A slightly different take on Beowulf in Old English

This is a video of me saying the first few minutes of the epic poem Beowulf in it's original Old English, but with a very different vocal style than most storytellers would use..

here's what i said

Hwæt!| We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga,þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon|
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas| Syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan| þæt wæs god cyning!|
ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
geong in geardum, þone god sende
folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat
þe hie ær drugon aldorlease
lange hwile| Him þæs liffrea,
wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf;
Beowulf wæs breme (blæd wide sprang),
Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in|
Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean,
fromum feohgiftum on fæder bearme,
þæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen
wilgesiþas, þonne wig cume,
leode gelæsten; lofdædum sceal
in mægþa gehwære man geþeon|
Him ða Scyld gewat to gescæphwile
felahror feran on frean wære|
Hi hyne þa ætbæron to brimes faroðe,
swæse gesiþas, swa he selfa bæd,
þenden wordum weold wine Scyldinga;
leof landfruma lange ahte|
þær æt hyðe stod Hringedstefna,
isig ond utfus, æþelinges fær|
Aledon þa leofne þeoden,
beaga bryttan, on bearm scipes,
mærne be mæste| þær wæs madma fela
of feorwegum, frætwa, gelæded;
ne hyrde ic cymlicor ceol gegyrwan
hildewæpnum ond heaðowædum,
billum ond byrnum; him on bearme læg
madma mænigo, þa him mid scoldon
on flodes æht feor gewitan|
Nalæs hi hine læssan lacum teodan,
þeodgestreonum, þon þa dydon
þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon
ænne ofer yðe umborwesende|
þa gyt hie him asetton segen geldenne
heah ofer heafod, leton holm beran,
geafon on garsecg; him wæs geomor sefa,
murnende mod| Men ne cunnon
secgan to soðe, selerædende,
hæleð under heofenum, hwa þæm hlæste onfeng|

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Beowulf
• prologue
• Old
• English
• Anglo-Saxon
• death
• metal
• vocals
• growl
• gollum
• smeagol
• poem
• guttural
• throat

[yertwat]

haha! Amazement. Should put it to music!

[eisernteufel]

actually thats not a bad idea ill make some nice death metal and play it underneath maybe redo them with a whole range of different styles or do real death metal vocals to it and not gollum like stuff which do u think would be better?

[Azaelian]

..is it wrong that I BUSTED OUT LAUGHING when the audio started?!?!?! I just sat here the whole time imagining an angry Gollum reciting this.... it was great! I love it!

[eisernteufel]

not at all that what the entire point it is a joke with a gollum like guy reciting poetry in old englsih

[tecknoviking444]

hilarious!

[eisernteufel]

thanks someone gets the point

[teery59]

Is this Smeigal?

[UncleSam116]

AAAAAHHHH! Dude, that scared me at the beginning.

[lorax121323]

Old English should be pronunced like German

[xenigirl]

you are destroying my eardrums ! ;)

[MiracleKD18]

Make Death pr Béacl Metal, and write the lyrics in Old English LOL

[Jtherva]

LOL are you taking the piss?

[cilibinarii]

0o not quite as it should be but made me rofl rofls of rofflement

[MaBu888]

*Gasp* Gollum! Gollum! Gollum!

[MaBu888]

Perfect pronunciation!!!

[danashoes12]

hahah holy shit, it's dark, i'm the only one up and i had my earphones in...scared the shit outta me haha.