He has been laid in his barrow

[johan]

Swá hit gedéfe bið þæt mon his winedryhten wordum herge
ferhðum fréoge þonne hé forð scile of líchaman laéded weorðan
swá begnornodon Géata léode hláfordes hryre, heorðgenéatas:
cwaédon þæt hé waére wyruldcyning manna mildust ond monðwaérust
léodum líðost ond lofgeornost.

Yep, I'm done. Ding-dong, the King is dead.

I feel like I should get started both on Heaney's other œuvre and on other recordings of Germanic epics.

Comments

[bara-fantasier.livejournal.com]

He said: "Eh, I know you and you cannot sing."
I said: "That's nothing you should hear me play piano."

[jophan.livejournal.com]

Exactly!