Can you understand the archaic form of your native or foreign language?

[Sloth]

I can understand the archaic form of English that is in the KJV and the spelling of it in the 1611 version

 

[Chang.Beijing]

I can understand the archaic form of English that is in the KJV and the spelling of it in the 1611 version

I can’t understand old english for shit

 

[ilieknothing]

Old English before the Norman invasion sounds like German, in Beowulf. Shakespeare English is also hard to understand, I needed a translation in English class