The Christmas Story in Old English - Luke Ch. 2 in Anglo-Saxon

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Josh Tyra

Josh Tyra

8 жыл бұрын

The Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 2, read in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) by Joshua Tyra. This is a late 10th- or early 11th-century translation, traditionally called the Wessex or West Saxon Gospels, in an 11th-century manuscript known as the Bath Old English Gospels (CCCC MS 140). Special thanks to the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, for their permission to reproduce images of CCCC MS 140, now housed in the Parker Library. To learn more about the Library's manuscript digitalization effort in partnership with Stanford University, visit the Parker Library on the Web (parker.stanford.edu).
Modern English narration by George Gibb.
Original music by Joshua Tyra: "Puer Nobis Nascitur," a new musical setting of a Latin Christmas hymn, Trier, 15th century.
Orchestral samples used in this recording are from Garritan Instruments for Finale 2014.
Text based on the edition of Rev. Walter W. Skeat, "The Gospel According to Saint Luke in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian Versions Synoptically Arranged, with Collations Exhibiting All the Readings of All the MSS," Cambridge University Press, 1874 (archive.org/details/gospelacc....
Text and border displayed in Junicode, "the font for medievalists," developed by Peter S. Baker, University of Virginia (junicode.sourceforge.net/).
Produced by Joshua Tyra, 2015.
Dedicated to Christina von Nolcken, "Mǣru Lærestre" ("Illustrious Teacher").
“Gode sȳ wuldor on hēahnesse and on eorðan sybb mannum gōdes willan!" ("Glory be to God in the highest place, and on earth peace to men of good will!")
Glæd Ġēol Eallum! (Happy Christmas to All!)

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@nathanmethusalem862
@nathanmethusalem862 7 жыл бұрын
You portray the text as a singing - miraculous, touching, and sublime
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's very kind.
@bigred9428
@bigred9428 4 ай бұрын
That's how they used to remember epic poems -- they "sang" them. You can still hear this in Ireland.
@Heikinnen0301
@Heikinnen0301 4 ай бұрын
Great vid to sleeping
@LittleImpaler
@LittleImpaler 8 жыл бұрын
It's nice to know the word "and" hasn't changed much. :)
@bluespyusa8979
@bluespyusa8979 7 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise I was the only one in the And protection society...' Back off Norman! XD
@ineffablemars
@ineffablemars 7 жыл бұрын
even in german it's und - not too different
@anonymousperson6462
@anonymousperson6462 6 жыл бұрын
LittleImpaler temple and sword were hardly changed as well.
@thekatazsiuniverse4868
@thekatazsiuniverse4868 6 жыл бұрын
Horny Aleks not all British dialects
@theperson8275
@theperson8275 5 жыл бұрын
as well as "today"
@jpthomas9491
@jpthomas9491 5 жыл бұрын
"You will find a child, wrapped in cloth and laying in a bin" "Excuse me?" "The kid's in a bin"
@sirbillius
@sirbillius 5 жыл бұрын
Ha a binne. I didn’t catch that. That’s pretty funny.
@mookins45
@mookins45 5 жыл бұрын
kid's in a cage
@phoebexxlouise
@phoebexxlouise 4 жыл бұрын
I saw that haha
@crystallogic2543
@crystallogic2543 4 жыл бұрын
Keep on rocking in the free world
@mauigio
@mauigio 4 жыл бұрын
THINE NUTS!
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
When this video had only 7,000 views, a former Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library observed, "That’s probably a larger number than ever heard that text read aloud in Anglo-Saxon England." How much more must that be true today, with 20 times that number of views! Thank you, everyone. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
@sagidasyed6314
@sagidasyed6314 2 жыл бұрын
Yes❤️❤️❤️❤️
@sagidasyed6314
@sagidasyed6314 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry if it's out of context but does anyone know the name of the background song? It's beautiful 😍😍😍
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 2 жыл бұрын
@@sagidasyed6314 Thanks! I wrote the music. The details are in the description field.
