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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Adam lifde hér on wræcsíðe nigon hund ġéara ond ðrítiġ ġéara, ond his bán syndon bebyrġed noht feorr be éastan ðǽre byriġ ðe is nemned Cebron, ond him is ðæt héafod súð ġewend ond þá fét norð – OE Martyrology
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Adam lifde hér on wræcsíðe nigon hund ġéara ond ðrítiġ ġéara, ond his bán syndon bebyrġed noht feorr be éastan ðǽre byriġ ðe is nemned Cebron, ond him is ðæt héafod súð ġewend ond þá fét norð – OE Martyrology
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September 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Adam lifde hér on wræcsíðe nigon hund ġéara ond ðrítiġ ġéara, ond his bán syndon bebyrġed noht feorr be éastan ðǽre byriġ ðe is nemned Cebron, ond him is ðæt héafod súð ġewend ond þá fét norð – OE Martyrology
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Adam lifde hér on wræcsíðe nigon hund ġéara ond ðrítiġ ġéara, ond his bán syndon bebyrġed noht feorr be éastan ðǽre byriġ ðe is nemned Cebron, ond him is ðæt héafod súð ġewend ond þá fét norð – OE Martyrology
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Biþ men ful lýtle ðý bet, ðéah ðe hé gódne fæder hæbbe, gif hé self tó náuhte ne mæġ. – OE Boethius
It is/will be very little the better for a person, though he have a good father, if he can't make something of himself (on his own).
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Biþ men ful lýtle ðý bet, ðéah ðe hé gódne fæder hæbbe, gif hé self tó náuhte ne mæġ. – OE Boethius
It is/will be very little the better for a person, though he have a good father, if he can't make something of himself (on his own).
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July 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Biþ men ful lýtle ðý bet, ðéah ðe hé gódne fæder hæbbe, gif hé self tó náuhte ne mæġ. – OE Boethius
It is/will be very little the better for a person, though he have a good father, if he can't make something of himself (on his own).
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Biþ men ful lýtle ðý bet, ðéah ðe hé gódne fæder hæbbe, gif hé self tó náuhte ne mæġ. – OE Boethius
It is/will be very little the better for a person, though he have a good father, if he can't make something of himself (on his own).
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ġif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, híe hit ġesund béġen áġifen swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge – Laws of Ælfred
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Ġif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, híe hit ġesund béġen áġifen swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge – Laws of Ælfred
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June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ġif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, híe hit ġesund béġen áġifen swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge – Laws of Ælfred
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Ġif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, híe hit ġesund béġen áġifen swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge – Laws of Ælfred
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Wēnst ðū ðæt ðū ðæt hweorfende hwēol ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ mǣġe onċyrran?
Do you imagine that you can shift the spinning wheel (of fate/chance) when it is in motion? -- Boethius
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Wēnst ðū ðæt ðū ðæt hweorfende hwēol ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ mǣġe onċyrran?
Do you imagine that you can shift the spinning wheel (of fate/chance) when it is in motion? -- Boethius
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June 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Wēnst ðū ðæt ðū ðæt hweorfende hwēol ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ mǣġe onċyrran?
Do you imagine that you can shift the spinning wheel (of fate/chance) when it is in motion? -- Boethius
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Wēnst ðū ðæt ðū ðæt hweorfende hwēol ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ mǣġe onċyrran?
Do you imagine that you can shift the spinning wheel (of fate/chance) when it is in motion? -- Boethius
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hwí ne synt wé múþfréo? Hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ? – OE Psalms
Why aren't we at liberty to speak (lit., mouth-free)? How (why) aren't we allowed to say what we want?
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Hwí ne synt wé múþfréo? Hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ? – OE Psalms
Why aren't we at liberty to speak (lit., mouth-free)? How (why) aren't we allowed to say what we want?
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June 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hwí ne synt wé múþfréo? Hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ? – OE Psalms
Why aren't we at liberty to speak (lit., mouth-free)? How (why) aren't we allowed to say what we want?
