Vocabulary - Animals


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ant [] ǽmette f

ape [] apa m

awl [] æl m

badger [] brocc m

barnacle [] byrnete f

bear [] bera m

beaver [] befer m

bee [] béo f; swarm/flight of ~s béogang m

beetle [] bitela m

beetle [] budda m

bird (young ~) [] bridd m

boar [] bár m

buck [] bucca m

bull [] bula m (steer)

butterfly [] buterflége f, buterfléoge f

chicken [] bridd m

deer (male ~) [] bucca m

eel [] ǽl m, ǽlfisc m, ǽlfix m

elephant [] ylp m

fish (perch) [] bærs m

fish (sea-produce) [] brimhlæst f

gadfly [] béaw m

gadfly [] bréosa m

gadfly? [] brimsa? m

he-ass [] assa m

he-goat [] bucca m

hog [] bearg m

lizard [] áðexe f

male deer [] bucca m

perch (a fish) [] bærs m

piercer [] æl m

pig (barrow ~) [] bearg m

queen-bee [] béomódor f

sea-bird [] brimfugol m

seagull [] brimfugol m

she-ass [] assen f, assmyre f

she-bear [] biren f

she-bear [] byren f, byrene f

spider [] átorcoppe f

squirrel [] ácweorna m

steer [] bula m (bull)

tortoise [] byrdlung f

unicorn [] ánhorn m, ánhorna m, ánhyrne m

viper [] ǽtern ?; vípere m

wolf (she~ of the sea or lake) [] brimwulf m

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11/11/2003