The fragment “A Ship of Death” was adapted from this language during a years-long translation project in which its author identified a verb meaning “to suffer” that he recognized from his childhood. A cowherd composed a poem about the creation of the world in this language after he was granted the gift of song in a dream. “Caedmon’s Hymn” is in this language, as is a poem preserved in the Nowell Codex about a hero who dies in combat with a dragon after he helps Hrothgar by slaying the monster Grendel. For 10 points, name this language used to write “Beowulf.”
The fragment “A Ship of Death” was adapted from this language during a years-long translation project in which its author identified a verb meaning “to suffer” that he recognized from his childhood. A cowherd composed a poem about the creation of the world in this language after he was granted the gift of song in a dream. “Caedmon’s Hymn” is in this language, as is a poem preserved in the Nowell Codex about a hero who dies in combat with a dragon after he helps Hrothgar by slaying the monster Grendel. For 10 points, name this language used to write “Beowulf.”
The fragment “A Ship of Death” was adapted from this language during a years-long translation project in which its author identified a verb meaning “to suffer” that he recognized from his childhood.