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},
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],
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"english": "old wives' tale",
"word": "ealdra cwēna spell"
},
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"english": "Tell me a story about reindeer.",
"text": "Sæġe mē spell be hrānum.",
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},
{
"english": "Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nNe wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.",
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"english": "The Bjarmians told him many stories, both from their own country and from the countries surrounding them, but he didn't know what parts were true, because he didn't see it himself.",
"text": "late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nFela spella him sæġdon þā Beormas, ǣġðer ġe of heora āgnum lande ġe of þām landum þe ymb hīe ūtan wǣron, ac hē nysse hwæt þæs sōðes wæs, for þon þe hē hit self ne ġeseah.",
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"english": "The first ship reached land and announced the terrible news.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÞæt forme sċip ġesōhte land and ġebodode þæt eġeslīċe spell.",
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"english": "When King Alfred had studied this book and translated it from Latin verse into English prose, he converted it back into verse.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā hē þās bōc hæfde ġeleornode and of Lǣdene tō Engliscum spelle ġewende, þā ġeworhte hē hīe eft tō lēoðe.",
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"english": "I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.",
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},
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"literature",
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"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pel-",
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"english": "parable",
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"english": "old wives' tale",
"word": "ealdra cwēna spell"
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{
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"english": "painful story",
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"text": "Sæġe mē spell be hrānum.",
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},
{
"english": "Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nNe wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.",
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"text": "late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nFela spella him sæġdon þā Beormas, ǣġðer ġe of heora āgnum lande ġe of þām landum þe ymb hīe ūtan wǣron, ac hē nysse hwæt þæs sōðes wæs, for þon þe hē hit self ne ġeseah.",
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"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÞæt forme sċip ġesōhte land and ġebodode þæt eġeslīċe spell.",
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"english": "I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.",
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