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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Lost Old English Words Revival
0 Figured you guys might know of something like this... Is there a site/book/resource that takes Old English words that we lost (such as judicial and military terms that were replaced by their French and Latin counterparts) and puts them through the proper sound changes to produce what would be their modern forms? 02 br
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0 Hi Anon 02 br 02 br 00 You are asking a very broad question. org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_the_English_language
- 0 Hi Anon 02 br 02 br 00 You are asking a very broad question.
- org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_the_English_language
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0 Hi Anon 02 br
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I have been thinking about that for years. Let's get it going! Also, let's bring back eth and thorn, the two lost letters for our "th' sound.
Good thinking.
Good thinking.
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There are some, like Anglish websites that do this to some degree. They normally forcus on using existing words inherited from Old English, but some do as you ask--they revive the Old English word to appear as it would had it remained in the language (through a comparative method), or borrow it directly in its Old English form.
I can think of a few, like 'fraign' ("question"), pronounced
I can think of a few, like 'fraign' ("question"), pronounced
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I don't know of any books or resources that do this, but I have seen several occasions where individuals, through their knowledge of sound changes from Old to Modern English, have performed what you're inquiring about. Sound changes are pretty regular, but there are exceptions (like a: > o: except when the following consonant is long, as in a:xian "to ask").
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