| I | pronom | ich | I am here now. Ich am here now. |
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| you | pronom | þou | You are my friend. Þou art my frend. |
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| he | pronom | he | He walks to town. He walketh to toun. |
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| she | pronom | she | She sings every morning. She singeth every morwe. |
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| we | pronom | we | We work together daily. We werken togidere daily. |
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| they | pronom | þei | They live near here. Þei liven nygh here. |
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| what | pronom | what | What do you see? What seest þou? |
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| where | adverbe | where | Where do they go? Where gon þei? |
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| when | adverbe | whanne | When will he come? Whanne shal he come? |
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| who | pronom | who | Who is at the door? Who is at the dore? |
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| why | adverbe | why | Why are you sad? Why art þou sory? |
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| how | adverbe | how | How do you know? How knowest þou? |
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| to be | verbe | ben | They are very happy. Þei ben ful glad. |
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| to have | verbe | han | I have a book. Ich have a book. |
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| to do | verbe | don | We do our work. We don oure werk. |
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| to go | verbe | gon | They go to school. Þei gon to scole. |
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| to come | verbe | comen | Come to my house. Com to myn hous. |
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| to see | verbe | seen | I see the moon. Ich se the mone. |
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| to know | verbe | knowen | They know the truth. Þei knowen the sothe. |
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| to think | verbe | thenken | I think of home. Ich thenke of hom. |
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| to want | verbe | wanten | We want more bread. We wanten more breed. |
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| to need | verbe | neden | I need your help. Ich nede thy help. |
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| to make | verbe | maken | They make good bread. Þei maken good breed. |
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| to take | verbe | taken | Take this book home. Tak this book hom. |
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| to give | verbe | given | Give me the bread. Yif me the breed. |
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| to say | verbe | seien | I say the truth. Ich seye the sothe. |
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| to tell | verbe | tellen | Tell me your name. Telle me thy name. |
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| to ask | verbe | asken | They ask for water. Þei asken for water. |
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| to find | verbe | finden | We find the way. We finden the wey. |
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| to look | verbe | loken | Look at the sky. Loke at the sky. |
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| to use | verbe | usen | I use this knife. Ich use this knyf. |
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| to work | verbe | werken | They work every day. Þei werken every day. |
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| to eat | verbe | eten | We eat warm bread. We eten warm breed. |
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| to drink | verbe | drinken | I drink cold water. Ich drinke cold water. |
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| to sleep | verbe | slepen | Children sleep at night. Children slepen at nyght. |
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| to walk | verbe | walken | We walk to town. We walken to toun. |
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| to run | verbe | rennen | Boys run very fast. Boys rennen ful faste. |
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| to read | verbe | reden | I read this book. Ich rede this book. |
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| to write | verbe | writen | She writes a letter. She writeth a lettre. |
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| to speak | verbe | speken | They speak with us. Þei speken with us. |
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| to listen | verbe | herknen | Listen to my words. Herkne to my wordes. |
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| to hear | verbe | heren | I hear the wind. Ich here the wind. |
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| to buy | verbe | byen | We buy fresh fish. We byen fresh fish. |
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| to sell | verbe | sellen | They sell good bread. Þei sellen good breed. |
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| to pay | verbe | paien | I pay the man. Ich paye the man. |
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| to help | verbe | helpen | Help your old friend. Helpe thy olde frend. |
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| to love | verbe | loven | We love our child. We loven oure child. |
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| to live | verbe | liven | They live in London. Þei liven in London. |
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| to die | verbe | dien | All men must die. Alle men moten dien. |
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| to learn | verbe | lernen | Children learn at school. Children lernen at scole. |
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| to teach | verbe | techen | They teach young children. Þei techen yonge children. |
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| to open | verbe | openen | Open the wooden door. Opene the houten dore. |
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| to close | verbe | shutten | Close the door now. Shutte the dore now. |
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| person | nom | persone | Each person has a name. Ech persone hath a name. |
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| man | nom | man | The man is tall. The man is heigh. |
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| woman | nom | womman | The woman speaks softly. The womman speketh softe. |
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| child | nom | child | The child is sleeping. The child is slepinge. |
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| boy | nom | boy | The boy runs home. The boy renneth hom. |
