#old english

[yvanspijk]

The words right and rectum have a common origin. Right comes from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz ('straight; right; just'). This word shared a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor with Latin rēctus ('straight; right; just'), from which the medical term rectum ('straight terminal part of the large intestine') was derived. The infographic shows more.

#historical linguistics #linguistics #language #etymology #english #dutch #german #low saxon #frisian #old frisian #old saxon #old high german #old english #old dutch #lingblr #proto-germanic #proto-west germanic #yiddish #limburgian #faroese #icelandic #norwegian #swedish #danish #latin #french #spanish #old spanish #old french #old galician-portuguese

[anneliakk]

𝚀𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗, "𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎."

#dark academic aesthetic #dark academia #gothic #goth aesthetic #raven #edgar allan poe #english literature #literature #dark aesthetic #english poetry #poetry #poem #old english #darkness

[copperbadge]

Had to fill out a new form for my psychiatrist's office recently -- pretty standard stuff, including a drop-down for race/ethnicity and another for primary language.

But when I entered "english" in the Primary Language search bar as requested, it offered me some amazing, exciting options.

[ID: A screengrab of the form, where I have typed "eng" in the search bar; three options are visible below. The options are "English", "English, Old 450-1100" and "English, Middle 1100-1500".]

I know it's just because the form autoloaded a preset list of languages from somewhere that included Old and Middle English, but I'm still tickled by the idea that Clarity Clinic Chicago has people onboard who could prescribe Adderall for Caedmon or help Shakespeare sort out his gender issues.

#psychiatry #english #old english #middle english

[sunshinemoonrx]

Old Welsh lit: Dave punched Steve. This incurred a fine of twelve cattle and a nine-inch rod of silver and is known as one of the Three Mildly Annoying Blows of the Isle of Britain

Old Irish lit: Dave punched Steve so that the top of his skull came out of his chin, and gore flooded the house, and he drove his fists down the street performing his battle-feats so that the corpses were so numerous there was no room for them to fall down. It was like “the fox among the hens” and “the oncoming tide” and “that time Emily had eight drinks when we all know she should stop at six”

Old English lit: Dave, the hard man, the fierce man, the fist-man, gave Steve such a blow the like has not been seen since the feud between the Hylfings and the Wends. Thus it is rightly said that violence only begets more violence, unless of course it is particularly sicknasty. Amen.

#medieval lit #old english #medieval irish #medieval welsh #táin #beowulf #mabinogi

[apas-95]

#anglish #deer #english #latin #old english #sorry in advance to aline if this is innacurate in the way pop linguistics often is

[cosmicyeen]

BRO????

THIS IS SO COOL?

I can't read old english but the second chapter is both a translation and notes on the translation/writing choices which i HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEYRE SO COOL

THE MEANINGS AND CHOICES IN TRANSLATION ARE GETTING TO ME

Also so many of them have these awesome explanations behind them and then there's this:

"The Old English word for “doctor”, læce, literally means “leech”, which he would hate being called so, so much that I immediately had to use it for him."

LIKE YEAH THATLL DO IT LMAO

GO CHECK IT OUT ITS INTERESTING AF

#yeen yelling #star trek #tos #spirk #old english #linguistics #captain kirk #spock #the city on the edge of forever #ao3 #links #ss text in alt text

[dionysus-complex]

i. The Wanderer (anonymous Old English poem ca. 9th-10th century; trans. A.S. Kline)

ii. Maffeo Vegio, Book XIII of the Aeneid, 1428, trans. Michael Putnam

iii. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, 1954

#intertextuality #web weaving #lingua latina #old english #tolkien

[fashionsfromhistory]

Cabinet

1880

National Gallery of Victoria

#cabinet #1880s #antique furniture #furnishings #furniture #1880 #19th century #old english #victorian #national gallery of victoria #popular

[kaithewhatever]

Serfs react to Opabinia

#the best boy #also most confusing #mideval #serfs #me when I was 5 #love them weirdos #Opabinia #cambrian explosion #bug posting #i guess #paleontology #archeology #old english #shitpost

[thethirdromana]

I love the point where Tolkien stops pretending he's writing a mid-20th century fantasy novel and just fully writes in Old English half-lines:

Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible. A swift stroke she dealt, skilled and deadly. The outstretched neck she clove asunder, and the hewn head fell like a stone. Backward she sprang as the huge shape crashed to ruin, vast wings outspread, crumpled on the earth; and with its fall the shadow passed away. A light fell about her, and her hair shone in the sunrise.

There are 3-4 paragraphs like this. It's great.

#lotr newsletter #old english #tolkien you big nerd

[suairceagsionadh]

hleowstede - a warm, sheltered place. Old English.

#all images from pinterest #cosycore #warmcore #grandmacore #old english #warm and cozy

[rahabs]

current mood: eternally annoyed by people who refer to the variation of English spoken in the medieval era as “Old English.”

#That’s not Old English #Old English would be completely unrecognizable as English to those who don’t know it. #What you’re referring to is usually Middle English #Or Early Modern English. #Old English again would be completely unrecognizable as English to the vast majority of people today. #It was very very very different #There were entirely different letters and sounds that no longer exist #E.g. wynn; eth; thorn; æ #Sorry I’m on mobile and don’t have my Old English keyboard installed on here #You also had diphthongs and different monophthongs and! I could go on #history #Old English

[courtingwonder]

How English Changed Over The Last 1000 Years

#linguistics #english #etymology #language #languages #world culture #history #world history #old english #middle english #educational #fascinating

[leisureflame]

THOU, THEE, THY, THINE. SAME THING RIGHT?

NO.

Although they seem very similar, Shakespeare would be in tears if he saw how most people mix them up. lets save William the misery and teach you when to correctly use thou, thy, and thine.

THOU

Thou = You (in subject form)

"Thou art killing me." "Art Thou crying?"

THEE

Thee = You (in object form)

"I want to kill thee." "My dog ate thee in my dream."

THY

Thy = Your (before a word that starts with a consonant)

"Thy mother." "Give me thy duck."

Thyself is used the same as any other thy+word combination like "thy mother" but without a space

"Take care of Thyself."

THINE

Thine = Your (before a word that starts with a vowel)

"Thine unibrow is evident." "Thou art on thine own."

Now Shakespeare can truly rest in peace.

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#writing #shakespeare #language #old english #history #writing tips #writing recources

[moncuries]

hello dearest followers and gay people. i am hoping u guys can help me find some things for an essay. do any of you have some great texts, quotes or things that relate to one or more of these things:

-gender in The Hobbit (not lotr)

-femininity in old english texts (transgressive) or sagas

-femininity in MEN or transgressive gender in old english text

-domesticity and men/women in the UK in 1930s

-tolkien on gender

ANYTHING IS GOOD! if u think it may be helpful, sens me the name of what ur thinking of and ill look!

#lotr #the hobbit #tolkien #old english #gender #icelandic sagas #bilbo baggins #thorin x bilbo #bagginshield

[illustratus]

#beowulf #dragon #art #walter zweigle #old english #poem #dragons #europe #european #mythology #northern europe #england #scandinavian #scandinavia #english #germanic #heroic #history #folklore #folk #medieval #middle ages #legends #heroes