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Above: Hadrian's Wall
Above: Bede's Tomb
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Monday September 1st- Friday September 5th I will not be here on this lab day, something that rarely ever happens in the online class. The sub will still give you a test on Beowulf. The remainder of class, please read The Wanderer and the Seafarer and continue with the assignments for next week. You can also email me at tjcalver@yahoo.com for questions. I should be able to get back to you as I'm in England. Due THIS lab day: Completed reading of Beowulf. We will at first have a discussion in a Socratic Seminar style form at in which you MUST participate. There is also a TYPED response due regarding Paganism versus Christianity. In-Class: Discussion of "Beowulf", followed by a test on Beowulf. We will look at various Anglo-Saxon stories such as "The Wanderer", pages 53-56 in your textbook. We will also look at "The Seafarer" and discuss how it fits into the on goings of Anglo-Saxon history. Assignments: Read "The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer". The Seafarer we should go over in class, so skim over it to check for understanding, The Wanderer we'll hopefully have time to discuss in class. If we cover both stories, you only need review the notes given. TYPE up a one-page response that explains the origination of Hadrian's Wall. Use encyclopedia's, the Web, etc., to research why this wall was built, who devised it, created it, and where it still stands to day. Bring this with you next lab day. Use a Yahoo! or Google search to find details and then paraphrase the information. Do NOT simply copy and paste it! Read p. 58-62 in your text book regarding Bede and the English language. Answer questions 1-7 in the book. Bring this with you by next lab day in a PRINTED format. Study these 10 latin prefixes/suffixes/roots and be prepared for a quiz in class:
Links: http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/ http://www.constantreader.com/discussions/beowolf.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02384a.htm http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book1.html Beowulf vs. the Cookie Monster Information: The Exeter Book resides in a locked vault in the library of Exeter Cathedral, safe there after the vicissitudes of a thousand years, although not unscathed. At one time, the front cover had been used as a cutting board and beer mat; leaves are missing and fourteen pages at the back have been burnt. Written in a single hand, it is one of four manuscripts, dating from the second half of the tenth century, that preserve virtually all the poetry in Old English that has survived, including such important elegiac poems as The Seafarer, Deor, The Wanderer, The Wife's Lament, and Widsith. |
Beowulf notes
Written around 700 A.D.
Epic poem, a long, heroic poem.
The Anglo-Saxons looked up to bravery and having heroic qualities.
The story takes place in Denmark, it involves King Hrothgar having a
dilemma with a monster that has
been
attacking his mead-hall called Herot.
Grendel, a swamp-monster from below, described as being powerful and
vicious, has been killing King Hrothgars men.
Grendel is described as being spawned from Cain, responsible for
Abels death. (Christianity), and forever must
be
doomed to live down below (fate). Belief of both fate and Christianity based
in the reading.
Herot is abandoned for 12 years, King Hrothgar is unhappy about
abandoning his mead-hall.
Grendel protects Herot against the men coming inside.
The Danes hide from Grendel; word gets out that a monster has taken
over Denmark. The Danes appear defeated.
Beowulf overhears the Danish dilemma; he goes to Denmark out of a
sense of duty.
The Watchman is the first to meet him, at first suspicious of a raid, then overjoyed to hear that Beowulf will help them
Many men were called under their fathers name during Anglo-Saxon
times, for example, Hrothgar is also known as Healfdanes son, as Healfdane was his father.
Higlac is Beowulfs uncle, king of the Geats.
Geatland is now Sweden.
Edgetho is Beowulfs father.
Only fire is able to destroy Herot.
Beowulfs men are unable to help him as Grendels skin armored.
Beowulf manages to kill Grendel with his bare hands.
Beowulf rips off Grendels shoulder, etc., and hangs it in the mead
hall.
| What does "The Wanderer" look
like in Old English? Can you make any sense out of it?
