Beowulf, #2, Old English
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@Fluttershypwnage It comes from germanic.
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@Fluttershypwnage It doesn't derive from Latin. It's a Germanic language, mostly influenced by Scandinavian language at this point. Latin influence is minimal in Old English, but becomes more prevalent in Middle English, along with Greek, French and Italian.
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Took implies we chose it. Infact the Normans(who spoke french) invaded England and forced it upon the English. If we didn't resist then we would actually be speaking French.
Turns our modern English is a right mix-up but mostly derives from Germanic languages.
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@UnMlynarczyk Spanish 'derives' from latin. English 'took' from French. Not the same.
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@Pracaloid Actually... it kinda does. The Norman conquest mixed the Old English and the Old Norman (Old French from Normandy, basically), so the Latin element was introduced to English. And while English is a West Germanic language, it has a lot of influences from Latin and Greek, due to the French embedded in it.
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the oldest written english epic. thank you for sharing it!
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I people are cannot talk old english
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I love hearing this Epic recited so epicly! Keep it up! It would help me a lot with my Old English studies!
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It's more closely related to Old Norse than to Latin... (I see some words lifted from modern German) & shows the influence of Scandinavians- & hundreds of years of contact (& "winter settlements"- like Dublin, etc) on the Saxon.
the "raeste sohte"- or "rest sought"- with the verb on the end, is Germanic syntax.
(I love the sound of "Hrothgar"!.. a name like clearing one's throat! ) ^..^
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Apparently it derives from Latin the dead language that no one likes.
Fluttershypwnage 3 months ago
@Fluttershypwnage I already learned Latin. Beautiful language.
Delodephius 2 months ago
great! I'm italian, and sounds epic this! I feel myself in those abscure pre-medieval ages!
is this english?! sounds almost swedish!
AljoshaKaramazov 4 months ago 3
@AljoshaKaramazov Yeah, it's English. It's one of the rarer languages in the world that has evolved beyond recognition in just less than a thousand years. Many languages, not all but most, still at least sound like their ancient ancestors, but English is not one of such languages.
Delodephius 3 months ago
whats does rasta sukta mean?
TheShaolinScholar 6 months ago
@TheShaolinScholar It's "ræste sohte", and it's the past tense of "to seek rest".
Delodephius 6 months ago