Hwæt! Old English for Orthographers!
The Old English digraph <eo> is often rendered in present-day English as a double <e>:
deor/deer
fleos/fleece
seon/see
neodian/need
fleot/fleet
beor/beer
fleon/flee
creopan/creep
deop/deep
freo/free
treo/tree
And many, many more.
If you dig this kind of stuff, you may want to sign up for the Old English for Orthographers LEXinar, five Mondays from 6:30-8:00pm Central Daylight time, June 23rd ~ July 21st.
Note: This inaugural Old English LEXinar is now full. Other schedules will be offered; or, gather your own group of three and propose a schedule to me!
15 Comments
Gina is there a flyer for this that I can use to get pre-approval from ALTA for CEUs? Thanks.
Marcia Johns
I will email you a flyer, Marcia.
Yes please!
Mary Beth
This sounds great! Mondays from 6:30-8:00pm Central Daylight time, starting June 23rd…. and running through what date?
Sorry; it’s 5 Mondays, running through July 21st.
I’m in, Gina, and thrilled that you are digging in so soon!
Please send cost, payment info, and number of sessions.
Thanks, Mary
You can get to cost and online payment info by following the hyperlink in the post.
I’m interested and it sounds like a great course. How many sessions are there in the course? What is the ending date?
July 21st — post is edited to reflect this.
Gina,
I want to join the class on Old English! Will you send the dates?
Gina,
I want to join the class on Old English!
Jean Hutchinson
Whee! I’m in. Would also like a flyer and number of sessions. I’m so glad you are doing this, Gina.
Hi, I’m interested please send a flyer with dates etc. Thanks
Elizabeth
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