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To: blam
I just discovered the Wyclif Bible, written circa 1395. It's written in Middle English, which I absolutely love. I'm already up to Chapter 16. Enjoy!

Wyclif Bible, 1395

16 posted on 11/14/2004 5:07:19 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
I just discovered the Wyclif Bible, written circa 1395. It's written in Middle English

Strange. Why is this hosted on a Russian website?

19 posted on 11/14/2004 5:17:28 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Arlen Specter's got to go!)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Interesting.

"CAP 1 1 In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe. 2 Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris.
3 And God seide, Liyt be maad, and liyt was maad. 4 And God seiy the liyt, that it was good, and he departide the liyt fro derknessis; and he clepide the liyt, 5 dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.
6 And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departe watris fro watris.
7 And God made the firmament, and departide the watris that weren vndur the firmament fro these watris that weren on the firmament; and it was don so.
8 And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
9 Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so."

24 posted on 11/14/2004 5:24:34 PM PST by blam
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

middle english....neat!


36 posted on 11/16/2004 7:14:48 PM PST by Chani
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