coolest phrase I've learned today

Oct 23, 2008 22:54

weolcenreadum scyccelse -- this is a purple cloak (see the Gospel of Matthew).  But what's awesome is that weolcenreadum is literally "shell-fish red."  I like this word.  I also like heafodpannan - Golgotha is the place of the skull, literally the head-pan.  Cool.

I'm going to bed now so I can get up at 4 and finish translating two pages of Luke before I go lead a discussion on the Second Shepherds' Play and then go take a Latin test.  :-(  Damn, I'm gonna sleep like the dead tomorrow night.  Fridays are the WORST.

old english

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