This exercise will test your knowledge of how pronouns agree
with their antecedents—a topic discussed in Introduction to
Old English, §11.3. Carefully read each of the twelve simple
sentences in the exercise. Drag the most appropriate word
into the blank and then translate.
Hēo dyde þā swā, and
____________
dura belēac.
On þām dæġe se mōna ne sylleð
____________
lēoht.
Sēo sunne is swīðe miċel; eal swā brād
____________
is swā eal eorðan ymbhwyrft.
Hēr Cantware þingodan wiþ Ine for þām þe
____________
ǣr Mūl forbærndon.
Hēr Cēnwalh ġefeaht æt Peonnum wiþ Wēalas and
____________
ġeflȳmde.
Hira cyning wæs ġewundod on þām ġefeohte þæt hīe
____________
ne meahton ferian.
Ðæs līċhaman dēað is þonne sēo sāwul
____________
of gewīt.
Se stān bið blæc ġimm; ġif mon
____________
on fȳr dēþ, þonne flēoþ þǣr nǣddran onweġ.
Twelf gatu wǣron on þǣre ċeastre,
____________
wǣron ġeworhte of twelf cynna ġimmum.
Sēo Salomannes bōc, in
____________
wǣron þā wīsan
āwritene, sēo is ġenemned Ecclesiastes.
Beforan þām torre wæs swīþe rūm hūs, in
____________
þā þeġnas hī ġereston.
Wīf
____________
gǣð in ċyrċan ǣr ðām hēo clǣne
sȳ hire blōde, fæste fēowertiġ nihta.
te01
Drag the most appropriate word into the blank.
his
hire
hira
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.
his
hire
hira
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.
hē
hit
hēo
hīe
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 most appropriate word into the blank.
hē
hit
hēo
hīe
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 most appropriate word into the blank.
hine
hit
hīe
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.
hine
hit
hīe
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.
him
hire
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.
hine
hit
hīe
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.
se
þæt
sēo
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 most appropriate word into the blank.
þām
þǣre
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.
þām
þǣre
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 most appropriate word into the blank.
se ðe
þæt ðe
sēo ðe
þā ðe
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 50 points,
review Introduction to Old English §11.3 and then
come back for another try.