#archaic language

[book0ftheday]

Dick's Hero by Blanche Atkinson, illustrations and cover art uncredited, previous owner's inscription dated 1906.

#no one bought this from me and i couldnt throw it away so i took it home #blanche atkinson #antique childrens books #antique books #archaic language

[leucisticpuffin]

coirë | a stirring

“Thou callest this season beautiful,” he said one morning, watching shadows shift through the canvas as an attendant cleared the doorway of snow. “Forgive me, but I cannot see it.” “But thou hast seen it not,” protested Findekáno, setting aside his mortar and pestle. (The skill of preparing medicines he had picked up in the fearful days of the last winter, needing desperately to be useful, and yet unable to look at the wound wrought by his own hand.) “Not everywhere is so grey! Come, Russandol; I shall show thee why we name it so.”

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#i finished it!! #really hope i used the archaic language correctly i've never done that before #coirë #maedhros #fingon #silmarillion fanfiction #silmfic #silmarillion fic #tolkien fanfiction #tolkien fic #tolkien fanart #silm art #silmarillion fanart #oneshot #fanfiction illustration

[lionofchaeronea]

I shall recall, nor let me forget, Apollo who shoots from afar, At whom the gods in Zeus's dwelling tremble as he goes. μνήσομαι οὐδὲ λάθωμαι Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκάτοιο, ὅντε θεοὶ κατὰ δῶμα Διὸς τρομέουσιν ἰόντα -Homeric Hymn to Apollo (no. 3), lines 1-2

#quote #quotes #classics #tagamemnon #Greek #Greek language #Ancient Greek #Ancient Greek language #translation #Greek translation #Ancient Greek translation #poetry #Homeric Hymns #Greek religion #Ancient Greek religion #Hellenic polytheism #Apollo #Ancient Greece #Archaic Greece

[gemsofgreece]

Fun fact: While reading the Homeric Greek prototype of the Iliad, I noticed Homer mentions numerous times the words μύες (muscles) and nerves (νεύρα), and many organs of the human body. The words not only are identical to the Modern Greek equivalents but also bear the exact contemporary anatomical meaning. There is also the mention of bones (οστά) of course, which is not as impressive since bones are easily comprehensible, but in my opinion the fact that apparently ancient Greeks of the early archaic period were aware of the nerves and their function more or less is very fascinating. There is often the mention of shearing or cutting muscles, tendons or nerves.

I searched a bit about in on the internet and found this:

From Hektoen International.

From PubMed, Anatomical references in Homer’s Iliad.

#greece #Homer #Iliad #Ancient Greece #Homeric epics #Homeric age #archaic period #greek language #greek culture #thoughts #random

[alexanderpearce]

tag yourself are you (obsolete) (archaic) (dated) (vulgar) (slang) (UK) (humorous) (informal) (derogatory) (Australia)

#im (archaic) #and (australia) i GUESS #can you tell i spend hours upon hours upon hours on wiktionary #shut up ulrike #language #etymology #popular

[mioritic]

An Austro-Hungarian joke about Old Kingdom Romanians:

— You, neighbour! Your cat ate a lot of bacon from my room tonight.

— Oh, don't worry, nothing bad will happen to him.

from Familia (ed. Iosif Vulcan, published in [Buda]Pest), 28 November (Gregorian: 10 December) 1871

#an archaic and regional language which does not translate into English #romania #romanisme #austria hungary #hungary #1871 #ottoman empire

[magnetothemagnificent]

אני יהודי. הלא ליהודי עיניים? הלא ליהודי ידיים, איברים, חושים, ידידות, תשוקות? אוכלים מאותו אוכל, פגועים מאותו נשקים, חולים מאותו מחלות, מחממים ומקוררים מאותו חורף וקיץ כנצרי? אם אתם דוקרים בנו, האנו לא מדממים? אם אתם מדגדגים אותנו, האנו לא צוחקים? אם אתם מרעילים אותנו, האנו לא מתים? ואם אתם לא בוגדים בנו, האנו לא נקמים? ואם אנו כמוכם בשאר, נהיה דומים בכם בזאת.

#personal #the merchant of venice #Hebrew translation by me #yes the language is supposed to be archaic to mimic the archaic language used by Shakespeare

[waitineedaname]

im experiencing scar induced madness again. I feel like people do not give him enough credit for being extremely poetic when he wants to be. sure he might seem stoic, but the dude busts out lines like this like it's nothing

#fma #scar fma #the one when he's talking to mustang gives me CHILLS #GET HIS ASS #''I am the ooze born from the open gaping wound that was ishbal'' good LORD dude #I love this guy so much #I feel like people see ''stoic warrior on a vengeance quest'' and don't see much past that #forgetting that scar is extremely well read #like. the guy is fluent in an archaic language #he's probably trilingual #he might not be god's (least) favorite little scientific prodigy like edward #but he's extremely intelligent #I love moments in fight scenes when we get a bit of insight into his thought process #seeing how quickly he's thinking on his feet and how strategic he is #god I love this guy

[kata4a]

you wot now

#language #I especially like the choice to mark only some of these '(archaic)'

[dostoyevsky-official]

hello! the last time i memorized a poem was for an oral exam in undergrad, and it was the blessedly short "я вас любил." therefore i love that you've set a poetry memorization challenge for 2024! i have two poems in mind for the start of the year -- blok's "to the muse" and pushkin's "the prophet," both in the original russian. based on personal preference or any other criteria, which do you recommend i memorize for january? thank you!

