Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · Jan 20

Mē and mec are variants of accusative 'me' in Old English. Mē is typical of Wessex texts, and mec of Mercian ones (with a final consonant that's still there in German mich). Yet the Alfred Jewel text ('Alfred ordered me made') uses "mec" – evidence perhaps of Mercians working for the Wessex king.

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Emily Dourish · Jan 20

Every time I see a picture of this it blows me away once again 😍 and this is a gorgeous angle to see the light through the crystal.

kilt gozado do jamie bell · Jan 20

wait, does the jewel refer to itself as "me"?

Wouter Steenbeek · Jan 21

'Mec'? How uningwaeonic...

Dr Danny Bate · Jan 20

Yes, I have been watching Detectorists again.