Been reading a book that quotes extensively from Julian of Norwich...in the original Middle English. Usually I can understand it, but sometimes I can't figure out a word. What do "anemptys" and "behovyd" mean? The latter I thought was "behooved" but didn't make sense in the context. I tried Wiktionary, which worked for another Middle English ( Read more... )

I have some trouble determining from where did Ken Follett get the name Aliena for the main female character of "Pillars of the Earth ( Read more... )

Um, not sure this is the right community, but it definitely is the most appropriate I know.
I'm struggling through some 15 century texts and just totally at a loss with a few things.

1. This lettre was brought to the Meyr [of Coventry], the xix. day of Feverer, late in the evenyng ao. ixo.
Wild guess is, at 9 PM, but I have no clue what ao. ( Read more... )

i'm thinking about getting a tattoo of one of my favorite middle english poems, but i'd really like to have it reproduced from a manuscript. according to what i can find, it's in MS. Harley 2253, folio 75b - it doesn't seem to be available anywhere online and i know very little about accessing any kind of manuscript so i'm wondering if anyone has ( Read more... )

How do you say/write, 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New year' or nearest approximate equivalent in;

Old Norse
Anglo Saxon
Old Icelandic
Middle English

If anyone could suggest any sites that would be helpful for translation and research purposes I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

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