Fæger hǣr
Fæger is hǣrhīw þe man mæg in sumum lēodum findan, þe habbaþ lȳtel þæs deorcan scinnhīwes melanine. Þæt ānsīene hīw cymþ of missenliċum þingum, ac awa hæfþ gylden hīw, fram āblæc tō rēadisc "strēawberge" fægrum hǣre, þe hæfþ mā eumelanin.
[ādihtan] Wordstǣr
Þæt word fæger cymþ of Ealdorliċum Þēodisce *fagraz, and his sweostorword in ōðrum sprǣcum sind Eald Norðisc fagr, Eald Hēah Þēodisc fagar, and Geatisc fagrs.[1]
Þæt Nīwe Englisc word for fæger hǣr is blonde, þe man ēac wrīteþ swā blond. Wrāt man þis word ǣrest in 1481, and cymþ hit of þǣm Eald Frenċisc word blont þe mǣnþ "hīw þe is healf betwēonan gylden and lēoht ċisten." Man nū brūceþ þis word in þǣm stede þæs Ealdan Engliscan wordes fæger. Þæt Englisc word, and þus ēac þæt Frenċisc word blonde hæfþ twegen mihteliċ frymðas. Sum sprǣcmenn cweðaþ þæt cymþ hit of þǣm Middlan Ieldan Lǣdnan worde blundus, mǣnþ gēolu, fram Ealdum Francisce *blund, hwelċ gesibb hit mid Ealdum Englisce blonden-feax, ēac cuþ swā greg hǣred, fram blanden.
