Posted by Jost on May 28, 2006, at 19:03:27
In reply to OMG! Honey, you must not remember linguistics » curtm, posted by Racer on May 13, 2006, at 2:06:08
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> It's one of the oldest existing examples of written Old English, as well as one of the earliest examples of poetry written in any Germanic language.
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> In my Linguistics class, we all had to read one line aloud, so I not only feel warm and fuzzy whenever I see Caedmon's name on a post, I also think of the comforting blue cover of my linguistics text, and
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> Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard
> metudæs maecti end his modgidanc
> uerc uuldurfadur— sue he uundra gihuaes
> eci dryctin or astelidæ
> he aerist scop aelda barnum
> heben til hrofe haleg scepen
> tha middungeard moncynnæs uard
> eci dryctin æfter tiadæ
> firum foldu frea allmectig
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> Which I won't torture you with. I found a bunch of different rescencions, and can't remember how to pronounce much of that at all, but here's the link to the Wikipedia entry if you want to read more, and the English translation I got there, too.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedmon
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> Now [we] must honour the guardian of heaven,
> the might of the architect, and his purpose,
> the work of the father of glory
> — as he, the eternal lord, established the beginning of wonders.
> He, the holy creator,
> first created heaven as a roof for the children of men.
> Then the guardian of mankind, the eternal lord,
> the lord almighty, afterwards appointed the middle earth,
> the lands, for men.
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Thanks for that, Caedmon! I loved hearing the poem--there's an audiotape on the wikipedia page you cited.And here I thought you were a poetry (and possibly other) recording company.
Old English sure is grand, don't you think?
Jost
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