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vonnik on Feb 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Who did the Anglo-Saxons think they were?

For anyone interested in Anglo-Saxon writings from that period, this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Word-Exchange-Anglo-Saxon-Poems-Trans...

Is a great set of translations (with the original on the facing page). Powerful stuff calling out across the centuries.

Two online translations of The Seafarer, as examples:

http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=Sfr

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/ezra_pound/poems/18800

complianceowl on Feb 18, 2021 [–]

The Seafarer was a fantastic read. Thank you for sharing!

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