Sunday, September 9, 2012

Tinkering with old English

Let's look at some cute words and see how ugly they turn when they're old english.
A plump knight found a bear, horse and dragon north of Germany and killed them with a sword.

Bear=Bera
Plump=Full
North of=benorþan
Knight= Ridend
Horse=hors
sword=beaduléoma
Dragon=draca
A=sum
Found=ceala
And=ond
Germany=carendre
Killed=slieht
them=hie
with=eac    

Now let's put em together!
Sum full ridend ceala sum bera, hors, ond draca benorþan carendre ond slieht hie eac sum beaduléoma.

 

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