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Translations of the first word of Beowulf. Created by @jesse.lansner.com. See more at https://hwaet.info.
"So!"
Beowulf, 2004
Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy 🇺🇸
Beowulf, 2004
Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy 🇺🇸
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"So!"
Beowulf, 2004
Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy 🇺🇸
Beowulf, 2004
Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy 🇺🇸
"Lo!"
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic translated into Alliterative Verse, 1940
Charles W. Kennedy 🇺🇸
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic translated into Alliterative Verse, 1940
Charles W. Kennedy 🇺🇸
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Lo!"
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic translated into Alliterative Verse, 1940
Charles W. Kennedy 🇺🇸
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic translated into Alliterative Verse, 1940
Charles W. Kennedy 🇺🇸
"What ho!"
Beowulf, a New Verse Translation for Fireside and Classroom, 1923
William Ellery Leonard 🇬🇧
Beowulf, a New Verse Translation for Fireside and Classroom, 1923
William Ellery Leonard 🇬🇧
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"What ho!"
Beowulf, a New Verse Translation for Fireside and Classroom, 1923
William Ellery Leonard 🇬🇧
Beowulf, a New Verse Translation for Fireside and Classroom, 1923
William Ellery Leonard 🇬🇧
"Fam."
Gen Z Beowulf, 2024
John-Clark Levin 🇺🇸
Gen Z Beowulf, 2024
John-Clark Levin 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Fam."
Gen Z Beowulf, 2024
John-Clark Levin 🇺🇸
Gen Z Beowulf, 2024
John-Clark Levin 🇺🇸
"Escutem!" (Listen!)
Beowulf, 2022
Elton Medeiros 🇧🇷
Beowulf, 2022
Elton Medeiros 🇧🇷
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Escutem!" (Listen!)
Beowulf, 2022
Elton Medeiros 🇧🇷
Beowulf, 2022
Elton Medeiros 🇧🇷
"Listen!"
Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English, 1984
Gildas Roberts 🇨🇦
Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English, 1984
Gildas Roberts 🇨🇦
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Listen!"
Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English, 1984
Gildas Roberts 🇨🇦
Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English, 1984
Gildas Roberts 🇨🇦
Reposted by Hwæt!
"Chat, the old Spear-Danes
and their mods had Charlie Brown and greatness."
and their mods had Charlie Brown and greatness."
"I sing of Charlie Brown and the man"
"Muse, tell me the tale of the man, the Charlie Brownest of all"
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Chat, the old Spear-Danes
and their mods had Charlie Brown and greatness."
and their mods had Charlie Brown and greatness."
"Hier, was wir bewahren:" (Here, what we preserve)
Der altangelsächsische Beowulf, ein Werk Adalberts von Bremen. Neuauslegung und Übersetzung, 1971
Wilhelm Tegethoff 🇩🇪
Der altangelsächsische Beowulf, ein Werk Adalberts von Bremen. Neuauslegung und Übersetzung, 1971
Wilhelm Tegethoff 🇩🇪
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Hier, was wir bewahren:" (Here, what we preserve)
Der altangelsächsische Beowulf, ein Werk Adalberts von Bremen. Neuauslegung und Übersetzung, 1971
Wilhelm Tegethoff 🇩🇪
Der altangelsächsische Beowulf, ein Werk Adalberts von Bremen. Neuauslegung und Übersetzung, 1971
Wilhelm Tegethoff 🇩🇪
"Eh quoi!" (What!)
Beowulf, Epopée Anglo-Saxonne, 1877
Léon Botkine 🇫🇷
Beowulf, Epopée Anglo-Saxonne, 1877
Léon Botkine 🇫🇷
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Eh quoi!" (What!)
Beowulf, Epopée Anglo-Saxonne, 1877
Léon Botkine 🇫🇷
Beowulf, Epopée Anglo-Saxonne, 1877
Léon Botkine 🇫🇷
"What!"
Beowulf, an Old English Epic. The Earliest Epic of the Germanic Race, 1907
Wentworth Huyshe 🇬🇧
Beowulf, an Old English Epic. The Earliest Epic of the Germanic Race, 1907
Wentworth Huyshe 🇬🇧
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"What!"
Beowulf, an Old English Epic. The Earliest Epic of the Germanic Race, 1907
Wentworth Huyshe 🇬🇧
Beowulf, an Old English Epic. The Earliest Epic of the Germanic Race, 1907
Wentworth Huyshe 🇬🇧
"Patiešām!" (Indeed!)
Beovulfs, 2017
Māris Linde 🇱🇻
Beovulfs, 2017
Māris Linde 🇱🇻
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Patiešām!" (Indeed!)
Beovulfs, 2017
Māris Linde 🇱🇻
Beovulfs, 2017
Māris Linde 🇱🇻
"Indeed."
Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, 2024
Laura Varnam 🇬🇧
Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, 2024
Laura Varnam 🇬🇧
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Indeed."
Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, 2024
Laura Varnam 🇬🇧
Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, 2024
Laura Varnam 🇬🇧
"¡Atención!" (Attention)
Beowulf: Versión completa, 2004
Roberto Rosaspini Reynolds 🇦🇷
Beowulf: Versión completa, 2004
Roberto Rosaspini Reynolds 🇦🇷
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"¡Atención!" (Attention)
Beowulf: Versión completa, 2004
Roberto Rosaspini Reynolds 🇦🇷
Beowulf: Versión completa, 2004
Roberto Rosaspini Reynolds 🇦🇷
"Hark"
Beowulf: The New Translation, 2014
Gerald Davis 🇬🇧
Beowulf: The New Translation, 2014
Gerald Davis 🇬🇧
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Hark"
Beowulf: The New Translation, 2014
Gerald Davis 🇬🇧
Beowulf: The New Translation, 2014
Gerald Davis 🇬🇧
"True it is"
Beowulf, A Current English Version, 2006
David Kaufman 🇺🇸
Beowulf, A Current English Version, 2006
David Kaufman 🇺🇸
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"True it is"
Beowulf, A Current English Version, 2006
David Kaufman 🇺🇸
Beowulf, A Current English Version, 2006
David Kaufman 🇺🇸
"Quiet!"
Beowulf, a translation-in-progress, 1999
Tim Romano 🇺🇸
Beowulf, a translation-in-progress, 1999
Tim Romano 🇺🇸
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Quiet!"
Beowulf, a translation-in-progress, 1999
Tim Romano 🇺🇸
Beowulf, a translation-in-progress, 1999
Tim Romano 🇺🇸
"Hwæt!"
After Beowulf, 2022
Nicole Markotić 🇨🇦
After Beowulf, 2022
Nicole Markotić 🇨🇦
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Hwæt!"
After Beowulf, 2022
Nicole Markotić 🇨🇦
After Beowulf, 2022
Nicole Markotić 🇨🇦
"Lo"
Beowulf: Translated into Modern English Rhyming Verse, 1925
Archibald Strong 🇬🇧
Beowulf: Translated into Modern English Rhyming Verse, 1925
Archibald Strong 🇬🇧
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Lo"
Beowulf: Translated into Modern English Rhyming Verse, 1925
Archibald Strong 🇬🇧
Beowulf: Translated into Modern English Rhyming Verse, 1925
Archibald Strong 🇬🇧
"Listen!"
Beowulf: A Graphic Novel, 2006
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm 🇺🇸
Beowulf: A Graphic Novel, 2006
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm 🇺🇸
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Listen!"
Beowulf: A Graphic Novel, 2006
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm 🇺🇸
Beowulf: A Graphic Novel, 2006
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm 🇺🇸
"Lo!"
Beowulf, an Old English Poem Translated Into Modern Rhymes, 1881
Henry W. Lumsden 🇬🇧
Beowulf, an Old English Poem Translated Into Modern Rhymes, 1881
Henry W. Lumsden 🇬🇧
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Lo!"
Beowulf, an Old English Poem Translated Into Modern Rhymes, 1881
Henry W. Lumsden 🇬🇧
Beowulf, an Old English Poem Translated Into Modern Rhymes, 1881
Henry W. Lumsden 🇬🇧
"Lo"
Beowulf, 1925
Albert Baugh 🇺🇸
Beowulf, 1925
Albert Baugh 🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Lo"
Beowulf, 1925
Albert Baugh 🇺🇸
Beowulf, 1925
Albert Baugh 🇺🇸
"Ja" (Yes)
Beowulf. En fornengelsk hjältedikt, 1889
Rudolf Wickberg 🇸🇪
Beowulf. En fornengelsk hjältedikt, 1889
Rudolf Wickberg 🇸🇪
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Ja" (Yes)
Beowulf. En fornengelsk hjältedikt, 1889
Rudolf Wickberg 🇸🇪
Beowulf. En fornengelsk hjältedikt, 1889
Rudolf Wickberg 🇸🇪
"What"
Beowulf: a Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North, 1983
Marijane Osborn 🇺🇸
Beowulf: a Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North, 1983
Marijane Osborn 🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"What"
Beowulf: a Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North, 1983
Marijane Osborn 🇺🇸
Beowulf: a Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North, 1983
Marijane Osborn 🇺🇸
"Listen!"
Beowulf, 1982
S.A.J. Bradley 🇬🇧
Beowulf, 1982
S.A.J. Bradley 🇬🇧
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Listen!"
Beowulf, 1982
S.A.J. Bradley 🇬🇧
Beowulf, 1982
S.A.J. Bradley 🇬🇧
"Fürwahr:" (Verily:)
Beowulf, 1951
Felix Genzmer 🇩🇪
Beowulf, 1951
Felix Genzmer 🇩🇪
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Fürwahr:" (Verily:)
Beowulf, 1951
Felix Genzmer 🇩🇪
Beowulf, 1951
Felix Genzmer 🇩🇪