Chapter 13 Translation Practice Answers
1. Ne dohte hit nu lange ac wæs here and
hunger, bryne and blodgyte.
Now It did not avail for long, but there was
war and hunger, fire and bloodshed.
2. Hio hæfde þær swiþe
micle werod hire þegna and eac oþerra
mædena.
She had there a very great company of her thanes
and also of other maidens.
3. He gymþ grædlice his teolunge,
his gafoles, his gebylta, he berypþ ða
wanspedigan.
He cares greedily for his tillage, his tribute,
his buildings; he plunders those poor ones.
4. Fela gedreccednyssa and earfoþnyssa
becumaþ on þissere worulde.
Many tribulations and hardships befall in this
world.
5. Ure ieldran, ða ðe ðas stowe ær
hioldon, hie lofodon wisdom.
Our ancestors, those who previously held this
place, they loved wisdom.