Sentences 1–20 come directly from your textbook (Mitchell and Robinson). Because there are more than 20 students in this class, we have also created additional practice sentences. Sentences 21–30 were generated with the help of AI to highlight specific grammatical features. Each of these sentences has been carefully reviewed, approved, and vetted by Prof. O’Donnell. Consult the Translation Techniques and the Inflections page.
- Ic bræc þone stān.
Se stān is micel.
Þæs stānes micelnes is wundorlic.
Þes stānwyrhta geaf þæm stāne hīw.
- Hē slōh þone mann þȳ stāne.
Sēo sunne is swīðe micel.
Þǣr hēo scīnþ, þǣr bið dæg.
Niht is þǣre eorðan sceadu betwēonan þǣre sunnan and mancynne.
Þis līf is lǣne, and þēos woruld drēoseð and fealleð.
- Sing þisne sang!
Hīe scufon ūt hira scipu and sigledon tō þǣre sæ.
On þissum dæge cwealdon wē þone fēond þisses folces.
Ic geman þā naman þāra folca and þissa folca.
His wīfes nama wæs Elizabēð.
- Þēos giefu is for ūs, and hēo līcaþ ūs.
Se dēað is þisses līfes ende, ac sēo sāwol is undēadlīc.
Hīe hine ne dorston þā þing āscian.
Hwæt þynċþ ēow be Crīste? Hwæs sunu is hē?
Hwæs sunu eart þū? And hwæs dohtor eart þū?
- Hwȳ geworhte God þā yfelan nædran?
Sē cyning rǣdeþ his folce mid wisdom.
Ic geseah þone mann on þǣre strǣte.
Þes stān berþ þæt bēacen mid elne.
Hē singeþ þā lēoð mid swēg.
- Sēo sunne scīneþ ofer eall land.
Þū hīerst þā steorran on heofonum.
Hīe sangon lēoð be þǣm cyninge.
Hwǣr is þisses cyninges cynedom?
Ic sealde þæt word þissum menn.
- Þū bringst þone bēam tō þǣm tūne.
Hēo hwelpeþ þā scipu mid handum.
Hīe swungon þā hors beforan þǣre folde.
Þæt bēacen lyteþ ofer þone beorg.