#and I want him to tell me about the actual historical/ translation part of hema

[queer-chnospinci]

Someone from my sword fighting group used a word and said it was "old german" and that is not a thing so I tried to figure out whether its old high german or middle high german and I did not find it in any dictionary (I did find the source tho) and it fucked me up to the point that I lay awake thinking about it twice and it made me email my professor (who told me the version of the word that was listed in the dictionary) BUT STILL why are we using that version of the word??

#I hate verbs so much #should I email my instructor and ask? #but I did ask him about something else recently and I dont want to annoy him #or make a fool out of myself #on the other hand he is a nerd probably sooo..... #and I want him to tell me about the actual historical/ translation part of hema #because I am a nerd #the word is waufen (/ weifen if you want to look it up) #I really should have learned more grammar #its a weak verb but idk #also I thought about sewing one of the little outfits from the pictures #idk if I should go with a medieval look or smth from that one english fencing book from 1673 (that was published in french for some reason) #I forgot the name #but the guy is from italy #thanks for coming to my ted talk #also I have been thinking about if it would be very weird to take my sword (once I have them) to the library to try to do the things #in the manuscripts #bc we have two (ish?) fac similae #but obviously you're not allowed to take them home