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"LAY-uf-win" or "LEF-win" -- but that's just a stab in the dark.
It's interesting that all three responses so far have the second syllable as "win" and not "ween" / "wine" or "veen" / "vine," or even as two separate syllables, "WIN-eh," etc.
I do like it because I'm drawn to almost any obscure medieval name. But not knowing how to pronounce it is a big setback. :-/ I wish we had a scholar of medieval names in the ranks. At least we might know how it pronounced among professionals, even if we may never know how it was pronounced when originally used. I find that sort of thing fascinating.
It's interesting that all three responses so far have the second syllable as "win" and not "ween" / "wine" or "veen" / "vine," or even as two separate syllables, "WIN-eh," etc.
I do like it because I'm drawn to almost any obscure medieval name. But not knowing how to pronounce it is a big setback. :-/ I wish we had a scholar of medieval names in the ranks. At least we might know how it pronounced among professionals, even if we may never know how it was pronounced when originally used. I find that sort of thing fascinating.
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I was curious too so I just looked it up and found this sweet video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oz0nylbupbw
maybe it helps? Anyway, it's cool how much you can understand. Especially if you know a bit of German!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oz0nylbupbw
maybe it helps? Anyway, it's cool how much you can understand. Especially if you know a bit of German!
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That is one fantastic video clip
Holy smokes. I want to change jobs and immerse myself in Old English. Do you know if the author ever made a whole series? There is talk of it in the YouTube chatter, but I couldn't find anything on Google.
Thanks. That was extremely fun. :-D
Holy smokes. I want to change jobs and immerse myself in Old English. Do you know if the author ever made a whole series? There is talk of it in the YouTube chatter, but I couldn't find anything on Google.
Thanks. That was extremely fun. :-D
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I know, I got distracted for ages when I found it! I don't think there's a series but the guy has quite a few other videos and there's a site with some other stuff too: http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/
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Agree
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On the comments section of Leofwine someone said they think it is pronounced Lev-win.
I was thinking Lay-ov-win.
Somewhere else I saw that the Medieval names ending in -wine are pronounced -win.
Also, I am an American and probably butcher everything I say... but I just love ancient and medieval names.
I was thinking Lay-ov-win.
Somewhere else I saw that the Medieval names ending in -wine are pronounced -win.
Also, I am an American and probably butcher everything I say... but I just love ancient and medieval names.
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As a fellow Yankee muddling European pronunciations and loving ancient and medieval names, I salute you.
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