@sagidasyed6314
@sagidasyed6314 2 жыл бұрын
@@joshtyra oh my goodness!!!!!!!! You are so talented!!!!!! 😍😍 It's such a beautiful Christmas medieval song! You really are a medieval monk composer😂🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 2 жыл бұрын
@@sagidasyed6314 Thank you, that's very kind!
@PLuMUK54
@PLuMUK54 5 жыл бұрын
This is the best reading of Old English that I've ever heard. The intonation is superb.
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's very kind!
@avalonh-b.3412
@avalonh-b.3412 4 жыл бұрын
It’s fascinating how “mīne ēagan” is so similar to “meine augen” in german. And the verbs that are formulated in the past tense, like “gesāwon” and “ge-earwodest” are the same as verbs formulated in the perfect tense in German “with the “ge” added to the start of the verb”. So interesting
@sangralknight3031
@sangralknight3031 4 жыл бұрын
Anglia and Saxony are both in Germanium. Anglo Saxons were originally Germanic tribes. In fact they were some of the most primitive. Odd no, how a language spawned from barbarian tribes considered barbaric by other barbarians became the language spoken across all the world. Last shall be first indeed.
@Evenvesper
@Evenvesper 3 жыл бұрын
English and German both belong to the Germanic Language Family. If the Norman conquest of 1066 hadn't happened English most likely would have remained intact like that of German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and the other Germanic Languages. Actual English without the Latin is quite beautiful!
@DNT912
@DNT912 3 жыл бұрын
"Faran" means "Fahren" in German
@MrCubFan415
@MrCubFan415 3 жыл бұрын
@@Evenvesper “English without the Latin” Anglish? (Personally, I think English and Anglish are both cool in their own way 🙂)
@shawdo3846
@shawdo3846 2 жыл бұрын
In Norwegian it's "augo mine"
@hizkias2679
@hizkias2679 5 жыл бұрын
This is so relaxing, imagine an old english asmr
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
I imagine it would sound kind of like Cate Blanchett whispering in Elvish at the beginning of LOTR.
@annarose7914
@annarose7914 7 жыл бұрын
I wish English still was like this. Sounds so pretty.
@davetinoco
@davetinoco 6 жыл бұрын
Anna Rose icelandic is like this somewhat
@AverageAlien
@AverageAlien 5 жыл бұрын
sounds German
@effigytormented
@effigytormented 4 жыл бұрын
@Denise Bond you mean the diversity dump it was back then too? Because this has a different grammar based on gaelic.
@rastahatattack706
@rastahatattack706 4 жыл бұрын
@hunter0one Unfortunately, that only extends so far as vocabulary. I'd love to see something like Anglish, but that keeps Old English's noun and verb conjugations, and an orthography reminiscent of Old English
@rastahatattack706
@rastahatattack706 4 жыл бұрын
@hunter0one Not really. Without Norse influence, English probably would have kept a lot of its grammar, like the other North Germanic languages did.
@titaniumfeather5000
@titaniumfeather5000 7 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm in Lord of the Rings listening to an elf in Rivendale
@jacob527
@jacob527 6 жыл бұрын
i heard that was what the elf language was based off of.
@brookesmith9413
@brookesmith9413 6 жыл бұрын
I think Welsh sounds more Elvish. Old English sounds more like the language of Rohan.
@VTdarkangel
@VTdarkangel 5 жыл бұрын
@@brookesmith9413 If my understanding is correct, I think the elven language of Quenya is based off of Finnish. Rohan's language is based off of Old English. Tolkien seemed to think of Rohan as what the Anglo-Saxons were before 1066 or if they had their cavalry to fight William.
@gagool3434
@gagool3434 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't the quenya who's based to Finnish ?
@Xerxes2005
@Xerxes2005 5 жыл бұрын
@@VTdarkangel Quenya is indeed inspired by Finnish language. However, the language we see most used in both the books and the movies is Sindarin, which was based off of Welsh and other celtic languages.
@javoZ32
@javoZ32 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard several linguist’s reading old English, and many sounded very good to my ears, some though, were a little rough in interpretation. Yours, sounds to me, exactly as I would’ve imagined it! This sounds softer, and more natural; something akin to modern English, with a dominant but clear Germanic flavor.
