A place for an occasional examination of the work of the Inklings... and to marvel at, in Charles Williams' words, "... the staff work of the Omnipotence".
Notes on Old English
Inkling Neville Coghill habitually took notes at lectures and minutes of meetings in Chaucerian English, just a small sample will suffice from 1923, never mind the context!
“Sir Lewis was ther; a good philosópher He hadde a noblé paper for to offer. Well couthe he speken in the Greeké tongue; And yet, his countenance was swythé yong.”
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