The new Netflix Movie Outlaw King tells the story of Robert the Bruce, the warrior king of Scotland who drove out the English and ensured the nation's continued freedom for some 400
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The new Netflix Movie Outlaw King tells the story of Robert the Bruce, the warrior king of Scotland who drove out the English and ensured the nation's continued freedom for some 400 years to come. In this one I'd like to look at which languages were spoken in Medieval Scotland, and which, if any, of these Robert the Bruce would have spoken in the late 13th, early 14th Century.
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Chanson de Dermot et du Comte/The Song of Dermot and the Earl:
(Lines 3129 - 3161 Translated into English by Elizabeth Hickley.)
Anglo-Norman Text:
De Huge de Laci vus conterai,
Cum il feffa ses baruns,
chevalers, serjans e garsunz.
Chastelknoc tut premer donat
A Huge Tyrel, k'il tant amat;
E Chastel Brec, solum l'escrit,
A barun Willame le petit,
Macherueran altresi
E la tere de Rathkenni.
Le cantref pus de Hadhnorkur
A Meiler, qui ert de grant valur,
Donad Huge de Laci
Al bon Meiler le fiz Henri.
A Gilibert de Nangle enfin
Donad tut Makerigalin;
A Jocelin donat le Novan
E la tere de Ardbrechan:
Li un ert fiz, li altre pere,
Solum le dit de la mere.
A Richard Tuit ensement
Donad riche feffement;
Ratwor donat altresi
Al barun Robert de Lacy;
A Richard de la Chapele
Tere donad bone e bele;
A Geffrei de Constantyn Kelberi
A memes de Ratheimarthi;
E Scrin ad pus en chartre,
Adam de Feipo l'ad pus doné;
A Gilibert de Nungent,
A Willame de Muset ensement
Donat teres e honurs,
Veant baruns e vassaurs;
Modern English Translation:
Of Hugh de Lacy I shall tell you
How he enfeoffed his barons,
Knights, serjeants and retainers.
Castleknock, in the first place, he gave
To Hugh Tyrell, whom he loved so much;
And Castle Brack according to the writing,
To baron William le Petit,
Magherdernon likewise
And the land of Rathkenny,
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