Sing with the Anglo-Saxons: learn the words!
'Let it go!' in Old English - 'Læt hit gán!' in EaldÆnglisc
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Old English
The language the Anglo-Saxons spoke is called 'Old English'. For modern English speakers like you and me, it is impossible to understand.
Pronunciation
Say most of the letters like modern English, but make sure you pronounce every letter as a separate sound. So 'beorge' (mountain) is pronounced 'bay - org - uh'.
● Old English has some letters we don't have:
æ is a as in cat þ is th as in thin ð is th as in the
● and some letters are pronounced differently:
ce is ch as in chin gi is y as in yes h is ch as in Scottish loch sc as sh in shop.
● Vowels with a line above are long:
á as in car, é as in say, í as in sweet, ó as in go, ú as in boo.
● Vowels without a line above are short as in modern English:
a as in bat, e as in bet, i as in bit, o and in cot, u as in hut.
Don't worry how you pronounce the Old English.
Just belt it out!
There aren't many Anglo-Saxons left in Langar anyway.
Old English - EaldÆnglisc
Læt hit gán! Let it go!
Se snáw glisaþ hwít on þæm beorge tonihte
Nán fótspor sind tó seonne
Cyningríce ánnesse
ond ic beo seo Cwén
Se wind swógaþ swa þis hréoh me
inne
Ic ne meaht hit gehealda. Ic hæbbe ongunnen
Ne læt hie inne, ne læt hie séon
Beo seo gód mægþ þæt þú ær béon scealt
Míþ, ne fél, ne læt hie witan
Wel, nu witon hie!
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán. Ne mæg ic giet stówian
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán. Awend on bedó þæt
dór!
Ic ne recce hwæt hie secgaþ
Læt se storm wédan
þæt ceald me dréfde næfre gehú
Hit ys seldcuþ hu feorran mé þincþ
þæt ealle lytel synd.
Þa egas ðe æne mé wéoldon
ne magon mé awuht!
Befón hit ys tíd tó seonne þæt ic fremman mæg
Tó cunnianne mearca and tó þurhbrecanne
Ne riht, ne wrang, ne laga, for mé
Ic beo fréo!
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán. Ic eom án mid þæm wind and þæm heofon
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán næfre réote ic
Hér stande ic ond hér gestille ic
Læt se storm wédan!
Míne meaht hwærfþ þurh þa lyfte in þone
grund
Míne sawel hwærfþ on froren hiw ymbútan
And an geþanc weorþ cristalla swa ísig blæst
Næfre efthweorfe ic. þa ærdagas fulendiaþ!
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán and ríse ic swa se
dægrédléoma
Læt hit gán, læt hit gán.
Séo fullican mægþ gewít hér
Stande ic on þæm dæges léohte
læt se storm wéda!
þæt ceald me dréfde næfre gehú.
NiwÆnglisc - Modern English
Let it go! Læt hit gán!
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm
inside
Couldn't keep it in. Heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know!
Let it go, let it go. Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go. Turn away and slam the
door!
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all!
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free!
Let it go, let it go. I'm one with the
wind and sky
Let it go, let it go You'll never see me cry
Here I stand, and here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on!
My power flurries through the air into the
ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past!
Let it go, let it go and I'll rise like the
break of dawn
Let it go, let it go.
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on!
The cold never bothered me anyway.
'Let it go!' from the movie 'Frozen'
Translated and sung by Steve the Vagabond and Silly Linguist on YouTube.
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