User:Wordwork

Wordwork's Wordings
'Anglo-Saxon', not 'Anglo-Danish'. Anglish does away with the needless French, Latin and Greek words that upset the 'Anglo-Danish' tung in the aftermath of 1066. I also English of the needless Norse words and spellings that upset the Anglo-Saxon tung as an outcome of the Danish inroads. I keep borrowings that fill 'black holes', or 'semantic gaps', such as '(an) orange'. (See the Anglish Wordbook for settled words.) Learn more at Old Norse Words.

It was a great blow to English to lose the word ‘thou’, which then lead to the word ‘you’ on the  as well as its older meaning as the -. I write with ‘thou/thee/thy’ and its beon conjugations. Learn more at Thou and Pronouns.

The third- 'they/them/their(s)' came either straight from, or were backed up by, the Norse inroads of England. I therefore write with the inborn matches, 'hy/hem/her(s)' and I conjugate with beon. Learn more at Pronouns. I also wield 'hy/hem/her(s)' for the third- , as one would for ‘their’. (As in, 'Ash has her shirt on backward.')

I write with more beon conjugation. I've come to this way by looking mainly to living West speech and English's  tungs,, Netherlandish, and , first to last. I believe ‘am’ and ‘are’ only spread in English thanks to the Norse inroads. However, 'is', from the wesan conjugation, would have overcome ‘bith’ anyway. Learn more at Pronouns. I be here. I was there. We be here. We were there. Thou bist here. Thou wast there. Ye be here. Ye were there. He/She/It is here. He/She/It was there. Hy be here. Hy were there.

Seen beside the West Friesh conjugations:

Ik bin hjir. Ik wie dêr. Wy binne hjir. Wy wienen dêr. Do bist hjir. Do wiest dêr. Jo binne hjir. Jim wiene der. Hy/Sy/It is hjir. Hy/Sy/It wie dêr. Hy binne hjir. Hy wiene der.

Wordwork's Spellings
I build on the settled ways of Anglish Spelling. I have brought on some further spelling to make the spelling in my writs more steady,, and a way I find smoother to read. So: English Spelling: "The North Wind and the Sun were squabbling about which was the stronger, when a wayfarer came along wrapped in a warm shroud. They settled that the one who first overcame in making the wayfarer take his shroud off should be seen as stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew, the more tightly did the wayfarer fold his shroud about him; and at last the North Wind gave up the bid. Then the Sun shone out warmly, and at once the wayfarer took off his shroud. And so the North Wind was bound to acknowledge that the Sun was the stronger of the two." My Spelling: "Þe Norþ Ƿind and þe Sun ƿer sccƿabeling abút hƿic ƿas þe stronger, hƿen a ƿeyfearer cám along ƿrapt in a ƿarm scrúd. Þey seteld þat þe ƿån hƿó first ofercám in mácing þe ƿeyfearer tác his scrúd off scód bé sén as stronger þan þe oþer. Þen þe Norþ Ƿind bleƿ as hard as hé cód, but þe mår hé bleƿ, þe mår títly did þe ƿeyfearer fold his scrúd abút him; and at last þe Norþ Ƿind gáf up þe bid. Þen þe Sun scon út ƿårmly, and at ƿånss þe ƿeyfearer tóc off his scrúd. And såƿ þe Norþ Ƿind ƿas búnd tó acnåƿlecg þat þe Sun ƿas þe stronger of þe tó."
 * 1) I   (⟨á⟩, ⟨é⟩, ⟨í⟩, ⟨ó⟩, ⟨ú⟩) to mark most of the long, instead of  the 'magic e' way, and to be more . So, ⟨ate⟩ is ⟨át⟩; ⟨eat⟩ is ⟨ét⟩; ⟨bite⟩ is ⟨bít⟩; ⟨moon⟩ is ⟨món⟩; ⟨cow⟩ is ⟨cú⟩.
 * 2) I brook å for when  stands in for Old English's ⟨ā⟩. So, ⟨all⟩ is ⟨åll⟩; ⟨more⟩ is ⟨mår⟩, ⟨home⟩ is ⟨håƿm⟩, and ⟨stone⟩ is ⟨ståƿn⟩.
 * 3) I spell the ⟨th⟩ diagraph with the  thorn (⟨þ⟩, ⟨Þ⟩), like the other fricatives. So, ⟨bath⟩ becomes ⟨baþþ⟩, and ⟨bathe⟩ becomes ⟨báþ⟩.
 * 4) I spell ⟨ie⟩ and ⟨ea⟩ as  or marked with an acute accent, as fitting. So, ⟨friend⟩ becomes ⟨frend⟩, ⟨head⟩ becomes ⟨hed⟩; ⟨(to) lead⟩ becomes ⟨(tó) léd⟩, and ⟨great⟩ becomes ⟨grát⟩.
 * 5) I drop the  ⟨k⟩ altogether, unless it's in an . So, ⟨chicken⟩ becomes ⟨ciccen⟩, and ⟨kitchen⟩ becomes ⟨ccicen⟩.
 * 6) I drop needless ⟨-gh⟩. So, ⟨rough⟩ is spelled ⟨ruff⟩, ⟨through⟩ is ⟨þrew⟩, ⟨though⟩ is ⟨þow⟩, ⟨thought⟩ is ⟨þawt⟩, and ⟨night⟩ is ⟨nít⟩.
 * 7) My  has these : Aa, Åå, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Xx, Yy, Þþ, Ƿƿ. (Þiss staffroƿ ƿiþþ diacritics and þorn can bé mostly ƿriten út on almåƿst eny  ƿiþþ þe Íslandisc cybord. Ƿynn and Å be not as éþly fund, but can be instead wiþþ cybord scortcuts.)

Wordwork's Works
The Germanic deal of Anglish Given Names. Twelvish, a drive at reading twelvish, or uncial/dozenal in Anglish.

Short Tales
To Build a Fire, a short tale, written by Jack London. The White Ship, a short tale, written by H. P. Lovecraft.

Folk Tales
The Lambton Worm, an English folk tale. The Rose Tree, an English folk tale. The Three Sillies, an English folk tale. Tom Tit Tot, an English folk tale.

Songs
The American folk song Buffalo Gals. The Icelandish Hear, Heavenly Smith (Heyr himna smiður). The American The Star-Spangled Streamer (The Star-Spangled Banner). The British God Keep the Queen (God Save the Queen). The  Yes, We Love This Land (Ja, vi elsker dette landett).

Other
Foreword from the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.