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. “
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.”