Phrases in Old english.

[Elfdaughter]

Greetings

Ic grete þe.
I greet you (sing.).


Ælfric abbod gret freondlice Sigwerd æt Eastheolon.
Abbot Aelfric greets in-friendship Sigwerd at Eastheolon.
[AL-fric ABB-od GRET FREY-on-li-ch SIG-werd AT EAST-th-ee-olon.]

Wes ðu hal.
Hal wes þu.
Sy ðu hal.
Wes gesund.
Hail! or Farewell! ('be thou hale/healthy/well (etc.)')
[WES THU HAL]
[HAL WES THU]
[SY THU HAL]

Beoð ge gesunde.
Hail! or Farewell! (plural)


Wilcume.
[I]Welcome!
WIL-coom-eh

Wilcuman la, mine hlafordas.
Welcome, my lords!
[WIL-coom-an LA, MIN-eh HLAH-vord-as]

[B]Forms of Address

Broðor min
My brother, ...


Sweostor min
My sister, ...
[SWE-ostor MIN]

Lareow
Teacher, ...
[LA-re-ow]

Leof
Friend, ... (or Sir, ...)
[LE-of]

Hlaford
Lord, ...
[HLA-vord]

Hlaford min
My lord, ...
[HLA-vord MIN]

Hlæfdige
Lady, ...
[HLA-vdi-ye]

Hlæfdige min
My lady, ...
[HLA-vdi-ye MIN]

Men ða leofestan
Dearest men, ...
[MEN THA LEY-ov-estan]

Leofe broðra
Dear brothers, ...
[LEY-ov-eh BRO-th-ra]

[B]Introductions

Hwæt eart þu?
Who are you (sing.)?
[hWA-t EA-rt THU]

Beowulf is min nama.
My name is Beowulf.


Min nama is Michael.
My name is Michael.
[MIN NAHM-a IS MICH-a-el]

Interjections

Wa me
Woe is me!
[WA MEH]

Eala
Alas! Lo! (etc.)
[EH-ala]

La
Lo! Oh! Ah! (etc.)
[LA]

Wa la wa
Woe! (etc.)
[WA LA WA]

[B]Replies.

Giese.
Gea.
Yes.
[YE-eh-seh]
[YEA]

Nese.
No.
[NE-seh]

Ic þe þancas do
Thank you [I give you (sing.) thanks]


Ic sæcge eow þancas
[I]Thank you [I say you (pl.) thanks]


Ic þancie þe
[I]Thank you [I thank you (sing.)]


Wel ðu writst.
[I]You write well.
[WELL THU RIT-st]

Ic nat.
I don't know.


Useful Connectives
and
[I]and
[OND]

ac
but
[AK]

[Eomund]

Cant you make those þ and ð symbols here? Before you could. And are they all phrases in Old English...

and well what are phrases?

[Elfdaughter]

Phrases are like sentences. And er.... yes, I DID make those symbols.... maybe your computer screen won't recognise them, but they are there.

[Wilwarin]

My screen won't recognise them either then, even though I have the fonts on my computer. Hmm.....

[Ohtarien]

Weird, I can see the symbols just fine.... Maybe it's because you have a Mac computer? :huh:

[Elfdaughter]

Odd. What do they come up as, Wil?

[Eomund]

oh just wait a minute, im talking about that a and e together and also p and b together...

I can to those ð and þ because theyr in da vocalbruy.

[Wilwarin]

I can see the æ just fine. But I can't see the <eth> and <thorn>, they show up just like in this post, so I can still read it, though it's kind of anoying.

[Eomund]

I see that e thing also, but <eth> and <thorn>. nope.

[Elfdaughter]

odd. Oh well!