tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795249392281102726.post8234816077717820704..comments2023-04-11T18:55:59.004+02:00Comments on Year 5 Book blog: Beowulf and the MonsterMr Gregghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114830266540886842noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795249392281102726.post-90224938465898976862011-12-08T17:28:17.543+01:002011-12-08T17:28:17.543+01:00I'm glad you like it, Joe. It's such a fam...I'm glad you like it, Joe. It's such a famous story. Famous too for being one of our first stories in "English" - English when it was very different to the English spoken today - <br /><br />"We synt Higelaces beodgeneatas; Beowulf is min nama. Wille ic asecgan sunu Healfdenes, <br />mærum þeodne, min ærende, aldre þinum, gif he us geunnan wile þæt we hine swa godne gretan moton." <br /><br />They even had letters we don't have any more!Mr Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15114830266540886842noreply@blogger.com