I only read it in Old English for my literature
degree so I'm no help at all.
degree so I'm no help at all.
From what I recall, it has the Old English included.
~ Missa
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Always remembering Vegas
"Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day..."
*MySmiley*
Always remembering Vegas
"Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day..."
Beowulf, best English translation?
- 23/12/2011 08:11:19 PM
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I'd say "best modern English" translation, since it was originally written in English.
- 23/12/2011 08:58:19 PM
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yah, but Old English is practically indecipherable if all you know is Modern English
- 23/12/2011 11:35:40 PM
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- 23/12/2011 11:35:40 PM
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Seamus Heaney's version is supposed to be very good.
- 25/12/2011 08:31:32 PM
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I second Heaney's translation.
- 28/12/2011 01:04:38 AM
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