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| girl | nom | girle | The girl reads well. The girle redeth wel. |
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| family | nom | familie | Our family lives here. Oure familie liveth here. |
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| mother | nom | moder | My mother is kind. My moder is kinde. |
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| father | nom | fader | His father works hard. His fader werketh hard. |
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| friend | nom | frend | My friend comes today. My frend cometh today. |
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| house | nom | hous | The house is new. The hous is newe. |
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| home | nom | hom | We go home now. We gon hom now. |
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| school | nom | scole | The school is large. The scole is large. |
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| city | nom | citee | This city is busy. This citee is bisy. |
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| country | nom | contree | The country is peaceful. The contree is pesible. |
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| world | nom | world | The world is wide. The world is wide. |
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| street | nom | strete | The street is long. The strete is long. |
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| room | nom | roum | The room is warm. The roum is warm. |
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| time | nom | time | Time passes very quickly. Time passeth ful quickly. |
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| day | nom | day | The day is bright. The day is bright. |
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| night | nom | nyght | The night is cold. The nyght is cold. |
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| morning | nom | morwe | The morning is clear. The morwe is clere. |
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| evening | nom | even | The evening grows dark. The even waxeth derk. |
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| week | nom | weke | A week passes soon. A weke passeth sone. |
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| month | nom | month | This month is cold. This month is cold. |
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| year | nom | yeer | The year ends now. The yeer endeth now. |
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| today | adverbe | today | I work today. Ich werke today. |
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| tomorrow | adverbe | tomorwe | We leave tomorrow morning. We leven tomorwe morwe. |
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| yesterday | adverbe | yisterday | He came yesterday evening. He cam yisterday even. |
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| now | adverbe | now | Come here now. Com hider now. |
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| sun | nom | sonne | The sun is hot. The sonne is hoot. |
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| moon | nom | mone | The moon shines tonight. The mone shineth tonyght. |
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| star | nom | sterre | A star shines above. A sterre shineth above. |
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| sky | nom | sky | The sky is blue. The sky is blew. |
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| earth | nom | erthe | The earth is wide. The erthe is wide. |
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| fire | nom | fir | The fire burns bright. The fir brenneth bright. |
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| water | nom | water | The water is cold. The water is cold. |
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| rain | nom | rein | The rain falls softly. The rein falleth softe. |
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| wind | nom | wind | The wind is strong. The wind is strong. |
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| tree | nom | tree | The tree is tall. The tree is tall. |
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| flower | nom | flour | The flower smells sweet. The flour smelleth swete. |
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| mountain | nom | mountain | The mountain is high. The mountain is heigh. |
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| river | nom | river | The river runs fast. The river renneth faste. |
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| sea | nom | see | The sea is rough. The see is rough. |
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| food | nom | mete | The food is ready. The mete is redy. |
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| bread | nom | breed | This bread is fresh. This breed is fresh. |
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| meat | nom | flesh | The meat is hot. The flesh is hoot. |
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| fish | nom | fish | We eat fish today. We eten fish today. |
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| egg | nom | ey | The egg is broken. The ey is broken. |
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| milk | nom | milk | The milk is warm. The milk is warm. |
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| fruit | nom | fruit | The fruit is sweet. The fruit is swete. |
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| head | nom | heed | My head aches today. My heed aketh today. |
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| eye | nom | eye | Her eye is blue. Hire eye is blew. |
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| ear | nom | ere | My ear hears well. Myn ere hereth wel. |
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| mouth | nom | mouth | Open your mouth wide. Opene thy mouth wide. |
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| nose | nom | nose | His nose is red. His nose is reed. |
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| hand | nom | hand | My hand is cold. My hand is cold. |
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| foot | nom | foot | My foot hurts now. My foot hurteth now. |
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| heart | nom | herte | Her heart is strong. Hire herte is strong. |
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| name | nom | name | My name is John. My name is John. |
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| book | nom | book | This book is old. This book is olde. |
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| word | nom | word | That word is true. That word is trewe. |
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| language | nom | language | This language sounds beautiful. This language sowneth fair. |
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| money | nom | moneye | I have no money. Ich have no moneye. |
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| work | nom | werk | The work is hard. The werk is hard. |
