The Wanderer

Question 1

slīþen

Answer 1

cruel

Question 2

Gemon hē selesecgas ond sincþege,
35 hū hine on geoguðe his goldwine
wenede tō wiste.

Answer 2

Remembers the men of the hall and receiving of treasure,/how in his youth he was accustomed to his lord’s feasts.

Question 3

forþolian

Answer 3

must do without

Question 4

swā hē hwīlum ǣr

in geārdagum

Answer 4

As he at times before

Question 5

Þonne bēoð þȳ hefigran heortan benne,

Answer 5

Then are the hearts wounds heavier.

Question 6

Grēteð glīwstafum, georne geondscēawað

secga geseldan.

Answer 6

Greets them eagerly, melodies of men, hall-companions.

Question 7

Se þonne þisne wealsteal wīse geþōhte

Answer 7

He then who wisely thought of this foundation

Question 8

frōd in ferðe, feor oft gemon

Answer 8

Mature in mind, long ago often remembers

Question 9

Hū sēo þrāg gewāt,

Answer 9

How that time departed

Question 10

Eorlas fornōman asca þrȳþe,

Answer 10

Warriors taken away by multitude of spears

Question 11

hrīð hrēosende hrūsan bindeð,

Answer 11

Frost falling, binds the earth

Question 12

hrēo hæglfare hæleþum on andan.

Answer 12

A fierce hailstorm, in anger against men.

Question 13

eal þis eorþan gesteal īdel weorþeð!

Answer 13

All this earth’s foundation becomes empty.

Question 14

nemþe hē ǣr þā bōte cunne,

eorl mid elne gefremman.

Answer 14

Unless, he, a nobleman, can bring about remedy with courage.

Question 15

oft earmcearig, ēðle bidǣled,

Answer 15

Often wretchedly sorrowful, separated from homeland.