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   Walker to prova@prova.com   
   Re: 3 Old English words   
   18 Dec 06 09:21:56   
   
   From: walker@btinternet.com   
      
   "Rocky3"  wrote in message   
   news:12l0gtticm3xm$.f3zt1vx6veuw$.dlg@40tude.net...   
   > Hello!   
   > I wish to translate from English to Old English (Anglo-Saxon) these words:   
   >   
   > "Oh my wings!"   
   >   
   > How can I do it? Did Anglo-Saxons use "Oh"?   
   > "Wings" seems to be in the vocative: which is the Anglo-Saxon case?   
   > I found "min" for "my" and "fíðru" ("fithru" if you can read the special   
   > type) for "wings": are the right words in the right cases?   
   > Thank you in advance.   
   > Bye!   
   >   
   > Rocky3   
   >   
   Don't you mean Alt Platdeutch/Old Low German? Old English, what on earth is   
   that?   
   > --   
   > "Il sapere e la ragione parlano, l'ignoranza ed il torto urlano".   
   >   
   > Arturo Graf / Indro Montanelli / Anonimo   
      
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