#ceorl

[thebrideoftiffany]

I'm not straight but The Jötunn from The Ritual (2017) can like... Get it. Otherwise all my crushes are basic like "rugged asshole daddy-issue" guys

- moordryd paynn (dragon booster)

- Sandor clegan (GoT)

- Tommy Shelby (peaky blinders)

i can’t get over that you specified that you’re not straight but make an exception for a movie monster that’s killing me

anyway given ypur type what is your opinion on joel from the last of us show or movie. and that can be mine even though tbh it’s not that weird many like pedro

send weird crushes and i'll give you one of my own

[liketheinferno2]

Dude check this out

DIRELY NEED

[b2krw3nsx]

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[qrv938m3o]

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[cornerful]

'Where is Éomer? Tell him there is no hope ahead. He should return to Edoras before the wolves of Isengard come there.'

Théoden had sat silent, hidden from the man's sight behind his guards; now he urged his horse forward. 'Come, stand before me, Ceorl!' he said. 'I am here. The last host of the Eorlingas has ridden forth. It will not return without battle.'

The man's face lightened with joy and wonder. He drew himself up. Then he knelt, offering his notched sword to the king. 'Command me, lord!' he cried. 'And pardon me! I thought–'

'You thought I remained in Meduseld bent like an old tree under winter snow. So it was when you rode to war. But a west wind has shaken the boughs,' said Théoden. 'Give this man a fresh horse! Let us ride to the help of Erkenbrand!'

This ideal of a truly virtuous king, who inspires so much joy and hope and loyalty in his people even with just his newly unclouded presence, is honestly really moving. We haven't even gotten to the best bits yet. Beside the Hobbits and Éowyn, Théoden's stuff probably makes me cry the most.

[dragonsdendoodles]

Nu hit ys on swines dome, cwæð se ceorl sæt on eoferes hricge. ‘Its up to the pig now,’ said the man sitting on the pig's back.”

Now(Nu) it is in(hit ys on) the(se) pigs(swines) power(dome) says(cwæð) the man(ceorl) sat(sæt) on the back(hricge) of the pig(eoferes)

ive been avoiding the gnarly one at the end of the colorful sayings page but ive run out of other ones of that page to do instead, so its time to do that one now

Ooooooo yes

[panzycraze]

mutual of impeccable taste @thanksnumbnuts tagged me to list my 10 fave albums and tag 10 mutuals lets goooooo

10) Discovery- Daft Punk

9) Dangerous Woman- Ariana Grande

8) Hello Nasty- Beastie Boys

7) Modern Vampires of the City- Vampire Weekend

6) Rufus Wainwright- Rufus Wainwright

5) Twin Fantasy (Mirror to Mirror) - Car Seat Headrest

4) Revolver - the Beatles

3) Shapeshifter- Marcy Playground

2) The Mollusk- Ween

1) Pretty. Odd. - Panic at the Disco

i tag @chaoticallyinc @adrianicsea @sexystevebuscemi @ceorl @freakychan @diagnosed-homosapian @everlaurapalmer @synapticsender @olitb and @xltl <3

[the-rolling-libero]

ough I’m reading Steve Ely’s incendium amoris rn and it just feels tailored to me as an individual so perfectly it’s almost making me angry?? who published this specifically for me??? 

Like the poem “Jerusalem,” about, essentially, maps-- 

Pathfinder-- Doncaster, Dearne, Old Street

In Elmet, from Strafford to Tanshelf via Beacon. 

And did those feet? Agricola, Hengist, 

the ceorl in charge of the king’s gerfalcon. 

Muck between the toes, Holy Communion.

...

Stump-scratting in bluebells with metal detectors, 

endymion non-scripta. Rusted shire-shoe,

crown of the witch pricking king...

is delighting me in a way that feels so tailored!! I want to type out the entire thing but will have to do so later bc I’m too busy reading it. It’s the first thing I’ve read in a while that I don’t feel like cares whether I have any idea what’s going on or not, and I love that-- and that I often do, despite this! 

It’s also capturing the ease of language that you see in medieval poetry that I think we miss in a lot of English-- it moves between Latin, English, and Middle English very purposefully, but always gracefully. The most obvious example of it is this neat little pair of lines that I keep murmuring to myself just to feel the words--

Lego latine, scribo latine, 

in Anglicus cogito. In Englisc ic singe. 

This isn’t really a put together review or anything but it’s a great time! 

[teddog]

Tag Game: WIP Wednesday Thursday

Tagged by: @writer-and-artist27 (been meaning to do one of these for a while)

Rules: post something from a wip and tag people?

