Modern English–Old English dictionary
Old English translation of the English word man
| English | English (Old English) (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (human being; human) | ||
🔗 What sort of men were they who tended these fires? | ||
| (fellow; male; bloke) | guma ; ; ; ceorl ; esne | |
a man (one; they; you; people; we; a fellow) | man | |
| (slave; bondsman) | þeow | |
| (slave; bondman) | þeow | |
| (merchant) | ciepemann | |
clergyman (minister; priest) | ; | |
clergyman (cleric; churchman) | clerc | |
| (fisher) | fiscere | |
🔗 Too many of Indonesia’s 2.6 million fishermen are still poor. | ||
hangman (executioner) | cwellere | |
| (boss; chief; leader; head; kingpin) | ealdor ; eorl | |
🔗 “Take them away,” ordered the headman, “and confine them safely in a hut.” | ||
herdsman | hierde ; hirde | |
kinsman (relative; relation; sib) | mæg | |
man‐servant (servant; attendant) | þegen ; þegn ; þeow ; cniht ; esne | |
wealh | ||
| English | English (Old English) |
|---|---|
| man | ⇆ æþelling; ⇆ beorn; ⇆ ceorl; ⇆ eorl; ⇆ eorþbuend; ⇆ esne; ⇆ foldagend; ⇆ foldbuend; ⇆ geselda; ⇆ guma; ⇆ hæle; ⇆ hæleþ; ⇆ magu; ⇆ maguþegn; ⇆ man; ⇆ mann; ⇆ manna; ⇆ mecg; ⇆ reordberend; ⇆ rinc; ⇆ scealc; ⇆ secg; ⇆ þegen; ⇆ þen; ⇆ þeng; ⇆ wæpnedmann; ⇆ wer |
| fisherman | ⇆ fiscere |
| freeman | ⇆ þegen; ⇆ þen; ⇆ þeng |
| herdsman | ⇆ hierde; ⇆ hirde; ⇆ swan |
| kinsman | ⇆ freomæg; ⇆ mæg; ⇆ winemæg |
| layman | ⇆ læwed |
| mankind | ⇆ manncynn |
| manslayer | ⇆ mannslaga |
| manslaying | ⇆ mannslieht |
| ploughman | ⇆ ierþling |
| Welshman | ⇆ wealh |