Re: Ander-Saxon and New Old English (was: RE: [CONLANG] Worldken bard Poul Anderson in deathstead (not a funny)
From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
Date: | Friday, August 3, 2001, 15:49 |
Pat Dunn:
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, And Rosta wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried to develop an alternate Modern English that
> > descends from OE of c. 1000 CE without the influence of
> > French and its subsequent repercussions? I'm particularly
> > interested in modern reflexes of OE words that Here were
> > lost (e.g. _wye_ 'warrior' < _wigan_). I don't have the
> > necessary philological knowledge to essay such an exercise
> > myself. (I've asked this question before, some years back,
> > to no great avail, but I ask it again because the pool of
> > competences on this list is ever crescent.)
>
> ih have imade Nowsith Englisc, thewhich downcame from Old Englisc if the
> Norman attack never happened. But it does ne me like. Too ugly.
Good: and do you have a Nowsith Englisc wordscreed [lexicon] that you can
share with us?
--And.