• force@lemmy.world
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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”