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Week 1 Flashcards

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1
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Beorg (m. Noun)

A

Mountain

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2
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Feran

A

To go (Class 1 weak)

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3
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Flyman

A

To expel

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4
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The preposition ‘fram’ takes which case

A

Dative

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5
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Laedan

A

To lead

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6
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Metan

A

To meet

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7
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What case does the preposition ‘mid’ take?

A

Dative

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8
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‘Mor’ is a masculine noun, what does it mean?

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Moor

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9
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Preost

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Priest (masculine noun)

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10
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Sendan

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To send

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11
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Tun

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Town or estate

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12
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(th)eow is a masculine noun, what does it mean?

A

Servant

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13
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(th)ider (adverb)

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Thither, there

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14
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What form is ferde in this sentence?

Se abbod ferde fram (th)aem beorge on (th)aem more.

A

Past, 3rd person

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15
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The subject goes into which case

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Nominative

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16
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The direct object goes into which case?

A

Accusative

17
Q

The possessive phrase goes into which case?

A

Genitive

18
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The indirect object goes into which case?

A

Dative

19
Q

If a strong masculine noun ended in ‘as’, eg. Cyningas, what does it show about the case?

A

Plural, and either nominative or accusative.

20
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‘Se beorg’ is in what case?

A

Singular nominative (eg. It’s the subject)

21
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‘(th)one biscop’ shows it is what part of the sentence?

A

It’s in singular accusative. So it’s the direct object

22
Q

Se caning AE(th)elred fer(th) Mid Dunstane biscope

What is the verb and what does it mean?

A

Fer(th) - present 3rd person sing.

He goes

23
Q

Se caning AE(th)elred fer(th) mid Dunstane biscope

What form is Dunstane biscope in?

A

Dative singular

24
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What does ‘befaestan’ mean?

A

To entrust

25
Q

What is the word for estate?

A

Tun

26
Q

How do you write ‘the abbot’ as the direct object of the sentence?

A

Thone abbod

Accusative

27
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How do you write ‘the abbod’ in dative case? (As the indirect object)

A

Thaem abbot

(th)aem

28
Q

If ‘they’ is the subject of the sentence, how would it be written in old English?

A

Hie

29
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If them was the indirect object of the sentence, how would it be written? (Eg. Plural third person masc. dative)

A

Him

30
Q

When ‘him’ is the direct object, eg. The King expels him, what does it translate as?

A

Hine

Se caning flyma(th) hine

31
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What is the dative form of ‘the mountain’

A

(th)aem beorge

32
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If ‘the abbots’ are the direct object in a sentence, what does the translate to?

A

(th)a abbodas

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