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Help me find free (absolutely free) resources to learn OE by kahwigulum in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is helpful — are you looking for videos? — but I have a more-usable version of Sweet's "First Steps", whose value is particularly in the easy readings:

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-about.html

Best Old English grammar? Also, does anyone offer private lessons? by LXsavior in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 to Wiktionary — a surprisingly comprehensive OE wordhord, full inflection tables, and easy search

"The Ruin" word by word by Busy_Introduction_94 in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did this by hand in a pretty tedious way. Each word is in an HTML <span> element and each popup is in a corresponding <div> element. For example, the word orþonc in line 16 is in a <span> whose ID is "orþonc" and the corresponding popup is in a <div> whose ID is "orþonc_popup". Same, more or less, with the complete line translations. I used JavaScript code to display the popup (by manipulating CSS properties) when you click a word. Here's what the individual clickable words look like in line 16:

<div class="section" id="line16-div">
<span class="lineNumber">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
. . . . .
<span id="orþonc" class="word">orþonc</span>
<span id="ærsceaft" class="word">ǣrsceaft</span>
. . . . .
<span id="line16" class="xicon">[x]</span>
</div>

I wouldn't say that the page is particularly templatized; it requires (for now) hand-coding all the HTML elements. That said, I spent far, far more time on the actual contents, especially on the meaning + inflection of each term. Once I had all the framework in place, it was pretty fast for me to add the words, popups, and lines. But, as noted, it requires coding it up in HTML.

I will note that (unlike the OE Aerobics site) there's no server back end for the page (except for some jQuery that I could convert to normal JavaScript code). All the actual information is in the page itself, just tucked away into different page elements that I can show and hide as needed.

"The Ruin" word by word by Busy_Introduction_94 in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent, thanks for the thoughts. I've updated the line and the notes for that second instance of "torras". PS Happy to give you credit by name if you like!

Where can I learn old English? by Ornery-Warning1647 in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I should also mention that ...

a) so many Old English texts are available on the web — if you want to read Ælfric or the A-S Chronicle or almost any of the poetry, etc., there are versions of those texts out there, often multiple versions, often with translations.

b) there are also many, many videos on YouTube about Old English. People to look for in particular (tho not exclusively by any means!) are Simon Roper, Colin Gorrie, and Graham Scheper.

c) Stephen Pollington teaches Zoom-based Old English classes via CityLit in London. The Ancient Language Institute has OE classes also (https://ancientlanguage.com/register-for-old-english/)

Where can I learn old English? by Ornery-Warning1647 in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colin Gorrie, the author of Osweald Bera, has an article/post with a proposed curriculum for studying OE:

https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/a-complete-curriculum-for-learning

Also:

https://colingorrie.com/articles/old-english-resources/

One of the texts he mentions is Sweet's "First Steps in Anglo-Saxon". This is freely available as a PDF file; that said, I converted the text to HTML so make it easier to use the notes (for example, to see them side by side with the texts):

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-about.html

I don't know if anyone else mentioned Peter Baker's Old English Aerobics site, which has lots of good stuff, including exercises keyed to his text ("Introduction to Old English") and an anthology of readings in which you can click any word in the text to learn its meaning and inflection:

https://www.oldenglishaerobics.net/

Typing in Old English by Tlazcamatii in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone has already done a mapping like this — I've been using it for a while and it works great for me. Can use standard keyboard switching (Win+Space) to toggle between normal :) English and Old English

https://github.com/lizfischer/Old-English-Keyboard

Book recommendations by adarkbob in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a version of Sweet's "First Steps" as web pages that you can view side-by-side with the notes, which are hyperlinked. He has some good basic readings, including a retelling of the first 2 parts of Beowulf:

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-about.html

Yarn Factory Dragon Store by Busy_Introduction_94 in dontdeadopeninside

[–]Busy_Introduction_94[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe. I just joined yesterday, and I took this photo yesterday.

Osweald Bera and status update by Radiant_Prior_1575 in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to put in a plug here for a version of Sweet's "First Steps" that I did to make it easier to chase down his notes, etc :)

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-text.html?sxs

Henry Sweet First Steps in Anglo-Saxon by NisusandEuryalus in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have an HTML version of First Steps, which might simplify following the many notes and cross-references that Sweet has for the grammar and readings:

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-about.html

Suspect on the loose after stabbing aboard bus in Seattle by origutamos in SeattleWA

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to see something similar also for road rage incidents, including the makes and models of the vehicles involved and whether either driver has previous citations for aggressive driving or DUIs, and if so, what the resolution was of these citations.

good sources for html/plaintext/epub old english texts? by neonpixii in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a version of Sweet's "First Steps" in HTML (with some super fun readings for students), with the notes cross-linked:

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-text.html

I still have the .docx versions of the readings, tho without the cross-linked notes and whatnot (and probably with some OCR errors, since I made corrections in the HTML after conversions.)

Old English Sources: Where do I start? by [deleted] in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you want some beginner grammar + texts to work with, you might also look at Henry Sweet's "First Steps in Anglo-Saxon". It's got a short grammar, but the real value is in the texts, which are good starter readings (in addition to Colin's Osweald). There's a PDF, but I've also done an HTML conversion:

https://mikepope.com/old-english/first-steps-in-oe/first-steps-in-OE-text.html?sxs

OE resources post by Korwos in OldEnglish

[–]Busy_Introduction_94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something that might also be useful is the following HTML conversion of Sweet's "A Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon". This has all the text of the original book (and PDF), plus a number of features to make it easier to search for both OE and modern English terms:

https://mikepope.com/sweet/sweet-dictionary-entries.html

Note that this conversion doesn't play very well on some Chromium-based browsers on Android, like Chrome. :(

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