Chapter 18 Answers
1. Hwæt sceal ic singan?
What shall I sing?
2. Þa on morgenne gehierdun þæt þæs
cyninges þegnas, þe him beæftan
wærun, þæt se cyning ofslægen
wæs.
Then in the morning those of the kings’ thanes
who were left behind him heard that the king
was slain.
3. Ond hie butu gefliemdon ond longe on dæg
sige ahton.
And they put both [armies] to flight and on that
day had victory.
4. And us is mycel nedþearf þæt
we us sylfe geðencean and gemunan.
And it is greatly needful for us that that we
think and remember about ourselves.
5. Þa cirdon hie up on ða ea, for þæm
hie no dorston forþ bi þære
ea siglan for unfriþe.
Then they turned up into that river, because
they did not dare to sail forth from the river
due to hostility.