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| love | nom | love | Love makes life sweet. Love maketh lyf swete. |
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| music | nom | musike | The music is lovely. The musike is lovely. |
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| story | nom | tale | The story is long. The tale is long. |
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| way | nom | wey | This way is short. This wey is short. |
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| thing | nom | thing | This thing is useful. This thing is profitable. |
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| life | nom | lyf | Life is very short. Lyf is ful short. |
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| door | nom | dore | The door is open. The dore is open. |
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| table | nom | table | The table is round. The table is round. |
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| chair | nom | chaier | The chair is broken. The chaier is broken. |
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| good | adjectif | good | This bread is good. This breed is good. |
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| bad | adjectif | badde | This water is bad. This water is badde. |
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| big | adjectif | greet | The house is big. The hous is greet. |
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| small | adjectif | smal | The room is small. The roum is smal. |
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| new | adjectif | newe | I have a new book. Ich have a newe book. |
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| old | adjectif | olde | The old man walks. The olde man walketh. |
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| long | adjectif | long | The road is long. The road is long. |
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| short | adjectif | short | The story is short. The tale is short. |
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| high | adjectif | heigh | The mountain is high. The mountain is heigh. |
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| low | adjectif | lowe | The table is low. The table is lowe. |
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| hot | adjectif | hoot | The fire is hot. The fir is hoot. |
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| cold | adjectif | cold | The water is cold. The water is cold. |
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| happy | adjectif | glad | She is very happy. She is ful glad. |
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| sad | adjectif | sory | He feels sad today. He feleth sory today. |
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| beautiful | adjectif | fair | The flower is beautiful. The flour is fair. |
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| easy | adjectif | esy | This work is easy. This werk is esy. |
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| hard | adjectif | hard | This lesson is hard. This lesson is hard. |
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| fast | adjectif | swift | The horse is fast. The hors is swift. |
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| slow | adjectif | slow | The cart is slow. The cart is slow. |
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| right | adjectif | right | Your answer is right. Thyn answere is right. |
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| wrong | adjectif | wrong | That answer is wrong. That answere is wrong. |
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| important | adjectif | important | This work is important. This werk is important. |
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| true | adjectif | trewe | His words are true. His wordes ben trewe. |
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| free | adjectif | free | This man is free. This man is free. |
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| full | adjectif | ful | The cup is full. The cuppe is ful. |
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| empty | adjectif | empty | The room is empty. The roum is empty. |
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| young | adjectif | yong | The child is young. The child is yong. |
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| strong | adjectif | strong | The man is strong. The man is strong. |
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| weak | adjectif | weik | The old man is weak. The olde man is weik. |
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| red | adjectif | reed | The flower is red. The flour is reed. |
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| blue | adjectif | blew | The sky is blue. The sky is blew. |
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| green | adjectif | grene | The tree is green. The tree is grene. |
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| yellow | adjectif | yelowe | The flower is yellow. The flour is yelowe. |
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| black | adjectif | blak | The night is black. The nyght is blak. |
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| white | adjectif | whit | The milk is white. The milk is whit. |
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| yes | interjection | yea | Yes, I will come. Yea, ich shal come. |
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| no | interjection | nay | No, I do not know. Nay, ich knowe not. |
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| not | adverbe | not | I am not ready. Ich am not redy. |
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| and | conjonction | and | Bread and milk are here. Breed and milk ben here. |
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| or | conjonction | or | |
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| but | conjonction | but | He is poor but honest. He is povre but honest. |
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| if | conjonction | if | If he comes, we eat. If he cometh, we eten. |
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| because | conjonction | for | I stay because it rains. Ich abyde, for it reineth. |
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| with | préposition | with | I go with my friend. Ich go with my frend. |
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| without | préposition | withouten | He left without money. He lefte withouten moneye. |
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| for | préposition | for | This gift is for you. This yifte is for thee. |
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| from | préposition | from | I come from town. Ich come from toun. |
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| to | préposition | to | We go to school. We gon to scole. |
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