I’m kinda in between fics right now. So you can have a peek at my research notes for one fic and an old draft that I want to revisit.

Tagging: @sl-walker @avicebro (I suck at the tagging part!!!)

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The Research Notes

What is life like for a dhampir in the apocalypse?

Bad and uncertain. They’re on the line between human and vampire. For humans, they can detect vampires, making them valuable for law enforcement and ruling elites as living radars. For vampires, they’re the source of potential new vampires since they can be turned easily. But are those vampires as important as their pure blood kin? Usually not. Dhampir are born, not made, and thus don’t fit in on either side. If anything, they hint at an uncomfortable truth about the war: there’s a pathway to coexistence.

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An Actual Draft

The druid locked his fingers together and stretched his arms over his head. “Alright, you want to meet some soldiers, yeah? First off, we gotta give you a better name, in case I need to yell at you to run away. What did you call yourself, Longlac?”

“Longval.”

“Nix it” The druid ran his hand against his neck in a slicing motion. “No true names. What should I call you?”

“Charles.” There was no hesitation. It lacked the weight and power of his proper true name.

“Ceorl, eh? You’re smarter than I thought. I was expecting you to go with Mort or somethin’ grim like that.”

[canuterex]

On this day in History: coronation of Cnut the Great as King of England at St Paul’s Cathedral in 6 January 1017.

“In this year King Cnut succeeded to all the kingdom of England, and divided it in four, to himself Wessex, and Thorkell East Anglia, and Eadric Mercia, and Eric Northumbria. (…) And King Cnut drove out the atheling Eadwig and Eadwig king of the ceorls. And then before I August the king ordered to be fetched to him the widow of the other king, Æthelred, Richard’s daughter, to be his wife.”*

Historian Bartlett (2017: pp 162-165) presents us a study regarding Cnut’s kingship how he wisely aligned it with social expectations of his days. As we see below:

“Much was expected from a king of the times, though he got much back in return. The ideal king was required to deal our justice equitably (as defined by the law) but firmly. He should be a conqueror in battle for if he were not then he had forfeited the favour of God. He should be a protector of the rights of men and most particularly the Church. In return, the Church would encourage the king's subjects to be loyal to their true lord. If he did his job well, then a king might expect the ultimate reward of an entry into Heaven and a glorious life eternal.

(…) The position of a king in those far-off times has been well-described by a modern historian discussing a near-contemporary ruler in Edward the Confessor. He wrote:

The kingdom was the king's private estate; it was his to manage; and everyone directly under his power or protection owed him tribute. Such a theory was both permissive and restrictive. On the one hand it allowed the king a plenitude of power; the kingdom was his to exploit; and on the other it restrained his arbitrary action by investing him with all the duties of a good lord and, especially, of a good king: his dominions were a trust; he must be a father and protector to his men and, as God's vicar, must exhibit the Christian virtues in the management of his estate. [The king] knew - and sometimes was reminded - that after his death he would have to render to God an account of his stewardship.

It is possibly significant that there is no contemporary reference to a coronation ceremony for Cnut. But later accounts suggest that Cnut was duly crowned in London in the Church of st Pauls, in the same building where the late King Æthelred was buried.”

It’s noteworthy to add, in Lawson’s words, that “as late Anglo-Saxon rulers were often required to give undertakings of this sort at their coronations, Cnut was possibly crowned and anointed at this time”.

Furthermore, “John [of Worcester, chronicler] says that held a meeting at London, and asked the witnesses of his agreement to Edmund whether the latter’s brothers and sons were entitled to succeed him.” (LAWSON, 2011: p.82)

This is highlighted by Bartlett (2017; p.165) as we see next: “Edmund’s children were passed over and denied any claim to the crown. His two sons were after all no more than babes in arms.”

However, it is Lawson who is far richer in details when saying that the said witnesses told Cnut that “Edmund left no claim to his brothers and had wanted Cnut to support and protect his sons until they were old enough to rule, and they also swore that they wished to elect Cnut king, humbly obey him, and pay tribute to his army.” (2017: p.82)

As confirmed by Bartlet, who points that:

“Whilst the crown passed by election rather than automatically going to the eldest son of the late king, it was also normally given to an Ætheling of the Anglo-Saxon royal bloodline and Cnut was assuredly not qualified on those grounds. So this was essentially a right to rule proved by conquest, by sword, spear and axe, rather than the dictates of existing law.

Cnut was nevertheless probably formally crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lyfing. The lack of a contemporary mention of this means that we cannot be certain of our facts here but it is highly likely that Cnut would want a coronation ceremony as part of the process of publicly legitimising his rule. Formal acceptance by the Church was an important part of establishing Cnut’s legitimacy.”

