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| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 4858 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 1 of 17 25 October 2011 at 11:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wes hāl! Ic leorne Ænglisc nū and hit is wlitige sprǣc mid manigum notwierþum bōcum.
Teala, ic ne can wel Ænglisc sprecan, ac ic hit ārǣde ǣlce dæge. Nū, ic hæbbe frægn: can āhwā hēr Ænglisc? Wealde tēah gif āhwā can þā Ealdan Norðiscan (oððe Īslendiscan) sprecan, wē cunnen habban ymbsprǣc! Bēoð gē gesund! Edited by Mauritz on 26 October 2011 at 12:52pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5483 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 2 of 17 26 October 2011 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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(I feel awkward even writing this in modern English, that's why I'm shyly putting it in parentheses, to hope I don't make too much of a faux pas... but I'm just thrilled that I was able to read and understand what you wrote, although ic ne can Ænglisc sprecan! Is that pure Old English, or somewhere between Old and Middle? Because normally I can't understand a sentence in O.E.)
(Oh, feel free to reply in Old English again, and I'll try to decipher it! Once more, apologies for adding some boring modern language to your lovely thread.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Remster Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4595 days ago 120 posts - 134 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: German, French | Message 3 of 17 26 October 2011 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm sorry, I can't speak ''O-E'', but I listen to it quite often.
My native language is Dutch and I can read what you are typing there. If I didn't speak English, I'd be certain that this is easier to read for me than English. Strange actually, even though the English language is simplified, their spelling is more or less ''randomized''. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 4858 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 4 of 17 26 October 2011 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Eft wes hāl, folc nīwra sprǣca!
Ic eom glædmōd for þǣm þe git cunnon hwæt ic wrāt forstandan. Teala, swā ic sægde, wealde tēah fremme ic manigu wōh, ac ic cunnie wǣre word findan. Ac mune: manige bēc þǣre ngliscan sprǣce sind lēoþ and for þǣm can man hwīlum Ænglisc nā ēaðe forstendeþ. Giese, Ænglisc is gelīcre þǣre Niðerlendiscan sprǣce oððe, for mē, þǣm Norþgermaniscum sprǣcum þonne Nīwum Ængliscan. Edited by Mauritz on 27 October 2011 at 12:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6229 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 5 of 17 26 October 2011 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's quite readable, but I can't reply in it either.
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5483 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 6 of 17 27 October 2011 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Supreme geek realization I just had: "wes hāl" apparently means "hello" and is surely the ancestor of "wassail"!!! I freaked out with excitement when I realized that.
Mauritz, wes hāl! Ic cunnie (=try?) in Ænglisc writen. Ich besārgie mīne lēas. Mē lēfre wǣre wel writen, ac ic cann nāh þǣre Ængliscan sprǣce. Ac ic sceal secgan, nū wil ic Ænglisc leornian! Ic þancie þē. :) Hū hæfst þū Ænglisc leornod? Mid þes bēc of lēoþ? I'm sure that was awful and probably barely comprehensible, but I had to try. Like I said above, seeing that this language can actually be used in modern life suddenly gives me the strong urge to learn it... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 4858 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 7 of 17 27 October 2011 at 1:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ēalā, þu wrītst swīðe wel and ic can eallswā þē wel forstandan, þēah þe þū dēst manigu lēas; furþum ic dō swā!
Ic leorne Ænglisce mid þisse gōdan bēc: "An Introduction to Old English". Ic hæbbe þā bōc fram 2007, ac ic seah þæt man can nīwan fram 2011 bycgan. And ic bohte mīne nā ealdes... ēa wel! Ēac swelce hæbbe ic "Bēowulf" on ǣgðer Ealdre ge Nīwre Ængliscre. Hīe sind gōde bēc! Edited by Mauritz on 27 October 2011 at 1:15pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4846 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 8 of 17 27 October 2011 at 1:31pm | IP Logged | ||
Why do you think it is simplified? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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