@palepilgrim1174
@palepilgrim1174 4 жыл бұрын
It's always amusing to me that people bemoan the 'lack of purity' in Modern English when Old English itself contained like 25% borrowings from Latin in its vocabulary. I think these people seem to think German and Dutch (or even the Scandinavian languages) didn't also borrow massively from Latin and other Romance languages over the centuries. Or that Latin itself didn't borrow massively from Greek, or that Greek didn't borrow massively from Phoenician and other Semitic languages. Languages are always changing and evolving and adapting and borrowing and influencing. They will only ever change through use so if you continue to use all those Romance loanwords when there are perfectly suitable Germanic words already in English or when you can just create new English words by directly translating the Latin loanword (for example/forshow 'upfind' for 'invent' or 'underseaboat' for 'submarine' or 'wordstock/wordbook' for 'vocabulary/dictionary' or 'foodfill/foodhouse/foodhall' for 'restaurant', that's on you. But stop the endless whining and complaining about it if you're going to do f*** all to change it. Good Lord.
@BlueFlame414mdftw
@BlueFlame414mdftw 3 жыл бұрын
@@palepilgrim1174 you're not wrong but bro chill...
@palepilgrim1174
@palepilgrim1174 3 жыл бұрын
@@BlueFlame414mdftw Yeah it just p**** me off tbh. Be the change you want manifest in the world, what's stopping you, lol.
@javoZ32
@javoZ32 2 жыл бұрын
@@palepilgrim1174 life is short, and isn’t worth being pissed off about things we can't change. If want to spend it being pissed on things that don't matter, that’s on you.
@roggeralves94
@roggeralves94 6 жыл бұрын
This is the nicest thing ever. Interesting to see how some old pronunciations still persist in certain aspects of current English. I noticed how "child" was pronounced with the same vowel as in "children" back then... That's very interesting!
@mattrich680
@mattrich680 2 ай бұрын
Old English is my dream foreign language: word for word translation, idiom for idiom, the grammar is the foundation of the language I use every day, and if you sound out the words, they sound like what they mean. Thank you for reading this, please give us more.
@ariesleorising9421
@ariesleorising9421 6 жыл бұрын
It's a gorgeous language.
@Platyfurmany
@Platyfurmany 5 жыл бұрын
When most folks here in the United States think "Old English," they think of the 1611 King James Bible or Shakespeare. Thank you for giving me this so that I can demonstrate to all my friends here in the States what true Old English, or as I like to call it, Anglo-Saxon sounds like!
@ugfolder
@ugfolder 5 жыл бұрын
English is just French and German together its easy
@basedgodkyon
@basedgodkyon 2 жыл бұрын
@@ugfolder smh
@ugfolder
@ugfolder 2 жыл бұрын
@@basedgodkyon it was supposed to be a basic explanation put together
@basedgodkyon
@basedgodkyon 2 жыл бұрын
@@ugfolder Even that basic explanation is just plain wrong
@kenny5577
@kenny5577 2 жыл бұрын
@@ugfolder old English is old Norse Dutch and Danish. German has nothing to do with it
@imperator7459
@imperator7459 3 жыл бұрын
Lets revive Old English Who's with me?
@Survivethejive
@Survivethejive 6 жыл бұрын
skillful reading
@Shoegazebasedgenre0.
@Shoegazebasedgenre0. 6 жыл бұрын
Survive the Jive *VERY*
@raykdreisatzgehtanders7239
@raykdreisatzgehtanders7239 5 жыл бұрын
@@Shoegazebasedgenre0. *INDO*
@quantumdragon22
@quantumdragon22 5 жыл бұрын
@@raykdreisatzgehtanders7239 *EUROPEAN*
@anglishbookcraft1516
@anglishbookcraft1516 5 жыл бұрын
Indo European
@avzarathustra6164
@avzarathustra6164 5 жыл бұрын
@@anglishbookcraft1516 West Germanic
@Vesnicie
@Vesnicie 4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how phonetic English was before the influence of several more languages and the great vowel shift In the following centuries.
@JasperSynth
@JasperSynth Жыл бұрын
I blame the french
@Vesnicie
@Vesnicie Жыл бұрын
@@JasperSynth Always a good plan.