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Hwí ne synt wé múþfréo? Hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ? – OE Psalms
Why aren't we at liberty to speak (lit., mouth-free)? How (why) aren't we allowed to say what we want?
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ðá wæs on úhtan mid ǽr-dæġe
Grendles gúð-cræft gumum un-dyrne – Beowulf 126-127
Lit., Then was just-before-daybreak, with early-day
Grendel's war-craft (skill, strength) to-men/warriors un-secret.
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Ðá wæs on úhtan mid ǽr-dæġe
Grendles gúð-cræft gumum un-dyrne – Beowulf 126-127
Lit., Then was just-before-daybreak, with early-day
Grendel's war-craft (skill, strength) to-men/warriors un-secret.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ðá wæs on úhtan mid ǽr-dæġe
Grendles gúð-cræft gumum un-dyrne – Beowulf 126-127
Lit., Then was just-before-daybreak, with early-day
Grendel's war-craft (skill, strength) to-men/warriors un-secret.
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Ðá wæs on úhtan mid ǽr-dæġe
Grendles gúð-cræft gumum un-dyrne – Beowulf 126-127
Lit., Then was just-before-daybreak, with early-day
Grendel's war-craft (skill, strength) to-men/warriors un-secret.
#OldEnglish
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ġewyrċe him ġemilscode drincan, ꝥ is miċel dǣl bewylledes wæteres on huniġes gōdum dǣle—Leechdoms.
Make for him a honey-sweetened drink, that is a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey.
Both great deal and good deal survive in ModE as idioms.
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Ġewyrċe him ġemilscode drincan, ꝥ is miċel dǣl bewylledes wæteres on huniġes gōdum dǣle—Leechdoms.
Make for him a honey-sweetened drink, that is a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey.
Both great deal and good deal survive in ModE as idioms.
#OldEnglish
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ġewyrċe him ġemilscode drincan, ꝥ is miċel dǣl bewylledes wæteres on huniġes gōdum dǣle—Leechdoms.
Make for him a honey-sweetened drink, that is a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey.
Both great deal and good deal survive in ModE as idioms.
#OldEnglish
Ġewyrċe him ġemilscode drincan, ꝥ is miċel dǣl bewylledes wæteres on huniġes gōdum dǣle—Leechdoms.
Make for him a honey-sweetened drink, that is a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey.
Both great deal and good deal survive in ModE as idioms.
#OldEnglish
25 May 2025 Relaunch of Beowulf in One Year/Béowulf on Ánum Ġéare
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May 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
25 May 2025 Relaunch of Beowulf in One Year/Béowulf on Ánum Ġéare
We'll recite & discuss the opening 60 lines of the poem & strategize some of the approaches we can take. Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/beowu...
For Zoom link: sprecathenglisc@gmail.com
#OldEnglish #Beowulf
We'll recite & discuss the opening 60 lines of the poem & strategize some of the approaches we can take. Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/beowu...
For Zoom link: sprecathenglisc@gmail.com
#OldEnglish #Beowulf
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hē ne flāt, ne ne hrȳmde, ne nān mann his stemne on strǣtum ne ġehȳrde– Ælfric Homilies.
He did not contend, nor shout, nor did any person hear his voice in the streets.
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Hē ne flāt, ne ne hrȳmde, ne nān mann his stemne on strǣtum ne ġehȳrde– Ælfric Homilies.
He did not contend, nor shout, nor did any person hear his voice in the streets.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hē ne flāt, ne ne hrȳmde, ne nān mann his stemne on strǣtum ne ġehȳrde– Ælfric Homilies.
He did not contend, nor shout, nor did any person hear his voice in the streets.
#OldEnglish #Englisc
Hē ne flāt, ne ne hrȳmde, ne nān mann his stemne on strǣtum ne ġehȳrde– Ælfric Homilies.
He did not contend, nor shout, nor did any person hear his voice in the streets.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Steorran hīe ætīewdon fulnēah healfe tīd ofer undern.
