• Quokka@quokk.au
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        4 days ago

        “A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”

        I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?

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          That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.