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12 Anglo-Saxon Insects

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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 20 June 2025, 19:34

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

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