SC - Fw: [Mid] Lost and Found
Alderton, Philippa
phlip at morganco.net
Fri Nov 28 18:32:09 PST 1997
OK, folks, does this remind you of redactions, or what. The following is
Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer translated into Middle English and back
again. Now if they'd only included a recipe...
phlip at morganco.net
PS Just as I was setting this up to send to you, my small town decided to
have a parade of which I was totally unaware, and at first, the drums made
me think that the Tuchuks had found me. I went outside, and they started
playing "Rudolph".
Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
Incipit gestis Rudolphi rangifer tarandus
Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor --
Næfde þæt nieten unsciende næsðyrlas!
Glitenode and gladode godlice nosgrisele.
Ða hofberendas mid huscwordum hine gehefigodon;
Nolden þa geneatas Hrodulf næftig
To gomene hraniscum geador ætsomne.
Þa in Cristesmæsseæfne stormigum clommum,
Halga Claus þæt gemunde to him maðelode:
"Neahfreond nihteage nosubeorhtende!
Min hroden hrædwæn gelæd ðu, Hrodulf!"
Ða gelufodon hira laddeor þa lyftflogan --
Wæs glædnes and gliwdream; hornede sum gegieddode
"Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor,
Brad springð þin blæd: breme eart þu!"
Explicit
Hrodulf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Modern English translation)
Here begins the deeds of Rudolph, Tundra-Wanderer
Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer --
That beast didn't have unshiny nostrils!
The goodly nose-cartilage glittered and glowed.
The hoof-bearers taunted him with proud words;
The comrades wouldn't allow wretched Hrodulf
To join the reindeer games.
Then, on Christmas Eve bound in storms
Santa Claus remembered that, spoke formally to him:
"Dear night-sighted friend, nose-bright one!
You, Hrodulf, shall lead my adorned rapid-wagon!"
Then the sky-flyers praised their lead-deer --
There was gladness and music; one of the horned ones sang
"Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer,
Your fame spreads broadly, you are renowned!"
Copyright © 1996 Philip Chapman-Bell; All Rights Reserved.
Philip Craig Chapman-Bell: chapbell at crocker.com
From: Anthony Bryant <alcatraz at socantel.net>
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