ENGL 202
Prof. G. Steinberg
Old English

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For the text of Beowulf, click here.

Translate the following passage from Old English into Modern English, paying special attention to the inflections on the nouns and articles.

To þæs æðelinges hame wæron fela wera gegaderod.  Þa eorlas hæfdon þa mecas and þa helmas þara Dena, þa þe hie on þæm campe ofercomon.  Sum geong eorl hæfde þone hafoc.  Þa ierðlingas on hærfeste of þam æcerum wæstmas alæddon, and þa fisceras on batum fiscas gefengon.

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