This exercise will give you more practice recognizing common
Old English prepositions. For
each highlighted preposition indicate what case it governs and
which translation of it is most appropriate. Then translate
the whole sentence.
Him Uauius se
consul mid
ġefeohte onġēan cōm.
Hī ongunnon ealle wēpan, and miċel wōp wæs ġeond ealle þā ċeastre.
Wæs þis īġlond ēac ġeō ġewurðad mid þām æðelestum ċeastrum.
For þǣre menigu men ne
mihton hī bebyriġan, ac āwurpon þā līċ ofer þone weall.
Þā þone cyning Ninus mon ofslōg, þā fēng Sameramis his cwēn
tō þām rīċe.
Nȳtenu and orfcynn hē
forġeaf ūs tō fultume
and wyrta tō lǣċedōme.
Hēr fōr se here ūp þurh þā brycge æt Paris.
Hē cȳdde þām bisceope hū hē wearð ġehǣled þurh þone hālgan Swīþūn.
Se rēða cyning fērde sume dæġe wið þæs hālgan weres mynster.
Nū sceole wē bēon snotere wið ðæs dēofles swīcdōmas, swā swā se
Hǣlend sǣde.
Ðā þā ealle men stille wǣron ymb midne dæġ, þā cōm se þēof.
Sēo ēa þe wē ǣr ymbe sprǣcon līð ūt of þām wealde.
Þā þām ōðrum dæġe wæs his līċhama funden ūt āworpen of þǣre byrġene.
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te01
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te03
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te04
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te05
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te06
What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te07
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te08
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te09
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te10
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te11
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te12
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What case does the highlighted preposition govern? What is the best translation for it?
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
- dative
- against
- around
- as
- because of
- by
- of
- over
- throughout
- to
- with
te13
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This is the end of the exercise. If you earned fewer than 68 points,
review Introduction to Old English §10.5 and then
come back for another try.