The history of English is fascinating. It is such a mongrel language.
My mother grew up in Germany. She had a professor who taught Old English (like your first example). The professor went on a trip to England and came back shocked that she couldn't understand the language there 🤣
@nobodyishome England was from what we know first settled by Brythonic Celts. That's where the legend of King Arthur comes from. They were invaded first by the Romans then the Anglo-Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons become the early English. Later it was invaded by French and Vikings. The early kings of England were Anglo-Saxons, Welsh, Scots, Norse, French, Dutch and finally German.
@basilfawlty89 True, but I'm always amazed that any English word ending in -ence, -ance, -ition, -ation, -ible or -able is essentially the same in French (and Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese); the only difference being the pronunciation.
