2996. As We Spoke in 1100!
We English language teachers teach English, evidently.
But this thing we teach every single day was so different in Medieval Ages.
What was English like from 450 to 1100?
Here you have an example of the changes
which have happened in English – you have Our
Father prayer in Old English or Anglo-Saxon, and in today English.
My
friends and acquaintances say it sounds like German, and they’re right, because
it was a variety of an old German language. Let’s go with it! / Photo from: St-Andrews-Old-Church
bscrittersitter blogspot com. This church is in Yorkshire, England.
Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum;
Si þin nama gehalgodto becume þin rice
gewurþe ðin willa
on eorðan swa swa on heofonum.
urne gedæghwamlican hlaf syle us todæg
and forgyf us ure gyltas
swa swa we forgyfað urum gyltendum
and ne gelæd þu us on costnunge
ac alys us of yfele soþlice
(note: the old english "þ" is pronounced "th")
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