Beowulf is my name.
Bēowulf is mīn ________.
This elementary exercise will help you memorize weak noun inflections. Each sentence contains one of four very common weak nouns. Based on the Modern English version and the Old English context, decide what the case and number of the noun should be. Then find the right form in the paradigm provided. To spice things up a bit the sentences are presented in random order.
Your goal should be to get a perfect score. Repeat this exercise until you do!
Beowulf is my name.
Bēowulf is mīn ________.
I know this man's name.
Iċ wāt þone ________ þisses guman.
The Gauls also deprived them of their name.
Þā Gallie ēac hīe þæs ________ benāmon.
Then he began to call him by name.
Þā ongan hē hine be ________ nemnan.
Here are written the names of the twelve patriarchs.
Hēr sind āwritene ðā ________ ðāra twelf hēahfædera.
The other six were called by these names.
Þā oðre syx wǣron ġecīġde þissum ________.
They all circumcised their children on the eighth day and made names for them.
Ealle hīe ymbsnidon hira ċild on þām eahteoðan dæġe and him ________ ġescōpon.
His eye looks upon all [things].
His ________ ofer ealle lōcað.
Compensate an eye with an eye and a tooth with a tooth.
Ġylde ________ mid ēagan and tōð mid tēð.
Now recently a certain man was healed of a disease of his eye.
Nū nīwan wæs sum man ġehǣled fram þǣre ādle his ________.
This ointment drives the pain from the eye.
Þēos sealf ādrīfð þæt sar of þam ________.
Then someone stabbed out his eyes.
Þā sticode him mon þā ________ ūt.
His eyes were like the sun’s light.
His ________ wǣron swelċe sunnan lēoma.
In hell there is weeping of eyes and gnashing of teeth.
On helle bið ________ wōp and tōþa gristbitung.
The future tribulation is now concealed from your eyes.
Sēo tōwearde wracu is nū bedīglod fram þīnum ________.
I will explain to you the significance of these names.
Iċ wille ēow sweotolian þissa ________ ġetācnunge.
The woman gave him an answer.
Sēo ________ him andsware ġeaf.
Then the men seized the woman and threw her into the oven.
Þā ġenāmon þā men þā ________ ond wurpon in þone ofen.
Now I have been overpowered by one young woman.
Nu fram ānre ġeongre ________ iċ eom oferswīþed.
She was the servant of the woman Herundies.
Sēo wæs þīnen Herundies þǣre ________.
The women trimmed their lamps.
Þa ________ glenġdon hira lēohtfatu.
The vikings led the women to their ships.
Þā wīċingas lǣddon þā ________ tō hira scipum.
Then he came into a monastery of women.
Þā becōm hē in ________ mynstre.
They lived always chaste, he with men and she with women.
Hīe wunodan ā clǣne, hē mid werum ond hēo mid ________.
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Nominative | ēage | ēagan |
Accusative | ēage | ēagan |
Genitive | ēagan | ēagena |
Dative | ēagan | ēagum |
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Nominative | ēage | ēagan |
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Nominative | nama | naman |
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Nominative | fǣmne | fǣmnan |
Accusative | fǣmnan | fǣmnan |
Genitive | fǣmnan | fǣmnena |
Dative | fǣmnan | fǣmnum |
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Dative | fǣmnan | fǣmnum |