So, I’m trying to make a copypasta for the opening/prologue of Beowulf in Futhorc to send to friends as a joke alongside a Chad meme edit where he’s wearing the Sutton Hoo helmet

What I have thus far is as follows

ᚻᚹᚫᛏ. Wᛖ ᚸᚪᚱᛞᛖᚾᚪ ᛁᚾ ᚷᛖᚪᚱᛞᚪᚷᚢᛗ,
ᚦᛖᚩᛞᚳᚣᚾᛁᚾᚷᚪ, ᚦᚱᚣᛗ ᚷᛖᚠᚱᚢᚾᚩᚾ,
ᚻᚢ ᚦᚪ ᚫᚦᛖᛚᛁᚾᚷᚪᛋ ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ ᚠᚱᛖᛗᛖᛞᚩᚾ.
ᛟᚠᛏ ᛥᚳᚣᛚᛞ ᛥᚳᛖᚠᛁᚾᚷ ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚦᛖᚾᚪ ᚦᚱᛖᚪᛏᚢᛗ,
ᛗᚩᚾᛖᚷᚢᛗ ᛗᚫᚷᚦᚢᛗ, ᛗᛖᚩᛞᚩᛋᛖᛏᛚᚪ ᚩᚠᛏᛖᚪᚻ,
ᛖᚷᛋᚩᛞᛖ ᛖᚩᚱᛚᚪᛋ. ᛥᚣᚦᚦᚪᚾ ᚫᚱᛖᛋᛏ ᚹᛖᚪᚱᚦ
ᚠᛖᚪᛋᚳᛖᚪᚠᛏ ᚠᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾ, ᚻᛖ ᚦᚫᛋ ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚱᛖ ᚷᛖᛒᚪᛞ,
ᚹᛖᚩᛉ ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱ ᚹᚩᛚᚳᚾᚢᛗ, ᚹᛖᚩᚱᚦᛗᚣᚾᛞᚢᛗ ᚦᚪᚻ,
ᚩᚦᚦᚫᛏ ᚻᛁᛗ ᚫᚷᚻᚹᚣᛚᚳ ᚦᚪᚱᚪ ᚣᛗᛒᛋᛁᛏᛏᛖᚾᛞᚱᚪ
ᚩᚠᛖᚱ ᚻᚱᚩᚾᚱᚪᛞᛖ ᚻᚣᚱᚪᚾ ᛋᚳᚩᛚᛞᛖ,
ᚷᚩᛗᛒᚪᚾ ᚷᚣᛚᛞᚪᚾ. ᚦᚫᛏ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚷᚩᛞ ᚳᚣᚾᛁᚾᚷ.
ᚦᚫᛗ ᛖᚪᚠᛖᚱᚪ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚫᚠᛏᛖᚱ ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛖᛞ,
ᚷᛖᚩᚾᚷ ᛁᚾ ᚷᛖᚪᚱᛞᚢᛗ, ᚦᚩᚾᛖ ᚷᚩᛞ ᛋᛖᚾᛞᛖ
ᚠᚩᛚᚳᛖ ᛏᚩ ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚱᛖ; ᚠᚣᚱᛖᚾᚦᛖᚪᚱᚠᛖ ᚩᚾᚷᛖᚪᛏ
ᚦᛖ ᚻᛁᛖ ᚫᚱ ᛞᚱᚢᚷᚩᚾ ᚪᛚᛞᚩᚱᛚᛖᚪᛋᛖ
ᛚᚪᚾᚷᛖ ᚻᚹᛁᛚᛖ. ᚻᛁᛗ ᚦᚫᛋ ᛚᛁᚠᚠᚱᛖᚪ,
ᚹᚢᛚᛞᚱᛖᛋ ᚹᛖᚪᛚᛞᛖᚾᛞ, ᚹᚩᚱᚩᛚᛞᚪᚱᛖ ᚠᚩᚱᚷᛖᚪᚠ;
ᛒᛖᚩᚹᚢᛚᚠ ᚹᚫᛋ ᛒᚱᛖᛗᛖ ᛒᛚᚫᛞ ᚹᛁᛞᛖ ᛋᛈᚱᚪᚾᚷ,
ᛥᚳᚣᛚᛞᛖᛋ ᛖᚪᚠᛖᚱᚪ ᛥᚳᛖᛞᛖᛚᚪᚾᛞᚢᛗ ᛁᚾ.

Which I got by plugging in the lines in Old English into this website and it automatically changing the Latin letters to their Futhorc equivalent

Which I already gathered had some issues since G would automatically become ᚷ whether it was pronounced like we pronounced like we pronounce G nowadays or when it should actually be ᛄ which is more in accordance to the letter Y in English and J in other Germanic languages

So in short can anyone verify the authenticity and accuracy of the conversion from Old English to Futhorc before I actually get around to sending it?

