Message from @TradChad
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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
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
Like
You'd expect it to be perfectly translated
Beowulf is a true story man
I know
Beowulf is a great epic