Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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)
minus-squareprojectmoon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s the opening of the Canterbury Tales.
Is that Beowulf era English?
I think it’s Chaucer era.
no that would be something roughly like
(I used an online translator for the first line so probably horribly bastardized)
It’s the opening of the Canterbury Tales.