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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
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
But I'm merely noting
they even found the hall it takes place in
The story took a run down the beaten path
Ahhhh so this is where Grendel comes from
But its convincing
Tales usually hyperbolize real things
So they're close to the truth
So sagas were semi non fiction
Book of Revelation is trippy man
Sidenote