/r/OldSaxon
A subreddit for the Old Saxon language and literature. It aims to provide a place for Old Saxon resources and Old Saxon related discussion.
Old Saxon (OS) was a continuation of the West Germanic language spoken in what is now northern Germany until about 1200 at which time it evolved into Middle Low German.
A subreddit for the Old Saxon language.
/r/OldSaxon
I suspect I’m going to be out of luck with this question, but has anyone ever come across any books or even YouTube channels that consistently post material for learning Old Saxon in English? As of now it’s starting to look like I may need to become fluent in German first haha.
I became interested in Old Saxon through studying Old English. In trying to learn about OS, it quickly became clear there was only a small fraction of the amount of resources available for OS as there are for OE. In fact, there aren't any resources that try to teach OS like a foreign language with lessons, exercises, usage notes, etc., though there are many for OE. What does exist wasn't so easy to find either. So in order to try and make Old Saxon more accessible, I created this sub, already over a year ago, with three main goals in mind:
With the discovery of Behaghel's Syntax, I now might add a fourth to these:
To my knowledge, there was no good list of OS resources available on the internet, nor has there ever been - online or in a book - a guide to using those resources to actually learn the language. Nor have I found a place specifically for the discussion of OS, and there was certainly no place to tell you how to create your own sentences in Old Saxon. Now there is a decent list of resources and at least an idea on how to use these to learn the language, all on a platform that allows for discussion.
Anyway, this has come a good ways already for a small free-time project and yet has far to go. I look forward to the day when I have more time to dedicate to actually learning Old Saxon, and long for when I can talk about it with other learners. Until then: wesath gi hel, endi nimath gi thana engean weg, thoh he sô ôði ne sî.
And post all your resources!