allthingslinguistic:

‘Haha and hehe denote laughter in both Latin and English, and they sound like laughing when you say them.’ So says my favourite part of the grammar textbook by Ælfric (d. c  1010), Old English author + teacher (Harley MS 3271, f. 90r). –A V Hudson on twitter

If you want to actually go read the thing (because there are other interjections and it’s fun), it’s actually on Harley MS 3271 f.85r

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_3271_f085r

And not f.90r!

And if you want to read the thing but can’t because of the script I direct you to:

https://archive.org/details/grammatik00aelfuoft/page/n287