Middle English - Englisch (1150-1450)
- appel, apple
- earm, arm
- herfest, heruest, autumpne
- fugel, fuȝel, foule, brid
- blac, blak
- blod, blode, blood
- boc, bok, boke
- bread, bred, brede, breede, breed
- brigge
- broðer, broþer, brother
- byggen, begge, bie
- cat
- chese
- cyrce, chyrce, chirche, cherche
- cald, cold
- ku, cou, kow
- dohter, doȝter, douȝter, doughter
- daig, daiȝ, daie, day
- dead, deed
- deop, deap, depe
- hund, hound
- dure, dore
- drinken, drinke
- eare, ere, eere
- etan, eten, ete
- ehte, eȝte, eyȝte, eyghte
- æfen, euen
- eage, eȝe, eye
- fader
- finden, finde, fynde
- fyr, fir, fier, fyer, fyre
- fis, fissh, fisch
- fif, fiue, ffyue
- blostme, blosme, flur, flour, floure
- fot, fote
- wude, wode, forest
- feouwer, fower, fowr, foure
- fridæi, Fryday
- ful, fulle
- orchærd, gardyn
- gyuen, gyue
- gold
- god, gode, goode
- grene
- hand
- hauen
- he
- heafod, heaued, heued, heed, hed
- heren, here, heere
- heorte, herte
- hors, horse
- hus, hous
- hundred
- ic, ich, i, y, I
- is, ys, yse, yce
- in
- iren, yren
- yland
- hit, it
- Iul, Iuyl, Iule, Iulie
- king, kyng
- cnew, kne
- mere, lac, lake
- michel, large
- schank, leg
- makien, make
- milk, mylk
- monan dæȝ, Monenday, Monday
- feh, fe, moneye, money
- moneð, moneþ, moneth
- mone
- moder
- munt, mount, muntayne
- mus, mous
- muð, mouþ, mouth
- name
- niwe, newe
- niht, niȝt, night
- nigen, niȝen, nyne
- eald, ald, old, oold
- on
- an, on, oon, won
- open
- ȝelde, yelde, pai, pay
- peper
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- cwen, quen, quene, queene
- ren, rein, reyn, rayne
- reden, rede
- read, reed, rede, redde
- æ, riuere, riuer
- rin, rune, ronne
- salt, salte
- scole
- sæ, se, see
- seofen, sefenn, seuen
- hyo, heo, scæ, sȝe, sche, she
- sceap, scepe, schep, schepe, shepe, sheepe
- scyp, schip, ship
- selfer, siluer
- singe
- sister
- sitten, sitte
- syx, six
- slepen, slepe
- litel, littel
- snaw, snow
- sape, sope
- sune, sone
- speken, speke
- steorre, sterre
- stan, ston, stoon
- stret, strete
- sumer, somer
- sunne, sonne
- swete
- nimen, take
- ten
- hye, þei, þey, they
- þikke, thikke, thykke
- þinne, thinne
- þusend, þousend, thousand
- þreo, þre, thre
- thoner, thonder
- tid, time, tyme
- tunge, tonge
- toð, toþ, tooþ, tooth
- tun, toun, town
- twa, two
- understonden, vnderstonde
- dale, valeie, valey
- wike, village
- uuerre, werre
- water
- we; wit
- Wodnes dei, Wednesdei, Wednesday
- wike, wyke
- hwit, whit, whyte
- wind, winde, wynde
- win, wine, wyne
- winter, wynter
- wulf, wolf
- writen, write
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- gær, ȝer, ȝere, yeer
- ȝeolu, yelow
- þu, þou, thou; ȝit; ȝe, ye
- ȝung, ȝong, yong
- noht, noȝt, noght
Forsoþe God so louede þe world þat he ȝaf his oon bigetun sone, þat eche man þat bileueþ in to him perische not, but have euere lastynge lyf.
John 3,16
Middle English was spoken in:
Lunden
Brestol
York
Iernemouth (Gt. Yarmouth)
Lindecolnea (Lincoln)
Norwiche
Shrovesbury
Oxenford
Saresbury (Salisbury)
Botolfston (Boston)
Lynne (King's Lynn)
Yepiswiche (Ipswich)
Herford
Caunterbury
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