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.

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[time-freak.livejournal.com]

If only I knew what the hell any of that meant...