Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down16
arrow-up1610arrow-down1imageEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareprojectmoon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoIt’s the opening of the Canterbury Tales.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agono that would be something roughly like hwonne þæs esode eac swéoran hrūmas (I used an online translator for the first line so probably horribly bastardized)
Is that Beowulf era English?
It’s the opening of the Canterbury Tales.
no that would be something roughly like
(I used an online translator for the first line so probably horribly bastardized)
I think it’s Chaucer era.
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