Never Gonna Give You Up BUT IT'S MIDDLE ENGLISH

[@Seetor]

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[@doctorstrangelove9055]

Pov: The arrow that killed Harold Godwinson

[@JordyHistorian]

we are gonna get rick rolled but... rick old?

[@madisonwheatley3306]

Ye Olde Rick

[@stardragon7893]

@@madisonwheatley3306 Sir Richard of Astley

[@dj_dexterdark_x942]

@@madisonwheatley3306 Thou art a good response xD

[@v1x4z]

the awful singing really sells it, and i mean it in the kindest way possible grade a shitpost

[@madisonwheatley3306]

You didn’t have to go this hard, but you did it for us. I’ve never been so happy to be Rick Rolled. 😂

[@Seetor]

I'll always go hard for you guys, as long as you guys keep going as hard showing up :D

[@mskiptr]

These "Neverte" lines started to sound like that epigraph from the Lord of the Rings.

[@artemiostriantafyllou7986]

One ring to never give you up, one ring to never let you down, one ring to never run around and dessert you; one ring to never make you cry, one ring to never say goodbye, one ring to never tell a lie or hurt you; in the lands of Mordor, where the shadows lie.

[@skoomaaddict1010]

Man, it's like a unholy combination of German and English. Can really see the Germanic roots with this.

[@nickvroman6325]

Actually, English is more similar to danish because of viking influence

[@Seetor]

No. That's not true.

[@SeoDeadeHenn]

@@nickvroman6325 the influence of old Norse upon English, while certainly present, pales in comparison to the influence of French and Latin, and the grammar and core vocabulary of English remains almost entirely West Germanic (one major exception of course being the pronoun "they")

[@comradecat3678]

opps u put on un in front of holy there!

[@Asher-Tzvi]

@@nickvroman6325 It depends on what time period you're talking about. Old English is obviously more closely related to German, however the same cannot be said for middle english. By the way old Norse and old English are sister languages, meaning that they already had a lot in common even without influencing each other.

[@squidcoffee]

The comment is during the premiere. I can just feel how great this is gonna be- Edit : Just watched the premiere. HOLY SHIT MAN YOUR SINGING VOICE IS POG-

[@Garfield_Minecraft]

That sounds very close to modern English I learned dutch and german ich can understand hit clearly Never want to/will speak lies and hurt thee Never want to/will say farewell Your voice is not the mistakes it's the master piece

[@TheBurgerkrieg]

ngl I always found the whole "you wouldn't get this from any other guy" line kind of manipulative, abusive even. Imagine going "you should get with me because I am the only man in the world who would ever commit to being with you."

[@Seetor]

This made me think, and really huge parts of the text are pretty manipulative. His argument for himself is that he will never stop chasing her? That he will never leave? That he will never say goodbye?

[@alik9783]

this is unironically a jam, i don't care how good or bad your singing skills are i am so glad you posted this edit: i commented this before the bonus content, i can't believe it got even better

[@Seetor]

Love you to bits for lying to me like that 🌹🥰❤️

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

Mother! That weird scribe is at it again!

[@bleachman803]

Genuinely amazing work! Didn’t expect to enjoy the poetry part quite this much! Please keep it up! I look forwards to your videos in my sub box

[@Olliejz]

really like this video amasing effort!

[@Praqueue]

How long until we get WAP in middle English?

[@Seetor]

until i run out of every other possible video I could do.

[@cocok.291]

PLEASE

[@gabriellockett6302]

Theodsawe haven hit, Kyng Ælfrǣd þē greet plaȝede (pleyede) this song to begasten his men nought to ȝiven (yeven) up while in ȝefeght (yefeght) or in werren. Runic Transliteration: ᛏᚺᛖᛟᛞᛋᚨᚹᛖ ᚺᚨᚡᛖᚾ ᚺᛁᛏ, ᚴᚤᚾᚷ æᛚᚠᚱǣᛞ þē ᚷᚱᛖᛖᛏ ᛈᛚᚨȝᛖᛞᛖ (ᛈᛚᛖᚤᛖᛞᛖ) ᛏᚺᛁᛋ ᛋᛟᚾᚷ ᛏᛟ ᛒᛖᚷᚨᛋᛏᛖᚾ ᚺᛁᛋ ᛗᛖᚾᚾ ᚾᛟᚢᚷᚺᛏ ᛏᛟ ȝᛁᚡᛖᚾ (ᚤᛖᚡᛖᚾ) ᚢᛈ ᚹᚺᛁᛚᛖ ᛁᚾ ȝᛖᚠᛖᚷᚺᛏ (ᚤᛖᚠᛖᚷᚺᛏ) ᛟᚱ ᛁᚾ ᚹᛖᚱᚱᛖᚾ. Translation: Legend has it, King Alfred the Great played this song to inspire his men not to give up while in battle or in war.

[@Seetor]

Oh shit he brought the Futhark

[@gabriellockett6302]

@@Seetor Yeah, I ad to bring in the Futhark

[@equitesloricatus6035]

Fine, here’s your comment you tyrant

[@saucerr3691]

Singing it is the most American that you sound.

[@ganzo.1067]

THIS IS GONNA BE GOOODDDD

[@jackanderson1155]

Time to go back in time, drop this, and watch the timeline burn.

