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OLD ENGLISH TEXTS WITH TASKS

Text 1. THE DESCRIPTION OF BRITAIN

Brittannia, þæt īgland, hit is norþeāstlang; and hīt is

eāhta hund mīla lang, and twā hund mīla brād. Þōnne is be

sūðan him, on ōðre heālfe þæs sǣs earmes is Gallia Bellica; and

on westheālfe, on ōðre heālfe þæs sǣs earmes, is Ibernia,

þæt īgland; and on norþheālfe Orcadus, þæt igland, Igbernia,

þæt we Scota land hātaþ, hit is on ælce heālfe ymbfangen

mid gārsecge…

Early Modern English Variant

Britain, that island, extends a long way north-east; it is 800

miles long and 200 miles broad. Then on south of it on the other

side of the arm of the sea is Gallia Bellica, and on the west part of

the other side of the sea is the island Hibernia; and on the north

part near the Orkney islands, Igbernia, which we called Scotland;

it is on every side surrounded by the ocean…

EXERCISES

Ex. 1. Analyze the following compound nouns:

1. northēastlang,

2. westheālfe,

3. norÞheālfe.