sumer is icumen in

[coraa]

Sumer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
And springþ þe wde nu,
Sing cuccu!
Awe bleteþ after lomb,
Lhouþ after calue cu.
Bulluc sterteþ, bucke uerteþ,
Murie sing cuccu!
Cuccu, cuccu, wel þu singes cuccu;
Ne swik þu nauer nu.
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

Comments

[rowr.livejournal.com]

i found it on youtube, it's quite cheery!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJvF9xucG90

I wonder sometimes if I could have an ok conversation with peoples that far back in the day.. seems like based on what I could decipher from the lyrics it would be tough but possible to get basic stuff across?

ps. I posted about þ cause I thought it was interesting, hope that's ok. :)

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I think you could probably understand simple sentences/concepts sortakinda, if you could get them to speak very slowly and repeat themselves (the accent would probably be a problem, otherwise), but making yourself understood would be quite a bit harder!

And yes, that's more than fine! I'm glad I got someone else thinking about it. :D