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Beowulf Test
Beowulf Test
Epic poem
módceare maéndon mondryhtnes cwealm· they bemoaned their grief, their liege-lord's death;
swylce giómorgyd Géatisc ánméowle so too a death-dirge a solitary Geatish woman
Bíowulfe brægd bundenheorde wove for Beowulf, cruelly bound,
Tasks
1. Find similarities between Old English and Modern English versions
2. Find as many stylistic devises as you can
3. Translate the poem into your language