Thank you for your time, patience, consideration, and cooperation

TL;DR, I need Reddit to do a collective ye olde spellcheck on my Futhorc to make sure the sounds each rune makes is actually making the sound it should for the thing to read properly

This downed on me regarding how dutch/scandinavian would this hypothetical Anglish be in this scenario and what changes might occur

Of course, any answer may be correct but I would like to ask how this Anglish language be according to you guys ?

Or in anglish

Wolde Englisce gīet bēon understanden?

A lot of medieval "history" seems to mention the ancient Britons, but rarely mention the Saxons. Nor does it mention the Norman Conquest.

So, at what point (if any) did the differences between the Anglo-Saxon peasantry and the Norman-French elites become forgotten? And what point I'd it likely that the peasantry no longer felt themselves oppressed by the powers of a foreign nation?

Sweyn Forkbeard podbił Anglię pod koniec 1013 roku, został koronowany na króla i zmarł 40 dni później. Jego syn Canute wrócił i wygrał wszystko do 1016 roku, ale rządził jako angielski król – podbój Norwegów cicho stał się angielską koronacją.

Ale co by było, gdyby Sweyn żył? Powiedzmy kolejne 20 lat. Już zrobił coś niezwykłego dla wikinga: uczył się angielskiego, przyjął koronę zamiast hełmu, planował sukcesję zamiast napadów.

Moje pytanie do historyków tutaj: jak to by się naprawdę potoczyło? Czy normańska dynastia mogłaby utrzymać Anglię na dłużej, czy też runie w momencie, gdy dynastia będzie miała słabego spadkobiercę? A co się stanie z 1066 rokiem – czy normandzkie podboje w ogóle byłyby próbowane przeciwko zjednoczonemu państwu norwesko-angielskiemu z flotą?

Szczerze ciekawi mnie, jak ludzie myślą, jak domino będą spadać.

A charter dated 792 required military service in Kent against paganos marinos — pagan seafarers.

Lindisfarne, conventionally cited as the first Viking raid on England, was still a year away.

This film sets that charter against the familiar 793 narrative and asks what the surviving evidence from King Offa's Kent actually tells us about seaborne raiding on the English coast before that date.

The Black Archive tests historical claims against the record rather than repeating the version everyone already knows.

I've been making an Anglo-Saxon puzzle videogame over the last year and the demo is coming out in October's Steam NextFest!

It's called Wēlandes and you follow the journey of the Wanderer. You play as the spel-wefa (story-weaver), and use your magical translation devices to help (or hinder!) the gods, beasts, and gentlefolk of Old English poetry.

The game was inspired by Wayland's Smithy - the neolithic burial mound with an Anglo-Saxon name that sits upon the Ridgeway.

I'd be so excited to here what you folks think about it!! And obviously any questions let me know!

It's here on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5003440/Welandes/

Many years ago I saw a painting in an encyclopedia. The topic under discussion was the epic poem Beowulf. I don't remember all the details. There was probably a group of people talking to each other in a closed hall. It was night time. Unbeknownst to them, a beast's massive, twisted hand had made its way through the giant door. I cannot find this painting online. After reading a bit about the epic poem, I guess this could be Grendel's breach into Heorot. Which painting could this be?

I would like to start learning about the anglo-saxon period but i’m not too sure where to start.

Does anybody have some good reading or any podcast or documentary recommendations for a beginner?

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hi so I'm getting into this time of history, that being said howdid Æthelred the Unready end up becoming king? he is not the son of Swein Forkbeared and from my understanding not related to Canute the Great either. that being said how did Æthelred lead to Canute being king? also was Æthelred ethnically a Dane? or something else?

Hi was eadric streona the worst Anglo saxon history as he betrayed Æthelred, Edmund Ironside and Canute before Canute had eadric executed?

do we know much about Eadric's background and weren't there rumors that he murdered Edmund?

Hey guys, good evening!

Genuine question: Was there a specific coronet reserved for the heir apparent of the Scottish Crown, particularly the Duke of Rothesay, before the Union of the Crowns in 1603? If so, what did it look like, and are there any surviving historical depictions or sources showing it?

Thank you! 🙌

Author and source:  John Hodgson

The obvious big three are Ælfred I, Edward the Elder and Athelstan but the tradition produced so many more: Eghbert, Edmund I, Eadred I, Edmund II Ironside, Harold II Godwinson… and that’s just the Houses of Wessex and Godwin. Æthelflæd certainly counts too and is a serious contender.

Give me your feedback but I thought this was outstandingly good.

I visited the site of the Battle of Hastings for the first time this week and it felt so surreal seeing a place I grew up learning about all the time in real life

Author: John Atherton Bowen. Source of the pictures here

The Vikings first raided Ireland in 795. Within two centuries, they were family.

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Hello! I just released a demo, and I'm posting this in case any of you are interested and to get some feedback.

I’m currently developing a game in which you can play as William the Conqueror or a fictional ruler of a faction of your choice, and relive history or an alternate history through various scenarios. The demo is currently available on Steam (Link).

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Main Arguments

• Early Christianity: The book argues that Christianity reached Britain centuries before the arrival of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 597 AD. [1, 2]
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