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Translating Old English to Modern English
To use the translator, all you have to do is Click on the 'Translator' button on the left and type (or copy/paste) a word into the area to the right of "Word to translate" and click / press the 'Old English > Modern English' button and the results will then be displayed.
Note - accents should take the form é not ē . Words can be entered directly including æ þ ð characters EG ofþryccaþ. Alternatively .ae will be substituted with æ, .th with þ, and .dh with ð. So ofþryccaþ could be written of.thrycca.th
For example, if you paste in the word: ofþryccaþ and click on the 'Old English > Modern English' button, you get the following results:
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ofþryccan
Weak wv/t1a to press squeeze oppress afflict repress destroy occupy forcibly |
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Verb |
Present Tense | Preterite Tense |
| Indicative | ||
| Sg. 1 | ic i ofþrycce | ic i ofþryccede |
| 2 | þu you ofþryccest | þu you ofþryccedest |
| 3 | he/hit/heo he/it/she ofþrycceþ | he/hit/heo he/it/she ofþryccede |
| Pl. | we/ge/hie we/ye/they ofþryccaþ | we/ge/hie we/ye/they ofþryccedon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Sg. | ofþrycce | ofþryccede |
| Pl. | ofþryccen | ofþrycceden |
| Participles present participle (...ing) / past participle (...ed) | ||
| ofþryccende | geofþrycced | |
| Imperative (direct command) | ||
| Sg. | ofþrycce | |
| Pl. | ofþryccaþ | |
| Inflected Infinitive | ||
| to ofþryccan | ||
You can see that ofþryccaþ is derived from ofþryccan and relates to the present indicative plural case and the Imperative plural case.
If you paste in the word: éðelcyninges, you get the following results:
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éðelcyning
Strong Masculine Noun king of the land a country’s king |
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| éðelcyning | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | (the/that se) éðelcyning | (the/those þá) éðelcyningas |
| Accusative | (the/that þone) éðelcyning | (the/those þá) éðelcyningas |
| Genitive | (the/that þæs) éðelcyninges | (the/those þára) éðelcyninga |
| Dative | (the/that þæm) éðelcyninge | (the/those þæm) éðelcyningum |
You can see that the supplied word is in red and is in the genitive singular.
Modern English to Old English.
To use the translator, all you have to do is Click on the Translator link on the left and type (or copy/paste) a word into the area to the right of "Word to translate" and click / press the 'Modern English > Old English' button. The Old English equivalent of Modern English words where the search word is found is the description are shown. Click here to find what out what Nominative, Accusative, Genitive and Dative mean.
For example, type 'land' in and click on 'Modern English to Old English'!