Есть в напевах твоих сокровенных Роковая о гибели весть. Есть проклятье заветов священных, Поругание счастия есть.

И такая влекущая сила, Что готов я твердить за молвой, Будто ангелов ты низводила, Соблазняя своей красотой…

И когда ты смеешься над верой, Над тобой загорается вдруг Тот неяркий, пурпурово-серый И когда-то мной виденный круг.

Зла, добра ли? — Ты вся — не отсюда. Мудрено про тебя говорят: Для иных ты — и Муза, и чудо. Для меня ты — мученье и ад.

Я не знаю, зачем на рассвете, В час, когда уже не было сил, Не погиб я, но лик твой заметил И твоих утешений просил?

Я хотел, чтоб мы были врагами, Так за что ж подарила мне ты Луг с цветами и твердь со звездами — Всё проклятье своей красоты?

И коварнее северной ночи, И хмельней золотого аи, И любови цыганской короче Были страшные ласки твои…

И была роковая отрада В попираньи заветных святынь, И безумная сердцу услада — Эта горькая страсть, как полынь!

#memorize both! but do this fist #it seems more accessible to a russian language leaner than the prophet which relies on a deliberate higher register with archaic words #i think everyone memorizes я вас любил the challenge becomes to read it as melodramatically and comically as possible #thanks for sending! #2024 poetry challenge

[llyfrenfys]

Wythnos Gwelededd Rhyweddhylifol (hwyr) hapus! / Happy (belated) Genderfluid Visibility Week!

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Torrodd fy nghiw post yn anffodus, felly dyma bost hwyr am Wythnos Gwelededd Rhyweddhylifol 😅.

Mae gan bobl rhyweddhylifol yn cael rhywedd hylifol. Mewn geiriau eraill, mae eu hunaniaeth rhywedd yn newid rhwng rhyweddau. Nid jyst rhwng gwryw a benyw, ond rhwng unrhyw rhywedd (e.e. rhyweddau anneuaidd). Mae'r term 'rhyweddhylifol' yn derm ymbarél - mae yna hunaniaethau o dan yr ymbarél fel dauryweddol a hollryweddol.

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My post queue broke unfortunately, so here's a late post about Genderfluid Visibility Week 😅.

Genderfluid people have fluid gender. In other words, their gender identity changes between genders. Not just between male and female, but between any gender (e.g. nonbinary genders). 'Genderfluid' is an umbrella term - there are identities under the umbrella such as bigender and pangender.

#genderfluid visibility week #genderfluid visibility #rhyweddhylifol #rhywedd #trawsryweddol #anneuaidd #dauryweddol #hollryweddol #note- the terms for bigender and pangender are not yet fixed in the Welsh language #personally I feel for bigender it should be dau- rather than deu- for flow and how it looks as a word #also there's lots of interesting archaic gender terminology in Welsh which uses dau- over deu- #and holl- for pangender just makes sense to me. Holl- is a strong implication of ALL the genders #which for pangender I think that gets the vibe quite right #opinions? I'd love to hear them in the comments or in my askbox

[technoturian]

So I started Willow and boy that Prince Graydon is giving me some Percy de Rolo vibes. Clearly possessed by some ancient evil but also his biggest strength is just that he’s a huge nerd. Love that whole vibe.

#Willow (2022) #Graydon Hastur #Critical Role #Percy de Rolo #Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III #I'm only halfway through so maybe this will change but #is there anything better then when the heroes are laying out their strengths and one of them is just like "I know lots of archaic languages'

[lionofchaeronea]

For easily he grants one strength, easily kneecaps the strong, Easily shrinks the seen-by-all and increases the unseen, Easily makes the crooked straight and withers the courageous-- Zeus the Thunderer-on-High, who dwells within the highest halls. ῥέα μὲν γὰρ βριάει, ῥέα δὲ βριάοντα χαλέπτει, ῥεῖα δ᾽ ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ᾽ ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης, ὃς ὑπέρτατα δώματα ναίει. -Hesiod, Works and Days 5-8

#classics #tagamemnon #Greek #Greek language #Ancient Greek #Ancient Greek language #translation #poem #poetry #poetry in translation #Greek poetry #Ancient Greek poetry #Hesiod #Works and Days #Ancient Greece #Archaic Greece #didactic poetry #dactylic hexameter #Greek religion #Ancient Greek religion #Hellenic polytheism #Zeus

[hiljametsa]

