Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1620arrow-down16
arrow-up1614arrow-down1imageEnglish, oldsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareprojectmoon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoIt’s the opening of the Canterbury Tales.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 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)
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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