Stars showed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine [a.m. ] -- Chronicle 540, BT Dictionary translation
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Steorran hīe ætīewdon fulnēah healfe tīd ofer undern.
Stars showed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine [a.m. ] -- Chronicle 540, BT Dictionary translation
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April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Steorran hīe ætīewdon fulnēah healfe tīd ofer undern.
Stars showed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine [a.m. ] -- Chronicle 540, BT Dictionary translation
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Steorran hīe ætīewdon fulnēah healfe tīd ofer undern.
Stars showed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine [a.m. ] -- Chronicle 540, BT Dictionary translation
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ðā ġenam hē his bogan and hine ġebende and ðā mid ġeǣttredum strǣle ongan scēotan—Homilies.
Then he took his bow and bent it and then with a poisoned arrow began to shoot.
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Ðā ġenam hē his bogan and hine ġebende and ðā mid ġeǣttredum strǣle ongan scēotan—Homilies.
Then he took his bow and bent it and then with a poisoned arrow began to shoot.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ðā ġenam hē his bogan and hine ġebende and ðā mid ġeǣttredum strǣle ongan scēotan—Homilies.
Then he took his bow and bent it and then with a poisoned arrow began to shoot.
#OldEnglish #Englisc
Ðā ġenam hē his bogan and hine ġebende and ðā mid ġeǣttredum strǣle ongan scēotan—Homilies.
Then he took his bow and bent it and then with a poisoned arrow began to shoot.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ǣlċum nihtum hæfð wel-ġeġearwod scop ōðre tale for ġebēorscipum. -- BT Dictionary
On every night the well-prepared scop has another story for the feasts.
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Ǣlċum nihtum hæfð wel-ġeġearwod scop ōðre tale for ġebēorscipum. -- BT Dictionary
On every night the well-prepared scop has another story for the feasts.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ǣlċum nihtum hæfð wel-ġeġearwod scop ōðre tale for ġebēorscipum. -- BT Dictionary
On every night the well-prepared scop has another story for the feasts.
#OldEnglish #Englisc
Ǣlċum nihtum hæfð wel-ġeġearwod scop ōðre tale for ġebēorscipum. -- BT Dictionary
On every night the well-prepared scop has another story for the feasts.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan þenden him hyra torn toglide forgietan þara geocran gesceafta. -- OE Maxims
Two should sit at a game board together until [lit. while] their troubles slip away, forgetting sad events.
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Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan þenden him hyra torn toglide forgietan þara geocran gesceafta. -- OE Maxims
Two should sit at a game board together until [lit. while] their troubles slip away, forgetting sad events.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_ga...
Tafl games - Wikipedia
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March 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan þenden him hyra torn toglide forgietan þara geocran gesceafta. -- OE Maxims
Two should sit at a game board together until [lit. while] their troubles slip away, forgetting sad events.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_ga...
Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan þenden him hyra torn toglide forgietan þara geocran gesceafta. -- OE Maxims
Two should sit at a game board together until [lit. while] their troubles slip away, forgetting sad events.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_ga...
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þú eart fulnéah forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód. Thou art well-nigh desperate. But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart. -- OE Boethius (BT Dict. translation)
Þú eart fulnéah forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód. Thou art well-nigh desperate. But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart. -- OE Boethius (BT Dict. translation)
March 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þú eart fulnéah forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód. Thou art well-nigh desperate. But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart. -- OE Boethius (BT Dict. translation)
Þú eart fulnéah forþóht. Ac ic nolde ꝥ þú þé forþóhte ... for ðǽm sé ðe hine forþencð, sé bið ormód. Thou art well-nigh desperate. But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart. -- OE Boethius (BT Dict. translation)
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þā of wealle ġeseah weard Scyldinga,
se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas… – Beow. 229-231
Shippey trans.:
The Scylding warden, whose job it was
to guard the sea-cliffs, saw from his rampart
men bearing bright shields … across the gangplank.
