Grammatical Errors

Oo

It can't be an inconsistency when it is a literal straight copy from the original text of beowulf

Wa bið þæm ðe sceal þurh sliðne nið sawle bescufan in fyres fæþm, frofre ne wenan, wihte gewendan; wel bið þæm þe mot æfter deaðdæge drihten secean ond to fæder fæþmum freoðo wilnian

I prefer ancient English

Nay, drihten secean is supposed to be vice versa

no it's not because the writer who wrote this in old english didn't write it that way

I know not why am so sad

and he was a native old english speaker

But it wearies me you say it wearies you

It's not pure english

It's a dialect

It is pure old english

West Saxon.

it's West Saxon Old English

yeah that's the main literary dialect

if you see an Old English text it's probably gonna be West Saxon Old English

Main aspect is

"It was West Saxon that formed the basis for the literary standard of the later Old English period"

It hit one rock in transcripture

This guy is no Shakespeare

The guy that wrote beowulf is an ancient Shakespeare

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not ancient

but

old

ok

There is no recorded author of beowulf

Is there

it's anonymous

Also

I think

It's not pure west saxon

I just noticed

I don't care

There's Northumbrian and Kentish linguistics

I know you don't know about it

Sure you do

It definitely took a stumble

Hello

It was written during Rurik's time