Old English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews
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Search 'Heliand, Lord's Prayer - Old Saxon' and find the word 'rikea'.
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In Low Saxon (earlier Old Saxon) we use today the same pronunciation as in Old Norse/Icelandic 'ek' but the spelling is different and looks like 'ik' or 'ick'. The word 'rice' is in Low Saxon today pronounced as 'rieK', modern english 'rich'. I don't understand the pronunciation 'rih-tche' because the 'ch' in the word is spoken like the french 'ch' what is in high german 'sch' and modern english 'sh' and rarely the 'ch/s(c)h' is in use today in Low Saxon.
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It's pronounced like the former (i.e. 'ik'), which contradicts the intervocalic hard 'c' pronounce like the latter (e.g. 'rice' as 'rih-tche'). Often times you may see a dot or even an apostrophe above 'ic' to denote its odd qualities, as it is closer to the Old Norse 'ek'.
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Do you say it in anglish or french?
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I think it sounds creepy, but it's interesting to know how english started off
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ic = ik or itch?
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Somewhere between German, English + Danish.
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Thank you! I've forgotten so very much, this was great to see! Can't wait to see the other videos.
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@MrMatt9009 Funny, because Old English wouldn't have ever been spelled with an "e" on the end, not even back then. The unnecessary "e" on the ends of words came after the influence of French into the English language from the Normans. Since Old English is from periods before French influence, it wouldn't be spelled that way.
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old english sounds a bit like dutch and german some written words are also the same back then which have changed now
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Olde English sounds pretty. It's interesting to see the evolution of languages over time. I can see how much of Modern English comes from both Latin and the Germanic Languages.
MrMatt9009 5 months ago 11
@aresapollo2004
Oh get over yourself. The British gained their accent over the past few hundred years. American's don't speak "NEW" English (whatever that is), they speak American English. English is a mongrel language that borrows heavily from many different languages (and now borrows from American English). Just like every other language on Earth, English has localized dialects. This American knows more about your own language than you do.
ajre82 4 months ago 4