Old English? (1 Viewer)

[bella4edward]

The Oxford version of the anthalogy "Seven Centuries of Poetry in English" by John Leonard contains lots of poems.

However, the language is very old ... like Shakespearen style.

The poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt is an example:

"Who so list to hounte I know where is an hynde"

Can someone please help me with the underlined words?

Moreso, there are several poems in the book which I fail to understand because of teh language.

So like can anyone give me any tips of how to translate this older English into plain English? Like via a dictionary (if so, which one?) .. or an online translator? etc

Any thanks would be highly appreciated

 

[danal353]

Shakespeare is actually considered early modern english. Chaucer is middle english and old english is pretty much another language.

btw there are no underlines

 

[scaredytiger]

I remember my lecturer putting up an excerpt from the original text of Beowulf. It was pretty crazy.

btw, it says
"Who so list to hunt I know where is an hind" in modern spelling.

 

[bella4edward]

Shakespeare is actually considered early modern english. Chaucer is middle english and old english is pretty much another language.

btw there are no underlines

thanx...i forgot =)

 

[bella4edward]

I remember my lecturer putting up an excerpt from the original text of Beowulf. It was pretty crazy.

btw, it says
"Who so list to hunt I know where is an hind" in modern spelling.

thanx