This exercise will test your knowledge of how pronouns and
adjectives agree with nouns—a topic discussed in Introduction
to Old English, §11.4. Carefully read each of the twelve
simple sentences in the exercise. Drag the most appropriate word
or words into the blank(s) and then translate.
Orosius sǣde þæt ūre Dryhten
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ǣrestan mon swīþe
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ġesceōpe.
Hwæt, iċ becōm nū tō ðē swā swā tō
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fæder.
Nis nāðor ne gold ne seolfor wið
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mannes frēondscipe wiðmeten.
Hwȳ is þæt þæt maniġ
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man lifað lange, and maniġ
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mann sōna swelt
Þā cwæð
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wīf, ‘God ūs forbēad
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trēowes wæstm’.
Āwend þīne ēagan fram
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ġesihðe.
Heo sōna ārās mid miċle eġe āfyrhted and arn tō
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fǣmnan.
Ðā cwæð hē, ‘hwȳ ascast ðū
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naman?’
Þū bǣde mē þæt iċ sceolde āwendan of Lǣdene on Englisc
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bōc Genesis.
Se ðe on
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þinge bið ġetrēowe, se bið ġetrēowe on ðām
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þinge.
Nǣfre bið on helle swā miċel wynsumnes swā
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fugeles sweġ.
Iċ ġedō þæt
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wīf bēoð wydewan and
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bearn bēoð stēopċild.
te01
Drag the best red word into the red blank and the best blue word into the blue blank.
se
þone
þæs
þām
gōd
gōdne
gōdes
gōdum
te01
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te02
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
gōd
gōdne
gōdes
gōdum
te02
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te03
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
gōd
gōdne
gōdes
gōdum
te03
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te04
Drag the best red word into the red blank and the best blue word into the blue blank.
yfel
yfelne
yfles
yflum
gōd
gōdne
gōdes
gōdum
te04
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te05
Drag the best red word into the red blank and the best blue word into the blue blank.
te05
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te06
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
yfel
yfele
yfelre
te06
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te07
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
þām
þǣre
te07
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te08
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
mīnne
mīn
mīne
te08
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te09
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
þone
þæt
þā
te09
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te10
Drag the best red word into the red blank and the best blue word into the blue blank.
lȳtel
lȳtles
lȳtlum
māra
māre
māran
te10
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te11
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
ānes lȳtles
ānre lȳtelre
te11
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
te12
Drag the best red word into the red blank and the best blue word into the blue blank.
ēowre
ēowru
ēowra
ēowre
ēowru
ēowra
te12
Now translate the text in the box below. Afterwards you will be shown a correct translation,
and if your account is linked to an instructor’s account, your translation will be available
to your instructor.
This is the end of the exercise. If you earned fewer than 54 points,
review Introduction to Old English §11.4 and then
come back for another try.