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Thinking about performing an honourary reading of Beowulf in tribute to both England and Denmark this evening. Maybe the ref could officially begin the match by shouting "HWÆT!" instead of whistling?On twitter.com
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This tweet caters for a niche subset of my followers whose interests include both international football and Old English poetryPermalink On twitter.com
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Okay, I thought about attempting this in Old English but out of respect my professors at uni (big shout out to Rory McTurk and Andrew Wawn) I stayed in my lane and stuck to Seamus Heaney's translation instead.Permalink On twitter.com