Old English words we should bring back

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Enjoy these 10 Anglo-Saxon words that I think we should bring back.

Apologies for my Old English pronunciation. I really tried.

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:42 What is Old English?
1:15 WINETREOW - friendfaith
3:03 HRÆDWYRDE - wordhasty
4:52 RUNCRÆFTIG - runecrafty
6:50 WUNDORSMIÞ - wondersmith
8:29 NordVPN
9:53 HWÆLWEG - whaleway
11:18 EARDFÆST - earthfast
12:50 MEDUDREAM - meadglee
14:57 AERSLING - arselong
16:28 UHTCEARE - morrowsorrow
18:45 FULLÞUNGEN - fullthungen
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Some idiot drove arselong into my car this morning.

germantoenglish
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"Selfdom" is one of my favorites. It's your self-kingdom. The essence of one's self. Individuality. Independence.

BFRandall
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Earthfast is still in use. We use it in archaeology to describe a rock or boulder that is immovably set into the ground.

thedogfather
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In Swedish, the literal translation of earthfast would be jordfäst, which has a very different meaning: it's an old fashioned way of saying buried. The closest equivalent (in meaning) to earthfast in Swedish would be jordnära (earthnear) which means down to earth.

zeragito
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As a Swedish speaker I find myself missing the word Overmorrow, meaning the day after tomorrow, as I use the Swedish equivalent a lot: övermorgon

athelonus
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I grew up in a very remote area in austria with an often outdated language. we used the word "aschling" for going backward. backward with the horses for instance. today we use "rückwärts" "backwards", but grandfather used "aschling", going backwards was "in aschling". he drove the car "in aschling"

dasgellendehorn
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Ah! Thanks for the shoutout! I love your channel 🎉

TastingHistory
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I think "wordhasty" & "wondersmith" are the best of the list, I could totally see using them without anyone asking questions.

halooo
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As an archaeologist, I already use 'earthfast' on a regular basis - it is used for a post which has been dug into the ground so that it stands up without needing support. But I like the idea of it being used for people as well as posts!

MrsPapey
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I think the word "overmorrow" would be a great addition as well!

alejandrovilla
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I never realised how beautifully poetic Old English is, it's soooo cool

AriSolMorningstar
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As a dane it is interesting to hear these old english words as many of them are closer to modern danish than modern english. It reaaly shows the common germanic origin of the languages.

mineccraftnb
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As a Dutch speaker, I often understand the words before they are explained. Many of these old English words are similar to old/middle Dutch or even modern Dutch words. It often fascinates me how similar English and Dutch are in certain aspects. Even with the Norman invasion of England and the way that the English language changed. The Dutch language was also influenced a lot by French, during this and later periods, often in the same way. There are also ways that Dutch was influenced by French but English wasn’t. Although Dutch and English are quite similar to each other nowadays, in the past they would’ve been even more similar, I suppose. 😊

MarkDDG
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“Wondersmith” is like the public domain word for “Imagineer.” I love it!

ennbee
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Wordhasty is absolutely gorgeous, works as a noun too! "We'd have gotten away with it, but for your wordhaste."

OhadLutzky
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Arselong was definitely a word we used at school back in the 1970s (25 miles northwest-ish of London, Hertfordshire/Essex border). Usually referring to falling or making a fool of oneself: kind of the opposite of headfirst

addebesi
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Winegeomor is a great one. In our culture, we don't value friends as much as we should, or at least not in our vocabulary. I've long thought we need a word for grieving the loss of a friend, or for the loss of a friendship. I have mourned my best friend every day since she died in 2019.

Fayanora
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OMG! A word to describe those placid beautiful dragons flying at dawn... as opposed to the pesky noisy ones who fly at dusk. Absolutely taking this one with me. So happy I can finally describe different flying dragons!

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Old English and Latin just sound so they deserve to be taught at schools.

GarfieldRex
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You know, as an Italian living in UK, I do immensely appreciate your passion and hard work you put into these videos. I find them fascinating and even though your whimsical "crusades" might come across as dystopical at times (i.e. wanting to reintroduce lost words or alphabets) I personally think it's important that people like you still exist in today's world, where we tend to simplify everything and lose the beautiful richness of language (and making us every day closer to that nightmare Orson Welles described so vividly in 1984).
So, well done Rob and keep that going! ❤

matriz_