Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you have any deeper interest in this subject I implore you to read the original scholarly article by Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner (it is not overly technical): cambridge.org/core/journals/early-medieval-england-and-its-n/article/new-earlyninthcentury-manuscript-of-caedmons-hymn-rome-biblioteca-nazionale-centrale-vitt-em-1452-122v/2496FC9C9E4876935BB4190048C7C8A9
A two-minute conversation between me (speaking Old Norse) and Simon Roper (speaking Old English) followed by our commentary on it: youtu.be/eTqI6P6iwbE
When I say Old English and Old Norse are "Germanic" languages, that does not mean "from Germany." More: youtu.be/WcgnWN49nac
At the highest level, Old English and Old Norse are ultimately members of the widespread Indo-European language family. More: youtu.be/9UQnSmEzxMI
If you have any deeper interest in this subject I implore you to read the original scholarly article by Elisabetta Magnanti and Mark Faulkner (it is not overly technical): cambridge.org/core/journals/early-medieval-england-and-its-n/article/new-earlyninthcentury-manuscript-of-caedmons-hymn-rome-biblioteca-nazionale-centrale-vitt-em-1452-122v/2496FC9C9E4876935BB4190048C7C8A9
A two-minute conversation between me (speaking Old Norse) and Simon Roper (speaking Old English) followed by our commentary on it: youtu.be/eTqI6P6iwbE
When I say Old English and Old Norse are "Germanic" languages, that does not mean "from Germany." More: youtu.be/WcgnWN49nac
At the highest level, Old English and Old Norse are ultimately members of the widespread Indo-European language family. More: youtu.be/9UQnSmEzxMI
