Saint Bede, the Venerable673-735731 Historia ecclesiasticagentis Anglorumtrl into OE under Alfred (849-899) (trl in EModE in the LowCountries)Aventus SaxonumEngla Tocyme

o~ wæs ymb f‘owerhund wintra

and nigon and f‘owertig fram ãres

drihtnes menniscnysse

then was after 4 100 winterw‘san GEN.PL

and 9 and 40 from our.GEN.M.SG

lord.GEN.M.SG manishness.DAT.F.SGdrihten L giefu

a-stem & i-stem (M&R § 33)

st~n ‘stone’, M SG PL scip ‘ship’ N

NOM st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

GEN st~n-es st~n-ascip-es scip-a

DAT st~n-e st~n-umscip-e scip-um

ACC st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

NOM/ACC N PL word-Ø

o~ wæs ymb f‘owerhund wintra

and nigon and f‘owertig fram ãres

drihtnes menniscnysse

then was after 4 100 winterw‘san GEN.PL

and 9 and 40 from our.GEN.M.SG

lord.GEN.M.SG manishness.DAT.F.SGdrihten L giefu

a-stem & i-stem (M&R § 33)

st~n ‘stone’, M SG PL scip ‘ship’ N

NOM st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

GEN st~n-es st~n-ascip-es scip-a

DAT st~n-e st~n-umscip-e scip-um

ACC st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

NOM/ACC N PL word-Ø

o~ wæs ymb f‘owerhund wintra

and nigon and f‘owertig fram ãres

drihtnes menniscnysse

then was after 4 100 winterw‘san GEN.PL

and 9 and 40 from our.GEN.M.SG

lord.GEN.M.SG manishness.DAT.F.SGdrihten L giefu

Ç-stem (M&R § 47)

giefu ‘gift’, F SG PL

NOM gief-u gief-a, -e

GEN gief-e gief-a, -ena

DAT gief-e gief-um

ACC gief-e gief-a, -e

NOM SG l~r-Ø

þæt Marti~nus c~sere r§ce onf‘ng

and vii g‘ar hæfde.

that Martianus emperor kingdom receivedACC.N.SG onfÇn

and 7 year.ACC.N.PL hadseofan L scipu habban

a-stem & i-stem (M&R § 33)

st~n ‘stone’, M SG PL scip ‘ship’ N

NOM st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

GEN st~n-es st~n-ascip-es scip-a

DAT st~n-e st~n-umscip-e scip-um

ACC st~n st~n-asscip scip-u

NOM/ACC N PL word-Ø

Se wæs siexta ‘ac f‘owertigum

fram AgustÇ þ~m c~sere.

that.NOM.SG was 60th also 40.DAT.PL

from Augustus DEF emperorLatin DAT.SG DAT.M.SG DAT.MSG

Weak - when definitizer (M & R § 65)

SG PL

M F N M F N

NOM til-a til-e til-e til-anGEN til-an til-ena / til-raDAT til-an til-umACC til-an til-an til-e til-an

min tila freond

Þ~ Angleþ‘od and Seaxna wæs

gelaðod fram þ~m forespecenan cyninge,

then English.nation and of.Saxons wasþ‘od.FL giefu

invited from the aforementioned kinggelaðian wk DAT.SG

foresprecan

and on Brytene cÇm on

þrim miclum scipum,

and on ACC.F.SG cam onBryten cumanirr. but L giefu

3.DAT.PL big shipsmicel

and on ‘astdæle þisses

‘alondes

eardungstÇwe onf‘ng

and on eastern.part this.GEN.N.SGDAT.M.SG

island.GEN.N.SGwater.land

dwelling receivedearthings.placestÇw.F.ACC.SG

þurh ðæs ilcan

cyningas bebod,

þe h§e hider gelaðode,

through the.GEN.M.SG wk.GEN.M.SGsame

king’s command.ACC.N.SG

REL them hither invited

þæt h§e sceoldon for heora

‘ðle compian and feohtan.

that they should for their

homeland.DAT.M.SG fight and fight‘ðel