NK - Not Chaucer

Addington, Debbie, A daaddington at saintfrancis.com
Fri Apr 28 13:02:00 PDT 2000


*scratching head and squinting*
uh?
maidenhair

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	merle at webzone.net [SMTP:merle at webzone.net]
> Sent:	Friday, April 28, 2000 2:44 PM
> To:	Northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Cc:	mooneschadowe at egroups.com
> Subject:	NK - Not Chaucer
> 
> I think this piece of pseudo-Old English is
> accessible to readers of modern English.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Christoph
> 
> Meanehwael, baccat meaddehaele,
> monstaer lurccen;
> Fulle few too many drincce, hie
> luccen for fyht.
> [D]en Hreorfneorht[d]hwr, son of
> Hrwaerow[p]heororthwl,
> AEsccen aewful jeork to steop
> outsyd.
> [P]hud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom!
> [D]e bigge gye
> Eallum his bon brak, byt his nose
> offe;
> Wicced Godsylla waeld on his asse.
> Monstaer moppe fleor wy[p] eallum
> men in haelle.
> Beowulf in bacceroome fonecall
> bemaccen waes;
> Hearen sond of ruccus saed, "Hwaet
> [d]e helle?"
> Graben sheold strang ond
> swich-blaed scharp
> Sond feorth to fyht [d]e grimlic foe.
> "Me," Godsylla saed, "mac [d]e
> minsemete."
> Heoro cwyc geten heold wi[p]
> faemed half-nelson
> Ond flyng him lic frisbe bac to fen.
> Beowulf belly up to meaddehaele bar,
> Saed, "Ne foe beaten mie faersom
> cung-fu."
> Eorderen cocca-colha yce-coeld,
> [d]e reol [p]yng.
> -- Not Chaucer, for certain
> 



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