Практикум по истории языка (древнеанглийский период). Пятышина Т.Г - 48 стр.

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Ex. 3. Analyze the following compound nouns:

Romeburg,

Centlond,

Welengaford.

Ex. 4. Answer the following questions in Old English.

1) How many legions did the Romans give Gaiuse Iuliuse?

2) Where did he go after conquering Gallie?

3) Where was their third fight?

Most students find it pretty easy to translate OE texts into

Modern English, especially after reading the ENE variant, but the

exercises on all the aspects of the language are difficult for them

to do without using our keys.

If Old English prose was undeveloped, the poetic literature

was rich and characteristic, "ranging from fights with mythical

monsters to religious poems" [Jespersen Otto, 8, 47].

That is why, all the students of the Linguistics Department

should read and translate at least one passage from the oldest epic

poem "Beowulf".