
Ljere, Denmark. Site of the mythical Meade hall, Heorot, from Beowulf.
Incredible to go to the site of what many believe could be the actual Heorot…
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeFQVy5B2-r/?stkn=a2ZzYW9yanAzZ3d2

Incredible to go to the site of what many believe could be the actual Heorot…
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeFQVy5B2-r/?stkn=a2ZzYW9yanAzZ3d2
As the title says, I speak Danish fairly well, I’ve been learning the language for over five years, and can hold pretty solid conversations. My university offers Old English courses, which teach you the language and have you read some ancient texts. I’m going to take the course regardless, since it counts towards my major (English) and who doesn’t want to learn Old English? I figured I’d ask though. Thanks!
Hello my Old English geeks of reddit,
I am currently writing a short fiction piece for my college intro to fiction class, though not set in 600-110AD but in the modern era, one of the character does speak a line of Old English (cus hes a little behind when it comes to speaking Modern English but also as a giant 'fuck you Frank for telling me what to do') and was hoping of some pointers and corrections on my translation, spelling (including if I put all the right diacritics), and word choice.
Please note that I am not a linguist and made this translation through Modern to Old English dictionaries double check through translators, and hopefully triple checked by you guys who may have a grain of 'I know what I'm going' - don't crucify me.
Here is my OEng translation of what I'm trying to say in MEng.
Old English:
“Hw… forhwý – tō hwón? Iċ hæbbe þone þe iċ ġewilnige.”
Modern English (vibes based translation not a word for word):
"wh... for what reason - to what end? I have my/whom I desire/crave"
I would like to point out that 'Iċ' in 'Iċ hæbbe' may be redundant because several dictionaries said that hæbbe means 'I have' but I wasn't sure if it would.
Also, I'm not sure of 'þone þe' it seemed a little... unsophisticated or childish in the mannerism; but if it is correct in that is how the sentence would actually be worded I'll role with it.
Finally, I am having a bit of frustration picking the last word 'desire/crave' I know "ġe-" is a intensifying prefix that carries a heavier religious or law-like context - I want it there (even if it creates a new made up OEng word), but, I don't know which word to attach it to. From what I found 'wilnige' seems to mean 'I desire, I long for, I yearn for, I ask for' which is kinda what I'm going for but I don't know if there is a more intense/primal word as he is sorta trying to convey 'ever since I saw the thing, I have not desired for the thing, have been longing for this thing for a really long time, and if I do not get the thing I will literally die of a broken heart'.
thank you for the assistance :)