Case and number of nouns
This exercise will drill you on the basic noun paradigms in Introduction to Old English § 6.1, giving you practice in recognizing the case and number of nouns in context.
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Mīn brōþor dranc þæt bēor.
Þis is mīnes hlāfordes hræġl.
Þis is mīnre cwēne hræġl.
Mīn sweostor dranc þæt bēor.
Þis is mīnre cwēne bēor.
Iċ sǣde maniġ þing þām cyninge.
Ēadgār sǣde maniġ þing þǣre cwēne.
Healdað þisne dæġ on ēowrum ġemynde.
Iċ hæbbe þone sang on mīnum ġemynde.
Sceal iċ singan þone sang?
Ðā ðā hē dranc of ðām wīne, ðā wearð hē druncen.
Wel hundseofontiġ manna druncon þæt wīn.
Ġif þū mē selest gōd wīn, iċ wille þone sang singan.
Wē benāmon him his ǣhta.
Mē losodon mīne ǣhta.
Wē sculon forġifan þām mannum þe wið ūs āgyltað.
Sele þone hlāf þām men tō etanne.
Hīe slōgon men and orf.
Odissia bēoð ġedwyld, swā Omerus on þǣre bēċ reċð.
Wē rǣdað on bōcum þæt maniġe ġigantas wǣron on ealdum dagum.
Ūs secgað bēċ þæt sum ġigant wæs Mercurius nemned.
Ealde ūþwitan āwrāt maniġe bōca.
Ealhswīþ sēo fǣmne wæs Westseaxna cwēn.
Þǣre fǣmnan nama wæs Wynflæd.
Iċ ġeseah āne fǣmnan gān on þā brycge.
Fela wīsra fǣmnena sind on healle.
Þā goldhrodene fǣmnan ēodon on þā healle.
Hē cwæð, “Ēadgār is mīn nama.”
Hēo cwæð, “mīn nama is Ēadburg.”
Hē cȳðde mē his naman.
Iċ hæbbe fīf scipu.
Se ġigant hæfð twā hēafdu.
Eal mīn þing sind swīðe dȳre.
Wē hæfdon twā reċed: ōðer iċ āhte, ōðer āhte Ēadmund.
Sēo duru is þæs reċedes mūþ.
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What are the case and number of the highlighted noun? Note: selest is the second person singular of (ġe)sellan ‘give’.
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What are the case and number of the highlighted noun? Note: Read the glossary entry for beniman carefully, noting the cases it can take.
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What are the case and number of the highlighted noun? Note: sele is the imperative singular of (ġe)sellan ‘give’.
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What are the case and number of the highlighted noun? Note: Odissia ‘Odyssey’ is treated as plural; Omerus is the poet Homer (known but not read in Anglo-Saxon England); reċð is the third person singular of (ge)reċċan ‘tell’.
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