Mirie it is while sumer ilast - English Medieval Song

Unknown, 13th century England.
Mirie it is while sumer ilast
with fugheles song.
oc nu necheth windes blast
and weder strong.
And ich with wel michel wrong
soregh and murne and fast.
Sung by: • Vocantus - Mirie it is...

[@aakarshmaurya2265]

So ironically beautiful that oldest surviving song from England is actually a rant on bad weather

[@OscarOSullivan]

There is a reason Christmas day was moved from spring to the middle of winter

[@saudade7842]

I mean, it is English

[@UNITDW]

@@OscarOSullivanChristmas has always been celebrated on Dec 25 for as long as it’s been a holiday, it’s based on Jesus being 6 months younger than John the Baptist and John being born on either the 24th or 25th of June depending on calculations based on his father’s priestly caste and what day he would’ve been working in the temple - coupled with the fact that the Apostles knew Jesus and knew Mary for even longer and their disciples, the Apostolic Fathers, celebrated Christmas on this day. The whole Christmas was in spring thing is a myth.

[@liviemillie6455]

I wonder if it was more than that- I could see a lot of symbolism behind this stanza if it was indeed the opening to something else (and it really piques the poetically minded person's curiosity what this could be). But it's hilarious this is what survived.

[@RowanAckerman]

Does it predate Sumer is icumen in?

[@heathertxuk]

This is absolutely beautiful ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😊

[@sakkra93]

A *strong* part of me wishes we still spoke like this. This sounds really beautiful to my English ears, a language of my forefathers lost to me :(

[@markworrall9940]

I feel your pain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@tateranus4365]

I'm American and I almost wish some people spoke this way.

[@cmeadowcroft2097]

I have been chasing this language for decades I am no scholar but I have tried to learn a bit as time goes on. The real bad thing about Old English is that you are denied forbidden to have a two-way dictionary Oxford press insists that it will only ever produce One Way dictionary from old to now remember Old English is the foundation of Modern English how more important cannot be as opposed to dead useless languages like Latin which is in two way along with Scottish Gaelic Irish Gaelic and of course Welsh😡😡😡

[@ImperiumRomanum476]

This is not Old English. This is Middle English.​@@cmeadowcroft2097

[@medved7683]

An oddly beautiful song.

[@sakkra93]

Nothing oddly about it, just beautiful. Germanic languages in general are secretly beautiful.

[@markworrall9940]

Ah! The music of thy Kin, it hits right where other songs in modernity can not-it is pure, majestic, and sublime, while also paying homage to the age old English attitude toward the weather haha thank you for a wonderful share. Mé lícaþ þæt cargealdor! Ƿes þú hál bróþor! Íċ þancie þé. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@tateranus4365]

it ain't just the UK that constantly complains about poor weather, people in the South and especially Midwest complain about it just as much if not more than most Brits, I should know, I have lived in the South and Midwest for many years and also am friends with quite a few Brits.

[@markworrall9940]

@tateranus4365 Yer I can understand that though with temperatures you Southerners get down there, 't'is maddening weather, but in England in the rurals, that is, its pretty much a tradition in conversation. Most people open up with "f*cking weather, ei?" "O' tell me about it, can't wait for the summer"- and when it gets hot and I mean over 15 degrees is warm enough to complain over here. Everywhere I go in England we all constantly complain about the weather, hot or cold hahaha. That's all I was saying, is that even after 1500 years nothing has changed, haha.

[@tateranus4365]

@@markworrall9940 the part of the US I live in currently (southern Ohio) gets over 100 degrees F (37.7C) and in the winter gets to be like 10 degrees F (-12C) and on top of that the humidity can stay over 80% for months on end.

[@JP-wt8jg]

Many thanks for this Video. I am german. Its so interesting: oc nu necheth windes blast. Modern german: Doch nun naht windiger Sturm. Many greets ❤

[@amerdoom6491]

Yes, my friend, and as an English person from England, you are considered my relative because we are both from Germanic people

[@AshtonWest-tf7gj]

very interesting that i can understand alot of the song even though i speak no medieval english

[@timverrecchia1654]

The language is middle English. Modern day the closest living language is West Frisian, a Low German language still spoken in the province of Fryslân (Friesland), in the northeastern Netherlands. Dutch, German to.

[@rahjah6958]

@@timverrecchia1654I’ve seen frisians have basic conversations with old English speakers

[@sakkra93]

I'm fortunate through my admittedly limited knowledge of Old English and German to be able understand this song of my forefathers.

[@Hugh_Morris]

It's still English mate just an older version

[@mariar4431]

Love this.

[@Trollface28382]

Nice

[@KingCharlesIII_]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤

[@OrthoKarter]

Great!

[@user-qi1jo8gj8f]

I, like this song

[@RandomVidsforthought]

You should check out ian pittaway's more accurate version

[@gabrielileri5799]

Wonderful

[@zhajikun5309]

I was born in 1266 and it is very beautiful

[@loukoumi624]

feel something special . I don't konw why.

[@tonyoliver2167]

Miri it is a whil sumer ilast withe fugheles song, oc nu neheth windes blast and weder strong, aie aie what this nicht is long, and ich withe welle michele wrong, serrowe and murne and fast. One of my favourite medieval English songs along with "Sumer is a cumen in" and "worldes bliss ne last night throwe" the latter being sung by John Fleagle. I encourage anyone to check out his works.

[@robnewman6101]

Wow.

[@theodorekaczynski8147]

I like how, if you know German, you can see some parallels. Like “fugheles” and “Vogel”. The fact “nicht” means night is stupid, though our “no” probably comes from the same root as the French “non”

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Why is it stupid? Nicht/Nacht. Nicht is pretty common across indo-european languages. It's even the same in Greek.

[@sakkra93]

This was when the English peasantry still spoke similar to their Old Saxon forefathers from Germany.

[@mitteos]

Nich in Ukrainian it night.

[@tfan2222]

Modern English “no” comes from “none” which comes from Old English “nān”, coming from “ne ān.” Modern German “nein” is formed from the same combination of words, just from Old High German.

[@garybartlett8818]

I knew immediately that “fugheles” was birds, because I knew that "Vogel” meant "bird" in German. The word still exists in modern English of course, but it has morphed into "fowl" - chickens, ducks, geese, und so weiter .:

[@Lorde_Prime]

Es is between Deutsch und English))))

[@robnewman6101]

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[@RandomVidsforthought]

Ian Pittaway's version is more accurate.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Why?

[@giw_jones]

​@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerekStructure and pronunciation. This version is meant to be a little more "poppy."

[@athinghere]

this sounds like modern englis hbut less latin