the original creator was always credited in the description, lack of link is my bad, I pinned this comment when I saw it originally, will add the link to the description aswell! :) @@fiber04
Well Middle English was just the direct result of the integration of Normans with the English, through intermarriage. That’s why our language was never replaced, it just evolved to represent the demographics at the time.
@@thevoiceless8567 Well it's called a tactic for a reason - the Normans weren't loosing the upper hand, they wanted to do what they eventually did from the start.
@@LucidWanderer The English were *defending their land* from invaders! So what the hell are you rambling on about? If Hardrada had such shoddy scouts at the time, the fault didn’t lie with the English. Moreover, whilst the English were delayed at the choke point, the Vikings armed themselves and formed a shield wall by the time the English crossed it anyway. So they were not “unarmed”. Harold Godwinson even allowed the rest of them to live after the battle as long as they pledged never to come back, making Stamford Bridge the historical end of the Viking Age. And what did they do after winning that battle? Only march to the other end of the country to face a well rested cavalry. The English at the time still fought on foot, so their tactics were rather limited, yet they had the upper hand of the battle until the feigned retreat. There were English footmen and English knights (of Anglo-Norman descent) during the Hundred Years War as well, many of the archers were Welsh as well as English. They were also following Henry V’s orders so how does that make those archers cowardly? Besides, the longbowmen weren’t always used in the same manner as Agincourt during every battle... The Vikings literally assassinated Edmund Ironside when he was on the toilet, if that ain’t cowardly I don’t know what is! Also, let’s not talk about the unarmed villagers and monks the Vikings targeted in their raids, shall we? 🙄 And Aethelred was a very inept king (hence the “unready” epithet), we are very much aware of this fact. But there were many great English Kings (along with the heroes and heroines) from the Anglo-Saxon period as well, so what’s your point? How does one bad king define an entire period of our history? An English King Athelstan was known as ‘Athelstan the Good’ by the Danes, for example. So I think you need to calm the fvck down to be honest.
@@LucidWanderer The Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians didn’t come here to raid, they were actually invited here by the Britons as mercenaries after the fall of the Roman Empire to deal with the Pictish raiders. After they were initially granted some land in the eastern parts of Britannia, they migrated here and unified those seven kingdoms into one nation. Not exactly same thing, is it? Besides, the unified nation of England didn’t even exist until 927AD... They didn’t murder the Britons, that has long since been debunked as a myth by actual historians. Recent studies have supported the theory of the Anglo-Saxons mixing with the Brythonic population (those who didn’t flee to Wales and Brittany). You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about here, so there’s little point in trying to decipher any more of your deranged rambling (which *was* disproportionate from the start, hence the appropriate response). 🤷♂️ I’m not pretending they were always angels, but at this point in history, the English were on the defensive, whilst the Vikings and the Normans were on the wrong side of history so none of us here from an objective standpoint can seriously justify their positions. Particularly if you actually take the time and effort to put aside your rampant Anglophobia to learn about what a fundamental b******** William was after Hastings, my point could not be clear enough... You must remember, England was a fully formed nation at the time since Athelstan’s reign, and a very sophisticated one at that, Hastings was an utter setback for the English in many ways. I repeat; the English were footmen who fought against a bloody well rested cavalry, how was that any more balanced than Stamford Bridge? Besides, only the Ealdormen and the King would have fought with swords, the majority of the Ceorls fought with spears and had minimal armour, hence why they were always at the back of the shield wall. So I don’t understand your reasoning here, why are the English “cowards” here? Why weren’t the Vikings as armed as you say? And how was that the fault of the English?
And also in Wantage in Oxfordshire - the only two in the country, I understand. On another note: all seems right in the world as one listens to this song.
God bless England where my ancestors decided from. And Scotland and wales and Ireland. May you all know peace under Christ. And I hope for a second I can understand my ancestor. And honor them
You are English. Blood always comes before place of birth my kinsman. No problem being proud of being American ;just keep in mind that you are as much a part of our nation as any native born Englishman.
