SC - Fw: [Mid] Lost and Found

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!"

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