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Have Children? Expose them to Old English at an Early age with this soothing lullaby! (Slǣp, Slǣp)
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Sing-a-long / Narrated Version
Old English: Slǣp, Slǣp (Lyrics)
Slǣp, Slǣp lȳtla bera
Þū eart ġesund mid mē
Sē mōna wille bēon þǣr
Iċ bēo be þīnre healfe hēr
Slǣp, Slǣp lȳtla bera
Þū eart ġesund mid mē
Modern English:
Sleep, Sleep (Lyrics)
Sleep, Sleep little bear
You are safe with me
The moon will be there
I be by your side here
Sleep, Sleep little bear
You are safe with me
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The tongue spoken in England at around 700-1100 (or 1066 if you will).
It's the fore-elder of today's British and American English — it's even older than Shakespeare.
What people often wrongly think of Shakespearian being Middle English, is Early Modern English.
Middle English was spoken at around 1100-1430 (after the Battle of Hastings, but before the Great Vowel Shift). And Early Modern English was between 1430 and 1750 - conventionally.
Modern English has been around since 1750 up to today.
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If you want to learn more about Old English (OE) @BlankSquare2, check out all my lessons!
Thanks! Very interesting. I up-voted and gave you a lingot for the course suggestion page. :) Hopefully we will get it at some point.
Please, if you have a YT channel, thank the creator of the video (and subscribe), as I am sure that he will appreicate
þancie þē!
Hƿǣt hē, þis is gōd! :D
(I should remark that it might be a good thought to fay (add) in the link to the full list leaf (page), HistoryCulture. Then others can look up all the lears (lessons) you've made!).
EDIT: Oh, I see that in the link of the suggestion of the Duolingo course you already had linked your own course. Heh, you were a step before me.
I like the guy who does the Leornende Eald Englisc. I will definitely look into this... it'd be so nice to learn Old English!
I hope that if you do look into it, that you definitely tell him that :)
