Anglo-Saxon

I love it.

I still want to be a linguist.

 

Also, I wrote a riddle in Old English verse form meter whatever for my Tolkien Lit class. Here ’tis. Feel free to guess the answer. I think it’s super obvious, but then again, I wrote it, so maybe I’m wrong. Idk. Yep.

Also, the title is Elvish. \m/

Also, I spent an hour researching possessives in Quenya Elvish grammar when I should have been doing other homework.

Also, yea I’m posting at one o’clock in the morning. it seems to be my new bedtime. yay.

…and one more Also. I decided I absolutely love this verse form and want to write EVERYTHING IN IT FOREVER. ok maybe not quite so drastic.

 

 

Nalláma Tinúvielwa

I drown all earth          without damp of water.

Enveloping everything,          erasing reality,

Given form by full-wavering          flow of bright air,

Entering the ears          of every last creature.

I slip off bright strings,          seeping through quiet,

Or out of a mouth          made merry by grace.

To some I bring peace,          perfect in calming,

To others, vibrating          vigor in waves.

Yet more I make          merely too downcast,

Lonesome of life          these last have become.

All creatures I touch,          casting my spell

Upon the heart          of he who listens.

The one who knows          my name hears me

Echo in ears          made eager by memory.