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Sarah Karoline NEW ROUND NEW ROUND NEW ROUND........
Helpful Notes: *Old Saxon. ** PGC. All the rest is Old ??
Hint: Modern English and guesswork solves this, much to Alan's dismay....
Thus hyt wæs; thys wæs min sweven.
meþoghte thus; that hyt wæs May
*endi in the dawenynge **ek lay
*endi loked forþ, for smale foweles maken melodye.
**Ek wæs waked þrugh noyse *endi sweetnese of her **sangwaz.
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Helpful Notes: *Old Saxon. ** PGC. All the rest is Old ??
Hint: Modern English and guesswork solves this, much to Alan's dismay....
Thus hyt wæs; thys wæs min sweven.
meþoghte thus; that hyt wæs May
*endi in the dawenynge **ek lay
*endi loked forþ, for smale foweles maken melodye.
**Ek wæs waked þrugh noyse *endi sweetnese of her **sangwaz.
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Sarah Karoline I'm dedicating this round to Christian Adrian Vincensiu and Arief who helped me endlessly in the former round with transcription and hints. Enjoy the PIE! 
Wrik Chatterjee I don't think PIE had /z/ at all. It had comparatively few fricatives save /s/ and h1, h2, and h3.
Sarah Karoline Sorry, "PIE" was a typing error. I meant "PGmc".
** "Ek" and "sangwaz" are PGmc.
* endi is Old Saxon.
The other words are Old ??
** "Ek" and "sangwaz" are PGmc.
* endi is Old Saxon.
The other words are Old ??
Sarah Karoline [The text is from a textbook, incidentally. I'm questioning the reliability of its spelling now...!]
Adrian Baxt-Dent Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
Methought thus, that is was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Methought thus, that is was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Adrian Baxt-Dent Can't think of a word that fits. Unless May is a person's name, so maybe it is ";that she was May"
Or possibly, "That time was May."
Or possibly, "That time was May."
Sarah Karoline "That hyt was May" is correct!
It's just "hyt" isn't "is"...
It's a pronoun...
Hints...
DAWENYNGE is very much like modern English too. Cut some letters away...
It's just "hyt" isn't "is"...
It's a pronoun...
Hints...
DAWENYNGE is very much like modern English too. Cut some letters away...
Sarah Karoline Vincensiu "that" and "May" are correct. "Is" and "hot" aren't correct
HYT is VERY much like modern English....
HYT is VERY much like modern English....
Sarah Karoline What we have so far:
[ ] incorrect word.
Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
Methought thus, that [is] was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
[ ] incorrect word.
Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
Methought thus, that [is] was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Sarah Karoline Update summary:
Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
Methought thus, that it was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
Methought thus, that it was May
ENDI in the DAWENYNGE I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Adrian Baxt-Dent My brain says (with no reference to anything other than context) that dawenynge is evening.
Adrian Baxt-Dent Thus, it was; this was my evening
Methought thus, that it was May
ENDI in the dawn I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Methought thus, that it was May
ENDI in the dawn I lay
ENDI looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise ENDI sweetness of her song.
Isse Man by the way I went crazy looking for the thread regarding SS 239 ... I didn't we were reusing this old one
Isse Man by the way I went crazy looking for the thread regarding SS 239 ... I didn't we were reusing this old one
Jake Kissinger Thus, it was; this was my SWEVEN.
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
Adrian Baxt-Dent Thus, it was; this was my testiony
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
Adrian Baxt-Dent Thus, it was; this was my dream
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
I thought thus, that it was May
And in the dawn I lay
I looked forth, for small birds making a melody
I was awakened through noise and sweetness of her song.
Sarah Karoline I have just found a variety of translations for "swefan", one of which is "sleep". I think "dream" makes more sense in this context. A poem by Chaucer!
Sarah Karoline (Sorry, if I've not responded to every post! It's so hard to keep up in a fast round... Or I'm just slow )
So there's another spelling of "swevan" No wonder our spelling in the UK is so bad.... hahahaha
)So there's another spelling of "swevan" No wonder our spelling in the UK is so bad.... hahahaha
Sarah Karoline So, it seems Adrian was the first to write the text in full with the correct translation of "swefan", so I hereby declare Adrian the winner!
It's"svefn" (dream) in Old Norse too.
I don't remember enough about sound laws to know if swefan became schlafen.
It's"svefn" (dream) in Old Norse too.
I don't remember enough about sound laws to know if swefan became schlafen.
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