Why Old English?

There are many fascinating works of literature that were written in what is now known as the "Dark Ages" that have been forgotten. A great deal of the available translations are still in archaic styles of English, or concentrate more on technical details than the spirit of the originals. I try to make them accessible to the average modern reader.

Translations

(2008) The Battle of Maldon
Translated from the 900s Old English text Cotton MS Otho A xii.3 with additions from Bright, Ettmüler, Grein, Kluge, Körner, Müller, Rieger, Sweet, Thorpe, Wülcker and Zernial as published in 1908 by Walter John Sedgefield from D.C. Heath & Co, London.

(2008) Selected Exeter Book Christ Poems (pdf)
Translated from the late 900s Old English text as published in 1959 by Jackson J. Campbell from Princeton University Press.