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Week 2 Flashcards

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1
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Aelc

A

Each

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2
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Be

A

About

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3
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What form does ‘be’ take

A

Dative

It means ‘about’

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4
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Bearn

A

Child

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5
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Is Bearn a neuter or masculine noun?

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Neuter

Means ‘child’

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Daeg

A

Day

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7
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Eald

A

Old

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8
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Feoh

A

Money

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9
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Gefeoht

A

Battle

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10
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For(th)feran

A

To die

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11
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Fultum (masculine)

A

Help

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12
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What is the Old English for help (as a masculine noun)

A

Fultum

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13
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Geong

A

Young

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14
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Hyran

A

To hear

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15
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Is land a masculine or neuter noun?

A

Neuter

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16
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Laeden

A

To bring

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17
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Laeran

A

To teach

18
Q

Nu

A

Now

19
Q

Raedan

A

Ask advice, offer council, read

20
Q

What’s the word ‘to offer council’

A

Raedan

21
Q

What’s the word to ‘ask advice’

A

Raedan

22
Q

What’s the word for ‘to bring’?

A

Laedan

23
Q

Stede

A

Place

24
Q

Is Stede a masculine or neuter noun?

A

Masculine

25
Q

(th)egen

A

Retainer

26
Q

Wealh

A

Foreigner

27
Q

Weste

A

Deserted

28
Q

What’s the word for deserted?

A

Weste

29
Q

Wis

A

Wise

30
Q

Is word a neuter or masculine noun?

A

Neuter

31
Q

(th)aet bearn is what part of the sentence?

A

It’s nominative or accusative, so either subject or direct object.

32
Q

What do bearna and bearnum have in common?

A

Both plural

33
Q

(th)a followed by a noun shows what about the noun?

A

It’s plural.

34
Q

What is the singular dative form of ‘the money’

A

(th)aem feohe

35
Q

What is the subject of this sentence?

‘Hie hyrde (th)aet bearn’

A

(th)aet bearn

Because hyrde is singular, so cannot refer to ‘hie’

36
Q

(th)a sent se cyning fultum

A

Then the kind sent help

37
Q

What is the genitive form of ‘land’

A

Singular: ‘landes’
Plural: ‘landa’

38
Q

Ac is a conjunction, what does it mean?

A

But

39
Q

Foreigner (and what gender)

A

Wealh, masculine

40
Q

The foreigner’s ship

A

(th)aes weales scip

41
Q

The foreigners’ ships

A

(th)ara weala scipu

42
Q

He went with the foreigner

A

He ferde mid (th)aem weale

Old English (6 decks)

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