- ; ; (5) abandon anforlætan forlætan ofgiefan
- , . abbess abbudisse f - , . abbot abbod m - abduct forwgan
- abide anbidian - ; ability cræft mæð, - able be magan
- ; (+ ) about abutan be dat - above onuppan
- accept onfon - ; accomplish forðian fremman
C - ; , ; call ceallian clipian clypian ; - hatan nemnan call out , - clipian clypian can ; - cunnan magan canon - canon cape , - hoh m capital - heahburg captive , - hæft m capture - læccan care - reccan care about ; - ( ) gyman reccan care for v ; - freoþian gyman care ; , .; , bisgu cearo f heord f - careless recceleas
D ( ) - damage n hearm ( ) - damn vb awiergan - ; , danger frecennis pleoh m - ; dangerous frecne pleolic - dare durran - ; daring gedyrstig frecne - ; dark deorc fealu - , darken nipan genipan - , ; - ; darkness heolstor m ge nip sceadu - dart onga - dejected hean - demon scynscaþa - desirable lustbære - ; , ; desire geornfulnes lust m neodlaðu - desiring gelysted - desolate feasceaftig
E - ; eagerly georne geornlice - , eagle earn n - ear eare - earlier æror - early morning ærnemergen - earn geearnian - earnestly eornoste - ; ; , ; , ; , earth eormengrund eorð folde grund m hruse f molde f - ease eðnis - easily eaðe - : east east from the east eastan - ; (5); - (5); eat brucan etan ge etan forswelgan - ; eat up gefeormian fretan - - ebb tide ebba - edge ecg - edit endebyrdan - , . eel æl m - Eight eahte - either gehwæðer - elders ieldran - eleventh endlyfta - Else elles
BEOWULF (Prologue in Old English)
Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
5 monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
10 ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning! Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat
15 þe hie ær drugon aldorlease
lange hwile. Him þæs liffrea, wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf;
Beowulf wæs breme (blæd wide sprang), Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in.
Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean, fromum feohgiftum on fæder bearme,
þæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen wilgesiþas, þonne wig cume,
leode gelæsten; lofdædum sceal 25
in mægþa gehwære man geþeon. Him ða Scyld gewat to gescæphwile
felahror feran on frean wære. Hi hyne þa ætbæron to brimes faroðe,
swæse gesiþas, swa he selfa bæd, 30
þenden wordum weold wine Scyldinga; leof landfruma lange ahte.
þær æt hyðe stod hringedstefna, isig ond utfus, æþelinges fær.
Aledon þa leofne þeoden, 35
beaga bryttan, on bearm scipes, mærne be mæste. þær wæs madma fela
of feorwegum, frætwa, gelæded; ne hyrde ic cymlicor ceol gegyrwan hildewæpnum ond heaðowædum,
billum ond byrnum; him on bearme læg madma mænigo, þa him mid scoldon
on flodes æht feor gewitan. Nalæs hi hine læssan lacum teodan,
þeodgestreonum, þon þa dydon 45
þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon ænne ofer yðe umborwesende.
þa gyt hie him asetton segen geldenne heah ofer heafod, leton holm beran,
geafon on garsecg; him wæs geomor sefa, 50
murnende mod. Men ne cunnon secgan to soðe, selerædende,
hæleð under heofenum, hwa þæm hlæste onfeng.
BEOWULF (Prologue in Modern English
Use the following Old English words in a sentence correctly:
anforlætan( )abandon
; forðian fremman(acomplish)
hearm( ) damage v
Identify the MEANING of the italicized Old English words:
S o sunne is swðe ē ī brād[The sun is very _____]
His gen swustor bebyr de his ā ġ līċ[His own sister buried his _____]
Him wæs e mor ġ ō sefa(Their minds were _____)
Ond þ eascode h þone cyning ā ġ ēl� tle werode
[And then he learned of the king (being) with a little _____]