• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Wow, it goes from something that looks almost German to nearly readable modern English. That was crazy to see. Thanks for the information.

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      7 months ago

      I only speak German as a second language, so I can’t verify this, but I see a lot of native German+English speakers say that some of Old English and earlier Middle English texts are actually quite readable for them. I imagine something similar would apply to people literate in Icelandic, but I haven’t seen that yet.

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        7 months ago

        I’m a swedish native with decent german fluidity, the 12th century stuff reads like a hybrid between old norse and german, and by 15th century it just sounds like modern swenglish (look it up, it’s fucking hilarious)

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        7 months ago

        Don’t forget Frisian.

        “Brea, bûter en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk”