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  • And if is not to much asking, I was wondering if you can send me a video like this with all the parts that I need (is like a page and a half), beacuse I would like to use it for de documentary. Thank you again, every time that I listen this is like to travel to the twelfth century.

  • Hi. I loved your work. The old english sound beautiful. Do you have acces to all the E manuscript of the anglosaxon chronicle? I'm a student of history in Mexico and I'm doing a documentary about the norman conquest and how they aporopiated the arthurian legend. I looked for a version of the anglosaxon chronicle in old english but I couln't find it so, I was wondering if you can send some parts that I all ready selected. Thank you for your work and your time.

  • @penteyrnedd

    thank you!

    Yes, I have the E manuscript.

    Do you want the Old English account of the year 1066?

  • @Leofwin2010

    I need some extracts of the years: 1066, 1087, 1100, 1106 and 1140 in Old English. I don't know if you can give me your e-mail adress so that I can send you a document with the exact extracts in English. I know it's to much asking but if you have the time and it's not to much trouble it would be great if you can help me. Thank you so much. (Sorry if my English is bad, I'm stil learning).

  • @Leofwin2010 how did you learn old english?

  • @stealth1692

    oh, still learning! the only way is through books :)

  • @Leofwin2010 which books?

  • @stealth1692

    recommend Steve Pollington's 'First Steps in Old English, published by Anglo-Saxon Books

  • anglosaxon languaje how interesting

  • Have used this vid as well as the Lord's Prayer one to show my Y7 History classes how rich and vibrant this language was and what we lost linguistically at Hastings. Love the pronunciation, from where did you learn it?

  • @deGency

    Many thanks for kind comments - keeps me going! You may wish to check a neat little book by David Cowell, 'How we'd speak English if we'd won at Hastings'. It's good fun and quite thought-provoking.

    My pronunciation, inevitably, is informed guesswork, but the sounds of modern Dutch and German help. If I had any Danish, I'm sure that would help, too! Good luck with yr7

  • @Leofwin2010 have been getting some idea of the language/sounds by using Teach Yourself Old English, together with First Steps in Old English (Pollington) to get more of an idea re/ the grammar. TYOE is very good re/ the sounds if the CD's bought as well. Just love that gehalgod = yerhalyod sound!! Have to say that some others' pronunciation attempts on YT are interesting to say the least. Will check the book you mention and thanks again; hope you are thinking of doing some more extracts!!

  • @deGency

    Of course, I should have added that later medieval spellings give clues about pronunciation too! Your yr7 kids may enjoy the 'Learn Old English with Leofwin' video?

  • @Leofwin2010 Have indeed picked up this vid!! Will show at some stage. Waes thu hal :-)

  • VERY GOOD

  • @MrHistoryhelp

    thanks!

  • A lovely reading and moving too. Hearing the words brings the history alive.

  • @Flashstar5

    ah, thanks a lot - appreciate the comment

  • A fabulous reading! I cannot believe how like German the sentence structure is! Also, 'Heer' is the German word for army.

  • @Blabloo72

    thank you v much! Take out all the latin and French which flooded into the language from the 1200's, and English reveals itself much more clearly as a Germanic language .

  • @Leofwin2010

    And yet, so different.

    Fascinating how parts of it sound close to Welsh, and other parts are obviously unchanged in modern English.

    I know it's imagination but it makes me feel connected across the 1000+ years...

  • @emanitudism

    Well, the past, they say, is just another country

  • @emanitudism

    well the past, they say, is just another country

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