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    Read The Text. Do The Tasks Following The Text.: Biscepas

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    King Alfred greets Bishop Waerferth and tells him that he often thinks about the wise men that used to exist among the English, both religious and laypeople, and how wonderful times were among the English people. The text provides a glossary defining Old English words used in the passage. Following the text are 8 tasks that involve analyzing and working with the Old English vocabulary, including declining nouns, finding pronouns, defining and declining adjectives and pronouns, and filling in determiners. The tasks demonstrate skills for analyzing Old English grammar and vocabulary in context from a sample text.

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    King Alfred greets Bishop Waerferth and tells him that he often thinks about the wise men that used to exist among the English, both religious and laypeople, and how wonderful times were among the English people. The text provides a glossary defining Old English words used in the passage. Following the text are 8 tasks that involve analyzing and working with the Old English vocabulary, including declining nouns, finding pronouns, defining and declining adjectives and pronouns, and filling in determiners. The tasks demonstrate skills for analyzing Old English grammar and vocabulary in context from a sample text.

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    Text. Preface of Alfred the Great to Pastoral Care

    Ælfred cyninʒ hāteð grētan Wærferð biscep his wordum luflice ond frēōndlice ond ðē cyðan
    hāte ðæt mē cōm swīðe oft on ʒemynd, hwelce wiotan īū wæron ʒiond Angelcynn æʒðer ʒē
    godcundra hāda ʒē woruldcundra; ond hū ʒesæliʒlica tīda ðā wæron ʒiond Angelcynn.

    King Alfred orders to greet bishop Waerferth fervently with friendly words and orders to tell
    you, what often enough came to my mind, what wise men there were in the past among the
    Angles either of divine state or of lay state; and what a wonderful time there was among
    Englishmen.

    Glossary

    cyninʒ, n.m.a – king; OHG chuning; OS kuning; Russ. князь

    biscep, n.m.a – bishop; OHG biskof: borr. fr. Gr. episkopos

    word, n.n.a – word; Gth. waurd; OHG wort; Lat. verbum

    ʒemynd, n.f.i – mind, memory; Gth. gamunds; OHG gimunt; Lat. mentum; Russ. память

    wita, n.m.n – a wise man; Gth. unwita; OHG wizzo

    cynn, n.n.ja – race; Gth. kuni; OHG chuni; Lat. genus

    hād, n.m.a – rank, degree; Gth. haidus; OHG hait

    tīd, n.f.ō – time; period; OHG zit

    Task 1. Decline all nouns from the glossary in the form of a table. Use colour to mark
    the form that is used in the text. The word cyning is declined as an example.

    Nom
    Gen sg Dat sg Acc sg Nom pl Gen pl Dat pl Acc pl
    sg
    cyning
    cyninges cyninge cyning cyningas cyninga cyningum cyningas
    n.m.a
    biscep
    biscepes biscepe biscep biscepas biscepa biscepum biscepas
    n.m.a
    word
    worde worde word wordu worda wordum Wordu
    n.n.a
    ʒemynd ʒemynde ʒemyn ʒemyn ʒemynd ʒemynda ʒemyndum ʒemynd
    d d
    n.f.i
    wita witan witan witan wiotan witena Witum
    witan
    n.m.n
    cynn cynnes cynne cynne cynnu cynna cynnum cynnu

    n.n.ja
    hād hādes hāde hād hādas hāda hādum hādas

    n.m.a
    tīd tīde tīde tīde tīda tīda tīdum tīda

    n.f.ō
    Task 2. Find personal pronouns in the text and state their form.

    Example: 

    mē - 1st person Dative singular

    ðē – 2nd person Dative singular

    his – 3rd person Genitive singular

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    Text. “Wulfstan’s Story” by Orosius.

    þonne þy ylcan dæʒe þe hī hine tō þæm āde beran wyllað, þonne tōdælað hī his feoh, þæt
    þæt tō lāfe bið æfter þæm ʒedrynce and þæm pleʒan, on fīf oððe syx, hwylum on mā, swā
    swā þæs fēōs andefn bið. Ālecʒað hit þonne forhwæʒa on ānre mīle þone mæstan dæl fram
    þæm tūne, þonne ōðerne, ðonne þæne þriddan, oþ þe hyt eall ālēd bið on þære ānre mīle;
    and sceall bēōn sē læsta dæl nyhst þæm tūne ðe sē dēāda man on līð.

