the christmas story

and, because we're nto that far out from christmas, here's some more oe. i ndon't speak it now and my accent is different, but this guy makes it work. if you've not heard this before and it's up your street, have a google for some spoken extracts of me from the wycliffe bible. worth it!  

the battle of maldon

now this is what lego is for! it's a shame it's not in oe but, as they say, they wanted it to be more accessible. i'm not sure accessibility equates to interest which is a great shame. nevertheless, good effort! 

learning old english

 

i'm not going to lie, super handy as this wee vid is, starting with such an avalanche of grammar is offputting for one who suffered from an education that  put the value on fun rather than utility!

an abundances of resources here tho, from medievalists, for learning old english. if only there was something similar for middle english!

old english and middle english

 

the battle of brunanburh

when i read old english it comes out all swedish inflected. in my head it sounds something like this.