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Favourite lines in Old English?
Wondered if anyone else has favourite little snippets.
I have a serious one and a funny one:
Ther wes muchel blod-gute, balu wes on rife ('There was much bloodshed, evil was rife there' from Layamon)
Theos stow habbath naedran. ('This place has snakes.' Herodotus, translated)
u/blodgute — 3 days ago