Leornian — How to Learn
How ƿebtīdende Works
Every day, we publish fresh news articles written in Old English. Each article comes with built-in tools to help you understand what you're reading — no prior knowledge needed.
Reading an Article
Click any highlighted word
Words with a yellow highlight have glosses. Click one and you'll see a popup showing the modern English meaning, the dictionary form (lemma), and the part of speech. This is the fastest way to build vocabulary.
Toggle "Glossan" on
Use the Glossan checkbox at the top of each article to highlight all glossed words at once. Great for seeing how much of a sentence you can already read.
Click "Wendan" to reveal translations
Each paragraph has a "Modern English" dropdown beneath it. Click "Wendan" (translate) to expand all of them at once, or click individual ones. Compare the Old English with the modern version to see the patterns.
Use the OE Keyboard
When writing comments, click the "OE Keyboard" button to get special characters like þ (thorn), ð (eth), æ (ash), ƿ (wynn), and vowels with macrons (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). These are essential for writing Old English.