A reading of the opening lines of Beowulf in Old English

Name: A reading of the opening lines of Beowulf in Old English
Uploaded: 2022-12-17T14:41:51.000Z
Duration: 59 s
Channel: The British Library
Description: Calum Cockburn from our Medieval Manuscripts team reads the opening lines of the epic poem Beowulf in Old English. In the poem the hero Beowulf fights a series of monsters including a monster named Grendel, Grendel’s mother and a dragon.

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Calum Cockburn from our Medieval Manuscripts team reads the opening lines of the epic poem Beowulf in Old English. In the poem the hero Beowulf fights a series of monsters including a monster named Grendel, Grendel’s mother and a dragon.