EKSAMEN 2004 I

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ENG 2154 Introduction to Old English

Answer ONE question.
1.
A. First (10%), identify the work from which the following extracts are taken, and state what
is known about its authorship and probable date of composition. Second (60%), translate the
extracts into present-day literary English.

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Hr nam Beorhtrc cyning Offan dohtor adburge.

And on his dagum cmon rest ro scipu; and se gerfa
rt rd, and he wolde drfan t s cyninges tne,
h nyste hwt he wron; and hine man ofslg. t wron
restan scipu Deniscra manna e Angel-cynnes land geshton.
Hr Ecgbryht cyning forfrde. And hine hfde r
Offa Miercna cyning and Beorhtrc Westseaxna cyning
flemed ro gar of Angelcynnes lande on Franc-land r h
cyning wre; and fultomode Beorhtrc Offan h hfde
his dohtor him t cwne. And s Ecgbryht rcsode seofon and
ritig wintra and seofon mna; and fng elwulf Ecgbryhting to Westseaxna rce.
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Hr fr se here of ast-englum ofer Humbre-man
t Eorforwc-ceastre on Nor-hymbre. And r ws micel
ungewrnes re ode betwix him selfum, and he hfdon
hiera cyning worpenne sbryht, and ungecynde cyning
underfngon llan. And he late on gare t m gecierdon
t he wi one here winnende wron; and he ah micle
fierd gegadrodon, and one here shton t Eoforwc-ceastre;
and on ceastre brcon, and he sume inne wurdon. And
r ws ungemetlic wl geslgen Noranhymbra, sume
binnan, sume btan, and cyngingas bgen ofslgene; and
so lf wi one here fri nam.

B. (30%) Commentary on the extracts set for translation. (Numbers in parentheses are line
references to the texts. Candidates are reminded that they are expected to write paragraphs

consisting of well-formed sentences; notes, or the mere labelling of quoted text, are not
acceptable.)
(a) How far do the inflexions make clear the meaning of the sentence Hr nam Beorhtrc
cyning Offan dohtor adburge (1)? What is its political significance?
(b) What is the historical significance of the sentence t wron ... geshton (4-6)?
(c) In what case is ro gar (9)? What bearing does this have on the historical interpretation
of the text?
(d) How, syntactically and semantically, does t m (18) relate to the rest of the sentence in
which it appears?
(e) Explain the inflexions of worpenne (17) and ofslgene (23).

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2.
A. First (10%), identify the work from which the following extract is taken, and state what is
known about its authorship and probable date of composition. Second (60%), translate the
extract into present-day literary English.
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se cyning s word geherde, andswarode h him,

and cw t h ger ge wolde ge scolde m gelafan onfn
e h lrde. Cw hwre t h wolde mid his frondum
and mid his ealdormannum and mid his witum sprce habban
and geeaht, gif he t afian wolden t he ealle tsamne
on lfes wielle Crste gehlgode wron. dyde se cyning
sw h cw, and se biscop t geafode. hfde h sprce
and geeaht mid his witum, and synderlce ws fram him
eallum frignende hwelc him hte and gesewen wre os
nwe lr and re godcundnesse bgang e r lred ws.
Him andswarode his ealdorbiscop, Cefi ws hten:
"Geseoh , cyning, hwelc os lr se, e s n bodod is.
Ic slce andette t ic clce geleornod hbbe, t
eallunga nwiht mgenes ne nytnesse hf so fstnes e
w o is hfdon and beodon. For m nn nra egna
nodlicor ne gelustfullicor hine geodde on ra goda bgangum onne ic; and ah manige sindon e mran giefa and
fremfulnessa t onfngon onne ic, and on eallum ingum
mran gesyntu hfdon. Hwt ic wt, gif re godu nge miht
hfden, onne wolden he m bet fultumian, for m ic him
geornlicor odde and herde. For m m ync wslic, gif
geso ing beorhtran and strengran e s nwan bodod

sindon, t w m onfn."
B. (30%) Commentary on the Old English text set for translation. (Numbers in parentheses
are line-references. Candidates are reminded that they are expected to write paragraphs
consisting of well-formed sentences; notes, or the mere labelling of quoted text, are not
acceptable.)
(a) What parts of what verbs are wolden (5), geseoh (12), se (12), hbbe (13), hf (14),
sindon (17), hfden (20), geso (22)? For each of these forms explain what, in their context,
determines the mood.
(b) Analyse and explain the syntax of and synderlce ws fram him eallum frignende hwelc
him hte and gesewen wre os nwe lr and re godcundnesse bgang e r lred ws
(8-10).
(c) What is the gender of word (1)? How do you know?
(d) Explain the syntax of ... (1).
(e) What part of what verb is ync (21)? What is its subject? Explain the grammatical
construction.