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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 · 4018 days ago · link ·
wow, that's so incredibly different. very interesting!