"Were Old Norse and Old English really mutually intelligible?" https://youtu.be/eTqI6P6iwbE #Youtube #Video #Videos #Language #Languages #History #Linguistics #OldNorse #OldEnglish #English #Norse #Conversation

Here’s the manuscript, for those versed in #OldEnglish: https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/133680060#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=365&xywh=168%2C-590%2C2982%2C5297

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Stratton, J. (2023). Where did wer go? Lexical variation and change in third-person male adult noun referents in Old and Middle English. Language Variation and Change, 1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394523000108 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Academia #Academic #Academics #AcademicChatter #English #Language #Languages #Linguistics #OldEnglish #MiddleEnglish @linguistics @academicchatter

Stratton, J. (2023). Where did wer go? Lexical variation and change in third-person male adult noun referents in Old and Middle English. Language Variation and Change, 1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394523000108 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal#Article #Academia #Academic #Academics #AcademicChatter #English #Language #Languages #Linguistics #OldEnglish #MiddleEnglish @linguistics @academicchatter

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from PIE *dakru- (source also of Latin lacrima, Old Latin dacrima, Irish der, Welsh deigr, Greek dakryma

#OldEnglish
#ProtoIndoEuropean
#Greek
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#tear
#lácrima
#dakru

artery: muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
-Oxford English Dictionary

Ojibwe: gimiskweyaab(iin) (your artery)

Old English: gēotend-ǣder, f.n: vein, artery. (YAY-oh-tend-ADD-er / ˈjeːɔ-tɛnd-ˌæː-dɛr)

from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).

14c.-16c. artery in English also could mean "trachea, windpipe."

possibly from PIE root *wer- (1) "raise, lift, hold suspended."
-Etymology Online

from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).

from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wér-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-.
-Wikipedia

#artery
#windpipe
#trachea
#wer
#ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ
#artēríā
#hwéryeti
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Someone you know is gay
Someone you know is bi
Someone you know is transgender
Someone you know is Mercian
Perhaps someone is from a people who are a vassal state to Wessex.
Think before you speak hate
#oldenglish #EaldEnglisc #Englisc #LGBTQ #nohate

I love when a bunch of my random and seemingly unrelated interests combine into something super cool :catjam: #Music #OldEnglish #Emo #Bardcore #MyChemicalRomance

https://youtu.be/EA2vzk52UZc

Just arrived, Weinersmith and Boulet's delightful retelling of #Beowulf, the gorgeous middle-grade #graphicNovel #BeaWolf. This book is somewhat difficult to get in the UK at the moment. But I was lucky to find Forbidden Planet (.com) had copies. Will be reading it soon, after I've finished my current graphic novel. #ComicBooks #OldEnglish #EpicPoems #ClassicLiterature #ChildrensBooks #comics #GraphicNovels

This Old English version of Welcome to the Black Parade is just amazing. Even the sponsor ad-read is in Old English.

#MyChemicalRomance #OldEnglish

https://youtu.be/EA2vzk52UZc

22nd April, Today we commemorate the last British #Pagan King, and last king of the #IsleOfWight Arwald.

On this day in 686, Cædwalla, King of Wessex invaded the #Jutish kingdom of Wihtwara, the land of Whit [ ᚹᛁᚻᛏ ] (Spirits / Supernatural Beings).

Arwald had sent his two son to his kinsfolk, the Meonwara to keep them safe.

Due to their superior size, the army of Cædwalla were victorious. However, not without many casualties. #Folklore says that Arwald dealt Cædwalla a near fatal wound that never healed and would ultimately take his life many years later. The story says, that the last curse, uttered using the last of the old magic was from Arwald's lips as he struck Cædwalla.

After the battle, Cædwalla sent his men the commit genocide on the island. A memory that still runs deep on the Island, even to this day.

The two princes were also betrayed after they had been forced to convert to #christianity -- Cædwalla had them killed.

This is not the of the story, the sister of Arwald was the wife of the King of #Kent and was the great great great Grandmother of #AlfredTheGreat. One could argue, the line of Wiht is behind the whole of the British royal family.

