Lexical-semantic system of Old English sensorial verbs

The paper focuses on the research of the lexical-semantic fields of the Old English sensorial verbs. The core, main corpus and periphery of the five major lexical-semantic fields are defined and demarcated according to five basic processes of sensory perception. Lexical-semantic fields of Old English verbs of visual (to see), auditory (to hear), haptic (to touch), degustative (to taste), olfactory (to smell) perception are structured with the help of diachronic and synchronic methods and the criteria of historical - semasiological research. Their lexical-semantic properties are analyzed.