But… it doesn’t include “blog”!
The Old English Computer Glossary is a wonderful assortment of computer terms in Old English. I’m currently typing this post in an eagðyrel of my ymbsceawere. When I’m done, I’ll uphladan it to the brytta, and it will be on the WoruldWideWebb!
(Yes, I am aware I am most likely not using the correct form of uphladan — I’m assuming that’s an infinitive, and I’ve never studied Old English so I’m not just going to guess the correct form of the top of my head. )
I love the pure straightforwardness (hey! That sounds like a good old-fashioned Anglo-Saxon compound word itself!) of some of these terms, which don’t really sound all that different from modern English. Examples:
- welcome message: gretingword (greeting word)
- digital: fingerlic (fingerly)
- dust cover: dusthelm (dust helmet?)
- hexadecimal: sixtynelic (sixteenly)
- nerd: oferleornere(overlearner?)
Since I haven’t actually studied OE yet I’m just guessing at those literal translations there. Neat, though, aren’t they?
You better step it up, Mr. or Mrs. Slumberland. Internet war is upon all of us, and if you can’t make a better site, I will crush you.
Can’t we all just get along?
If you dictionary.com oferleornere you get “Did you mean overlearned?”.