@pinoynobody211
@pinoynobody211 7 жыл бұрын
Wow, unlike in Old Spanish and Modern Spanish where you can still somewhat grasp some words like: fablo = hablo, fierro = hierro, In the case of Old English it's almost totally unintelligible to Modern English speakers.
@Ninel-qc7hi
@Ninel-qc7hi 7 жыл бұрын
Indeed, but the point is that technically Old English and Present day English = English, while Spanish = Old Spanish but Spanish =/= Latin.
@Jbm0230
@Jbm0230 7 жыл бұрын
It's more intelligible if you have studied other languages that are related to the proto indo-european. Like Swedish, English, German, etc.
@Longlius
@Longlius 7 жыл бұрын
After injections of Old Norse during the Viking invasions in the 800s and Old French during the Norman conquest in 1066, Old English had so many foreign words that its case system no longer really 'worked'. You couldn't really predictably inflect the French or Norse nouns according to OE's rules so nouns just stopped being inflected and auxiliary verbs, prepositions, and strict word order started taking the place of an actual case system. By the time of Chaucer in the 1300s (when English started being taken seriously by the upper classes again), case had pretty much vanished from the language. Nowadays, case only exists as a remnant in the form of pronouns (he/she, his/hers, him/her). AFAIK English is the only major Indo-European language to undergo this transformation - others have gradually simplified their case systems, but none of them have completely dropped case like English has. In a way, OE and Modern English almost exist in completely different paradigms, which is part of what makes OE so incomprehensible to modern speakers.
@italoman9
@italoman9 7 жыл бұрын
I got "after" -- that was about it for what sounded familiar to me in our modern English! ;o
@ranelgallardo5343
@ranelgallardo5343 6 жыл бұрын
The Arabs who controlled Spain for 7 centuries didn't mess with Spanish too much, but the French and old Germanic people who controlled England for years for some time effed with English so much.
@musicaldooder20
@musicaldooder20 6 жыл бұрын
Old English is pleasant to listen to.
@callmeJAF
@callmeJAF 6 жыл бұрын
musicaldooder20 any language is pleasant to listen to with a soothing voice and music.
@saintattilaofcaerbannog2612
@saintattilaofcaerbannog2612 5 жыл бұрын
@@callmeJAF Except for French
@marshja56
@marshja56 4 жыл бұрын
This would be a great language for a metal band.
@parthiancapitalist2733
@parthiancapitalist2733 7 жыл бұрын
This is just beauty. I love things like this, old English has changed but yet I can still get a feel of what they are talking about
@wolfgangjannsen
@wolfgangjannsen 4 жыл бұрын
Old English reminds me to Plattdeutsch or Frisian, the languages of my father and grandfather. It has a pure soul and heart without the distructive forces of the french-norman invasion.
@gamingforaday5446
@gamingforaday5446 4 жыл бұрын
Norwegian, danish, swedish, faroese, icelandic = north germanic
@gamingforaday5446
@gamingforaday5446 4 жыл бұрын
English, german, dutch, frisian, luxemburgish, afrikaans = west germanic
@gamingforaday5446
@gamingforaday5446 4 жыл бұрын
Roman, french = sounds like 🐕🐶
@skyworm8006
@skyworm8006 4 жыл бұрын
The Norman invasion was irrelevant. All it did was set Anglonorman French as a literary and elite language which in turn influenced later Standard English in its vocabulary. This language here was 'destroyed' by mixing a very similar language, basically the same just removed by a few hundred years, which was Danish Old Norse. New grammar had to develop to account for the grammatical omissions brought about by this. And because that dialect would become the dominant language and eventually displace all other varieties (this only happened in modern times).
@Sawrattan
@Sawrattan 4 жыл бұрын
I doubt the aloof Norman elites forced the Anglo-Saxons to change language ... it was natives themselves who changed their own words just like Asians and Africans today speak English words to sound educated.
@kathrynhill3091
@kathrynhill3091 8 жыл бұрын
Well done. This is a great learning tool, enabling us to both hear and see the connection between some Anglo Saxon and Modern English words in a familiar, beloved text. The music and expressive reading enhance the experience. Thank you.