Þā of wealle ġeseah weard Scyldinga,
se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas… – Beow. 229-231
Shippey trans.:
The Scylding warden, whose job it was
to guard the sea-cliffs, saw from his rampart
men bearing bright shields … across the gangplank.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þā of wealle ġeseah weard Scyldinga,
se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas… – Beow. 229-231
Shippey trans.:
The Scylding warden, whose job it was
to guard the sea-cliffs, saw from his rampart
men bearing bright shields … across the gangplank.
Þā of wealle ġeseah weard Scyldinga,
se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde,
beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas… – Beow. 229-231
Shippey trans.:
The Scylding warden, whose job it was
to guard the sea-cliffs, saw from his rampart
men bearing bright shields … across the gangplank.
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
On emnihtes dæġ, ðæt is ðonne se dæġ and séo niht ġelíċe lange béoþ – Bede, De Natura Rerum.
On the day of the equinox (emnight's day), that is when the day and night are equally long.
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On emnihtes dæġ, ðæt is ðonne se dæġ and séo niht ġelíċe lange béoþ – Bede, De Natura Rerum.
On the day of the equinox (emnight's day), that is when the day and night are equally long.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
On emnihtes dæġ, ðæt is ðonne se dæġ and séo niht ġelíċe lange béoþ – Bede, De Natura Rerum.
On the day of the equinox (emnight's day), that is when the day and night are equally long.
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On emnihtes dæġ, ðæt is ðonne se dæġ and séo niht ġelíċe lange béoþ – Bede, De Natura Rerum.
On the day of the equinox (emnight's day), that is when the day and night are equally long.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder: Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp & Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē–Genesis
Then said Jacob their father: Childless you have made me. I don't have Joseph & Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me
Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder: Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp & Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē–Genesis
Then said Jacob their father: Childless you have made me. I don't have Joseph & Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me
March 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder: Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp & Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē–Genesis
Then said Jacob their father: Childless you have made me. I don't have Joseph & Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me
Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder: Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp & Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē–Genesis
Then said Jacob their father: Childless you have made me. I don't have Joseph & Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
And hiera se æþeling ġehwelcum feoh and feorh ġebēad and hiera nǣniġ hit ġeþicgean nolde.
The atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it. Chronicle 755
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And hiera se æþeling ġehwelcum feoh and feorh ġebēad and hiera nǣniġ hit ġeþicgean nolde.
The atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it. Chronicle 755
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March 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
And hiera se æþeling ġehwelcum feoh and feorh ġebēad and hiera nǣniġ hit ġeþicgean nolde.
The atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it. Chronicle 755
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And hiera se æþeling ġehwelcum feoh and feorh ġebēad and hiera nǣniġ hit ġeþicgean nolde.
The atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it. Chronicle 755
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Man déð swá hé byð þonne hé mót swá hé wile – Durham Proverbs
People do as they are when they can do what they want.
Lit., A person does as he is/will be when he may [do] as he wishes.
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Man déð swá hé byð þonne hé mót swá hé wile – Durham Proverbs
People do as they are when they can do what they want.
Lit., A person does as he is/will be when he may [do] as he wishes.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Man déð swá hé byð þonne hé mót swá hé wile – Durham Proverbs
People do as they are when they can do what they want.
Lit., A person does as he is/will be when he may [do] as he wishes.
#OldEnglish #Englisc
Man déð swá hé byð þonne hé mót swá hé wile – Durham Proverbs
People do as they are when they can do what they want.
Lit., A person does as he is/will be when he may [do] as he wishes.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Witodlíċe ne mágon lǽċeas [MS. B. lǽċas] náht myċel hǽlan bútan ðisse wyrte. – Leechdoms
Certainly, doctors cannot heal much without this plant.
Náht/náwiht/náuht (not a whit, naught) ná + wiht not a wight
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Witodlíċe ne mágon lǽċeas [MS. B. lǽċas] náht myċel hǽlan bútan ðisse wyrte. – Leechdoms
Certainly, doctors cannot heal much without this plant.
