Sarah M 🫖
@lore.house
Homeschooling mom of 4, Christian, opera singer, lit nerd.
I bake bread. (And other things.)
Digitizing and translating Old English texts
Books, music, Germanic language
lore.house
lorehord.com
I bake bread. (And other things.)
Digitizing and translating Old English texts
Books, music, Germanic language
lore.house
lorehord.com
Sorry I must have missed this one but it’s a good one!
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sorry I must have missed this one but it’s a good one!
Ohhhh this is a valid point in the face of my very unserious question
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ohhhh this is a valid point in the face of my very unserious question
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Your father tends the sheep
Your mother shakes the dreamland tree
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee
Your father tends the sheep
Your mother shakes the dreamland tree
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Your father tends the sheep
Your mother shakes the dreamland tree
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee
Your father tends the sheep
Your mother shakes the dreamland tree
And from it fall sweet dreams for thee
Do you hear the people sing,
singing the song of angry men?
singing the song of angry men?
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Do you hear the people sing,
singing the song of angry men?
singing the song of angry men?
@floregonian.com I think Thomas tagged you but you missed it so I’m demanding your attention now 😜
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@floregonian.com I think Thomas tagged you but you missed it so I’m demanding your attention now 😜
Those muscle cars are absurdly heavy
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Those muscle cars are absurdly heavy
All the math says my husband's carpentry vehicle needs to be a minivan, and since he doesn't have fragile self-confidence, that's what he drives.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
All the math says my husband's carpentry vehicle needs to be a minivan, and since he doesn't have fragile self-confidence, that's what he drives.
This is such a lovely, short and beautiful introduction to alliterative poetry and I've been enchanted by this poem since I first read it many years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is such a lovely, short and beautiful introduction to alliterative poetry and I've been enchanted by this poem since I first read it many years ago.
6/ He first shaped for men's sons
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty."
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty."
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
6/ He first shaped for men's sons
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty."
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty."
5/ The translation runs something like this (I've borrowed the Liuzza translation):
"Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
"Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
5/ The translation runs something like this (I've borrowed the Liuzza translation):
"Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
"Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
4/ hē ǣrest scōpe eorðan bearnum
heofon to hrōfe, hālig scyppend.
þā middenġeard moncynnes weard,
eċe Drihten, æfter teodde
fīrum foldum, frēa ælmihtig
heofon to hrōfe, hālig scyppend.
þā middenġeard moncynnes weard,
eċe Drihten, æfter teodde
fīrum foldum, frēa ælmihtig
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
4/ hē ǣrest scōpe eorðan bearnum
heofon to hrōfe, hālig scyppend.
þā middenġeard moncynnes weard,
eċe Drihten, æfter teodde
fīrum foldum, frēa ælmihtig
heofon to hrōfe, hālig scyppend.
þā middenġeard moncynnes weard,
eċe Drihten, æfter teodde
fīrum foldum, frēa ælmihtig
3/ My attempt at a fairly normalized version of the text is as follows:
Nū sculan heriġan heofonrīces Weard,
meotodes meahte ond his mōdġeðanc,
Weorc Wuldorfæder, swa hē wundra ġehwaes,
ēċe drihten ōr onstealde
Nū sculan heriġan heofonrīces Weard,
meotodes meahte ond his mōdġeðanc,
Weorc Wuldorfæder, swa hē wundra ġehwaes,
ēċe drihten ōr onstealde
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
3/ My attempt at a fairly normalized version of the text is as follows:
Nū sculan heriġan heofonrīces Weard,
meotodes meahte ond his mōdġeðanc,
Weorc Wuldorfæder, swa hē wundra ġehwaes,
ēċe drihten ōr onstealde
Nū sculan heriġan heofonrīces Weard,
meotodes meahte ond his mōdġeðanc,
Weorc Wuldorfæder, swa hē wundra ġehwaes,
ēċe drihten ōr onstealde
2/ Cædmon was a very unmusical cow-herder who would sneak from the pub when music began, but in a vision an angel gave him a song to sing. He went to Hild, the abbess of Whitby, and shared his story and first song with her. Cædmon went on to write several more songs glorifying God, becoming a monk.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
2/ Cædmon was a very unmusical cow-herder who would sneak from the pub when music began, but in a vision an angel gave him a song to sing. He went to Hild, the abbess of Whitby, and shared his story and first song with her. Cædmon went on to write several more songs glorifying God, becoming a monk.
This is how it goes and it is the WORST
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is how it goes and it is the WORST
This is excellent advice.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is excellent advice.