The same reason you can see faces in random objects is perhaps the same reason you feel as you do. Genetic memory? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_memory_(psychology)#Language
I wonder if I have Germanic roots among my Iberian, Arawak and African roots because man, this Anglo-Saxon songs hit hard for me as any Latin, Arawak or African folk song
You probably do very far back. Many Iberians have Germanic admixture from the times when the Suebi, Vandals, and Visigoths ruled parts of the peninsula as the Western Roman Empire waned and eventually fell. These large Germanic and Scandinavian “barbarians” were the terror of the Roman Empire, and later their descendants went on the conquer and subdue a large portion of the world. America indirectly holds a Gothic Germanic name, as the Goths ruled over Italy for centuries, and the name “Amerigo” is the Italian form of the Gothic name “Amalric”, and America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Many Spanish and Portuguese names are of Visigothic origin, such as Enrique (Heinrich), Hernán (Hernan), Carlos (Carl), Rodrigo (Roderic), and the list goes on and on.
Gorgeous! I'm inspired! Please help me to understands why cometimes the -c is pronounced K and other times CH. I'm new to the study and so thrilled by your pronunciation
Just different dialects of o Old English. West Saxons would for example pronounce 'Ic' as 'itch' whereas Mercians pronounced Ic like the German 'Ich' and Northumbrians said it like 'Ik'
Palatalization. C in Old English West Saxon dialect usually "makes" a "ch" sound when in front of front vowels like /e/ or /i/ except for /y/. Or when it's after i. It "makes" a "k" sounds elsewhere.
You guys are way too serious. Lighten up a bit and discover þe joy of sarcasm. Sir Cedric Coe was merely being whimsical. Is þat so wrong? Þis entire video, was a work of art. I misjudged it þe first time I heard it. Þe translation seems sound. Some of þe words I've would pronounce slightly different considering þe early Icelandic and Frisian pronunciation similarities. Historians claim Icelandic and Anglo-Saxons were mutually intelligible. I found myself entranced translating it, when all þe while it was done for me beneaþ þe credits.
It's not the melody that bothers me to the depths of my being, but what one means to say when one sings these words... who penned these thoughts, Karl Marx? Hated it..loved that it was in Anglo-Saxon English. These themes aren't ancient but those of modern comunism... you are a confused lad. Or, properly ill.
What are you going on about? It’s literally an Anglo-Saxon poem from the 10th century. Google is free, and books are at your disposal. You should try them sometime, because it sounds like you’re the one who’s confused.
Here is a link to the original musician's video, since it is absent from this video's description; th-cam.com/video/c3ZvjTHpb1A/w-d-xo.html
Funny how this guy calls himself a socialist and didn't take the time to get the real video
the original creator was always credited in the description, lack of link is my bad, I pinned this comment when I saw it originally, will add the link to the description aswell! :) @@fiber04
Thank you for including both the original lyrics and the modern English version. The poetry of any text always carries greater force in the original.
My imagination runs wild pondering what might have been had things ended differently at Hastings. I still lament the day.
Read after hastings”
Me too
And now we're being invaded again
L+XD+get conquered
@elephantsdontforget bro it's joever there is no England anymore tbh
How did the Normans manage to fuck this up _so_ badly?
Well Middle English was just the direct result of the integration of Normans with the English, through intermarriage. That’s why our language was never replaced, it just evolved to represent the demographics at the time.
@Grace Jaye Yeah, and a cowardly ‘feigned retreat’ tactic when the English had the upper hand of the battle...😤
@@thevoiceless8567 Well it's called a tactic for a reason - the Normans weren't loosing the upper hand, they wanted to do what they eventually did from the start.
@@LucidWanderer The English were *defending their land* from invaders! So what the hell are you rambling on about? If Hardrada had such shoddy scouts at the time, the fault didn’t lie with the English. Moreover, whilst the English were delayed at the choke point, the Vikings armed themselves and formed a shield wall by the time the English crossed it anyway. So they were not “unarmed”.
Harold Godwinson even allowed the rest of them to live after the battle as long as they pledged never to come back, making Stamford Bridge the historical end of the Viking Age.
And what did they do after winning that battle? Only march to the other end of the country to face a well rested cavalry. The English at the time still fought on foot, so their tactics were rather limited, yet they had the upper hand of the battle until the feigned retreat.