Náht/náwiht/náuht (not a whit, naught) ná + wiht not a wight
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March 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Witodlíċe ne mágon lǽċeas [MS. B. lǽċas] náht myċel hǽlan bútan ðisse wyrte. – Leechdoms
Certainly, doctors cannot heal much without this plant.
Náht/náwiht/náuht (not a whit, naught) ná + wiht not a wight
#OldEnglish #Englisc
Witodlíċe ne mágon lǽċeas [MS. B. lǽċas] náht myċel hǽlan bútan ðisse wyrte. – Leechdoms
Certainly, doctors cannot heal much without this plant.
Náht/náwiht/náuht (not a whit, naught) ná + wiht not a wight
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þá wæs swýðe myċel ġenip ġeworden in þám wolcnum, and unmǽte rénas ríndon. – OE Dialogues of Gregory
Then a very great cloud appeared in the heavens, and an immense deluge rained down.
An excellent passage to discuss word choice in translation.
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Þá wæs swýðe myċel ġenip ġeworden in þám wolcnum, and unmǽte rénas ríndon. – OE Dialogues of Gregory
Then a very great cloud appeared in the heavens, and an immense deluge rained down.
An excellent passage to discuss word choice in translation.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Þá wæs swýðe myċel ġenip ġeworden in þám wolcnum, and unmǽte rénas ríndon. – OE Dialogues of Gregory
Then a very great cloud appeared in the heavens, and an immense deluge rained down.
An excellent passage to discuss word choice in translation.
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Þá wæs swýðe myċel ġenip ġeworden in þám wolcnum, and unmǽte rénas ríndon. – OE Dialogues of Gregory
Then a very great cloud appeared in the heavens, and an immense deluge rained down.
An excellent passage to discuss word choice in translation.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Uton gán on þysne weald innan, on þisses holtes hléo. OE Genesis (poetic)
Let's go into this forest, into the protection of this wood.
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Uton gán on þysne weald innan, on þisses holtes hléo. OE Genesis (poetic)
Let's go into this forest, into the protection of this wood.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Uton gán on þysne weald innan, on þisses holtes hléo. OE Genesis (poetic)
Let's go into this forest, into the protection of this wood.
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Uton gán on þysne weald innan, on þisses holtes hléo. OE Genesis (poetic)
Let's go into this forest, into the protection of this wood.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &c.) be heora mǽþe. – OE Homilies
These things are good as far as they go. -- BT Dict translation
Lit., Good are these things by/according to their extent.
Se/séo mǽþ: capacity, measure, extent, “reach”
Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &c.) be heora mǽþe. – OE Homilies
These things are good as far as they go. -- BT Dict translation
Lit., Good are these things by/according to their extent.
Se/séo mǽþ: capacity, measure, extent, “reach”
March 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &c.) be heora mǽþe. – OE Homilies
These things are good as far as they go. -- BT Dict translation
Lit., Good are these things by/according to their extent.
Se/séo mǽþ: capacity, measure, extent, “reach”
Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &c.) be heora mǽþe. – OE Homilies
These things are good as far as they go. -- BT Dict translation
Lit., Good are these things by/according to their extent.
Se/séo mǽþ: capacity, measure, extent, “reach”
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas, ac swáþéah hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. -- Dialogues of Gregory.
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Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas, ac swáþéah hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. -- Dialogues of Gregory.
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March 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas, ac swáþéah hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. -- Dialogues of Gregory.
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Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas, ac swáþéah hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. -- Dialogues of Gregory.
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Hér forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc tó of Sc̃e Éadmundes byriġ. Chronicle for 1046
Here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and the monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded [him].
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Hér forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc tó of Sc̃e Éadmundes byriġ. Chronicle for 1046
Here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and the monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded [him].
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March 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Hér forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc tó of Sc̃e Éadmundes byriġ. Chronicle for 1046
Here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and the monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded [him].
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Hér forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc tó of Sc̃e Éadmundes byriġ. Chronicle for 1046
Here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and the monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded [him].
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