Seitsemän Veljestä I.iv

By Aleksis Kivi Translated by me

Luku I, kap. iv

Äiti kyllä koetti sekä nuhteilla että kurilla saattaa heitä työhön ja ahkeruuteen, mutta heidän uppiniskaisuutensa oli jäykkä vastus kaikille hänen yrityksillensä. Oli hän muutoin kelpo vaimo;  tunnettu oli hänen suora ja vilpitön, ehkä hieman jyrkkä mielensä. Kelpo mies oli myös hänen veljensä, poikien oiva eno, joka nuoruudessaan oli uljaana merimiehenä purjehtinut kaukaiset meret, nähnyt monta kansaa ja kaupunkia; mutta näkönsäpä kadotti hänen viimein, käyden umpisokeaksi, ja vietti ikänsä pimeät päivät Jukolan talossa. Hän silloin usein, veistellen tunteensa viittauksen mukaan kauhoja, lusikoita, kirvesvarsia, kurikkoja ja muita huoneessa tarpeellisia kaluja, kertoili sisarensa pojille tarinoita ja merkillisiä asioita sekä omasta maasta että vieraista valtakunnista, kertoili myös ihmeitä ja tapauksia raamatusta. Näitä hänen jutelmiansa kuultelivat pojat kaikella hartaudella ja painoivat lujasti muistoonsa. Mutta yhtä mieluisasti eivät he kuullelleetkaan äitinsä käskyjä  ja nuhteita, vaan olivatpa kovakorvaisia vallan, huolimatta monestakaan pieksiäislöylystä. Useinpa kyllä, huomatessaan selkäsaunan lähestyvän, vilkasi veliparvi karkutielle, saattaen tämän kautta sekä äitillensä että muille murhetta ja kiusaa, ja sillä omaa asiaansa pahentaen.

Their mother had tried, both by admonition and punishment, to push them toward work and industry, but their stubbornness stood stiffly in the face of all her attempts. She was, otherwise, a decent wife and mother, well-known for her uprightness and earnestness of mind, if only somewhat strict. Her brother also was a decent man, a fine uncle to the boys, who had been a brave seaman in his youth, sailing many far seas, and seeing many peoples and cities. At the last his sight failed him though, and he became stone-blind, and lived out the rest of his benighted days in the home of the Jukolas. There he would often carve, by feeling with his hands, ladles, spoons, axhandles, mallets, and other important household things. He would tell his nephews legends and remarkable things both from their own land and from foreign realms. He told them also of miracles and happenings from the Bible. The boys would listen intently to his stories, and press them firmly into their memories. But not so happily did they listen to the orders and admonishments of their mother, indeed they wholly rebelled against authority, despite many a brutal lashing. Often indeed when they saw a beating coming their way, they would go on the run and, by this, bring to both their mother and others anxiety and annoyance, while also worsening their own situation.

art: wilderness lake by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

#Finnish #suomi #suomen kieli #seitsemän veljestä #literature #kirjallisuus #translation #aleksis kivi #language #linguistics #metsä #my work #bear #woodland #wildlife #archaic english #akseli gallen kallela #art #english #the seven brothers

[imakemywings]

So Doriathrin sounded old-fashioned even in the First Age, which makes sense since Elvish language already changes very slowly and Doriath was comparatively isolated relative to other Elvish settlements (and was already known to have preserved some linguistic characteristics that had become archaic in other dialects). It was also destroyed, which largely prevented much further development of the language owing to the people being made more or less extinct.

Furthermore, since Oropher and Thranduil’s later kingdom was made up of a far larger proportion of Silvan to Iathrim, I tend to think they adapted their speech to that of the Silvan, whether speaking Silvan or adjusting their Sindarin to match with the speaking patterns and idiosyncrasies of the Silvan.

However, in the rare moment Thranduil speaks directly to another former Doriathrim without any one else present in the conversation, he will revert to what he grew up speaking and they will twitter away like they just walked out of Chaucer.

#legolas crying: dad...what are you saying!!! #thranduil #the hobbit #tolkien tag #he sounds very convincingly like he was born and raised in Mirkwood until you let him talk to another Doriathrim #as to whether he'd teach Legolas Doriathrin...I don't know #I tend to think not #it wouldn't really be useful to Legolas and it would require revisiting the memories of Doriath generally #which is very painful and something I think Thranduil probably avoids #also I'm not sure Legolas would have an interest in learning it XD #he prefers learning woodland survival skills to a fourth language #thranduil and oropher would talk in it though when niwe wasn't part of the conversation #the silmarillion #it's remarked that Turin carries a Doriathrin accent when he talks which is notably archaic even during his lifetime

[monarchamos]

wow, poe is one pretentious motherfucker

man really learned japanese to (presumed) perfect fluency and, despite being a foreign english speaker, uses an archaic first-person pronoun just to make himself sound better

#and then the eng dub localizes his way of speaking by just giving him the gay fancyboy voice #fellas is it gay to learn a whole language to such fluency you can speak in an archaic way just so you can talk to your rival #poe speaking in the fanciest way ever in japanese meanwhile ranpo just talking in perpetual casualness in english #bsd #bsd poe