as "Gea" is yes from Old english to Modern English whats "Old english" in old english lol.
2006-08-20 05:15:18 · 9 answers · asked by Ensee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I have the definitive answer for this one. It was "Englisc". Absolutely no doubt, and that's from an Englishman. You might also find this website of interest:
http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/index.html
That is the website of Ða Engliscan Gesiðas (The English Companions), which deals in a scholarly fashion with this time.
2006-08-20 07:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm wondering if "Gea" is the source word for "yeah"...
I suggest you search for an original text of Beowulf to see what Old English looked like, you won't be able to read it, I guarantee that. I do know that English was a term coined in England after the Anglo-Saxon invasion, and it reflected the Angle portion of the invading and conquering Angle and Saxon tribes. I'm going to guess that in say 600 AD they'd have called it "Old Old English" or maybe "Very Old English".
2006-08-20 05:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by ronw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"gea" was pronounced "yeh-uh" in Old English. The "y" in "yes" is actually a variant shape of "g" from Middle English times, so "y" in Modern English spelling is actually an old "g". The language would have been called Angelisc (ahn-gel-ish) in Old English.
2006-08-20 06:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well when old english was being spoken it would have been current english and the speakers wouldn't have thought of it as old but hip and happening
2006-08-20 05:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by keefer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anglo-Saxon.
2006-08-20 05:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by marialuisa1976 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
olde etlinge
2006-08-20 05:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by savio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, according to this it isn't all that easy to explain!!!
2006-08-20 05:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by Katie D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GEA!
2006-08-20 05:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by pinkish ;) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yoof-speak
2006-08-20 05:29:42 · answer #9 · answered by peter b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