Just got this What am I in for?

seamus heaneys translation of beowulf

proto-conan story

>>9557916
HWÆT!

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>>9557916

An inferior translation. You should have gotten this instead.

>>9557916
Just fucking read it

>>9557916
You're in for garbage, that's what you're in for.

COM ON WANREH NIGT
WYRM is WYRD

Read Grendel afterwards btw

>>9558075
This. That's what I did and I did not regret it

>>9557916
A great verse translation of a br00tal heroic epic.

>>9557975
What's the deal with the Tolkien meme?

>>9558680
JRR Tolkien was first and foremost an academic of old English and Scandinavian linguistics and literature, so I think the translation should be decent.

>>9558691
His translation is widely recognized as garbage. It was the only scholarly translation available for a long time though.

>>9558799
What another good scholarly translation? I really liked his style although I'd love to read it again from a different point of view.

>>9558825
Heaney
Heaney is unquestionably the best translation. I don't even know if there are other notable translations of Beowulf in English.

>>9558825
See OP

>>9557916
Great piece of poetry. Be sure to read some studies and all.

>>9557937
WE GARDENA IN GEARDAGUM
THEODCYNINGA, THRUM GEFRUNON

>>9557975
Tolkien's commentary is great, OP.
You should read his lectures and elucidations on Beowulf, but I think the translation you posted is superior.

>>9558840
Rebsamen.

a mediocre story, it was one of the first written stories though; it´s good only in a cultural way

>>9557916
>what are you in for
A lot of Saxon violence

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>>9557916
>always pronounced it Bay-woolf
>mfw It's actually Bow-welf

>>9557916
it is penis measuring
but good

>>9561522
It's bay-o-wolf

>>9558840
I hate Heaney as a poet, but this is an excellent translation.

just fucking read it

>>9558825
Chickering - anyone who says otherwise does not know what they are talking about.

OP here

its fucking awesome

>>9557916
>hwaet am I in for?
ftfy

>>9557975
Sellic Spell is the best fanfiction in existence

>>9557975
This is a joke right? Tolkien himself wasn't happy with it.

>>9563552
I got a sensible chuckle out of this

>>9557975
Tolkien didn't release it because he himself despised it. Heaney's translation is the gold standard for a reason. Academia uses it, casual readers use it, there's a reason.