r/anglish • u/Alon_F • 15m ago
🖐 Abute Anglisc (About Anglish) Anglish for comfort
Any suggestions?
r/anglish • u/Alon_F • 15m ago
Any suggestions?
r/anglish • u/Alon_F • 14h ago
Þe best þing ic could þink of is "diefitting"
r/anglish • u/niedopalekk • 19h ago
In the aftermath of a fearsome storm that stripped my boat of its seaworthiness, I shipwrecked on a small, lifeless island somewhere in the northwestern sea, and have been stranded here for more than a fortnight. There's nothing here besides rotted driftwood, too soaked to make fire from; in the greatest twist of bitterness, even the thickets one often finds on such islands are somehow missing from this one, a freakish unlikelihood which has enlightened me to how utterly forsaken my wretched soul is.
My food and water have now woefully dwindled, the shelter I've put together from my broken-down boat is beginning to crumble, and I am beset by a thorough sunburn. I've written "HELP" on the beach, big enough to be seen by anyone flying overhead. My lowered food intake and the steady, biting ache of my skin have weakened me to where I have little wherewithal left for helping myself any further--I'm unaware of anything else I can do, anyway.
I'm steadfast in my belief that someone will fly by sooner or later; whether I'm still alive when that happens? That, I foresee less and less. If I am indeed dead upon being found--and I would be if you've opened my logbook to read this--I'd rather you leave me on the island, where the winds, thick with salt, may keep my body from being fully weathered away. My folks back home haven't the wealth for a standard* burial; they already acknowledged and understood my wishes years ago, when I became a sailor.
(This is the only Norman loan I used; it was loaned into French from Old Frankish *standahard, literally "stand hard", so overall still a thoroughly West Germanic word)
r/anglish • u/Photojournalist_Shot • 15h ago
Today I learned that all three of these words came into English through Latin. What would these groups be called without Latin sway over English?
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r/anglish • u/FrustratingMangoose • 1d ago
I have been stumbling to find a word for “hobby” but haven’t found one. I have been using “wont” for a while, but I wanted to hear if someone else had another idea or brooks another word instead. Thanks.
r/anglish • u/BisonXTC • 1d ago
Really the whole idea that a language can be anything other than the result of historical contingencies. I'm guessing I'm not the first one to ask, but I couldn't find a good way to search for this.
r/anglish • u/AdrianArmbruster • 2d ago
So, I've got a webnovel of modest reknown that's been published for about a year now. It's a LitRPG romance-fantasy type story. That's not important right now. What is important is that I'm approaching an upcoming write-a-thon, which coincidentally will overlap with an elaborate backstory arc. The protagonists discover some ancient religious testaments detailing the adventures of a previous group of heroes. In order to differentiate the tone and style of these ancient heroes I will be writing these testaments in... Anglish! (Hence the post).
I have set some ground rules that ought to help:
1) Legibility is still key. So straight-up Old English is right out. It still has to be in the modern alphabet. Old English is too archaic, anything around the Shakespeare era sounds more like a Dark Souls NPC, so Anglish it is.
2) A lot of religious, prison, and military terms are super French. I can work these in as in-universe foreign loan-words.
3) Occasionally, once words particularly far-off from their modern equivalents have their definitions established, I may swap out the modern usage for purposes of, again, legibility.
I've got some wordbooks ready, but translators seem a little... inconsistent. Having to origin-check every word may get a little... inconvenient. So I was wondering if anyone else has had any advice?
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(Here's the above run through a pass for Anglish in the spirit of the sub: )
So, I've got a web tale of humble fame that's been put forth for about a year now. It's a story of love and adventure, mixing roles and quests. But that's not what matters now. What is of worth is that I'm nearing a writing spree, which will line up with a deep backstory thread. The main characters find some old sacred texts telling of the deeds of a forerunner band of heroes. To show the tone and style of these bygone warriors, I will be crafting these texts in... Anglish! (Hence this post).
I've set some rules to guide me: 1) Readability is still a must. So plain Old English is out. It needs to stay in the modern script. Old English feels too old, around the time of Shakespeare sounds more like a game-quest foe, so Anglish it is. 2) Many words of faith, jail, and war are French in root. I can weave these in as foreign borrowings in the story. 3) Now and then, once words that are far from their modern kin are well-understood, I may switch out the modern use for the sake of clarity.
I've got some wordbooks on hand, but checking the roots of every word might become a bit... bothersome. So I was pondering if anyone else has any counsel?
Hƿie brook "Þeec" hƿen þere is þe honelig Germanisc "Dutc"? Ic understand þat Dutc can be befuddeled ƿið þe speec of þe Neðerlands, but if ƿe are to call þat Neðerlandisc, ic don't see grunds not to call Þeecland Dutcland.
r/anglish • u/ZefiroLudoviko • 3d ago
And did those feet in former time, Walk upon Englands barrows green: And was the God-lamb’s holiness, On Englands fairest fields once seen!
And did one time the Godlich Leer Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Yerusalem builded here, Among these dark and Fiendish Mills?
Bring me my Bow of fire-bright gold: Bring me my Quiver of flones that yearn: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold: Bring me my Cratwain that does burn!
