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findan meahte, þāra þe mid
wyrtum wunde gehǣlde, ac mē ecga dolg
ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðslege
dagum ond nihtum. I am a
monad gashed...
- swa sar swa hyre
sylfre þing, þæt heo
gearolice ongieten hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, hu ymb þæt sceolde. Þæs ofereode, þisses...
-
translating individual words from Old English,
noting that a word like
eacen ('large', 'strong', 'supernaturally powerful')
cannot readily be translated...
- sar / swa hyre
sylfre þing, þæt heo
gearolice /
ongieten hæfde þæt heo
eacen wæs; / æfre ne
meahte þriste geþencan, / hu ymb þæt sceolde. Þæs ofereode...
-
sylfre gesceaft: “Is min
modor mægða
cynnes þæs
deorestan þæt is
dohtor min
eacen uploden; swa þæt is ældum cuþ,
firum on folce, þæt seo on
foldan sceal on...
- oþþæt ic
under sceate, swa min
gesceapu wæron,
ungesibbum wearð
eacen gæste. Mec seo friþe mæg
fedde siþþan, oþþæt ic aweox, widdor...
- word and
create a
readable modern English text. He gave the
example of
eacen,
which might mean 'stalwart', 'broad', 'huge', or 'mighty'
according to...
