To understand Old English word order, you must be able to
recognize the words and phrases that consitute subjects, objects
and verbs. Carefully read each of the fifteen sentences in this
exercise (your instructor may ask you to translate them). Then
for each sentence click on the subject, object and verb in each
clause (or in the highlighted clauses) and supply the requested
information about them. Note the position of each in its clause.
Hē
hīe
sōna
forslōg
and
ġeflȳmde.
On
þissum
ġēare
Centwine
ġeflȳmde
Bretwēalas
oþ
sǣ.
Hēr
Ēadmund cyning
ġeflȳmde
twēġen cyningas.
Þā
ġefylde
hē
mid
wætre
þǣre ċyrċan cyllan.
Sume hī
man
wið
fēo
sealde.
Octauius hātte se hǣþena dēma
þe
hine
ācwealde.
Sume men
þæs wōses
syndriġlīċe
brūcað.
Iċ wēne þæt hit ne sȳ unrihtwīsnysse
þēah ðe
þū
wīfes
bruce
and
blysse
on
līfe
Ēadwulf bisceop
þissa landa
brēac
his
līfes
tīda.
Se ðe
eteð
flǣsc
on
þysum
þrim
dagum,
hē sceal sweltan ǣr fēowertigum dagum.
Ġē
habbað
maniġe godas
and
manega gydena.
Þā
ġesāwon
hīe
Romane scipa
on
sǣ
irnan.
Hē cwæð,
‘iċ
can
þone dōm
and
iċ
hine
æt
þām ġeate
ġeseah.
Þā
se brōðor
þæt
þā
ġehȳrde,
þā
cȳðde
hē
hit
þǣre abbudissan.
Hē cwæð tō him,
‘ġehȳrað
mīn swefn
þe mē ġemǣtte.’
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Click on any subject, object or verb (word or phrase) in this sentence,
and then indicate whether it is a subject, object or verb.
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This is the end of the exercise. If you earned fewer than 127 points,
review Introduction to Old English Chapter 12 and then
come back for another try.