The Old English Iliad

The following is a translation of the opening lines of the Iliad into Old English — perhaps the first ever translation done of this kind. THE OLD ENGLISH ILIAD By A.A. Brunn Graman mé giedda,     lá gyden, Achilles,frécne se þe fremede     firendǽda Grécum,and hildgástas hæleða     on Helle bewearp,ge hunda tó húðum,     ge hræfna gewurdonswá willa […]

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