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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

In Icelandic "Þú stendur fyrir framan þínum konungi"

[–] Logi@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

So how much old English from Beowulf do you “get” when it is pronounced. Basically the English had forgotten how to read Old English and it was a Danish/Icelandic linguist who helped figure out the language again.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

That could also work, "þū stenst beforan þīnum cyninge".