog           hund, thê hund, hundos
3.    horse           hros
4.    cow           kô
5.    fish           fisk, thê fisk, fiskos
6.    bird           fugal, thê fugal, fuglos
7.    tree           bôm, thê bôm, bômos
8.    flower           blômo


1.    white           hwît - hwît, hwît, hwît
2.    black           swart - swart, swart, swart
3.    red           rôd - rôd, rôd, rôd
4.    green           grôni - grôni, grôni, grôni
5.    yellow           gelo - gelo, gelo, gelo
6.    blue           blâo - blâo, blâo, blâo
7.    grey           grâo - grâo, grâo, grâo
8.    brown           brûn - brûn, brûn, brûn


Old Saxon was spoken in:

Wuppertal
Essen
Zutphen
Zwolle
Groningen
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Magdeburg
Halle
Braunschweig
Hannover
Bielefeld
Münster

  1. Jâ. Nên.

9. Fadar ûsa firiho barno, thu bist an them hôhon himila rîkea, gewîhid sî thîn namo, wordo gehwilico.
10. Cuma thîn craftag rîki. Werđa thîn willeo oƀar thesa werold alla, sô sama an erđo, sô thar uppa ist an them hôhon himilo rîkea.
11. Gef ûs dago gehwilikes râd, drohtin the gôdo, thîna hêlaga helpa,
12. endi alât ûs, heƀenes ward, managoro mênsculdio, al sô we ôđrum mannum dôan.
13. Ne lât ûs farlêdean lêđa wihti sô forđ an iro willeon, sô wi wirđige sind, ac help ûs wiđar allun uƀilon dâdiun.
The Bible, Matthew 6, 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)

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