SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

EN3111 Beowulf

2009-10

VOCABULARY TEST:
Old English Core Vocabulary
To be sat from 1-2pm on Tuesday 17 November 2008 in the School of English,
Watson Seminar Room.
Vocabulary taken from: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cr30/vocabulary/
Translate the following words into modern English:
1.

amyrran

2.

tywan

3.

rgod

4.

ariht

5.

awiht

6.

elo

7.

be

8.

beam

9.

behreowsian

10.

beot

11.

cringan

12.

cyse

13.

durran

14.

digol

15.

frea

16.

forma

17.

giedd

(continued)
18.
gylp

19.

hle

20.

hatan

21.

hild

22.

hyse

23.

leax

24.

mece

25.

mg

26.

genog

27.

nss

28.

onfon

29.

ord

30.

neorxnawang

31.

niman

32.

rodor

33.

se

34.

smeagan

35.

stan

36.

swefn

37.

eah

38.

eaw

39.

wen

40.

wuldor