| ðæt wæl [Val-halla] sē wælsliht, | slaughter, carnage. |
sē weall, wall, rampart.
ðæt wildor, wild beast, reindeer.
sē wīngeard, vineyard.
| ābrecan,[2] | ābræc, | ābrǣcon, | ābrocen, | to break down. |
| cweðan, | cwæð, | cwǣdon, | gecweden, | to say [quoth]. |
| gesēon, | geseah, | gesāwon, | gesewen, | to see. |
| grōwan, | grēow, | grēowon, | gegrōwen, | to grow. |
| ofslēan, | ofslōh, | ofslōgon, | ofslægen, | to slay. |
| sprecan, | spræc, | sprǣcon, | gesprecen, | to speak. |
| stelan, | stæl, | stǣlon, | gestolen, | to steal. |
| stǫndan, | stōd, | stōdon, | gestǫnden, | to stand. |
| weaxan, | wēox, | wēoxon, | geweaxen, | to grow, increase [wax]. |
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Exercises.
I. 1. Æfter ðǣm sōðlīce (indeed) ealle męn sprǣcon āne (one) sprǣce. 2. Ǫnd hē cwæð: “Ðis is ān folc, ǫnd ealle hīe sprecað āne sprǣce.” 3. On sumum stōwum wīngeardas grōwað. 4. Hē hēt ðā nǣdran ofslēan. 5. Ðā Ęngle ābrǣcon ðone lǫngan weall, ǫnd sige nōmon. 6. Ǫnd ðæt sǣd grēow ǫnd wēox. 7. Ic ne geseah ðone mǫn sē ðe ðæs cnapan adesan stæl. 8. Hē wæs swȳðe spēdig man on ðǣm ǣhtum ðe hiera spēda on[3] bēoð, ðæt is, on wildrum. 9. Ǫnd ðǣr wearð (was) micel wælsliht on gehwæðre hǫnd. 10. Ǫnd æfter ðissum gefeohte cōm Ælfred cyning mid his fierde, ǫnd gefeaht wið ealne ðone hęre, ǫnd sige nōm. 11. Ðēos burg hātte[4] Æscesdūn (Ashdown). 12. Ðǣre cwēne līc læg on ðǣm hūse. 13. Ǫnd sē dǣl ðe ðǣr aweg cōm wæs swȳðe lȳtel. 14. Ǫnd ðæs ðrēotīene dagas Æðered tō rīce fēng.
II. 1. The men stood in the ships and fought against the Danes. 2. Before the thanes came, the king rode away. 3. They said (sǣdon) that all the men spoke one language. 4. They bore the queen’s body to Wilton. 5. Alfred gave many gifts to his army (dat. without tō) before he went away. 6. These men are called earls. 7. God sees all things. 8. The boy held the reindeer with (mid) his hands. 9. About six months afterwards, Alfred gained the victory, and came to the throne. 10. He said that there was very great slaughter on both sides.
[1.] Literally, to take to (the) kingdom. Cf. “Have you anything to take to?” (Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV, i, 42).