👑 Old English | c. AD 450–1150 What you’re seeing: A documentary-style reconstruction of an early medieval English battlefield order. Inspired by a previous earlier post on Lady Æthelflæd (Lady of Mercia). Old English (spoken): Gecygað þā fyrd tō stōwe! Settað þone scyldweall! Āhebbað þæt segn, gāð tō þǣm geate! Nǣnig fēond forð ne gā! Modern English (meaning): Call the fyrd (army) to position. Set up the shield wall. Raise the banner, go to the gate. Let no enemy go forward. What is Old Englis

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