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Identify the Historical Language

Name the no-longer spoken language based on the excerpt provided.
Includes archaic versions of currently spoken languages
Quotes are taken from historical sources as opposed to all saying the same thing
To the conclusion of the prior caveat, no reconstructed languages.
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Hylde hine þa heaþodeor, hleorbolster onfeng
eorles andwlitan, ond hine ymb monig
snellic særinc selereste gebeah.
Old English
Maenalus argutumque nemus pinosque loquentis
semper habet; semper pastorum ille audit amores
Panaque, qui primus calamos non passus inertis.
Latin
ᚾᛁᛊ ᛊᛟᛚᚢ ᛊᛟᛏ ᚢᚲ ᚾᛁ ᛊᚨᚲᛊᛖ ᛊᛏᛇᛁᛗ ᛊᚲᛟᚱᛁᚾ.
Old Norse
отьчє нашь·ижє ѥси на нєбєсѣхъ:
да свѧтитъ сѧ имѧ твоѥ· да придєтъ
цѣсар҄ьствиѥ твоѥ·
Old Church Slavonic
𒋗𒌝 𒈠 𒀀 𒇻𒌝 𒁲𒅔 𒄀𒅕 𒅖 𒊑 𒅅 𒀀 𒇻𒌝 𒋗 𒀉 𒁕 𒀝 𒊭 𒄿 𒈾 𒋾 𒋗 𒅎 𒄷 𒊒 𒀉 𒁕 𒀝
Akkadian
परत्यग्निरुषसश्चेकितानो.अबोधि विप्रः पदवीः कवीनाम पर्थुपाजा देवयद्भिः समिद्धो.अप दवारा तमसो वह्निरावः
Sanskrit
𓇼𓄿𓇌𓇳𓏏 𓏽𓂋𓅓
Ancient Egyptian
𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽
𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹
Gothic
𐌖𐌀𐌂𐌉𐌋 𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀𐌔𐌉𐌄 𐌖𐌀𐌂𐌀 𐌉𐌙𐌍𐌀𐌂 𐌅𐌖𐌋𐌉 𐌍𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌄𐌔
𐌖𐌀𐌂𐌉𐌋 𐌔𐌀𐌖𐌂𐌍𐌄𐌔 𐌉𐌕𐌍𐌀 𐌌𐌖𐌋𐌖 𐌓𐌉𐌆𐌉𐌋𐌄 𐌐𐌉𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌓𐌉 𐌉𐌀𐌍𐌄
Etruscan
грамота ѡтъ жизномира къ микоуле
коупилъ еси робоу плъскове а ныне мѧ
въ томъ ѧла кънѧгыни а ныне сѧ дроужина по мѧ пороучила а ныне ка посъли къ томоу моужеви грамотоу е ли
Old Novgorodian
Hint
Answer
كي فزيو ؤ كي صيزد دميبي حبيبي
نوم تيتولعص دميبي
Mozarabic
Si Lodhuvigs sagrament, que son fradre Karlo iurat conservat, et Karlus meos sendra de suo part non los tanit, si io returnar non l'int pois, ne io ne neuls, cui eo returnar int pois, in nulla aiudha contra Lodhuvig nun li iv er.
Old French
Oba Karl then eid, then er sinemo bruodher Ludhuuuige gesuor, geleistit, indi Ludhuuuig min herro, then er imo gesuor, forbrihchit, ob ih inan es iruuenden ne mag, noh ih noh thero nohhein, then ih es iruuenden mag, uuidhar Karle imo ce follusti ne uuirdit.
Old High German
MARTIALIS DANNOTALI IEVRV VCVETE SOSIN CELICNON
ETIC GOBEDBI DVGIIONTIIO VCVETIN IN ALISIIA
Gaulish
𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤟𐤌𐤐𐤏𐤁𐤔𐤕𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊
𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌𐤟𐤊𐤁𐤌
𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤏𐤉𐤕𐤟𐤔𐤓𐤍𐤟𐤏𐤓𐤑
𐤆𐤟𐤋𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤟𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕
Phoenician
𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒈗 𒆳𒆳𒊏 𒀊𒁀 𒀭𒀭𒌷𒉈𒆤
𒅗 𒄀𒈾𒉌𒋫 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄈𒋢 𒀭𒇋𒁉 𒆠 𒂊𒉈𒋩
Sumerian
𒀀𒉌𒀉𒋫 𒌉 𒉿𒀉𒄩𒀀𒈾 𒈗 𒆪𒊻𒊓𒊏 𒆥𒁉𒈠
𒉈𒉿𒄑𒍝𒊍𒋫 𒅎𒌦𒉌 𒀀𒊍𒋢𒊻 𒂊𒄑𒋫
Hittite
𐬀𐬵𐬫𐬁⸱𐬫𐬁𐬯𐬁⸱𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁⸱𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋⸱
𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬆𐬜𐬭𐬀𐬵𐬫𐬁⸱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬫𐬇𐬎𐬱⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁⸱𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬡𐬍𐬨⸱
𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬵𐬫𐬁⸱𐬀𐬴𐬁⸱𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬇𐬧𐬔⸱𐬳𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬁⸱𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬇𐬎𐬱⸱
𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬏𐬨⸱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬋⸱𐬫𐬁⸱𐬑𐬴𐬥𐬆𐬡𐬍𐬴𐬁⸱𐬔𐬇𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬁⸱𐬎𐬭𐬡𐬁𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬼
Avestan
Thawe nuson kas tu asse andangon.
Swintits wirst twais emmens.
Pergeis twais laeims.
Twais quaits audasseisin na semmey, key audangon.
Old Prussian
ܗܘܳܐ ܕܶܝܢ ܒܝܰܘ̈ܡܳܬܳܐ ܗܳܢܽܘܢ܆ ܘܰܢܦܰܩ ܦܽܘܩܕܳܢܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܰܓܽܘܣܛܳܘܣ ܩܶܣܰܪ܇ ܕܢܶܬܟܬܶܒ ܟܽܠܶܗ ܥܰܡܳܐ ܕܽܐܘܚܕܳܢܶܗ.
ܗܳܕܶܐ ܡܰܟܬܒܳܢܽܘܬܳܐ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܬܳܐ ܗ̱ܘܳܬ܆ ܒܗܺܓܡܽܘܢܽܘܬܳܐ ܕܩܽܘܪܺܝܢܳܘܣ ܒܣܽܘܪܺܝܰܐ.
ܘܳܐܙܶܠ ܗ̱ܘܳܐ ܟܽܠܢܳܫ ܕܢܶܬܟܬܶܒ ܒܰܡܕܺܝܢ̱ܬܶܗ.
ܣܠܶܩ ܗ̱ܘܳܐ ܕܶܝܢ ܐܳܦ ܝܰܘܣܶܦ ܡܶܢ ܢܳܨܪܰܬ ܡܕܺܝܢ̱ܬܳܐ ܕܰܓܠܺܝܠܳܐ. ܠܺܝܗܽܘܕ. ܠܰܡܕܺܝܢ̱ܬܶܗ ܕܕܰܘܺܝܕ ܕܡܶܬܩܰܪܝܳܐ ܒܶܝܬܠܚܶܡ. ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕܺܐܝܬܰܘܗ̱ܝ ܗ̱ܘܳܐ܁ ܡܶܢ ܒܰܝܬܶܗ. ܘܡܶܢ ܫܰܪܒܬܶܗ
Syriac
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Level 25
Jan 10, 2026
Can you accept etruscan