There were English footmen and English knights (of Anglo-Norman descent) during the Hundred Years War as well, many of the archers were Welsh as well as English. They were also following Henry V’s orders so how does that make those archers cowardly? Besides, the longbowmen weren’t always used in the same manner as Agincourt during every battle...
The Vikings literally assassinated Edmund Ironside when he was on the toilet, if that ain’t cowardly I don’t know what is! Also, let’s not talk about the unarmed villagers and monks the Vikings targeted in their raids, shall we? 🙄
And Aethelred was a very inept king (hence the “unready” epithet), we are very much aware of this fact. But there were many great English Kings (along with the heroes and heroines) from the Anglo-Saxon period as well, so what’s your point? How does one bad king define an entire period of our history? An English King Athelstan was known as ‘Athelstan the Good’ by the Danes, for example.
So I think you need to calm the fvck down to be honest.
@@LucidWanderer The Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians didn’t come here to raid, they were actually invited here by the Britons as mercenaries after the fall of the Roman Empire to deal with the Pictish raiders. After they were initially granted some land in the eastern parts of Britannia, they migrated here and unified those seven kingdoms into one nation. Not exactly same thing, is it? Besides, the unified nation of England didn’t even exist until 927AD...
They didn’t murder the Britons, that has long since been debunked as a myth by actual historians. Recent studies have supported the theory of the Anglo-Saxons mixing with the Brythonic population (those who didn’t flee to Wales and Brittany). You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about here, so there’s little point in trying to decipher any more of your deranged rambling (which *was* disproportionate from the start, hence the appropriate response). 🤷♂️
I’m not pretending they were always angels, but at this point in history, the English were on the defensive, whilst the Vikings and the Normans were on the wrong side of history so none of us here from an objective standpoint can seriously justify their positions. Particularly if you actually take the time and effort to put aside your rampant Anglophobia to learn about what a fundamental b******** William was after Hastings, my point could not be clear enough...
You must remember, England was a fully formed nation at the time since Athelstan’s reign, and a very sophisticated one at that, Hastings was an utter setback for the English in many ways.
I repeat; the English were footmen who fought against a bloody well rested cavalry, how was that any more balanced than Stamford Bridge? Besides, only the Ealdormen and the King would have fought with swords, the majority of the Ceorls fought with spears and had minimal armour, hence why they were always at the back of the shield wall. So I don’t understand your reasoning here, why are the English “cowards” here? Why weren’t the Vikings as armed as you say? And how was that the fault of the English?
Love to the Anglo-Saxons.
Thank you.
Down with the Normans
I need more Anglo Saxon music
Can i recommend the skaldic bard if you're looking for old english songs
Also the miracle alainer has a very good cover of alice in chains, down in a hole
My obsession for this has not waned in weeks. I love this so much!💕🙏
there Is a statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester England)
And also in Wantage in Oxfordshire - the only two in the country, I understand.
On another note: all seems right in the world as one listens to this song.
Another bloody white colonialist. Need to pull down that state asap.
@@lenorechurchman-davies4969 There's one in SouthWark.
That was brilliant! Thanks for sharing such a great piece of history with us. I love it!
God bless England where my ancestors decided from. And Scotland and wales and Ireland. May you all know peace under Christ. And I hope for a second I can understand my ancestor. And honor them
Brings strange nostalgia. I'm American, but my English/Anglo-Saxon blood runs strong through my veins.
You are English. Blood always comes before place of birth my kinsman. No problem being proud of being American ;just keep in mind that you are as much a part of our nation as any native born Englishman.
The same reason you can see faces in random objects is perhaps the same reason you feel as you do.
Genetic memory?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_memory_(psychology)#Language
🏴🇺🇸🏴🇺🇸
Fuck Anglo Saxon, British Isles are originally Celtic not Anglo Saxon
@@Argouththeterrible Are you seriously whinging about migration in 450 AD? Keep it up, you only make us prouder of our Anglo ancestry.
Beautiful message
I love it. Brilliantly played and sung !
Very nice
So very Beautiful.
