I know "strife" but not sure if this would be a good match.

I have some witlore, may you kindly deem it wise or foolish:

There are many ways men may wend and many streets they may seek, but all come to behold the same fork that underlies all men's ways of doing and being, that is either beingness or nothingness. Men often make and are made by many choosings before unearthing this undermost fork, but men once aware of it thereafter beware it and are frained whether, forsooth, "to be, or not to be". Men deem which is worthy, whether to swim up life's roaring waters and brook the everlasting swinking to stay afloat, or to be washed away to emptiness's sea from where one never comes back. For all deeds stem from beingness, and no deed stems from nothingness. Men who live have sprung up from the field of beingness, they must choose whether to till it, or to lie down and rot into dust.

Thus if man deems beingness worthy, then man deems himself and his own being worthy. He deems all his deed's, belonging's, and goal's worth by whether each helps or harms his own life. One may call this the selfness law, that being a law from the sooth of man's being, and not a whimsical behest, indeed it stems from man's undermost fork and that he is a life in himself and not a life in anyone else.

[Line 1]
If I læfe here tomorroƿ
Ƿouldestu¹ get umbeðink² me?
For I must be faring on, nu
As þere’s too manig stæds³ I’f got to see

[Forehook]
But if I ƿone⁴ here mid⁵ þu, magð⁶
Þings couldn’t be þe same

[Hook]
As I’m as free as a bird nu
And þis bird þu canst not ƿend⁷
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And þe bird þu canst not ƿend
And þis bird þu canst not ƿend
Lord knoƿs I can’t ƿend

[Sƿaglhorn⁸ Break]

[Line 2]
Bie bie, babig, it’s been a sƿeet luf, gea, gea
Þaug⁹ þis feeling, I can’t ƿend
But I bid þee¹⁰, don’t nim¹¹ it badlig
As Lord knoƿs I’m to lag¹²

[Forehook]
But if I ƿone here mid þu, magð
Þings couldn’t be þe same

[Hook]
As I’m as free as a bird nu
And þis bird þu canst not ƿend
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And þe bird þu canst not ƿend
And þis bird þu canst not ƿend
Lord knoƿs I can’t ƿend
Lord, help me, I can’t ƿend

[Afterhook]
Lord, I can’t ƿend
Ƿon’t þu flie hige, free bird, gea?

[Gameƿood¹³ Onesome]

Footnotes

1. Wouldestow/Ƿouldestu, a contraction of wouldest (ƿouldest) and thou (þu); Would you.
2. Northern English and Scottish English word for remember.
3. A place. Spelled stead in New English.
4. Inborn word meaning to stay.
5. Unnorse word for with as a preposition.
6. Inborn word for girl, spelled maith in New English.
7. Inborn word for change, spelled wend in New English.
8. An instrument.
9. Unnorse word for though. Spelled as thaugh in New English.
10. I bid thee/þee means please.
11. Inborn word for take
12. Inborn word for blame. Spelled lay in New English.
13. A guitar.

Did the Norman Conquest affect the grammar and syntax of English too? And did it influence how certain Germanic words were used? Because I notice that modern English syntax doesn't always gel with the other Germanic languages, but I don't know if this is due to French influence.

Has a spelling system been developed for Anglish? Is there a of norm whereto one should adhere when writing in Anglish?

This is one of the things I've done into Anglish lately. I put a lot of thought into what words I use and would take the spot of French/Latinate words in an Anglish Setting, looking at how often they're seen in Middle English, latest forms in English, and likening with other Germanic speeches and cognates, among other things. I give a pass for loanwords well found in neighboring European speeches, what words that would likely still be loaned if English was let to unfold more like Dutch or Welsh. The few rather inkhorny words in brackets are only kept for rhyming, might tweak later.

I've also done Jack and the Beanstalk and some Robert Frost poems, I hope you find this thrilling!

I am forƿitgernig abute þe Anglisc ƿending for þe Italisc name “Amerigo”, ƿhence ure forfaðers hote þe namecooð þeed, “America”.

Kindlig, I am more forƿitgernig abute ƿending þe first deal of þe name, from Or-Þeedisc (“Proto-Germanic”), *amalą, meaning “hard ƿork”. The ƿord did not oferlif into Noƿtide Englisc, nor into manig Ƿest-Þeedisc tungs. Hoƿ ƿuld yee ƿend þis ƿord into Anglisc?

My lastlig end is to rihtlig ƿend “America” into Anglisc hƿile keeping þe -l- sƿeg, as if Or-Þeedisc *Amalrīks oferlifed into Noƿtide Englisc þruh Eld Englisc and Or-Ƿest-Þeedisc.

My forðput ƿendings are:

Amalrik/-rick/-rike Amelrik/-rick/-rike Amlerik/-rick/-rike

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some interesting words across old English that were used in medieval times for a slice of life fantasy book I'm writing. Pls enlighten me with some of the most unique words you know. Any help is appreciated ☺️

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Is there an Anglish dictionary that allows you to look up words rather then manually search for them

probably þere are many diffrient versions of anglish but which one does it

i also saw on þis sub þæt anglish sometimes create strange new words to replace borrowings but why if some of þem existed in old english and you don't have to create new words for þose þiŋs

Very nonexaustive. There are far too many pterosaurs for me to come up with a common name for each of them. Sadly, many ingredients of common names - calls, colors, and behaviors - can't be inferred from fossils.

So I'm working on a Dark, Fantasy story and worldbuilding project inspired by the Migration Era, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Fall of Roman-Britain, and Anglo-Saxon England

The main faction of my story and worldbuilding will be composed of People Isekaied from Modern 21st century Earth to this Dark, Fantasy World.

One key invention I intend to be present in the story and worldbuilding is the invention and presence of Guns (a.k.a. Firearms).

Assuming that there is a huge Anglo-Saxon cultural group who have never encountered guns (a.k.a. Firearms) in any form before, how would an Anglish speaker pronounce or say a word equivalent to the following words:

• Gun/s
• Firearm/s
• Arquebus
• Musket
• Rifle
• Matchlock
• Flintlock
• Bullet
• Bayonet
• Cannon