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minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 day ago“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys” I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoThat’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.