    On that very day when they want to take him to the burying-place, they divide his property,
    that which is left after their meals and games, into 5 or 6 parts, and sometimes even more,
    so as this property may be divided into equal parts. Then they put the largest part of it at a
    distance of one mile from the village, then the other part, then the third part, and so on
    until all of it is placed on the territory of one mile; and the smallest part should be placed
    near the place where that dead man is lying.

    Task 3. Define the form of the adjective dēāda (dead). Decline it.

    Dēāda – a weak adj., masculine, Nominative, sing.

    Nom sg – dēāda
    Gen sg – dēādan

    Dat sg – dēādan

    Acc sg – dēādan

    Nom pl – dēādan

    Gen pl – dēādena

    Dat pl – dēādum

    Acc pl - dēādan

    Task 4. Find in the text the superlative degree of the adverb nēāh (near). With the
    help of what suffix is it formed?

    Nyhst – superlative degree of the adverb nēāh. It’s formed with the “ST” suffix.

    Task 5. Decline the adjective “full” as strong.

    Nom sg – full

    Gen sg – fulles

    Dat sg – fulle

    Acc sg – fullne

    Nom pl – fulle

    Gen pl – fullra

    Dat pl – fullum

    Acc pl - fulle

    Task 6. State the form of the pronouns ‘hine’ and 'þære'.

    Hine – 3rd person singular, masculine, Accusative

    þære – 3rd person singular, feminine, Dative

    Task 7. Each of the sentences below has one or more determiners missing. Use the
    correct Old English determiner to fill the gaps. Use the Appendix (table 1) to work out
    which form is needed.
    Example: Se  king was tired ('king' is masculine).

    1. Þæ’t horse was strong ('horse' is neuter).


    2. The king loved þâ queen ('queen' is feminine).
    3. The king loved þâ swans ('swan' is feminine).
    4. þâ king's swans were beautiful ('king' is masculine).
    5. Sēo queen gave Þæ’m swans food ('queen' is feminine; 'swan' is feminine)
    1.Task 8. These two sentences are extracts from an Old English version of a medieval
    romance, Apollonius of Tyre. Fill in the gaps with the determiner.

    1. Se оðеr him andwirde ond cwǽð: 'Swīga ðû (оðеr is masculine)  (The other him
    answered [i.e. answered him] and said: 'You be silent'.)

    1. Ɖa ða Arcestrates Þæ’m cyninge hǽfde Þæ’m gewrit oferrǽd [...] (‘cyninge’ is


    masculine; 'gewrit' is neuter).

    Appendix

    Table 1 The different forms of the determiner in Old English.

      Singular
    Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nom se sēo ϸǽt
    Acc ϸone ϸâ ϸǽt
    Gen ϸǽs ϸǽre ϸǽs
    Dat ϸǽm ϸǽre ϸǽm
      Plural
    Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nom ϸâ
    Acc ϸâ
    Gen ϸâra
    Dat ϸǽm
     

    Table 2 The declension of OE adjectives

      Strong (long) Weak


    Singular m f n m f n
    Nom god god god goda gode gode
    Acc godne gode god godan godan gode
    Gen godes godre godes godan godan godan
    Dat gode godre godum godan godan godan
    Instr gode godre gode godan godan godan
    Plural m f n all
    Nom gode goda (e) god godan
    Acc gode god god godan
    Gen godra godra godra
    Dat godum godum godum godra/godena
    Instr godum godum godum
    godum

    godum
      Strong (short)  
    Singular m f n  
    Nom hræd hrædu hræd  
    Acc hrædne hræde hræd  
    Gen hrædes hrædre hrædes  
    Dat hræde hrædre hrædum  
    Instr hræde hrædre hræde  
    Plural m f n  
    Nom hræde hræde hrædu  
    Acc hræde hræd hrædu  
    Gen hrædra hrædra hrædra  
    Dat hrædum hrædum hrædum  
    Instr hrædum hrædum hrædum  

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