WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Draca is Old English - or Anglo-Saxon English - whichever name you prefer. It means
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- so beware!!!
Try your hand at some more Anglo-Saxon:
How many of these Anglo-Saxon words can you 'translate'
into modern English?
| aefter | butan | beforan | bearn |
| aet | haefde | bi | hwaet? |
| eall | beginnan | wif | flota |
| behindan | gangen | sendan | nappian |
| feld | cuman | sprecan | giefu |
| ende | fif | deop | weorc |
| beon | waes | thaet | riht |
| hwy? | ofer | uppan | writan |
Click here to see if you were correct.
Now try this small extract from 'Beowulf'('ð' and 'þ' are pronounced as 'th'):
Forð near ætstop,
nam þa mid handa higeþihtigne
rinc on ræste, ræhte ongean
feond mid folme; he onfeng hraþe
inwitþancum ond wið earm gesæt.
Sona þæt onfunde fyrena hyrde
þæt he ne mette middangeardes,
eorþan sceata, on elran men
mundgripe maran. He on mode wearð
forht on ferhðe; no þy ær fram meahte.
Hyge wæs him hinfus, wolde on heolster fleon,
secan deofla gedræg; ne wæs his drohtoð þær
swylce he on ealderdagum ær gemette.
Click here for a 'translation'
into English…
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