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Widsith [Old English poem, fragment, in translation]
phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de ^
| 21st century
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Posted on 04/26/2022 4:43:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Transl. soton.ac.uk/~enm/widsith.htm (dead link)
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:43:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
I'd go into detail about how this came about, but that would bore even me.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:44:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:50:43 PM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: SunkenCiv
“unlocked his word-hoard”
“kind peace-weaver”
I’m stealing those.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:51:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: Menehune56
I’m just grateful that “pre” worked.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:56:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Sounds like Johnny Cash’s song, “I’ve Been Every Where, Man”.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:56:50 PM PDT
by
caver
To: BenLurkin
His sister word-hoard half of it.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:56:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: caver
Probably where he got the idea.
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posted on
04/26/2022 4:57:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/26/2022 5:14:14 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: SunkenCiv
Mearc the Hundingas, my new Olde English name!
To: SunkenCiv
light and life together; he who wins fame has lasting glory under the heavens. Now, there's a tagline!
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posted on
04/26/2022 5:21:29 PM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: vladimir998
Very cool.
The editors at wikipedia who call these adornments of language “circumlocution” are ignorant of their usage and blind to their beauty.
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posted on
04/26/2022 5:22:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/26/2022 5:33:22 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/26/2022 5:41:36 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(99.36% of all statistics are made up on the spot)
To: BenLurkin
Like the beginning of Beowulf where the sea is referred to as the "whale road".
It wasn't long before our high school English class was singing "I've been workin' on the whale road all the livelong day".
To: SunkenCiv
To: who_would_fardels_bear
To: vladimir998; Smellin Salt; seowulf
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posted on
04/26/2022 6:48:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
A big thick necklace/ring.
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posted on
04/26/2022 6:49:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/26/2022 6:50:20 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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