Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry
- Written by Erin Sebo, Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Flinders University
Erin Sabo reads from the epic poem Beowulf in Old English.
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The clip above is English, more or less, as it was for the first half millennium of its existence. Although it sounds alien, the basic vocabulary is familiar. Except for the odd rune, like “þ” (which equals “th”), to...
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