• Quokka@quokk.au
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    1 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?

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      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.