In each of the short sentences in this exercise, you must fill
the blank with a noun phrase consisting of a pronoun and a noun
(see Introduction to Old English, §6.1.4). To complete
the exercise successfully, you must understand the case system
(Chapter 4) and know the basic demonstrative pronoun and noun
paradigms (§§5.1.3, 6.1).
____________
ofslōg þone ċeorl.
Þæt wīf ǣt
____________.
____________
bohton twēġen fætelsas.
Iċ ġeaf mīn sweord
____________.
____________
sindon wynsume on ġesyhðe.
Sēo fǣmne siteð on
____________.
Se cniht gǣþ on
____________.
Sēo mæġð sæġde ān spell
____________.
Wē sēoðað
____________
on wætere.
____________
lār is swīðe dēop.
____________
fuhton swīðe heardlīċe.
Iċ ġeaf
____________
ealle mīne mēaras.
Ǣlċ
____________
hæfð ān hors.
____________
ēagan wurdon blinde.
Hēo sealde
____________
ānne æppel.
Bring mē
____________!
____________
wēndon þæt hīe scoldon wīn habban.
____________
þūhte se medu tō swēte.
____________
healsbēagas sindon wlitiġe.
Ðā þeġnas ridon tō
____________.
On þissum ġēare forbærn
____________.
Se cyning mē ġeaf
____________
tō brȳdġife.
____________
bepǣċaþ unwīsra manna sāwla.
____________
brādnes is swīðe miċel.
Ealle men wuniað on
____________.
te01
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
se cyning
þone cyning
þæs cyninges
þām cyninge
te02
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
se hlāf
þone hlāf
þæs hlāfes
þām hlāfe
te03
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Þā wīf
Þāra wīfa
Þām wīfum
te04
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo cwēn
þā cwēne
þǣre cwēne
te05
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā fuglas
Ðāra fugla
Ðām fuglum
te06
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo heall
þā healle
þǣre healle
te07
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo heall
þā healle
þǣre healle
te08
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
se esne
þone esne
þæs esnes
þām esne
te09
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
þā wyrta
þāra wyrta
þām wyrtum
te10
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Se lārēow
Þone lārēow
Þæs lārēowes
Þām lārēowe
te11
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā men
Ðāra manna
Ðām mannum
te12
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
þā men
þāra manna
þām mannum
te13
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
þā men
þāra manna
þām mannum
te14
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Se man
Ðone man
Ðæs mannes
Ðām men
te15
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
se man
þone man
þæs mannes
þām men
te16
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
þæt bēor
þæs bēores
þām bēore
te17
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā cwēna
Ðāra cwēna
Ðām cwēnum
te18
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā cwēna
Ðāra cwēna
Ðām cwēnum
te19
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā cwēna
Ðāra cwēna
Ðām cwēnum
te20
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo burg
þā burg
þǣre byriġ
te21
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo burg
þā burg
þǣre byriġ
te22
Drag a noun phrase into the blank. Translate tō brȳdġife “as a bridal gift.”
sēo burg
þā burg
þǣre byriġ
te23
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Ðā scuccan
Ðāra scucca
Ðām scuccum
te24
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
Sēo eorþe
Ðā eorþan
Ðǣre eorþan
te25
Drag a noun phrase into the blank.
sēo eorþe
þā eorþan
þǣre eorþan
This is the end of the exercise. If you earned fewer than
20 points, review Chapter 4 and also §§5.1.3, 6.1 of
Introduction to Old English and then try this
exercise again.