Her we sprecaþ on Ænglisc

[Issacus Divus]

Whenne toot ik eion horn, ik loud tooten,

 

[Issacus Divus]

swaswa shyould se man that lookes like Rasputin.

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Me licaþ wel ða fers ðe þu hæfst geworht. Nis nan tweon þæt ðin modgemynd ne beo forgolden on þæm nehstan dæge.

 

[Issacus Divus]

ġea, nan tweon.

 

[Hawkwood]

Ik toot wel myn owen horn.

Now I too readily understand the above yet I also fear it's likely not Πbut tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Now I too readily understand the above yet I also fear it's likely not Πbut tongue-in-cheek.

It's rather a brand of Middle English which, depending on the dialect, is much easier to read.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Oh, Ik þought þat hít waes joke Inglish.

 

[Hawkwood]

Ah.

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Oh, Ik þought þat hít waes joke Inglish.

That's more or less what Middle English is.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Ēalā!

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Eala-hu akbar?

 

[Issacus Divus]

Wotan the world?

 

[Issacus Divus]

"Geþola þeoda þrea! Nis seo þrah micel
þaet þe waerlogan witevendum,
synnige ðurh searocraeft, swecan motan."


Andreas, 107-109.

Iċ ġeat bōc fersa Ænglisċra.

 

[Маркус]

Mē þynceð þæt þæt uncyst wǣre, þæt ic on ōðrum þrǣde awrāt, þæt is "yfel", for þām þe ic wolde brūcan wordes gefēran, nalles þæs tōgeīcendlīcan naman.

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Bī ðǣm tōgeīcendlīcan mǣnestu auxiliaris tō secgenne?

 

[Маркус]

Adjectīvum. Ælfrīc āwende þæt word of Lǣdene on Englisc on his Stæfcræfte, þus cweðende: "Þā ōðre naman ðissere geendunge sind adjectīva, þæt sind "tōgeīcendlīce", and maciað masculīnum on -us, and fēminīnum on -a, and neutrum on -um."

 

[Маркус]

If someone cares about extremely nit-picky stuff:

Spoiler: Word Order in OE

The name of the thread should apparently be Hēr wē sprecaþ on Englisc. In main clauses with a fronted constituent and a pronominal subject, the V2 effect is impossible in the indicative mood unless the fronted constituent is a wh-word, ne, or one of the handful of adverbs/discourse particles that allow for it (þā, þonne, nū, and swā), or if the fronted constituent is a direct speech quotation.

Linda von Bergen has a good study of this phenomenon in the book called Pronouns and Word Order in Old English.

 

[Pacifica]

Ic hit gerihte (Her sprece we on Ænglisc ---> Her we sprecaþ on Ænglisc).

 

[Маркус]

If someone cares about extremely nit-picky stuff:

Spoiler: Word Order in OE

The name of the thread should apparently be Hēr wē sprecaþ on Englisc. In main clauses with a fronted constituent and a pronominal subject, the V2 effect is impossible in the indicative mood unless the fronted constituent is a wh-word, ne, or one of the handful of adverbs/discourse particles that allow for it (þā, þonne, nū, and swā), or if the fronted constituent is a direct speech quotation.

Linda von Bergen has a good study of this phenomenon in the book called Pronouns and Word Order in Old English.

I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas in Old English and realised I wrote "impossible" here instead of "almost impossible" or "highly unlikely" or "not preferable". That's especially dumb since the book I recommended actually shows some examples of it happening. Another good book that touches on this subject is this one. It's also more recent and has other examples of things not going the way they're expected to go.

Anyway: Ic wȳsce ēow blīðre Cristes Mæssan!

 

[Glabrigausapes]

Þe eac sy Geol swiðe bliþ!