[Regia-NA] getelds

[Martin Field]

Tom
The word Geteld is is pronounced in the same way as Gesiša in as much as the
"Ge" sounds like "Yee" -Yeeteld.
I'm now aware that the "ld" is treated any diferently however I must stress
I'm no authority on Old English.
I'll most likely be going to an introductoryy course in the Fall which
starts off with 6 weeks of Old English then progresses to Early Middle, then
Middle E. to Modern E. then winds up back to Old English.
I'm fortunate that the husband of one of our new members in Canada of The
English Companions heads up the Department of Linguisticts at Trent
University, Ontario and has advised me that this would be a good
introduction course to take for myself as I speak no othe languages, before
I enter a course which comprises 100% O.E.
On a personal note I think I am a sort of shell in as much as I can wear the
finest Anglo-Clothing and display the demeanor but without speaking at least
some of the language a very critical component is missing. I think that
appplies  to any society or persona we are trying to portay.
I'm trying to encourage the  members of a nearby SCA group who will be
participating in an Anglo-Saxon village event to at least speak some easy to
learn one-liners associated to their trade or status. Even if thay say to
the public "good morning" or "good afternnoon, my name is ..."  - "Good
mergen, min nama is ...."  "Good afen, min nama is ........"
Out of  curiosity, how many of us can speak some Old Norse or Old Engilsh ?
Cheers
Martin
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Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] getelds


> Hi again,
> Here I go 'talking' to myself again...
>
> > Now, I've done a bit of research on Anglo-Saxon tents
> > (also called Getelds...pronounced yeteld or something
> > like that in case you're curious).
> Actually, if you're not speaking ON I think it would
> more likely be phonetically spelled "ueteld".  When you
> have a "G" (or is it a "Ge"?) at the beginning of a
> word in OE, it's pronounced more like a "U".  Now that
> I'm thinking about it, doesn't something funny happen
> to the pronounciation of the "ld" at the end of the
> word?
>
> What do you say Martin?  (or any of you other OE people
> out there?)
>
> To further muddy the water, one of the more curious
> things I learned from the AS seminar I went to in March
> is that it would appear most of the examples of Runes
> from Anglo Saxon England show up in contexts where the
> author seems to also know Latin.  Contrary to the idea
> that Runes were being used by the uneducated masses
> they appear to be used by the intelligentia.
>
> Also it seems that some people have deduced that the AS
> flavor of Latin had some borrowed words from Hebrew
> that do not show up in continental forms of Latin.  Now
> isn't that interesting?
>
> Ok, it's nearly midnight and I get to go home now.
>
> Take Care,
> Tom
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