Talk:World History Lecture Seven
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Old English
I like what you have to say about it, but I don't agree that it's as unrecognizable as (I think) you're trying to say.
- Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi :sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon."
- Some simple pronouns like "he" are recognizable, as are the Old English equivalents of verbs like "were".
This is just my take on it, but if you even hazard a guess at OE pronunciation, and read the line aloud, there are several words (even nouns) that are recognizable! And there are the obvious ones, as you pointed out, like "him", "that", "for", "and".
- Eft: after
- axode: asked (the x>ks is called metathesis, and people still do it (improperly) in English today when they say "aksed")
- engla: angel
- heofonum: heaven (alright, there's a case ending, but it still looks like heaven!)
- Great work! Go ahead and add a paragraph in the lecture with your observations, if you like. Thanks and Godspeed.--Andy Schlafly 17:34, 8 March 2009 (EDT)