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Anglo-Saxon English tells us the earth is flat

Somebody said Shakespeare is “Old English.” Yet Old English is actually much older, from around 1000 years ago, and is called Anglo-Saxon. Here is an example:

Ond þā ongeat se cyning þæt, ond hē on þā duru ēode, ond þā unhēanlīce hine werede oþ hē on þone æþeling lōcude, ond þā ūt rǣsde on hine ond hine miclum gewundode;

The direct translation is “the earth is flat.”

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