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 8 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! Happy New Year.
@stephanwilliams8082
@stephanwilliams8082 8 жыл бұрын
... it is very good. I'm a fan also. I play through many times. With hope people will do more vids. Great stuff. This one is the best I have seen.
@rogerclemens9202
@rogerclemens9202 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Wonderfully done! Old English/Anglo-Saxon is an incredible language that is far too underrated. No matter how many languages I've dabbled in over the years, I always come back to Old English.
@jonaw.2153
@jonaw.2153 5 жыл бұрын
This sounds like an interesting mix of modern English, Dutch, German, and Danish
@frisian2680
@frisian2680 3 жыл бұрын
Have you heard of Fryslân before its like the Brother language of old english
@kenny5577
@kenny5577 2 жыл бұрын
It’s like Dutch and Danish yea more like old Norse also
@duncanmccaulkiner378
@duncanmccaulkiner378 5 жыл бұрын
Reading this as someone who has studied Latin and German was really interesting. Amazing how English has evolved from the ancestors of other modern languages!
@stagbeetle1050
@stagbeetle1050 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone else find this language extremely soothing ?
@timmeyer4595
@timmeyer4595 3 жыл бұрын
Me)))
@williambaxter941
@williambaxter941 7 жыл бұрын
This is perfect I've been trying to find a video of just talking in Old English, without translations, and at an actual good speed
@lelleithmurray235
@lelleithmurray235 5 жыл бұрын
Picked out Latin,Celtic and German sounding words in this reading.This is definitely cool!
@mistakenmeme
@mistakenmeme 5 жыл бұрын
Lelleith Murray yeah I’ve been learning latin and I noticed the ae(aye) sound a lot!!!
@lyncunningham6566
@lyncunningham6566 9 ай бұрын
just came upon this today. BRILLIANT! thank you.
@southridgeshire8834
@southridgeshire8834 Жыл бұрын
What a small world! I come wandering in search of some Anglo-Saxon Scripture, and find myself in the online workshop of an old friend!
@joshtyra
@joshtyra Жыл бұрын
Welcome, old friend! My pronunciation is better on the "Creation" video. But this is the "viral" one. 🙂
@BinkyTheElf1
@BinkyTheElf1 3 жыл бұрын
This is very transporting; I found myself listening & following very attentively to the “Godspellen”. Since part of my ancestry is English, I imagine my long-ago pagan ancestors hearing & receiving the Good News, and it dawning on them what God had done for them, too.
@gameapril
@gameapril 6 жыл бұрын
Beautifully read. I'm learning Old English in college and its very helpful and inspiring to hear it read so beautifully and with such enthusiasm.
@sarahp3144
@sarahp3144 4 жыл бұрын
Hearing the most amazing news in the tongue of my ancestors...priceless. Thank you.
@erice.stewart3020
@erice.stewart3020 5 жыл бұрын
When I hear this, I think of elves- and fairies... This beautiful and very old language.
@brainmog825
@brainmog825 4 жыл бұрын
* Warning * Auto Captions, tells a wildly different story.
@ep3798
@ep3798 4 жыл бұрын
Here’s a wonderful example: “After thumb they tasted ass”
@roguescape
@roguescape 4 жыл бұрын
E P where is that😂
@ep3798
@ep3798 4 жыл бұрын
boomerplays 9112 4:25
@brainmog825
@brainmog825 4 жыл бұрын
Auto generated Captions, is both a Nonsensical thing to do, and Amazingly Hilarious.
@1cosmicdebris
@1cosmicdebris 3 жыл бұрын
Bahahahahaaa!!!! Thank you for the suggestion. That's wild!!!!
@gyrocattivo5031
@gyrocattivo5031 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine rapping in Old English... now that would be interesting to hear.
@pilkpog7952
@pilkpog7952 3 жыл бұрын
not a rap, but it’s pumped up kicks in old English kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSuopt6e82Bfqs
@celticanglotx313
@celticanglotx313 19 күн бұрын
No it wouldn't
@oldenglishforeveryone-robe8279
@oldenglishforeveryone-robe8279 5 жыл бұрын
You've done a great job with this translation and reading. Love it!
