tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post3259343725242719018..comments2023-03-23T10:17:50.232-04:00Comments on Mony wylsum way: Will translations: Edward IHannah Kilpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-15371350521162628772009-11-11T18:01:13.370-05:002009-11-11T18:01:13.370-05:00If you're after a dictionary, get Hindley, Lan...If you're after a dictionary, get Hindley, Langley and Levy. It seems to have the best range of possible meanings of any I've found on the market. And pretty cheap through Amazon Canada!Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096829586344513927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-44505939823309080562009-02-17T18:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T18:05:00.000-05:00Thanks, Lady D! Yes, I just found the Anglo-Norma...Thanks, Lady D! Yes, I just found the Anglo-Norman hub (you'd think googling 'anglo-norman dictionary' would be a logical place to start when looking for, you know, an anglo-norman dictionary, wouldn't you?), and it does speed things up. Certainly knowing a modern Romance language helps, because the sentence structure is pretty much identical with just a few archaic twists of phrase. You just Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-85967296756290092632009-02-17T17:59:00.000-05:002009-02-17T17:59:00.000-05:00Yes, I'd forgotten Isabella writing her will when ...Yes, I'd forgotten Isabella writing her will when she was pregnant! But I'd agree about the relative lack of importance attached to wills. I went through the whole book and out of all of them there are only a couple that weren't (so far as I can tell) written in the same year as the person died, presumably when they knew they were dying. Edward I is the biggest exception, and of course, he Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-50367661709324440832009-02-17T17:53:00.000-05:002009-02-17T17:53:00.000-05:00Brilliant effort! I have tried to do the same with...Brilliant effort! I have tried to do the same with translating the Anglo-Norman (as Alianore knows ;-) ) with no grasp of modern French and only the Anglo-Norman Online Hub dictionary to help me. It is fun though - and (to me anyway) a lot easier than Latin!Jules Frusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207281934232383811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-17128241843511674002009-02-17T01:23:00.000-05:002009-02-17T01:23:00.000-05:00Ohhh, I love the idea of Ed II making a little wil...Ohhh, I love the idea of Ed II making a little will in Italy, c. 1340. 'To my hunky boyfriend, Giovanni, I bequeath my my hedge-trimmers...' ;) ('Giovanni' is courtesy of Gabriele Campbell, at the Lost Fort. ;)<BR/><BR/>It really doesn't seem that Ed I's will was a top priority for him, was it? Lots of people in the Middle Ages died intestate, as they only seem to have made wills when they Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-66016625329323578872009-02-16T18:19:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:19:00.000-05:00I actually found it after I'd posted this - and fo...I actually found it after I'd posted this - and found that its version of this will is highly abridged! And yes, I suppose by the time it became clear that Edward II was not going to win in 1327, he sort of didn't have time to make a solemn, considered legal document. Or much to bequeath. Perhaps he made a modest little will in Italy later. To this man I bequeath my solemn linen hood that Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-78334699115584863012009-02-16T03:20:00.000-05:002009-02-16T03:20:00.000-05:00Great translation! I love translating Anglo-Norma...Great translation! I love translating Anglo-Norman, myself. It's fun!! ;)<BR/><BR/>Have you seen Testamenta Vetusta? It's on Google Books, and it has the wills (in English) of the medieval kings from Henry III onwards. Edward II died intestate, unfortunately. It surprises me that Edward I never updated his will after 1272, though he lived for another 25 years.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.com