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feorsheoc fleon under fenhleothu secean wynleas sic. Wiste the geornor theat his aldres waes ended gegongen, dogora daegrim. No, I didn't allow my two year-old on the computer. No, I'm not on drugs. The above text is in a language you cannot understand--yet. What if I were to tell you that this is English? I'm sure you wouldn't believe me, No, this isn't the language that we read and write now; it is Old English, the language in which Beowulf and works by Bede were written. |