@terrywestbrook-lienert2296
@terrywestbrook-lienert2296 4 жыл бұрын
This is glorious! It puts me in mind of Tolkien and his LOTR cycle.
@bethrodgers
@bethrodgers 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting this up. It’s very clear and easy to follow. I’ve been trying to learn Old English for about six months from a book. I’m getting on ok but I struggle with pronunciation and rhythm. Over the Christmas period I’ve learnt the first few verses by heart with the help of your post. I think it’s really helping my pronunciation.
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
I love knowing that this reading has been put to use in this way. Thank you so much for sharing! Happy New Year.
@somebody2116
@somebody2116 5 жыл бұрын
I love how the word "geworden" still exist in the German language. Although it rather means "became"
@waltertaljaard1488
@waltertaljaard1488 7 жыл бұрын
For a native speaker of Eastern Dutch Saxon this is a revalation. Allthough Old English also seems to have many Latin and Celtic influences, which especailly makes some plural nouns very different, most verbs are quite familair. Translated into Saxon Dutch the first sentence goes like this; ''Waorlick in die dag'n was `eword'n `n gebod van keizer Augustos dat de hiele weerld was te beschriev'n.''
@jonathanschilk5982
@jonathanschilk5982 5 жыл бұрын
I love old english
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
So do I!
@michaelearendil6843
@michaelearendil6843 4 жыл бұрын
Your voice is tender, lyrical and beautiful.
@Ch3lbell
@Ch3lbell 5 жыл бұрын
Really cool and interesting to hear. At first I couldn’t understand it but strangely after listening to it for a couple minutes my brain started to understand most of what they were saying.
@FransHattingh
@FransHattingh 4 жыл бұрын
What an absolutely gorgeous reading. Such exquisite sounds.
@tbarrelier
@tbarrelier 7 жыл бұрын
This is an exceptional reading. I can't see how it could have been done any better! Thank you!
@karolus145
@karolus145 6 жыл бұрын
Finally a KZbinr who doesn’t lip smack all over a microphone while trying to speak an old Germanic language
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess 5 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of the thrilled R, what a beauty to listen
@evelynpohlman1040
@evelynpohlman1040 4 жыл бұрын
I like to listen to Old English to relax. This reading is very nice!!
@boomboom08060
@boomboom08060 5 жыл бұрын
Your reading made my heart glad.
@friattmoooo
@friattmoooo 7 жыл бұрын
Today is 10th Dec 2016 .. Merry Christmas dear All.. Thank you Mr. Joshua for uploading this lovely blessed story of our Lord Jesus Christ. Subscribed already
@Lyendith
@Lyendith 7 жыл бұрын
Really a beautiful, overlooked language, and a marvellous reading too. It's a pity that it's so obscure even to English speakers. =[
@wallolo
@wallolo 6 жыл бұрын
I think that's because you've listened it with music.
@MarkGrago
@MarkGrago 7 жыл бұрын
This upload is extraordinary! Thank you for taking the time to make this!
@ChibiPanda8888
@ChibiPanda8888 Жыл бұрын
Its fascinating how the written language looks completely alien but when its spoken its more comprehensible than it would be just written. Also i appreciate that the reader gives life to the story by how they read it, such as making Simeon's words sound like theyre being said by an old man, by giving alemorion to ehen the angels come in, that sort of thing. Instead of just reading it with no vocal inflection. Thanks for posting!
@joshtyra
@joshtyra Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed the reading. I enjoyed playing all the roles, including the elderly Simeon!
@BabyBugBug
@BabyBugBug 2 ай бұрын
Thanks be to God!
@DownTopable
@DownTopable 5 жыл бұрын
You could make yourself understood in Iceland with that Christmas greeting!
@baronvg
@baronvg 5 жыл бұрын
Welp, that settles it. If I ever got thrown back in time to England a thousand years ago, I’d be screwed.
@RobertaMariaAtti
@RobertaMariaAtti 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Truly a beautiful language and spoken with such an expressive voice .... thank you!
@alanfahy4523
@alanfahy4523 7 жыл бұрын
Extraordinarily vivid and touching.
