OK SO I HAVE THIS ASSIGNMENT TO DO, AND IM TOTALLLLLY LOST! PLEASE HELP!!!! I HAVE TO REWRITE THIS LINE BY LINE IN NORMAL ENGLISH!
Sometimes you can determine the meanings of obsolete words by the context. Read the stanza from this ballad written in Scottish-English dialect in the 15th-century. Change it to modern English. You can probably figure out all of the words except erst (once) brand (sword), and gang (walk) if you remember the "Great Vowel Shift." Hints: roan is a color of horse; also, use the modern spelling of O (oh).
"Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, Edward, Edward,
Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid.
why sae sad gang yee O?"
I hae killed my hauke sae guid,
And I had nae mair but hee O."
"Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, Edward, Edward,
Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid,
My deir son I tell thee O."
"O I hae killed my reid roan steid, Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my reid roan steid,
That erst was sae fair and free O."
2006-09-28
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