Thank you
I wonder if I have Germanic roots among my Iberian, Arawak and African roots because man, this Anglo-Saxon songs hit hard for me as any Latin, Arawak or African folk song
You probably do very far back. Many Iberians have Germanic admixture from the times when the Suebi, Vandals, and Visigoths ruled parts of the peninsula as the Western Roman Empire waned and eventually fell. These large Germanic and Scandinavian “barbarians” were the terror of the Roman Empire, and later their descendants went on the conquer and subdue a large portion of the world. America indirectly holds a Gothic Germanic name, as the Goths ruled over Italy for centuries, and the name “Amerigo” is the Italian form of the Gothic name “Amalric”, and America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Many Spanish and Portuguese names are of Visigothic origin, such as Enrique (Heinrich), Hernán (Hernan), Carlos (Carl), Rodrigo (Roderic), and the list goes on and on.
This is brilliant
Thus may it be.
Gorgeous! I'm inspired! Please help me to understands why cometimes the -c is pronounced K and other times CH. I'm new to the study and so thrilled by your pronunciation
Just different dialects of o
Old English. West Saxons would for example pronounce 'Ic' as 'itch' whereas Mercians pronounced Ic like the German 'Ich' and Northumbrians said it like 'Ik'
Palatalization. C in Old English West Saxon dialect usually "makes" a "ch" sound when in front of front vowels like /e/ or /i/ except for /y/. Or when it's after i. It "makes" a "k" sounds elsewhere.
The singing and the strum pattern gives me major punk vibes
the Irish and English sides of me are having an internal battle
@Reinhard rather *distant* ancestry I would say
@Reinhard no we don't, the irish are completely different from us
@Reinhard No we're not, they're a different ethnic group
@Reinhard Sure but we're still different, I can tell a Slav from a Germanic for example. It's not a good idea to mix them all together
@Reinhard Yes we're similar but still very different, you said we're the same which we're not, you're poisoned by americanism
"Pisses swa maeg!" :)
þisses swa mæg*
Yes. Thank-you. I didn't know where to find the unique characters to spell it properly.
@@marktenneson5227 Are you on mobile or computer keyboard ?
Noice
very niceu
Why do you pronounce w as in German, I’ve been studying it and it sounds like U. Is there any exception?
What do you mean his 'w' sound like a 'w' to me. Do you mean 'y' which was like an umlauted 'u'?
If you don’t own the music you should credit the creator
Read the description.
Ohh thanks I didn’t see it at first
The creator has been dead for over a thousand years, he won't mind I don't think
@@keighlancoe5933 They meant the man playing the song. He is credited in the description.
You guys are way too serious. Lighten up a bit and discover þe joy of sarcasm. Sir Cedric Coe was merely being whimsical. Is þat so wrong?
Þis entire video, was a work of art. I misjudged it þe first time I heard it. Þe translation seems sound. Some of þe words I've would pronounce slightly different considering þe early Icelandic and Frisian pronunciation similarities. Historians claim Icelandic and Anglo-Saxons were mutually intelligible. I found myself entranced translating it, when all þe while it was done for me beneaþ þe credits.
Wunderlīce, and fæġer. Ac þū hatīan England lol
:) who said I hate England?
Google added the translate option to your comment, then remembered that they got rid of the “English to English” translation lol
Im 64% 🏴 so by 64% im decent of the anglo saxons!
Yes brother🇩🇪
Soooo much german
Better dead than Red. But cool music
Great Heathen Army Rise again
they were danish pagan vikings😮
It's not the melody that bothers me to the depths of my being, but what one means to say when one sings these words... who penned these thoughts, Karl Marx? Hated it..loved that it was in Anglo-Saxon English. These themes aren't ancient but those of modern comunism... you are a confused lad. Or, properly ill.
what the fuck are you talking about?
What are you going on about? It’s literally an Anglo-Saxon poem from the 10th century. Google is free, and books are at your disposal. You should try them sometime, because it sounds like you’re the one who’s confused.
@@nathanashmore2131 he is talking about the channel owner being a communist
@@TaSacsanSozialist he is talking about your political beliefes i think
@@vseslavkazakov356 none of what he said is coherent
Noice