Sunday, September 25, 2022

A Conversation in Old English and Old Norse -- The initial convo is pretty cool, although these guys immediately go way deep into the weeds afterwards. Watch further if you want, I think it's quite interesting.

6 comments:

  1. This is close to that spoken in the Shetland islands.

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  2. Makes American English sound beautiful.

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  3. Twice in same day is too odd to be a coincidence
    Just heard this this morning, Bardcore music in old English
    https://youtu.be/JcKqhDFhNHI

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  4. I recall one of my Medieval History professors saying Old Norse and Old English were mutually intelligible. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes were from the area around Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, or "Jute-land") and would have been much closer to the Norwegians....

    Regards,

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  5. Jackson and Roper actually mention this during their deep, weedy crawl, but yes. In the Icelandic Egil's Saga, Egil Skallagrimsson (Bald Grim) and his brother hire themselves out as mercenaries for one of the Saxon kings in England. Although they spoke Norse, the Saxons and Norse could all understand one another with some effort. But no longer. Roper and Jackson both have some really interesting videos on both languages and their transition over the centuries into the languages we speak today.

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  6. english owes much to norse. aside “nottingham”, “the home(ham) of the family(ing) of Snott(nott)”

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