Table of Contents

• Index
• How to Use This Grammar Book
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Old English Orthography
• Chapter 3: Old English Pronunciation
• Chapter 4: Grammar Concepts: Parts of Speech
• Chapter 5: Grammar Concepts: Word Functions
• Chapter 6: Grammar Concepts: Word Order and Cases
• Chapter 7: Personal Pronouns
• Chapter 8: Overview of Verbs
• Chapter 9: Irregular Verbs
• Chapter 10: Demonstrative and Relative Pronouns
• Chapter 11: Strong Adjectives
• Chapter 12: Weak Adjectives
• Chapter 13: Strong Nouns
• Chapter 14: Weak Nouns
• Chapter 15: Minor Declension Nouns
• Chapter 16: Weak Verbs
• Chapter 17: Strong Verbs
• Chapter 18: Preterite-Present Verbs
• Chapter 19: Translating Tricks
• Chapter 20: Conclusion: What Next?
• Appendix on Sound Changes
• Glossary of Grammar Terms
• Glossary of Old English Words
• Blank Paradigms

Chapter 14 Translation Practice

1. Þære sunnan beorhtnys, monan leoht, and ealra tungla sind gemæne þam rican and þam heanan.
2. Ne is þær on þam londe laþgeniþla, ne wop ne wracu.
3. Letan him behindan hraw bryttigean salowigpadan, ðone sweartan hræfn, hyrnednebban, and ðone hasopadan earn.
4. Faraþ ardlice, and befrinað be ðam cilde, and þonne ge hit gemetað, cyðað; me, þæt ic mage me to him gebiddan.
5. Ða geworden wæs þæt hie hine eft betyndon on þam carcerne.

Chapter 14 Vocabulary

Chapter 14 Answers

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