1. Seo ylce rod siþþan, þe Oswold þær
arærde, on wurþmynte þær stod.
Afterwards the same cross, which Oswald raised there, stood there in reverence.
[It often helps to move adverbs of time to the beginning of the sentence; seo
can refer to the grammatical gender of the noun.]
2. Geseoh þu, cyning, hwelc þeos lar sie þe
us nu bodað is.
See you, king, of what sort this lore, which is now proclaimed to us, may be.
[Your first approximation for the translation of the sentence might be: “See
you, king, of what sort this lore may be which is now proclaimed to us.”
Then rearrange into Modern English word order.]
3. Wæs he, se mon, in weoruldhade geseted oþ
þa tide þe he wæs gelyfdre ylde.
He, the man, was located in secular life, until the time in which he was of
advanced old age.
4. Ðonne cymeþ Ifling of þæm mere þe
Truso standeþ in staþe.
Then comes the Ifling River from that lake by which Truso stands on the shore.
5. Ic wolde helpan þæs þe þær
unscyldig wære, ond ne herian þone þe hine yflode.
I wished to help those who were not guilty and not to praise those who did evil
to him.
6. And þa þe gesawene synt ofer þæt
gode land, ða synd ðe þæt word gyhyraþ.
And those who are seen (visible) over that good land, those are those ones who
hear the word
7. And he cwæþ, 'Gehyre, se þe earan hæbbe
to gehyranne.'
And he said, “Hear! He who has ears for hearing.”
[to gehyranne is an example of the inflected infinitive.]
8. Þa he þa þas andswere onfeng, ða ongan
he sona singan, in herenesse Godes Scyppendes.
When he received that answer, then he began immediately to sing in praise of
God, of the Creator.
9. He þæt wel þafode, and heo hine in þæt
mynster onfeng mid his godum.
He well agreed to that, and she received him in that monastery with his goods.
10. On þys geare—þæt wæs ymb
twelf monað þæs þe hie on þæm,
eastrice geweorc geworht hæfdon—Norþhymbre ond Eastengle hæfdon
Ælfrede cyninge aþas geseald.
In this year – that was twelve months after which they had made a defensive
work in the east kingdom—Northumbria and East Anglia had given oaths to
King Alfred.