Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-up0·7 months 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.