Mōtung:Bēowulf

Ic eam not an Old English proffesional, but I think this article should be longer.

Hwaet! This article should be longer! it should mention the scyldings. ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 13:43, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

The scyldings or scyld-leode(Sheild-men) is a Danish tribe mentioned in Beowulf descended from the heroic king scyld. ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 13:45, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

And hwa is heafdeane? ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 13:46, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

Oh. healfdeane wesan se faeder of Hrothgar. Ic eam getting better at AEnglisc. ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 22:01, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

Ic eam not very god at Old English, but ic eam getting better at hit.

Lately ic habban been interested in Old english, at fyrst I waes ne god at it, but ic eam getting better ond better. ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 22:07, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

and ic been searching the dictionary for Old English words. faradh nu gesunde and gesaelige becumadh. ~2025-57739-2 (talk) 22:11, 11 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)

I would suggest a few books and on-line guides to the language. Stephen Pollington's 'First Steps in Old English' is good, or I started with Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer. Somewhere I have a copy of Bruce Mitchell's 'An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England'.

Just picking pre-Norman words and their dictionary etymologies is not the Old Speech. It is a rich, subtle language that needs study and understanding.

I wish you well with the quest. Hogweard (motung) 19:45, 12 Haligmonað 2025 (UTC)