- •History of english
- •Practice old english text
- •Glossary
- •1. Study the reading rules (see the supplement) and transcribe the following oe line:
- •2. Study the model of grammar and vocabulary analysis of an Old English text and continue it following the model given below:
- •Middle english text
- •Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
- •3. Study the reading rules (see the supplement) and transcribe the following me lines:
- •4. Study the model of grammar and vocabulary analysis of a Middle English text and continue it following the model given bellow:
- •Supplement old english alphabet and pronunciation
- •Some important peculiarities of the sound system:
- •Middle english alphabet and pronunciation
Practice old english text
Ðā Īsaac ealdode and his ēahan þystrodon, þæt hē ne mihte nān þinh hesēon, þā clypode hē Ēsau, his yldran sunu, and cwæð tō him: "Þū hesihst þæt ic ealdihe, and ic nāt hwænne mīne dahas āhāne bēoþ…"
Glossary
āhān – part. II of anom. v. āhān: происходить, случаться < ā-+ hān ‘идти’
and – conj. и; cf. G. und, OSax. endi, Lat. ante, Gr. anti
bēоn – anom. v. быть; cf. OHG bim, Lat. fui, Lith. bu'ti, Rus. быть, Snskr. bhavah, PIE *bheu-,
clypian – w. v. 2 звать
clypode – see clypian
cwæð – see cweðan
cweðan – str. v. 5 сказать, говорить; cf. OHG quedan, OSc. kveða, Gth. qiþan
dæh – noun a-m. день; cf. G. Tag, OSc. dagr, Gth. dags
dahas – see dæh
ēahe – noun n-n. глаз; cf. G. Auge, Gth. augo, OSc. auga, Rus. око
eald – adj. старый; cf. OFris. ald, Gth. alþeis, G. alt, Lat. altus
ealdian – w. v. 2 стариться < adj. eald ‘old’
hesēon – str. v. 5 видеть < he- + sēon ‘see’
hē – pers. pron. он; cf. OSax. he, hi, Du. hij, Rus. сей
him – see hē
his – poss. pron. его; cf. Gth. is, G. es
hwænne – adv. когда; cf. G. wann
ic – pers. pron. я; cf. OFris. ik, OSc. ek, OHG ih, Gth. ik, PIE *ego(m), Lat. ego, Gr. ego, Rus. ja
yldran – see eald
mahan – pret.-pres. v мочь; cf. G. mögen, Gth. magan, Rus. мочь
mihte –. see mahan
mīn – poss. pron. мой; cf. Gth. meins, OSc. minn, Du mijn, G mein, PIE *me
nān – pron. никакой < ne + ān
nāt = ne + wāt (see witan)
ne – particle не; cf. OHG ni, ne, OSc. ne, Gth. ni, Rus. ne
sunu – noun u-m. сын; cf. G. Sohn, OSc. sunr, Gth. sunus, Lat. sunus, Rus. сын
tō – prep. к; cf. G. zu, Rus. до
þā (ðā) … þā – conj. тогда … когда; cf. OSax. thā, OSc. þá
þæt – conj. что
þinh – noun a-n. вещь; cf. G. Ding, OSc. þing
þū – pers. pron. ты; cf. G. du, OSc. þú, Gth. þu, Lat. tu, Rus. ты
þystrian – w. v. 2 темнеть
witan – pret.-pres. v. знать; cf. OHG wizzan, OIcel. vita, OSc. witan, Blr. ведаць, Lat. videre
Blr. – Belarusian
Du. – Dutch
G. – German
Gr. – Greek
Gth. – Gothic
Lat. – Latin
Lith. – Lithuanian
Ofris. – Old Frisian
OHG – Old High German
OSax. – Old Saxon
OSc. – Old Scandinavian
PIE – Proto-Indo-European
Rus. – Russian
Snskr. – Sanskrit
1. Study the reading rules (see the supplement) and transcribe the following oe line:
… þæt hē ne mihte nān þinh hesēon, þā clypode hē Ēsau, his yldran sunu, and cwæð tō him …
2. Study the model of grammar and vocabulary analysis of an Old English text and continue it following the model given below:
Words as used in the text |
Morphological analysis |
Etymological analysis |
Ðā … þā |
conj. |
Germanic |
Īsaac |
proper noun, a-stem, masc. Nom. sg. |
borrowing |
ealdode |
weak verb, class 2, 3rd pers. sg., Past Indic. of ealdian |
English |
and |
conj. |
Germanic |
his |
possessive pronoun, 3rd pers. masc., sg. |
Indo-European |
ēahan |
noun, n-stem, neut., Nom. pl. of ēahe |
Indo-European |
þystrodon |
weak verb, class 2, 3rd pers. pl., Past Indic. of þystrian |
English |
þæt |
conj. |
Germanic |
hē |
personal pronoun, 3rd pers. masc., sg., Nom. |
Indo-European |
