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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
I seem to have inadvertantly hijacked this thread, for which I apologize.
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Oh, not at all. I did ask if we could see the alliterative verse, after all.
I had been hoping it would not be long so as not to tax my very rusty (decades old) OE skills. The first verse I could muster a translation of, but your kennings would have defeated me.
It reads very well, rhythm and cadence. That's what won me over to OE (I was rather obstreperous as we had to take it)--its aural beauty. I can imagine Tolkien enjoying this, thinking of how to work dark matter into yet another niggling of the Legendarium.
Thanks,
Aiwendil. Can I send this on to a friend I have who teaches Old English?