Middle English
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Middle English
This is the only reading of Pearl in the original Middle English that I can find. It is not too accurate and is only the first part of the poem, but it will at least give you some idea of what the poem might sound like in its original form and will help you with your reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU497BZRyHs
This is a very good reading of another poem by the Pearl Poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnXgVTTrCI
There is indeed a Middle English dictionary:
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/med_ent_search.html
And here is an introduction the language. Fortunately it is an old form of Modern english and not near as different as Anglo-Saxon!
http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/index.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU497BZRyHs
This is a very good reading of another poem by the Pearl Poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnXgVTTrCI
There is indeed a Middle English dictionary:
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/med_ent_search.html
And here is an introduction the language. Fortunately it is an old form of Modern english and not near as different as Anglo-Saxon!
http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/index.php
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