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Oft
him anhaga are gebideš metudes miltse žeahže he mod cearig geond lagu lade longe sceolde hreran mid hondum hrim cealde sę wadan wręclastas wyrd biš ful aręd. Swa cwęš eard stapa, earfeža gemyndig wražra węl sleahta wine męga hryre. Oft ic sceolde ana uhtna gehwylce mine ceare cwižan nisnu cwic ra nan ž ic him modsefan minne durre sweotule asecgan ictosože wat žęt biž ineorle indryhten žeaw žęt hehis ferš locan fęste binde healdne his hord cofan hycge swahe wille. Nemęg werig mod wyrde wiš stondan nese hreo hyge helpe gefremman. foršon dom georne dreorigne oft inhyra breost cofan bindaš fęste swa ic mod sefan minne sceolde oft earm cearig ešle bidęled freo męgum feor feterum sęlan sižžan geara iu gold wine mine hrusan heolstre biwrah ond ic hean žonan wod winter cearig ofer wažena ge bind. sohte sele dreorig sinces bryttan hwęr ic feor ožže neah findan meahte žone že inmeoduhealle mine wisse ožže mec freond lease frefran wolde weman mid wynnum watseže cunnaš husližen biš sorg togefe ran žamže him lyt hafaš leofra geholena waraš hi ne wręc last nales wunden gold ferš loca freorig nalęs foldan blęd.gemonhe sele secgas ondsincžege hu hine ongeoguše his gold wine wenede towiste wyn eal gedreas foržon wat seže sceal his wine dryhtnes leofes lar cwi dum longe foržolian šonne sorg ondslęp somod ętgę dre earmne anhogan oft gebindaš žinceš him on mode žęthehis mon dryhten clyppe ondcysse ondon cneo lecge honda ondheafod swahe hwilum ęr ingeardagum giefstolas breac šonne onwęcneš eft wineleas guma, gesihš himbiforan fealwe wegas bažian brim fuglas brędan fežra hreosan hrim ondsnaw hagle gemenged žonnebeoš žyhefigran heortan benne sare ęfter swęsne sorg biš geniwad žonne maga gemynd modgeond hweor feš greteš gliw stafum georne geond sceawaš secga ge seldan swimmaš oft onweg fleotendra ferš no žęr fela bringeš cušra cwide giedda Cearo biš ge- niwad žamže sendan sceal swiže geneahhe ofer waže- ma gebind werigne sefan. foržon ic gežencan nemęg geond žas woruld for hwan mod sefan min ne gesweor ce žonne iceorla lif eal geond žence hu hi fęrlice flet ofgeafon modge magu žegnas swa žes middangeard ealra dogra gehwam dreoseš ondfeallež foržon nemęg wearžan wis wer ęrhe age wintra dęl inworuldrice wita scealge žyldig nesceal no to hatheort netohręd wyrde neto wac wiga neto wan hydig neto forht neto fęgen neto feohgifre nenęfre gielpes togeorn ęr he geare cun ne. beorn sceal gebidan žonne he beot spriceš ožžęt collen ferš cunne gearwe hwider hrežra gehygd hweor fan wille. Ongietan sceal gleaw hęle hugęstlic biš žonne ealle žisse worulde wela weste stondeš swanu missenlice geond žisne middan geard winde biwaune weallas ston daž hrime bihrorene hryšge ža ederas woriaš žawin salo waldend licgaš dreame bidrorene duguž ealge crong wlonc biwealle sume wig fornom ferede inforš wege sum ne fugel ožbęr ofer heanne holm sumne sehara wulf deaše gedęlde sumne dreorig hleor ineorš scręfe eorl gehydde yžde swa žisne eard geard ęlda scyppend ožžęt burg wara breahtma lease eald enta geweorc idlu stodon. Se žonne žisne weal steal wise gežohte ondžis deornce lif deope geond ženceš frod inferše feor oft gemon węl sleahta worn ondžas word acwiš. hwęr cwom mearg. hwęr cwom mago. hwęr cwom mažžumgyfa. hwęr cwom symbla gesetu. hwęr sin don seledreamas. Eala beorht bune. eala byrnwiga. eala žeodnes žrym huseo žrag gewat genap under niht helm swa heo no węre. Stondeš nu onlaste leofre duguže weal wundrum heah wyrmlicum fah. eorlas fornoman ascažry že wępen węl gifru wyrd seo męre ondžasstan hleožu stor mas cnyssaš hriš hreosende hruse bindeš wintres woma žonne won cymeš nipeš niht scua noržan onsendeš hreo hęgl fare hęležum on andan eall is earfošlic eoržan rice onwendeš wyrda ge sceaft weoruld under heofonum. herbiš feoh lęne. her biš freond lęne. her biš mon lęne. her biš męg lęne. eal žis eoržan gesteal idel weoržeš. Swa cwęš snottor on mode gesęt him sundor ęt rune til biž sežehis treowe gehealdež nesceal nęfre his torn torycene beorn ofhis breostum acyžan nem že he ęr ža bote cunne eorl mid elne gefremman wel biš žam že him are seceš frofre tofęder onheofonum žęr us eal seo fęstnung stondeš:: |
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