[Regia-NA] Re: Old English
Ealdric Frog_Hollow
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At 03:08 PM 6/2/2002, you wrote:
>I would be very interested in locating books on Old English suitable for=20
>self-teaching. I do not have access to any classes in the field. Gwen=20
>verch Rhys
>
> Martin Field <marfield66@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Tom
>The word Geteld is is pronounced in the same way as Gesi=F0a 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
>----- Original Message -----
>From:
>To:
>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=20
> h<http://rd.yahoo.com/welcome/*http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com>Yahoo! -=20
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</a>At 03:08 PM 6/2/2002, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>I would be very interested in
locating books on Old English suitable for self-teaching. I do not
have access to any classes in the field. Gwen verch Rhys <br><br>
<b><i>Martin Field <marfield66@sympatico.ca></i></b></font>
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<dd>Tom
<dd>The word Geteld is is pronounced in the same way as Gesi=F0a in as much
as the
<dd>"Ge" sounds like "Yee" -Yeeteld.
<dd>I'm now aware that the "ld" is treated any diferently
however I must stress
<dd>I'm no authority on Old English.
<dd>I'll most likely be going to an introductoryy course in the Fall
which
<dd>starts off with 6 weeks of Old English then progresses to Early
Middle, then
<dd>Middle E. to Modern E. then winds up back to Old English.
<dd>I'm fortunate that the husband of one of our new members in Canada of
The
<dd>English Companions heads up the Department of Linguisticts at Trent
<dd>University, Ontario and has advised me that this would be a good
<dd>introduction course to take for myself as I speak no othe languages,
before
<dd>I enter a course which comprises 100% O.E.
<dd>On a personal note I think I am a sort of shell in as much as I can
wear the
<dd>finest Anglo-Clothing and display the demeanor but without speaking
at least
<dd>some of the language a very critical component is missing. I think
that
<dd>appplies to any society or persona we are trying to portay.
<dd>I'm trying to encourage the members of a nearby SCA group who will
be
<dd>participating in an Anglo-Saxon village event to at least speak some
easy to
<dd>learn one-liners associated to their trade or status. Even if thay
say to
<dd>the public "good morning" or "good afternnoon, my name
is ..." - "Good
<dd>mergen, min nama is ...." "Good afen, min nama is
........"
<dd>Out of curiosity, how many of us can speak some Old Norse or Old
Engilsh ?
<dd>Cheers
<dd>Martin
<dd>----- Original Message -----
<dd>From:=20
<dd>To:=20
<dd>Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:36 PM
<dd>Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] getelds<br><br>
<br><br>
<dd>> Hi again,
<dd>> Here I go 'talking' to myself again...
<dd>>
<dd>> > Now, I've done a bit of research on Anglo-Saxon tents
<dd>> > (also called Getelds...pronounced yeteld or something
<dd>> > like that in case you're curious).
<dd>> Actually, if you're not speaking ON I think it would
<dd>> more likely be phonetically spelled "ueteld". When
you
<dd>> have a "G" (or is it a "Ge"?) at the
beginning of a
<dd>> word in OE, it's pronounced more like a "U". Now=20
that
<dd>> I'm thinking about it, doesn't something funny happen
<dd>> to the pronounciation of the "ld" at the end of the
<dd>> word?
<dd>>
<dd>> What do you say Martin? (or any of you other OE people
<dd>> out there?)
<dd>>
<dd>> To further muddy the water, one of the more curious
<dd>> things I learned from the AS seminar I went to in March
<dd>> is that it would appear most of the examples of Runes
<dd>> from Anglo Saxon England show up in contexts where the
<dd>> author seems to also know Latin. Contrary to the idea
<dd>> that Runes were being used by the uneducated masses
<dd>> they appear to be used by the intelligentia.
<dd>>
<dd>> Also it seems that some people have deduced that the AS
<dd>> flavor of Latin
h<a href=3D"http://rd.yahoo.com/welcome/*http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com">Yaho=
o!</a>
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