Osweald Bera 🧸arrived in my mailbox yesterday. This afternoon I spent a solid hour pouring over the text. I am giddy as a schoolgirl at being able to read the first chapter with about 80% accuracy and comprehension. I’m really excited about this linguistic adventure. I also have to say that I’m old enough to have learned to read with the See Spit Run readers and learning this way brings back fond memories of my first grade reading circle.
"Dead" Language Society? I guess I will get used to it. However it suggests that us OE gesīþas must be gāstas. I will have to think about that, though I DO feel dead some early, Saturday morning class days, tis true. :-)
I've only just started Osweald Bera, and am in chapter 2. Something I am finding extremely helpful, in addition to multiple reads of the text, is to work on only a dozen or so lines at a time really thoroughly and to write them out. The coordination of see-think-write is really helping to solidify all the words in memory. I hope one day I can also listen to the text as well and read it aloud accurately.
Osweald Bera 🧸arrived in my mailbox yesterday. This afternoon I spent a solid hour pouring over the text. I am giddy as a schoolgirl at being able to read the first chapter with about 80% accuracy and comprehension. I’m really excited about this linguistic adventure. I also have to say that I’m old enough to have learned to read with the See Spit Run readers and learning this way brings back fond memories of my first grade reading circle.
That's amazing to hear! I hope you enjoy the story as it progresses!
"Dead" Language Society? I guess I will get used to it. However it suggests that us OE gesīþas must be gāstas. I will have to think about that, though I DO feel dead some early, Saturday morning class days, tis true. :-)
How lucky we are, we students of Old English, that our gāstas 'ghosts' are actually our gastas 'guests' as well!
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I've only just started Osweald Bera, and am in chapter 2. Something I am finding extremely helpful, in addition to multiple reads of the text, is to work on only a dozen or so lines at a time really thoroughly and to write them out. The coordination of see-think-write is really helping to solidify all the words in memory. I hope one day I can also listen to the text as well and read it aloud accurately.
Writing is very powerful! I think you're on to something there. I hope you're enjoying your read-through so far!