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alwaysalreadyangry asked:
Can you recite Beowulf for me?
The Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf (pronounced “bay-oh-wulf”), with its Old English spellings and alliteration, is not an easy read. Here is my attempt to give a pretend accurate rendering of its first stanza, to illustrate what it sounds like:
A hero named Beowulf boasted of his doings.
Boasted much of his strong-shooting hands:
His tough arm, his tender spirit
Tried battles. Many a time,
The homicide of Hand-me-down Halig
Hung heavy over him:
Grim, the grief
Of giants, — God’s own anger
At those bloody breaches of his bonds.
But few know,
By the habit of Health-plump Hrothgar,
How well it was kept by his hand
That Viking of Vallhalla,
Victory-happy Val-hvit:
That defender of many dwellings,
The leader of Mighty-Bold men.
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And what really matters is blood-revenge.
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