Old English Wisdom @OEWisdom
Proverbs, maxims, and tweet-size bits of wisdom from Old English literature. (Chosen and translated by @ClerkofOxford) aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/p/old-english-… Joined May 2015-
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@ndiscenza1 @kriemhildsrache @ETrooms Thank you all! Sadly OE/Anglo-Saxon things do sometimes attract some pretty awful racist types.
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@ETrooms @ShaulaEvans Thanks :) Such a shame that nothing on Twitter is ever really safe from trolls...
@ShaulaEvans I'm afraid it does - so thank you, I appreciate the support :) Hoping it will be possible to unlock again in a few months.
@Huscarl1066 Yes, it's one of those little words which can have lots of functions - it usually means 'as' or 'so'.
Swa monige beoþ men ofer eorþan, swa beoþ modgeþoncas. There are as many opinions as there are people on earth. #MaximsI
@jpcheese117 Sorry, not right now - maybe later.
@jpcheese117 I'd rather not look at them again, to be honest! Once was unpleasant enough.
@jpcheese117 @JohnRiversToo Fine. But if he encourages his friends to attack me again, I'll re-block. I don't appreciate a flood of abuse.
@jpcheese117 @JohnRiversToo OK. Will he also stop inciting his friends to send me aggressive tweets? I've received several this morning.
@jpcheese117 @JohnRiversToo He and his friends have directed a series of abusive tweets at me. I don't have to put up with that on Twitter.
@Shabbosgoy No, it wasn't. He and a number of his friends sent me disgustingly rude tweets.
@jpcheese117 @JohnRiversToo I block anyone who sends me abusive tweets, as he did. He clearly doesn't enjoy my tweets that much!
Feorcyþðe beoð selran gesohte þæm þe him selfa deah. Far-off lands are best sought by one who is worthy in himself. #Beowulf
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This is very much the motto I bring to the cricket pitch...
Mod sceal þe mare þe ure mægen lytlað. Spirit must be the greater as our strength diminishes. #BattleofMaldon
Mod sceal þe mare þe ure mægen lytlað. Spirit must be the greater as our strength diminishes. #BattleofMaldon
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Can we tattoo this on ppl?
Þeah ðe monig mon herige, ne gelyf ðu him to wel. Though many people may praise you, do not believe them too readily. #Dicts
Yldo beoð on eorðan æghwæs cræftig. Old age has power over everything on earth. #SolomonandSaturn
Old English Wisdom retweeted
We all miss Scyld Scéfing...þæt wæs god cyning!
Nearon nu cyningas ne caseras ne goldgiefan swylce iu wæron. There are not now kings nor caesars nor gold-givers as there once were. #OESea
Bliþe sceal bealoleas heorte. Happy is the guiltless heart. #MaximsI
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Things are always going to the dogs. "Make Wessex great again" is my motto.
Nearon nu cyningas ne caseras ne goldgiefan swylce iu wæron. There are not now kings nor caesars nor gold-givers as there once were. #OESea
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