Old English Lesson 2 : Basic Phrases

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Lesson 2 of my series of Old English Lessons

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Notes :

"O.Englisc : hú gǽþ hit (mid) þé / éoƿ?"
Lit. "how goes it (life) for/to/with you?"

German : wie geht es dir / Ihnen?
Dutch : hoe gaat het met jou / u?
Frisian : hoe giet it mei dy / jo?

O.Englisc : gǽþ hit gód (mid) mé / hit is gód (mid) mé*
Lit. "it (life) goes well for/to/with me"

German : mir geht es gut
Dutch : (het gaat) goed
Frisian : it is goed mei my


O.Englisc : hú hátst þú / hátaþ ȝé?

English : *how hotest thou / hote you?
German : wie heißt du / heißen Sie?
Dutch : hoe heet je / u?
Frisian : hoe hytsto / hite jo?
Danish : hvad hedder du?
Swedish : vad heter du?
Norwegian : hva heter du?
Icelandic : hvað heitir þú?
Faroese : hvussu eitur tú?

**** O.Englisc : íċ háte ...
English : *I hote ...
German : ich heiße ...
Dutch : ik heet ...
Frisian : ik hyt ...
Danish : jeg hedder ...
Swedish : jag heter ...
Norwegian : jeg heter ...
Icelandic : ég heiti
Faroese : eg eiti ...

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  • This is so easy knowing another offspring of old Saxon that had no French influence. Hu gaeth hit (mid) the=Hö jeit dit (med) die? Gaeth dit god (mid) me=Dit jeit good (med) mie. Ic thancie eow=Ekj danke jü (closer to modern English) Hu hatath je?=Hö hetten jie? Ic maej=Ekj mäj, etc...

  • Sounds very Dutch to me. I am leaving in Holland and I'm struggling to learn Dutch; now I think I found a way :)

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  • Sounds like Dutch with a lisp!

  • @LePawlow

    Celtic? Nooooo. Just Germanic ta very much.

  • @HarryBodensson yes, But they're Germanic ( and so is their language) because they're a mix of different people (Belgae, Frisian, Saxon, Celtic...)

  • @LePawlow

    Either that or it's because the English are Germanic?

  • @HojoOSanagi the fuck, where am i. I searched for call of duty XD..

  • It's because the Belgae once conquered a part of England I guess and the Germanic influences.

  • het gaat goed met mij! i'm doing well!

    Ik sterf - I'm dying (i need)

    wow!

  • Hoe gaat het me gij =  How are you (gij = old dutch voor you)

    wth english is dutch? You also might check Frisian language, its a part of Holland.

  • @RixPixable

    I beg you pardon? o.Ô"

  • @AwesomeBirdSama Well fuck you.

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