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Re: Old English?



In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joy Teng) wrote:

> Here are two old English (I guess) sentences which I find in a book
> about LOTR, is there anyone who can translate it?  Thanks.
> 
> Hige sceal Že heardra, heorte Že cenre,
> Mod sceal Že mare Že ure maegen lytlaš

its from the battle of maldon
and its considered the finest expression of the germanic heroic creed
of implacable resistance no matter how futile

http://www.dnaco.net/~sirbill/Maldon.htm

"Thought must be the stronger, heart the bolder,
courage must be the greater, as our strength lessens.



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