Really hard carol quiz

[msmemory_archive]

This one's especially for lumineaux.
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008591.html

Comments

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

Alethea was describing it, and I said, "Where is that? I gotta get it for lumineaux?

;)

Then I found it here and see you did it for her.

;)

I love friends who are quicker than I am.

[quantumkitty.livejournal.com]

That's cool! I got most of them, even though I do not know Old English. :)

[laurion]

Years as a semi-pro caroler, for victory! I was able to get most of them based on what miniscule pronunciation training I've had, and a store of carol knowledge. I think it would be more fun still if you actually know the A-S. And some of the words (geboren, e.g.) are still used in the traditional german versions of the carols.

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

Are these really that hard? I've never studied Old English (though I'll cop to some related languages, and general scholarly dorkiness), and the only one I couldn't recognize on sight turns out to be one I don't even know in modern English. (1.7)

[alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com]

If you have a good carol repertoire, not really. Although doing it by carol knowledge and process of elimination is probably missing the point of the original exercise.

I nearly peed my pants at "Frosty the Snowman" in Anglo-Saxon, though.