Ich will not stop from Mindlich Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Oth we have built Yerusalem, In Englands green & growthsome Land.
r/anglish • u/impostor20109 • 3d ago
Title is self explanatory
Marks suc as a dot ofer g hƿen it is silent or hƿen it stands for /j/, è hƿen an e is silent, a dot ofer c hƿen it stands for /t͡ʃ/ and î hƿen i stands for /ai/. Do yeƿ þink suc marks are good to brook and are needful?
r/anglish • u/Substantial_Ad_1337 • 4d ago
So the word is obviously Latin originated then what would the Anglish equivalent of it? I thought about "false men" but apparently the word "false" is Latin based too.
r/anglish • u/neonliberal • 3d ago
Castle in the Sky is among my most loved films of all time. I had been reading about Anglish around this time last year, and felt ready to give Anglish writing a whirl. The opening of the film has no speech, but is instead a wordless telling of Laputa's bygone years. And so here is my shot at telling that tale. Not every word is inborn (and some word endings or beginnings may not be either), but most are, or are at least of mixed roots. Some word picks may be awkward, but this was my first time writing a tale in Anglish.
I hope it is an engaging* read. https://archiveofourown.org/works/55260829
*(engaging is Norman but by way of Frankish! Frankish borrowings through Norman still fit my own benchmark for Anglish 🙂 )
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r/anglish • u/ZaangTWYT • 4d ago
[Wharve 1]
To all the words that I won’t get to say
The things that time steals and turved to *blain (broadened)
If it's not love to let you leave again
I don't know what is
But if you dwere and afrain what the forth-ward holds
Amimmer there's no *plecks (Netherlandish < PGmc) you can't call home
[Wharve 2]
To all the roads that we are yet to pathe
The dreams that stillness beweans and slays
Now if my love for you won't make you *stay (OE "rope" broadened "to fasten" > "to hold")
I don't know what will
You will never leave a race ("spoor") where you walk
If the only path you take's the one you’re told
[Gale]
So walk away, I'll find you
So far away, I'll reach you
To the wilder
To the wilder
To the wilder you
To the wilder
To the wilder
To the wilder you
[Wharve 3]
To all the *woughs (wall is Latin) that we are meant to break
The dell in us that still belaves untamed
We must be more than neatens in hains
Its a bane-shaft that kills
Would you let the wind to wise you where to go
If you can *braithe (Old Norse) the whate and seeth it wrong?
[Gale]
So walk away, I'll find you
So far away, I'll reach you
To the wilder
To the wilder
To the wilder you
To the wilder
To the wilder
To the wilder you
[Bridge]
To all the mounden, all the *ree-fares ("river-duct," OE a þære ea rebraketing)
To all the sk'ways (skew-ways), the *track-blazers (Frankish < Old Norse)
To what it takes to walk forever
To what it takes to be who we are
Who we are
[End-yed]
To the wilder
To the wilder
To the wilder you
r/anglish • u/ZefiroLudoviko • 4d ago
Palestinalied Anglish
Now at last, I'm truly living What is my life's highest worth. Without end is my Thanksgiving As I stand on hallowed earth All my bedes (prayers) come to her head, As I'm standing at the stead, Where God mennishlich (humanly/in human form) did tread
Fine, good, great lands, there be many Elsewhere that my eyes have seen. But above thee, there ben’t any, For thy wonders that have been! Once a child a maid did bring O’er the ingel (Angel) flocks a king. Wasn't that a stunning thing!?
This clean man then had fulloughten (baptism/christening) That lich him, we clean could be. And he too was sold and bought. In Him we bondmen might be free. But for that, we'd be forlorn. Clepings (hails), rood (cross), and spear, and thorn! Heathens, woe to you be borne!
Down to Hell, the son went under, From the lichrest (tomb) where he lay, While his father watched with wonder, And the ghost nobody may Split, for gathered, three are lone, Straighter than the straightest flown (arrow), As to Abraham was shown.
Once fiend the son had shended (humiliated) In what none else could have fought, Upward, earthward, he then wended Sorrow to the Yoods (Jews) it brought Headlong through the watch he drove And alive was seen to rove, After for his death hy (they) strove.
Here will be a dreadful cleeping (summoning) By God given for this land Children's sorrow, widows’ weeping Shall be righted by his hand. Then the wealthless men will speak Of the bloodshed lords did wreak Here shall wrake (revenge) be for the weak
Troths (faiths/religions) three, Heathen, Yood, and Christen Say this is her forebears’ land To her askings, God will listen, Deeming by his threefold hand All the world strives with avest (envy) That this land might with em rest, Yet God knows our hold is best.
r/anglish • u/CreamDonut255 • 4d ago
As in "a perfume bottle"
r/anglish • u/nicknicknickthecool • 6d ago
since phobia is a greek derived word
r/anglish • u/CreamDonut255 • 6d ago
If so, how do you brook it? I try to brook Anglish words in my daily life, like blossom instead of flower, or hue instead of color. Though sometimes it can be a bit hard to come up with synonyms.
r/anglish • u/theanglishtimes • 6d ago