> > Concur, but like all languages of the time that which we call the German > language was in development. I can read Beowulf in the original That is a remarkable feat! Here is a snippet of the original:
"Hw�t! We Gardena � � � � in geardagum, �eodcyninga, � � � � �rym gefrunon, hu �a ��elingas � � � � ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing � � � � scea�ena �reatum, 5 monegum m�g�um, � � � � meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. � � � � Sy��an �rest wear� feasceaft funden, � � � � he ��s frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, � � � � weor�myndum �ah, o���t him �ghwylc � � � � �ara ymbsittendra 10 ofer hronrade � � � � hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. � � � � ��t w�s god cyning! ��m eafera w�s � � � � �fter cenned, geong in geardum, � � � � �one god sende folce to frofre; � � � � fyren�earfe ongeat 15 �e hie �r drugon � � � � aldorlease lange hwile. � � � � Him ��s liffrea, wuldres wealdend, � � � � woroldare forgeaf; Beowulf w�s breme � � � � (bl�d wide sprang), Scyldes eafera � � � � Scedelandum in......" RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
