Chapter 12 Translation Practice

 

1. On þæm morum eardiaþ Finnas.

 

2. Þa wendon forþ wlance þegenas, unearge men efston georne.

 

3. Oscuna þu a leasunga.

 

4. On þys geare, Norþhymbre ond Eastengle hæfdon Ælfrede cyninge aþas geseald.

 

5. Ne recce ic hwæt hi demen.

 

6. Paulinus se biscop Godes word bodade ond lærde ond se cyning elde þa gyt to gelyfanne

 

7. Nu gif þu ænig þincg hæfst of þæs halgan reliquium, syle me.

 

8. And he his cyricean getimbrade seo on are Scæ Andree þæs apostoles gehalgad is.

 

9. And he nele swa micclum swa we geearniaþ us geyrsian.

 

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