S A.

asked • 04/18/20

Can someone Help me with true Old English language?


Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum

þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon·

hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.

Oft Scyld Scéfing sceaþena þréatum


If you can't read this look no further! If you can ---->Hello I would like a deep dive grammatical analysis of ORIGINAL Old English passages with verbs / case / number / gender in the old English language along with verb classes with subject + auxiliary. If you are familiar with this old Germanic language please message me!


Mark I.

Hello S.A. that is so awesome that your interested in that. I really doubt you're gonna find that kind of a specialist here. That kind of a specialty is so intricate & it's gonna hard to find that kind of ancient language geek. You may have to go to a university directory.
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04/18/20

Claire R.

Hwæt! I will admit I am no specialist but I took a full quarter-long Cal Poly SLO class on this topic and I passed all 4 California State Examination for Teachers--English I-IV tests which includes origin knowledge of Old English. I can annotate your copies of passages with explanations for you if you'd like--pm me
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04/23/20

Cynthia H.

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Hello, you might consider consulting AI for a translation as I just did. Perhaps you know the passage is from Beowulf: "Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon· hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scéfing sceaþena þréatum", translates to: "Lo! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in days of yore, how those noble princes performed brave deeds. Often Scyld, son of Scef, from enemy hosts...
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07/12/25

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