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An Anglo-Saxon Nursery Rhyme

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I think some nursery rhymes go back that far, they have that feel.

I tried to do a back-translation of two lines from one of my favorites. See what you think. Can you work it out?

Cyning in goldhord atellith

Cwen in rum cambe aitest.

And I like that a lot as a little poem.

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