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... x.com/oewisdom/statu…
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? x.com/oewisdom/statu…
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
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We all miss Scyld Scéfing...þæt wæs god cyning! x.com/OEWisdom/statu…
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. x.com/OEWisdom/statu…
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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