Old English Grammar

1A: Identification of parts of speech 1B: Plurals and Possessives 1D: Pronoun Cases 2A, 2B: Pronunciation of Unchanged Consonants 2C, 2D: Pronunciation of the Letters, f, þ/ð, and h 2E, 2F: Pronunciation of c, g, and Consonant Clusters 2G, 2H: Pronunciation of Vowels and Diphthongs 3A: Strong Masculine Nouns, Nominative vs. Genitive 3B: Cases and Kings 4A: Neuter and Feminine Nominative and Genitive 4B: Neuter and Feminine Nominative and Genitive 5A: Masculine Subjects and Objects 5B: The Verb beon, “to be” 5C: Weak Verb lufian, present and preterite indicative 6A: Weak Verb lufian, complete paradigm 7A: Cases in Strong Masculine and Neuter Nouns 7B: Strong Feminine Nouns 8A: Strong Verb Conjugation 8B: Personal Pronouns, An Early Hit of Þa Bitelan (The Beatles) 8C: Personal Pronouns, The Substitution Game 9A: Weak Nouns 9C: Strong and Weak Masculine and Neuter Nouns 9D: Cases, The Substitution Game 10A: Strong Declension of Adjectives 10B: Weak Declension of Adjectives 10C: Se-Demonstratives and Þes-Demonstratives 12A: Verse Types

Old English Grammar

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12A: Verse Types

Click on the correct verse type. You can assume that the alliterating syllables are strongly stressed. All half-lines are from Beowulf.