10 Biddings of the Thedish Folks

The Ten Biddings of the Thedish Folks

An Excercise in the use of Germanic Roots in English

 

1.       Thou shalt only God alone fear, else naught in this world.

2.       Thou shalt not fere rede lightly – thine Word be true – thine Hand an oath.

3.       Thou shalt festly bego the days of wighty events for the Thedish folk and thankfully remember their Orheavers.

4.       Thou shalt hold thine progenitors in respect and love them, their ownart do nigh, their douths play.

5.       Thou shalt hold thine neck stiff, not stagger nor weaken from the right of thine folks.

6.       Thou shalt hold thine self, thine house, and thine kin rine of fremdlings and hold no mene bailships with them.

7.       Thou shalt mimic no fremdlandish sides nor customs, whether in script, in speech, or in deeds.

8.       Thou shalt be stout on thine Thedish birth and at any time articulate this to the glory and to the honor of thine stem.

9.       Thou shalt lust not for goods, honors and tokens at the cost of Thedish ownart and the freedom of thine folks.

10.    Thou shalt be offer-willing and eager to work for the wellness of thine ancestral folks, their greatness and indomitability.

Tabula of Thedish English Words and their Latin Brothers

to rede – to advise, counsel

to fere – to guide

to bego – to celebrate, or take part in

to do nigh – to emulate

to play – to cultivate, engage oneself with

festly – solemnly, festively

fremd – foreign, distant

rine – pure, plain

wighty – important

bailship – surety, promise of bail, voucher

douth – virtue, deed, benefit, excellence, retinue

orheaver – originator, perpetrator, committer, instigator, author

ownart – nature, character, individuality