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flagamuffin, I think you posted about this before
Coincidentally, I am reading Thomas Meyer's modern translation at this very moment. These two may be of similar caliber.
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Here's an excerpt: The eyes of Hygelac’s kin watched the wicked raider execute his quick attack: without delay, snatching his first chance, a sleeping warrior, he tore him in two, chomped muscle, sucked veins’ gushing blood, gulped down his morsel, the dead man, chunk by chunk, hands, feet & all.
& then
footstephandclawfiendreachmanbedquicktrick beastarmpainclampnewnotknownheartrunflesho feargetawaygonowrunrun
never before had sinherd feared anything so.
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coffeesp00ns · 3883 days ago · link ·
wow, that's so incredibly different. very interesting!