: Re: Believable (but easy) archaic English Do you know any "shortcuts" to translating passages of my story into believably sounding archaic English? I mean, without taking a full school course? A crash

When you say Old English, be aware that another term for that is Anglo-Saxon, which is English from before the Norman Conquest. Here's an example:

Ic eom weorÃ° werum, wide funden
brungen of bearwum ond of burghleoÃ¾um
of denum ond of durum. DÃ¦ges mec wÃ¦gun
feÃ¾re on lifte feredon mid liste
under hrofes hleo. HÃ¦leÃ° mec siÃ¾Ã¾an
baÃ¾edan in bydene. Nu ic eom bindere
ond swingere sona weorpe
esne to eorÃ¾an hwilum ealdne ceorl.
Sona Ã¾Ã¦t onfindeÃ° se Ã¾e mec fehÃ° ongean
ond wiÃ° maegenÃ¾isan minre genÃ¦steÃ°
Ã¾Ã¦t he hrycge sceal hrusan secan
gif he unrÃ¦des Ã¦r ne geswiceÃ°
strengo bistolen strong on sprÃ¦ce
mÃ¦gene binumen; nah his modes geweald
fota ne folma. Frige hwÃ¦t ic hatte
Ã°e on eor an swa esnas binde
dole Ã¦fter dyntum be dÃ¦ges leohte.

Read Chaucer to find out what Middle English sounded like. Even Shakespeare, which no doubt sounds old to your ear, is of the period known as Modern English.

I presume what you really mean is archaic English. For that there is no real shortcut, and I'd advise you to leave it alone. It's like playing the violin: If you aren't an absolute master, it just sounds awful.

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