英國文學(xué)中古英語

1、Basic Informations This picture is from wikipadia.(/wiki/Middle_English)Grammar Nouns picture from wikipedia Verbs pronouns (picture from wikipedia) Pronunciation“Generally, all letters in Middle English words were pronounced.”from wikipediaVocabulary Franch Latin Belgisch-Nede

2、rlands Nederlands Neddersassisch Informations are from WikimediaSample Text “Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in

3、 every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne, And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye- (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages); Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages” from Tales of Canterbury ，written by Geoff

4、rey ChaucerTranslation into Modern English: (by Coghill)When in April the sweet showers fallAnd pierce the drought of March to the root, and allThe veins are bathed in liquor of such powerAs brings about the engendering of the flower,When also Zephyrus with his sweet breathExhales an air in every gr

5、ove and heathUpon the tender shoots, and the young sunHis half course in the sign of the Ram has runAnd the small fowl are making melodyThat sleep away the night with open eye,(So nature pricks them and their heart engages)Then folk long to go on pilgrimages,And palmers long to seek the stranger strandsOf far off saints, hallowed in sundry lands,And specially from every shires endOf England, down to Canterbury they wendThe holy blissful martyr, quickTo give