Here are the Old English names of 12 common insects. Can you identify them? Most are still quite close to the modern English equivalents.
1 fleoge2 wifel3 bitela4 gnætt5 moþþe6 buterfleoge7 mycg8 leafwyrm9 treowwyrm10 beo11 æmete12 græshoppa
12 Anglo-Saxon Insects
Here are the Old English names of 12 common insects. Can you identify them? Most are still quite close to the modern English equivalents.
1 fleoge
2 wifel
3 bitela
4 gnætt
5 moþþe
6 buterfleoge
7 mycg
8 leafwyrm
9 treowwyrm
10 beo
11 æmete
12 græshoppa