Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in Old English anyone?

United States
December 15, 2016 9:31pm CST
I have all manner of facebook pages liked. Many of them revolve around the UK, and the Republic of Ireland. Some around Norway (hey it's a beautiful country!). All pages bring me loads of entertainment, and even fodder for discussion here. Like this one I just came across. An Old English rendition of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, as well as a Modern English version. My only complaint is there is no audio for the renditions, but I am sure someone in the Old English Community will get around to it eventually. On a side note, have you ever noticed how snobbish the other reindeers are and how better off Rudolph would be without them?
Over on the All Things Linguistic blog, an Old English rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is perhaps one of the greatest discoveries of this holiday season. Check out the gorgeous meter be…
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502947)
• Italy
16 Dec 16
I am going to see the video, to be honest I have never watched videos about Rudolph the reindeer, it was not part of our culture when I was a kid.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 16
It was a tradition across most of America - Watching the show, as well as Frosty the snowman, The Abominable snowman, and the grnch.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502947)
• Italy
16 Dec 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well, I suppose the Grinch only in the recent years, I never heard of it before.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Dec 16
Someone must have gone to a lot of trouble to translate the song into Old English.