A Conversation in Old English and Old Norse
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Published 2021-03-12
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All Comments (21)
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A big thank-you to Simon Roper for collab'ing with me on this project! Be sure to check out his channel for more Old English content if you haven't come across him yet: www.youtube.com/channel/UChnRk6mxWsSOGElm8phdSxw
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As a swede, I understand more of this danish old norse dialect than I understand modern danish.
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As a subtitle reader, I understood everything.
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"Good weather and true arrows" gotta be one of the most badass farewells i've ever heard
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As an icelander it's really cool to actually understand most of the words that they are saying.
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Now this is the most ambitious crossover event in history
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This is how it feels when a latinoamerican/ talks with a Brazilian or an italian, we don't understand each other but at the same time we do.
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The fact that such a niche interest can garner 2.3 MILLION views is nothing but insane
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As a German non native speaker, I understand old danish a lot more than I expected. You guys did a great job! Thanks!
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Having studied medieval German language, I was astonished how well I understood both old Norse and old English.
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"How did your conversation with that Norseman go, Harold?" "Well I got most of the words, but it was hard to make out with that American accent of his."
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It's amazing hearing old languages like this being spoken again
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I've been basically obsessed with ancient languages since I was 15, I feel so happy when I can understand both of you without the subtitles.
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A friend (American) was backpacking in Ireland and fell in with a group of Germans. She spoke no German but their English was good. After a day or two of traveling together, one of the Germans turned to another and said, “Ich habe Wasser in meinen Schuhen,” to which my friend said “me too,” without noticing they had switched into German. It’s funny how quick that can happen where there are very clear correspondences. (edit: German inflectional endings!)
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As a dane who have live in the faroese and have learned german and english, I am suprised at how well I understand both the old norse and old english.
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Mr. Roper was so polite throughout this video, always pausing mid-speech to make sure Dr. Jackson still had something to say. Excellent talk! Very invaluable to Germanic comparative linguistics.
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I've been studying icelandic for some years now and I could actually understand both of you in a 70-80% without reading. Great thing!
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Awesome cross over
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I thought the line where Simon gives Jackson permission to use "thou" (þū) was pretty cute. Only pre-Norman kids remember when English still had formal and informal pronouns!
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A great reminder that you shouldn't travel too far into the past or the future with that time machine you're building. Just keep it within a couple hundred years so you can still talk to people!
