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Re:Micrographia (1665) [pdf] by Sabacak on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:52AM (#44233885)
It's early Modern English not Old. Old English is the language of Beowulf.

Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.

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Re:Micrographia (1665) [pdf] by troymc on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:30AM (#44236566)
Micel mē þynceð þanc, þæt þū gemanst

mǣl-gespreca ealdra.

Wæs þū hāl.

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