Dream (l. 70-100)

Question 1

Hwæðere wē ðǣr grēotende gōde hwīle

Answer 1

Yet we there were weeping a good while

Question 2

“grēotende”

Answer 2

“weeping”

Question 3

stōdon on staðole syððan stefn ūp ġewāt / hilderinca.

Answer 3

stood on the foundation at the root after the warriors departed.

Question 4

“staðole”

Answer 4

“place”, “foundation”

Question 5

“stefn”

Answer 5

“root”

Question 6

Hrǣw cōlode

Answer 6

The corpse cooled

Question 7

fæġer feorgbold.

Answer 7

that beautiful life-house.

Question 8

“feorgbold”

Answer 8

“life-dwelling”, “body”

Question 9

Þā ūs man fyllan ongan

Answer 9

Then men began to fell us

Question 10

ealle tō eorðan. Þæt wæs eġesliċ wyrd!

Answer 10

all to the earth. That was a fearful fate!

Question 11

“eġesliċ”

Answer 11

“terrible”, “fearful”, “dreadful”

Question 12

Bedealf ūs man on dēopan sēaþe;

Answer 12

Men buried us in a deep pit;

Question 13

“sēaþe”

Answer 13

“pit”

Question 14

“bedealf”

Answer 14

“buried” -> Think of a little Bidoof burrowing in the ground!

Question 15

hwæðre mē þǣr Dryhtnes þeġnas,

Answer 15

but the Lord’s thanes,

Question 16

frēondas ġefrūnon,

Answer 16

friend’s discovered,

Question 17

ġyredon mē golde ond seolfre.

Answer 17

me there and adorned me in gold and silver.

Question 18

“gyredon”

Answer 18

“adorned”, “dressed” -> think of Gyrados as an adorned Magikarp

Question 19

Nū ðū miht ġehȳran, hæleð mīn se lēofa,

Answer 19

Now you might hear, my beloved hero,

Question 20

þæt iċ bealuwara weorc ġebiden hæbbe,

Answer 20

that I have experienced the work of evil-doers,

Question 21

“bealuwara”

Answer 21

“evil-doers”, “evil ones”

Question 22

sārra sorga.

Answer 22

sore sorrows.

Question 23

Is nū sǣl cumen

Answer 23

Now the time is come

Question 24

“sǣl”

Answer 24

“time”, “occasion”

Question 25

þæt mē weorðiað wīde ond sīde

Answer 25

that honours me far and wide

Question 26

menn ofer moldan ond eall þēos mǣre ġesceaft,

Answer 26

by men over the earth and all this glorious creation,

Question 27

ġebiddaþ him tō þyssum bēacne.

Answer 27

they will pray to this beacon.

Question 28

“ġebiddaþ”

Answer 28

“pray”

Question 29

On mē bearn Godes

Answer 29

On me the son of God

Question 30

þrōwode hwīle;

Answer 30

suffered for a while;

Question 31

for þan iċ þrymfæst nū

Answer 31

for that I am glorious now

Question 32

“þrymfæst”

Answer 32

“glorious”

Question 33

hlīfiġe under heofenum, ond iċ hǣlan mæġ

Answer 33

towering under heavens, and I am able to heal

Question 34

ǣġhwylċne ānra þāra þe him bið eġesa tō mē.

Answer 34

each one of those who is in awe of me.

Question 35

Iū iċ wæs ġeworden wīta heardost,

Answer 35

Before I was made the hardest of punishments

Question 36

lēodum lāðost, ǣr þan iċ him līfes weġ

rihtne ġerȳmde reordberendum.

Answer 36

the most hostile to the people, before I cleared the right way of life for those speechbearers.

Question 37

“rihtne”

Answer 37

“right”, “correct”

Question 38

“ġerȳmde”

Answer 38

“make room”, “clear a way”

Question 39

Hwæt, mē þā ġeweorðode wuldres Ealdor

Answer 39

So, the lord of glory then honoured me

Question 40

ofer holtwudu, heofonriċes Weard,

Answer 40

over the tree of the forest, the Guardian of the kingdom of heaven,

Question 41

swylċe swā hē his mōdor ēac, Marian sylfe,

Answer 41

just as he also ordered his mother, Mary herself,

Question 42

ælmihtiġ God for ealle menn

Answer 42

almighty God for all men

Question 43

(ġeweorðode) ofer eall wīfa cynn.

Answer 43

(honoured) over all women kind.

Question 44

Nū iċ þē hāte, hæleð mīn se lēofa,

Answer 44

Now I call you, my beloved man,

Question 45

þæt ðū þās ġesyhðe secge mannum,

Answer 45

that you tell men about this vision,

Question 46

onwrēoh wordum þæt hit is wuldres bēam

Answer 46

reveal with words that it is the tree of glory

Question 47

“onwrēoh”

Answer 47

“reveal”, “uncover”

Question 48

se ðe ælmihtiġ God on þrōwode

Answer 48

on which almighty God suffered

Question 49

for mancynnes manegum synnum

Answer 49

for mankind’s many sins

Question 50

ond Adomes ealdġewyrhtum.

Answer 50

and Adam’s deeds pf old.

Question 51

“ealdġewyrhtum”

Answer 51

“ancient deeds”, “deeds of old”