[@biscuitygudness]

oh my god YES. im enjoying this video more than is probably expected, but rickrolls are so funny to me and your singing makes me happy, thank you for this ART

[@Seetor]

Thanks for watching :)

[@mats520]

Middle english reminds me about german especially the word ich

[@Seetor]

they're related, you know

[@cormarine9812]

For the past hour, I have been waiting for this glory.

[@roadhouse6999]

DYUERS COLOURS!

[@k.umquat8604]

if it be tropyckal of course

[@stardragon7893]

IT GROWETH TO BEEN A FROGGE, IF IT THE NE BE NE EATEN!

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

@@stardragon7893 It can be foundeth in te forets or te laeks

[@stardragon7893]

@@robinrehlinghaus1944 A frogge beeth broders with a TOADE!

[@ShadowmarkReturns]

I was hoping it would be just the going of it so I could rick roll people in middle english.

[@Seetor]

Might do a separate upload

[@ShadowmarkReturns]

@@Seetor Thank you. :)

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

say what you will about your singing voice, i think you started to find a groove towards the end, cause it stopped feeling quite as awkward and actually started to sound good

[@johnhebert4604]

Hey, Seetor, I can’t sing that song in Modern English ! Kudos for your enunciation skills... 😬 But your singing voice... ??? 😉

[@Seetor]

Awful innit

[@johnhebert4604]

@@Seetor It was heroically tragic. 👍 Really appreciate your linguistic talent & your self-effacing sense of humour. Thank you for educating us so effectively.

[@Nphynite]

Thiw is truly beautiful

[@lumino8435]

Outstanding work, good sire!

[@Seetor]

Thank thee kindly!

[@prla5400]

SO *L O N G E*

[@annas7283]

I m in love with your singing voice 😍🤩

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

GermEngliCelt'sh

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

Thanks for the heart

[@alaouiproductions]

This sound netherlandish.

[@thedictationofallah]

Shakespeare must be jolly from his own graveth

[@contramuffin5814]

My ears have been blessed

[@askitarii1636]

H

[@prla5400]

Neverte wille ron around and relinquish thee My crush in tears

[@LittleWhole]

Yes... a masterpiece.

[@antonior4220]

The world needs more of your poetry sir

[@annab.1046]

Holy hell 😱

[@wigley7610]

4:32

[@LordS20000]

I love thee !!!

[@Seetor]

Ich love thee aswell

[@LordS20000]

Question can I post a link of this to my language app? Haha it’s a app where people help each other learn a different language and I feel your content can be a perfect thing to show the old English

[@Lacesonashes]

Content creators tend to like when you share their videos because it means more views They don't like reposting though, but "share a link" is probably fine and dandy

[@Seetor]

Yes, of course! But keep in mind this is middle English, not old. 11-14th century, roughly.

[@laamonftiboren4236]

@@Seetor *1100s-1400s, þou menest.

[@Seetor]

1066

[@laamonftiboren4236]

@@Seetor The Norman conquest didn't change things overnight. There may have been dialectal forms of English by that time that would have been appropriately described as transition English (that is, well on the way to becoming grammatically Middle English), but that would be due to natural linguistic change combined with Vikings, not the Normans; the earliest comfortably Middle English surviving texts date to the mid-1100s.

[@breadenjoyer5778]

Surprisingly quite intelligible

[@davidcostin2434]

Nevetablatheh

[@BJ-ij7br]

how did you regret it??? it was amazing and impressive

[@hollyrobethan3361]

Bruh! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

[@somemeansfish8987]

WAIT.Was that a lute version in the singing part

[@Seetor]

No. It was a song from the soundtrack of Europa Universalis IV

[@cocok.291]

HILDEGARD VON BLINGIN PLEASE

[@looteboi9137]

Who are the 2 people who disliked

[@Seetor]

people who haven leven þee

[@petelin2142]

goes on for way to long

[@alexwilson7127]

Where are you from? (Just curious about your accent)

[@Seetor]

AEIOU

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

He is from this middle earth

[@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934]

From what century is this English?

[@Seetor]

11th-14th

[@AnitaBlackmann]

U like pasta?

[@Seetor]

I am not opposed

[@AnitaBlackmann]

@@Seetor thank

[@Seetor]

Thank

[@CricketTheHivewing]

Thank

[@LittleWhole]

Thank

[@k.umquat8604]

You don't sing bad

[@ryrieee]

why is your name red in the screenshot...?

[@Seetor]

Because that's how my browser's theme displays that.

[@ryrieee]

@@Seetor oh, is it a dark red theme? and do you mind linking it? i like the color combo

[@Seetor]

It's from the Firefox browser extension "Enhancer for KZbin", which has a bunch of other useful features like custom playback speeds, a skip ad button (basically a single-use ad block that lets you skip an ad before the 5s are up, and let's you decide whether you want to support a creator by viewing the ad on a case-by-case basis), the option to fuck with the contrast and brightness of a video and too many more for me to list now. It's super useful, basically.

[@ryrieee]

@@Seetor oh, thank you!

[@sophiabrown7053]

Fifth!

[@John_the_Paul]

This was mid

[@Seetor]

Damn

[@hollyrobethan3361]

Out of tune!

[@Seetor]

It's almost like I'm an amateur