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Old English - Letter

A letter written in old english by Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham, to an unidentified 'Brother Edward' complaining about certain Englishmen who cut their hair in the Danish fashion (long in front, short behind) at a time when the English were fighting the Vikings (ca A.D. 1000).

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Old English - Letter

A letter written in old english by Ælfric, Abbot of Eynsham, to an unidentified 'Brother Edward' complaining about certain Englishmen who cut their hair in the Danish fashion (long in front, short behind) at a time when the English were fighting the Vikings (ca A.D. 1000).

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about certain Englishmen who cut their hair in the Danish fashion (long in front, short behind) at a time

when the English were fighting the Vikings (ca A.D. 1000).

From a letter by lfric, Abbot of Eynsham, to an unidentified 'Brother Edward' complaining

Ic secge ac , brer adweard, n m isses bde, t g d


I say also [to] thee, brother Edward, now you me [of ] this asked, that ye do

unrihtlce t g Engliscan awas forlta e owre fderas


unrightly that ye those English customs abandon that your fathers

holdon, and henra manna owas lufia e ow s lfes ne unnon.


held, and [of ] heathen men's customs [ye] love who[for] you [of ] that life not care*

And mid m geswutelia t g forso ower cynn and owre yldran


and with that [ye] reveal that ye despise your kin and your elders

mid m unawum, onne g him on tonan tyslia ow on Denisc,


with those vices when ye [to] them as injury dress you[rselves] in Danish**

bleredum hneccan and blendum agum.


[with] bared neck and blinded eyes.

*MnE who do not allow you life, who wish you ill **MnE in Danish fashion

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