Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoWelcome to the thunderdome?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down16
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minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·20 days ago“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys” I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoThat’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.