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What is Your Craft?

Khalilah ShuaidOct 9, 2024

Original Text

Hwelhne cræft canst De?

Ih eom munuc.

Hwæt cunnon Das Dcne iefbran?

Sume sind ierDlingas, sume scbaphierdas, sume oxanhierdas,

sume huntan, sume fisceras, sume fugleras, sume hcepemenn, sume

scdwyrhtan, sume sealteras, sume bæceras.

Translation Result

What craft canst thou?

I am a monk.

What can the Danish people do?

Some are farmers, some are blacksmiths, some are herdsmen,

some hunt, some fishers, some fowlers, some shepherds, some

wrights, some seamen, some bakers.

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