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Hit ġelamp ġeō þætte on Heofonlyfte wæs sum cnapa. Hē wæs hāten Hlenċe. Hlenċe wæs leornungcniht æt þām scōle on Heofonlyfte, and his leornung wæs eallmǣst fullfylled.
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Eac on þām roderīeġlande wǣre ċeapstow, maniġ hūs, scræfu and wæterġefeall, and scōl for leornunge geongra menn to wearþenne cnihtas. Þas cnihtas ġesċylde Heofonlyft wiþ frēcn (synderlīċe on niht). Þēos talu nū ġereċeþ be swylċum cnihte.
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Siþþan, sēo gyden asende tō Heofonlyfte grēate fuglas, hāten Lyftfeþra, for þām menn to rīdenne ġeond þā rodoras. Hwæþere, sēo gyden ġebēad þā Lyftfeþra næfre to ne farenne under þām wolcnsċylde.
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Just told a mourning dove in my yard, without really having to think about it, that I acknowledge its ormōdness, so I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious.
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Siþþan, þā menn ongann nīewe līf onbufan þām wolcnum. Sēo gyden sċeōpan þās wolcnu swā dēop and swā wīd, þā menn ne ġeseah þā eorþan neōþan. Hīe hēht hiera rodorīeġland Heofonlyft.
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Tō nerienne þās meagle mihte frām þām yfelum swearme, sēo gyden gaderode þā lifiende menn ōn īeġlande. Hīe āhefde hit heofonwerd, beġeondan þone fæþm deofolcundra heorda. Beġeondan furþum þā wolcnu.
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Alphonso arrived in the mail today. Starting soon!
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New Book of Old English Verbs. 500 verbs this time #oldenglish #englisc #oldenglishverbs #oe #oeconjugation #anglo-saxon #anglosaxon
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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[2/2] He didn't know any letters (book-staves), but nonetheless he bought himself the books of holy writing, and bade that they be read (that one read the books) before 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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Do not argue against a one-willed person nor against an overtalkative [one]. To many a person is given [the ability] that he may speak and to very few that he be reasonable.
– The OE Dicts of Cato [12th century]
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For knocking out the four front teeth, for each a fine of six shillings: the tooth that stands next must be paid for with four shillings; that which stands next to this with three shillings; and then each tooth afterwards with a shilling.
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OE Sentence of the Day #OESOTD
Nim ða bétan, ðe gehwǽr weaxaþ
take the beet, which groweth anywhere
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wyrc drenc of ðǽre bétan—Leechdoms
work (= make) a drink of the beet.
(Two Leechdom excerpts, linked with the [and])
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Ðū woldest witan his naman and his ġelimp-- BT Dictionary.
You wanted to know his name and what had befallen him.
þæt ġelimp: 'accident, chance, event; what happens in a person's life; a person's lot' < ġelimpan to happen, occur (Strong 3)
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Iċ lufiġe ǽlċ ðing be ðám dǽle þe iċ hyt nytwyrðe onġyte—BT Dictionary (not further attributed, but in a series of quotations from the OE Boethius)
I love each thing by/for the part of it that I perceive [to be] useful/advantageous/beneficial.
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Wē witon swīþe lytel þæs þe ǣr ūs wæs būton be ġemynde and be ġeascunge. – OE Boethius.
We know very little of what was before us but (except) by memory and by inquiry.
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