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UNIT VI. HOME READING
Task one: Read and translate the following texts in EModE, paying
attention to all the predicates.
Text 1. OHTHERE’S ACCOUNT OF HIS FIRST VOYAGE
Ohthere told his king Arthur that he dwelt northmost of all
Northmen. He said that he dwelt northward on the land by the West
sea. He said however that the land is very long thence to the
north; but it is wast (dessert) save that in a few places here & there Finns
reside for hunting in winter & in summer for fishing in the sea.
He said that on a certain time he wished to find out how far the
land lay right north; or whether any man dwelt to the north of the
waste.
Then he went right north near the land; he left all the way, the
waste land on the right and the wide sea on the left for three days.
Then was he as far north as Whale hunters ever go. He then went
yet right north, as far as he could sail in the next three days. Then the
land bent there right east, or the sea in on the land, he knew not whether;
but he knew that he there waited for a western wind, or a little to the
north, and sailed thence east near the land as far as he could sail in
four days.Then he must wait there for a right north wind because the
land bent there right south, or the sea in on the land, he knew not
whether. Then he sailed thence, right south, near the land, as far as he
could sail in five days. There lay then a great river up into the land;
they turned up into the river, because they durst not sail beyond it,
on account of hostility; for the land was all inhabited on the other
side of the river. He had not before met with any inhabited land,
since he came from his own home. The Biarmians told him many
stories both about their own country and about the countries, which
were around them, but he knew not what was true, because he did
not see it himself. The Finns and the Biarmians, as it seemed to him,
spoke nearly the same language. He chiefly went thither, in addition to
the seeing of the country, on account of the horse-whales (walruses),
because they have very good bone in their teeth; of these teeth they
brought some to the king and their hides.

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