Author Archives: amerikanaki

Beowulf Opening (in Old English)

Posted on June 14, 2014 by amerikanaki

A few weeks ago KUER’s RadioWest made a tweet that they were nice enough to mention me in. Andy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at University of Oxford, read the opening lines of Beowulf in Old English. Hear the … Continue reading →

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Cræft: The Seafarer

Posted on June 13, 2011 by amerikanaki

Recently at the twitter feed I received a message from Kevin Clark, composer, regarding an interesting piece of work. The work is a short film adaptation of a cello piece Kevin wrote for the cellist Rachel Gawell to use as musical accompaniment to her dramatic … Continue reading →

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Ærend-gewrit: Wicu 4-10 April 2011 on Twittere

Posted on April 12, 2011 by amerikanaki

Last week was a slow week at the Twitter feed, which is fine by me. And so here we go… Anglo-Saxons: As the summer approaches, we’ll continue to hear more and more about the Staffordshire Hoard. This week saw the … Continue reading →

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Þæt Eald-Ænglisce Blog on Scribd!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by amerikanaki

I’m happy to publicly launch Þæt Eald-Ænglisce Blog on Scribd! Over the past few months I have slowly been building up the collection on the account – and I give a big thanks to Medievalists.net who unwittingly helped me in this endeavor. Now that … Continue reading →

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Dream-Cræft: History for Music Lovers

Posted on April 5, 2011 by amerikanaki

Via a post by Medievalists.net I present to you three of many awesome history-themed music videos by History for Music Lovers (also check them out on Facebook and Twitter). I’ve put these three videos into the “History Music” playlist on the Old English Blog YouTube as … Continue reading →

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