Magu  +  133266 Fri, 02 Sep 05 07:21 PM Hi, If someone could help me with this word, I'd be grateful. A sound file would be wonderful, but phonetic spelling (example: HELL-oh for Hello) would also work fine. Thanks! magu Magu Joined on Fri, Sep 2 2005 New Member 01 Pronunciation, Phonetics, Spelling

	LanguageLover  +  133471 Sat, 03 Sep 05 02:21 PM Welcome to the Forums, Magu. I know nothing about old English pronunciation, but this site may help you in case there is nobody here familiar with that area: http://pages.unibas.ch/anglist/schiltz/data/oe_pronunciation_en.swf LanguageLover Joined on Fri, Feb 25 2005 Contributing Member 1,507 The similarities among the languages are more than their differences! Pronunciation

	Pemmican  +  133554 Sat, 03 Sep 05 08:21 PM What does "hlafmaese" mean btw?! (Just out of curiosity...) Pemmican Joined on Thu, Aug 21 2003 Regular Member 569 Wâ mag ich mich nu vinden? wâ mac ich mich nu suochen, wâ? nu bin ich hie und bin ouch dâ und enbin doch weder dâ noch hie. wer wart ouch sus verirret ie? wer wart ie sus...

	CalifJim  +  133987 Mon, 05 Sep 05 03:03 AM http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/OEsteps/pronounc.html From this site, it appears that the pronunciation is LLAFF-mazzeh where "LL" is as in Welsh (sometimes described as unvoiced "L"), the first "A" is as in "swan", the second "a" as in "cat", the final "eh" as "e" in "bed". CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,392 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Pronunciation

	Pemmican  +  134876 Wed, 07 Sep 05 10:02 PM  Anonymous wrote: Hi Pemmican, It has to do with some research I'm doing. "In England, August 1 was known as Lammas (from the Old English hlafmaese, "Loaf Mass"). In thanksgiving for a plentiful harvest, the faithful brought bread made from the first sheaves of grain to church for a blessing. magu   That is interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!   Btw: I'm pretty sure, the "h" should also be pronounced (I expect a sound equal to the German "ch") - doesn't your source say anything about that?! Pemmican Pronunciation

	LanguageLover  +  135877 Sat, 10 Sep 05 10:44 AM Hi Pemmican, You're right about the sound, "niht" in Old English is pronunced as "nicht" in German. But if you look at the site that I provided you can see other options of "h" pronunciation. However, unfortunately "hl-" was not covered at that page, but it is exactly as CJ mentioned in the link he inserted. (Hope you enjoy listening to the Old English sounds!) LanguageLover Pronunciation