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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:57 pm
Welcome to the Old English General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Old English language, including, but not limited to:
-asking specific questions about Old English vocabulary and grammar
-recommendations for Old English dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of Ancient England! 3nodding
Please note that although speaking in Old English is allowed here, it is not recommended if you actually want most people to understand you. gonk
Let's start off with a few facts about the Old English language:
Spoken in: Ancient England
Total number of speakers: n/a
Language Family: Germanic languages
Regulated by: n/a
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:59 pm
DICTIONARIES/GRAMMAR BOOKS ETC
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:01 pm
If anyone here has any other reccommendations for websites/dictionaries/grammar books etc, please feel free to tell us about them in this thread.
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:15 am
Kaji01 http://www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/vocab/wordlist.html To kick things off. *adds it* ninja
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:51 am
Man. My Literature teacher Miss Botkin once started speaking to us in Old English. It was realy pretty but the entire class was just, /STARE. :GONK:
Including myself.
I remember reading this li'l thing and it was all.
Hast thu hafoc? - Do you have a hawk?
Gea, ic habbe - Yes, I have (one).
Und kannst thu theiman hic? - And can you train him?
Gea, ic kann. - Yes, I can.
And then it had a passage in middle English and I lost it and it made me sad.
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:07 am
My English teacher gave us a really brief lesson on Old English on one of the first days of that class; I was really surprised at how many German words I found, how closely linked the languages are. It's so interesting! biggrin
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:17 am
Yeah, it is interesting. Wish I had that article. ; ;
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:49 pm
Ohohoh! I still have the sheet she gave us! Shall I post a pic? (My scanner isn't hooked up... sweatdrop ) The only problem would be if it's legal or not... there isn't anything like a copyright date on it, but I'm not sure...
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:17 am
[ Message temporarily off-line ]
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:15 pm
MiwSheri Ohohoh! I still have the sheet she gave us! Shall I post a pic? (My scanner isn't hooked up... sweatdrop ) The only problem would be if it's legal or not... there isn't anything like a copyright date on it, but I'm not sure... I doubt that it would be illegal, after all, it's not like you're profiting from it monetarily. And it doesn't have a copyright on it, so, I say post away <3. All you gotta do is just say, "This isn't my creation", or something along those lines, you know, the token disclaimer, if you're still unsure.
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Spanish Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:25 pm
What caused ancient English to change to modern English?
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:33 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:20 pm
spanishnerd99 What caused ancient English to change to modern English? There are a variety of reasons. The change from Old English to Middle English came when the Normans took over England under William the Conqueror in 1066. This caused Old French vocabulary to be introduced to English, creating Middle English. In a sense you could say that Old English persisted for a number of years more because most of the Norman vocabulary was used by the upper class, while the Saxon vocabulary was used by the masses. By the time Chaucer wrote the Canterbury tales it was pretty safe to say that everyone was speaking Middle English though, partially because of the fact that the Normans had separated from the English under the rule of King John I. Modern English is generally assumed to have come about around the time that the King James Bible and Shakespeare's works were published, and soldified as the industrial age came into being, which caused the English vocabulary to grow faster than ever before.
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