#OldEnglish #histodons #medievodons #AngloSaxons #AngloSaxonSaturday #paganism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwald

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Quite and interesting article:

English speakers know that their language is odd. So do people saddled with learning it non-natively. The oddity that we all perceive most readily is its spelling, which is indeed a nightmare. In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such thing as a ‘spelling bee’ competition. For a normal language, spelling at least pretends a basic correspondence to the way people pronounce the words. But English is not normal.

#histodons #AngloSaxon #AngloSaxons #OldEnglish

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https://getpocket.com/explore/item/english-is-not-normal

Weinersmith translates “Hwæt” as “Story time!” #OldEnglish

Just read “Bea Wolf” by Zach Weinersmith, a graphic novel in alliterative verse. Highly recommended. And don’t miss the #OldEnglish pronunciation guide in the back.

Time for today's #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay and a bit of #Storytelling / #Folklore to go with it.

Bróga [ ᛒᚱᚩᚷᚪ ]: 1. monster, trembling, fear; 2. monstrum, tremor, terror, horror

Bróga in Old English is a feeling; a deep terror, a trembling fear. An internal moster that brings a blind horror.

In more modern folklore, there is a monster called The Broga (or Brooga) -- it is said to be attracted to grief, especially the grief that accompanies the untimely loss of a persons one true love.

The creature, will follow the grieving victim and then take the form of their lost love. The Broga will use their time to make the victim feel fear and terror through waking and sleeping hours. The Broga will make the victim start to fear for their own life by making them believe the loss of their lover is their fault and the spectre is there for revenge.

The Broga will slowly take over its victim's life as they spiral into madness and psychosis; once the monster has attached itself to its victim, there is nothing that can be done. Only death will bring relief and the monster will move onto its next victim.

#FolkloreThursday #language #LanguageLovers #Monster #Monsterdon #art #sketch

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Time for today's #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay and a bit of #Storytelling / #Folklore to go with it.

Bróga [ ᛒᚱᚩᚷᚪ ]: 1. monster, trembling, fear; 2. monstrum, tremor, terror, horror

Bróga in Old English is a feeling; a deep terror, a trembling fear. An internal moster that brings a blind horror.

In more modern folklore, there is a monster called The Broga (or Brooga) -- it is said to be attracted to grief, especially the grief that accompanies the untimely loss of a persons one true love.

The creature, will follow the grieving victim and then take the form of their lost love. The Broga will use their time to make the victim feel fear and terror through waking and sleeping hours. The Broga will make the victim start to fear for their own life by making them believe the loss of their lover is their fault and the spectre is there for revenge.

The Broga will slowly take over its victim's life as they spiral into madness and psychosis; once the monster has attached itself to its victim, there is nothing that can be done. Only death will bring relief and the monster will move onto its next victim.

#FolkloreThursday #language #LanguageLovers #Monster #Monsterdon

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#oldEnglish
When I took English 201, English Lit (?), back in 1965 at Old Dominion College (not yet a university), my teacher was Professor Burgess (died in 2019). He was an expert in Old and Middle English, and pointed out that the adage, "Feed a cold, starve a fever" did not recommend two actions, but one action with a result. "Starve" in Old English meant "die", cognate with German "sterben", so the meaning is, "Feed a cold, die of fever."

A quick little poll about #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

What do you prefer my friends? Please share it about, would love peoples thoughts

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It's #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

Gleáwferhþ (fyrhþgleáw) [ ᚷᛚᛖᚪᚹᚠᛖᚱᚻᚦ ]: A skilful / sagacious spirit / Soul

Gleáw: Clear-sighted, wise, skilful, sagacious, prudent, good

ferhþ / fyrhþ: the soul, spirit, mind

As opposed to the very similar "gleáwmód" (of wise mind); this is a much deeper type of wisdom. This is closer to divinity, something preternatural and much more akin to deep magics.

The great sorcerer and galdorleóþ (singer of #spells Merlyon (#Merlin) was known as gleáwferhþ. He held a spark of divinity in his words, and his voice could be the conjurer of things. He know the great and ancient "Charm of Making".

Artwork by me

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