@cartercollier990
@cartercollier990 5 жыл бұрын
i'm glad that this appeared on my Recommendations
@LRJS1794
@LRJS1794 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this I'm learning Anglo-Saxon, this helped a lot and introduced me to some words that I have not heard before, again thank you!!
@LordUhtred1
@LordUhtred1 7 жыл бұрын
This is superb! Wonderful scripture and sublime rendition of the Old English.
@john1212333333333333
@john1212333333333333 7 жыл бұрын
Oh the days of glory when that island jewel of angels heeded true religion. In the land of angels, in the time of it's youth, faithful to the Petrine line, glory abounded in England in that age.
@dodokodokodok1118
@dodokodokodok1118 5 жыл бұрын
Somebody : So what words do you understand? Me : And
@davidmetting5138
@davidmetting5138 5 жыл бұрын
Loved it! Thanks for doing this. As a recent student of Old English (self taught, using Peter Baker's text) I truly enjoyed hearing this and following along. Great video.
@sheilas1283
@sheilas1283 7 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and very beautiful. Thank you!
@erichodge567
@erichodge567 4 жыл бұрын
I saved this video some three years ago. I don't know what caused me to listen to it today, but I'm glad I did. It was fascinating, and more important, it was beautiful. Thanks!
@gordonblues843
@gordonblues843 8 жыл бұрын
I notice ge- prefix denoting certain past participle as in modern German.
@AdventureTimeBestieVibes
@AdventureTimeBestieVibes 5 жыл бұрын
Also modern dutch
@nathanielcrosby2426
@nathanielcrosby2426 4 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, the prefix was spelled 'ġe' (notice the dot atop the letter), and pronounced as 'ye-'. Might be wrong there, as I'm still a novice in the language.
@anglishbookcraft1516
@anglishbookcraft1516 3 жыл бұрын
The “a” in English today is the same only shortened. “Asleep” “away” and others.
@paulvincent3634
@paulvincent3634 3 жыл бұрын
@@nathanielcrosby2426 The German ge- is pronounced 'ye' in modern Berlin dialect!
@jackl.1759
@jackl.1759 3 жыл бұрын
I found it interesting how aspects of Old English's word order are exactly the same as they are in modern English.
@eriklindhurst5793
@eriklindhurst5793 4 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful. Thank you very much for making it available. I really enjoyed that.
@gheffz
@gheffz 4 жыл бұрын
Priceless!!! Thank you !!!
@Twigs1836
@Twigs1836 3 жыл бұрын
I wish English was still like this. For any non-native English speakers, I apologize sincerely for modern English being unhelpful at best and contradictory at worst.
@bathysphere1070
@bathysphere1070 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the elves from Lord of the Rings.
@cornstar1253
@cornstar1253 5 жыл бұрын
Mordor means Mother?
@KBHSKVK
@KBHSKVK 5 жыл бұрын
Melon=friend?
@RedPandaGames.
@RedPandaGames. 4 жыл бұрын
Tolkien knew old English well. He was the most accomplished polyglot the world has ever seen: he spoke 51 languages, plus 3 of his own, fluently. The Hobbits’ names come from Old English! Have a look. X
@glishev
@glishev 4 жыл бұрын
Théoden of Rohan: "Did you just call me an Elf?"
@philipclayberg4928
@philipclayberg4928 4 жыл бұрын
Mellon. "Speak 'friend' and enter" on the West Gate of Moria.
@cristinam6575
@cristinam6575 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this channel... now I'm desperately in love with it 😍💙
@jacobgoering6068
@jacobgoering6068 3 жыл бұрын
I find ancient and medieval languages especially challenging simply due to the lack of a speech community amongst which to absorb the target language. I’ve managed to reach a decent level in Mandarin not due to any talent for languages, but rather because of an immersive environment. For some reason I’m sitting in Beijing teaching myself Anglo-Saxon (古英语)! Wonderful video!
@AlisSpark
@AlisSpark 6 жыл бұрын
this kind of looks like old swedish or middle-high german. amazing
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess 5 жыл бұрын
Try low German. Old English literally is low German. English people are germans
@michaelmuller6890
@michaelmuller6890 5 жыл бұрын
Very sensitive and rhytmic reading. I am very impressed and would know from who to learn...
