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Old English literature has had some influence on modern literature, and notable poets have translated and incorporated Old English poetry. [92] Well-known early translations include Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's translation of The Battle of Brunanburh , William Morris 's translation of Beowulf , and Ezra Pound 's translation of The Seafarer .
The word rhei (ρέι, cf. rheology) is the Greek word for "to stream"; according to Plato's Cratylus, it is related to the etymology of Rhea. πάντοτε ζητεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν pántote zeteῖn tḕn alḗtheian "ever seeking the truth" — Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers [24] — a characteristic of ...
Name (Old English) Name meaning Attestations Cyning "King" wuldres Cyning "King of Glory" The Dream of the Rood [1] Dryhten [2] "Lord" ece Dryhten "eternal Lord" Cædmon's hymn [3] dryhntes dreamas "the joys of the Lord" The Seafarer [4] heofones Dryhten "heaven's Lord" The Dream of the Rood [5] Ealdor [6] "Prince" wuldres Ealdor "Prince of Glory"
A gnome was defined by the Elizabethan critic Henry Peacham as "a saying pertaining to the manners and common practices of men, which declareth, with an apt brevity, what in this our life ought to be done, or not done". [1] It belongs to the broad family of wisdom literature, which expresses general truths about the world. Topics range over the ...
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter S.
1. “The future depends on what we do in the present.” 2. “It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.” 3. “Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the ...
Beowulf (Old English) Waldere, Old English version of the story told in Waltharius (below), known only as a brief fragment; Alpamysh, a Turkic epic; Karolus magnus et Leo papa (Carolingian, Latin, before 814) Daredevils of Sassoun ; Bhagavata Purana "Stories of the Lord", based on earlier sources