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Pádraig
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Username: Pádraig
Post Number: 577
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 09:16 am: |   
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An aithíonn duine ar bith an dán seo? An Béarla nó Gaeilge é ó bhunús?
Is samhradh atá isteach a theacht
Ceilúir go hard, a chuach
Tá an móinear ag bláfar
Agus tá na síolta ag meadú
Agus éiríonn an forais de phreab aris.
(Message edited by pádraig on July 21, 2007)
Creidim go bhfeicfidh mé maitheas an Tiarna i dtir na mbeo.
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sean-Daithí (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 04:21 pm: |
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I think it's Chaucer. Originally Middle English, definitely. |
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sean-Daithí (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 04:26 pm: |
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Actually it's not Chaucer, but it IS in Middle English.
Sumer is icumen in,
Lude sing cuccu!
Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
And springþ þe wude nu
Summer has arrived,
Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
Seeds grow and meadows bloom
And the forest springs anew |
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Pádraig
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Username: Pádraig
Post Number: 578
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 05:59 pm: |
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How are you making the letter (X) in growe(X) and blowe(X), and what is it?
Creidim go bhfeicfidh mé maitheas an Tiarna i dtir na mbeo.
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Lars
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Username: Lars
Post Number: 151
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 06:33 pm: |
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The letter thorn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_%28letter%29 þ = th groweþ = groweth = grows, bloweþ = bloweth = blowes Lars |
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Bearn
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Username: Bearn
Post Number: 179
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 08:34 am: |
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I think eth and thorn should be in English today for writing. My 2 cents...
Bi-labial inside ®
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sean-Daithí (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 02:03 pm: |
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That would be fine. The texts would be a bit shorter.
After all they still use them on Iceland...
Daithí |
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