In this exercise you must choose the correct personal pronoun to
complete several sentences. For the first ten sentences you will
choose pronouns from a short list; then for the last fifteen you
will choose from the paradigm in Introduction to Old
English, Table 5.3. You may have to consult the glossary to
find out the genders of some nouns and also the cases required
by some verbs.
________
rīcsað ofer þæt rīċe.
Se cyning
________
ġeaf gylden sweord.
Sēo cwēn sceal rūmheort bēon:
________
sceal ġifan bēagas and hringas þæs cyninges ðeġnum.
Sēo eorðe is swīðe brād:
________
bið þēah lǣsse þonne sēo sunne sīe.
Se mōna is bufan ūrum hēafdum:
________
tyrnð ymbūtan þǣre eorðan.
Godwine and his suna fuhton onġēan þām cyninge, and
________
siġe hæfdon.
Sēo cwēn oferswīðde þās wīġend and
________
ealle ofslōh.
Þā rēðe wīġend ābrugdon
________
sweord.
Se wælhrēowa wīġend slōh þone wīċing and wræc
________
hlāford.
Hīe fetodon þā hlǣfdigan and brōhton
________
tō þām ġerēfan.
Se wīċing ābræġd
________
sweord.
Mīn fæder is eald, ac
________
is ðēah swīðe strang.
Se lārēow onfēng þone esne and lǣrde
________
þā Engliscan sprǣce.
Se hunta ofscēat þone fugol and ġebrǣdde
________
on fȳre.
Hīe ǣton þæs trēowes wæstm, ac
________
ne swulton.
Þæt ċild forlēas his scēap and ne mihte
________
findan.
Sēo fǣmne slǣpþ nū on
________
bedde.
Sēo ġeonge fǣmne slǣpð: swīgiað nū, þæt
________
ne onwace.
Iċ mētte þā Norðmen and sealde
________
ūre gold.
Þā Norðmen flugon and forlēton
________
wǣpnu.
Hwā sæġde
________
þæt hē nacod wǣre?
And hwā sæġde
________
þæt hēo nacod wǣre?
Iċ fēng fela fisca and sealde
________
þām cyninge.
Sēo hlǣfdiġe ēac ġebohte mīne fiscas, ac hīe þūhton
________
swīðe formolsnode.
Wē worhton ūs hūs, ac ġē
________
forbærndon.
te01
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hē
hine
his
him
te02
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hē
hine
his
him
te03
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hēo
hīe
hire
te04
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hē
hēo
hit
hīe
te05
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hē
hēo
hit
hīe
te06
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hē
hēo
hit
hīe
te07
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into
the blank. For the declension of nouns like wīġend,
see §6.1.3. They often have no ending in the nom. and
acc. plural.
hīe
hē
hira
his
him
te08
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into
the blank. Ābrugdon is the past plural of
ābreġdan.
his
hire
hira
te09
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into
the blank.
his
hire
hira
te10
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
hēo
hīe
hire
For the following tasks you must choose the correct pronoun
to complete the sentence from a paradigm like that in
Introduction to Old English, Table 5.3. Note:
The pronouns hīe and him occur twice
in the paradigm. You must drag them from the correct space
to get credit for some tasks.
te11
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te12
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te13
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te14
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te15
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into
the blank. Swulton is the past plural of
sweltan.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te16
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te17
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te18
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into
the blank. Swīgiað is an imperative plural; þæt
. . . ne onwace is a clause of purpose (‘so that
. . .’).
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te19
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te20
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te21
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te22
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te23
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te24
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
te25
Complete the sentence by dragging the correct pronoun into the blank.
|
masculine |
neuter |
feminine |
plural |
nominative |
hē |
hit |
hēo |
hīe |
accusative |
hine |
hīe |
genitive |
his |
hire |
hira |
dative |
him |
him |
You have reached the end of this execise. If you earned
fewer than 20 points, study Introduction to Old
English §5.1.1 and then try again.