RedXIII
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Tue Sep-19-06 02:57 AM
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Beowulf maðelode bearn Ecgðeowes (Beowulf spoke, the son of Ecgtheow) Hrothgar maðelode helm Scyldinga (Hrothgar spoke, the protector of the Scyldings
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ulysses
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Tue Sep-19-06 03:01 AM
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1. so how *do* you pronounce "Ecgtheow" |
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without choking on your tongue?
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6000eliot
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Tue Sep-19-06 04:08 AM
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or Grendel will sick his mother on you!
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RedXIII
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Tue Sep-19-06 03:11 PM
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ZombieNixon
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Tue Sep-19-06 03:20 PM
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More or less...if you're Kentish. Damn Northumbrians and their weird accents. :hide:
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Tue Sep-19-06 03:18 PM
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Hwæt wē Gār-Dena in geār-dagum þeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunon hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
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Tue Sep-19-06 03:22 PM
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6. Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned, |
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geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat
þe hie ær drugon aldorlease lange hwile. Him þæs liffrea, wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf; Beowulf wæs breme (blæd wide sprang),
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