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Old English Aerobics - Frequently looked-up nouns (1)\nFrequently looked-up nouns (1)\nThis translation exercise will help you memorize some of the nouns that occur frequently in the anthology of Introduction to Old English—especially those that are not easily recognized from their Modern English descendants (or that have none). For each sentence, pay careful attention to the highlighted word.\nWē biddað ūs Godes āre.\nWē hātað Godes forescēawung wyrd.\nGod sent eorþliċe wæstmas gōdum and yfelum.\nHē ġeearnode his hlāfordes miltse.\nIċ ætȳwde þæt ġewrite eallum mīnum witum.\nHim wearð on slǣpe swefn ætȳwed.\nÐā flugon þā hǣðnan lēode.\nGod fordyde Egypta duguðe.\nSe cyning benam his eorlum eall þe hīe āhton.\nÆlfred rehte þām prēost his synna.\nÞæt trēow wēox on þām wange.\nSe heretoga fērde mid miċlum werode tō Lundene.\nSe biscop wæs ārfæst on þēawum.\nEalle mīne nȳtenu sind on þām felda.\nSe ealdorman rīcsað ofer þās scīre.\nSe cyning sceal rīcsian ofer his rīċe.\nÞū scealt on helle wīte ġeþolian.\nGod sende his enġel to þām hālgan were.\nÞū ne scealt nān lāc offrian lēasum godum.\nSe ealdorman rād mid his ġefēran.\nÞis feoh is mīn yrfeweardness.\nĒadweardes mǣġ is Ēadwiġ ġehāten.\nHire māgas oferbrǣddon þæt līc mid þǣre tunecan.\nOn dōmes dæġ miċele yrmða becumað on middanġearde.\nSe dēma dēmð stīðne dōm þām morþorwyrhtan.\nÞēos woruld is lǣne.\nEall þæt folc cōm tō þām symble.\nHīe wunodon on ġeswince on þisse worulde.\nSe dēofol tyhte heora mōde tō bealofullum dǣdum.\nSe gōda man ġelaðode his frȳnd tō þām symble.\nRēðe wulfas wuniað on þām wuda.\nŌswald fremede fela gōdra weorca.\nEnġlas sungon Gode wuldor on hēannyssum.\nÞǣr ðǣr iċ mē self bēo, þǣr bið ēac mīn þeġn.