@mujtabaal-bushari6733
@mujtabaal-bushari6733 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. The pronunciation is much better than a lot of others in KZbin
@CatsArtist
@CatsArtist 5 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful to listen to. And it is actually very exciting that I could understand every three words or so.
@riqqarddopv7918
@riqqarddopv7918 6 жыл бұрын
sounds beautiful
@MDE1992
@MDE1992 3 жыл бұрын
I understood 60 percent of it as a Dutchman
@timmeyer4595
@timmeyer4595 5 жыл бұрын
We need to bring all these old words back to life...
@taoyezhang868
@taoyezhang868 11 ай бұрын
Old English sounds a bit like Latin, anyway it's more elegant than modern English, and the background music also brilliant, like Bach, love this video, I'm enjoy.
@leoisforevercool
@leoisforevercool 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting into a time machine and having to communicate with people who speak this
@david-xk6sr
@david-xk6sr 7 жыл бұрын
Sounds líke scandinavian language
@blue0035
@blue0035 7 жыл бұрын
Both English and the Scandinavian languages are of Germanic descent, although different branches.
@saintcelab3451
@saintcelab3451 7 жыл бұрын
SIN NOMBRE nah, modern Scandinavian except for icelandic? Not at all.
@giuliorobertoful
@giuliorobertoful 6 жыл бұрын
well, britain had saxon influence and later received a norse influence, so it make sense that the old english was similar to scandinavian language
@Giovanni_Team_Rocket_UK
@Giovanni_Team_Rocket_UK 5 жыл бұрын
Sounds more like Dutch to me
@cambs0181
@cambs0181 5 жыл бұрын
@@Giovanni_Team_Rocket_UK Your right. Fresian is the closest language to English.
@JohnJones-ct9pr
@JohnJones-ct9pr 5 жыл бұрын
So beautiful !!!. Thank you. My fore fathres spoke that language ----- Awesome !!!!
@auntiecarol
@auntiecarol 10 күн бұрын
Magnificent reading, sōþlīċe.
@brunopinkhof630
@brunopinkhof630 4 жыл бұрын
Ok, I am Flemish and it is very similar to my language that came from the Franks(West-Germanic tribes who came from the North and North-East for the rich farming lands in the North of Belgium and mixed with the Belgian Celts). The Franks, Saxons and North sea West-Germanic tribes are family tribes. Flemish is old Frankonish and didn't change much. It is a very very old languages. The verbs are extremily similar to Flemish and Dutch(Frisian). Dagas is dagen(days), waes geworden is in Flemish: was geworden etc.... I gives me a home feeling. Ge is not pronounced as ye but realy as a Flemish G. Not a Dutch one.
@mashruralam5795
@mashruralam5795 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Reminds me of Rohan in Lord of the Rings.
@juako811
@juako811 8 жыл бұрын
Please make more of these videos! Very well done!
@TheMaxPower82
@TheMaxPower82 3 жыл бұрын
This is amazingly beautiful. The Germanic root is so clear.
@ShortStorytime
@ShortStorytime 5 жыл бұрын
ƥis ys ān myċelne sprǣcone.
@LittleImpaler
@LittleImpaler 8 жыл бұрын
Make more, please!
@karl7108
@karl7108 5 жыл бұрын
To behold ! Sounds healing !
@oldben5772
@oldben5772 5 жыл бұрын
Delightful! Thank you so much!
@majic82
@majic82 6 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing
@amyliou5073
@amyliou5073 5 жыл бұрын
This sounds beautiful, I don't know if it's the narrator or the language itself but I would love to learn it and speak it with somebody!
@joshtyra
@joshtyra 5 жыл бұрын
I would love to speak it with somebody, too!
@amyliou5073
@amyliou5073 5 жыл бұрын
We should learn it together and form a little group that speaks it, although that would take lots of work to learn since nobody speaks it anymore :)
@bobelschlager6906
@bobelschlager6906 5 жыл бұрын
What a fine trip! Thank you.
@electricc437
@electricc437 4 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely beautiful!
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