In this unspoken treaty accorded between the Church and the Crown, we see that Cnut’s reign was ready to start.

Bibliography:

*The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1017-1035).

BARTLETT. W.B. King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England.

LAWSON, M. K. Cnut: England’s Viking King. 1016-1035.

[yvmoveon]

Even in his critical condition, my dad is spilling wisdom. He said, “always be kind because your kindness is everything. Kindness will be returned.” in ceorle. Everyone was touched and stayed silent. I’m literally crying

[thebrideoftiffany]

I know Steve's all locked up rn but like the idea of Steve not knowing why Henry left just that they got into a fight beforehand and Henry coming back with a beautiful woman that Steve has seen talking to Henry and thinking that Henry and this girl left together (and somehow adopted a teenager)

Anyways I'm normal about your Henry series

you’ve seen the future. and it’s going to be so much worse i’ll just say that (not in a bad way, in a very entertaining way. i’m looking forward to it) (marcia’s going to love it) (sam too)

[liketheinferno2]

You been seen this gem yet?

OH MONTHS AGO BUT IT'S STILL FANTASTIC. GAY BITCH SPOTTED ON THE CROZIER

[frodo-with-glasses]

Audiobook Review: “Helm’s Deep”

*singing along to the stirring theme music* Dun-dun-dun-dun duun, dun, duuun, duuuuhn!

And the violins!! Aaaahhhh!!

Poor Ceorl gasping for breath

[Growling] “We were overmastered.” Daaaang, okay Ceorl.

Aww he sounds so happy and relieved when he sees Theoden! :-D

The soaring music as Shadowfax gallops off!! Yessss!

The Rohan violins as Helm’s Deep is described, duuude.

You can hear the arrows whistling past when the narration mentions them. It’s a great detail, but Very Loud LOL

It’s hard to explain exactly what makes Eomer’s voice here so distinct, but the best I can describe it is that it has very strong R’s. There are R’s in everything he says. His accent is nearly American, even though it’s clearly supposed to be British-ish.

The sentinel’s voice sounds so far away LOL

I don’t recognize these horn flourishes from the movie, but they must be associated with Helm’s Deep, ‘cause it was just used twice during the exposition about the stronghold.

You can hear a pebble clattering, or something knocking against the stone, as Legolas and Gimli talk.

Thunder and rain!! The whistle and clatter and thunk of arrows! The roar of the orcs and cry of their trumpets! As usual, the battle scenes are the best part of this audiobook!

THE ISENGARD THEME!! DUUUUDE!!!

I love how often the narration mentions somebody and then you can hear their heavy breathing as if you’re right next to them. It just happened with Eomer and Aragorn, and it really makes you feel like you’re right there.

LOL Aragorn’s yell is so much higher and more strained than Eomer’s.

[“Roooaargh!! *victoriously* Ha-ha-haa!”] LOL was that supposed to be Aragorn??

Eomer’s “aargh, argh!” as he’s wrestling with the orcs

THE TRIUMPHANT FELLOWSHIP THEME WHEN GIMLI SAVES EOMER!!

“Ha-ha haarh, ha-hah!” ROFL I love Gimli’s laugh so much 🤣🤣

“Two! Har har haaa…!”

Legolas’ chuckle with “Heh! I have done better!” There’s so much laughter in this story, and Dragash gets it

The drumsss…

The noise of the axe-strike when Gimli says “twenty-one!”

“Huerh?? We do not shape stone with battle-axes, nor with our finger-nails.”

All of the sound design is great, but the sound of the door shutting and the echo of Legolas and Aragorn’s voices afterwards, as if they’re in a narrow space, stand out to me.

Aragorn’s “hee-hee hee-heh” before he talks is so silly dude 🤣🤣

The operatic chanting as Theoden makes the decision to ride out, duuuude—

THE MOTH THEME AS ARAGORN’S SPEECH FINISHES

ROFLOL the horn of Helm Hammerhand always sounds so much like a fart 🤣🤣🤣

BANG!! THEODEN!!!

THE FELLOWSHIP THEME WHEN GANDALF SHOWS UP!!!!

THE TRIUMPHANT SWELL AS THE BATTLE IS WON!!!! YESSSSSS!!!

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[Image IDs: slide contents 1: etymologically speaking; or, how to completely change the way you talk to match the original meanings of words. caption: so due to some posts i saw earlier today and my general saltiness levels i decided to share a powerpoint on this topic that i made a couple of years ago please enjoy.

