Historical Evolution of English Schleburg

Specimens of Old English

How to Deal with Gout (Medicina de quadrupedibus)
Wið liþadle genim cwicenne fox and seoð, þæt þa ban ane beon læfed. Astige
against limb-illness take living fox and boil that the bones alone be left; (he) descend
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þærin gelomlice and in oþer bæð. Do he swa swiðe oft; wundorlice hit hæleþ,
therein frequently and in other bath; do he so very often; wonderfully it heals;
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and æghwylce geare þisne fultum he him sceal gegearwian. And ele do þærto,
and each year this benefit he him(self) shall prepare; and oil do (he) thereto
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ðonne he hine seoðe, and his þyssum gemete to þearfe bruce.
when he him boil and him (in) this manner to (his) need use.
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The Warrior’s Code (six alliterative lines from Beowulf )

“Ne sorga, ˈsnotor ˈguma; ˈselre bið ˈæghwæm
not worry wise man; better is (for) everyone
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þæt he his ˈfreond ˈwrece, þonne he ˈfela ˈmurne.
that he his friend avenge than he much mourn.
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Ure ˈæghwylc ˈsceal ˈende geˈbidan
(of) us each shall end await
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ˈworolde ˈlifes; ˈwyrce se þe ˈmote
(of) world’s life; acquire he that can
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ˈdomes ær ˈdeaþe; þæt bið ˈdrihtˌguman
fame before death; that is (for) man
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ˈunˌlifˌgendum ˈæfter ˈselest.”
not living afterwards best.
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One of King Alfred’s Laws

Gif hund mon toslite oððe abite, æt forman misdæde geselle ·vi· scilling,
if dog man maul or bite (to death), at first misdeed (he) give 6 shilling;
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gif he him mete selle, æt æfteran cerre ·xii· scilling, æt ðriddan ·xxx· scilling.
if he him food give, at second time 12 shilling, at third 30 shilling.
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What the Anglo-Saxons Knew About the World (Marvels of the East)
On sumon lande beoð men acende, þa beoð on lenge syx fotmæla. Hi habbað
in one land are people born who are in length six foot-measures; they have
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beardas oþ cneow side and feax oð helan. Homodubii hy syndon hatene, þæt beoð
beards till knees long and hair till heels; “homodubii” they are called, that are
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twimen, and be hreawum fixum hy lifiað and þa etaþ.
“doubt-people”, and from raw fish they live and those eat.
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