| The Anglo-Saxon alphabet and Pronunciation | Posted by Jonathan on 06-29-2013 at 4:27 PM |
| The Anglo-Saxon alphabet is somewhat different from the modern alphabet in that there are letters which today are not used, mostly thanks to the advent of the printing press. There are also letters in the modern alphabet which didn't exist in Anglo-Saxon: Read More | |
| Using Anglo-Saxon Characters on a Computer | Posted by Jonathan on 06-29-2013 at 4:26 PM |
| Using Anglo-Saxon characters is possible on a PC, by typing the character codes or key sequences: Read More | |
| Anglo-Saxon Kenning | Posted by Jonathan on 10-06-2010 at 4:24 PM |
| A 'Kenning' is a roundabout figure of speech, a circumlocution usually constructed of two alliterated words (see rules) in order to provide a disguised meaning while conforming to the poetic form. Although used to make sagas such as Beowulf more eloquent, it is most seen in riddles where the intent is to disguise the meaning. Read More | |
| The Alliterative Poetry of Beowulf | Posted by Jonathan on 10-04-2010 at 4:21 PM |
Germanic verse is fairly homogenous in form so that although we have no texts on verse construction, it is easy to reconstruct the rules: Read More |
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