[slide contents 2: pedant [ ped-nt ] - noun -a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details. a person who adheres rigidly to book knowledge without regard to common sense. caption: do you know any pedants? i know some pedants. [obi-wan of course i know him.jpg.]

slide contents 3: decimate!!

slide contents 4: a flow chart showing the evolution of english from proto-indo-european to proto-germanic to ingvaeonic (north sea germanic) to old english (anglo saxon) to midde english to early modern english and finally to modern english. caption: so the question is how far back this grand tradition goes. 'cause, you know, every language comes from an origin in other, older languages spoken by the people who came before us. it takes about 1000 years for a language to evolve into something that modern speakers can’t understand. that’s why anglo-saxon, which began to shift into middle english in 1100 BCE, and from middle to early modern english by 1500, is fully impossible for us to comprehend. chaucer, from the 1400s, is difficult to read, and some people even have trouble with what’s considered fully modern english as written by the constitutional framers in the 1770s. caption: we all know that pedant who says that ‘decimate’ really means to kill off one tenth, or that you can’t use the word ‘literally’ figuratively. i think if we are going to be pedants we should go whole-hog with it.

slide contents 5: Gramer þe grounde of al · bigyleth now children - For is none of þis newe clerkes · who-so nymeth hede - Þat can versifye faire · ne formalich enditen - Ne nouȝt on amonge an hundreth · þat an auctour can construe - Ne rede a lettre in any langage · but in latyn or in englissh — William Langland. caption: pedantry, is, of course, a long-standing tradition among scholars throughout history. take this quote from William Langland from the 1300s. this is full of words that have shifted meaning and/or spelling since the 1300s, although langland WAS writing in english, SO we actually need a translation to understand it.

slide contents 6: churl comes from the old english ‘ceorl’ "peasant, one of the lowest class of freemen, man without rank," which evolved to early middle english "man of the common people". caption: the modern meaning of churl is a rude, boorish, or surly person, or someone who is stingy.

slide contents 7: girl derives from an unrecorded old english word that later became ‘gyrle’ c. 1300 with the meaning "child, young person" of either sex. caption: now, we all know what a girl is. but this means in our new way of speaking english, girl is the perfect gender-neutral term we’ve all been looking for! we should immediately start calling every young child a girl. i see no way in which this could go wrong.

slide contents 8: meat is from middle english mēte, descended from old english mete "food, nourishment, sustenance," also "a meal, a repast". caption: so originally, a picture of meat would be more like this. vegetables were called grene-mete until the 15 century; dairy products similarly referred to as whyte-mete. what we now refer to as meat today would have been known as flesh-mete or simply bread. yes, bread.

slide contents 9: awful comes to us circa 1300 ‘agheful’ "worthy of respect or fear, striking with awe” or “profoundly reverential”, caption: originally a synonym of the word awesome, which has retained this sense to this day. one might think the fact that this word’s meaning has shifted so far is simply awful.

slide contents 10: nice is from the late 13c., "foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless". caption: nice is a word that’s shifted a lot from its meaning in the 1300s, many times, to the point where researchers sometimes don’t know what meaning someone writing in the 1700s or 1800s was even going for. so that’s nice.

slide contents 11: silly changed meaning often but could mean "pitiable" (late 13c.), "weak" (c. 1300), and "feeble in mind, lacking in reason, foolish" (1500s). caption: so you might think begging on the street is a silly way to try to make money, but under this definition it’s literally completely silly.

slide contents 12: slut is circa 1400, "a dirty, slovenly, or untidy woman" or in other words, a slob. caption: the word slut did not shift meaning from its 1400s meaning until the 1960s, which is the strongest case I know for one of these entries to go back to what it originally meant.

slide contents 13: the scene so far: the nice girl sat down with his father, the churl, and ate some bread that consisted of flesh-metes and whyte-metes. it was absolutely awful. the girl’s mother, a silly slut from saskatchewan, was actually a real giglot.

caption: what, you're telling me you don’t know what a giglot is?

caption: giglot: "lewd, wanton woman" (mid-14c.). End IDs.]

i made this presentation a couple of years ago for a comedy slide presentation event. my presentation was the most educational of the bunch and i think everyone felt betrayed.

[rangers-are-cool-moved]

“?”

When you get a ask and it stumps you because you're only good at writing the more obscure or unknown muses. However these are just ideas of muses. But here we go:

Twilight Jasper Whitlock / Hale

Tolkien

Canon Bifur Faramir Elladan + Elrohir Ceorl | Rider of Rohan

LOTRO Saeradan Lothrandir