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highlyeccentric ([personal profile] highlyeccentric) wrote2007-10-20 11:36 am

Random Meme

via various places

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
  5. Don't search around and look for the "coolest" book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

Ic wylle mine æÞelo eallum gecyÞan, Þæt ic wæs on Mrycon miccles cynnes.
Which is from Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader. Specifically from The Battle of Maldon. no, i don't know what it means and i can't be bothered translating.

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[identity profile] kayloulee.livejournal.com 2007-10-20 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think so too. Fortunately, that section of the book I quoted is not one of the bits I need to read. Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian politicking is enough for me!