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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.

[identity profile] pathawi.livejournal.com 2007-10-20 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, dude. Your kung fu is way better 'n mine. Translating a single verse of Old English is a mere bagatelle. Maintaining a blog about medievalism, life, &c. what people read is real magicks.

[identity profile] highlyeccentric.livejournal.com 2007-10-20 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
i'm continually surprised to find people do read it... i keep slipping back into the habit of thinking this is just my excuse for procrastination, and then the likes of you turn up out of the blue.