Chapter 11 Reading Practice

 

 

7 þy ilcan geare ofer Eastron. ymbe gang dagas oþþe ær, æteowde se steorra þe mon on boclæden hæt cometa, Sume men cweþaþ on Englisc þæt hit sie feaxede steorra. forþæm þær stent lang leoma of, hwilum on ane healfe hwilum on ælce healfe.

 

 

 


From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 891:


And this same year after Easter, around “going days” [Rogationtide]* or earlier, appeared the star which men in book-Latin call “comet.” Likewise men say in English that it is the “haired-star,” because there stand out long beams of light at times on one side and at times on the other side.

 


* “Rogationtide” is a church festival in which the fields and animals are blessed. It can occur any time from late May to late July, depending upon the date of Easter.

 

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