l. 32-69

Question 1

Warað hine wræclāst, nales wunden gold,

Answer 1

The path of exile possesses him, not wound gold,

Question 2

“warað”

Answer 2

“possesses”

Question 3

ferðloca frēorig, nalæs foldan blǣd.

Answer 3

a frozen life-enclosure, not at all earth’s glory.

Question 4

“blǣd”

Answer 4

“glory”, “prosperity” / “breath” / “spirit”, “life”

Question 5

Gemon hē selesecgas ond sincþege,

Answer 5

He remembers his hall-companions and the receiving of treasure,

Question 6

hū hine on geoguðe his goldwine

wenede tō wiste.

Answer 6

how in his youth his gold-friend / accustomed him to the feast.

Question 7

“wiste”

Answer 7

“feast” -> Sounds like it.

Question 8

Wyn eal gedrēas.

Answer 8

Joy all perished.

Question 9

For þon wāt se þe sceal his winedryhtnes

lēofes lārcwidum longe forþolian.

Answer 9

Indeed he knew he must long do without the teachings of his beloved friend and lord.

Question 10

“lārcwidum”

Answer 10

“teachings”

Question 11

Ðonne sorg ond slǣp somod ætgædre

earmne ānhogan oft gebindað,

Answer 11

Whenever sorrow and sleep simultaneously together often binds the wretched solitary thinker,

Question 12

“ānhogan”

Answer 12

“solitary thinker” -> Interesting comparison to Grendel as “angengea” (solitary walker) which is a less cerebral isolation

Question 13

þinceð him on mōde þæt hē his mondryhten

Answer 13

it seems to him in his mind that he his lord of men

Question 14

clyppe ond cysse ond on cnēo lecge

honda ond hēafod,

Answer 14

honours and kisses and lays his hand and head on his knee,

Question 15

swā hē hwīlum ǣr

in geārdagum giefstōlas brēac.

Answer 15

as he at times before / in days of yore enjoyed the throne.

Question 16

“giefstōlas”

Answer 16

“gift-seat”, “throne”

Question 17

Ðonne onwæcneð eft winelēas guma,

Answer 17

Then awakens the friendless man again,

Question 18

gesihð him biforan fealwe wēgas,

Answer 18

sees before him dark waves,

Question 19

baþian brimfuglas, brǣdan feþra,

Answer 19

sea-birds that bathe, with feathers spread,

Question 20

hrēosan hrīm ond snāw, hagle gemenged.

Answer 20

frost and snow falls, mixed in with hail.

Question 21

“gemenged”

Answer 21

“mixed in”, “mingled”

Question 22

Þonne bēoð þȳ hefigran heortan benne,

Answer 22

Then the wounds of his heart are the heavier,

Question 23

“benne”

Answer 23

“wounds” BENNNNNNNNN!

Question 24

“hefigran”

Answer 24

“heavier”, “more grievous”

Question 25

sāre æfter swǣsne.

Answer 25

sore after sweetness,

Question 26

Sorg bið genīwad

þonne māga gemynd mōd geondhweorfeð;

Answer 26

Sorrow is renewed

when memory of kinsman passes through the mind;

Question 27

What is happening in lines 51-53?

Answer 27

Having just awakened from a dream of the now-departed joys of the hall, the man thinks of his kinsmen, eagerly greets them and peers at them (secga geseldan) intently. But either they recede from his memory like the birds floating on the sea, or he has been imagining (in his half-awake state) that he actually sees them, and now perceives that they are only sea-birds floating on the water.

Question 28

grēteð glīwstafum, georne geondscēawað

secga geseldan. Swimmað eft on weg.

Answer 28

melodies greet him, as he eagerly examines the hall-companions of men. They swim again on their way.

Question 29

Flēotendra ferð nō þǣr fela bringeð / cūðra cwidegiedda.

Answer 29

Floating minds may never bring many / familiar songs.

Question 30

Cearo bið genīwad

Answer 30

Care is renewed

Question 31

þām þe sendan sceal swīþe geneahhe / ofer waþema gebind wērigne sefan.

Answer 31

for him who must very often send his weary spirit over the freezing waves.

Question 32

For þon ic geþencan ne mæg geond þās woruld

Answer 32

Therefore I cannot imagine throughout this world

Question 33

for hwan mōdsefa mīn ne gesweorce,

Answer 33

as to why my spirit does not become dark,

Question 34

“gesweorce”

Answer 34

“become dark”

Question 35

þonne ic eorla līf eal geondþence,

Answer 35

when I completely think through this life of warriors,

Question 36

hū hī fǣrlīce flet ofgēafon,

Answer 36

how they suddenly left the hall,

Question 37

“fǣrlīce”

Answer 37

“suddenly” -> think of Flareon suddenly transforming from Eeevee!

Question 38

“flet”

Answer 38

“hall”, “the floor”, “dwelling”

Question 39

mōdge maguþegnas.

Answer 39

those brave noble kinsmen.

Question 40

Swā þes middangeard

ealra dōgra gehwām drēoseð ond fealleþ.

Answer 40

So this middle-earth each and every day perishes and falls.

Question 41

For þon ne mæg weorþan wīs wer, ǣr hē āge /

wintra dǣl in woruldrīce.

Answer 41

Therefore a man cannot become wise, before he owns his share of winters in the kingdom of the world.

Question 42

Wita sceal geþyldig;

Answer 42

A wise man must be patient;

Question 43

ne sceal nō tō hātheort ne tō hrædwyrde

Answer 43

never must he be too hot-hearted nor too hasty of speech

Question 44

ne tō wāc wiga ne tō wanhȳdig

Answer 44

nor too weak a warrior nor too careless

Question 45

“wanhȳdig”

Answer 45

“rash”, “reckless”, “careless”

Question 46

ne tō forht ne tō fægen ne tō feohgīfre

Answer 46

nor too fearful nor too cheerful nor too greedy for wealth

Question 47

ne nǣfre gielpes tō georn, ǣr hē geare cunne.

Answer 47

nor never too eager of boasting, before he sufficiently knows.

Question 48

“georn”

Answer 48

“eager” -> sounds like “go on”

Question 49

“gielpes”

Answer 49

gen. sg. “of boasting”